Rooted V20 with Google Assistant with seemingly obvious flaw - LG V20 Questions & Answers

I looked but apparently no one is talking about this, unless, I overlooked it, or I'm just the ONLY one it 'affected.' Also, apology's if i posted in the wrong area. Will move if needed.
When I heard about the Google assistant I was interested in it. I wanted to mess with it. But obviously to officially get it you need, well, a Pixel. That's when I heard that rooted phones could get it with minor edits of the build.prop file. I rooted my (Verizon) V20 a few days ago (big thanks to @me2151 and his team).
So, for those of you who don't already know, all you have to do is change your model name in the build prop to a 'Pixel XL' and another line that actually adds the assistant, reboot clear 'Google' data, then press and hold home button to set it up.
I did it and it works. Simple.
Done little testing. But it works. Until, I noticed that all my SD card data was not officially accessible through the OS. Like the system doesn't see it, but it knows it's there, after checking with root explorers.
The 'problem' itself is pretty obvious. As stated in the title. So, that proposes the question. Is there a fix to where you can have both? Obviously, the SD wins over the Assistant. But having both would awesome.
Thanks guys! :good:

Ill be 100% honest. I haven't tried Google assistant. Im not sure if it would break anything or not. Ill set it up on my device and see how it goes. Do you have a link to a "Guide"?

I have Google assistant, and no issues with SD card that I've noticed.
Note: I'm on at&t. And used Pixel in the build prop instead of Pixel XL. Just for note sake
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Both are working fine for me. I'm not sure why one would affect the other. Did you lose access to your SD card when you installed assistant?
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me2151 said:
Ill be 100% honest. I haven't tried Google assistant. Im not sure if it would break anything or not. Ill set it up on my device and see how it goes. Do you have a link to a "Guide"?
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I can just tell you, go to your root of your device in a root manager. I made a back up of the build prop just in case.
-Travel from there, to /system/build.prop view as a text.
-Look for ro.product.model=* your device model * Mine was in the first 50-100lines or it could be towards the bottom.
-edit it to look like * ro.product.model=Pixel XL *
-then go all the way to the bottom, add a new line and add this * ro.opa.eligible_device=true *
-Save, then reboot
You can use my post for the rest of the instructions if needed lol
But, Ill pm you a link to the guide i used, it wont let me post it here.
Oh! "Ok, Google" works as well!

anaarkey said:
Both are working fine for me. I'm not sure why one would affect the other. Did you lose access to your SD card when you installed assistant?
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Yes. Well, mostly. When I go to storage in my device settings it just shows me my internal storage. *Just tested* its even gone when i plug it in my computer, again, just internal storage. But i can use my sdcard via root managers.

me2151 said:
Ill be 100% honest. I haven't tried Google assistant. Im not sure if it would break anything or not. Ill set it up on my device and see how it goes. Do you have a link to a "Guide"?
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Okay. New problem. Whenever i discovered my sdcard wasnt usable, i put the original build.prop back, but then backed up the modded one. With some thought, i put back the modded one, to try a reboot to see if that would fix anything. But now its just sitting at the LG screen, i pulled the battery and tired again, same result, at reply of this post, its still sitting at LG boot screen. Its be 10-15ish minutes. Great.

My sdcard is visible and everything works fine. I used google assistant - root from the market.
Edit: tapatalk posted me using a pixel xl. Lol.
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leyvatron said:
My sdcard is visible and everything works fine. I used google assistant - root from the market.
Edit: tapatalk posted me using a pixel xl. Lol.
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Well, now i have another problem as stated above, I tired replacing the buildprop with the original, changed my mind put the modded google assistant one back, tired to reboot to see if it would restore my sd card, instead i got stuck a the LG boot screen, and its not letting me boot into recovery manually, like its not working, i can boot into recovery from in inside the OS, but obviously that in lies a problem lol
Guess im stuck...

nightra88 said:
Well, now i have another problem as stated above, I tired replacing the buildprop with the original, changed my mind put the modded google assistant one back, tired to reboot to see if it would restore my sd card, instead i got stuck a the LG boot screen, and its not letting me boot into recovery manually, like its not working, i can boot into recovery from in inside the OS, but obviously that in lies a problem lol
Guess im stuck...
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You TRIED replacing the build prop? Meaning you weren't so sure how to return it back?
I wonder why your phone is acting up... Pull battery and remove sdcard, and restore build prop correctly. Reboot.
Download the app I mentioned and let it do all the work. It also has a restore feature. Hopefully that fixes your sdcard issue.
Use flashify from the market to boot into recovery. I also have a hard time getting to recovery manually.

