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Poor battery life...

Hello,
The battery life of my Z1 compact is very low. This only started the last month or so.
Are there things I can do to improve it?
I have been thinking of putting another rom on it, but not used to this anymore. A few years ago I did a lot (with my HTC Hero), but at the moment I don't have time to do this regularly (read: I was single on those days ). I can remember that there was an option in the recovery to whipe the battery stats, so maybe this can help me.
Then, is there a light yet stable rom out there?
Maybe you can give me also some guides on how to start with this: rooting, replacing recovery image and flashing a custom Rom.
Anyways thanks for your help.
Sorry if I made some mistakes, English is not my native language.
Bart.

This additional info can maybe useful:
Currently I am on Android 5.1.1 Build 14.6.A.0.368 ...

Most people have noticed that battery life on LP is generally a little worse than on KK, but usually stock rom battery life is pretty good, so if it's just getting worse suddenly, you might want to try an update, (.368 is not the newest fw), or maybe some changes you made are draIning the battery, or maybe the battery is old and needs to be replaced. Most custom roms are fine as far as battery drain goes, but most are not better than stock, so probably not a solution to the issue. Have you been using any battery - saving options, (stamina, Greenify, etc.)?

Are you using Pocket (readitlater)?
The new version of the app sucks alot of battery... =(

l3art1 said:
Hello,
The battery life of my Z1 compact is very low. This only started the last month or so.
Are there things I can do to improve it?
I have been thinking of putting another rom on it, but not used to this anymore. A few years ago I did a lot (with my HTC Hero), but at the moment I don't have time to do this regularly (read: I was single on those days ). I can remember that there was an option in the recovery to whipe the battery stats, so maybe this can help me.
Then, is there a light yet stable rom out there?
Maybe you can give me also some guides on how to start with this: rooting, replacing recovery image and flashing a custom Rom.
Anyways thanks for your help.
Sorry if I made some mistakes, English is not my native language.
Bart.
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Basically, you need to replace the battery.

levone1 said:
Most people have noticed that battery life on LP is generally a little worse than on KK, but usually stock rom battery life is pretty good, so if it's just getting worse suddenly, you might want to try an update, (.368 is not the newest fw),
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I have seen that there's a newer update (14.6.A.1.236). The problem with this is, when I try the update, the phone says there's no update for the phone. Is there a way to force the update?

alex_hk90 said:
Basically, you need to replace the battery.
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I have been looking and found some local repair center, which can do it.
While it is still under waranty, I don't want to send it to Sony, as I expect to lose the phone for more than 3 weeks???
Anyways, big thanks for all your replies!

l3art1 said:
I have been looking and found some local repair center, which can do it.
While it is still under waranty, I don't want to send it to Sony, as I expect to lose the phone for more than 3 weeks???
Anyways, big thanks for all your replies!
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I found it pretty easy to replace the battery myself, but that will void the warranty so you might not want to do that if there is still significant time left to run on the warranty.

alex_hk90 said:
I found it pretty easy to replace the battery myself, but that will void the warranty so you might not want to do that if there is still significant time left to run on the warranty.
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Is there some good description on how to do it yourself? Because I have no clue on how to even start with it?

l3art1 said:
Is there some good description on how to do it yourself? Because I have no clue on how to even start with it?
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I'm pretty sure there are instructions in that thread, but otherwise there are various videos such as this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXemmPyIzUI

http://forum.xda-developers.com/son...l/best-stable-rom-battery-life-daily-t3367431
This is how i get most juice out of this xperia. 2 years old battery shouldn't have degraded more than 10%

I should have posted this. I have found some useful info about changing the battery (mainly youtube), and I already ordered a new battery and adhesive for the back cover.
Another question I posted earlier: is there a way to force update to version .1.236

l3art1 said:
I should have posted this. I have found some useful info about changing the battery (mainly youtube), and I already ordered a new battery and adhesive for the back cover.
Another question I posted earlier: is there a way to force update to version .1.236
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If BL is locked, ota should work. You can always use Flashtool/ Xperifirm...

Better luck on MTK phone with out-of-the-box 9.0?

