yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roshi69:
i stupidly changed from CWM recovery to TWRP and forgot to make a backup.

I went to install the Revolt rom so copied it to the memory and it installs fine but when i go to reboot it just sits on the "Google" boot screen with the unlocked padlock at the bottom and never gets anywhere.

Any ideas or advice on what i can do?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gt-kingz:
Does adb work?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erikieperikie:
Wipe cache?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android88:
If you would have read through the thread, you would have seen that the ROM doesn't boot past the Google logo. The ROM doesn't work.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roshi69:
But how can I get another ROM.zip onto the device since I can't get onto it (I can access TWRP) but how can I get the zip onto it?

nexus toolkit doesn't pick it up so no ADB. My other nexus gets picked up fine
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android88:
Try configuring the drivers from here. Can you mount USB Storage? Does your computer recognize fastboot?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roshi69:
It picks up my other nexus that is working fine but with being stuck in a boot loop i dunno what to do. with my s3 i would have just put a new rom on the external SD :(

just got it into download mode :s and 2 new random devices have appeared. check the links below.

all i want to be able to do it put a new .zip on the device so i can get it going.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jux2lvkn63fjq2q/IMG_20130118_181401.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nk7rozieurd7ofg/IMG_20130118_181407.jpg
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android88:
Can you get into fastboot?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roshi69:
possibly. what commands do i have to try? i know fastboot did work for my last device so its configured and working ok
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enyceckk:
This happened to me 2 times yesterday. I was flashing new kernel and roms and then I keep getting the Google logo for every new rom I tried. I fixed this problem by doing these steps..

I'm using TWRP so ..

-Wipe

-Cache / Dalvik cache / factory reset / system / format data / and internal storage (Make sure u wipe internal storage and format data! This will stop the Google logo loop. NOTE: U will lost everything if you do this step)

-Then I reboot into TWRP after the wipe

-I download nexus 4 toolkit v1.3 Toolkit dl link

-mount /system/ in TWRP

-Put the below stock rooted rom into put_files_to_push_here (it's inside installed path of the nexus 4 toolkit)

-Push This stock rooted rom using #13 option in nexus 4 toolkit

-It will ask if u using a custom rom or insecure image type yes

-It will ask u where to push ur file to.. just type /system/

-wait 2-3 mins to push. If everything goes well it should say "Finished xxx secs"

-Install the Stock rooted rom using TWRP

-reboot
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android88:
I think I was wrong. You can't push/flash a ROM through fastboot. Are you

absolutely

sure that you can't mount your SD card to your PC in TWRP recovery? I can't mount my SD using CWM but I can using TWRP.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roshi69:
got it all sorted and going. when trying to push to device i get "error: device not found" what way should i connect the phone? whilst in recovery and i've checked "mount system"?

Thanks so much for the help guys much appreciated!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enyceckk:
Do u have adb driver installed on ur pc? If you do, it should show ur device near top left of toolkit. It should say " ADB mode List of devices attached" If you can see ur device with the serial number then everything should work fine.

You can install the driver using toolkit.. it's the #1 option

When pushing the file, u should be in TWRP (where u see install.. wipe etc..) and mount /system/ should have an X on it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roshi69:
it worked!!! Thank you so much!!!
[Android Themes] plageran:
Here's my Beast Machine bootloader for 688x512 portrait devices and for smaller 320x240 devices.

Enjoy :highfive:

688x512

http://motorola-flipout-files.googlecode.com/files/beastmachinebootanimation.zip

320x240

http://motorola-flipout-files.googlecode.com/files/beastmachinebootanimation320x240.zip

Always remember you need root for this and to rename to bootanimation.zip

paste it in: /data/local/
[Kindle Fire General] stylon:
Hi all,

I already had an older post asking for what the unpopulated soldered line of pads close to the Samsung flash memory chip might be useful for. To me it's clear already that it has been used during development (e.g. from the kernel sources it looks like they used to connect an ethernet interface to those pins).

Yesterday I spent some time probing for signals with an oscilloscope. There's already good news to those who might think about extending flash memory size of the Kindle Fire: pads 1-4 are directly connected to the OMAP4's MCSPI1_{CLK,SOMI,SIMO,CS0}, pads 36-37 carry GND and pads 39-40 carry 4.2V (unregulated from battery I guess as it's also not switched off when KF is off). The MCSPI can be configured to 48MHz (according to the kernel sources) and we can start connecting SPI hardware to it. I did for fun with some tiny CAN controller I had lying around and that worked out of the box using the spidev and some generic CAN driver from the network section.