leyvatron said:
You TRIED replacing the build prop? Meaning you weren't so sure how to return it back?
I wonder why your phone is acting up... Pull battery and remove sdcard, and restore build prop correctly. Reboot.
Download the app I mentioned and let it do all the work. It also has a restore feature. Hopefully that fixes your sdcard issue.
Use flashify from the market to boot into recovery. I also have a hard time getting to recovery manually.
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Before I edited the build.prop I backed it up. Then I went back to it, edited it manually, saved and rebooted and it worked minus the SD card issue. So. Until I got some responses I put back the original build prop, then I thought, after I already added the original back. Why not just reboot again and see if that works? When I put back the original build prop, I backed up the modded one. So, I put back the modded one. Rebooted got stuck at the LG logo. Pulled battery restart, same result. After fighting it for a few tires, I got into recovery, and restored a back up. Booted up. Got the app, used it, rebooted, booted up, cleaned Google, held down the home button, no assistant only Google now.
Rebooted again. And same result. Maybe I'm not meant to have it lol

nightra88 said:
Before I edited the build.prop I backed it up. Then I went back to it, edited it manually, saved and rebooted and it worked minus the SD card issue. So. Until I got some responses I put back the original build prop, then I thought, after I already added the original back. Why not just reboot again and see if that works? When I put back the original build prop, I backed up the modded one. So, I put back the modded one. Rebooted got stuck at the LG logo. Pulled battery restart, same result. After fighting it for a few tires, I got into recovery, and restored a back up. Booted up. Got the app, used it, rebooted, booted up, cleaned Google, held down the home button, no assistant only Google now.
Rebooted again. And same result. Maybe I'm not meant to have it lol
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Lol. Same thing happened to me. I had to do it twice. Erase both even though it shows 0 mb. Then go into your Google search icon and it should start up.

leyvatron said:
Lol. Same thing happened to me. I had to do it twice. Erase both even though it shows 0 mb. Then go into your Google search icon and it should start up.
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I must be doing SOMETHING wrong. I just reapplied the stock build, cleared google data, rebooted, used the 'get assistant', it claimed to have been successful, rebooted, CLEARED DATA AGAIN. Went to home screen pressed home button. And Google now. Reapplied the mod through the app, without a reboot on stock, rebooted again. Cleared data, bam. Google now. I even checked the build.prop to make sure. And it was right! Why did it work last time, but not now? Am I honestly not meant to have nice things lol :crying:

nightra88 said:
I must be doing SOMETHING wrong. I just reapplied the stock build, cleared google data, rebooted, used the 'get assistant', it claimed to have been successful, rebooted, CLEARED DATA AGAIN. Went to home screen pressed home button. And Google now. Reapplied the mod through the app, without a reboot on stock, rebooted again. Cleared data, bam. Google now. I even checked the build.prop to make sure. And it was right! Why did it work last time, but not now? Am I honestly not meant to have nice things lol :crying:
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Technically, it starts off as Google now then it goes into an assistant prompt. All I can say is keep trying. I tried twice before getting it.

leyvatron said:
Technically, it starts off as Google now then it goes into an assistant prompt. All I can say is keep trying. I tried twice before getting it.
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Just making sure I understand you correctly.
You're saying that I should just keep it as it, with a modded build prop, then it should turn into Google assistant? Sorry I don't mean to be so much trouble lol

nightra88 said:
Just making sure I understand you correctly.
You're saying that I should just keep it as it, with a modded build prop, then it should turn into Google assistant? Sorry I don't mean to be so much trouble lol
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Thats how my google assistant looks like. It should look like that but with more voice options.
I'm keeping my phone with the modded build prop. I don't see any harm in that unless I can't download some apps from the play store.
Pretty much your google now is your google assistant.
Look at my tapatalk sig.
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leyvatron said:


Thats how my google assistant looks like. It should look like that but with more voice options.
I'm keeping my phone with the modded build prop. I don't see any harm in that unless I can't download some apps from the play store.
Look at my tapatalk sig.
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Well that's just the thing, before I had to restore I had it. Legit user interface and all. So I don't understand why it would change now. I appreciate all your help.

nightra88 said:
Well that's just the thing, before I had to restore I had it. Legit user interface and all. So I don't understand why it would change now. I appreciate all your help.
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This is the interface I get when I say "ok google"
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leyvatron said:
This is the interface I get when I say "ok google"
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Yep. I'm definitely not getting that lol

nightra88 said:
Yep. I'm definitely not getting that lol
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Lol.
Maybe try restoring and try again.
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GingerBlur Discussion

