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Hi. Coming from several Nexus devices. Sorry if dumb questions...
1) I have previously used Tasker and NFC Task Launcher to set auto-display-off to like 4 hours when in the car and connected to power. This doesn't seem to work on S4. Can it be done any other way?
2) Is that bad for the display?
3) If not possible and/or bad for the display, can I automatically make my PIN locks screen change to no lock screen based on NFC tag or settings profile?
4) I am using Nova Launcher rather than Touchwiz. Is it possible to root the phone and freeze that and a number of Samsung's junk using Titanium? I'd obviously want to be able to get fully back to stock if I needed warranty service..
Sorry to ask stupid questions... New phone, you know
BillLee3 said:
Hi. Coming from several Nexus devices. Sorry if dumb questions...
1) I have previously used Tasker and NFC Task Launcher to set auto-display-off to like 4 hours when in the car and connected to power. This doesn't seem to work on S4. Can it be done any other way?
2) Is that bad for the display?
3) If not possible and/or bad for the display, can I automatically make my PIN locks screen change to no lock screen based on NFC tag or settings profile?
4) I am using Nova Launcher rather than Touchwiz. Is it possible to root the phone and freeze that and a number of Samsung's junk using Titanium? I'd obviously want to be able to get fully back to stock if I needed warranty service..
Sorry to ask stupid questions... New phone, you know
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1) I don't use either of those things, but I can't think of any reason it shouldn't work.
2) Yeah, if you leave it on 24/7 with a static image. But not anytime real soon.
3) That is a good question for the Tasker master-thread.
4) Yes you can. Your warranty will technically be voided, but as long as you Odin back to stock ROM before sending phone in for warranty, you shouldn't have any problems.
CZ Eddie said:
1) I don't use either of those things, but I can't think of any reason it shouldn't work.
2) Yeah, if you leave it on 24/7 with a static image. But not anytime real soon.
3) That is a good question for the Tasker master-thread.
4) Yes you can. Your warranty will technically be voided, but as long as you Odin back to stock ROM before sending phone in for warranty, you shouldn't have any problems.
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I rooted the phone and now am able to do the things I couldn't before. Thanks.
Hey there. So, after having to live with Lumia 930 for the past three years, I got drunk in a bar on Saturday and smashed the phone several times against the table pretty hard. I was telling myself for the past year (after the WP 10 update) that I will break that phone and I finally did. The display doesn't work, yet the phone boots up normally.
My last experience with Android was with LG OO (P500), and Android Froyo 2.2 in 2010/2011. I do remember some stuff, like rooting, custom recovery and flashing new ROMs. The problem is, I have no idea how far has it gotten by this point.
So I have several questions that I need to get answered. I will have the phone tommorow.
1. Should I root the phone? If so, how?
2. Should I flash a new ROM? If so, which?
3. Is there anything I should do to the phone to raise it's battery life, performance, cam quality etc. and is safe? How?
4. What are some absolutely neccessary tweaks to consider?
1. https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g6/how-to/official-lg-g6-bootloader-unlock-t3614719
Whether you should or should not, is up to you. What do you want to achieve by rooting/using another ROM. Depends on your needs.
2. See above. What don't you like about the current stock one? If you like stock but want more tweaks, try Fulmics. If you don't like stock try one of the Lineage ROMs. Bear in mind that phone calls via a bluetooth speaker (e.g. in car) don't work so well in current Lineage ROMs.
3. Turn stuff off, remove battery hogging apps, try another ROM or Kernel etc. Your mileage may vary though. For Camera, try one of the ported Google Cameras - You can find threads here in the G6 forums. There are loads to try and some of the latest ones are working great!
4. There are no such "absolutely neccessary tweaks". It's what you consider necessary.
I would have a look around and think about what you want. When you get your phone it's worth doing a basic setup to see what you think. If you want to unlock/flash another ROM, do it early as doing so will erase all data on the phone, so saves some pain later when having to set everything up again.