Luckily, most SDcards can also be accessed via SPI. I will also try that out soon. Transfer speeds will not exceed 6MByte/s, in practice probably only half of that, but it might be enough for those who dare to extend flash memory. While probing for signals, I also noticed that the Samsung chip seems to be accessed by a single wire only, too. I might be wrong on this, but it would certainly fit the picture as max. transfer speeds do exactly match the 208MBit/s for a 1-wire eMMC connection. Maybe someone else noticed the same already.

Unfortunately, I yet only found two other useful signals routed directly to those pads: DPM_EMU0/1 (pads 16-17). I suspect that 6 other JTAG signals are also routed there, but I can't probe for them as those pads can't be configured to be used as GPIOs.

More on this to come soon...

Best,

STYLON
[Kindle Fire General] stylon:
I just realized that I should send out a quick warning to those that are a little less well equipped with electronics gear.

Most signals on that connector are connected directly to the OMAP4430 without any buffer. They're also from the 1.8 volt domain. That means you can't connect an SD card directly to those pins.

In order to connect an SD card you need at least a level shifter (like the SN74AVCH4T245 that is already somewhere on the board) to convert signals between 1.8v and 3.3v (that's what the SD cards expect). You may also need a 3.3v LDO and connect it to the unregulated battery voltage from that connector.

I'll do some experiments with that very soon, but just wanted to order an SD card slot (don't like to solder to SD card pads directly) and some other pieces before I go ahead.

Best,

STYLON
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nfsworldpinoy:
i dont have enough space to install sd data on internal so the sd data is placed to my external sd so im binding it to source external and target to internal every time after i bind it it wont work it says force close

the game im trying to bind is most wanted 2012
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] biopsin:
bind

I use this to bind

if [ -e /mnt/sdcard/download ]; then

mount -o bind /mnt/emmc/download /mnt/sdcard/download;

fi;

this stores all downloaded on external sd.

ops just noticed you what to expand data folder, there is a thread about it somewhere here..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pepxl:
Search the forums for Directory Bind, very useful app for binding any folder
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nfsworldpinoy:
no!!!

i mean my sd data files are already in the external but how do i bind it to internal
[Android General] chipwizz:
Are you working on boot recovery (CWM or TWRP) for these devices? You have given a great start. Now lets keep the momentum on. :)

regards
[Android General] mushipkw:
Re: Karbonn Smart Tab 8 & 10 Rooting and Memory Swapping

I'm working on CWM Recovery. Will upload tomorrow.

---------- Post added 19th January 2013 at 12:31 AM ---------- Previous post was 18th January 2013 at 11:44 PM ----------

I uploaded the Recovery for ST10 Cosmic here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36881482

Haven't tested it on ST8 yet. Don't know if it will work.
[Android General] AnkitChowdhury:
Great thing really. :good:..Anyways any bugs which remains in the CWM??
[Android General] chipwizz:
Re: Karbonn Smart Tab 8 & 10 Rooting and Memory Swapping

Cool. Quite fast intact. Will be testing it tomorrow.
[Android General] venganan:
memory swapping

Great i hve swappe4d the memory to my 16 gb ext memory and it is wrkig.Now how to swap it back to the internal sd card memory?
[Android General] AnkitChowdhury:
Download the file in the attachments and replace the earlier file using the same method.
[Android General] chipwizz:
Re: Karbonn Smart Tab 8 & 10 Rooting and Memory Swapping

Hey Ankit, great breakthrough on rooting front. There is cwm recovery posted by mushi, but looks like there is problem. It is not getting flashed. May be its not signed properly. Can you please look at it. since your rooting zip was properly signed can I request you to sign cwm zip posted by mushi for st10 and share. Thanks in advance.

