Fullscreen Mode? - Essential Phone Questions & Answers

Hello,
i'm using the PH1 since a few months and running Oreo Beta 8.1 since it's release but what I most miss about my S8 ist the fullscreen mode.
It was possible to get nearly every app in fullscreen mode without any input from the app developer.
But here none of the games support this screen size or a few apps dosen't use the space correctly.
Is there any mod to get fullscreen in Games or youtube videos?
Is it possible to port this function from the s8?

I am also looking for the same thing (with root if necessary.) I just like to have all games to be able to use the statusbar area as well

Essential commited to delivering this function during their Reddit AMA from two months ago. No timeline was given.

I found a solution.
With LineageOS, the setting to hide the statusbar and an modified Youtube App, I'm able to watch Videos in fullscreen mode.
Games in Fullscreen mode are possible too!

Full screen mode : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1e_1mjuLZ4

Related

List all the new features in 3.1

I'm downloading it right now. So all who have updated it, please say something about the new features in 3.1.... Trust me, it will help a lot of people.
It now has exchange email setup!
Youtube 720p video playback has greatly improved. Using the test video prior to 3.1 I was getting around 9-12 fps, now I'm getting 29-32 fps.
USB mouse works now;
Two new readers (Kobo and Zinio)... Extra bloatware... Awesome! :s
In the browser options, you can switch between tablet or desktop mode (I don't know if this was in 3.0 or not, but I didn't see it)
Also, in the browser, if you use quick control, you now have more options, including switching tabs right from the quick control, and closing tabs from the quick control) You can also choose to enable/disable google instant through the labs option.
** also, the list of open apps is bigger now.... not just the last 4 open apps show up
bangali bhai -
a quite notable feature is that now the widgets are resizable
ps3 controller support
new keyboard sounds
GPS fix locks in 10 sec without wifi
Many Changes
List of changes below
Wifi shows upload download
Additional support for other video formats
speed and performance is improved
lots of bugs cleared
auto reboot and shutdown bug not there atleast from the last 12 HRs.
Settings - Storage shows more in depth info
Browser improvised
Movie Studio added
Kobo Reader and Zinio Reader added
No Lags while Scrolling from other than standard landscape mode
Social Jogger widget and Nemo player Widget added
Wallpaper picker updated and setting wallpaper shows landscape and portrait optimization
Not sure if there is an actual measurable difference, but the whole tablet feels 'snappier' and more responsive, at least in my informal testing. We'll see if this is just me feeling optimistic and wanting to see things improved or if there's a legitimate boost in performance, though.
I just really hope that Acer managed to handle the issues I was having with frequent hanging with the screen on (but on the lock screen) when charging, and with the tablet powering down completely (rather than the usual 'sleep') when left to charge overnight. Having a device I can just pick up and use without waiting for a boot sequence is the bulk of why I went for a tablet in the first place...
They seem to have been pretty good about addressing issues with updates, it's just the question of when said updates show up.
Also, Android Movie Studio (think iMovie or something- very basic at first glance, but seems quite functional so far) and Videos are new to the app list.
Also got my update just in the last hour. Overall device seems snappier and USB mouse support is nice. I can also confirm that the Youtube Video Rental app comes with the update.
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Small point I know but it now appears that if you update apps in Market, once they are updated you now have option to uninstall the update.
The official new features list for Honeycomb 3.1 (outside of Acer updates)...
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-3.1-highlights.html#UserFeatures
I still cant see a safe way of removing from USB other than powering down?
Differences/Improvements I noticed.
1. When you are in Market and you enter an app to download or view and you go back to previous page you go back to were you were in app selection instead of the top of the app page (which sucked ass in 3.01)
2. UI transitions obviously, but except from vertical lag it is also pretty 'laggy' when you turn it upside down.
3. Faster startup of albums thumbnails and zoom and double tap is lightning fast.
4. Website scrolling and 2 pressure point zooming is lightning fast.
5. GPS locks faster
6. Emails come instantly, dunno if anybody noticed but in 3.01 the emails would not appear as fast they did in example hotmail tray.
7. Youtube plays videos flawlessly, 720p smooth as **** thru a goose.
8. 720p MP4 can be played but not VERY smooth, MKV can be played too but with no sound. The other HD videos that I usually play I encode with Handbrake using zoom setting but it sux ass to have to convert 720p movies that should play smooth.
9. I may be dreaming but sound seems better, louder and clearer. May be my imagination.
Then there is all the obvious changed of course. I'll add more when I remember more.
Cheers!
WMA's play in the stock player!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Couple of Differences in 3.1 Update
Got the update this evening in the UK
Couple of things I've noticed:
Acer Lumiread application has improved interface. This may be considered bloatware by the masses but I really like this compared to the alternatives.
As well as this the Landscape mode now allows 2 page reading something similar to ipad Also seems a lot smoother which actually is a massive improvement. There were a few bugs with this with the leaked chinese build that came out last week but these all seem to have been remedied in this version 4 build.
Improvement in GPS lock speed. I didn't really have a massive issue but now seem to be able to find around 10 sats vs 8 indoors with 3.01 stock and leaked build. .
Desktop Mode on Browser settings. Is it just me or does this actually do anything?
I've only tested it on the bbc website but it's still recognising my device as a mobile device even when desktop mode is set or when UAString is changed. All this mode seems to do is break bbc iplayer . Anyone else in the UK notice this?
Market shows incompatible apps: I've noticed quite a few gameloft games now showing up in the app which upon trying to purchase I get a "your device is incompatible" message. Previously i wasn't shown applications and games that were incompatible.
web browsing is a lot smoother. no fc so far (fingers crossed)
Pictures are much sharper in Picture Frame widgets !
Thank God they took out Cell Standby My Battery Last Longer.
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Johnny0906 said:
9. I may be dreaming but sound seems better, louder and clearer. May be my imagination.
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I agree. Much less distortion at the highest volume setting.
saeba said:
I agree. Much less distortion at the highest volume setting.
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Then I wasnt dreaming, awesome!
The sound is better yup yup!

