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Hey guys,
Its been a while since I rooted my phone (I've been using Samsung phones with locked bootloader) and it sure feels good to be back!
Now, I've been out of the loop for so long that I don't know what I should do next with my rooted V20!
I would love to have you guys come in here and discuss how we can make our V20 even better!
Thing's I've done so far.
Install Adaway
Remove Bloatware using titanium backup (is there better way to remove bloatware beside titanium backup?)
So far I removed all the TMobile apps, is there anything else I should remove that will improve the battery life?
Thanks and lets get this thread going! :good:
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leyvatron said:
Install google assistant
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Instruction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di5SlVIamjE
substratum theme engine - suggested by deeznutz1977
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=projekt.substratum
Install google assistant
I hear ya, I was on a S7 Edge and a S6 before that. It has been a while. With that being said, LG stuff can mostly go....unless you use it. It doesn't seem to be too bad, so you might be able to leave them. Download Better Battery Stats and see what is causing any wakelocks that can be prevented.
Has anyone managed to get rid of Lookout? I hate that thing and want it gone.
leyvatron said:
Install google assistant
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What are the steps for this
czerdrill said:
What are the steps for this
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di5SlVIamjE
Might want to FREEZE apps instead of uninstalling until a viable stock restore is available
Adblocking for sure. Should help improve battery life a hair by not downloading data for ads and processing them to be shown.
I smell a brick about to happen. Way too fast....How would you recover ? Be careful people.....Paperweights are not fun
I just read somewhere At&t has a locked bootloader...Figures
LuckyColdJohnson said:
I smell a brick about to happen. Way too fast....How would you recover ? Be careful people.....Paperweights are not fun
I just read somewhere At&t has a locked bootloader...Figures
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From what I've read, TWRP isn't doing proper nandroids, and there isn't a stock image to flash. At the risk of sounding "elitist," I'd recommend going slow.
At&t didn't even have the HTC 10 when I went in. The good days are dying....Root, I will miss you
LuckyColdJohnson said:
At&t didn't even have the HTC 10 when I went in. The good days are dying....Root, I will miss you
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yup, they passed on the HTC 10
I haven't gotten the phone yet (though LG store has already called me that I can get it already just been busy due to all saints day festivities) so wanted to ask, how did you root your v20? and what version is your V20?
douger1957 said:
From what I've read, TWRP isn't doing proper nandroids, and there isn't a stock image to flash. At the risk of sounding "elitist," I'd recommend going slow.
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So your saying LG doesnt have an app to reflash to stock FM? i see threads for the stock T mobile firmware. What about the nandroid issue with twrp do you know where the github repo is for our version of twrp i'll check it out.
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So your saying LG doesnt have an app to reflash to stock FM? i see threads for the stock T mobile firmware. What about the nandroid issue with twrp do you know where the github repo is for our version of twrp i'll check it out.
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I know what's in the root thread in the development section.
Is this what you're looking for?
The problems with the .tot files in a nutshell.
I'm not a dev. I can bearly muddle my way around ADB commands. I know what I know from watching the struggles in the root thread. Yeah, there's root and little else. The process doesn't seem quite ready for prime time which of course hasn't stopped the root commandos.
I CAN CONTROL THE WORLD WITH ROOT! LOL . No but really, what can't you do with root? you can do everything as long as the phone doesnt required to implement any new hardware within the phone... I like my Adaway, and greenify, and removes or freeze apps i dont like nor need, I like my pie bar for faster shortcuts (sure, the phone itself has the second screen to put up to 5 apps, but the pie bar give you a lot more options so i will have the 5 on the second screen plus the many mores in the pie bar which is a fast process too, maybe even faster than the second screen), i also like my xposed for every module i desire, AND MY BELOVED TITANIUM BACKUP! and many many more things
The one thing I hope and pray to see come from this newly acquired root is a camera mod that will allow 16MP in full 16:9. Please pull through devs! I would donate for that :highfive:
animator776 said:
The one thing I hope and pray to see come from this newly acquired root is a camera mod that will allow 16MP in full 16:9. Please pull through devs! I would donate for that :highfive:
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That's likely because the sensor isn't 16:9 shaped, it's 4:3. You have to crop the sensor to get 16:9.
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Had this in ALLO... Much nicer to be able to hit the home button though. Very nice work around...
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Vexamus said:
That's likely because the sensor isn't 16:9 shaped, it's 4:3. You have to crop the sensor to get 16:9.
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Oh yeah... That must have slipped my mind
I'm beyond confused on what to do right now. The tablet is having problems left and right and Im just so confused, and no answers from Google are helping me.
Basically, I have three problems. First, the tablet cannot boot past the Nvidia logo. Second, the battery charges EXTREMELY SLOWLY. It took ten hours to get to 35%, and I fell asleep waiting for it to get one percent. And third, it discharges rapidly while on with the charger.