@mushi, I hope you are OK with it.
[Android General] chipwizz:
Re: Karbonn Smart Tab 8 & 10 Rooting and Memory Swapping

Koush opened up recovery building tool. :)

http://builder.clockworkmod.com/
[Android General] mushipkw:
Re: Karbonn Smart Tab 8 & 10 Rooting and Memory Swapping

Used it, I built the recovery using it. And even signed it but it doesn't work.
[Android General] AnkitChowdhury:
It's not signed and it is not even a flashable zip(It doesn't have the updater script n all). So quite obviously it won't work. What is to be done is the recovery.img file is to be flashed back in the device.
[Android General] AnkitChowdhury:
I have made the CWM Recovery using Recovery Builder, made the update zip and signed it too. So can anyone just please test it by flashing it through stock recovery. My tab is not with me right now. So please let me know whether it's working or not so that I can release it officially. Download the zip from the attachment.
[Android General] AnkitChowdhury:
Guys who have tested the CWM please comment over here whether it's working or not.
[Android General] chipwizz:
Re: Karbonn Smart Tab 8 & 10 Rooting and Memory Swapping

Ankit, will be testing it tonight after reaching home. Will post feedback if no feedback till that time.

Edit: Tested. Its not working. Package verification not going through...

Regards
[Android General] AnkitChowdhury:
Ya even I tested it. Same thing. But don't worry I will keep trying. The zip is not getting signed correctly it seems.
[Android General] chipwizz:
Yeh.. I know, you will not give up :)

I have started looking similar tablets having recoveries in place.
[Android General] AnkitChowdhury:
So this one's perfectly signed. Download from attachment.
[Android General] cooldude9119:
Guys just bought this tab yesterday rooted it successfully and enjoying the awesome features,but is there any way to change the phone UI of our tab to tablet UI?? i really dont like the phone UI for a 8' tab.

Edit: ankit I successfully flashed your zip without any problems now how to enter cwm recovery???
[Android General] AnkitChowdhury:
This recovery made using CWM builder isn't working. If we try to get into recovery it'll just hang till we reset the tab. And till now there is no way to change to Tablet UI. Changing the LCD.density will make the device not boot in Android.

To get back your stock recovery download the recovery.img from attachments and flash it back through Android Terminal. It's pretty easy google it.
[Android General] AnkitChowdhury:
Please contribute to the following thread by adding the games that you've played on Karbonn ST 8 & 10.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37162533#post37162533
[Android General] fuser-invent:
I spent a little more time with the smali and it is a round about way of making the TabletUI work but if the smaller clock is the only problem and everything else is real TabletUI, then I'm not going to go about editing the smali. It would take me way too long and I don't even own this tablet.

I'll do my complete Gameloft fix package, so Nexus 7 fingerprint for market compatibility and the smali edit to the telephonymanager to fix the force close on license verification check issue.

Extra dongle support is beyond me. As far as I know it requires re-building from source and compiling new modules or lib files for specific USB devices.

Also, I see that TWRP is up and running. Should I make the custom ROM flashable in TWRP? It's either TWRP or Stock, you can't do both.
[Android General] AnkitChowdhury:
It's ok leave the dongle thing and yeah go for TWRP zip's now...All the best...:good: :laugh:

And yes you are right there's no point in working so hard just to increase the size of the Clock....Rest every app opens in tablet mode so no problem whatsoever...
[Android General] mushipkw:
Re: Karbonn Smart Tab 8 & 10 ROM's ,Root,etc.

Guys, I posted it earlier too. Any solution?

Is the any way I can unbrick my tablet. I flashed Ainol Novo 10 hero ROM on it, which over wrote boot image, recovery image too. Now The tablet is stuck on white screen when powering on. Moreover tablet isn't detected by the PC.

If it can be unbricked then I can get it back from service center.

Send from my Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk.
[Android General] Ozadroid:
Yes it can be unbricked! only if i find a way to disable the signature check in stock recovery!
[Android General] mushipkw:
Re: Karbonn Smart Tab 8 & 10 ROM's ,Root,etc.

Oh dude, it was a relief to know that. So, will you be kind enough to do it to help me.

Send from my Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk.
[Android General] Ozadroid:
I told you bro, Only if i find a way to disable signature check of stock recovery!! If i get that its just a matter of 2min :)

btw do you have a ST10 or ST8? if you have ST10 i think i can help u!

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@fuser-invent: how did u by pass signature check for "stock-rom-plus" ??
[Android General] fuser-invent:
I didn't bypass it, I signed the package. Use this.
[Android General] vindows18:
Re: Karbonn Smart Tab 8 & 10 ROM's ,Root,etc.