Welcome back to Android
1- you can root if you want disable ADS on your apps / or flashing v30 camera on your phone ...
2- i'm on stock rom like all most of G6 users but we have so many roms for our h870 like
Fulmics
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g6/development/rom-25-07-fulmics-rom-1-0-v10n-tweaks-t3642043
LineageOS
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g6/development/7-1-2r24-rom-lineageos-t3657486
Resurrection
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g6/development/rom-resurrection-remix-5-8-3-t3639293
++ https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g6/how-to/list-roms-guides-h870-us997-t3686766
3-for the battery follow this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g6/how-to/guide-best-battery-life-t3735720
you can install Google camera modded for the PORTRAIT MODE
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg...-ported-g6-t3655374/post75282763#post75282763
Installing a modded Youtube app for watching videos on full screen/background playback ...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-iytbp-injected-youtube-background-t3560900
Clorky said:
Hey there. So, after having to live with Lumia 930 for the past three years, I got drunk in a bar on Saturday and smashed the phone several times against the table pretty hard. I was telling myself for the past year (after the WP 10 update) that I will break that phone and I finally did. The display doesn't work, yet the phone boots up normally.
My last experience with Android was with LG OO (P500), and Android Froyo 2.2 in 2010/2011. I do remember some stuff, like rooting, custom recovery and flashing new ROMs. The problem is, I have no idea how far has it gotten by this point.
So I have several questions that I need to get answered. I will have the phone tommorow.
1. Should I root the phone? If so, how?
2. Should I flash a new ROM? If so, which?
3. Is there anything I should do to the phone to raise it's battery life, performance, cam quality etc. and is safe? How?
4. What are some absolutely neccessary tweaks to consider?
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Please don't get me wrong, but if you don't see a reason for root and if you are really a noob.... forget it.
The phone works and you will have no problems.
L0cke said:
1. https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g6/how-to/official-lg-g6-bootloader-unlock-t3614719
Whether you should or should not, is up to you. What do you want to achieve by rooting/using another ROM. Depends on your needs.
2. See above. What don't you like about the current stock one? If you like stock but want more tweaks, try Fulmics. If you don't like stock try one of the Lineage ROMs. Bear in mind that phone calls via a bluetooth speaker (e.g. in car) don't work so well in current Lineage ROMs.
3. Turn stuff off, remove battery hogging apps, try another ROM or Kernel etc. Your mileage may vary though. For Camera, try one of the ported Google Cameras - You can find threads here in the G6 forums. There are loads to try and some of the latest ones are working great!
4. There are no such "absolutely neccessary tweaks". It's what you consider necessary.
I would have a look around and think about what you want. When you get your phone it's worth doing a basic setup to see what you think. If you want to unlock/flash another ROM, do it early as doing so will erase all data on the phone, so saves some pain later when having to set everything up again.
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Can I install the google cam apk without root or anything?
Clorky said:
Can I install the google cam apk without root or anything?
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Yeah, just install it like a normal apk.
Download it and open it. Make sure you uncheck Allow Install of Unknown Sources in Settings first. It might even prompt you to do it during the install.
1. The question is mostly moot, since LG doesn't even allow unlocking of bootloaders of most G6 models. Only the European H870 is supported.
2. See above. If you can root and enjoy tinkering (and blowing hours of time) and don't mind risking bricking of your phone, go ahead. Unlike in the past, rooting and custom ROMs don't allow much more than modern stock ROMs. As you can see from other's answers, the custom ROMs use a somewhat more updated version of Nougat. (Stock is a version of 7.0) Note than with some custom ROMs you might not be able to use secured apps like Netflix or banking apps.
3. Battery life is fine (although not consistent). You'll easily get a whole day unless you spend most of the day gaming. Do the usualy things to cut battery consumption if you run low. Performance is good. The camera has potential but the low light performance of the built in camera software is crappy. Its over-processed. Use a modified version of Google Camera available on these forums. (no root needed). I've had no problems with bluetooth connection to my car (Mazda).