tablet mode gapps

I know I can put my nexus 7 into tablet mode with a DPI change, but I like the way it is now but want the gapps in tablet mode. I read its possible and the apps can be modified and all that jazz. Has this been done and are the apks available somewhere? My gmail is already split but I'd like the gallery and YouTube in tablet mode.
Also, is there a tweak that can add a number bar on the stock keyboard since long presses aren't there?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1885935 this is what you wanted right? You can specify DPI for EACH individual app, like gmail in tab mode while email in phone mode. Hope this helps!
Kind of. I don't want to use the Paranoid ROM. Read here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1903519 Each app can be set to be in tablet mode or not. That thread has GTalk and GMail set, but no others. I'm looking for the Gallery app and Youtube. I was looking to see if anyone has tweaked the apps individually and have them ready to flash/install with tablet mode enabled. I'm not a fan of the full tablet mode on my Nexus7. It makes things just a bit too small for me.
No, you can set the workspace to phablet which is the interface on the n7. Then, you set a lower DPI for the YouTube app for example, so you can have YouTube app only running in tablet mode, while all other apps and the system ui in phablet n7 mode. That's hybrid. It will look the same as stock, except the apps you lower the DPI for tab mode.

Forcing immersive-mode apps to NOT run in immersive mode?

OK, so it seems to be a common thing here where people are wanting to HIDE the navigation buttons as much as possible, but I'm the other way around - I want them on my screen at all times unless there's an actually good reason to hide them.
Some apps, like MX Player Pro, have an option to hide or show the navigation bar - status bar gets hidden by default, as the phone would be in landscape mode for watching videos.
Others do not. Thinking about apps like Netflix, Vudu and such... and the fact that the S8's screen is wider than 16:9, I really don't see a good reason to disable the navigation buttons, except for them possibly being distracting (which they aren't, not to me)
My understanding is that even using the adb commands found in other threads on XDA, you can set it to hide the navigation bar and/or status bar for any apps you want, but NOT the reverse. I tried opening Super Mario Run (that's another one that uses immersive mode, and I'm not quite sure WHY), opening adb shell while it was going, and no matter what command I ran the bar would not show back up. It's like apps can overwrite the system-wide immersive mode preset.
Is there ANY way to do this short of editing the .apk files to remove immersive mode from their manifests so they can't attempt to enter it? The obvious problem with doing that is that any time there's a Play Store update I'd have to redo the modification, and reinstall it from scratch because of .apk signatures.
Based on how MX Player works, and how some apps start immersive and then go back to normal (Pokémon GO seems to use immersive mode for the Niantic logo, but then returns to normal right after that), I'm assuming it's an option inside the app that can be toggled on and off, much like full-screen videos on a PC. But like how web browsers ask if you want to allow a site to use fullscreen, I wish I could do the same to my apps.
+1
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drfsupercenter said:
OK, so it seems to be a common thing here where people are wanting to HIDE the navigation buttons as much as possible, but I'm the other way around - I want them on my screen at all times unless there's an actually good reason to hide them.
Some apps, like MX Player Pro, have an option to hide or show the navigation bar - status bar gets hidden by default, as the phone would be in landscape mode for watching videos.
Others do not. Thinking about apps like Netflix, Vudu and such... and the fact that the S8's screen is wider than 16:9, I really don't see a good reason to disable the navigation buttons, except for them possibly being distracting (which they aren't, not to me)
My understanding is that even using the adb commands found in other threads on XDA, you can set it to hide the navigation bar and/or status bar for any apps you want, but NOT the reverse. I tried opening Super Mario Run (that's another one that uses immersive mode, and I'm not quite sure WHY), opening adb shell while it was going, and no matter what command I ran the bar would not show back up. It's like apps can overwrite the system-wide immersive mode preset.
Is there ANY way to do this short of editing the .apk files to remove immersive mode from their manifests so they can't attempt to enter it? The obvious problem with doing that is that any time there's a Play Store update I'd have to redo the modification, and reinstall it from scratch because of .apk signatures.
Based on how MX Player works, and how some apps start immersive and then go back to normal (Pokémon GO seems to use immersive mode for the Niantic logo, but then returns to normal right after that), I'm assuming it's an option inside the app that can be toggled on and off, much like full-screen videos on a PC. But like how web browsers ask if you want to allow a site to use fullscreen, I wish I could do the same to my apps.