To note what I did, I installed TWRP, did numerous factory resets, and installed LineageOS. However, it just won't boot. Sp I am now here. Please help, I have no more options.
Why didn't you leave it on stock?
Niii4 said:
Why didn't you leave it on stock?
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I can revert it to stock. Will that work?
It's best to not update the OS ever. As long as it works. Also, Google auto update should be deactivated. In general, updates are bad. They take storage and eat performance in 80% of the case.
Niii4 said:
Why didn't you leave it on stock?
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Niii4 said:
It's best to not update the OS ever. As long as it works. Also, Google auto update should be deactivated. In general, updates are bad. They take storage and eat performance in 80% of the case.
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Regardless, this means nothig for the battery. I've also never seen updates ruin a device. For example, updates actually saved my phone out of brick.If not for Cyanogen, this phone would've stayed bricked.
OEM updates usual ruin the performance. That's my experience.
I've tried numerous 7.1.2 custom Nougat roms and have recently gone back to stock 5.2 and have to say that the device works a lot better.
Niii4 said:
In general, updates are bad. They take storage and eat performance in 80% of the case.
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70% of statistics are made up.
After the 5.2 update, my K1 is running a bit smoother/faster than before. Particularly screen rotation, opening keyboard, opening apps & going back to home screen.
Battery life is as it was before the update.
One of the previous updates (5.1?) similarly improved performance a bit.
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Niii4 said:
OEM updates usual ruin the performance. That's my experience.
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Experiences will vary. But that goes with just about any software change, be it an OEM update, custom ROM, kernel, etc. For every person that says the performance, battery, etc. is better; there will be another that says it's worse.
There are lots of variables in how you use the device, what apps, etc.
For every person that says the performance, battery, etc. is better; there will be another that says it's worse.
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That is the placebo effect.
I can only speak for my own experience. Why fix something that isn't broken?
Oh yeah! Newer version number. And there must be something better about it then. Maybe more ads, or more data tracking.. who knows? Well, the devs know.^^
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I can only speak for my own experience. Why fix something that isn't broken?
Oh yeah! Newer version number. And there must be something better about it then. Maybe more ads, or more data tracking.. who knows? Well, the devs know.^^
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Security updates, for one thing.
As for ads and data tracking, you're making up problems that don't even exist.
Security updates,
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So the device wasn't secure to begin with?
In essence, I could blame the OEM when I got hacked? Really?
Quite frankly, that's yet another excuse to make people more gullible. 1984 all the way..
redpoint73 said:
Security updates, for one thing.
As for ads and data tracking, you're making up problems that don't even exist.
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He posted the same kind of comments in one of my posts where i was asking for help...
stefer09 said:
He posted the same kind of comments in one of my posts where i was asking for help...
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Yes, the comments by this user are over-generalized, hyperbolic, and nonsensical. They add little value to this forum. Just sounds like a guy that had a bad experience once or twice, and now has an axe to grind with every update on every device. Ever.
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Yes, the comments by this user are over-generalized, hyperbolic, and nonsensical. They add little value to this forum. Just sounds like a guy that had a bad experience once or twice, and now has an axe to grind with every update on every device. Ever.
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Generic tinfoil hat... telling me apps like evernote and facebook spy on you...
What if you're using an Android tablet, nah... google doesn't track anything, does it?
@invisiblek - as you are currently the only developer out there
Factory images:
https://essential-live.herokuapp.com/developer/current-builds
Oreo beta:
https://essential-live.herokuapp.com/developer/beta-builds
Just wanted to add that in order to completely flash the factory image you will need to unlock the critical partition in fastboot before flashing:
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
wow, very cool, will give the oreo a try.
cheers
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Can someone Post His experiences please? Is it good as a Daily Driver?
wegwolv said:
Can someone Post His experiences please? Is it good as a Daily Driver?
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from the source
Known issues list (updated 11/14)
Intermittent Bluetooth connectivity issues with certain auto brands
Battery performance degradations until optimized Oreo framework complete
Occasional ANRs with certain apps
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haven't tested this myself yet.
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from the source
haven't tested this myself yet.
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Thanks for the Infos! I'm getting Mine tomorrow.
Can I flash NMJ32F on the Sprint version?
unfortunately, the stutter has not improved on Oreo. In fact, it feels worse.
Oreo is working fine for me this whole 25 minutes. I haven't tested Bluetooth yet though
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Oreo is working fine for me this whole 25 minutes. I haven't tested Bluetooth yet though
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Has the camera app improved in Oreo?