It's pretty tough to find answers in the official GingerBlur Thread right now, at least for me search is down over 1/2 the time over the last few days. 400+ pages are hard to go through one by one...and if you just end up posting a question, more than likely in the same space an answer could be, will be a post saying not post your question...it's been answered. Hopefully this can be that place. If we keep our simple questions here, they can focus on fixing actual bugs without pages of the same question.
The 2 main things I'm experiencing on 3.1 right now that I'm wondering is just me or not. I often get stuck unable to resume from lock-screen with finger sensor...it says initializing and won't respond to anything besides battery pull, which eventually ends up at the same place... lock-screen. Finally got past that and disabled finger scanning. And I get a force close of Opera with almost every use...and a Force close of Hulu video during playback...never can finish a whole episode. Anyone else finding any of this, or have solutions?
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It's pretty tough to find answers in the official GingerBlur Thread right now, at least for me search is down over 1/2 the time over the last few days. 400+ pages are hard to go through one by one...and if you just end up posting a question, more than likely in the same space an answer could be, will be a post saying not post your question...it's been answered. Hopefully this can be that place. If we keep our simple questions here, they can focus on fixing actual bugs without pages of the same question.
The 2 main things I'm experiencing on 3.1 right now that I'm wondering is just me or not. I often get stuck unable to resume from lock-screen with finger sensor...it says initializing and won't respond to anything besides battery pull, which eventually ends up at the same place... lock-screen. Finally got past that and disabled finger scanning. And I get a force close of Opera with almost every use...and a Force close of Hulu video during playback...never can finish a whole episode. Anyone else finding any of this, or have solutions?
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1) Wrong place for this thread... should be in general.
2) Did you restore the fingerprint senor, or system data with titanium backup after flashing one of the sbfs? I would disable the security, clear the dalvik cache with CWM (for good measure) and then flash 1.57 sbf then update OTA to 1.83, re-root, re-install ginerblur, and do not restore any system data or the fingerprint sensor with titanium backup.
3) The hulu hack was originally designed for DolphinHD Browser, does it force close with that, or have you not tired?
I placed this thread here purposely, hopefully to make it more likely to keep recurring questions etc., out of the development thread. Not exactly sure how to move it, if it needs to be.
I've never restored any data, every time I went to Greyblur 2.1, then GingerBlur 3.0, then 3.1 all my backups were removed and I started over. I was using MyBackup then, and have switched to Titanium now...but never restored anything. FingerPrint was working in GreyBlur...and I have a nandroid backup from then using Tenfars CWM. I'm still unsure as to exactly what that backup includes...just the operating system minus all apps, data, and settings?
I will restore back to greyblur and skip the 3.0 ginger and install 3.1 directly. I just wanted to make sure this wasn't a known bug before I did all that.
As for Hulu, I'm using paid Dolphin HD browser. I manually replaced file with root explorer...and also used hulu hack zip with same result. I think overall Dolphin seems a bit buggy with more than average force closes. I'm running fairly clean installs...haven't even synced contacts or added apps...just trying to get a fast, stable platform before I set it up to use as my main phone.
One thing I have never done is clear dalvik cache before any of the things I have done...never been exactly sure what it was. I'll do that, and try again...thanks for the reply.
I'm having the same issue with the finger sensor. I have to reboot the phone in order for it to work again.
Why keep posting in the wrong places. I think I should start to be a more hard here.
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Why keep posting in the wrong places. I think I should start to be a more hard here.
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Why keep posting in the wrong places. I think I should start to be a more hard here.
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Why keep posting in the wrong places. I think I should start to be a more hard here.
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kdeezy said:
I'm having the same issue with the finger sensor. I have to reboot the phone in order for it to work again.
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I've done complete factory fresh starts and went to GingerBlur a few different routes today. ie 3.0>3.1 and straight to 3.1 With Dalvik wipes before every step. I can't get fingerprint sensor to work no matter the version of GingerBlur. Works on Factory and GreyBlur though. Just going to leave deactivated for now. Will try again with next GB update, haven't heard of there being a solution on 3.1.
How are you rebooting...does your power button still respond...or are you just pulling the battery?
Power button responds
JVogler said:
I've done complete factory fresh starts and went to GingerBlur a few different routes today. ie 3.0>3.1 and straight to 3.1 With Dalvik wipes before every step. I can't get fingerprint sensor to work no matter the version of GingerBlur. Works on Factory and GreyBlur though. Just going to leave deactivated for now. Will try again with next GB update, haven't heard of there being a solution on 3.1.
How are you rebooting...does your power button still respond...or are you just pulling the battery?
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No FP or power button issues here on 3.1.
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I have also tried posting this question on the Ginger blur thread but it is too crazy.
Has anyone tried wiping data/clear cache successfully? I tried it before installing it a while back and lost root and side loading so I had to start completely over again.
plvaulter06 said:
I have also tried posting this question on the Ginger blur thread but it is too crazy.
Has anyone tried wiping data/clear cache successfully? I tried it before installing it a while back and lost root and side loading so I had to start completely over again.
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Are you talking about the dalvik cache from CWM Recovery?
i dont know why, but since i update to 3.0 (and then 3.1), the wi-fi connection keeps turn off couple of min after the screen.. its on "never" policy and battery on night mode.
any idea?
saar73 said:
i dont know why, but since i update to 3.0 (and then 3.1), the wi-fi connection keeps turn off couple of min after the screen.. its on "never" policy and battery on night mode.
any idea?
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I have been dealing with that also...doesn't matter what my settings are, plugged in to AC or not, wifi turns off until I turn screen on. I dont think there is a solution at the moment, a 3rd party app was recommended to me on another forum to override controls of your wireless connections. I forget the name of it right now...but you might look into that route. I think it was on the market.
hi i have the wifi issue too...its kinda a bug of gingerblur, i have a problem with the hdmi mirroring hack, when i try to see a viseo i only get sound, hoq can i fiz that?
i am havin an issue with gingerblur right now. i had my phone rooted then i installed Tenfar’s CWM Recovery and loaded gingerblur 3.1 from there. now anytime i turn on my phone its stuck in a continuous loop of loading to the initial screen saying "complete action using: launcher or set up" then it immediately closes. anytime i try to load into recovery it says "fastboot" in the top left corner but nothing happens and it just stays there. how do i get into recovery so i can flash a new rom?
well i can change fastboot and go through the options to android recovery now but whenever i do, i get the android and the triangle with the exclaimation point next to it.... how can i get into recovery and install a zip from sdcard?
You can use CMW recovery and install the package from there.
I actually was wondering how am I suppose to install some of the bloatware back? I liked some of the widgets and I have edited a zip file and tried to install it using CMW but it just hangs. Should I rename it as something or am I doing it completely wrong? Adb doesn't work either since the directory is read only.
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You can use CMW recovery and install the package from there.
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how can i install it when my phone wont stay on? its immediately shutting down
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Need help please!!!!! locked out on screen! Android password!

