yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] :
Thank you sir.

The stock androids seem to have this data migration seamlessly happening in the background during the OTA updates.

What's the reason no one has tried to automate this process on let's say LineageOS or other custom ROMs?
[General Questions and Answers] faketask:
So once I unlock my bootloader ,I cannot relock it? Sorry I said turn off...
[General Questions and Answers] faketask:
I messed up pretty big right now... I used the command fastboot flashing lock and locked the bootloader And now my tab won't boot not even in fastboot. It just shows the indicater light when I press power and then the light turns off , it doesn't even show the animation for charging just the indicater light. I don't have my laptop right now but can I flash stock rom still with LMSA ?

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Renate:
Thanks for the photo. That's weird. There's no separate connector, but you can see HDMI 2 says (UART).

It's just possible that they are using pins #15 & #16 (I²C) as serial data. #17 is ground.

The first thing to check is whether when that "Uart enable" is selected whether you can use HDMI 2 as a normal video input.

Was that option on already?

If you have an oscilloscope you could check if there is data coming down one of those pins on booting.

Yes, in HDMI there would be normal I²C polling so you'd have 100 kb/s data vs (probably) 115.2 kb/s for UART.

If there is a console there it would probably be rooted, irrespective of whether the whole unit is "rooted".
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
They didn't tell you to restore the backup, they told you to flash your stock firmware. You have to download your stock firmware from the Web then flash it using your device's compatible flashing tool.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Some custom ROMs do have the option for OTA updates, it is just a matter of whether or not the developer chooses to include it in their ROM. Most developers do not include it because it is a lot of extra work, it can also cause an issue with updating because sometimes the system partition has to be wiped before applying a custom ROM update in order for the updated ROM to work correctly, OTA updates do not wipe the system partition. Downloading the updated ROM and manually flashing it is the better option if you want to avoid bugs and potentially softbricking your device when applying significantly upgraded ROM updates.
[General Questions and Answers] markusbug:
Yes that is exactly what I need. Are there any tutorials to making a system-service available to an "untrusted_app"?

I already know how I can make all system-services available to untrusted apps but I have yet to find a tutorial to only allow access to one.

Thanks in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] 52computer_guy:
I have a scepter 8 from qlink and I think I wave turned it into a paperweight. I removed the SD card while it was still on and it crashed. I tried doing a factory reset via the power on recovery menu and now it connects to the router gets a IP address but won't get to the Internet to download the restore image. Have repeated several times and no joy. My phone gets on just fine. Any thoughts?

Glenn
[General Questions and Answers] Paz9:
Does anyone know if it's possible to edit /data/data/com.example without being rooted?

I have a file I need edited to modify Waze alerts, I just received my 7pro and I'm not sure if it's possible without root.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Did you have the sdcard setup as Adoptable Storage? Did you have some system apps moved to sdcard? If so, the device won't function properly with the sdcard removed, even after a factory reset. Now that you have factory reset the device, even reinserting the sdcard won't make it work properly
[General Questions and Answers] jabi_james:
Thank you for answering, I wanted to use ADB and since I could not find ADB on my Android OS or Service Menu, I thought maybe there was another way to use ADB, because my TV is not rooted, and I can't use normal root explorers apps , so I need ADB to access TV's system file like Remote Config and etc to back up them. I am not an electrical engineer, so I don't want to mess with TV Board. There is one way to figure this out, should buy a USB 2.0 Type A Male to Male Cable, to try to connect my laptop to TV
[General Questions and Answers] Renate:
Your laptop will want to be host, your TV will be a host too, that won't work.

Also, are you even sure that your TV is host? Some TVs might have USB only to power a Roku or something.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
Possible, yes, practical, not so much.

What should be "possible", is to extract the APK. transfer it to your PC, modify the APK and then install the modified APK.

Another possibility is to make the change in recovery. But that of course requires a custom recovery, which would normally put you in a good position to root.
[General Questions and Answers] Paz9:
I see, the file in question gets updated on run, so I need to update permissions to read only after modifying it.

I'm going to try out the root method for my 7pro.