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Did you find the way?
I'm looking for this too but preferably a shell command to use in tasker on a per app basis
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paolo200 said:
Did you find the way?
I'm looking for this too but preferably a shell command to use in tasker on a per app basis
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No
But given what I've read, and from experimentation, it looks like it's impossible to do this without having root.
I'm not sure *why* but unless someone can prove otherwise, it seems that the System UI can't override apps - even user-installed apps! Sorta weird if you ask me...
What I was trying to do instead was decompile the .apk and remove the function that puts the app in immersive mode. Problem is, I don't understand the smali language at all... my trials just resulted in failures to compile the app again. Bah. If anyone knows about Android app development and actually somewhat understands smali, let me know...
drfsupercenter said:
No
But given what I've read, and from experimentation, it looks like it's impossible to do this without having root.
I'm not sure *why* but unless someone can prove otherwise, it seems that the System UI can't override apps - even user-installed apps! Sorta weird if you ask me...
What I was trying to do instead was decompile the .apk and remove the function that puts the app in immersive mode. Problem is, I don't understand the smali language at all... my trials just resulted in failures to compile the app again. Bah. If anyone knows about Android app development and actually somewhat understands smali, let me know...
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Ok I'll let you know. As for the knowledge I'm a beginner too... I'm trying to learn a bit about what can be done using Tasker but I haven't found anything. As you said it seems impossible to force the bars to stay visible if the app hides it. When I was on KitKat there was an Xposed module called app settings that allowed just that, among other things, but I'm on Nougat now and Xposed is not available so... We'll keep looking
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That's what I mean - you need root to do it (Xposed obviously requires root), and I don't really understand why since in theory a user app from the Play Store shouldn't be able to overwrite system settings. If it was a matter of getting the built-in camera to not be immersive or something, that's another story.
The most you can do with Tasker, really, is mess with secure_settings. I've tried this extensively, and all you can do is set the SYSTEM DEFAULT to immersive on or off - changing it to on makes it so apps not normally in immersive become immersive, but changing it to off does nothing because, well, the default is off anyway...
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That's what I mean - you need root to do it (Xposed obviously requires root), and I don't really understand why since in theory a user app from the Play Store shouldn't be able to overwrite system settings. If it was a matter of getting the built-in camera to not be immersive or something, that's another story.
The most you can do with Tasker, really, is mess with secure_settings. I've tried this extensively, and all you can do is set the SYSTEM DEFAULT to immersive on or off - changing it to on makes it so apps not normally in immersive become immersive, but changing it to off does nothing because, well, the default is off anyway...
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Hello,
I have root and I also cannot disable immersive mode. I haven't found any xposed module that allow this and App Settings prevent fulscreen also doesn't change anything. Do you know any other solution with root access?
Thanks in advance!
Borchuck said:
Hello,
I have root and I also cannot disable immersive mode. I haven't found any xposed module that allow this and App Settings prevent fulscreen also doesn't change anything. Do you know any other solution with root access?
Thanks in advance!
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Sadly, no I don't. I've still never found a solution for this, with or without root. And more and more app developers are updating their apps to support the screen ratio... Super Mario Run is now locked to "fullscreen" mode, you can't put it back into windowed compatibility mode anymore, and it takes up 100% of the screen with no room for the navbar anyway.
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Sadly, no I don't. I've still never found a solution for this, with or without root. And more and more app developers are updating their apps to support the screen ratio... Super Mario Run is now locked to "fullscreen" mode, you can't put it back into windowed compatibility mode anymore, and it takes up 100% of the screen with no room for the navbar anyway.
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That really sucks... I don't know what is all about, why it is so hard to achieve. Anyway, thanks for answer!