Hey guys I have a dilemma here. My 3 year old was playing with my tablet and when I powered it back on there's a little Android Guy with a password I have to login. I tried to restore a backup but I moves files around so MD5 were mismatched. I tried flashing a rom for a fresh install and still the Android icon still wants a password. Is there any way to bypass this? A clean install should erase any password that was in the.old rom right? Need advice fellas. Thanks!
an Nflash, which would wipe out everything would take out the password, sure. It should be fine though if you backup regularly, just flash your backup over recovery.
Doesn't it make you sign in with your google account if you get the password wrong 3 times? Try that
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my phone makes me log in with my google account after trying the wrong password 15 times. after that you can change the password, i think it will be the same with the TF.
That is fascinating info, I had no idea. Excellent to know in case you run into something like this in the future.
Lakeshow423 said:
Hey guys I have a dilemma here. My 3 year old was playing with my tablet and when I powered it back on there's a little Android Guy with a password I have to login. I tried to restore a backup but I moves files around so MD5 were mismatched. I tried flashing a rom for a fresh install and still the Android icon still wants a password. Is there any way to bypass this? A clean install should erase any password that was in the.old rom right? Need advice fellas. Thanks!
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Yeah, after a certain number of failed attempts you can log in via google account.
FYI if you want to do it via the flashing a rom route, it will only work if you wipe data and cache in cwm.
goodintentions said:
Yeah, after a certain number of failed attempts you can log in via google account.
FYI if you want to do it via the flashing a rom route, it will only work if you wipe data and cache in cwm.
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That's what's crazy..I wiped data, cache and formatted system then flashed a rom and it was still there. When I get home from work I'll start inputting passwords till it asks me for a Google account login.
Lakeshow423 said:
That's what's crazy..I wiped data, cache and formatted system then flashed a rom and it was still there. When I get home from work I'll start inputting passwords till it asks me for a Google account login.
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Can you let everyone know the outcome of this? I'd like to know if eventually I can use my google credentials (If the same thing ever happened to me).
Alright fellas I tried typing in like 100 passwords and nothing. It never asked me to login to Google account. Maybe its because I have just flashed a new rom? My 2 backups got corrupted so that's out of the question. I'm going.to try installing ARHD I might think the full superwipe might work but the link is down. If anybody has the superwipe file can you please post it. I'm new to tablets but not new to android and been reading up on NV flash. I'm hesitant though to try it. My Tablet was on the latest us update and rooted with razeeclaw one click. What do.you guys recommend? I know it's fixable cause I can still get into recovery and flash roms. Its just.that password verification shoes IP everytime, it wont even let me boot into the screen. Ill take a picture of the screen I see later. Please help lol.
I just tried this out on my transformer because I was bored.
After 5 attempts it locked me out for 30 seconds. After 5 more attempts it rebooted into recovery mode and then launched android. It had wiped all my data. Home screen layouts, apps, app data - the works.
I just restored from a CWM backup so no harm done - but this could be really annoying for someone who didn't have that option.
I'm guessing that it was the exchange server that my email account is linked to that caused the wipe.
Here is the lockscreen I'm getting whenever I load up after full wipes. I never uses the Asus lockscreen only the pattern so I don't know if this is the password default one. I'm gonna try flashing the superwipe then ARHD before I go the nvflash route. Is there a good tutorial for nvflashing? Sorry for the nooby questions but this is all new to me. Thanks!
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Ok fellas...after the superwipe script and flashing ARHD it finally booted into the main screen without asking for a password! Thanks for the help guys !
Lakeshow423 said:
Ok fellas...after the superwipe script and flashing ARHD it finally booted into the main screen without asking for a password! Thanks for the help guys !
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Nice man. I think you probably could have wiped that manually to get it working too but it never hurts to superwipe. I'm sure you know but there is a superwipe lite version too that doesn't wipe the internal sd card.
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Where does one acquire superwipe lite?
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Was it because the filesystem was encrypted? I recently purchased a transfomer and noticed there was an option to encrypt the local filesystem and it would a require a password during bootup that is not tied to your google account.
Yeah, looks like encryption was turned on. That's why it didn't ask for a password, this is before the system boots
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Where does one acquire superwipe lite?
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One would acquire that right here.
I'm having the same issue with the same screen and keyboard minus the safe mode text. I updated to the newest version of the revolver rom, then the next day I was using the tablet it went dark then came up with the password screen. Ive tried super wipe, reflashing and restoring, nothing is working, still boots with the revolver animation and ends up at the keyboard. Help!
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One would acquire that right here.
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Is that the light version that doesn't wipe to external sd card? Is there a thread for the superwipe?
I'm still stuck at the password screen, Someone has to be able to help me out, I have a B70, So I cant nvflash..