I've read a lot about certain MTK phones having a number of issues running GSI Roms. In addition, I've read a decent amount about the changes in treble implementation for phones released with 9.0 as opposed to 8.0 or 8.1. I'm debating getting the Umidigi F1 and am wondering if there is any reason to be hopeful that it may be more successful running GSI roms than previous phones? I'm on T-Mobile and bands 2/4/12 are very solid in my area with band 71 still a ways out. As a result, I really like the hardware for the price point, but given reviews for their other phones as well as Umidigi's history, I don't really have much of an interest running the phone with its stock software. Assuming it's not going to have a development community, I thought I'd throw it out those far more knowledgeable on the technology and ask if I could reasonably hope for it to be fully functional on a stock GSI?
Thanks

We have the phone rooted (though only on Magisk 17.3, help @topjohnwu?). The stock software is not super but also not completely terrible. The most offensive thing about it to me is the Google bloatware, ironically. It's missing the Pie gesture navigation, but it does have a decent navbar implementation and a passable if a little outdated gesture navigation system with a few decent options, all involving a swipe up. It's not too bad, and can be extended further with some Play Store apps. I mean, it's basically the typical "pretty much AOSP, but with a couple odd MediaTek tweaks" that I've come to expect from western targeted MediaTek devices from manufacturers like BLU. The Fingerprint sensor is pretty bad. I can only hope UMIDIGI will make it better with software updates. I find it's usable after you get used to it, and it gets used to you, but still occasionally annoyingly inaccurate, and not super duper fast at that (actually passing a fingerprint test is very fast on the off chance it works the first time but unlocking takes a sec). These would basically be my major gripes with buying one at this time.
I haven't really tried getting anything with Treble running, but we do have a TWRP that supports it (though I will openly admit it's kinda shady).
Check out UMIDIGI's forums. They let people talk about rooting their phones in the device sections, and even post guides for how to do it themselves, lol.
EDIT: It's probably also worth noting that UMIDIGI will probably never attempt to lock this phone down in any way. It having shady Chinese firmware is a blessing because for the most part, no matter how hard you brick the phone, you can use MediaTek's SP Flash Tool to unbrick it, and unlike BLU, UMIDIGI probably will never take that away. To be fair, that also comes with certain security risks, because not only is the bootloader easily unlockable (in a somewhat Nexus-like fashion with fastboot), I don't think it actually verifies the boot signatures even if the bootloader is locked. Fastboot won't let you flash anything but you can use SP Flash Tools to bypass that and flash unsigned software anyway. Personally I would still unlock the bootloader anyway. Even though it extends the boot time by five seconds, it allows you to use standard Android platform tools for your usual, non debricking activities, because I don't like MediaTek's much.

