yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[One (M7) General] slapdaddy:
Totally very true. Anybody who owns a Vivid must short out a contact point on the main board to achieve S-OFF. Just because you don't have to do this on last year's One line of phones doesn't mean you won't have to in the future. I was using this experience as an example of how difficult HTC has been with the developer community as of late. It seems you've missed the point of my argument entirely.

Again, your argument doesn't quite make a lot of sense here either. You're saying that HTC took down a dev website due to the website using their name and logo? If HTC went that far to just get them to stop using their name and logo, ie. threatening legal action and forcing them to shut down, that's like using a nuclear missile to kill an ant. And that shows how dev-unfriendly HTC has become.

Any way you look at it, HTC is becoming less and less friendly to the development community. Samsung is the same way. You can pick your poison there. If you want a dev-friendly phone, get a Sony.

Like I said, Samsung has its own issues with source codes, etc. I'm not sure how the GS4 with the Snapdragon chip will play out with the dev community because its only now becoming even remotely available to consumers. And yes, Qualcomm does release its sources, but there might be other limiting factors.

My best advice would be to wait, if at all possible. Give it a month or two and see how development across these devices is progressing, then make your decision.
[One (M7) General] Pons:
That is one thing I never got, and I chalk it up to a mixture of stupidity and inefficiency. It's too easy to get source out. Get a working, master local copy on your servers (don't host this in the cloud yet since it's still in development). As soon as they release the device, upload to a source repository, either home made or something like github. And you're done.

I would hardly classify a device made almost two years ago as their current policy. Android development has been slowly (or not so slowly) increasing. And HTC has generally been getting better it, but obviously not perfect. That's one of the reasons they released htcdev.com which the Vivid has a listing for.

Trying to remember off the top of my head and only with three hours of sleep, so I apologize for any inaccuracies. They took it down because they thought people would think it was affiliated with HTC. They allowed the owner to bring it back, as long as it said they were not affiliated, and so long as he didn't mess with their RUUs, but just hosting is fine. Overkill (and developer unfriendlieness) would have been not letting him bring it back.

Never messed with a Sony, but if you want the dev-friendliest, go for a Nexus.

And that's my plan. That and wait to see if true S-OFF is achieved, and if Koush picks one up.
[One (M7) General] rayford85:
Your vivid was at&t's fault. Not HTC. At&t always locks there phones down. For example. The one x. The international version could be bootloader unlocked and rooted right away. At&t took steps to block htcdev from unlocking bootloaders for there devices. Those guys had to jump thru hoops to get unlocked. A friend if mine had to wait several months before someone cracked it. In general. At&t & Verizon are the worlds worst at hurting developers. I tend to buy unlocked phones to avoid such problems. Source is the same as any company. It comes when it comes. I wish all companies released source like Google does. Right before the release.
[One (M7) General] androidindian:
Im sure s-off should be achieved soon, like recent htc phones such as droid dna and one x etc..

ive been having both samsung and htc devices.. i feel htc has better developent than samsung in terms of less bugs and more close to aosp etc.. and gets better roms for sure
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weihsing01:
Hi, this is my first time using Odin3 and flash the note to jelly bean using the manual way.

But it get stucked during <ID:0/003> factoryfs.img

I cancel everything and now failed to open my note.

I have very limited knowledge in android things, this caused me panic.

I have checked the forum yet still not sure what should i do?

Should i install the old GB version to flash it back...and proceed with JB roms?

Please advice me

Thanks !!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThaiDai:
Panic is ok now: Stuck at factoryfs.img is a strong hint that you bricked your device.

Read in this thread and try the hints from nokiamode. With the e2fsck the member repaired it.

If this doesn't work read about hg42's workaround (repartition) or replace your motherboard.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weihsing01:
Thanks, i will try the hint given by nokiamode.

May i know how to boot into recovery?

I'm very depressed :(

I know the consequences once i play with it, now i have to live with that.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weihsing01:
Failed to open boot recovery (volume UP + home + power button )

Dl the zImage file, but while using PDA cannot find the file, please advise...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThaiDai:
Home-Volume Up-Power-Button. Press them and hold for some seconds until you see the recovery.

