Title says it all. I never trusted Lenovo with updates. They always manage to **** something up! Anyway to get it back? Will downgrading to Android 10 fix it?
George Malas said:
Title says it all. I never trusted Lenovo with updates. They always manage to **** something up! Anyway to get it back? Will downgrading to Android 10 fix it?
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I mean mine is fine so not sure why yours dropped honestly, fully rooted with magisk the uses zygisk and using kdragons safety net fix
Try jsut reflashing the stock firmware, thats the best I can say to a possible fix, you can't downgrade due to downgrade protections that I believe are found within the gpt file unless thats changed
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Try jsut reflashing the stock firmware, thats the best I can say to a possible fix, you can't downgrade due to downgrade protections that I believe are found within the gpt file unless thats changed
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Mine shows this in DRM info.
Can I reflash stock without factory reset?
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Mine shows this in DRM info.
Can I reflash stock without factory reset?
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Mine shows this in DRM info.
Can I reflash stock without factory reset?
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Unfortunately no, what you could do before doing the reflash is just doing a backup, you can use the backup option the phone/Google provides in settings if you want, personally that's what I do but I don't use twrp either so I'm not sure if you have twrp and if twrp affects that. I will say though I also have the Motorola edge 2021 and when I unlocked the bootloader while it was still on Android 11 my widevine got dropped down to L3 but then I did the ota to Android 12 since I didn't use magisk at that time yet and I'm not sure what I did or anything like that but my widevine went back to L1 and it's stayed that way since and I got 2021 in may, could be a similar thing happening with you just with the 2020 model. I can also say since I still own the Moto edge 2020 and got it on day of release I never had an issue with my widevine being dropped to L3 as shown in my screenshot it's on L1 using dev check, and I did just download DRM info to double-check that on the Moto edge 2020 and it is still showing L1 so I can't say if doing a reflash of the Android 11 firmware will work but it might. I've had to reflash The 2020 edge hella including using a blank flash to get it out of hard brick and it still hasn't dropped to L3 once
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when I unlocked the bootloader while it was still on Android 11 my wide Vine got dropped down to L3
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Thing is I've never unlocked the bootloader on this phone nor rooted it. Only thing I did is have it perform multiple OTAs one after the other when I decided to upgrade to Android 11. Maybe something got corrupted during that?
Anyway, thanks for the help. I may just leave it as is since I'm worried I'll screw up reflashing it lol.
George Malas said:
Thing is I've never unlocked the bootloader on this phone nor rooted it. Only thing I did is have it perform multiple OTAs one after the other when I decided to upgrade to Android 11. Maybe something got corrupted during that?
Anyway, thanks for the help. I may just leave it as is since I'm worried I'll screw up reflashing it lol.
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Oh if your bootloader is locked and everything and you just been doing the OTAs that's 100% just some random BS lmao that's actually a situation if you know the phone still in warranty you can probably call Motorola about that and get a replacement fr lol, and I'll be the one to say/ask it since other people will probably see this and be like yo what the hek, how is it you're a senior member but you're worried you'll screw up reflashing it lol jsut use the moto flash utility provided here (not being a butt I swear, text makes me sound bad lmao) really unless you're trying to watch Hulu and Netflix exclusively on your phone widevine honestly is not that important to deal with either I don't think Spotify is affected by it so your music quality "should" be the same still at least but again idk for sure since I haven't had widevine issues with mine, jsut the 2021 model, but that fixed itself otaing to 12 lol
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Hello everyone,
Back in October, I had rooted my phone to install xposed etc. A little after that I received a notification for the stagefright update (i know that was a long time ago) and I ignored it (because of little time, I wanted to install cm13 but I never could find the time). Since marshmallow is a little more stable than lollipop, I would now like to shift to MM.
I distinctly remember trying to install the stagefright update (after rooting lollipop), and my phone went into a bootloop.
Two questions,
1. Does rooting not allow you to update your phone? Does it cause bootloop problems?
2. I want to stick to stock, so should I download the stock images? I'll be losing a lot of my data, I'll back it up but some of it is bound to get lost. Is it worth it?
Thanks in advance
You won't be able to update while rooted. Actually updating with a factory image is probably safer than taking an ota update. Personally, I think the update is worth it.