Has anyone successfully tried flashing NMI81C to an unlocked device? I can't imagine there'd be a problem, but if no one has done it or seen any problems with it then I know what I'm doing when I get home tomorrow. That was the last build my bluetooth music controls worked with, so I'm pretty excited to be able to flash back to it.
quazimodem said:
Has the camera app improved in Oreo?
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I do not think any app was updated. Unless there is some API in Oreo that would inherently improve the cam.
Does anyone know if you can flash the unlocked firmware onto the Sprint's variant of the Essential after it is carrier unlocked?
xterminater07 said:
Does anyone know if you can flash the unlocked firmware onto the Sprint's variant of the Essential after it is carrier unlocked?
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Yes it works
Sent from my PH-1 using Tapatalk
Oreo running great...only found one bug dealing with wifi hotspot and not being able to select 5ghz as the band to use.
Since flashing Oreo last night I am getting excellent battery life and it appears that I may do better than I was on Android nougat. Personally I really like this phone and no the camera is not the best but for $450 this is probably the nicest phone anyone can hold in their hand at any price point. Once the dads get interested because of price and we can get a port for the Huawei camera I'm sure this camera would do very well
jasonevil said:
Yes it works
Sent from my PH-1 using Tapatalk
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Nice, I will try to flash the Oreo beta of the Unlocked version to my Sprint variants. BTW, do you happen to know how to trigger the UICC unlock menu without having to have the Sprint sim in there and activate the phone? Sprint reps told me the phone is unlocked on their end, but my phone still say invalid sim because the UICC unlock menu has not been activated on the phone itself. Would flashing the unlocked firmware solves this?
Only downside for me so far on the beta is battery life.
On nougat I would go to bed with 100% battery and wake up with 100%.
On Oreo I woke up with like 97%. Keeps dying quicker during the day as well, but this is expected as they mentioned the Oreo framework wasn't optimized for battery life yet.
jasonevil said:
Yes it works
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xterminater07 said:
Does anyone know if you can flash the unlocked firmware onto the Sprint's variant of the Essential after it is carrier unlocked?
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Not only does it work but definitely recommended as you will get the latest fingerprint sensor fix as well as better screen touches.
I am coming up on 24 hours into this Oreo beta, and it's my daily driver. So far, so good. Battery life seems a bit better for me, although it was great before - hard to do an apples to apples comparison though. No bluetooth issues, in fact, this seems a bit better with Plantronics Voyager/Legend than before - haven't tried in the car yet. I had one spontaneous reboot (I wasn't using it, just sitting on the desk and I noticed it rebooting) but so far, I can't see any reason not to charge ahead. The install did turn off wifi calling, I had to re-enable that. No service/signal issues (on T-Mobile in central Texas).
It used to work before i reset my phone. My edge lighting works with screen off but when my aod is on it doesn't work, it use to work i dont know whats going on but that kind of kills half the purpose of edge lighting in my opinion plus it looks best whens screens off any one know a fix??
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It used to work before i reset my phone. My edge lighting works with screen off but when my aod is on it doesn't work, it use to work i dont know whats going on but that kind of kills half the purpose of edge lighting in my opinion plus it looks best whens screens off any one know a fix??
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In for answers....I haven't done anything different to my phone but all of a sudden one day the edge lighting just stopped working ? hasn't worked for a few weeks for me now.
KURDKiNG said:
It used to work before i reset my phone. My edge lighting works with screen off but when my aod is on it doesn't work, it use to work i dont know whats going on but that kind of kills half the purpose of edge lighting in my opinion plus it looks best whens screens off any one know a fix??
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This works great.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe
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In for answers....I haven't done anything different to my phone but all of a sudden one day the edge lighting just stopped working hasn't worked for a few weeks for me now.
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Could be one of the adaptive battery settings; known troublemakers. This feature though has eluded me for over a year on the 10+ And not a clue why even after spending a bunch of time playing with it
airmaxx23 said:
This works great.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe
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I tried that apk on the 10+ running on Pie, no joy and that apk itself was a real bloody pain.... grrrrr.
For whatever reason(s) edge lighting has never worked. I could try playing with it again... last couple times were a waste of time.
Probably a apk conflict or settings issue but I never found it... meh.
OP, Thanks for reminding me of this gremlin
Hope you find a solution here as it may backwards applicable.
blackhawk said:
Could be one of the adaptive battery settings; known troublemakers. This feature though has eluded me for over a year on the 10+ And not a clue why even after spending a bunch of time playing with it
I tried that apk on the 10+ running on Pie, no joy and that apk itself was a real bloody pain.... grrrrr.
For whatever reason(s) edge lighting has never worked. I could try playing with it again... last couple times were a waste of time.
Probably a apk conflict or settings issue but I never found it... meh.
OP, Thanks for reminding me of this gremlin
Hope you find a solution here as it may backwards applicable.