Is it paranoid ROM ?
[Android General] vindows18:
can our tablets supports galaxy tab custom roms with some modifications ...?

I'm amazed abt paranoid Rom !

---------- Post added at 08:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:25 AM ----------

why don't you try ppp widget app !
[Android General] mushipkw:
Re: Karbonn Smart Tab 8 & 10 ROM's ,Root,etc.

I have ST10.

Send from my Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk.
[Android General] fuser-invent:
Do you have all the.img files for this tablet? boot, recovery, bootloader, etc? All I have is the boot and recovery.
[Android General] gourang:
Re: Karbonn Smart Tab 8 & 10 ROM's ,Root,etc.

Can we use portable hdd on st8?
[Android General] Ozadroid:
Re: Karbonn Smart Tab 8 & 10 ROM's ,Root,etc.

Though i dnt hv them.. bt why do u need it for?
[Android General] fahad.sagittarius:
Good one..
[Android General] masood939:
Thanks man I successfully rooted my tab 8, could you make modified ROM for tab 8. could you explain in detail how to Mount rewritable as writable in es file manager I searched but didn't get one in detail. Should I remove the scratch guard on this one coz the touch is not that great....
[Android General] AnkitChowdhury:
Make a ROM Dump of your ST8 if you want any flashable Stock or Custom ROM's...I had already provided the link earlier in this thread....Follow that and provide us the ROM Dump...
[Android General] PRRash:
ADB doesnt recognize my ST8. Any drivers to be installed ?? USB debuggin is ON. I'm on Windows 7.

Root and Tweak works perfect. Thanks :)
[Android General] Ozadroid:
Update: TWRP Stock Recovery Flashable Zips Uploaded for both ST8 and ST10

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Install PDANet and follow the procedure! Adb will work :)
[Android General] viks33:
Bricked st8 by using chainfire 3d

Vindows , can you please provide me the st8 rom which you got modified as i have bricked my tab after installing chainfire3d
[Android General] KSKHH:
I just bought SmartTab8 yesterday and rooted the device. Installed SetCPU as well.

The device some time hangs...I am not sure whether others having the same exp.

Mine came with JB..
[Android General] Ozadroid:
Unbrick ST10!

Yeah you heard it right. ;)

This is a Stock ST10 flashable kernel for those who messed up there devices.

1.Flash this with stock recovery/twrp.

2.Flash Stock Rom Plus by fuser-invent.

3.Reboot.

99.9% it will make your devices run. But if there is a problem with flashing kernel. pull out the "recovery.log" from "Advanced > Copy log to sdcard (or somthing like that)" and post it here.

Enjoy! :)

Unbrick_ST10

Edit: Ankit if this works u can add it to your first post.

I'll be uploading Stock Rom for ST8 with kernel so u dont have to flash two things! But later tonight.
[Android General] mushipkw:
Thanks for this but I can't understand How can I enter recovery when tablet is stuck at white plain screen when powered on. That is no Karbonn splash screen, no logo.

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[Android General] AnkitChowdhury:
@Ozadroid=> I don't think you can boot into recovery...It's a hard brick...Most probably the bootloader,boot and recovery partitions have been overwritten by incorrect images...So in order to unbrick it the AML Flashing tool might be required...Fuser is the correct person to ask how to unbrick the device from a 'hard brick'...
[Android General] vindows18:
Can i port paranoid rom to ST 8 without boot img & boot loader img ?
[Android General] AnkitChowdhury:
Paranoid ROM can be ported to any Android device(Only Jelly Bean) as of I know....But you are the best person to know how much you are into development...And if you are talking about directly making a flashable zip of the ROM of another device...Let me tell you it won't work...
[Android General] virinchi523:
unable to dwnld anything bcoz of lack of sdcard

I tried the "swapping internal memory method". As mentioned by you.

But now my tablet isn't recognising my SD card. It says. No SD card. Now I am unable to download any file. As it says " no SD card" hope. You understand the problem and respong quickly.understand the term oil I am in. .I am unable to download. Anything.

I want to get back to original state. But cantevrn download the "revert back"file. That you posted now. What to doo??

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Kindly gimme your contact number so that I can call you. You can mail me your number at virinchi524@gmail.com.

