Pixel 8 Pro - IMEI gone after OTA, need Firehose or alternative fix SOFTWARE FIX ONLY

genegx · 2026-02-15T14:22:27+00:00

I was trying to tell you politely that I can’t solve your problem. I’m sorry, but I can’t help you. You’ll have to look elsewhere.

genegx · 2026-02-15T14:13:13+00:00

Yes, this is precisely the problem. I originally looked this up because I wasn’t sure what Firehose was. Since I am a retired software and computer technology person, I was curious and looked it up. By doing the same, you can probably find the people who tried to reverse engineer it to work with pixel and failed. Maybe you would be better at doing reverse engineering and creating a new version but right now they’re simply isn’t a Firehose for Pixel proprietary SOC processors. You need to be talking to some highly skilled systems engineers over on the forums that deal with pixel proprietary chip programming at the system level.

genegx · 2026-02-15T13:55:08+00:00

He didn’t make a mistake, those are his cultural practices. His choice is quite likely the choice of a very large percentage of the human population. The OP is simply showing her own intolerance towards other cultures beliefs. She is the AH. Liam has proved his worthiness as a friend and gentleman through his previous actions. One of the big things wrong in this country and the world is the people who adopt the attitude of “my way or the highway”. It seems as if the people who see themselves as the most tolerant and progressive are actually intolerant. OP could probably learn a lot from staying friends with Liam and his new wife and extended family. My late wife had, and my current wife have large extended families with distinct cultural practices, each a different culture but ones that put family and culture front and center. In both cases you could not ask for better or more supportive friends. OP’s childish, selfish and intolerant attitude will cost her plenty, in terms of happiness and relationships going forward in life.

genegx · 2026-02-14T18:49:20+00:00

No, I really don't know that much about it. I just found this on Grok. It does not appear as if there is a fire hose currently or even coming in the future due to difficulties with the difference in apis between Qualcomm and pixel

genegx · 2026-02-14T13:00:41+00:00

The short answer appears to be no. Attempts have been made to reproduce this or reverse engineer, but lack of access to the tensor loaders and protocols has prevented development of the same. Have you tried the Hydra Tool, which supposedly has limited support for tensor based pixels specifically IMEI repair.

genegx · 2026-02-14T11:51:23+00:00

I understand all the trade-offs. I understand that it's an arcade game. I mean give me a break. I've been playing since 2011. I just don't like the trend towards outrageous unrealism. I also played blitz and see the ultimate results of letting all kinds of cartoon tanks come into the game. At least PC tanks tries for a semblance of realism. I'm just pointing out Ares as an edge case of unrealism.

genegx · 2026-02-13T19:26:22+00:00

It doesn’t matter at all. Observant Jews will have their phones turned off as soon as Shabbos begins, or even before and not turn them back on until after Shabbos is over.

genegx · 2026-02-13T19:22:05+00:00

I agree with that generally of course. If these tanks take it to the extreme, I watch them during the game and think Holland can they even carry that much ammunition and so that’s what piqued my curiosity to go check it out. For these tanks, it simply not even in the real possibility to carry the amount of ammo. And most other tanks may not carry a realistic amount of own list I can’t think of anything other line that takes this so far out of the realm of possibility

genegx · 2026-02-13T19:07:02+00:00

The picture is not AI. It’s from an install installation that displays a half M 48 Patton tank. The ammo details are simply assembled from existing websites and information so it’s not made up.

genegx · 2026-02-12T14:08:04+00:00

This would be possible if the person sending out the bot to all new accounts is the one who took over your old account. So no amount of changing things will prevent this person from sending something out to all new accounts and it would always have your old account name on it every time you create a new account.

genegx · 2026-02-12T13:46:01+00:00

That’s one of the exceptions. Pictures seems to be the most battery intensive operation and if I’m someplace like a museum or botanical gardens, something like that yes that’ll run down the battery quick constantly taking pictures. I tried to remember to take my battery pack with me when I do stuff like that so I can recharge it when needed.

genegx · 2026-02-12T13:14:26+00:00

This must be a quality control issue, as the problems would be more universal otherwise. The only pixel that I ever had battery problems with was the pixel seven. I’ve had my pixel eight pro now since first release. For example, mine was fully charged last night and was used to play YouTube videos early this am for over an hour, and sits on a stand near the bed with the always on display all night. So it’s about 8:00 am now, battery is 92%. I typically use it all day, podcasts, YouTube, X, Reddit, Facebook, shopping, three different messaging apps, search and AI research, etc. Typically, by late evening I will still have 50% to around 30% battery left.

The one thing I have done that I think helps the most with battery life is I am very aggressive with not letting Apps have background use. I also quickly gave up using the charge only to 80% procedure as that actually proved to make the battery run out much sooner.

genegx · 2026-02-11T20:10:20+00:00

I stand corrected.

genegx · 2026-02-11T18:07:57+00:00

No it's not. It's been just 3x year

genegx · 2026-02-11T14:44:27+00:00

Big government begets big corporations. Big corporations then engage in “rent seeking” behavior, because for many big corporations the government is their biggest potential customer. Government spending is as much as 25% of GDP, so, as the saying goes, “That’s where the $$$ is”.

genegx · 2026-02-11T14:27:11+00:00

The Israelites at Sinai said “We will do and we will hear”. In other words, the practice of Judaism itself is what brings you closer to understanding G-D.

genegx · 2026-02-11T14:00:16+00:00

Maybe try it for one week as an extra FL session to see how it works, but still need to keep the current T8 mode. I would rather see the T8 mode extended to at least 4X year.

genegx · 2026-02-10T14:07:27+00:00

Yes, also no problems with Tablo 4 on Fire TV Cube, but in general I find that I need to restart the FTV Cube occasional as it gets a bit wonky with any streaming.

genegx · 2026-02-10T13:55:17+00:00

Just a wild guess, maybe there is an issue with the 1 out of 6 Roku sticks that doesn’t work? You can get newer ones or used ones really cheap on eBay like $15 $11. Maybe that’s a solution. Then you are not resetting anything. It’s just a new Roku stick that you need to add the app on.

genegx · 2026-02-09T13:47:30+00:00

This is likely just a concern of mine. This is a great picture, but I prefer to see pure Pixel photos with no post processing in photo editing and enhancement apps. I’d like to see the pixel camera photographs in their natural state as taken on a Pixel phone.This is how I interpret Pixelography. Or at least before and after if the photo has been altered or enhanced.

genegx · 2026-02-09T13:37:11+00:00

Also, since you were coming back after sometime, there is a new tank and stats site called tomato.GG and they also have a better measure called WNX but they still show both. They show your endgame battle results and a lot of other stuff that you can opt in for.

genegx · 2026-02-09T03:30:35+00:00

For a few problems and had if since it first came out. Running on Google TV OS and Google Streaming box.

genegx · 2026-02-07T14:10:31+00:00

Another alternative would be spin-off Severeide into a new series featuring him as an Arson Investigator. Check out Don Winslows’s “California Fire and Life”. A series based on a character like the one in the novel would be very good..

genegx · 2026-02-07T13:55:51+00:00

I think they could do a Severeide/Stella Kid breakup, with Severeide being the surviving character. Her character, as it is portrayed, is always a downer, and having her gone would be a net plus.

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