4. No essential tweaks, but that is personal taste. The LG interface is pretty feature rich, includes theming and fonts, and offers launchers with either an Iphone-like home screen or the traditional Android screen with an app drawer and widgets. Of course you can use any launcher you want, like Google Now or Nova.
Overall I am very satisfied with the phone, especially using the modded Gcam. Some people here have complained about the lack of frequent updates, but this is a matter of expectations. The G6 is expected to get an Oreo update by June.
Enjoy!
Clorky said:
Hey there. So, after having to live with Lumia 930 for the past three years, I got drunk in a bar on Saturday and smashed the phone several times against the table pretty hard. I was telling myself for the past year (after the WP 10 update) that I will break that phone and I finally did. The display doesn't work, yet the phone boots up normally.
My last experience with Android was with LG OO (P500), and Android Froyo 2.2 in 2010/2011. I do remember some stuff, like rooting, custom recovery and flashing new ROMs. The problem is, I have no idea how far has it gotten by this point.
So I have several questions that I need to get answered. I will have the phone tommorow.
1. Should I root the phone? If so, how?
2. Should I flash a new ROM? If so, which?
3. Is there anything I should do to the phone to raise it's battery life, performance, cam quality etc. and is safe? How?
4. What are some absolutely neccessary tweaks to consider?
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So i wanted to make the Immersive mode work, it works flawlessly in almost all apps, except all Google apps.
https://imgur.com/r/lgg6/ 4QfHe
I followed this guide. The ratio changing (to 18:9) in settings is not avaiable for native apps, only installed ones. How can I fix this? It makes the google apps look really weird, especially the browser, with two black bars.
Hi,
I've been using a native android OS for years (nexus phones and the last one Oneplus 3). Recently I bought Xiaomi Mi 9T, thinking it would be similar to Oneplus 7 Pro and Im having a bad experience using it.
I cant understand why they remove useful things that Google developed to make a better user experience.
For exemple:
Notificacions are awful in MIUI.
In lockscreen I cant expand them
When the display is unlock and I got a notificacion I cant expand the notification and read it directly, I have to wait or hide the notificacion (swiping up) and then swipe down to be able to expand it and read it.....
Audio Output
In my old phone I could have different devices connected via bluetooth, for exemple, an earpods, and if I wanted to show something to a friend I could change the output sound, and choose phone speakers, however I cant do it with MUIU, I have to disconnect the device to use the speakers..... WTF
I also dont like to have all apps in the screen, however I solved that with Nova Launcher.
Anyone know how to solve the previous problems? I would love to have Oxygen OS in this phone. It would be perfect. Thanks
Unlock your bootloader and flash any of the custom ROMs available right now! (Paranoid Android beta or Mokee rom(linneage base) there is also a OxygenOS GSI (treble) I wouldn't recommend that but you can give it a shot
Yeah, TWO problems are ruining android. Lol
I'm coming from a Samsung Galaxy S7 and I agree with OP. One week using the Mi 9T and the struggle is real. Notifications are really messed up in MIUI. The auto brightness doesn't work right and sometimes when I manually change brightness the slider is not updated accordingly as I increase it. Also, the sound controls are just terrible. It's not, or at least it doesn't feel like, a polished UI/UX.
Haters gonna hate. Now imagine that if you would do any tampering with the OS you would lose the warrantee... BUT Xiaomi is so generous that they even provide a bootloader unlock function for us, unlike Samsung and Apple. They would take away your freedom of development if you would wander off their closed systems, so enjoy flashing and stuff. And I would highly suggest waiting for MIUI 11 it arrives in the coming days. Miui has been the longest player in the android skin game and the first and foremost product of xiaomi.
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BUT Xiaomi is so generous that they even provide a bootloader unlock function for us.
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Unlock after 7days xD, please man, people hate miui cause this soft is ****.
