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[Q] How to disable OTA update notification?

Does anyone know how to disable the OTA update notification? It's irritating me pop up in my notification tray all the time but I can't for the life of me figure out how to stop it, my tablet is rooted running Lollipop 5.0, I tried using the disableservices app and disabling the sustemupdateservice under the Google Services Framework, disabled both services under the System Updates, disabled updateservice under SHIELD Hub, and both services under NVIDIA Tegra Service Updater and still no dice, it keeps popping up.

shiltz said:
Does anyone know how to disable the OTA update notification? It's irritating me pop up in my notification tray all the time but I can't for the life of me figure out how to stop it, my tablet is rooted running Lollipop 5.0, I tried using the disableservices app and disabling the sustemupdateservice under the Google Services Framework, disabled both services under the System Updates, disabled updateservice under SHIELD Hub, and both services under NVIDIA Tegra Service Updater and still no dice, it keeps popping up.
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Dang, man, you pretty much have disabled everything there.
If you have SD Maid or something similar, you have to freeze the following service or apps:
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Thanks, freezing that with SD maid seems to have worked, I guess the disableservices app simply wasn't working because that was one of the services I disabled with it.

CM17X said:
Dang, man, you pretty much have disabled everything there.
If you have SD Maid or something similar, you have to freeze the following service or apps:
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Been searching numerous threads on how to remove the OTA notification from my N4 now the 5.0.1 update has raised its ugly head on my notification bar (staying with KK 4.4 and I have xposed installed) A relative noob even though I have been able to work out a few things along the way I'm not very experienced admittedly - but this has me stumped!
I have disabled auto updates so 5.0.1 hasn't been downloaded, just want to rid myself of the annoying bar flipping all the time.
I'm intrigued by the possibility of doing this with SD Maid...but can't for the life of me work out how to access the System Updates screen you threw up there CM17X. Have enabled system apps in AppControl but can't find 'System updates' anywhere in the list. Version is 3.1.1.4[356]
Edit: showing google services framework details as example
Totally confused at this point as to what I'm doing wrong!
Any suggestions would be really appreciated. Cheers zhukoz.

zhukoz said:
Been searching numerous threads on how to remove the OTA notification from my N4 now the 5.0.1 update has raised its ugly head on my notification bar (staying with KK 4.4 and I have xposed installed) A relative noob even though I have been able to work out a few things along the way I'm not very experienced admittedly - but this has me stumped!
I have disabled auto updates so 5.0.1 hasn't been downloaded, just want to rid myself of the annoying bar flipping all the time.
I'm intrigued by the possibility of doing this with SD Maid...but can't for the life of me work out how to access the System Updates screen you threw up there CM17X. Have enabled system apps in AppControl but can't find 'System updates' anywhere in the list. Version is 3.1.1.4[356]
Edit: showing google services framework details as example
Totally confused at this point as to what I'm doing wrong!
Any suggestions would be really appreciated. Cheers zhukoz.
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Sorry for my late reply and my vague explanation to it.
I assume you're rooted, that way you'll be able to see the OTA or System Updates you need to Freeze.
A little gif i made for you:

CM17X said:
Sorry for my late reply and my vague explanation to it.
I assume you're rooted, that way you'll be able to see the OTA or System Updates you need to Freeze.
A little gif i made for you:
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Hey, thanks very much for going to the trouble of making that gif - I really appreciate it
Yes, I am rooted so can see System apps. However, that is exactly what I have been doing! and alas, in the whole long list of apps, System Updates does not appear ANYWHERE. Google Service Framework, yes, ConfigUpdater, System UI, etc all the other system elements are there.
But not System Updates Love to know why Lol
I guess I could just be very careful not to accidentally trip the notification updater! But its disappointing not to be able to utilise this seemingly easy fix. I tried disabling notifications for Google Services Framework and Play Services in Settings > Apps (which killed the notification OK) but had the sudden battery drain issue so had to re-enable them.
I gotta thank you for all your help though and the fast reply...much appreciated mate!

zhukoz said:
Hey, thanks very much for going to the trouble of making that gif - I really appreciate it
Yes, I am rooted so can see System apps. However, that is exactly what I have been doing! and alas, in the whole long list of apps, System Updates does not appear ANYWHERE. Google Service Framework, yes, ConfigUpdater, System UI, etc all the other system elements are there.
But not System Updates Love to know why Lol
I guess I could just be very careful not to accidentally trip the notification updater! But its disappointing not to be able to utilise this seemingly easy fix. I tried disabling notifications for Google Services Framework and Play Services in Settings > Apps (which killed the notification OK) but had the sudden battery drain issue so had to re-enable them.
I gotta thank you for all your help though and the fast reply...much appreciated mate!
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That's kinda strange. Did you tried looking for System updates on the search box? You should be able.
Disabling service for notifications and stuff wouldn't stop it.
Also make sure you have activated the "Include system apps", just for fun. Or try uninstalling and re-installing SD-MAID

CM17X said:
That's kinda strange. Did you tried looking for System updates on the search box? You should be able.
Disabling service for notifications and stuff wouldn't stop it.
Also make sure you have activated the "Include system apps", just for fun. Or try uninstalling and re-installing SD-MAID
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Yes mate. Did a search for it before and nothing was found and 'include system apps' is checked. Good suggestion on the uninstall/re-install I will try that next.
Just a thought...having certain xposed modules installed couldn't be affecting this, could it? I'm doubting that it could but I don't know enough really to be sure Lol
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Damn, un/re-installing didn't work either heh. Thanks for the suggestion though, it was a good one, and logical
I think I'll have to resign myself to living with the notification, unless I can sort out how to use the fotakill.apk mentioned elsewhere...had just hoped I could avoid it (and take the 'easy way out' lol) but it seems not!