Thanks for all the insight on the phone. Your observations seem to echo a lot of what I have seen written about their products in general of late. It should essentially be a stock experience, as they advertise their OS as such, but their version of "stock" seems to come with it's own set of quirks that can be frustrating. In addition, they seem to do a poor job of writing software that lives up to the hardware, as exhibited by your fingerprint experience or some of the things I've read about their camera software. All of the little minor issues are why I was hoping it could run a Pie GSI with fewer hangups on account of it being released with 9.0. Admittedly, I don't know much about the details, just read enough to be optimistic about the newer phones playing a little nicer with GSI roms.
I did notice that it had an unofficial TWRP version for the phone. I may take a shot at it and hope for a little development or successful GSI experience down the road. It is nice knowing that your stock experience isn't terrible, though. I've read some horror stories about previous Umidigi phones and hopefully that is no longer the case with their newer releases.
Thanks again for the thoughts.
ColtonDRG said:
We have the phone rooted (though only on Magisk 17.3, help @topjohnwu?). The stock software is not super but also not completely terrible. The most offensive thing about it to me is the Google bloatware, ironically. It's missing the Pie gesture navigation, but it does have a decent navbar implementation and a passable if a little outdated gesture navigation system with a few decent options, all involving a swipe up. It's not too bad, and can be extended further with some Play Store apps. I mean, it's basically the typical "pretty much AOSP, but with a couple odd MediaTek tweaks" that I've come to expect from western targeted MediaTek devices from manufacturers like BLU. The Fingerprint sensor is pretty bad. I can only hope UMIDIGI will make it better with software updates. I find it's usable after you get used to it, and it gets used to you, but still occasionally annoyingly inaccurate, and not super duper fast at that (actually passing a fingerprint test is very fast on the off chance it works the first time but unlocking takes a sec). These would basically be my major gripes with buying one at this time.
I haven't really tried getting anything with Treble running, but we do have a TWRP that supports it (though I will openly admit it's kinda shady).
Check out UMIDIGI's forums. They let people talk about rooting their phones in the device sections, and even post guides for how to do it themselves, lol.
EDIT: It's probably also worth noting that UMIDIGI will probably never attempt to lock this phone down in any way. It having shady Chinese firmware is a blessing because for the most part, no matter how hard you brick the phone, you can use MediaTek's SP Flash Tool to unbrick it, and unlike BLU, UMIDIGI probably will never take that away. To be fair, that also comes with certain security risks, because not only is the bootloader easily unlockable (in a somewhat Nexus-like fashion with fastboot), I don't think it actually verifies the boot signatures even if the bootloader is locked. Fastboot won't let you flash anything but you can use SP Flash Tools to bypass that and flash unsigned software anyway. Personally I would still unlock the bootloader anyway. Even though it extends the boot time by five seconds, it allows you to use standard Android platform tools for your usual, non debricking activities, because I don't like MediaTek's much.
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teeterteeter said:
Thanks for all the insight on the phone. Your observations seem to echo a lot of what I have seen written about their products in general of late. It should essentially be a stock experience, as they advertise their OS as such, but their version of "stock" seems to come with it's own set of quirks that can be frustrating. In addition, they seem to do a poor job of writing software that lives up to the hardware, as exhibited by your fingerprint experience or some of the things I've read about their camera software. All of the little minor issues are why I was hoping it could run a Pie GSI with fewer hangups on account of it being released with 9.0. Admittedly, I don't know much about the details, just read enough to be optimistic about the newer phones playing a little nicer with GSI roms.
I did notice that it had an unofficial TWRP version for the phone. I may take a shot at it and hope for a little development or successful GSI experience down the road. It is nice knowing that your stock experience isn't terrible, though. I've read some horror stories about previous Umidigi phones and hopefully that is no longer the case with their newer releases.
Thanks again for the thoughts.
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I mostly bought the phone for the excellent North American band support, it's one of the few cheaper Chinese phones that do. I'm a fan of Xiaomi's products but band support is typically pretty limited unless you pick up the really high end ones. My biggest gripe with TWRP right now is that USB doesn't work which means you have to transfer all your zips to a microSD card since internal storage is borked thanks to forceencrypt, which we can disable now. I don't mess with the camera too much, typically, but the app itself looks pretty basic. It again reminds me of the usual stuff you would get on MTK phones, there aren't a whole lot of options but the ones that are there look OK-ish? Idk, again, I don't take many pictures. This morning I tried to flash a GSI and my phone just started bootlooping but I didn't follow the procedure at all so I probably missed a step. I will try some more in the future and let you know.

The band support was the biggest reason I was looking at the phone as well. There are certainly a ton of cool, unique new phones coming out that lack the necessary bands in the US.
Thanks again for sharing all the first-hand experience with the phone. You certainly don't need to go out of your way to flash any roms, but it would be cool to hear if you run into something that works well for you in the future.
ColtonDRG said:
I mostly bought the phone for the excellent North American band support, it's one of the few cheaper Chinese phones that do. I'm a fan of Xiaomi's products but band support is typically pretty limited unless you pick up the really high end ones. My biggest gripe with TWRP right now is that USB doesn't work which means you have to transfer all your zips to a microSD card since internal storage is borked thanks to forceencrypt, which we can disable now. I don't mess with the camera too much, typically, but the app itself looks pretty basic. It again reminds me of the usual stuff you would get on MTK phones, there aren't a whole lot of options but the ones that are there look OK-ish? Idk, again, I don't take many pictures. This morning I tried to flash a GSI and my phone just started bootlooping but I didn't follow the procedure at all so I probably missed a step. I will try some more in the future and let you know.
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Mmm I think I did a bad thing with my F1. I actually tried to flash a ROM via fastboot (PowerShell) and it failed. I was able to successfully restore it, but upon doing so I now have red text in the upper right of the screen. Everything else seems to be fine, though! I even followed a tutorial to restore IMEIs 1+2 and MEID.
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EDIT: Actually solved now. Bencebacsi on the UMIDIGI forums posted a special version of the SN Writer tool that addresses this.

https://1drv.ms/f/s!AsqLR2yZd3fMiO9GKQIRNhiplqVcNA
I not only got root, but customized it to look the way I want. I also experimented in removing Umidigi's Quickstep system app; I succeeded. Initially, it kept bringing up a prompt indicating an instability, but after a reboot it hasn't appeared again. A side effect of this is that my Recent Apps view is now stacked vertically with the pseudo 3D look like it used to be in Android; apps are dismissed by swiping to the left or right.
I'm only sad that I can't adjust the display size.