This tweak enables Waze to alert on speed cameras when below the speed limit, and a custom distance for alerts
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
I use Waze, am rooted and have done MANY mods to make it useful/workable. I have the changes as two of my boot-scripts, as I found during updates, they often re-write the settings/config. Also annoyingly, they historically have over-written / lost my saved places.:poop:

Also, I adjust the file on boot only, as I have only seen it get reverted during an App update from the playstore. I adjust it once on boot, then can use waze multiple times during the day (with no updates from playstore)

So I have a few independent scripts.

Re-instate my saved places if lost

Adjust the config to remove all advertising - I also include some hosts in my denial list, as a second level to block ads that may slip through.

"Correct" the config/preferences file to remove ads and set my default preferences

Change/correct the permissions and ownerships to allow the adjustments. database and preferences

As for

I am pretty sure I get a warning before the speed camera, which may occur at a different/higher/lower speed limit, than at the location of the camera; no mater what speed I am driving at. The more I think of it, i get notified of speed cameras and police no matter what speed I am driving at. Maybe its locality thing.

My earliest record (ie saved off output logs from the script) of running the script (so I started before) is 1 jun 2020

Below is a partial extract from one of my boot scripts, showing the settings I change:

actually, scratch that, maybe we should stay under the radar...
[General Questions and Answers] cy_narrator:
Does Samsung not allow you to get into Fastboot mode and use the Fastboot command?

I mean to say without the use of Odin. I do not hate the program Odin but I wonder if I can just go to fastboot mode and run fastboot command like a simple Android device.

In my situation (Samsung Galaxy J7 2016 (j7xelte)) I am unable to use fastboot commands when the device is in Download mode. Yet Odin just works fine so I suspect it is not because of Driver issues. I even tried to go to Bootloader mode through OrangeFox Recovery but it does not work either.

I am using Windows 10 pro and installed Samsung USB drivers from their site. Or is there something else I have missed. My other phone (Xiaomi Redmi note 7 pro (violet)) works fine with Fastboot commands.

Or is there some way to activate Fastboot mode to use fastboot commands?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Samsung does not use fastboot, it isn't compatible even though some Samsung devices do have a fastboot mode, but it has no functionality on Samsung.

Samsung download mode can only be used to flash stock firmware files. Samsung download mode, in this community, is typically used with Odin to flash stock firmware files, modified stock firmware/img files and custom files based on stock resources. Download can not be used to do anything other than flash the types of files I described.
[General Questions and Answers] chip999:
how much ram should a phone have? asking if i gonna use emulators on it for like PS2 PSP 3DS and so on.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
The more the better, but, I've used those emulators on devices with 4GB of RAM with virtually no issues. More important is the CPU(number of cores, clock speed) and when it was made(older CPUs are slower than newer CPUs even if they have more cores and faster clock speed).
[General Questions and Answers] Frustrated_AF:
I need help with my bricked samsung tab s6 lite.

My tab s6 lite is stuck at the screen that says "an error has occurred while updating the device software use the emergency recovery function in the smart switch pc software". The issue is the PC will not reecognize that there is anything pluged into the usb and therefore I'm stuck here. power + either volume key or both volume keys will make it it bootloop back to the same screen and not recognize the device. I have tried several cables I know this one used to work all the time. Can you help me? I have tried smart switch and frp hijacker but nothing is going to do anything until I can get this into download mode or adb or fastboot mode. Incidentally I was not updating the device software when this happened it was already rooted and I had lineage os on it and I went to use twrp recovery and got this.

Please help
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
I guess so, but anyway, I had to make the question, did you try to enter to recovery mode?

To start any attempt, be sure that your device is really off, press the three buttons simultaneously, and proceed from there.

Pull out the SD card (if it has one), and the SIM card, and try again.

Try pressing once at a time, the volume + to enter to recovery mode while you connect to a power charger, not pressing the PWR button.

Try the same to enter to download mode.

If nothing of that helps, you should discharge completely the battery, then try again, this is hoping to avoid opening the back cover and retire the battery.
[General Questions and Answers] Paz9:
There's a preference file you can edit to get the alerts the way you like them but you gotta make sure it's read only otherwise it re-writes then upon app launch, how do you get rid of the ads? They're annoying!
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
Being waaaay to overcautious :cool:, but as I said, I think it may be better to stay under the radar. Check your PMs, in a short while.:sneaky:
[General Questions and Answers] Frustrated_AF:
I did try to enter recovery mode, it did have an sd card in it, which is now removed. Bottom line is no matter what button combination I try prior to plugging it in this error screen comes on about 5 seconds after. when I have the volume - button pressed about 7 or 8 seconds later the screen goes blank for about 5 seconds then comes back on. the volume - button is the ONLY button that will make the screen go black. Not the power button or any other combination no matter what it's only the volume - button and it's every time that button is pushed and held in. the screen goes black immediately every time I pull the power cord out.

