TWRP adds support for the Motorola One Vision, Realme C2, LG V20, and more

Last month, we saw the official TWRP builds making their way to the Samsung Galaxy M20, Asus ZenFone 5Z, Redmi 6/6A, Galaxy S4 Mini, and more. Since then, some more devices have been added to the TWRP build roaster, including the Moto One Action, Realme C2, LG V20, Lenovo Smart Tab M10, Huawei P9 Lite (hi6250), and Ergo Force F500.

Moto One Vision

The Moto One Vision is a lower mid-range Android One phone from Motorola, offering a tall 21:9 display, Exynos 96109 SoC, a 48MP primary camera, and a near-stock Android 10 experience. There was already an unofficial build of TWRP maintained by XDA Senior Member tys0n. However, this official build is supported by kaneawk, a well-known name among the Motorola community, who also manages several other Motorola devices, including the Moto X4, Moto X Force, Moto G6 Plus, Moto Z3 Play, and so on.

Motorola One Vision TWRP || Motorola One Vision XDA Forums

Realme C2

After the Realme 5 Pro, Realme X2 Pro, and Realme 6 Pro, the Realme C2 has become the latest to receive the official TWRP build. Although there doesn’t appear to be any working ports of custom ROMs available for the Realme C2 owners to try out, the release of TWRP will hopefully help kickstart the development scene.

Realme C2 TWRP || Realme C2 XDA Forums

LG V20

LG V20 owners with an unlocked bootloader can also dip their toes into the world of custom ROMs and modding, thanks to the availability of official TWRP build. Apart from the unlocked and global variants, those holding onto carrier models will also be able to flash the custom recovery, all thanks to XDA Senior Member npjohnson.

LG V20 XDA Forums

TWRP builds:

• LG V20 TWRP (Global)
• LG V20 TWRP (Unlocked)
• LG V20 TWRP (AT&T)
• LG V20 TWRP (T-Mobile)
• LG V20 TWRP (Sprint)
• LG V20 TWRP (Verizon)

Lenovo Smart Tab M10

The Lenovo Smart Tab M10 is an Android-powered tablet, offering a 10.1-inch full HD display, Snapdragon 450 SoC, up to 3GB RAM, a 5MP rear camera, dual Dolby speakers, and a 4850 mAh battery. The tablet comes running Android Oreo out-of-the-box. The TWRP build for Lenovo Smart Tab M10 is maintained by XDA Senior Member Yahoo Mike and can be downloaded from the link given below.

Lenovo Smart Tab M10 TWRP

Huawei P9 Lite (hi6250)

The Huawei P9 Lite (hi6250) was announced all the way back in 2016 with a 5.2-inch FullHD display, HiSilicon Kirin 650 SoC, 2GB/3GB RAM, and a 3,000 mAh battery. While an unofficial build of TWRP has existed since 2017, it’s only now that the device has bee added to the TWRP build roaster.

Huawei P9 Lite (hi6250) TWRP || Huawei P9 Lite XDA Forums

These builds should also work on other Huawei and Honor devices with the HiSilicon Kirin 650 SoC running EMUI 5 based on Android 7.0 Nougat.

Ergo Force F500

Finally, the Ergo Force F500, an entry-level smartphone from a lesser-known smartphone brand called TM Ergo, has also received the official TWRP support. Visit the link given below to download the recovery zip and follow along with the step-by-step flashing instruction.

Ergo Force F500 TWRP

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Google’s Digital Ink Recognition API in ML Kit enables handwriting and drawing recognition

About a month ago, Google made some significant changes to its ML Kit SDK (Software Development Kit) to make mobile development with machine learning easier for developers. The company decoupled ML Kit’s on-device APIs from Firebase and made them available under a separate SDK, added Android Jetpack Lifecycle support to all APIs, and announced an early access program to give developers access to upcoming APIs and features. Now, the company has launched the Digital Ink Recognition API on Android and iOS, to allow developers to create apps in which stylus and touch act as inputs.

According to Google’s blog post on the matter, the Digital Ink Recognition API is capable of identifying stylus/touch input on a screen and recognizing what’s being written. The API makes use of the same technology that powers handwriting recognition on the Gboard app, and Google’s Quick, Draw! and AutoDraw experiments.

With the addition of the Digital Ink Recognition API, developers will now be able to implement this technology in their apps, “for everything from letting users input text and figures with a finger or stylus to transcribing handwritten notes to make them searchable; all in near real time and entirely on device.” Currently, the Digital Ink Recognition API supports over 300 languages and over 25 writing systems, including all major Latin languages, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Cyrillic, and more.