[Q] Camera Error "Cannot connect to camera " in STOCK 4.2.2

So i have a Nexus 10 running 4.2.2.
-Stock
-Non rooted
-Non unlocked
Since about a day i have been getting the error
Camera Error
" Cannot connect to the camera"
I have tried to
-Clear the cache
-Multiple reboots
-Services cache clear
None of them worked and im getting the same error and none of the onscreen camera controls work.
Help is appreciated.
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poikilo said:
So i have a Nexus 10 running 4.2.2.
-Stock
-Non rooted
-Non unlocked
Since about a day i have been getting the error
Camera Error
" Cannot connect to the camera"
I have tried to
-Clear the cache
-Multiple reboots
-Services cache clear
None of them worked and im getting the same error and none of the onscreen camera controls work.
Help is appreciated.
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Any advice ?
Best advice is to contact Samsung and start harassing for an RMA, sadly. It looks like hardware issue.
poikilo said:
Any advice ?
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Factory reset? Reflash stock image?
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Some background service is probably using your camera. It will probably show up under battery stats near the top of the list.
You can do a factory reset to verify if you are willing to lose your settings.
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zivan56 said:
Some background service is probably using your camera. It will probably show up under battery stats near the top of the list.
You can do a factory reset to verify if you are willing to lose your settings.
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I havent done a factory reset yet. I will update this as soon as i do so.
I just wanted to know if there are any known fixes for this.
I used to have this problem on ICS on my Droid4. No one at the stores or online could ever seem to figure out a fix... but I did! (Yay me! Uh-huh!) Sadly, its not a silver bullet for you, because this was the fix:
-Remove the SD card, reboot the phone, access the camera (which will then work), then shut down, re-insert SD card, turn back on
You should play around with:
-USB settings, such as MTP mode and developer settings USB debug = try turning them on and off, rebooting and camera attempts in between
-File Explorer utilities that could allow you to wipe or reformat the emulated SD portion
Best of luck,
bm
I've had the camera connect error on a custom ROM/Kernel with Google Goggles. First time I've had the issue actually. Upon reboot, all was well, so it seems it was only a one-time thing.
If everything else fails you could try to open the tablet and see if the camera became disconnected from the rest of the hardware. The camera plugs into the mainboard via a tiny ribbon cable.
front camera:
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EniGmA1987 said:
If everything else fails you could try to open the tablet and see if the camera became disconnected from the rest of the hardware. The camera plugs into the mainboard via a tiny ribbon cable.
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Im too scared to dismantle my tab. But if all else fails, i will try this and contact you. Thanks.
bigmatty said:
I used to have this problem on ICS on my Droid4. No one at the stores or online could ever seem to figure out a fix... but I did! (Yay me! Uh-huh!) Sadly, its not a silver bullet for you, because this was the fix:
-Remove the SD card, reboot the phone, access the camera (which will then work), then shut down, re-insert SD card, turn back on
You should play around with:
-USB settings, such as MTP mode and developer settings USB debug = try turning them on and off, rebooting and camera attempts in between
-File Explorer utilities that could allow you to wipe or reformat the emulated SD portion
Best of luck,
bm
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Problem is N10 doesnt have an SD card so i get that the fix wont work for me
I do not know which File Explorer allows me to reformat the emulated SD portion WITHOUT ROOT. If you happen to know anything please let me know. Thanks.
poikilo said:
Im too scared to dismantle my tab. But if all else fails, i will try this and contact you. Thanks.
Problem is N10 doesnt have an SD card so i get that the fix wont work for me
I do not know which File Explorer allows me to reformat the emulated SD portion WITHOUT ROOT. If you happen to know anything please let me know. Thanks.
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You may have to be in the recovery to formati t.
poikilo said:
Problem is N10 doesnt have an SD card so i get that the fix wont work for me
I do not know which File Explorer allows me to reformat the emulated SD portion WITHOUT ROOT. If you happen to know anything please let me know. Thanks.
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Yeah, that's the catch 22. When I had the problem on my Droid4 even 'factory reset' wouldn't fix it, but the SD card pull did.
You could root your phone, then use a root utility to do some formatting, then reinstall factory everything. It would be a lot of work, but it could all be done w/out physically opening the device. But - no guarantees it will fix it. Still, if its been a few days now and the camera STILL isn't back, a lot of work in reformatting etc would be worth it.
As for what root utility/explorer would be best, I am not the best guy to answer - but I suspect TWRP can accomplish this. Vets, care to chime in?
A simple unlocking and then relocking the bootloader will also do a complete wipe of the entire tablet. Just make sure you know how to reflash the factory image through fastboot otherwise you wont have an OS.
EniGmA1987 said:
A simple unlocking and then relocking the bootloader will also do a complete wipe of the entire tablet. Just make sure you know how to reflash the factory image through fastboot otherwise you wont have an OS.
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It will only do a factory wipe and then that must be done from the recovery, upon unlocking it. I imagine locking up the bootloader may do the same as you would no longer be able to flash an operating system with it locked.
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EniGmA1987 said:
A simple unlocking and then relocking the bootloader will also do a complete wipe of the entire tablet. Just make sure you know how to reflash the factory image through fastboot otherwise you wont have an OS.
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dibblebill said:
It will only do a factory wipe and then that must be done from the recovery, upon unlocking it. I imagine locking up the bootloader may do the same as you would no longer be able to flash an operating system with it locked.
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I don't think either of these are totally correct? I thought unlocking the boot loader warns you that you will lose your stuff but doesn't actually format userdata or cache on the N10.
All data on the phone is erased, i.e. both the applications' private data and the shared data that is accessible over USB, including photos and movies. Be sure to make a backup of any precious files you have before unlocking the bootloader.
On Nexus 10, after unlocking the bootloader, the internal storage is left unformatted and must be formatted with
$ fastboot format cache
$ fastboot format userdata
http://source.android.com/source/building-devices.html
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Major update
Major Update
I downloaded this app called " All-In-One Toolbox" and did a maintenance update by deleting all my cache, history, app files, unused data and etc. After that i did a restart and voila, the camera app started working perfectly. ( Both the front and rear cameras ).
Im so happy, now i need not reset my tab and moreover that it is not a hardware issue.
Ill keep this thread open for a while for people with similar problem to comment.
Thanks
Thanks to all over hear for their suggestions.
Hope this thread helps all those who need it.