What's with the battery? At this point I'm no opposed to opening this thing up and trying something with the battery. Any ideas how many days it would take for the battery to empty out from non use? that is the only way I can see exhausting it.

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] Qwerty_in_me:
I wanted to start a new thread, but I can only reply to threads as I'm limbo logged in, so little hope for help

the device I'm using is an Infinix X612B - 2021 HD (or something) running Android 10 Go

question is: what is responsible in android 10 for enableing live wallpapers

My phone COULD support Live Wallpapers prior to factory reset and a good bit of Magic Mask Modding, like debloating, microg, xposed and privilaged extentions for apps.

now, I had found an app on F-Droid that would let me pick a GIF and set that as a live wallpaper, and it has a button to activate it before doing anything else.

when pressed it fails to set its self as the wallpaper provider and suggests to go to settings and select it manually. when going to the setting, I do see the app as a provider, however selecting is not an option. infact, any live wallpaper is not available for selection.

I'm considering backing up any data I might find needed and reset the phone and proceed to re-mod the thing and see when/where it breaks.

I do have a logcat and I might check that if I can figure out how to not spam the cat with render update infos and such
[General Questions and Answers] efekya:
i have fiio m9 android music player ı try it other devices custom firmware for fiio m7 flash in recovery and my devices is hard brick not boot recovery or fastboot pls help me so much maybe jtag or alone ı need so much help us thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] felipekare:
Hi! Kind of weird question, does anyone remember which android version had status bar notification instead of popup, something like this:

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I mean the little top status bar where is battery icon and hour. For example, when a WhatsApp message arrived, the status made a roll-up effect and then appeared a WhatsApp icon, the number which send the message and the message. I remember that type of popup notification because I hate how have evolved android notification... And also I am wondering if there is a possible way to it bring back.
[General Questions and Answers] kobebryant:
I have moto g7 supra, from cricket, seems all clean and if anyone have cricket acc, help me sumbit imei for unlock please :)
[General Questions and Answers] levis77:
Hello. I have a question to ask.

i have android 7.1.2 mini projector the projector model is UBeamer x2.

I wanted to update the os of the device but I can't find any other updates from its search menu. I am wondering if anyone can kindly tell me if I can update it and where to find this update? I tried to search the manufacturer's site but it would seem that there is no manufacturer, or I believe that it is out of production and that there is no update. So in the event you could unlock the boot loader and install a castom room? or in any case an update that simplifies the use of the menus? below I will put the specifications of the product. thanks in advance for any answers.

Sistema

Sistema operativo: Android 7.1.2

CPU: RK3128, Cortex-A7 1.2GHz

Processore grafico: ARM Mali-450 GPU

Ram: 2GB

Rom:16GB

WiFi: 2.4 / 5GHz

Bluetooth: 4.1

Controllo vocale: per l'inglese (versione opzionale)

Ottica

Tecnologia di proiezione: DLP (0.3" DMD)

Risoluzione fisica: 854×480 pixel

Correzione trapezoidale elettronica: automatica, verticale ±40° (manuale, orizzontale ±40°) Nota: sotto l'HDMI nessuno

Durata della lampada a LED: 30.000 ore

Luminosità: 2.000 lumen

Rapporto di contrasto: 1000:1-2000:1

3D: 3D rosso/blu

Proiezione

Distanza di proiezione: 1-5m

Dimensioni di proiezione: 30-120 pollici

Rapporto di proiezione: 1,19:1

Scala dello schermo: 16:9

Modalità di messa a fuoco: manuale

Interfaccia

Ingresso: USB * 2, HDMI, scheda TF

Uscita: auricolare da 3,5 mm

Lingua di supporto: bulgaro, catalano, ceco, danese, tedesco, greco, inglese, spagnolo, finlandese, francese, ebraico, hindi, croato, ungherese, indonesiano, italiano, giapponese, coreano, lituano, lettone, norvegese-Bokmol, olandese, polacco, portoghese, rumeno, russo, slovacco, sloveno, serbo, svedese, tailandese, tagalog, turco, ucraino, vietnamita, cinese.