zhukoz said:
Yes mate. Did a search for it before and nothing was found and 'include system apps' is checked. Good suggestion on the uninstall/re-install I will try that next.
Just a thought...having certain xposed modules installed couldn't be affecting this, could it? I'm doubting that it could but I don't know enough really to be sure Lol
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Damn, un/re-installing didn't work either heh. Thanks for the suggestion though, it was a good one, and logical
I think I'll have to resign myself to living with the notification, unless I can sort out how to use the fotakill.apk mentioned elsewhere...had just hoped I could avoid it (and take the 'easy way out' lol) but it seems not!
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I can't figure out why you are unable to see the ota or system updates application, seems like at some point you lost it. Maybe factory reseting your tablet. Not sure.
Make some memory, did you uninstalled it? (System update)

It is strange, isn't it! No, I definitely didn't uninstall it heh. I've only had the phone for a couple of weeks, though it came to me second hand with 4.4 installed not Lollipop so it wasn't a factory reset purchase.
Maybe something happened during the rooting process? (I used NRT toolkit to unlock/root/install TWRP - which went smoothly)
Just thinking, if I don't have the application present, it couldn't update in any case could it? (being rooted aside, in which case I believe the update if initiated, would fail)
Maybe it might be best just to let sleeping dogs lie, so to speak! By all accounts the 5.0x update can cause major issues with the Nexus 4 and I'm not keen on the new L interface either. Not knowing enough about how android functions, I don't know if the Fotakill/apk fix would work if I don't have System Updates application anymore.
Have to thank you for persisting with this on my behalf, pity we couldn't come to a definitive conclusion
cheers zhukoz

zhukoz said:
It is strange, isn't it! No, I definitely didn't uninstall it heh. I've only had the phone for a couple of weeks, though it came to me second hand with 4.4 installed not Lollipop so it wasn't a factory reset purchase.
Maybe something happened during the rooting process? (I used NRT toolkit to unlock/root/install TWRP - which went smoothly)
Just thinking, if I don't have the application present, it couldn't update in any case could it? (being rooted aside, in which case I believe the update if initiated, would fail)
Maybe it might be best just to let sleeping dogs lie, so to speak! By all accounts the 5.0x update can cause major issues with the Nexus 4 and I'm not keen on the new L interface either. Not knowing enough about how android functions, I don't know if the Fotakill/apk fix would work if I don't have System Updates application anymore.
Have to thank you for persisting with this on my behalf, pity we couldn't come to a definitive conclusion
cheers zhukoz
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I dont know if the method you've used for root KK makes it dissapear, but what I know us that for KK it was too much. You can root KK with towelroot and just one click.
As for lollipop, I'm on 5.0 which is good for me, 5.0.1 is a no no

CM17X said:
I dont know if the method you've used for root KK makes it dissapear, but what I know us that for KK it was too much. You can root KK with towelroot and just one click.
As for lollipop, I'm on 5.0 which is good for me, 5.0.1 is a no no
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Yeah the update notification which is displayed is for 5.0.1, which is reportedly not working too well in Nexus 4s
Nexus Root Toolkit is what I used (which is one click for root) but who knows if the System Update application was there before rooting? The phone came to me set up already, not as a fresh factory reset so it could have been like that when I got it.
I think I can live with the notification prompt, considering the missing system update I'm leery of doing anything else to it now. Having never performed one, does a factory reset touch system files? I didn't think it did, and if this is the case then the missing app wouldn't be replaced. But as I said, I don't have enough experiece to know...my first Android phone, guess I'm jumping into the deep end after only a couple of weeks lol
But anyway, thanks CM17X. Really appreciate your help/suggestions.

zhukoz said:
Yeah the update notification which is displayed is for 5.0.1, which is reportedly not working too well in Nexus 4s
Nexus Root Toolkit is what I used (which is one click for root) but who knows if the System Update application was there before rooting? The phone came to me set up already, not as a fresh factory reset so it could have been like that when I got it.
I think I can live with the notification prompt, considering the missing system update I'm leery of doing anything else to it now. Having never performed one, does a factory reset touch system files? I didn't think it did, and if this is the case then the missing app wouldn't be replaced. But as I said, I don't have enough experiece to know...my first Android phone, guess I'm jumping into the deep end after only a couple of weeks lol
But anyway, thanks CM17X. Really appreciate your help/suggestions.
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I don't think that factory reset restore the missing system app neither, but if you're willing to try, try it.
Look at the settings > Apps > Disabled tab to see if by any chance you find it disabled.
Other thing is that you can try to install KitKat again, from whatbi understan you've unlocked your bootloader, so it shoyld be an easy cake to do.
Try installing Titanium back up to see if it can find it.

CM17X said:
*Tablet [emoji1]
I don't think that factory reset restore the missing system app neither, but if you're willing to try, try it.
Look at the settings > Apps > Disabled tab to see if by any chance you find it disabled.
Other thing is that you can try to install KitKat again, from whatbi understan you've unlocked your bootloader, so it shoyld be an easy cake to do.
Try installing Titanium back up to see if it can find it.
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Thanks for the suggestions.
No I haven't disabled it, and it doesn't show up in Titanium Backup either so I guess we can say it has definitively gone lol
I've downloaded the factory image for kitkat from google dev site, but might sit on it for the moment. Yes as you say should be a piece of cake (especially with the toolkit) but if the notification isn't that detrimental I'll keep the factory flash in mind for now.
You've been really helpful mate, trying to sort this out. Much appreciated

zhukoz said:
Thanks for the suggestions.
No I haven't disabled it, and it doesn't show up in Titanium Backup either so I guess we can say it has definitively gone lol
I've downloaded the factory image for kitkat from google dev site, but might sit on it for the moment. Yes as you say should be a piece of cake (especially with the toolkit) but if the notification isn't that detrimental I'll keep the factory flash in mind for now.
You've been really helpful mate, trying to sort this out. Much appreciated
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It's okay, man. Have fun!