Along with handwriting, the API will also be able to recognize shapes and it currently supports an autodraw sketch recognizer, an emoji recognizer, and a basic shape recognizer. And Google claims that the API will be able to do this all without an active internet connection. However, it will require users to download one or more models before they can use a recognizer.

If you’re interested in adding handwriting or shape recognition features to your Android app using the new Digital Ink Recognition API, you can follow this link to check out all the related documentation. In case you want to see the API in action, you can check out these sample apps for Android and iOS.

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Source: Google Developers blog

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[Update: August 6 builds] Download the MIUI 12 Closed Beta for Xiaomi and Redmi devices

Update 30 (08/07/2020 @ 05:11 AM ET): Added download links for MIUI 12 latest beta builds, compiled on August 6, 2020. Previous links have been moved to our archive page.

Previous Updates

Previous links have been moved to our archive page.

The latest version of Xiaomi’s custom Android skin – MIUI 12 – is finally here. The company has dropped the curtain yesterday, alongside the Mi 10 Youth Edition launch event in China. Compared to MIUI 11, the stable version of which was released less than six months ago, MIUI 12 brings in a slew of improvements, visual overhauls, and many new features. We have already extracted the new wallpapers, and now we are presenting the downloading links of the first set of MIUI 12 beta firmware packages for a bunch of Xiaomi and Redmi devices.

It is worth mentioning that these closed beta builds are meant for the Chinese variants, as Xiaomi suspended the rollout of MIUI global beta since last year. As a consequence, you have to flash these recovery ROMs using TWRP to bypass the MIUI beta account whitelisting. Do not expect Google Play Services or any pre-installed Google apps in them. Language options are likely limited to English and Chinese only, too. Xiaomi did launch MIUI 12 globally, and we are waiting for builds to appear for that too. Meanwhile, you can try out the closed betas from China.

The beta MIUI 12 builds listed below are based on either Android 10 or Android 11, depending on the device.

Download: MIUI 12

You can download the latest beta of MIUI 12 for your device from the links below. You can also visit our linked forums in case you need further assistance. While all of these download links are directly from Xiaomi, users are advised to proceed at their own risk. We warn you once again, this is not intended for the average consumer and is recommended only for users comfortable with flashing ROMs.

Sr. No.	Device, Device Codename, XDA Forum Link	Android Version	Download Link (20.8.6)
1.	Redmi 10X 5G (atom)	Android 10	Download
2.	Redmi Note 8 Pro (begonia)	Android 10	Download
3.	Redmi 10X Pro (bomb)	Android 10	Download
4.	Mi 9 (cepheus)	Android 10	Download
5.	Mi 10 Pro (cmi)	Android 11	Download
6.	Mi 9 Pro 5G (crux)	Android 10	Download
7.	Redmi K20/Mi 9T (davinci)	Android 10	Download
8.	Mi 8 (dipper)	Android 10	Download
9.	Mi 8 Pro (equuleus)	Android 10	Download
10.	Redmi Note 8 (ginkgo)	Android 10	Download
11.	Mi 9 SE (grus)	Android 10	Download
12.	Redmi Note 7/7S (lavender)	Android 10	Download
13.	Mi CC9e (laurus)	Android 10	Download
14.	Redmi K30 Pro/POCO F2 Pro (lmi)	Android 11	Download
15.	Mi Max 3 (nitrogen)	Android 10	Download
16.	Mi Mix 3 (perseus)	Android 10	Download
17.	Redmi K30 5G (picasso)	Android 10	Download
18.	Mi 8 Lite (platina)	Android 10	–
19.	POCO X2/Redmi K30 4G (phoenix)	Android 10	Download
20.	Mi Mix 2S (polaris)	Android 10	–
21.	Mi 9 Lite/Mi CC9 (pyxis)	Android 10	Download
22.	Redmi K20 Pro/Mi 9T Pro (raphael)	Android 10	Download
23.	Mi 8 SE (sirius)	Android 10	Download
24.	Mi Note 10/Mi CC9 Pro (tucana)	Android 10	Download
25.	Mi 10 (umi)	Android 11	Download
26.	Mi 8 Explorer Edition (ursa)	Android 10	–
27.	Mi 10 Youth Edition/Mi 10 Lite Zoom (vangogh)	Android 10	Download
28.	Mi CC9 Meitu Edition (vela)	Android 10	Download
29.	Redmi Note 7 Pro (violet)	Android 10	–

Links for the previous beta builds of MIUI 12 are preserved as well:

Older builds archive — MIUI 12 China Closed Beta for Xiaomi and Redmi devices

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Changelog

The full changelog for MIUI 12 beta, when updating from MIUI 11, is as follows:

MIUI 12 Full Changelog

• Highlights
  • MIUI 12. Yours alone.
• System animations
  • New: All-new physically-based animation engine with advanced architecture will refresh your device’s look.
  • New: Dynamic window technology takes switching screen orientation to a new level.
• System visuals
  • Brand new visual design works for all types of content and languages.
  • Magazine-level layouts bring important things into the spotlight and make the content structure clear.
• Privacy protection
  • New: MIUI 12 is the first Android-based mobile OS that went through the rigorous enhanced privacy protection testing.
  • New: Reset your device ID and control how it’s used based on virtual ID technology.
  • New: Grant permissions that will be used only while you’re using an app.
  • New: You can also grant permissions just once, and decide again next time a permission is required.
  • New: Restrict access to telephony to third party apps.
  • New: Return blank messages to the apps that require personal information.
  • New: Receive notifications whenever apps record audio, use camera, or access your location.
  • New: Use secure sharing to control what additional data is sent along with shared items.
  • New: Get comprehensive stats on how apps use permissions in app behavior history.
  • New: Visit privacy.miui.com to learn how MIUI protects your privacy.
  • Optimization: Apps aren’t allowed to launch other apps in the background now.
• AI Call Assistant
  • New: Mi AI can answer your calls now!
  • New: You can record a customized greeting that will be played to the other person during AI calls.
  • New: Customized greetings are also supported for outgoing calls.
• Xiaomi Health
  • New: All-new Xiaomi Health gives you more options and makes your health stats more accurate.
  • New: Put your device next to you before falling asleep to analyze your sleep cycle and record talking and snoring.
  • New: You can sync data with supported wearable and smart home devices.
  • New: Xiaomi Health can remind you to stand up and move when it detects that you’ve been sitting down for too long.
  • New: The app also analyzes your stats and gives you simple health advice.
• Control center
  • New: Swipe down from the upper right corner of your screen to open Control center.
  • New: Animated icons are a joy to look at!
• Accessibility
  • New: Mi Ditto combines dictation and speech output, making mobile devices more convenient for people who have difficulties using conventionally designed smartphones.
• Trips
  • New: Traffic and suggested routes to airports and train stations.
  • New: You can track your previous trips now.
  • New: Checklists for trips.
  • New: Alarms for train arrivals.
• Mi Carrier Services
  • New: View your SIM balance and mobile data usage stats.
  • New: Save frequently used phone numbers to top up balance and buy mobile data later.
  • New: Buy SIM cards and services.
• Messaging
  • New: Promotional messages are grouped according to their content now.
• Status bar, Notification shade
  • New: All-new design.
• Weather
  • New: New animations bring the weather from outside directly to your screen.
• Settings
  • New: Security introduces new comprehensive privacy protection mechanisms.
  • New: Lite mode simplifies your device and brings essential features up front.
• File Manager
  • New: Use the floating shortcut to filter and sort items, as well as switch view.
• Calendar
  • New: New layout tailored for landscape orientation is available now.
  • New: We added lots of fresh animations that will accompany your actions.
  • New: Calendar cards will remind you about important events and anniversaries.
• Notes
  • New: You can create folders with notes now.
  • New: New dynamic backgrounds look gorgeous!
  • New: Tasks are completed with a satisfying animation now.
  • New: Checklists of subtasks make managing your agenda much simpler.
• Security
  • New: New animations feel natural and refreshing.
  • New: Keep your home safe with smart home device alerts.
  • New: Binging your favorite shows will be more convenient with our new video toolbox.
• Xiaomi Cloud
  • New: Shared family storage plan is available now.

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Thanks to XDA Recognized Developer yshalsager and XDA Member kacskrz for providing these download links!

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[Update: Rolllout] Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active 2 gets cleared for ECG monitoring by South Korea

Update 1 (08/07/2020 @ 04:36 AM ET): The ECG monitoring functionality is now rolling out to the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 in South Korea. Scroll to the bottom for more information. The article as published on May 24, 2020, is preserved below.

Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active 2 represents the Korean company’s biggest push into health tracking. It has Samsung’s most accurate smartwatch health sensor with 8 photodiodes, double the number on the original Galaxy Watch Active, and an ECG sensor. These new sensors were added to support two of the smartwatch’s headlining features: ECG and blood pressure monitoring. However, neither feature is actually available on the Galaxy Watch Active 2 yet since Samsung needs to clear regulatory hurdles before they can enable them. After months of waiting, Samsung has announced they are getting ready to launch ECG monitoring on the Galaxy Watch Active 2 after the feature was approved in South Korea.

