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    Help Pixel 3A backup

    Backed up my entire 3A using "builtin" backup ; I marked to backup everything including APPS. I see the whole backup (including APPS) on my Google Drive But no matter how I try to restore, the apps never get restored. Anyone???
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    Play store

    Has anyone else noticed that the number of ads in non-paid apps seems to have increased by an order of magnitude?? For me the Play store has become almost useless.
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    Help Nandroid Backups (TWRP)

    Have done the backup.... But when trying to restore, and then boot back to system the device just "hangs" Android 11 and TWRP for that version of Android Help??? Thanks
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    Help Hacking (gasp) APK

    There are tools for this, but I only want to update a VERY old APK that originally came from Google Play and now seems to be pretty much abandonware. Works fine on my old phone (Android 7) , but does nothing on Android 11. I have several tools to help with this, but have no idea how to...
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    Help Lenovo tablet LOCKED by google

    I have a Lenovo that I just factory reset. Going thru the new clean setup, when I enter a Google account to use it demands an account thats been previously used on the device. Now I go back to Android 2.something (Froyo, I think) and have never seen anything like this. How to fix...
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    Help Helium Backup

    Any one know if this program will do a full partition backup (like TWRP is able to do). Also I've had problems even getting it to connect from the PC to the device. Any ideas?? Thanks
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    Help Unlocking boot loader on US996 (LG)

    Is this do-able with out unlock.bin?? I've tried using adb/fastboot. ADB reports the device OK; fastboot can't see the device. I've tried all manner of drivers to load........ I know there are separate drivers for adb and fastboot. This is driving me nuts. Finally, are there different...
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    Help Can't get ADB drivers installed on Windows 10

    Been trying for two days to get the proper drivers installed on Windows 10 and no matter what I do I can't make it work. Ive done this before and eventually got it done. This time I'm going to give up, unless one of you has an answer. Trying to flash Graphene OS, BTW Phone is a Pixel 6 pro...
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    Help Carrier can lock phone during activation??

    I just got a LG V20 H910 which is the AT&T branded version of the V20. It shows the AT&T logo as it boots. I've heard that the boot loader can be unlocked via a fastboot command (I've looked at my Dev options; the setting is available). But I've also heard that AT&T will re-lock it as soon as...
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    Help VoLTE going forward.

    I have a NON-5G device, but it is 4G LTE VoLTE capable device, (Works Now). With out 5G, how long can I expect it to be, before the carrier obsoletes the 4G LTE VoLTE? Anyone know?? Depends upon carrier?? Thanks Boowho??
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    Help AT&T dropping 3G in a few days.

    I have service thru straight talk off of ATT Towers. My phone is a US996 which is supposedly completely "carrier neutral". Just now got a text from Straight Talk that unless I got a new SIM( huh??) from them, my service will cease on Feb 22. The question is..... Is this true?? I do have the...
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    Help /data/media

    Just flashed a new (current) version of TWRP on my device. Booted into TWRP and went to advanced/terminal. Tried to CD into /data/media (as I've done for years) in order to do a tar backup. Surprise There in no media folder (even empty) in my data directory. NE1 know WTH is going on...
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    Help Lineage OS

    Thinking of putting Lineage on my old LG US996. Anyone know if this will be minus all the crap that LG put on this device. I'm mostly trying to avoid LG updating the phone AT ALL. Limiting (as much as possible without flashing Graphene) Google's "surveillance" would also be a plus. For...
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    Worst Customer service ever

    Just spent 12HOURS on straight talk support. My old Verizon compatible phone crapped out and I bought a replacement that is ATT only. Put an ATT sim (from ST) in the phone and they farted around all day trying to make it work. Apparently until you get to THIRD level support they are nothing...
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    Downgrade US996 from Oreo to Nougat.

    Please don't ask me WHY I want/need to do this.... It's not productive.... Accomplished the downgrade this afternoon. Every thing went well EXCEPT the device complained about NO SIM CARD INSTALLED after the downgrade even though it could see the SAME sim card before I downgraded. So...
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    Swap mother boards in LG V20

    Greetings..... Just got a brand new H910. Would like to turn it into a US996. Since I still have the US996 mother board, I've thought about swapping the H910 MB with the US996 MB. Feasible?? I do have the wear-with-all to accomplish this easily. Thanks Boowho
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    Help UL Bootloader

    Have enabled USB Debugging under Dev Options. OEM Unlocking is greyed out. The phone is factory unlocked; not carrier unlocked. However, fastboot screen on phone says the device is locked. So how do I unlock the BL on this thing??? Am I missing something??
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    New 4 XL owner

    Not sure if this will be read (I'm in the wrong forum??) but I've just acquired a 4 XL. Will probably have a lot of questions. Is this the best place to ask them?? Thanks
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    Replacement for LG US996

    My US996 just needed a new screen so I ordered a replacement. I screwed up the replacement procedure so bad that I now I either must order yet another one, order a whole US996. They are getting harder and harder to find. So if anyone knows of a good source to search for a US996, please let me...
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    US996 on Oreo ULBL and rooted

    I created a TAR backup of /data/media using TWRP/terminal booted into recovery. I did a factory reset (actually just the DATA partition and then rebooted the phone into SYSTEM (Normal boot). Went thru all the "new phone" rigmarole successfully. The went into recovery mode again and restored...
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    No 4G LTE (Straight Talk) US996 on 10F

    No matter what I try, I can not get 4G LTE to show up on my phone. I put my SIM card in the wife's phone and 4G LTE works perfectly. FWIW, it used to work just fine; I've verified all my settings (APN, etc) in the phone (I'm using the Verizon Network thru ST), BTW. Can someone verify the...
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    booting into D/L or recovery mode

    To do these types of boots takes a certain combination of button presses, etc Can these resulting menus be lost with a bad flash?? I assume so, or it should be impossible to hard brick a device. Where are these "maintenance modes" stored; what partition?? Boowho??
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    TWRP on Samsung Gear

    Have an old Samsung Gear watch that is running Android 6.01 Would like to flash TWRP onto it. It flashes fine and boots into TWRP. But at the next system boot it's being returned to stock recovery. I know this is a known problem on some devices. I've also tried flashing both TWRP along...
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    root access.

    Have LG V20 (US996) rooted using Magisk. TWRP installed and working. Plus of course, BL unlocked. However, some programs (for example a boot animation changer) runs but never asks for su permission. However, root checkers say the phone is indeed rooted. And of course, then does not change...
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    Root Can't make TWRP flash "stick"

    I've read a ton of threads (over on XDA) on the problem of TWRP failing flash, but no help. Maybe I've missed something?? I'm now so frustrated that I did NOT search on this forum before posting this; sorry. I'm beginning to think (as others have) that XDA has gotten "uppity" since my posts...
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