CM17X said:
It's okay, man. Have fun!
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Hey, I'll let you know if I take the plunge and what happens (if anything)

CM17X said:
Dang, man, you pretty much have disabled everything there.
If you have SD Maid or something similar, you have to freeze the following service or apps:
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I froze the app in SD Maid but I'm still getting the notification. Tried Ti Backup and it's reporting that System Update (com.nvidia.ota) is already frozen. Running update 68 at the moment.

trdpatrick said:
I froze the app in SD Maid but I'm still getting the notification. Tried Ti Backup and it's reporting that System Update (com.nvidia.ota) is already frozen. Running update 68 at the moment.
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Strange, it worked for me right away and still does. I'm on Lollipop 5.0

what if your not rooted?
CM17X said:
Sorry for my late reply and my vague explanation to it.
I assume you're rooted, that way you'll be able to see the OTA or System Updates you need to Freeze.
A little gif i made for you:
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How I did it:
I installed SD Maid from the Play Store and upgraded to Pro (might work without getting Pro)
I tapped the left top menu and the tapped the 3 horizontal bars (like Equalizer sliders)
This opened Settings > AppControl > I checked the box of "Include System-Apps"
Set Sort mode to Name (default is Last update)
Exit settings
Open AppControl from left menu > Start > scroll down to "Software update"
i.e.
Software update
com.wssyncmldm
4.03 MB
Tap on it to open pop-down menu > Freeze App
Not sure if this was the trick but I have not got the dreaded 143 MB update notification so far.

S7 Edge Android 7.0 (Nougat) Performance Guide

Some of this guide may apply to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) as well. I've honestly forgotten what 6.0 was like since I have been on the 7.0 beta for so long, but some of this is possible on the older software.
So the reason I decided to make this guide was because I recently almost sold my S7 Edge due to poor performance. When I first installed Nougat it was great, but over time the phone got worse and worse. I realize this is an Android thing in general, but it just got to be so annoying that I couldn’t ignore it any longer. I have a vanilla android tablet that flies and when I would switch back to the phone it was almost unbearable. This guide will help out significantly with that issue.
First off you'll want to enable "Developer options". Go to Settings > About device > and then tap on "Build number" 7 times to enable Developer options.
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After that go back a page and scroll all the way to the bottom to find Developer options. Click that.
Once in Developer options scroll about 3/4 way down to find three entries that say "animation scale". Change all three entries to "0.5x".
Next we need to go to the Playstore and download an app called "Package Disabler Pro". Yes it's 2 dollars and yes you want/need it.
Before running the app download the .XML file I have attached to this post called "XDA.xml". Now go ahead and open the app and let it load. Next click the three dots in the top right and select "Import from xml". Select the xml file you downloaded from the previous step. This will disable some of the pre-installed apps that you don't need. I encourage you to look through this entire list and click on each item that you would never use, this will permanently disable that app from running or appearing in your app drawer. You can easily undo it at any time by clicking the apps name again (taking the check out of the box). Just to let you know I have 33 additional apps disabled other than the ones in the "XDA.xml" file, I have all kinds of stuff disabled that I don't use; gear vr, gear manager for watches, android pay (I use Samsung pay), S-voice (I used google dictation for everything). I really encourage you to go through and get rid of anything in there that you don't use, it will help the phone out a lot. Once you're done reboot the phone.
When the phone boots up go to the "Device maintenance" section of the settings menu. I at first ignored this section as I felt that it was gimmicky an unnecessary, but then realized that it's actually very useful.
First let’s go to "Performance mode". There is a ton of stuff you can do with this, but I am only going to address one of them. Click on "settings" and then "Screen resolution". Change it to 1920x1080 (FHD). You can always change it back if you really need something such as VR, but most of the time you will not be able to tell that there was a change in resolution.
Next go back to Device maintenance and select "RAM". This menu allows you to close out things from RAM that you don't want running. The problem with this is that Linux (Android) prefers to have apps stay in RAM instead of having to reload them each time you open them, so closing them is kind of counterproductive. Not only that but almost everything that you close from this menu will re-enable itself in the next few minutes anyway. This menu, like the "Battery" section, gives you a look at things which are running that you may not know about. I went through this list and uninstalled apps that I didn't even use so that they weren't just hanging around running without me knowing. A lot of the apps on this list were running and I never even opened them to begin with, that kind of bugs me. I got rid of the ones I could and then used Greenify (more on that in a minute) on the others. Any apps on this list that you for sure never opened, need to be added to Greenify (see next section for instructions) because they are running themselves and using resources.
Now for Greenify. Go to the playstore and download the "Greenify" app and follow the instructions to set it up. It takes a few steps to setup but you only have to do it once. Pay attention as some of the steps are a little tricky and they all must be enabled for the app to function properly. Once installed you will use Greenify to hibernate the apps that you found from the previous section (ram manager) that you don't want awake all the time. Some apps just run themselves without asking you first and sit there consuming battery. I would first decide whether you even need that app to begin with and if you do, then go ahead and Greenify it. Something to note here is that if you Greenify an app that NEEDS to stay awake to work, such as a chat program or music apps, they won't work properly. These apps are easy to spot because they have little blue "gcm" icons next to them, so be careful. To add an app to the "Greenify list" (auto hibernation) just hit the + button in the top right to start adding them.
Once you're done with all that, your phone should be flying. It's not even the same phone anymore really. One thing I want to point out is that the Samsung keyboard on Android 6.0 was trash. It was a completely unusable piece of non-working trash. The auto correct couldn't keep up with any reasonable typing speed, so no words would be corrected at all and you would be left with a mess of a paragraph. I solved that with Swiftkey originally, but for some odd reason it was never blazing fast on this phone. It caught every single mistake, but when you were typing there was just enough lag to kind of throw off your typing speed and it looked like crap. I am happy to say that on Android 7.0 the new Samsung keyboard is the best keyboard I have ever used. They FINALLY got it right after all these years. Honestly all of their keyboards have sucked. They could never seem to get them right, whether it was lag or just plain non-functioning auto correct, it was always something. This one is perfect and if you're using Swiftkey I would uninstall it as it continually reruns itself even when you force close it. It's also a resource hog, so if you don't need it, get rid of it.
There is it, you should be good to go with these small adjustments. A lot of you don't even have 7.0 yet, but when you do at least you will have a head start. There is nothing worse than paying $800 for the latest smartphone only for it to be a laggy mess. Hopefully this helps somewhat with that problem.