Veiran said:
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AsqLR2yZd3fMiO9GKQIRNhiplqVcNA
I not only got root, but customized it to look the way I want. I also experimented in removing Umidigi's Quickstep system app; I succeeded. Initially, it kept bringing up a prompt indicating an instability, but after a reboot it hasn't appeared again. A side effect of this is that my Recent Apps view is now stacked vertically with the pseudo 3D look like it used to be in Android; apps are dismissed by swiping to the left or right.
I'm only sad that I can't adjust the display size.
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How did you get substratum working? Mine is broken...

mrram said:
How did you get substratum working? Mine is broken...
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If you have it loaded and granted SU, it's just a matter of downloading a good theme and applying it in the correct fashion.
Starting off with Building and Updating. Select the right apps/services in the Themes tab to enable it for; some are going to be incompatible and you'll receive an error if you try to do so. Once you've got the proper ones selected, there's that button on the bottom right which opens four options. Press the Build & Update one. If everything goes well, it won't return errors.
Next, you'll restart your phone and reopen Substratum. Go to the Manager tab, select the apps/services that should show up here, then go to the bottom-right button and press Enable selected. The screen should blink as substratum enables it.

I have the umi one pro it has booted every P ,Q gsi ever made

bzo22 said:
I have the umi one pro it has booted every P ,Q gsi ever made
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Any major bugs? Did NFC worked well?

I have a Umidigi one pro too and I can't root, and the notch in landscape on cutout. But the big problem is the root. All the other things go good with a minor bugs. I'm refer to pie.

SnapTheRipper said:
Any major bugs? Did NFC worked well?
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NFC doesn't work in any build I've flashed
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Botandroid said:
I have a Umidigi one pro too and I can't root, and the notch in landscape on cutout. But the big problem is the root. All the other things go good with a minor bugs. I'm refer to pie.
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You should flashed asop v112 gsi it come with gapps and root

bzo22 said:
NFC doesn't work in any build I've flashed
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Maybe on F1 it's different? I'm using it btw, not the One Pro!

Botandroid said:
I have a Umidigi one pro too and I can't root, and the notch in landscape on cutout. But the big problem is the root. All the other things go good with a minor bugs. I'm refer to pie.
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Use Magisk 17.1/17.2 it's the best for pie roms
Btw can we get miui/flymeOs/colorOs rom on our device?? I'm using Umi one pro too and I love those roms than aosp roms

Botandroid said:
I have a Umidigi one pro too and I can't root, and the notch in landscape on cutout. ...
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I flashed phhusson v204 (Android 10) on the One Pro. Is there any chance to get the wide notch considered ? Would the Android9 fix work ?

General [Rant] Bailing on this piece of crap Phone

My phone is useless after the 12.0 update. No cell service, tried several different "solutions" that are floating around. Add to that all the previous issues, like battery issues, throttling the phones performance and this new Color based os, I'm Done. Ordered a new Pixel 6 Pro and traded in the OP9P. Oneplus will never see another penny of my money.

what device you have? EU/AA/IN or crap TMobile? did you see sim card or you see something like SIM not found crap with 2 empty icons.

sunxutian said:
what device you have? EU/AA/IN or crap TMobile? did you see sim card or you see something like SIM not found crap with 2 empty icons.
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I have AA carrier unlocked. Could see SIM but it did nothing. No cell or data connection. I use my phone for work, and this is hurting me today. I have an old pixel 3 at home that I'll use until the new pixel 6 pro shows up.