And next time read and learn before doing things like this.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weihsing01:
Yes, i learned a lesson on this.

Managed to reset using the .tar

but dont understand this few lines..

once detected.. run

adb shell (should give you a #.. if not then use su command)

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 of=/dev/null (if the gets stuck or R/W error) then

e2fsck -f -c –y /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 .. let it finish.. if it freezes then follow as ThaiDai says.. if it says fixed damaged blocks then you could try flashing a stock rom again

cant find any option from the recovery option..please advise..

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThaiDai:
If you not know what adb is and how to install it with the sdk then I think it will be difficult or impossible to do this.

So better first to try to install a stock JB Rom with PC Odin in download mode again

Make a snapshot and show the error here.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weihsing01:
hmm, okay then.

even my phone is bricked, i can install a stock JB room with PC odin in download mode?

Let me give a try!

will provide a snapshot here if there is an error.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weihsing01:
Hi,

Installed JB roms successfully.

It running fine now !!

Appreciated ur guidance.

Thank you !!! :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KayKrate:
You are one lucky guy :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weihsing01:
Yes, I'm very lucky.

However, I found out there is bug on the JB roms. Missing SMEMO after i opened it.

:(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KayKrate:
Well try reflashing , cause i got it working fine on stock jelly bean :) Youll experience more problems on the way like overheating and slow performance , Its not the phone or the hardware because im experiencing the same problems on the note 2 with same 4.1.2 jelly bean stock ... Way to go android >.<

Jellybean sucks anyway , ill downgrade to gingerbread later today

Sent from my microwave using the buttons on em'
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsmas:
No friend. It is not a bug. Smemo merges with snote.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weihsing01:
I am yet to feel the overheating, but slow performance is real.

Gingerbread should be more stable but not much feature im looking at :(
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] sohan rawat:
Hello !! To all... Presently i on samsung galaxy y5360.But in 3-4 days i wll gt tipo dual..

So basically i m noob in this xperia forum. So I wanted to knw some info about dual(only for dual)

I knw there r many threads regarding my questions bt there is no thread which is only for tipo dual. Can some one Give me all stuff of tipo dual in this thread??

Like :- How to root tipo dual , bootloader ,fully Working customrom for dual , themes etc.

All stuff which is only for dual. I think this kind of thrad help many noobs like me...

So i m w8tng for some experienced tipo dual user who can help me :thumbup: :thumbup:
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Dragoboss:
There are threads specifically about rooting the Dual, unlocking bootloader works like every other xperia (especially in this range). For now there are only themes that replace stock ones, except the themes in Miui or CM10 based ROMs. There are no 100% stable ROMs yet. There are some which are quite stable, but main thing is there are almost no (good) ROMs for the Dual version of the Tipo yet.

The best option is still using the search function. Good luck!

Regards, Drago
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] sohan rawat:
I knw dude there a many threads bt my req is i want all things in one place... Like for tipo and miro have seprate thread.

Any way thanks for ur info :thumbup:

Whn i wll get my tipo dual. Then definatly i wll make a thread which is only for tipo dual :thumbup: May b i will give U first fully working custom rom for tipo dual. Bt nw i m bsy in making 3rd version of my Remix rom for sgy :D
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hukaka:
any possible to restore from this case to stock rom,i was using BL root and BL CWM.

before this flash ACiD sound pack and Docomo slide bar.
[General Questions and Answers] Cameron581:
I am trying to port cm9 to a att huawei u8665 and i was successful except the sound does not work on anything
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WolfpackEra:
Hey, so i have an Xperia x8 and an Xperia GO phone, and i recently got the Beats by Dre earbuds from a mate, i really had no intentions to get them, its like an iPhone lmao. But anyways, on neither of the phones they dont play normal. The audio is really poor, and nothing really helps. Only my x8 is rooted so i tried installing the beats audio from the market but it didnt help. Any advises?