OS command delay

Hi,
I recently bought a refurbished Nexus 7 and after creating 4 users and installing some apps on them the tablet started to act strange... e.g. when I open settings and tap any of the category it doesn't open... I need to press back and wait 30 sec or more. The same happens with Google Play when I tap install. Also with all other apps (EXCEPT games). Note: The tablet isn't laggy. I don't know what to do Please help
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Please help !!!!! :crying: This thing is getting worse
Try wiping cache. In recovery preferably.
Okay. And that will erase the temporary files and cache files NOT user data, correct? :fingers-crossed:
You've tried rebooting?
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Yes. The same thing happens. I tried to enter recovery mode to erase the cache but i got the message "no command" and the green Android laying on its back with a red triangle over it. Any opinions?
BTW, on boot a white open padlock appears. That means is rooted? I also installed Root Checker and said that i don't have root acces. If it's rooted then can I unroot? (bcz i'm thinking of a warranty replacement)
The open lock means the boot loader has been unlocked. You still need to install super user, there's instructions posted search for it. Recovery wasn't installed properly. I missed a step my first time and had the same dead android, again is posted in the instructions on rooting and installing cwm.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2150661
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It probably means recovery wasn't installed at all.
SlowCobra96 said:
The open lock means the boot loader has been unlocked. You still need to install super user, there's instructions posted search for it. Recovery wasn't installed properly. I missed a step my first time and had the same dead android, again is posted in the instructions on rooting and installing cwm.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2150661
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Umm, ok.. But, I don't need CMW and Root on my N7. So, there is a way to come back to the original, pure JB 4.2.2 ? To be like a brand new unit? (with NO mods at all)
If you want it completely stock like factory new there is a thread sticky on how to do that as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
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Thanks! And what about the recovery mode/'no command' error? ---- The link you gave me will solve this problem as well?
Sorry for n00b questions
bv31top said:
Thanks! And what about the recovery mode/'no command' error? ---- The link you gave me will solve this problem as well?
Sorry for n00b questions
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The problem is that it appears there is no recovery installed thus the no command error. So you need to start with using the knowledge from the first thread I posted to get a recovery installed. From there you can try to wipe cache and dalvik cache then fix permissions. Or just follow the second thread to start completely fresh with a new install of jb 4.2.2.
EDIT: here is a guide for using adb and fast boot. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2225405
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bv31top said:
Umm, ok.. But, I don't need CMW and Root on my N7. So, there is a way to come back to the original, pure JB 4.2.2 ? To be like a brand new unit? (with NO mods at all)
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Gonna lag for sure then.
Rooting's best side effect is being able to tweak and streamline your device to make it as zippy as possible. Never will be as smooth running unrooted stock with no tweaks.
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I did a factory reset and now I made two users and installed around 5 apps. Now it's ok (no more delay). I think the problem is that the RAM/CPU becomes very slow with 4 users and many apps on them. I can only hope 4.3 will be better in managing multi-user devices. Anyway, the open padlock is still there.
Or just follow the second thread to start completely fresh with a new install of jb 4.2.2.
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So, a fresh install with the method you gave me in the 2nd link can fix recovery mode (no command) and lock the bootloader?
Yes or No?
bv31top said:
I did a factory reset and now I made two users and installed around 5 apps. Now it's ok (no more delay). I think the problem is that the RAM/CPU becomes very slow with 4 users and many apps on them. I can only hope 4.3 will be better in managing multi-user devices. Anyway, the open padlock is still there.
So, a fresh install with the method you gave me in the 2nd link can fix recovery mode (no command) and lock the bootloader?
Yes or No?
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Highly recommend you look into MultiROM. Like having multiple operating systems on a PC, you can install how ever many ROMs you want on your device that you will be able to pick which to boot from. There is less lag running different ROMs on there then stock 4.2.2.
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Highly recommend you look into MultiROM. Like having multiple operating systems on a PC, you can install how ever many ROMs you want on your device that you will be able to pick which to boot from. There is less lag running different ROMs on there then stock 4.2.2.
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Interesting...But, I'm not interested in setting up multiple OSs on my N7. At least not now.
Thanks, anyway.
bv31top said:
Interesting...But, I'm not interested in setting up multiple OSs on my N7. At least not now.
Thanks, anyway.
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Why do you prefer to have 4 accounts on 1 ROM? Especially when it is causing you increasingly more trouble? And I am doubtful 4.3 would be a significantly better at "multi-usering".
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Why do you prefer to have 4 accounts on 1 ROM? Especially when it is causing you increasingly more trouble? And I am doubtful 4.3 would be a significantly better at "multi-usering".
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Just hoping U know... I know that it's 90% sure that will run ultra-smooth and problem-free, but I don't want to mess around with rooting, ROMs etc.
Now I'm waiting for @SlowCobra96 to respond to my question cuz his explanation was kinda odd.
One more question: When I tried to clear cache (from the UI because the recovery is f***ed up) I ended up with ~500MB cache from 600MB
Did anybody experience this problem?
bv31top said:
Just hoping U know... I know that it's 90% sure that will run ultra-smooth and problem-free, but I don't want to mess around with rooting, ROMs etc.
Now I'm waiting for @SlowCobra96 to respond to my question cuz his explanation was kinda odd.
One more question: When I tried to clear cache (from the UI because the recovery is f***ed up) I ended up with ~500MB cache from 600MB
Did anybody experience this problem?
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Read the links I included they tell you what they do and how to do it. One is to install cwm and then a new rom if you so choose the other is to make the tablet like the day it came out of the box.
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SlowCobra96 said:
Read the links I included they tell you what they do and how to do it. One is to install cwm and then a new rom if you so choose the other is to make the tablet like the day it came out of the box.
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Ok... I think I will give it a try with the 2nd link.
And the cache problem?