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hexr96 said:
Hello everyone,
Back in October, I had rooted my phone to install xposed etc. A little after that I received a notification for the stagefright update (i know that was a long time ago) and I ignored it (because of little time, I wanted to install cm13 but I never could find the time). Since marshmallow is a little more stable than lollipop, I would now like to shift to MM.
I distinctly remember trying to install the stagefright update (after rooting lollipop), and my phone went into a bootloop.
Two questions,
1. Does rooting not allow you to update your phone? Does it cause bootloop problems?
2. I want to stick to stock, so should I download the stock images? I'll be losing a lot of my data, I'll back it up but some of it is bound to get lost. Is it worth it?
Thanks in advance
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Your presumption that Marshmallow is more stable than Lollipop is... well... many people would argue that the opposite was true.
You should never take an update after rooting, especially if you have custom recovery installed... OTA's are designed strictly for purely stock, unmodified phones.
At this point flashing the factory images is preferred, you do this from a PC not the phone though. You could try to unroot (SuperSU has a full unroot option in it's settings), but the real key is to restore your stock recovery, there are threads here to show you how to do that.
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Your presumption that Marshmallow is more stable than Lollipop is... well... many people would argue that the opposite was true.
You should never take an update after rooting, especially if you have custom recovery installed... OTA's are designed strictly for purely stock, unmodified phones.
At this point flashing the factory images is preferred, you do this from a PC not the phone though. You could try to unroot (SuperSU has a full unroot option in it's settings), but the real key is to restore your stock recovery, there are threads here to show you how to do that.
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Many would also argue that it is more stable.
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Tel864 said:
Many would also argue that it is more stable.
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Perhaps stability is not the real argument here... both are stable, as are most production ROMs, I have been using Marshmallow since early December and never had any real problems. But there are pros and cons to both and depending on your situation one may be better than the other, but I guess that wasn't really the point of this thread so I will say I half agree with your statement.
I would also have to relock the bootloader, correct?
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I would also have to relock the bootloader, correct?
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hexr96 said:
I would also have to relock the bootloader, correct?
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Nope, in fact, you can't relock the bootloader even if you want to. The bootloader lock state is not relevant to taking an OTA.
Thank you everyone
So I was away from my computer when the January Security update came out so Im on the December update.
I would like to know can I just jump straight to the Feb update when its available or do I need to do Jan first then Feb?
im unlocked, rooted, ex kernel, google store phone. thanks.
You can just jump.
my phone is on the latest 8.1 april ota.
after the update the phone freezes when placing and recieving phone calls
is it possible to "downgrade" to the previous ota the one from march to test the phone app or will it break the phone
i googled the hell out of this but only found people flashing later releases and not previous ones
thanks
kidhudi said:
my phone is on the latest 8.1 april ota.
after the update the phone freezes when placing and recieving phone calls
is it possible to "downgrade" to the previous ota the one from march to test the phone app or will it break the phone
i googled the hell out of this but only found people flashing later releases and not previous ones
thanks
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I think downgrading via OTA it's quite impossible.
You have to wipe and flash the full factory image.
damn it thats what i was afraid of.
thanks
kidhudi said:
damn it thats what i was afraid of.
thanks
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You should've have to wipe. Just flash the full image but remove the -w from the flash all bat file. That saves data and settings. But backup to be sure.
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You should've have to wipe. Just flash the full image but remove the -w from the flash all bat file. That saves data and settings. But backup to be sure.
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i got the verizon varient. it seems i cant oem unlock the device.
i searched all day and cant find a technique that works so flashing the stock image is a no go apparently.
life was so much easier with my nexus 6.
damn verizon.
kidhudi said:
i got the verizon varient. it seems i cant oem unlock the device.
i searched all day and cant find a technique that works so flashing the stock image is a no go apparently.
life was so much easier with my nexus 6.
damn verizon.
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Time to start clearing data on the dialer related apps, or reset the phone. I am hopeful that will help you. If it was soley update related the forum would be blowing up with complaints.