Good advice. I just got my S7E the other day. I was (am) so disappointed there is no root for this device. My other android is a note 4 and there is a huge development community, so that's what I've been used to for the past 2 years. I'm missing little things that you can do with root... Ad away for 1, and honestly 3minit battery and 3minit clock. Like I said little things.
And to be honest, the S7E doesn't feel "that" much faster than my Note 4. Which has got me scratching my head. It's faster but not the night and day difference I expected.
Well I look forward to nougat. And using these tips. Thanks!
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S7E

I've disabled animations and disabled or removed bloat apps for years. I find I have to do a complete reset every couple weeks or so since being on beta. It gets HORRIBLE lag that no amount of cache clearing fixes.
PDP can actually ruin battery life as dependent apps are constantly running, searching for and not finding other apps they're tied to.

joe3681 said:
I've disabled animations and disabled or removed bloat apps for years. I find I have to do a complete reset every couple weeks or so since being on beta. It gets HORRIBLE lag that no amount of cache clearing fixes.
PDP can actually ruin battery life as dependent apps are constantly running, searching for and not finding other apps they're tied to.
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My phone has been amazingly smooth for 2 weeks now, night and day difference. I agree, if you get carried away with disabling packages it can be counter productive. I've gone through and just disabled anything I didn't recognize, like 200 things disabled LOL Yea getting carried away with that program can cause some serious problems. I only disable things that are clearly apps that I wouldn't use and a couple others that I know for certain are insane battery hogs like the tmobile carrier IQ service that logs your every action (I forget the name at the moment but it's disabled in my XDA.xml).

joe3681 said:
PDP can actually ruin battery life as dependent apps are constantly running, searching for and not finding other apps they're tied to.
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Force the app, and clear it's cache and data before disabling it. I was ready to deal with the root issues to Uninstaller a bunch of apps when PDP failed to extend my battery life, but someone in another thread suggested cleaning the app and it worked wonders for me.
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Mine is still in android 6 and in uodate swction its not showing. What the hell is wrong where everyone using 7

saurabh88 said:
Mine is still in android 6 and in uodate swction its not showing. What the hell is wrong where everyone using 7
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Those of us how are running 7.0 are in the beta program, which is closed
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Ohk

Guide updated to add Greenify section, remove redundant and (non useful) section, and new XDA.xml app uploaded.

I think using (a) Package Disabler is maybe one of the most important steps! Including a pre-done .xml to help people disable bloat is fantastic. GREAT JOB! Thanks given!

Araltd said:
I think using (a) Package Disabler is maybe one of the most important steps! Including a pre-done .xml to help people disable bloat is fantastic. GREAT JOB! Thanks given!
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is there a difference if I just go into setting, applications and just disabling the app from there? is the app necessary ?

Izz14 said:
is there a difference if I just go into setting, applications and just disabling the app from there? is the app necessary ?
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You can't disable services with the in OS settings, only applications and not system applications.
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Sounds like the right thing to do, but since we have no real backup of our ROM, what does one do if the changes made by this app are not to the liking of the user? How can this process be reverted back to prior of the making of these changes?

AL00 9.1.0.116 Released

Hey guys,
I just checked for updates and I got an update to my 9.0.0.200 to 9.1.0.116
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Me too

Adds the display of 3rd party app notification when screen is off! Does than mean it shows up on the always on display screen??

praveen6585 said:
Adds the display of 3rd party app notification when screen is off! Does than mean it shows up on the always on display screen??
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Yes. They all show now

antiochasylum said:
Yes. They all show now
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Seems that Huawei Team is reading this forum very often... because they listen to their users :
- They block the Database Unlock Codes
- They Add the third-party Notifications when Screen is off
- They block the option to Remove Stock launcher by ADB Command starting with 195 Update
- They block the option to Remove the Stock launcher by Package Disabler starting with 200 Update
All of these info's were discussed here and only here. There is no way they could have got this info from any elsewhere rather than xda...
Well done, Huawei... you take the worst from your users, but never take any good opinions to Upgrade... I feel sorry i throw my money on you... I should have stick with Xiaomi...