In a press release, Samsung announced that the South Korean MFDS, or Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, gave Samsung clearance to activate both blood pressure tracking and ECG monitoring onto the Galaxy Watch Active 2. This will enable users in the country to monitor their blood pressure for irregularities such as high blood pressure (hypertension) as well as their heart rhythm for atrial fibrillation (Afib), which are two of the leading causes of strokes. It is worth noting that Samsung says these features are not to be used to detect heart attacks.

ECG monitoring will require the user to place their finger on the top button of the watch while holding still. It will then track your heart rate and rhythm and classify the rhythm as either a Normal Sinus Rhythm or showing signs of Afib.

The Samsung Blood Pressure Monitor and Samsung Health Monitor apps leaked a few days ago and the general consensus has been that it is pretty accurate. According to a PDF inside of the apk, the blood pressure should be within, give or take, 5 mmHg of the actual BP. This is pretty accurate when considering you aren’t using a traditional blood pressure cuff. Although the ECG app for the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 also leaked, it’s unfortunately not working if you have an Android device paired to your watch.

Samsung said the official launch of these features should be sometime in the third quarter of this year, but they did not mention exactly when the feature will launch. Due to regulatory reasons, these apps may launch in your region later or not at all. These apps are only coming to the current Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2, but Samsung did announce they will be available on a future Galaxy Watch device.

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Update: Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 gets ECG monitoring functionality in South Kora

During Samsung Unpacked 2020, Samsung had a surprise announcement wherein they mentioned that the Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 received U.S. FDA approval for its ECG monitoring app. That is good news indeed. Another good news this week is the fact that the Galaxy Watch Active 2 is also receiving ECG monitoring functionality in South Korea.

According to a report by Tizenhelp, Samsung has activated the Electrocardiogram feature on the Watch Active 2 in South Korea. Users need to download and install the Samsung Health Monitor app on the watch and the paired smartphone to use it. On this watch, the ECG function will inform you about Atrial Fibrillation or AFib & Sinus rhythm. It gives Sinus rhythm when there is nothing wrong, and it gives results of Atrial Fibrillation when the heart rates are more than usual. There are also two more outputs, Judgement failure & Signal failure, when the measurement is wrong or value is incorrect, respectively, so users won’t panic. As the report notes, the use of ECG is very simple on the watch — you just have to wear it and run the app.

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Apple blocks Microsoft xCloud and Google Stadia from the App Store, leaving Android as the only mobile OS for cloud gaming

Microsoft is scheduled to launch its xCloud game streaming service on September 15th and the company has already released a partial list of titles that will be supported at launch. Much like NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW cloud gaming service, xCloud will let users enjoy a wide variety of Xbox and PC games on their smartphones and tablets. However, according to a recent report from Business Insider, the service won’t be available on Apple devices.

Apple has reportedly blocked both Microsoft’s xCloud and Google’s Stadia cloud gaming services from the App Store as they are in violation of the platform’s guidelines. In a statement to Business Insider, an Apple spokesperson said:

“The App Store was created to be a safe and trusted place for customers to discover and download apps, and a great business opportunity for all developers. Before they go on our store, all apps are reviewed against the same set of guidelines that are intended to protect customers and provide a fair and level playing field for developers.
Our customers enjoy great apps and games from millions of developers, and gaming services can absolutely launch on the App Store as long as they follow the same set of guidelines applicable to developers, including submitting games individually for review, and appearing in charts and search. In addition to the App Store, developers can choose to reach all iPhone and iPad users over the web through Safari and other browsers on the App Store.”

The statement essentially means that since Microsoft isn’t submitting each game offered through xCloud for review, its app has been blocked from being launched on the App Store. Microsoft has condemned Apple’s App Store policies and in a statement to The Verge, a spokesperson from the company said:

“Our testing period for the Project xCloud preview app for iOS has expired. Unfortunately, we do not have a path to bring our vision of cloud gaming with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to gamers on iOS via the Apple App Store. Apple stands alone as the only general purpose platform to deny consumers from cloud gaming and game subscription services like Xbox Game Pass. And it consistently treats gaming apps differently, applying more lenient rules to non-gaming apps even when they include interactive content.
All games available in the Xbox Game Pass catalog are rated for content by independent industry ratings bodies such as the ESRB and regional equivalents. We are committed to finding a path to bring cloud gaming with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate to the iOS platform. We believe that the customer should be at the heart of the gaming experience and gamers tell us they want to play, connect and share anywhere, no matter where they are. We agree.”

As of now, it’s safe to say that Microsoft’s xCloud game streaming service won’t be making its way to iOS devices this September. While the company claims that it’s committed to bringing the service to iOS devices, it currently hasn’t revealed any information about how it plans to circumvent Apple’s stringent App Store policies.