Assistive Touch

can somebody port assistive touch from meizu phones. really like that feature i want to use my phone in immersive mode . so as i need it..
There are a ton of immersive mode apps on the Play Store. Porting apps isn't simple and is very time consuming, especially manufacturer apps.
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There are a ton of immersive mode apps on the Play Store. Porting apps isn't simple and is very time consuming, especially manufacturer apps.
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for me the problem is navigating through the immersive mode.. meizu touch assistant really helps in navigating easily.. controlling it like joystick controller makes navigation super smooth...

Android Q Beta - All in details

All you want to know in one place about
Android Q
General info: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/03/introducing-android-q-beta.html | https://www.google.com/android/beta
Opt In/ Opt Out your Pixel device(s): https://www.google.com/android/beta#devices Enable OTA Updates (You will get the beta updates like usual updates)
System images: https://developer.android.com/preview/download
Official Reddit forum from Google: https://www.reddit.com/r/android_beta/ for Bug reporting and solutions
If you manually flashed Android Q on your device by downloading the image from developer.android.com, you won’t receive updates automatically unless that device is also opted-in to the Android Beta Program for Pixel on the Opt In URL.
Using OPT out and returning to Pie the device will be facotry reseted:
You will not be able to unenroll and revert back to a lower public release version of Android without first wiping all locally saved data on your device. You may also encounter issues restoring a backup.
You will NOT receive separate monthly security updates while on a beta build.
Update working fine from Pie. Data and settings are remain.
Rooting: https://www.xda-developers.com/root-android-q-beta-google-pixel-pixel-2/
Magisk: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/dev-magisk-canary-channel-bleeding-edge-t3839337
Hide back Button: https://www.xda-developers.com/android-q-gestures-back-button/
System seems stable. Call, SMS, Network, Bluetooth, Audio working fine.
Problems / Bugs
- Laggy Camera on all Pixel devices. (I can confirm It is MUCH slower than Pie. First pic about 4-9 sec)
- Slow(er) HDR+ picture processing. New feature: Dynamic depth format for photos
- Google is deprecating the Android Beam API used to share files with NFC
- Now playing not working (For me)
- Edit button on screenshot notification NOT working
- No options to block numbers in dialer or anywhere else
- No info about the charging estimated time
- Built in Screen recording in broken: FIX: https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/...t-in-screen-recording-but-its-broken-for-now/
- Android Q's Dark Mode Breaks Google Photos
2019. March 15.: Live wallpapers with cloud updates are broken FC in every second reported by many users
- Not working apps: https://www.reddit.com/r/android_beta/wiki/index: Some banking apps will not work in this beta, but Google Pay will work!
General App Compatibility Issues
Google Apps
Android System Webview (Beta users should leave the program)
Files by Google
3rd Party
AirWatch Hub
Boxer
Chase
Citrix Secure Hub
Evernote
Fate Grand Order
Firefox (non-nightly builds)
Huntington Bank
LastPass (app loads, major functionality issues)
Lloyds Bank
LinkedIn
Plex
PokemonGo
Samsung Galaxy Wear App
Syncthong
TELLO
Trials Frontier
WeChat
ZMODO Security Cameras
Other Notable Issues with Apps
Android Messages - MMS photo quality degraded
Google Photos & Dark Mode (Cannot read any text, logos are hidden)
MapMyRun will not work in the background (Q Location Permission Changes)
Improvements:
- "Always on" redesigned: https://9to5google.com/2019/03/13/android-q-aod-music/ Lift to wake, and double tap now ignores Always on display and get you directly to lock screen (if any) (This is no improvement for me)
- Much faster finger print reading
- Much faster face recognition
- Play Music lock screen wallpaper redesigned (It is just broken for me)
- New guesture: https://9to5google.com/2019/03/13/android-q-improved-multitasking-gesture/
New Features:
○ System-wide Dark Mode:
Solution 1:
- Use the Battery Saver to Enable Dark Mode.
Solution 2:
- Use ADB to Enable Dark Mode in Android Q
Code:
adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 2
- Use ADB to Disable Dark Mode in Android Q
Code:
adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 1
- Use ADB to AUTO Dark Mode in Android Q
Code:
adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 0
Solution 3:
Before the update set the device theme to Dark in the developer options.
The option removed in Q so you will not be able to modify it after the update.
○ Device Theming:
In the end of the Developer Settings you can find the options:
- Color
- Font
- Icon Shape​
Only a few settings. You can play around​
○ Time to read
In Settings -> Accessibility You can set the notifications timeout​
○ Sharing Shortcuts
New sharing options and redisgned interface​
○ Wi-Fi sharing via QR Code