TPXX said:
I have AA carrier unlocked. Could see SIM but it did nothing. No cell or data connection. I use my phone for work, and this is hurting me today. I have an old pixel 3 at home that I'll use until the new pixel 6 pro shows up.
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i have a Oneplus 9 pro chinees model, that have an Indian ROM installed in it, when i upgraded form Oxygen OS 11 india version to Oxygen OS 12 india version my network cell is gone and i cant make a call or SMS just i can receive calls and SMS,
what I do first,
1- i install an Oxygen OS 11.2.2.2 europe version by using MSM tools
2- then i update to to Oxygen OS 11.2.10.10 from my phone (setting -> System -> Update).
3- I download Oxygen OS 12 europian version from ( https://www.xda-developers.com/download-oneplus-9-oneplus-9-pro-android-12-oxygenos-12/ ) then i installed it by using local update from my phon.
4- after installation of Oxygen OS 12, i have no problem to this moment, but in my city we haven't 5G to confirme you the working of 5G network

dris_2006 said:
i have a Oneplus 9 pro chinees model, that have an Indian ROM installed in it, when i upgraded form Oxygen OS 11 india version to Oxygen OS 12 india version my network cell is gone and i cant make a call or SMS just i can receive calls and SMS,
what I do first,
1- i install an Oxygen OS 11.2.2.2 europe version by using MSM tools
2- then i update to to Oxygen OS 11.2.10.10 from my phone (setting -> System -> Update).
3- I download Oxygen OS 12 europian version from ( https://www.xda-developers.com/download-oneplus-9-oneplus-9-pro-android-12-oxygenos-12/ ) then i installed it by using local update from my phon.
4- after installation of Oxygen OS 12, i have no problem to this moment, but in my city we haven't 5G to confirme you the working of 5G network
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At this point it's not worth my time. Google is buying the OP9P, I get a good discount and a company that does not screw its customers to death. I'm done with oneplus for good.

TPXX said:
At this point it's not worth my time. Google is buying the OP9P, I get a good discount and a company that does not screw its customers to death. I'm done with oneplus for good.
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If its not worth your time then please dont waste others time trying to help you fix your phone.

TPXX said:
At this point it's not worth my time. Google is buying the OP9P, I get a good discount and a company that does not screw its customers to death. I'm done with oneplus for good.
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Then why did you post here in the first place if it's not worth your time

harpin14789 said:
Then why did you post here in the first place if it's not worth your time
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Therapy, it's called venting. You might try it sometime.

sunxutian said:
what device you have? EU/AA/IN or crap TMobile? did you see sim card or you see something like SIM not found crap with 2 empty icons.
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I have 7 days left to try this phone on T-mobile. Why is this crap on T-mobile? I noticed battery life isn't that great (Not even using games nor youTube). Sometimes my touchscreen goes unresponsive. Sometimes while using the browser it goes into zoomout while scrolling. 5G Network is quite not there yet. Some apps like Doordash, geico take 40 seconds to load to what I think is server issues. Once on WIFI they load normally.

TPXX said:
Therapy, it's called venting. You might try it sometime.
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I understand but don't post it as a question my dude.
cowsquad said:
I have 7 days left to try this phone on T-mobile. Why is this crap on T-mobile? I noticed battery life isn't that great (Not even using games nor youTube). Sometimes my touchscreen goes unresponsive. Sometimes while using the browser it goes into zoomout while scrolling. 5G Network is quite not there yet. Some apps like Doordash, geico take 40 seconds to load to what I think is server issues. Once on WIFI they load normally.
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That is not regular behavior I would recommend doing a full wipe factory reset with a downloaded rom.

awsan said:
I understand but don't post it as a question my dude.
That is not regular behavior I would recommend doing a full wipe factory reset with a downloaded rom.
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That is a stock OOS. I haven't rooted my phone yet

cowsquad said:
I have 7 days left to try this phone on T-mobile. Why is this crap on T-mobile? I noticed battery life isn't that great (Not even using games nor youTube). Sometimes my touchscreen goes unresponsive. Sometimes while using the browser it goes into zoomout while scrolling. 5G Network is quite not there yet. Some apps like Doordash, geico take 40 seconds to load to what I think is server issues. Once on WIFI they load normally.
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I will say that my opinion based on your specific experience, not (mine works just fine) comments. Is that you should replace it since you have your test period still valid. Don't get stuck with a ****ty phone you obviously don't like and choose another..
Certainly do not root it, it is not going yo magically fix issues.
Hope you manage to find a phone you love.

cowsquad said:
That is a stock OOS. I haven't rooted my phone yet
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Even tho, a lot of times it solves multiple problems due to a clean flash.