/////

EDIT:

Fixed it, apparently, he had kind of twisted the plug, so i tried plugging it in only about 3/4 of the way into the phone, and then rapped some tin foil arround the jack, works perfectly ;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CtrlAltDelIrl:
You should mark solved in the title now!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blacque:
Is it safe to freeze/disable Google services?its killing my battery
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jaaaaaan:
Got my new LG L9 and, after upgrading to V20B via OTA, I decided to downgrade to V10A to get it rooted (this was before I discovered this thread :/).

Here is what I did:

- I successfully used the KDZ_Flash-Package_LG to downgrade.

- Had to hard reset, then the phone booted fine.

- Rooted using Bin4ry's method

- Installed some L9RecoveryInstaller_1.3.0.apk for CWM (I think this is where I might have f***ed up?)

- Got into CWM recovery just fine, then flashed the lates CM nightlies (from here) +gapps (or maybe this was stupid?)

- Rebooted (wiped all data, cache & dalvik)

Now the phone is stuck at the "Securty Error" screen. The situation:

- Hard reset doesn't help....

- ...but I can get into the S/W screen just fine!

- The devices COM port shows up in device manager

- ...but not the ADB

The LGMobile Support Tool does recognize the device just fine and I can start the phone update process, however, my Internet right now is dead slow, so I'd be waiting for 8 hours for the download to complete (with a chance of things going wrong, again).

I hoped I could flash using the offline KDZ flasher again (as I did previously). However, it keeps complaining that my phone is not connected. I assume this has to do with the fact that the ADB is not initialized?

Anybody knows a way out of this? How to get the ADB up while in S/W mode?

Or at least some feedback on where exactly I made the mistake, so I can learn for the future?

Edit1: Note that I did make a backup of the phone in V10A state, so getting back into recovery would also help!

Edit2: Could this "fastboot" thing help? If I got the phone into fastboot mode, what specifically could I do to unbrick?
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Lelus:
Cm won't work without unlocked bootloader. SW is a bit flaky in JB. What you need to do is get p1 (xloader) and p2(uboot) dump from same variant phone as you have. These dumps need to be from ICS then you have to use fastboot to flash them. S/W mode should work fine after that. I'll update my post with more details when I have more time.

Try getting p1 and p2 from someone first
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jaaaaaan:
Thank you so much for your response!

Who would be so kind? :)

Edit: I played around a little and I already manged to get into fastboot mode following this thread. So all I need now are these p1/p2 dumps? Is there any chance on finding this on the web, in case nobody can provide me with some, here? Also, with "ICE", you mean "ice cream sandwich / ics" version of android, right?
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Lelus:
Yes, ics. I don't think you can find it on the web. I'll post instructions how to dump p1&2 later.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] sguerrini97:
R: [Q] LG L9 / p760 stuck at "security error". How to get ADB up?

Hi, I can provvide x-loader and u-boot from ICS but I think you need the boot.img (kernel) because you flashed the cm's kernel with locked bootloader and that caused the security error.

Anyway with LG mobile support tool you can configure an http server to download the kdz from your PC (VERY fast).

As soon as I get home I will post x-loader, u-boot and boot.img from ICS :)

Inviato dal mio LG-P760 con Tapatalk 2
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jaaaaaan:
Thank you again for your response! So the backups posted in this thread would not help me, right? I need dumps of unrooted p1/p2's...

@sguerrini97: - almost missed your response :D, thanks for getting back at me, and thanks for your offer to help me! I'm looking forward to get this fixed again :)
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] sguerrini97:
You are welcome :)

Here is a boot.img from p760: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95188513/Android/boot.img

And here is the x-loader: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95188513/Android/x-loader.img

They are from V10H. Unfortunatly I can't find my dump of ICS' u-boot, anyway I think you only need the boot.img.

Once you get in fastboot mode, run this command:

fastboot flash boot boot.img

This should fix the security error...

To get adb working you can boot into LG's stock recovery if you didn't flash CWM from fastboot ([vol+] + [home] + [power]).