FlashFire for locked bootloader G4's

Hey guys, I just want to start a general discussion about using FlashFire on G4's with locked bootloaders. We have confirmation that we can install the latest Xposed with it. I've also created a standard backup using it (I have not tried restoring yet). I don't see what would prevent us from installing stock based roms with it.
Here's a screen shot of the backup it created. System, data, and boot all appear to the the correct sizes.
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joshw0000 said:
Hey guys, I just want to start a general discussion about using FlashFire on G4's with locked bootloaders. We have confirmation that we can install the latest Xposed with it. I've also created a standard backup using it (I have not tried restoring yet). I don't see what would prevent us from installing stock based roms with it.
Here's a screen shot of the backup it created. System, data, and boot all appear to the the correct sizes.
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Well I think the problem will be this, the app needs to be ran while android is running. If you are restoring the image and it is trying to replace system files it will probably crash at some point resulting in a boot loop. I haven't looked to see how this app works and maybe they have a way but I remember an app a few devs were working on to do the same and he was never able to get it working properly, it would just end up crashing and bootlooping/bricking. If they found a way around that this would be an incredible app!
You can try it out if you want but understand that you will probably softbrick. I highly recommend backing up your current system.img using the guide in the root method we have. That way you can put it in download mode and restore.
Apps like this wont allow flashing system but we should be able to flash a custom recovery, which would allow rom flashing. It depends on software.
I would guess that the stock rom has verification checks for partitions on the phone. We would probably have to do a custom recovery, boot into TWRP, and immediately flash a custom rom without said checks. I think we'll get there eventually but I am waiting on the devs to do their thing.
We have KDZ stock files to flash if things go bad. I am not saying to try it but if anyone feels confident in testing, it should be recoverable if things screw up, but most likely you will brick your phone.
Flashfire boot in a minimalistic os to work there.
You can also use partition flasher to flash system.img, boot.img and so on. To flash system img is no problem with locked boot loader at all. But the device can not boot with twrp installed with an locked Bootloader. The signature is not correct, so softbrick.
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Apps like this wont allow flashing system but we should be able to flash a custom recovery, which would allow rom flashing. It depends on software.
I would guess that the stock rom has verification checks for partitions on the phone. We would probably have to do a custom recovery, boot into TWRP, and immediately flash a custom rom without said checks. I think we'll get there eventually but I am waiting on the devs to do their thing.
We have KDZ stock files to flash if things go bad. I am not saying to try it but if anyone feels confident in testing, it should be recoverable if things screw up, but most likely you will brick your phone.
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You're a dev. lol. Anyways, we can flash stock roms with this. As long as it's running a stock kernel, it shouldn't be a problem. A modified kernel would most likely trigger secure boot error.
player911 said:
Apps like this wont allow flashing system but we should be able to flash a custom recovery, which would allow rom flashing. It depends on software.
I would guess that the stock rom has verification checks for partitions on the phone. We would probably have to do a custom recovery, boot into TWRP, and immediately flash a custom rom without said checks. I think we'll get there eventually but I am waiting on the devs to do their thing.
We have KDZ stock files to flash if things go bad. I am not saying to try it but if anyone feels confident in testing, it should be recoverable if things screw up, but most likely you will brick your phone.
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On the contrary. Coming from Samsung, this is how roms are installed on those devices with locked bootloaders. It flashes the system images perfectly working around the Locked boot loader. Just don't try to flash a bootloaders.
I was wondering how the s6 was running Roms. Was it an easy process? And why aren't they doing this on the G4?
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I was wondering how the s6 was running Roms. Was it an easy process? And why aren't they doing this on the G4?
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You probably need a dev to build a package accordingly. Remove kernel and stuff like that. No one wants to be the tester lol. It would be nice to have a tot file just in case instead of that PR that is breaking cameras. (talking aT&T version of course)
I would LOVE to try out an international rom if they can get it to work with our devices but I have a feeling we will only be able to run rom on the same update we have? Maybe not as long as it works with the kernel
Just as an update...I used FlashFire to successfully restore my stock kernel. Granted, there were no modifications, but it worked.
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The more I hear about flashfire the more I like.
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anyone with a stock at&t system want to pull a backup? that would be a good test for the guys running the pr rom. I'll guinee pig it
