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[Q&A] Fixes and Questions

I have created this thread to clean up the forums a bit and to fix one confusion that most people in the forums which are saying which can mislead people to think that user means that when they don't mean that.
Q: What is the different between brick and soft-brick?
A: This is the issue I was talking about above.
A soft-brick is where you cannot access the kernel or/and rom and a brick is where you cannot access the bootloader so you cannot turn on your device unless you JTag it.
Q: Since I flashed a kernel I got stuck on the splash screen (Google logo bootloader screen), I attempted to reflash but it did not help.
A: Make sure the kernel is supported by the Rom's build number and Android version, to fix this you have to flash a supported kernel, remember that not all kernels are supported.
Q: Since I upgraded to Android 4.3 via OTA I noticed a large battery drain, WHAT IS GOING ON?!?!
A: On day 1 after the upgrade Google Backup will be using your battery for restoring your data so you will have to wait until it is done BUT then it will backup your settings such has brightness and app data but you can switch off "App Data" from the sync settings to stop Google Backup.
Q: A while/day later the issue is gone but Google Services is draining my battery.
A: That is actually Google Maps doing the draining, it is using the internet to locate you, to stop the battery drain go to Settings, Location settings, and disable WiFi & Mobile network location.
Q: Titanium Backup is not restoring my backups, what can I do?
A: Flash SuperSU v1.51 via recovery, this will fix the root issues and the Titanium Backup restore issues.
Q: Root is not working on Android 4.3, I'm panicking!!!!!!!!!!!!
A: Don't worry, flash SuperSU v1.51 has mentioned above to fix root since it now uses the SU Deamon due to the new security.
Q: The stock recovery says "No command.", what can I do?
A: Either keep pressing or hold volume up and power to unlock the menu.
This does not always work for certain users so I would try volume down and power so see if that does anything.
Q: How do I disable the OTA updater?
A: You will need root and an application, thanks to @joshuab227 for the information, the following is from joshuab227's post:
Here's how to disable the auto OTA download on any ROM
Install Autorun Manager from the Play store.
Then enter its recommended advanced mode.
Go into the settings and enable the following : system entries and system app disable.
Disable com.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService$Reciever under Google Service Framework
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Q: The Play Store app and web store will not recognise my device!
A: @ColdEmbrace has got this issue and found the solution so that should explain why the start of the post starts how it starts:
After trying all of the above options my device was still not showing in the store. I went to this link.
play.google.com/settings
I clicked on one of my devices and clicked the update option this loaded my Nexus 4 onto the list it is now available on the web store.
Thanks everyone for the advice and I hope this helps people who are still having issues.
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Q: My device says that I have no internet connection with a empty signal bar with or without a sim card.
A: The user @matt0401 was one of the victims with this issue and managed to fix this issue with a interesting solution:
Wow, I'm up and running! Weird fix though...
I installed the toolkit and downloaded the ROM, and was attempting to get into fast boot manually because trying to do it during the unlocking process in the toolkit wouldn't work. I thought I remembered the buttons for getting into fast boot from my old Gnex as being "hold power and volume up at same time". I tried this, and the phone went to the white "Google" logo and then vibrated, and then screen went black and the LED notifier at the bottom of the phone glowed red for about 2 seconds. The phone then rebooted, about 10x faster than before might I add, and when I was booted up I saw "No SIM detected... emergency calls only". This would infer my SIM slot was finally being detected, whereas before even with no SIM inserted I just got "No Internet Connection".
I popped my SIM in, rebooted, and the network is connected. Time to review 5 days of missed texts. Thanks for the hand!
tl;dr --> Anybody having this problem, try turning it off, and then turning it back on with the SIM inserted, holding POWER + VOL UP til it does this hard reset type fucntion. When rebooted, the problem should be resolved.
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Q: I have to reenter my pin code for my sim every time, what do I do?
A: @lucker#1 you guessed it has the same issue has well but he wasn't the OP of the thread that the issue was discussed in but he did sure find a fix, the following is a quote from his post:
i've also had that issue the second day after receiving the phone. I removed the sim, put it back in but that didn't help - i looked at my sim card tray and i realized that a one side of the sim card chip was close to one metal side of the tray and i figured that could be the issue - so what i did is i took a stripe of adhesive tape and made sure they wouldn't touch - I haven't had the issue again and it's been more than 2 weeks.
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Q: Since I installed Android 4.3 a few of my apps are force closing, what should I do?
A: You have to reinstall that application to fix the issue.
Q: I am getting screen flickering.
A: Flash the correct kernel which supports your Android build and version.
Q: Got a kernel panic, HALP!!!
A: That is pretty rare for the kernel to panic but you can actually easily trigger it, to fix it you must reflash the kernel (make sure it is the correct one!).
Q: Since Android 4.3 on YouTube using Slimport there is a blue graphical glitch, why is it doing that and how to fix it?
A: Since Android 4.3 there is some major bugs, improvements and fixes and the graphical glitch (I got this myself) is due to the new Software Encoder, there is no fix yet but you can go around it by using VPlayer as it apparently supports YouTube videos and it has Hardware Encoding.
If you have any questions and answers please post them here.