Kindly help me
[Android General] fuser-invent:
@ Ozadroid - My guess is most people who bricked their tablets tried to flash a ROM for another device, which by the way is NEVER a good idea, and overwrote their bootloader.img, boot.img and recovery.img. At a minimum, those images need to be written back to the device. Packages like the one you posted will not work because they are incomplete and because once you overwrite your boot.img you usually need an aml_autoscript and factory_update_param.aml to autoflash the device via SD card. If anyone "hard" bricked their tablet and the screen doesn't even light up at all, the process is way more complicated than that.

@ masood939 - Your first question, yes, but as I said before, someone has to make and post a ROM dump. I can't just magically make a ROM without the files. I don't understand your second question, but if you didn't flash my modified stock ROM, touch sensitivity out-of-the-box tends to be awful with most of these chinese tablets. The tweaks in my modified ROM help a bit and when I get the custom ROM out to you all it will be a lot better. I wouldn't remove the touchscreen guard unless you have a new one to put in its place but I would definitely replace it, the ones that come on tablets are really bad, scratch easy and reduce touch response significantly.

@ vindows18 - If by "port" you mean just flash the ROM, no you can't. If by port you mean compile a version of PA for your ROM, the yes you can but it's not easy, requires some skills and will take you a while.

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First go to system/etc/ and open vold.fstab to see if it looks like this:

## Vold 2.0 fstab

#######################
## Regular device mount
##
## Format: dev_mount <label> <mount_point> <part> <sysfs_path1...>
## label - Label for the volume
## mount_point - Where the volume will be mounted
## part - Partition # (1 based), or 'auto' for first usable partition.
## <sysfs_path> - List of sysfs paths to source devices
## flags - (optional) Comma separated list of flags, must not contain '/' character
######################

# Mounts the first usable partition of the specified device
#use this line to support VIRTUAL CDROM.And you can define the directory where you want to mount
loop_mount loop /mnt/VIRTUAL_CDROM
dev_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard0/external_sdcard auto /devices/platform/AMLOGIC_CARD/card_host/memorycard0 /devices/platform/aml_sd_mmc.0
#dev_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard0 3 /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/block/mmcblk0 nonremovable,encryptable
dev_mount flash /storage/sdcard0 auto /devices/virtual/mtd/mtd8/avnftl8 /devices/platform/mtd/mtd8/avnftli nonremovable
asec flash

That's how it should look in stock. If you have no way of downloading or transferring files to your tablet, you will have to edit that on your tablet to be correct. You can't make any mistakes, even a missing "/" could brick your tablet. It has to be exactly like you see it above.
[Android General] AnkitChowdhury:
@Fuser Mate are you done with your Custom ROM...I'm ready to test it...:)
[Android General] mushipkw:
Can you please compile an aml_autoscript and factory_update_param.aml for ST10.

Send from my Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk.
[Android General] virinchi523:
Thanks for the quick response but unfortunately I am not able to open that file .tried to open it using reader,HTML viewer but nothing worked.is there an app to open it?and why do you think has the error cropped up?? Even system restore didn't help either. Please provide any other alternative

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Even sending files through Bluetooth is also not possible. So. Kindly. Tell me how to do a sort of restore.I can't even delete that vold file. BTW my email I'd is virinchi523@gmail.com. .kindly mail me your contact no. Please. Its an earnest request
[Android General] fuser-invent:
Are you rooted? If you can't download and install apps I don't know what else you could do. If you can install apps, I use ROM toolbox for that sort of thing. If you can still go into recovery, then flash my "Stock+ ROM" and it should get your device functional again.

You could also use ADB to push the stock vold.fstab file to its correct location and then make sure permissions are set correctly. If you don't know how to do that, you'll have to look it up or ask someone else here to write up a tutorial for you, as I unfortunately don't have time for that.

I'm unsure of why you had the problem, did you maybe try flashing the SD switcher zip from TWRP instead of the stock recovery? Maybe your external SD card needs to be reformatted? If so, use SD Formatter with the "FULL (Overwrite)" setting.

Also I'm sorry but I do not do email or phone support. It's better to work out problems in threads like this anyway so that other people can benefit if a solution is found.
[Android General] Ozadroid:
What did you flash to brick the device.. give me the link!

Why people want to flash bootloader? :-s

isn't bootloader in a different partition than boot? how did they corrupt the bootloader? :-s