Xiaomi did once questionnaire which soft people like more stock android or miui, most have chosen stock android. Xiaomi deleted this survey
XxXDarknessXxX said:
Haters gonna hate. Now imagine that if you would do any tampering with the OS you would lose the warrantee... BUT Xiaomi is so generous that they even provide a bootloader unlock function for us, unlike Samsung and Apple. They would take away your freedom of development if you would wander off their closed systems, so enjoy flashing and stuff. And I would highly suggest waiting for MIUI 11 it arrives in the coming days. Miui has been the longest player in the android skin game and the first and foremost product of xiaomi.
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you mean like on Samsung you don't have use stupid accounts and give them your info just to be able to unlock the bootloader? the fact MIUI was one of the first skinned ROMs back in froyo means nothing, it's like saying Chrysler used to make great cars 40 years ago and therefore they MUST be considered great today, no matter the fact they are pure ****e.
i sell my mi9t and i order OP7Pro, and i hope i will not regret.
first if you unlock bootloader, and to root and. magisk, you have to partitions, so anytime you want something with twrp you have to do everything from begin, and there is also one problem with OP7Pro were phone shut down by himself, power button doesnt help, just if you boot in fastboot mode power on and vol+ in same time helps.
so dont know if OP is really such good user experience, same as stock android, never have seen such poor os as stock android.
Everything on my Mi 9T works well except notifications. Unlike other people I get a lot of it. On every notification the screen turns on even in silent mode. And I can't seem to turn off group notifications for whatsapp, I turn them off and after 2 minutes they turn back on again. Other than this the phone is great.
So the only problem I have with notifications is that they are not arriving while the phone is in deep sleep mode, and that's because miui kills internet connection - I get that they are trying to save battery that way but it just doesn't make sense to me to not be able to receive notifications while your phone is sitting idle. From what I've seen miui 9 and below had an option in settings>battery&performance to disable sleep mode - is there any way to do that on miui 10?
MarkoKec said:
So the only problem I have with notifications is that they are not arriving while the phone is in deep sleep mode, and that's because miui kills internet connection - I get that they are trying to save battery that way but it just doesn't make sense to me to not be able to receive notifications while your phone is sitting idle. From what I've seen miui 9 and below had an option in settings>battery&performance to disable sleep mode - is there any way to do that on miui 10?
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In developer options, there is an option all the way down, "MIUI optimization" something like that that is on by default. You can turn that off.
You can also go to app settings and turn off battery optimization for the apps you care about like instant messaging, mail etc.
HockeyLan said:
In developer options, there is an option all the way down, "MIUI optimization" something like that that is on by default. You can turn that off.
You can also go to app settings and turn off battery optimization for the apps you care about like instant messaging, mail etc.
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Yeah already did that.. tried all options, still no luck.
Just to make sure there's no confusion, of course I understand that both unlocking and re-locking the bootloader result in a factory reset and all of my data stored on the phone will be lost if not otherwise backed up.
My question is about the hardware side of things. I know over the years some phones have been configured such that they lose DRM keys or other data when unlocked, which can not be backed up and thus result in permanent loss of software and sometimes (Sony Xperia Cameras) even hardware features.
Does OnePlus do anything like this on the 6T?
I totally get that if I'm rooted and/or running a custom ROM I may have issues with DRM, SafetyNet, etc while running a modified system. All of my previous Android devices have been rooted and ended their useful lives running CM/LOS versions 2-3 revisions beyond OEM support, I'm familiar with how that goes. My question is if I decide to go back to stock does everything go back to normal or is anything lost for good?
wolrah said:
Just to make sure there's no confusion, of course I understand that both unlocking and re-locking the bootloader result in a factory reset and all of my data stored on the phone will be lost if not otherwise backed up.
My question is about the hardware side of things. I know over the years some phones have been configured such that they lose DRM keys or other data when unlocked, which can not be backed up and thus result in permanent loss of software and sometimes (Sony Xperia Cameras) even hardware features.