Now did something go wrong with your update... I'll buy that.
i just assumed it was the april security update it started acting up around the same time. i thought maybe a crappy download
i already did a few factory resets. tried third party dialers. everything i could think of.
what really sucks is i am 3 months out of the 1 year google warranty. so i am pretty much screwed.
thanks for your help bro
i will try to sideload the latest ota.. if it is still jacked up then it is probably hardware related
what sucks is i am still paying it off and it is virtually unusable lol.. at least i can text
hi guys
im new on pixel series. i want to know if i do unlock bootloader, is there any feature will gone if i do that?
like samsung lost knox or sony lost drm for camera and entertaiment
thankyou
xerxess said:
hi guys
im new on pixel series. i want to know if i do unlock bootloader, is there any feature will gone if i do that?
like samsung lost knox or sony lost drm for camera and entertaiment
thankyou
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You have to work a bit to keep GPay working, and the solution definitely requires root. The current solution has been working for a few months and works on Android 10, but who knows if they will "fix" the current hack. You will absolutely not be able to download Netflix from the Play Store. There is one build on APK Mirror that will sideload and run, but of course you will get no updates. I've been running that build on the Pixel for about 6 months, and I have a tablet that does get Netflix updates yet I see no difference between that Feb build and Netflix even from a few days ago. Those are the only two things impacting me. Obviously, need to hide apps with Magisk and such is user specific (my car's door unlock/diagnostics/etc detects root without hiding it, but it works fine once hidden).
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You have to work a bit to keep GPay working, and the solution definitely requires root. The current solution has been working for a few months and works on Android 10, but who knows if they will "fix" the current hack. You will absolutely not be able to download Netflix from the Play Store. There is one build on APK Mirror that will sideload and run, but of course you will get no updates. I've been running that build on the Pixel for about 6 months, and I have a tablet that does get Netflix updates yet I see no difference between that Feb build and Netflix even from a few days ago. Those are the only two things impacting me. Obviously, need to hide apps with Magisk and such is user specific (my car's door unlock/diagnostics/etc detects root without hiding it, but it works fine once hidden).
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first i wanna say thankyou for reply. ah i see so the only thing feature lost function is GPay (without little tweak). is it possible to relock again? if yes , is feature fully function again? tbh i dont really need GPay.
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first i wanna say thankyou for reply. ah i see so the only thing feature lost function is GPay (without little tweak). is it possible to relock again? if yes , is feature fully function again? tbh i dont really need GPay.
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You can relock the BL, but you need to first return to absolute stock (no root, no kernel, no custom recovery, etc - pretty much flash the factory image with wipe to both slots to be safe). Then the relock will perform another factory reset anyways. So, if you are asking if you can keep anything you've done while unlocked the answer is no. To me, the biggest reason for unlocking beyond root is that it is almost impossible to hard brick the Pixel with an unlocked BL. It is pretty easily accomplished when locked down and can even happen as a result of a bad OTA or something that is not your fault at all.
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You can relock the BL, but you need to first return to absolute stock (no root, no kernel, no custom recovery, etc - pretty much flash the factory image with wipe to both slots to be safe). Then the relock will perform another factory reset anyways. So, if you are asking if you can keep anything you've done while unlocked the answer is no. To me, the biggest reason for unlocking beyond root is that it is almost impossible to hard brick the Pixel with an unlocked BL. It is pretty easily accomplished when locked down and can even happen as a result of a bad OTA or something that is not your fault at all.
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understood, if only need back to absolute stock its okay for me. though it will like other smartphone need "drm" to relock.
yeah agree, why i think to unlock is about avoid brick or similar thing. but before i do that i need to know what feature will lost, so i asking here.
if relock again, all things will back to normal again right?
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understood, if only need back to absolute stock its okay for me. though it will like other smartphone need "drm" to relock.
yeah agree, why i think to unlock is about avoid brick or similar thing. but before i do that i need to know what feature will lost, so i asking here.
if relock again, all things will back to normal again right?
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No, there is no residual damage like lost Knox. Everything would return to normal once BL is locked back up.
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No, there is no residual damage like lost Knox. Everything would return to normal once BL is locked back up.
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understood, thank you very much. really appreciate your time.
I would appreciate some help with an issue that I'm having, if anyone else knows the answer or has encountered this themselves. I have a OnePlus 7 Pro running stock OxygenOS, and which to my knowledge, had never had its bootloader unlocked.