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Magisk 12.0 update douched my phone

So I just updated Magisk from v11 to v12 and my phone is totally douched up. After rebooting there's an "Unable to use fingerprints" message at the bottom of the screen, the touch screen is janky and my unlock pattern no longer works. The screen goes to sleep randomly too and then comes on without being touched. On the off occasson that the unlock pattern DOES work, the screen loads with no icons, just the page dots and status bar with my wallpaper and nav buttons. Uninstalled Magisk and got the same. Rebooted after uninstall, same thing. I guess I'll be reflashing the ROM, but this is a huge pain in the ass.

Same happened to me on ls997 but i dirty flashed my rom. It fixed the issue without losing anything. Not sure witch carrier you have or witch rom.

Well VS995 and H918 seem safe to update magisk on. Ive seen multiple people have 0 issues with it. Maybe a bad download? Never had that happen while updating magisk :|
Sounds more like a system issue. Id try reflashing your rom and see if that works

Need help, Call connect vibration on stock

Hi guys,
Tried several pie custom roms in the last 2-3 months however now I am back to stock i.e. "potter-twrp-flashable-OPS28.85-17-2-aroma" I am rooted with latest magisk also have twrp. Viper4androidFX is working excellent.
On stock 8.1, I am facing below major issues:-
1) there is no vibration on call connect/disconnect, call waiting. (I have root but how to enable?!)
2) I am in the process of "enabling wireless display" through build.prop editing.
3) the volte icon on status bar is taking up imp space, tried system ui tuner but there is no option to simply disable/remove it.
Have some more issues but those are minor I can work with them because stock has excellent battery and stability also no "Force Close" $hit.
Edit: I have successfully edited build.prop and enabled wireless display, it works even after reboots.

Android Q / 10 - Can't set Screen Lock PIN or Pattern???

Hello All -
I updated tonight to the Android Q 10 - Q Release 1.5 - QP1A.190711.122 by sideloading the OTA and then rooting with Magisk canary. Everything worked beautifully except now when I go to set my screen lock PIN and fingerprints there is no option to set a PIN or pattern. Anyone else have this issue? Any advice how to fix it?
See attached screenshot when I go into security settings the only options available are None and Swipe.

I did some troubleshooting and reflashed the OTA sideload update to stock and the screen lock settings all returned to normal. The I rooted again with Magisk canary and after flashed the patched boot image with fastboot the same issue returned.
How do I report this to the Magisk dev team?

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How do I report this to the Magisk dev team?
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https://www.didgeridoohan.com/magisk/MagiskHelp

I found a workaround for now.... I reflashed the stock boot image. Set my PIN passcode and then flashed the patched boot image from Magisk.
Now the PIN is enabled but if I go back to the settings to change the screen lock the only two options again are the "None" and "Swipe"... very wierd but definitely repeatable issue.

Does noone else have this issue? This is still not working for me...

STOCK ROM FREEZES AND BUG [EXTREME]

Hello, when using (D855) stock rom and stock based rom (Fulmics 8), the phone freezes extremely after the account and apps are installed, I can't take any action, The system is not responding, the home screen is not responding errors, also the phone is unavailable when I put a screen lock it becomes, the password cannot be entered (I don't think it's hardware related as it works very well when using Lineage OS) Used when Nova Launcher is installed (no screen lock), but when you open the notification panel, vibrate the phone, the phone becomes unusable when the settings are in overview. This only happens when using stock and stock-based rom (Fulmics 8). Is there a solution?

Help pls