filip_pine said:
Seems that Huawei Team is reading this forum very often... because they listen to their users :
- They block the Database Unlock Codes
- They Add the third-party Notifications when Screen is off
- They block the option to Remove Stock launcher by ADB Command starting with 195 Update
- They block the option to Remove the Stock launcher by Package Disabler starting with 200 Update
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From what i understand, point 2 is actually a good thing. Points 3 and 4 were always a known issue for the Chinese version and people had just found a loophole to fix it. Anyone not wanting that issue was always advised to go for the international version which works flawlessly with third party launchers from the start. Point 1 was also a known issue and only loopholes were being used.
Bottom line is that Huawei has not sprung any surprises on us. I am more than happy with my international version. The only issue was the AOD was not supporting third party apps so i was using NoLED but with that fixed its all good.

praveen6585 said:
From what i understand, point 2 is actually a good thing. Points 3 and 4 were always a known issue for the Chinese version and people had just found a loophole to fix it. Anyone not wanting that issue was always advised to go for the international version which works flawlessly with third party launchers from the start. Point 1 was also a known issue and only loopholes were being used.
Bottom line is that Huawei has not sprung any surprises on us. I am more than happy with my international version. The only issue was the AOD was not supporting third party apps so i was using NoLED but with that fixed its all good.
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I am just curious... how it is supposed for the L29 to work flawlessly with third-party Launchers when everyone said that they can't Remove Stock Launcher on L29 ?
Am i missing something here ?
Whatever, what i wanted to said is everything that has been discussed here on XDA they are in direct proportions with the exact feature / or not that Huawei is pushing to our Mate 20 X at the moment...
- We wanted third Party launcher and we found a way to do it : Huawei Disabled any method to remove the Stock Launcher by now !
- We wanted third-party Apps Notifications with the Screen Off : Huawei gives us that !
- We wanted to Unlock Bootloader, we did it somehow... : Huawei stop this now...
- We wanted a more advanced ROM : Huawei give us the ROM much more faster than we thought...
What i'm trying to say here is that, somehow, Huawei is reading XDA a lot in the past time )

filip_pine said:
I am just curious... how it is supposed for the L29 to work flawlessly with third-party Launchers when everyone said that they can't Remove Stock Launcher on L29 ?
Am i missing something here ?
What i'm trying to say here is that, somehow, Huawei is reading XDA a lot in the past time )
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I haven't tried to remove the stock launcher but there is the option to switch to other launchers from the default app selection menu. Attached the screenshot for reference.
Also, i know for a fact that most companies have a dedicated social media team which handles Twitter, Facebook and other posts. Whenever i have a complaint against any service,i usually post on Twitter and get a much quicker response than calling up the help desk. I am sure they are monitoring forums relevant to their products or service as well to get feedback. Might be the same why Huawei

praveen6585 said:
I haven't tried to remove the stock launcher but there is the option to switch to other launchers from the default app selection menu. Attached the screenshot for reference.
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Huh.. that's interesting...What Software version are you running buddy ?
Can anyone with EVR-AL00 can select another Launcher rather that the Stock one ? I am wondering if Huawei did listen to this as well and they offer us the chance to Change to third party Launcher with their new EMUI ...

filip_pine said:
Huh.. that's interesting...What Software version are you running buddy ?
Can anyone with EVR-AL00 can select another Launcher rather that the Stock one ? I am wondering if Huawei did listen to this as well and they offer us the chance to Change to third party Launcher with their new EMUI ...
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Running stock rom .. 9.0.0.192 on EVR L29. This feature was there since the past few updates as well. Like i mentioned earlier, i don't think this is a direct option on the AL00

Soo disappointed
Even with 9.1 update they can't fix the ugly front camera soft image processing
Damn you HUAWEI
Portrait are ****
Faces details are bad with rear too

filip_pine said:
Seems that Huawei Team is reading this forum very often... because they listen to their users :
- They block the Database Unlock Codes
- They Add the third-party Notifications when Screen is off
- They block the option to Remove Stock launcher by ADB Command starting with 195 Update
- They block the option to Remove the Stock launcher by Package Disabler starting with 200 Update
All of these info's were discussed here and only here. There is no way they could have got this info from any elsewhere rather than xda...
Well done, Huawei... you take the worst from your users, but never take any good opinions to Upgrade... I feel sorry i throw my money on you... I should have stick with Xiaomi...
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All these issues have been extensively spoken on other platforms including huawei own forums. Nevertheless this is great news. Only thing Id like to ask is the people above are they outside China has this now been pushed to EU and UK also I'd love to see a image of what the 3rd party notifications look like on AOD screen.
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filip_pine said:
Seems that Huawei Team is reading this forum very often... because they listen to their users :
- They block the Database Unlock Codes
- They Add the third-party Notifications when Screen is off
- They block the option to Remove Stock launcher by ADB Command starting with 195 Update
- They block the option to Remove the Stock launcher by Package Disabler starting with 200 Update
All of these info's were discussed here and only here. There is no way they could have got this info from any elsewhere rather than xda...
Well done, Huawei... you take the worst from your users, but never take any good opinions to Upgrade... I feel sorry i throw my money on you... I should have stick with Xiaomi...
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praveen6585 said:
From what i understand, point 2 is actually a good thing. Points 3 and 4 were always a known issue for the Chinese version and people had just found a loophole to fix it. Anyone not wanting that issue was always advised to go for the international version which works flawlessly with third party launchers from the start. Point 1 was also a known issue and only loopholes were being used.
Bottom line is that Huawei has not sprung any surprises on us. I am more than happy with my international version. The only issue was the AOD was not supporting third party apps so i was using NoLED but with that fixed its all good.
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Agreed.
I'm on LYA-L09 C432e10r1p16 hopefully I'll be getting soon I'm in UK I believe my rom is EU version international not sure I forgot.
I've not had issues with launchers I use Nova and Hyperion, hyperion I feel is best atm
Either way the gpu boost update is good and the best thing for me is the AOD notifications this was a killer for me.