Does OnePlus do anything like this on the 6T?
I totally get that if I'm rooted and/or running a custom ROM I may have issues with DRM, SafetyNet, etc while running a modified system. All of my previous Android devices have been rooted and ended their useful lives running CM/LOS versions 2-3 revisions beyond OEM support, I'm familiar with how that goes. My question is if I decide to go back to stock does everything go back to normal or is anything lost for good?
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Just unlocking the bootloader shouldn't cause issues other than with a few apps such as Netflix streaming level. Rooting Will cause issues with Safety net and some apps although using magisk hide and random app name settings does a pretty good job of getting around that
unlocking the bootloader disables the encryption of filesystem, thus the phone will be wiped clean. So yes, you will lose anything not backed up.
intrusdave said:
unlocking the bootloader disables the encryption of filesystem, thus the phone will be wiped clean. So yes, you will lose anything not backed up.
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This is partially wrong, unlocking the bootloader does not disable the encryption. It does wipe your phone clean though.
Unlocking the bootloader will cause you to loose Widevine L1 so Netflix and any other app that relies on this will not be able to play HD content, just as jestyr8 said.
Jager said:
This is partially wrong, unlocking the bootloader does not disable the encryption. It does wipe your phone clean though.
Unlocking the bootloader will cause you to loose Widevine L1 so Netflix and any other app that relies on this will not be able to play HD content, just as jestyr8 said.
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Exactly, but this is reset if the boot loader is relocked, so it's not a permanent change, in answer to the OP query.
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Thank you all, and yeah I don't care what I lose while running a modified system as long as I always have the option to just flash back to stock and make everything normal again if I want.
edit: Just to be clear about the Netflix thing, that means I lose some of the higher resolution options when playing on the device itself, right?
A few years ago one of the updates to the Netflix app made it just straight up stop working on my Note 4, even as a Chromecast controller.
I really don't care all that much either way because I basically never watch on my phone and all my main TVs have Fire Sticks or other devices with remotes and Netflix clients, but sometimes Chromecasting is the most convenient option so it'd be moderately annoying to lose that again.
wolrah said:
Thank you all, and yeah I don't care what I lose while running a modified system as long as I always have the option to just flash back to stock and make everything normal again if I want.
edit: Just to be clear about the Netflix thing, that means I lose some of the higher resolution options when playing on the device itself, right?
A few years ago one of the updates to the Netflix app made it just straight up stop working on my Note 4, even as a Chromecast controller.
I really don't care all that much either way because I basically never watch on my phone and all my main TVs have Fire Sticks or other devices with remotes and Netflix clients, but sometimes Chromecasting is the most convenient option so it'd be moderately annoying to lose that again.
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Chromecast seems to work in most ROMs.
Hello!
I've been out of the rooting / custom rom game for awhile (last used with my galaxy s5) and I had a couple of questions for the community. I've been looking at rooting my phone and installing a custom rom basically only for these two things that keep bothering me.
1. Phone turns on screen when placed on charger. I won't explain why this annoys me and I've read all the posts where people are like "just set your time out to 30 seconds". I have a long time out because I am a musician and I use the phone at times for reading music. My nightly routin consists of placing my phone on my wireless charger and then pressing the power button to turn the screen off. I'd just like the phone to start charging without turning the screen back on. Minor inconvience I know, but we live in 2019 and I should be able to customize my phone the way I want, right?
2. When I'm listening to music over bluetooth, I try to increase the volume and get the "listening at high volumes..." notification. I would like to disable this permantely. I know that it goes away after hitting okay once, but it comes back after restarting. This is esspecially troubling while in the car and I have to look down at the phone and press the button making it more of a risk than it "helping me with loud volumes".