TPXX said:
My phone is useless after the 12.0 update. No cell service, tried several different "solutions" that are floating around. Add to that all the previous issues, like battery issues, throttling the phones performance and this new Color based os, I'm Done. Ordered a new Pixel 6 Pro and traded in the OP9P. Oneplus will never see another penny of my money.
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How did OnePlus customer service respond?

awsan said:
I understand but don't post it as a question my dude.
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I see it is shown as a question, I did not purposely do that, so my bad.,
Timmmmaaahh! said:
How did OnePlus customer service respond?
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Had me do hard reboot, check some settings and suggested I double check apn settings. Then said they were looking into it, it being the update causing the problems. Now they have pulled the update, but still no fix.

TPXX said:
I see it is shown as a question, I did not purposely do that, so my bad.,
Had me do hard reboot, check some settings and suggested I double check apn settings. Then said they were looking into it, it being the update causing the problems. Now they have pulled the update, but still no fix.
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Ah, service operators, gotta love 'm! "have you tried turning it off and on again??"
Sounds like (s)he at least tried to help. Pulling the updates is at least admitting to the problem so they are undoubtedly working on it.
Spoiler: OP's CTO right now
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I don't think anyone expected the fusion with ColorOS to go smoothly anyway. Let's face it: there's far more efficient development on communities like this one than in these billion dollar companies. There's just too much politics and whatnot involved. That's why I can't stress the importance of open source enough. If it's any consolation to anyone: a factory reset does seem to help (a little?). I know that shouldn't be a requirement but doing so on every major OS upgrade is generally a good idea. Besides, OP has done worse in the past and they've been here before just one version ago (and the one before that, IIRC)
Please try to keep it constructive, everyone. We understand your pain, more than anyone.

TPXX said:
I see it is shown as a question, I did not purposely do that, so my bad.,
Had me do hard reboot, check some settings and suggested I double check apn settings. Then said they were looking into it, it being the update causing the problems. Now they have pulled the update, but still no fix.
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No worries my dude, Sorry for being aggressive it just was a bad week in general and the update didnt help.
Good luck with what ever choice you go with.

TPXX said:
My phone is useless after the 12.0 update. No cell service, tried several different "solutions" that are floating around. Add to that all the previous issues, like battery issues, throttling the phones performance and this new Color based os, I'm Done. Ordered a new Pixel 6 Pro and traded in the OP9P. Oneplus will never see another penny of my money.
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It's a hit or miss, really. If you don't like OnePlus, that's fine, but do realize you might experience another problem with another phone.

Firmware advice - SM-N975U - Note 10+

Hi All,
Been a while on here - please be gentle!
I have spent the last 6 hours looking into updating my firmware from Android 10!
I have done this on previous phones, but my current phone is proving a little more difficult. For the life of me, I cannot find the correct ROM to flash. Whenever I come to something I think I have found I seem to have another issue.
I've tried using various tools (Bitfrost) but got errors.
I'm in the UK, and as far as I can tell, my phone is “XAA”, “USA unbranded (default)”. I'm not bothered about changing the region code (unless it can be done easily).
Details::
SW ver.: SAOMC_SM-N975U_OYN_XAA_PP_0001
XAA/XAA/ATT
I would really appreciate some help from you guys who are way more informed and cleverer than me!
Thanks guys and gals!
Simon
EDIT: I have found a bit more informstion - I think I would be ok using SM-N975U1 - is this correct?

That's the umlocked Snapdragon variant...
I have two N10+'s; N975U/Pie, N975U1/Android 10. I would stay on Android 10 unless you want cpu cycle sucking scoped storage in all its glory.
Personally I prefer Pie to 10, better functionality and usability. With 11 you lose even more and 12 is fubar... in my opinion.
The best way to trash a stock N10+ is to mess with its firmware.
Rule #1 if a OS is fulfilling its mission, let it be!
Upgrades/updates can and do break things.

blackhawk said:
That's the umlocked Snapdragon variant...
I have two N10+'s; N975U/Pie, N975U1/Android 10. I would stay on Android 10 unless you want cpu cycle sucking scoped storage in all its glory.
Personally I prefer Pie to 10, better functionality and usability. With 11 you lose even more and 12 is fubar... in my opinion.
The best way to trash a stock N10+ is to mess with its firmware.
Rule #1 if a OS is fulfilling its mission, let it be!
Upgrades/updates can and do break things.
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Thanks for that info ... I actually have no beef with A10 other than one issue which I thought maybe a firmware issue.
My NFC works (I can transfer files between phones) however, I cannot use Google Pay, or Samsung Pay. I have read somewhere that this was a firmware issue, hence my desire to update.
I have tried literally everything to get it working (cleared cache, re-booted). NFC Tools confirms it works, but it just does nothing at the checkout.
If I can fix this issue, I'll be happier!