If you flashed another recovery (not the 2nd-init recovery, but a real recovery) here is the stock recovery.img: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95188513/Android/recovery.img

You can flash this with fastboot too:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Keep us updated on your situation :)
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] sguerrini97:
The tool didn't find your phone..

22:26:25 : _IsConnectedPhone([B]0[/B])
22:26:25 : [B]0 - NotConnected[/B].
22:26:25 : 1 - Normal connect success
22:26:25 : 2 - Emergency connect success

LG Mobile support tool is the easiest way..

You should download the last kdz for your IMEI (the version that the tool can find) and place it in:

"C:\shttps\www\swdata\WDLSW\LGP760\XXXXXX\VX0x_00\VX0x_00.kdz" and set the http port to 80.

(Replace Xs with your kdz info, you can grab them from the kdz link).

You should put only one of the two lines in the hosts file, I don't remember whick one but you can try..

LG Mobile Support Tool will connect to the internet but it will "download" the kdz from your PC, it will be very fast.

Sorry for my englesh :)
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jaaaaaan:
Okay, I'm not sure if I'm still doing what I'm supposed to:

To which version of the LG tool are you referring? The original one? The original one in combination with the fake KDZ server?

The folder you are referring to doesn't seem to exist.

Whats with the port? I never set any port before in the KDZ procedures...

Otherwise, I think I get what you mean with the path:

WDLSW/LGP760/ADEUBK/V20b_00/V20B_00.kdz

This file I am already downloading in a DL manager for some time now... (should be finished in 2h :) )

Next problem: I just tried to go through the regular update (without any offline tricks). It now asks for S/N and IMEI data (which I happily provide). Then update stops immediately:
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] sguerrini97:
This is the tutorial with the http server: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36351786

If that procedure doesn't work, follow my previous post ;)
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Lelus:
Sorry but flashing boot.img will get you nowhere, system partition has been overwritten by cm, best you'll get is bootloop.

I don't know if lg intentionally broke sw mode in JB or why it doesn't work but that's why your phone isn't being detected by lg tool or kdz flasher and you won't be able to fix security error with plain adb.

to dump:

adb shell su -c busybox dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/sdcard/external_sd/p2.bin

adb shell su -c busybox dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/external_sd/p1.bin

to restore

fastboot flash x-loader p1.bin

fastboot flash u-boot p2.bin

after that software mode will work and your phone should be detected by either lg tool or kdz flasher
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jaaaaaan:
@Lelus: You seem to be right... It looked so promising, but indeed, both following the instructions from the GUIDE and the workaround sguerrini97 posted, something always fails...

@sguerrini97: You already helped me sooo much, but do you think you could create those dumps for me? I'm kinda lost here :crying:
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] sguerrini97:
Now I've got the PACMAN rom, x-loader and u-boot are the ones from JB, I don't know if they will work..
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jaaaaaan:
I'm not sure, either... this is mostly new to me, and I know just as much as I learned today (which is already a lot :D).
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Lelus:
Theoretically you could use xloader and uboot from ics of p765 or p768
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jaaaaaan:
Two questions:

Where could I look for people that could help me?

Why is my CWM backup I made from my ICS install (after root, before flashing cm 10.1) not helping?

I have the following files:

.android_secure.vfat.dup
boot.img
cache.ext4.dup
data.ext4.dup
nandroid.md5
recovery.img
system.ext4.dup

Is system.ext4.dup not what we are looking for? (.dup = dump?), system = x-image? Most of these files are pretty small, though...
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] sguerrini97:
You need a backup in .tar format to restore it from adb, you made it in the new CWM format and I don't know if it's possible to restore it from adb. Maybe if you flash my x-loader and my u-boot you will have unlocked bootloader to flash a real recovery to restore it.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jaaaaaan:
You mean your current JB x-loader / u-boot, right? I'm willing to try, could you upload those files?
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] sguerrini97:
x-loader: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95188513/Android/JB/x-loader.img

u-boot: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95188513/Android/JB/u-boot.img

CWM recovery: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-6.0.2.9-p760.img

You have to flash everything from fastboot:

fastboot flash x-loader x-loader.img
fastboot flash u-boot u-boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.2.9-p760.img

Then try to enter in recovery with [vol+] + [home] + [power], you should be into CWM.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jaaaaaan:
Thanks again for your work!