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Via: Business Insider, The Verge (1,2)

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How to remove Facebook bloatware from the OnePlus 8 series and OnePlus Nord

Android and bloatware are two spheres that have co-existed since the very beginning of the OS’s existence. The story started off with carriers bundling a variety of useless or functionally-duplicate-yet-inferior apps onto smartphones sold under their network. From there, the story expanded to OEMs themselves bundling duplicate apps, and even to apps from Facebook and Microsoft being bundled onto smartphones. We see bloatware everywhere, so much so that its existence is no longer a surprise, but its non-existence definitely is a pleasant surprise. OnePlus is partaking in the bloatware mess by bundling in Facebook-owned apps on the OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro, and the OnePlus Nord. But thankfully, there is a way to remove Facebook bloatware from these devices.

XDA Forums: OnePlus 8 || OnePlus 8 Pro || OnePlus Nord

The definition of bloatware is fluid and changes for each user — what one considers as bloat might actually be useful to someone else. With that in mind, it isn’t exactly news that OnePlus smartphones are now packing in apps that may or may not add utility to all users. OnePlus has been bundling its Community app since the OnePlus 3, and you can also spot the Kindle app and some more such apps for quite a few generations now. But most of it could be easily uninstalled, so it wasn’t that big of a deal.

However, as Android Police confirmed, OxygenOS on the OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro, and the OnePlus Nord (at least) now pack in the Facebook App Installer, Facebook App Manager, and Facebook Services as system apps, alongside the main Facebook app, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and Netflix. In response to a feature suggestion under its Ideas campaign, OnePlus reasoned that the pre-installation of these apps ensures better battery efficiency on Facebook and enhances HDR playback on Netflix, though we aren’t sold. It is common knowledge that app preloading is a monetization opportunity, and OEMs regularly partner with apps to preload them onto their smartphones, and we reckon that is what is happening here as well. You can uninstall the user-facing apps like Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram, but the background services cannot be uninstalled and can only be disabled.

XDA Reviews: OnePlus 8 || OnePlus 8 Pro || OnePlus Nord

Well, you can still uninstall them, but you need ADB for it. We have long-standing guides on how to remove carrier and OEM bloatware without root access, and those learnings continue to hold true. You can follow the guide to clean your phone (any Android phone), but if you are looking for specific commands to remove the Facebook apps from the OnePlus 8 series and OnePlus Nord, XDA Senior Member Saiger notes that these are the commands that you need to run through ADB:

adb shell
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.appmanager
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.services
pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.facebook.system

These commands should rid your new $900 smartphone from the pre-loaded and “uninstallable” Facebook bloatware. You may need to repeat the steps again with every OTA, but it’s better than having no solution at all.

Buy from Amazon.in: OnePlus 8 || OnePlus 8 Pro || OnePlus Nord

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Trump signs executive order to ban U.S. “transactions” with TikTok and WeChat

US President Donald Trump has signed a pair of executive orders that ban any US transactions with the Chinese companies that own TikTok and WeChat, citing national security risks. The executive orders come just weeks after the Indian government issued a ban on over 100 Chinese apps due to similar reasons. According to a recent report from The Associated Press, the executive orders will take effect in 45 days, and they call on the Commerce Secretary to define the banned dealings in that time.

Once the ban goes into effect, it will bar “any transaction by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, with ByteDance Ltd” and Tencent Holdings Ltd. For the unaware, ByteDance Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd are the parent companies of TikTok and WeChat, respectively. While the executive orders aren’t clear about the extent of the ban, experts suggest that they intend to bar the Google Play Store and Apple App Store from hosting these apps and thereby remove the apps from distribution in the US.

The executive orders allege that these apps pose a threat to the data of American users and could give “the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans’ personal and proprietary information — potentially allowing China to track the location of federal employees and contractors, build dossiers of persona information for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage.”

It’s worth noting that WeChat’s parent company, Tencent Holdings Ltd, also owns or has a stake in several major American video game companies, like Riot Games, the studio behind League of Legends, Clash of Clans publisher Supercell, Epic Games, and more. The company also develops and distributed popular mobile games like PUBG Mobile and Call of Duty Mobile. Because the executive order calls for a ban on any US transactions with Tencent Holdings Ltd, it was previously speculated that the ban could have a significant impact on all of Tencent’s properties. However, a White House official has since clarified that the executive order concerning WeChat only bans transactions related to the messenger and doesn’t involve other Tencent holdings.

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Via: APNews

Source: WhiteHouse.gov (1,2)

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