What region are you all from that got the update ?
I'm on LYA L29

I didnt recive nothing

Mine is AL00 nothing yet but fingers crossed

Got my update yesterday for my Mate 20 Pro

Lpuboy87 said:
Got my update yesterday for my Mate 20 Pro
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Even when using power saving
Phone performance is extremely fast and smooth
With this update

rowihel2012 said:
Even when using power saving
Phone performance is extremely fast and smooth
With this update
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so far seems good...the one hiccup i am noticing on my Mate 20 pro, is the fingerprint scanner has trouble recognizing at times and i didnt have this issue before. Most part its ok but sometimes i wont recognize fingerprint and i need to punch in my pin to unlock

Lpuboy87 said:
so far seems good...the one hiccup i am noticing on my Mate 20 pro, is the fingerprint scanner has trouble recognizing at times and i didnt have this issue before. Most part its ok but sometimes i wont recognize fingerprint and i need to punch in my pin to unlock
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Do factory reset
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So they cant gave us decent front camera software?

rowihel2012 said:
Do factory reset
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That should clear issue?

I seem to have messed up when debloating my phone. What apks are required for GPS?

I made the title as self descriptive as possible. Im a huge anonimity nerd and i debloated my android to my style (Samsung Galaxy A32 5g) since there was no compatibility for Lineage or /e/OS in it. In doing so, i retain pretty much all i want, however one of the weird functions that doens't work as well as it used to is the GPS. I'm pretty sure what i did was disable an APK that uses the phone reception to track location, since when i enable GPS i can still get my location with amazing accuracy, however it takes several minutes (and i mean SEVERAL) after being turned on to track where i am, and in other apps it does not track at all.
The issue is that im an Uber Eats worker (not exactly, but similar style of work) and resetting the phone to factory would mean to debloat all over again.
So, does anyone knows more or less which APKs specifically interact between location and other apps to know which one to enable again?

Might be easier if you listed what you removed.
Dependencies...

blackhawk said:
Might be easier if you listed what you removed.
Dependencies...
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The issue is that i've removed quite a number of things across several days and didn't realize that my GPS wasn't working snap-fast as it was before very much late.

hahaNSAgoBRRRR said:
The issue is that i've removed quite a number of things across several days and didn't realize that my GPS wasn't working snap-fast as it was before very much late.
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Off the top of my head I no clue which apk(s) do that. The apk names can be misleading.
Many of the smaller apks just sit there unless needed.
Especially on Samsung's you can really screw up functionality by disabling blindly, worse it may net near zero performance/increased battery life.
One reason I use a package disabler is mistakes are easy to correct when experimenting with minimum consequences.
Someone here likely does know so keep trying. If that model has it's own section on XDA, post a thread there.
It may be one of these although likely not the last one...
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Off the top of my head I no clue which apk(s) do that. The apk names can be misleading.
Many of the smaller apks just sit there unless needed.
Especially on Samsung's you can really screw up functionality by disabling blindly, worse it may net near zero performance/increased battery life.
One reason I use a package disabler is mistakes are easy to correct when experimenting with minimum consequences.
Someone here likely does know so keep trying. If that model has it's own section on XDA, post a thread there.
It may be one of these although likely not the last one...
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Afraid it wasn't any of them, but thanks, im gonna look around.

hahaNSAgoBRRRR said:
Afraid it wasn't any of them, but thanks, im gonna look around.
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MDM App might be needed... best to not disable this probably.

blackhawk said:
MDM App might be needed... best to not disable this probably.
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Afraid it didn't made a difference. Another weird issue i got however i think this is more of my android config is that after a while with the phone locked whatsapp closes and im not being sent any notifications until i unlock it and open it again. Do you suspect of any apk that need to be on to run the app or what setting could have messed that? I set the phone to never optimize battery and to not turn off data when locked and to not restrict it on whatsapp yet i still randomly open it to find several messages from hours ago that i never got notified for.

Ditch WhatsApp; trashware/malware.
Reload and start from the beginning.

blackhawk said:
Ditch WhatsApp; trashware/malware.
Reload and start from the beginning.
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God i wish i could delete whatsapp but i live in one of those countries where everyone and everything uses it.
As for reloading from the start, i've been thinking about it, but it took so much to delete so much bloat that i'd rather first try and see what i could salvage. After all, all the apks that i removed are still existing in the ROM as installers.

Reload, and use this this to at least set it up and determine what's safe to debloat.
If you disabled more than 90 apps, you probably killed more than is needed...

blackhawk said:
Reload, and use this this to at least set it up and determine what's safe to debloat.
If you disabled more than 90 apps, you probably killed more than is needed...
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Oh, dont worry, i use ADB, although next time i should probably keep in a list what i uninstalled.