I noticed using the DRM Info app that the Widevine status is L3 for some inexplicable reason. I did a factory reset, unlocked and relocked the bootloader (at OnePlus' suggestion), but it's to no avail – it's still showing as L3. Shows in Netflix look horrible, which basically confirms that the applications correctly seeing it as L3. I even used the MSM Download Tool to do a complete flash, and it's still on L3.
Has anyone come across this before? The device is not rooted, running stock firmware, and does not have an unlocked bootloader. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!
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I would appreciate some help with an issue that I'm having, if anyone else knows the answer or has encountered this themselves. I have a OnePlus 7 Pro running stock OxygenOS, and which to my knowledge, had never had its bootloader unlocked.
I noticed using the DRM Info app that the Widevine status is L3 for some inexplicable reason. I did a factory reset, unlocked and relocked the bootloader (at OnePlus' suggestion), but it's to no avail – it's still showing as L3. Shows in Netflix look horrible, which basically confirms that the applications correctly seeing it as L3. I even used the MSM Download Tool to do a complete flash, and it's still on L3.
Has anyone come across this before? The device is not rooted, running stock firmware, and does not have an unlocked bootloader. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!
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It's because you unlocked the phone
No, that's not it, because it was like this before I personally did anything...and relocking the bootloader would restore L1. At least, that's how it works on every other phone I've ever been exposed to.
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No, that's not it, because it was like this before I personally did anything...and relocking the bootloader would restore L1. At least, that's how it works on every other phone I've ever been exposed to.
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No relocking does not restore it from what I have read.
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It's because you unlocked the phone
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Leo_83 said:
No relocking does not restore it from what I have read.
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Oh NO! Really? That's literally the only thing that I could think of that would be preventing it from going back to L1, but that's ridiculous, if true. FWIW, they literally instructed me to do unlock and relock it, and told me that it would neither void the warranty nor keep it at L3 permanently. I'm hoping this phone is not different from others in that respect.
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Oh NO! Really? That's literally the only thing that I could think of that would be preventing it from going back to L1, but that's ridiculous, if true. FWIW, they literally instructed me to do unlock and relock it, and told me that it would neither void the warranty nor keep it at L3 permanently. I'm hoping this phone is not different from others in that respect.
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Yeah it's very strange that they instructed you to do that. But I guess now you can have the phone sent back and if they say that they don't cover due to unlocking the phone you can send them a printscreen that it wad their suggestion
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Yeah it's very strange that they instructed you to do that. But I guess now you can have the phone sent back and if they say that they don't cover due to unlocking the phone you can send them a printscreen that it wad their suggestion
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Good point. I think I'd much rather keep this device and figure out what's going on, but it was their instruction, so if it doesn't work, maybe they can assist.
Thanks again for your thoughts. I still can't help but wonder if anybody else has had this happen, and if so, what they did to fix it.
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Good point. I think I'd much rather keep this device and figure out what's going on, but it was their instruction, so if it doesn't work, maybe they can assist.
Thanks again for your thoughts. I still can't help but wonder if anybody else has had this happen, and if so, what they did to fix it.
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Did you buy this device from someone else? Just thinking if someone else unlocked it before you.
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Yeah it's very strange that they instructed you to do that. But I guess now you can have the phone sent back and if they say that they don't cover due to unlocking the phone you can send them a printscreen that it wad their suggestion
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Did you buy this device from someone else? Just thinking if someone else unlocked it before you.
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I also wondered about that. I acquired it from someone I know, but they are not technologically savvy enough to have done this. And they also say that they didn't (I believe them).
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No relocking does not restore it from what I have read.
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It does restore it. I've unlocked and relocked my phone, and have L1 after relocking.
NB - one option for OP could be to reflash latest firmware. It's possible the DRM keys are not correct, and maybe this will fix it.
If it still doesn't work on a locked bootloader with latest stock FW, it sound like a potential HW issue to me.
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No relocking does not restore it from what I have read.
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They do get restored. To read drm keys, you now need a locked bootloader Unlocking will make them unreadable(L1->L3), but not delete the keys, so relocking will get you L1 again.