I did try restoring the 815 system and boot zip last night but I got nothing but force closes and didnt have time to mess with it because I needed my phone today
diedemus said:
anyone with a stock at&t system want to pull a backup? that would be a good test for the guys running the pr rom. I'll guinee pig it
I did try restoring the 815 system and boot zip last night but I got nothing but force closes and didnt have time to mess with it because I needed my phone today
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I would totally do it but I don't want to have to factory wipe my device :-/ Just a pain to set it up again lol, I'm sure someone with more time on their hands can do it. Exciting, hope you can get the 815 working, there may be some changes needed to get everything to work
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diedemus said:
anyone with a stock at&t system want to pull a backup? that would be a good test for the guys running the pr rom. I'll guinee pig it
I did try restoring the 815 system and boot zip last night but I got nothing but force closes and didnt have time to mess with it because I needed my phone today
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looks like you need to try to get this 10f update that fixes touch issues, if we could get that going we will be in paradise unless the fix was in the kernel
diedemus said:
anyone with a stock at&t system want to pull a backup? that would be a good test for the guys running the pr rom. I'll guinee pig it
I did try restoring the 815 system and boot zip last night but I got nothing but force closes and didnt have time to mess with it because I needed my phone today
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Wait, would this image file work? http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-g4/development/root-images-h81010b-h81010e-t3168427 worth a shot. I'm not sure if that is the full system or not
joshuadjohnson22 said:
I would totally do it but I don't want to have to factory wipe my device :-/ Just a pain to set it up again lol, I'm sure someone with more time on their hands can do it. Exciting, hope you can get the 815 working, there may be some changes needed to get everything to work
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No factory reset needed. Just don't include the data and cache partitions in the backup. . Since the system partition is not editable without root it is never changed. When a factory reset is performed all that happens is the data and cache partitions are wiped.
Edit: This is why root survives a factory reset.
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No factory reset needed. Just don't include the data and cache partitions in the backup. . Since the system partition is not editable without root it is never changed. When a factory reset is performed all that happens is the data and cache partitions are wiped.
Edit: This is why root survives a factory reset.
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ok... I'll trust you. I have xposed installed so you will have to live with it if it made changes to system and the system.prop edit. I will want to send it directly to you first before I post it in case something stays lol PM me (it is backing up now btw)
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CAG-man said:
No factory reset needed. Just don't include the data and cache partitions in the backup. . Since the system partition is not editable without root it is never changed. When a factory reset is performed all that happens is the data and cache partitions are wiped.
Edit: This is why root survives a factory reset.
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also I backed up my system.img file before I rooted it using the adb commands maybe this will be useful too? Let me know.
EDIT: if you do not have the data partition exact won't it just have force closes and boot loops? I just have horrible memories on my G3 where I accidentally wiped data and even after flashing new roms i had force closes.
EDIT AGAIN: Currently uploading, I will PM you and the other requester @diedemus the file here in a minute. keep me posted
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grabbing it now, we'll see how it goes
*edit 1* First attempt gave me the security error..... on to round 2
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grabbing it now, we'll see how it goes
*edit 1* First attempt gave me the security error..... on to round 2
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Hmm interesting, Fingers crossed, what can you do differently the second time?
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just an update to flashfire... i was able to do a full backup for now. the black screen is a bit scary at first, u dont know if it hangs or not u just have to be patient. now i want to try if xposed will really work. *crossfingers*
edit.. xposed framework works!! finally!
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grabbing it now, we'll see how it goes
*edit 1* First attempt gave me the security error..... on to round 2
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You're restoring this with FlashFire?
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You're restoring this with FlashFire?
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yeah, it seems to work but we don't know if we can manage flashing a different version of stock yet. He is testing that out. Would love to get someone with 10F to install the app and back up system, data (with a factory wipe) and boot using FlashFire and see if we can get the touchscreen fix.

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