hahaNSAgoBRRRR said:
Oh, dont worry, i use ADB, although next time i should probably keep in a list what i uninstalled.
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Problem being Samsung's are feature packed and many are useful. After 2 years I'm still exploring my N10+.
If you inadvertently kill a parent app all it's children dependencies go nuts. Some apps serve more functions than you'll ever find listed.
With no way to easily renable them... you have no hope of easily discovering them.
To this day I still update and modify my bloat list to make the device more functional and efficient.
Be careful what you kill... especially if you haven't used Samsung's extensively. I have 2 N10+'s, one running on 9, the other 10. The Q variant literally has dozens of small system apks than the P variant. Both devices behave almost identically. These dozens of small apks allow this. They use almost no resources or battery.
The Q variants battery life is the same or better.
Blocking these apks would serve no purpose and likely screw up the newer N10+. It has about 150 more new packages in the Q variant than the P. I used my imported block list from the AT&T P variant for the non carrier Q variant. I took out a few new ones that were bloatware but the disable head count remains similar between both devices.
So don't go too nuts as Samsung has added many new system apks to tone down and make Android 10 and up UI usable, look nice and prevent lose of functionality

blackhawk said:
Problem being Samsung's are feature packed and many are useful. After 2 years I'm still exploring my N10+.
If you inadvertently kill a parent app all it's children dependencies go nuts. Some apps serve more functions than you'll ever find listed.
With no way to easily renable them... you have no hope of easily discovering them.
To this day I still update and modify my bloat list to make the device more functional and efficient.
Be careful what you kill... especially if you haven't used Samsung's extensively. I have 2 N10+'s, one running on 9, the other 10. The Q variant literally has dozens of small system apks than the P variant. Both devices behave almost identically. These dozens of small apks allow this. They use almost no resources or battery.
The Q variants battery life is the same or better.
Blocking these apks would serve no purpose and likely screw up the newer N10+. It has about 150 more new packages in the Q variant than the P. I used my imported block list from the AT&T P variant for the non carrier Q variant. I took out a few new ones that were bloatware but the disable head count remains similar between both devices.
So don't go too nuts as Samsung has added many new system apks to tone down and make Android 10 and up UI usable, look nice and prevent lose of functionality
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Gotcha, although i've always been one for simplicity and all, to be honest i kinda wish i could just grab a barebones android OS for my phone and modify it from there.

hahaNSAgoBRRRR said:
Gotcha, although i've always been one for simplicity and all, to be honest i kinda wish i could just grab a barebones android OS for my phone and modify it from there.
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Depending on the model and how much support there is, you can, but it's going to be a time eating gravity well.
It's a lot easier to use stock Samsung's and configure them to suit your needs. Samsung probably has the best launcher out there at least on the N10+.

blackhawk said:
Depending on the model and how much support there is, you can, but it's going to be a time eating gravity well.
It's a lot easier to use stock Samsung's and configure them to suit your needs. Samsung probably has the best launcher out there at least on the N10+.
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Guess that's what i get for getting a phone a few months in the market.

hahaNSAgoBRRRR said:
Guess that's what i get for getting a phone a few months in the market.
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Been a bad year for phones and Android.
I spent a -lot- of time dialing in my N10+, but once done it runs great. You need to find the solutions and use work arounds when needed.
Stock Androids are almost impossible to crash. So... play with it.
Just make sure all critical data is redundantly backed up to at least 2 hhds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC. Do this or eventually you will lose data.

blackhawk said:
Been a bad year for phones and Android.
I spent a -lot- of time dialing in my N10+, but once done it runs great. You need to find the solutions and use work arounds when needed.
Stock Androids are almost impossible to crash. So... play with it.
Just make sure all critical data is redundantly backed up to at least 2 hhds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC. Do this or eventually you will lose data.
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I trust you on that! Thanks a lot for your help UH60.

Question Non Rooted Pixel 7 Pro

Okay Ive had some time using this phone and came to a conclusion, I don't need root on this phone.
Now of course root gives us the power but I have found some applications and a few workarounds to get the best overall performance on this Pixel 7 Pro.
1.Shizuku apk.
This app is sorta like a su app with of course no system level privileges.
(I use this app for ,Better Internet Tiles,
Carrier Vanity Name and Dar Q ..)
2.Package Disabler apk.
This app can debloat most apps.
3.System UI Turner apk.
This app can enable and disable hidden features within the ROM.
4. My new favorite non rooted app that can lock the CPU frequencies.
Max All CPU (non root) apk.
This app actually works which shocked me.!!
5.Adguard apk.
So basically having a pixel device has been the same experience as my rooted devices running pixel experience roms.
Of course better screen (AMOLED) wireless charging and IP68 rating etc...
In a nut shell one can enjoy this device without root.
Please list applications or adb commands or anything that can improve the overall performance of the pixel without root..
Thanks..
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What you're asking is nearly impossible. You can disable some apps, but installing more will just slow down your device. There are no ADB commands that will "improve performance" either.

Please list applications or adb commands or anything that can improve the overall performance of the pixel without root..
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V0latyle said:
What you're asking is nearly impossible. You can disable some apps, but installing more will just slow down your device. There are no ADB commands that will "improve performance" either.
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I can't speak to ADB commands (I doubt there's any, i figure OP's asking for "special commands" that gain some special access to change a particular setting), I think what OP is going for is methods/apps like Greenify -- which is debatable because, as I understand it, Android OS does a whole caching or keeping apps in a low background state as to not use up more power & resources to start them back up again; I only ever seen it discussed when users discuss the merits of "closing all apps" (also discussed on iphones) and/or how it is different than "closing programs" in Windows (this might've been a different case on older versions of Android [as I recall finding it necessary to do such methods on my Motorola Droids {1,3,4}])...
But agreed, without root access, what can be done is so limiting that it's hardly going to make a noticeable difference. if anything, one must trust Android OS developers that they're making the most out of resources ("under the hood") and not wasting them...

Interesting!