I remember using roms years ago that addressed these two specific problems and I loved them for that. So my question is, are there any fancy rooted mods I can do to my phone to disable these things, or is there a ROM that specifically addresses these issues I have? Are there files I can delete, or code I can modify? Ideally I can just disable these two things and stay stock, but I'm down for anything at this point.
Running a Unlocked Galaxy S8 SM-G950U1 with Android version 8.0.0.
Thank you for your help XDA community!
-M
mikeymasonic said:
Hello!
I've been out of the rooting / custom rom game for awhile (last used with my galaxy s5) and I had a couple of questions for the community. I've been looking at rooting my phone and installing a custom rom basically only for these two things that keep bothering me.
1. Phone turns on screen when placed on charger. I won't explain why this annoys me and I've read all the posts where people are like "just set your time out to 30 seconds". I have a long time out because I am a musician and I use the phone at times for reading music. My nightly routin consists of placing my phone on my wireless charger and then pressing the power button to turn the screen off. I'd just like the phone to start charging without turning the screen back on. Minor inconvience I know, but we live in 2019 and I should be able to customize my phone the way I want, right?
2. When I'm listening to music over bluetooth, I try to increase the volume and get the "listening at high volumes..." notification. I would like to disable this permantely. I know that it goes away after hitting okay once, but it comes back after restarting. This is esspecially troubling while in the car and I have to look down at the phone and press the button making it more of a risk than it "helping me with loud volumes".
I remember using roms years ago that addressed these two specific problems and I loved them for that. So my question is, are there any fancy rooted mods I can do to my phone to disable these things, or is there a ROM that specifically addresses these issues I have? Are there files I can delete, or code I can modify? Ideally I can just disable these two things and stay stock, but I'm down for anything at this point.
Running a Unlocked Galaxy S8 SM-G950U1 with Android version 8.0.0.
Thank you for your help XDA community!
-M
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You need a modified Frame Jar so you can be able to have the screen stay off when you put in the charger if you was willing to install xposed I can lead you to a Module that resolves your first issue... For your second issue the same module resolves that issue also
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You need a modified Frame Jar so you can be able to have the screen stay off when you put in the charger if you was willing to install xposed I can lead you to a Module that resolves your first issue... For your second issue the same module resolves that issue also
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I'd be way into that! Please lead the way! So if I'm understanding correctly, I will need to root, flash a recovery such as TWRP, install Xposed frameworks as shown here for Oreo (my current OS), install the APK, and install the modules you point me to? Will I need to flash the stock OS again after installing the recovery? Please let me know if the link I added is out of date and if there's a newer thread. Also I am curious as to what the preferred/most up to date rooting method is for an unlocked Galaxy S8 if someone wouldn't mind sharing a link? It seems as there are a few more steps than what I was used to years ago, but I'm definitely down to dig in. Thank you for your help!
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PoochyX said:
You need a modified Frame Jar so you can be able to have the screen stay off when you put in the charger if you was willing to install xposed I can lead you to a Module that resolves your first issue... For your second issue the same module resolves that issue also
([emoji3590]09-09-18[emoji3590])
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I'm now realizing I may be in some trouble as I've been doing some more digging. Am I correct that because I have an SM-G950U1 Snapdragon US "Unlocked" phone, that I have a locked bootloader and therefore cannot root?
The only thing that looks hopeful I've been seeing is with this guide, but the rom is for Nougat: here
I'd prefer to stay "stock" Oreo if possible.
Can I even install TWRP or Xposed without root on Oreo?
Thanks for your help.
Can anyone help with this? Thanks!
mikeymasonic said:
I'm now realizing I may be in some trouble as I've been doing some more digging. Am I correct that because I have an SM-G950U1 Snapdragon US "Unlocked" phone, that I have a locked bootloader and therefore cannot root?
The only thing that looks hopeful I've been seeing is with this guide, but the rom is for Nougat: here
I'd prefer to stay "stock" Oreo if possible.
Can I even install TWRP or Xposed without root on Oreo?
Thanks for your help.
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