Ratzz2 said:
Thanks for that info ... I actually have no beef with A10 other than one issue which I thought maybe a firmware issue.
My NFC works (I can transfer files between phones) however, I cannot use Google Pay, or Samsung Pay. I have read somewhere that this was a firmware issue, hence my desire to update.
I have tried literally everything to get it working (cleared cache, re-booted). NFC Tools confirms it works, but it just does nothing at the checkout.
If I can fix this issue, I'll be happier!
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You're welcome. It may be doing that because big sister Google thinks you need to upgrade to be secure. May have to do with the region you're using it in. I don't know. I never use those features and don't want them on the phone. Don't want anything to back door in using that route.
Depends how hell bent you are on having those features. You could easily lose more than you gain by upgrading, worse it may not resolve the issue. The N10+ is a valuable and reliable work horse that will run for years... just as it is. If it's running well otherwise I would try to find the root cause of this issue or simply use other workarounds rather than the shotgun approach.

Yeah, I was wondering about being in the UK with a phone registered in the US. But NFC doesn't read my credit card either. Would have thought that would be an option.
I'm not necessarily a huge NFC user, but the other day I forgot my wallet at the petrol station after filling my car. If I'd have had my NFC working, I'd have been able to fire it up and avoid the embarrassment!
Anyway, thanks for your help!

Be glad you have the Snapdragon variant. They are very reliable and run well stock when optimized. If you do upgrade to 11 a rollback to 10 isn't possible if you upgrade the boot loader.
There's always at least a small risk when flashing firmware which can trash the device. The only time I would flash a N10+ is if the rom was corrupted which barring a hardware failure is a very rare SUE, single upset event.
I never tried mine to see if Pay works nor have I ever set a screen lock. The fingerprint scanner could be dead for all I know.
The flip side to that is never being locked out* of my own device, no data lose, and double tap on/off. The device is glued to me as physical security is the only real security. I realize this may seem extreme to some, but it works well in the real world.
*a SEU or partial hardware can lock you out of your device. Had no lock been set, no lockout would have occurred. Got locked out of a PC bios like that. The password -was- correct
That caused a mountain of trouble...

Thank you my friend. Wise words indeed and duly noted...

General November update still battery drain 25% on standby in 8 hours

Why? I have restricted all apps I can, still drain very fast....

In my opinion this is a thing that has been on Android (and sometimes Windows and iOS) phones since day 1. Specifically that some people randomly get very poor battery, especially standby battery, which most people are fine. It's a problem with a huge number of unknown causes and few solutions. My recommendation is always - do a hard full system wipe. The three or four times it's happened to me, this was the solution.

With the lack of information you gave there are so many reasons your phone's battery could be sucking now. I suggest doing some research and digging through XDA or some other nerdy site. I don't mean this to sound bad, but figure it out on your own. If you find something that works, share it here.

I went from 4h SOT to 2h SOT after the update same or less usage

Are u rooted? Without root it's pretty hard to do much. First thing u need is data. Find out what is using too much batt. You can use the battery section in settings to get clues. If u have root you can get even more info/data. Once u find the app or process responsible then u can drop the hammer on it.

November build have a lot of bugs, wifi sucks battery sucks, call quality is poor....

my fingerprint sensor broke.
10/1 ratio...

pedro6669 said:
paulwang323 said:
Why? I have restricted all apps I can, still drain very fast....
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pedro6669 said:
With the lack of information you gave there are so many reasons your phone's battery could be sucking now. I suggest doing some research and digging through XDA or some other nerdy site. I don't mean this to sound bad, but figure it out on your own. If you find something that works, share it here.
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Try a clean flash using PixelFlasher or the Android Flash Tool through Chrome browser and skipping the initial setup guide. (Old backups can cause problems). Once your Pixel is running then you can set your apps up!