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Relocking does restore L1. Where are you getting your information?
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Relocking does restore L1. Where are you getting your information?
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it does not
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it does not
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WTF are u saying. I relocked and got L1 back. Stop misleading people.
Again, where are you getting your information?
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Relocking does restore L1. Where are you getting your information?
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Yes thank you, it has already been pointed out, there is no need to mention it again.
As for where I got my information it was from threads here in the forum. But I'm glad for @KlausWillSeeYouNow that it is possible to restore to L1.
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WTF are u saying. I relocked and got L1 back. Stop misleading people.
Again, where are you getting your information?
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It was said in this forum, but I cant find the thread anymore.
I guess it's a hardware fault. DRM keys can only be written by OnePlus, that's why people had to send their OnePlus 5s in to get DRM upgraded. Maybe it was corrupted from factory so there's no way for you to change that. I would suggest sending it in for warranty.
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No, that's not it, because it was like this before I personally did anything...and relocking the bootloader would restore L1. At least, that's how it works on every other phone I've ever been exposed to.
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my 2 pixel 3 XL's didnt recover L1 after relocking, neither did my OP7Pro
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my 2 pixel 3 XL's didnt recover L1 after relocking, neither did my OP7Pro
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That's DRM gone way, way rogue. What is the solution to restore L1? I understand content creators may like protections like this, but if it can't be restored even after relocking, that's extremely disrespectful to people who have every right to lock/unlock the bootloader on their own device.
Are you sure that it didn't go back to L1? If that's the case, others have told me that's as much of an anomaly as my situation. It should revert back once you're on a stock firmware with a locked bootloader...
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That's DRM gone way, way rogue. What is the solution to restore L1? I understand content creators may like protections like this, but if it can't be restored even after relocking, that's extremely disrespectful to people who have every right to lock/unlock the bootloader on their own device.
Are you sure that it didn't go back to L1? If that's the case, others have told me that's as much of an anomaly as my situation. It should revert back once you're on a stock firmware with a locked bootloader...
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nope
other told you applied to older phones, new ones no longer retrieve keys after BL unlocked.
Just wandering when the update will come ?!? 2022 ??
OneUI 3.1 just came out a few days ago with the latest firmware (Android 11 March update).
If you are waiting for your operator to offer an OTA update you might wait a while.
it came at 04/27 https://samfw.com/firmware/SM-G970U1/XAA/G970U1UEU5GUCG
DO NOT update if you are unlocked. Damnit, they said way back not to take upgrades post March if you are unlocked.
I can't downgrade now or ODIN flash prior versions. Doesn't look like I can install TWRP. Have to see if I can install Magisk and still be rooted.
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DO NOT update if you are unlocked. Damnit, they said way back not to take upgrades post March if you are unlocked.
I can't downgrade now or ODIN flash prior versions. Doesn't look like I can install TWRP. Have to see if I can install Magisk and still be rooted.
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I'm still on Pie and One UI... running fast and stable.
All too many times the updates turn into a raw deal especially will Q and above.
I have zero incentive to "upgrade".
Not getting the CCP vaccine either
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I'm still on Pie and One UI... running fast and stable.
All too many times the updates turn into a raw deal especially will Q and above.
I have zero incentive to "upgrade".
Not getting the CCP vaccine either
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Yes, I really had no reason to upgrade. And now I may have flushed all that time and money to unlock down the toilet. Had things running really well rooted, too
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Yes, I really had no reason to upgrade. And now I may have flushed all that time and money to unlock down the toilet. Had things running really well rooted, too
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That sucks... more lessons from the school of hard knocks.
I'm not rooted but my N10+ runs well.
Q and 11 take more than they offer.
That's Google, they'll get something near perfect then screw it to hell. They can't help themselves.
I'm not buying their bs
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DO NOT update if you are unlocked. Damnit, they said way back not to take upgrades post March if you are unlocked.
I can't downgrade now or ODIN flash prior versions. Doesn't look like I can install TWRP. Have to see if I can install Magisk and still be rooted.
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oh man ,why i didn't read your words before i flash the 3.1 ,damn it ,this is really stupid ,just why we will get a locked bootloader now.