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That function edge lighting was a mess since my note 9 days. Seems like not much has changed.
Limeybastard said:
That function edge lighting was a mess since my note 9 days. Seems like not much has changed.
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Lol, that's reassuring. A long history of fail.
I just looked over my settings and it should be active.
Damned if I see it anymore (it works for a couple days once, long, long ago).
I reset it to factory load, the only possible option left; no power management is active.
I'll double check my blocked apks just for amusement.
Guess I'll wait and see if this takes:laugh:
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Lol, that's reassuring. A long history of fail.
I just looked over my settings and it should be active.
Damned if I see it anymore (it works for a couple days once, long, long ago).
I reset it to factory load, the only possible option left; no power management is active.
I'll double check my blocked apks just for amusement.
Guess I'll wait and see if this takes:laugh:
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That function has always been a major fail. So much so that I have it off ( phone wise ) .
Opposite of the OOS 11 , the horizon light works everytime for notifications
Limeybastard said:
That function has always been a major fail. So much so that I have it off ( phone wise ) .
Opposite of the OOS 11 , the horizon light works everytime for notifications
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Bah-ha-ha-ha... it never uses any battery (yes, well) so I completely forgot it was enabled.
Guess it could be one of the mystery apks under Android Services sucking battery though.
Thanks for reminding to pull it's plug!
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Bah-ha-ha-ha... it never uses any battery (yes, well) so I completely forgot it was enabled.
Guess it could be one of the mystery apks under Android Services sucking battery though.
Thanks for reminding to pull it's plug!
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Major culling via adb or ccsw is a must when buying into one ui ecosystem.
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Major culling via adb or ccsw is a must when buying into one ui ecosystem.
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Zippo raid it be for sure.
I have something like 86 blocked apks now. All but 6 or so of those are never needed. Lol, less run time, less trouble.
Sometimes with new apps I'll block them until I sort them out or throw them out.
Limeybastard said:
That function edge lighting was a mess since my note 9 days. Seems like not much has changed.
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I remember them breaking it with one of the major S9 updates, I think Oreo? It worked fine for me before that, never since
Seems to work with OneUI 3.0 beta now
*Detection* said:
I remember them breaking it with one of the major S9 updates, I think Oreo? It worked fine for me before that, never since
Seems to work with OneUI 3.0 beta now
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Probably stop working after final release
Limeybastard said:
Probably stop working after final release
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haha yea probably
Limeybastard said:
Probably stop working after final release
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*Detection* said:
haha yea probably
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As usual.
They like to finish off an OS (and phone) at the end. The lame duck phenomenon
How are you finding it?
KraftwerkElectro said:
How are you finding it?
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Factory Images for Nexus and Pixel Devices | Google Play services | Google for Developers
developers.google.com
Scroll till u hit sunfish pixel 4a,
KraftwerkElectro said:
How are you finding it?
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hammered58 said:
Factory Images for Nexus and Pixel Devices | Google Play services | Google for Developers
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Scroll till u hit sunfish pixel 4a,
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I'm pretty sure he didn't ask "how" to find the download of the firmware, but for people who flashed the ROM, what is their evaluation/experience of this new firmware.
Easy change. Big up to to the Magisk team, root worked right away.
I haven't seen any big change yet -still checking...
DiamondJohn said:
I'm pretty sure he didn't ask "how" to find the download of the firmware, but for people who flashed the ROM, what is their evaluation/experience of this new firmware.
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You are correct
I don't actually notice any difference, on this 3rd day, although responses may be a bit "perkier"
DiamondJohn said:
I'm pretty sure he didn't ask "how" to find the download of the firmware, but for people who flashed the ROM, what is their evaluation/experience of this new firmware.
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If that's the case then "I haven't found it"
day 3 in and all i noticed is the new setting for the lock screen clock and the battery life is noticeably worse. hopefully the battery gets back to normal after a few days.
badtlc said:
day 3 in and all i noticed is the new setting for the lock screen clock and the battery life is noticeably worse. hopefully the battery gets back to normal after a few days.
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Some battery loss can be exoected as the new AI "learns". Haven't noticed that here, tho
amphi66 said:
Some battery loss can be exoected as the new AI "learns". Haven't noticed that here, tho
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It is pretty bad for me still. Overnight battery drain used to be about 5%. Lately it has been 8-9%. Even tried a factory reset to make sure no bugs from the OTA update.
I put it on my 4a. It seems mostly the same.
Lock screen clock is bigger.
Media controls are heaps different.
I gotta update my apps now because new rules.
I haven't noticed battery issues but I'm not a heavy user and it's only been a day or two.
So far , I have only one issue: when I make a call, I hear also the ambient noise in my headphones.
Before upgrading to Android 13 I didn't have this issue and I was only hearing the other person speaking.