Android Q now allows you to share your current Wi-Fi connection simply via a QR code​
○ Feature Flags in developer options
https://www.reddit.com/r/android_beta/comments/b0xmio/feature_flags_hidden_options_and_what_they_do/
https://9to5google.com/2019/03/14/android-q-beta-1-feature-flags/
Desktop mode:
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-q-desktop-mode/
More from Google:
Foldables and innovative new screens
More privacy protections in Android Q
Giving users more control over location
Settings Panels
Improved peer-to-peer and internet connectivity
Wi-Fi performance mode
Camera, media, graphics
Dynamic depth format for photos
New audio and video codecs
Native MIDI API
ANGLE on Vulkan​Neural Networks API 1.2
ART performance
More to come...
eBENdre said:
All you want to know in one place about
Android Q
Problems / Bugs
- Laggy Camera on all Pixel devices. (I can confirm It is MUCH slower than Pie. First pic about 4-9 sec)
- Slow(er) HDR+ picture processing. New feature: Dynamic depth format for photos
- Google is deprecating the Android Beam API used to share files with NFC
- Now playing not working (For me)
- Edit button on screenshot notification NOT working
- No options to block numbers in dialer or anywhere else
- No info about the charging estimated time
- Built in Screen recording in broken: FIX: https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/...t-in-screen-recording-but-its-broken-for-now/
- Android Q's Dark Mode Breaks Google Photos
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Just to help out a bit, if possible:
Camera seems to be fine on my P2XL - though I have not enabled any HDR+ or raw settings.
Now Playing is working for me, grabbed the theme song off the show I was watching last night.
Markup "edit" button can be fixed. Clear data in markup, open photos and use markup from within that; you should get a permission request. (simply going into permissions on the markup app and enabling any/all may work as well, but is untested)
In dialer/recents, tap the number, and choose block from the drop down menu. I am in the beta for the Google phone app - so that may be part of it. Dirty flash may also affect this.
Clarification only: Photos is broken in dark-mode, but only in that all options dialogs/drop-downs are white text on white background. Other than that, you can still browse photos/albums, etc.
For clarity: My device is the Pixel 2 XL and Q was installed via factory image with full wipe (no dirty flash), and I did not restore from any backups.
Camera is fine for me on 2xl. Nothing different. HDR+ works as normal so does raw DNG.
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Camera is fine for me on 2xl. Nothing different. HDR+ works as normal so does raw DNG.
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Thank you. I'm on dirty upgrade. I will reset my phone soon. I will test it again.
eBENdre said:
Thank you. I'm on dirty upgrade. I will reset my phone soon. I will test it again.
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You should check 9to5 Google they have some more adb commands for stuff like the different clocks for aod and how to use swipe left to go back
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You should check 9to5 Google they have some more adb commands for stuff like the different clocks for aod and how to use swipe left to go back
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thanks, I will add more later. Swipe left already on the list btw
Much faster fingerprint?
It already feels almost instant in Pie, what can they improve?
eBENdre said:
Problems / Bugs
- Now playing not working (For me)
- No info about the charging estimated time
- Built in Screen recording in broken: FIX: https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/...t-in-screen-recording-but-its-broken-for-now/
- Android Q's Dark Mode Breaks Google Photos
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Now playing is working for me - just not displaying on the lock screen. I just got home form a birthday party, and every song the DJ played is in my NP history;
In addition to the charging time estimate, the estimate in the pull down notification area is completely off base compared to the estimated time left in Settings --> Battery;
My built in screen recording works for me, and has worked since I enabled it from the Features flags in Developer Options;
No issues with Google Photos with dark Mode. Caveat: I had dark mode enabled in Pie, and took the Q DP1 OTA over that Pie install;
I found that there is a microphone icon at the top left when selecting Panorama photo mode that I never saw before (was that introduced with Q DP1, or just a very recent Google Camera update?)
I've not noticed a discernible slowdown in the Camera app (and I always use HDR+ / Night sight for my photos), but I have noticed that when I try to view a picture / video, particularly like an MMS in Messages / Google Voice, the phone is extremely slow and laggy.
@eBENdre just got xl 2 ,prerooted,one question,if i install Q 1 will it owerwrite twrp magisk also,will there be problems maybe? Thanks
For years used htc,this is new for me.
Boskoel03 said:
@eBENdre just got xl 2 ,prerooted,one question,if i install Q 1 will it owerwrite twrp magisk also,will there be problems maybe? Thanks
For years used htc,this is new for me.
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Yes, it will overwrite twrp and magisk.
There are always potential problems with any update to beta builds, however, many are running Q without issues. Best advice I can give is to familiarize yourself with fastboot commands, since you'll need to install twrp again, and read, read, and read again all of the information in the Q threads so you know what to do and expect :good:
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Yes, it will overwrite twrp and magisk.
There are always potential problems with any update to beta builds, however, many are running Q without issues. Best advice I can give is to familiarize yourself with fastboot commands, since you'll need to install twrp again, and read, read, and read again all of the information in the Q threads so you know what to do and expect :good:
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Huge thanks mate,and there is problem for me,as keybord not working on laptop...
You'll probably need access to a different computer - or else need to buy a cheap USB KB to use, because use of a separate computer / laptop is pretty much essential to get this working (root + Q, not to mention installing TWRP by using fastboot boot to boot TWRP, then installing TWRP from inside the booted TWRP).
Badger50 said:
Yes, it will overwrite twrp and magisk.
There are always potential problems with any update to beta builds, however, many are running Q without issues. Best advice I can give is to familiarize yourself with fastboot commands, since you'll need to install twrp again, and read, read, and read again all of the information in the Q threads so you know what to do and expect :good:
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Did it,through twrp,lost it off course,now one more question,will i be able to recive next build,like regular OTA,altough my bootloader is unlocked? Thanks once again....
Boskoel03 said:
Did it,through twrp,lost it off course,now one more question,will i be able to recive next build,like regular OTA,altough my bootloader is unlocked? Thanks once again....
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You should get the next update fine, provided your on stock recovery without root. I don't run betas personally, but my info comes from reading about others that do. As with anything android...YMMV :good::laugh:
Android Q Beta Experience
I've been on Android Q beta for almost 3 weeks now. It is used as a daily driver since I have only the one Pixel 2. I flashed the new image myself using TWRP rather than opt into the beta with Google. Other than a problem with now playing not always showing up on the screen and a slight delay when I go to the Favorites page in Phone app everything seems to work alright. I am getting roughly the same battery life as with Android Pie. Oh, and my banking app (ICICI Bank, India) is not working. It doesn't send an SMS to activate the app. I thought this might be as the phone number is shown as unknown. I understand that Vodafone in India does not show the phone number in the SIM information in Settings. I have activated dark mode and even photos and camera app work without a hitch. I have rooted with Magisk (Canary channel) and that is working without any problem.
OTOH, I've also been on Q since the day it came out (my birthday, coincidentally - love being an Ides of March baby lol).
I've had some issues crop up here and there, but nothing really serious. I was on Pie, rooted, and used the uninstall routine inside of Magisk to de-root my Taimen before taking Q, and then rooted it again with the (then latest) canary build.
What I'm hoping is that the Magisk procedure to de-root the device, take the OTA, and then before rebooting, applying the patched boot.img to the new partition will work, the same as if you're rooted on Pie and get an OTA.
Time will tell.
My notifications is coming like this only.. is this a bug?
or the clock is missing?
My device is not rooted. I'm not using any module or theme.
Clock missing - have you rebooted?
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Clock missing - have you rebooted?
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Yes I have. Atleast 2-3 times.
Wonder if it is System UI Tuner related?
You could give this a shot and see if the System UI is set to hide the clock, though the last time I actually tried to hide the clock, it didn't leave that space there....
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New warning posted on the Android Beta page https://www.google.com/android/beta#devices
Caution: The current release contains significant behavior changes that affect apps in particular. The latest updates around isolated storage may cause issues with apps that access photos, videos, media, or other files stored on your device, such as when browsing or sharing in social media apps.
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I'm installing the update now, let's see just how differently this works on my Taimen.

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