Now it goes straight to "security error", no recovery (not LG, not CWM). Also no improvements when going to S/W mode.

I think I really need to find the original ICS p1's and p2's, so it stops with the "security error" message :/.

EDIT: Do I need p1/p2 of *any* ics, or should it be the version the LG software reports to be installed right now (V10A)?
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] sguerrini97:
This is the stock LG recovery: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1w8pvzbpv5hqc9s

If you flash that with fastboot you should be able to boot in LG recovery without problems.

Youn should try with LG Mobile Support Tool now .. :(

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Mobile-Phone-Tools/Others/LGMobile-Support-Tool.shtml

Edit: let me know if you are able to boot in LG's recovery, I've an idea :P
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jaaaaaan:
Flashed the LG recovery image, still no recovery :/

Then I tried flashing the recovery.img you previously gave me - now I get back into recovery, except that the LGMobile tool now fails to connect during "ANALYSIS".

Edit: I assume this is because everything is JB, except the recovery, which is ICS.... system and recovery is incomatible. It makes sense. If the bootloader only want's to boot the ICS recovery, I need the ICS system to go with it - otherwise tools like the LG Support Tool will keep failing.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] sguerrini97:
So you can boot into LG recovery and use adb?

In LG recovery you should see a message with "This mode is for data backup at software center".

Run the adb shell and try to gain superuser permission with "su" or "/system/xbin/su" or "/system/bin/su".

If you see a "#" in the shell, then do the following steps:

1. Download V20B rooted CWM backup here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2136204 and busybox from here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95188513/Android/busybox

2. Push the "system.tar.a" (from the backup you downloaded) and "busybox" in your /data partition (in another command prompt window):

adb push system.tar.a /data/system.tar
adb push busybox /data/busybox

From the rooted adb shell:

chmod 755 /data/busybox

3. (from the rooted adb shell) Delete files in system partition:

/data/busybox rm -rf /system/*

4. Extract the V20B system partition:

cd /system
/data/busybox tar -xvf /data/system.tar
busybox mv ./system/* ./
busybox rmdir ./system

5. Try to boot :good:

adb reboot
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jaaaaaan:
Okay, I'm in LG Recovery and in ADB shell!

Too bad, now I have to wait for another 8 hours until the rooted CWM backup is completed with downloading :S.

Do you think this is going to be the solution?! :)

Edit: Will I not still have a locked bootloader with unsigned JB?
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] sguerrini97:
I already did this and it should work, I don't know for the bootloader but since you got the security error it should be locked. You will be able to check it from the hidden menu ;)
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jaaaaaan:
Download complete. Next problem (I could have figured this earlier):

I can get into shell, but calling /system/bin/su (and /system/xbin/su) results in permission denied. Now I cannot write anything to /data :(

EDIT: I tested if I could get root from adb by flashing some other recoverey.img's (CWM/LG), but alas, either I don't get into recovery (with CWM ones), or I have no root (with LG ones) (but I'm not even sure if the recovery.img has anything to do with being allowed to gain root).
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] sguerrini97:
If you flashed the cyanogenmod the "su" binary should be there and you should be able to gain root access from recovery too..

If not the only other thing that I can suggest you to try is LG Mobile Support Tool..
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] jaaaaaan:
The "su" binary is indeed there, but I am not allowed to execute it (hence "permission denied"). The LG Tool still fails to connect to the phone.

EDIT: I just re-tried all possible combinations with the LG Tool to be sure - same results as before. Either LG Tool fails to connect (because there is no ADB when in S/W mode) or it crashes when in recovery mode.
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] Lelus:
I was able to extract p1 and p2 from v10a kdz for 760. Backup your current p1 and p2 before flashing, just in case.