Debloat via windows cpu using :
(UAD) Universal Android Debloater, works on Android 14 beta 3.1 in case anyone is curious..
I've noticed less battery drain when i uninstalled google calander,vzw.apn.lib, digital wellbeing, YouTube music, Gmail, and few others..

jhjhjhjhjhjh said:
Debloat via windows cpu using :
(UAD) Universal Android Debloater, works on Android 14 beta 3.1 in case anyone is curious..
I've noticed less battery drain when i uninstalled google calander,vzw.apn.lib, digital wellbeing, YouTube music, Gmail, and few others..
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Of course, when u disable more app, more battery gain. But then, what do u use your phone for? (Uninstall calendar, Gmail?)

hungragezone said:
Of course, when u disable more app, more battery gain. But then, what do u use your phone for? (Uninstall calendar, Gmail?)
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i used the browser to check my emails and the preinstalled google calendar requires a sign in just to see the calendar month i don't like that i use another calendar app..

4ADatabase setedit mod that has my pixel 7 pro flying and with no overheating.
Running this mod on android 14 beta 3.1..
I saw this mod in a thread somewhere that works without root just the app.
My cpu clock speeds are now stable and don't fluctuate like I'm used to on a rooted phone that i would max out my cores for best performance
.
See my pics.. This phone really needs no root or custom rom
..I need all my banking apps , hold for me and all stock pixel exclusives...
Happy modding without root..

jhjhjhjhjhjh said:
4ADatabase setedit mod that has my pixel 7 pro flying and with no overheating.
Running this mod on android 14 beta 3.1..
I saw this mod in a thread somewhere that works without root just the app.
My cpu clock speeds are now stable and don't fluctuate like I'm used to on a rooted phone that i would max out my cores for best performance
.
See my pics.. This phone really needs no root or custom rom
..I need all my banking apps , hold for me and all stock pixel exclusives...
Happy modding without root..View attachment 5939303View attachment 5939305View attachment 5939307
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How about battery life?

jhjhjhjhjhjh said:
4ADatabase setedit mod that has my pixel 7 pro flying and with no overheating.
Running this mod on android 14 beta 3.1..
I saw this mod in a thread somewhere that works without root just the app.
My cpu clock speeds are now stable and don't fluctuate like I'm used to on a rooted phone that i would max out my cores for best performance
.
See my pics.. This phone really needs no root or custom rom
..I need all my banking apps , hold for me and all stock pixel exclusives...
Happy modding without root..View attachment 5939303View attachment 5939305View attachment 5939307
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I really appreciate your informations. Anyway the way you tell everbody "you dont need root" is patronizing. People root for many reasons. And its a lot easier to play around with mods if you have root. I never had problems with root since the first Android Phone.

hungragezone said:
How about battery life?
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No noticeable difference.. I spent 3 hours on calls, took some video shots, watched about 1 hour of YouTube, used Android Auto and maps while driving down the coast for about an hour.
Came home about 6 hours later still had %65 left in the can.... Battery life has always been good even on A13..

xtcislove said:
I really appreciate your informations. Anyway the way you tell everbody "you dont need root" is patronizing. People root for many reasons. And its a lot easier to play around with mods if you have root. I never had problems with root since the first Android Phone.
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Patronising. lol
I guess one only reads and gravitates to one subject.
I've been rooting, building, baking roms ,flashing etc..since 2009.. This phone is the only phone that I've owned that I've never rooted ..I repeat 14 years of android modding and this phone makes me not want to root it ..
Why does that bother you?
Don't answer I know why..
Lastly, Those of us who are enlighten know something.
Ill throw one bone for your everyone roots for various reasons post
Theres 5 main factors why one roots per national surveys and repetitions.
1.Bloatware/crapware removal
2.Modders/Devs love to tinker and are just enthusiast..(Love That)
3.Google haters. (Micro G lovers) Some hate the Google advertisement practices, Google is an advertisment company remember that part.
4.Hackers, enough said on that..
5.Ability to customize there device to ones own liking..
Many more but you know that already..
So what have we learned today class?

jhjhjhjhjhjh said:
Patronising. lol
I guess one only reads and gravitates to one subject.
I've been rooting, building, baking roms ,flashing etc..since 2009.. This phone is the only phone that I've owned that I've never rooted ..I repeat 14 years of android modding and this phone makes me not want to root it ..
Why does that bother you?
Don't answer I know why..
Lastly, Those of us who are enlighten know something.
Ill throw one bone for your everyone roots for various reasons post
Theres 5 main factors why one roots per national surveys and repetitions.
1.Bloatware/crapware removal
2.Modders/Devs love to tinker and are just enthusiast..(Love That)
3.Google haters. (Micro G lovers) Some hate the Google advertisement practices, Google is an advertisment company remember that part.
4.Hackers, enough said on that..
5.Ability to customize there device to ones own liking..
Many more but you know that already..
So what have we learned today class?
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"Why does that bother you?" Nothing you mentioned above bothers me, its your attitude.
"Lastly, Those of us who are enlighten know something." -> Attitude
"So what have we learned today class? " That i am right about you and your attitude.
And yes this is highly subjective and just like your tips about not rooting you maybe take a thing out of my critics.

You should put a tutorial together for the devices that are bootloader locked or just do not want to root. Good information here

Enabled (VONR ) Voice Over New Radio=5G
I've read many pixel users say that phone reception is not that good.
Being on Verizon wireless towers i have no dropped calls and calls are super clear with the clear calling option enabled in settings.
This app( pixelIMS.apk ) enables VOLTE, VONR,apn option to add can be enabled although its blocked on spectrum so i still cant edit my apns..and a few other features.
Give credits to the developer of this app on GitHub..
App requires shikuku or root..

NFC works on Beta 14 _3.1
Tested it on a train and made a google pay purchase at the store. Even worked with my bulky case on.