Potenza

Batteria: 4.200mAh

Tensione in ingresso: DC 5V 2.5A

Potenza: 7W

Altoparlante: 8Ω1W
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Sorry for delay. With this new descryption you gave, this sounds more to me a cable flex charger related, an internal issue, that it is make disconnecting the battery from the main supplier charging (internally) than a software issue. I have the exact same issue with a defective PWR button on one of my secondary device. But although, that´s said, I can´t power on the device using only PWR button, so, what I do is, connecting to the PC, at same time that I press volume -, to connect to fastboot, then I type fastboot reboot, (maybe this part also works for you) BUT definitely something is wrong internally with the hardware, so if I press the device, in a certain and different way, the cable flex charger gets disconnected, and it power off inmediately, check if something similar may happen with your device.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
I don´t know your device, but usually, flashing again the stock ROM, is how the things can return to its original/pristine status.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
You will have to root the device then pull a copy of system app that handles how the UI presents the notifications(probably something like framework_res.apk or systemui.apk). Then edit the copy of the apk using APKtool to make the notifications appear how you want.

Or you can try finding a firmware or ROM that has the notification style that you want, then pull a copy of the same apk file from that firmware/ROM, extract that apk the same as the apk from above, copy the content you want from that apk and paste it into the copy of that apk that you pulled from your current device/firmware. Recompile and re-sign the apk file then install it on your device(push it back to the system folder that you pulled the original copy from, overwrite the existing copy in that folder with your modified copy), if it doesn't work, there may be more you need to edit/modify in your apk or maybe even another app or other apps may need to be modified as well or the older stuff won't work with newer stuff at all or maybe it will but not without much heavier modifications.

Or there may be a Launcher app or a Theme app in the PlayStore that has the notification style that you want.
[General Questions and Answers] antlap89:
Hi all, good morning, i have a question, there i a possibility to connect an IMEI number on internet or to do a call with an emulator or a box?

I don't know how to explain better but some vendor ask us this and i think to do witout open phone boxes
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
Does anyone knows how can I increase Gboard size over the max extra-tall value ? Got root. The xda guide (https://www.xda-developers.com/gboard-tweaks-height-sensitivity/?) dates 2017 and seems inside XML have changed. Can no longer find the "keyboard_height_ratio" in any XML in the specified folder.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
You could also try some third party status bar apps. Perhaps you can modify how these apps showcase their notifications and use notifications through that app.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
It may require modifying the Gboard apk.
[General Questions and Answers] naruto 13:
My PC doesn't detect my android phone (Neffos TP703A).

When I connect it, it charges but I can't find it in File Explorer...

I tried different USB Cables and installed different drivers but nothing works.

So does anyone knows what is the problem?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
When you connect the device to PC, you should have a notification in your status bar on your phone that you can pull down to open USB options, set it to MTP.
[General Questions and Answers] mrrocketdog:
kinda of a new thing for me. i have an htc one m8. bootloader unlocked , superSU , s-off , super cid. on the "acceptable" att list of phones (now that 3g is gone) the m8 has an asterick by it. which in the legend a "*" means may need an upgrade to work on new att system.

well im on the highest firmware available and on Oreo.

the data connection is the problem.

it will "make" a call but it never rings and no one ever answers. in the status bar it displatys "volte" with the typical data triangle (its filled in).

justbwondering if anyone knew a build.prop tweak or anything i can do to connect my calls.

p.s. that version main is now 6.xxxx

thank you ,

dave

edit : status bar has , volte , Lte & about a ½ filled triangle.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
i remember i have loved that xda labs app that used to be back in 2018. especially that apps tab, filled with apps made by xda developers, from no-name to popular devs. is there anything remotely similar nowadays ?
[General Questions and Answers] Hider_2232:
[Moved to own question thread here]
[General Questions and Answers] CPU26:
While using ADB

I have an issue when pulling an apk from a device and then trying to install it on a device. I tried pulling out a few apks from my Samsung On5 and then I tried installing each one separately on an Andriod emulator (Pixel 3a) and an error popped up .adb: failed to install C:\Users\*****\Downloads\Developer\SecGallery2015.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APK: Scanning Failed.: Package /data/app/~~*******************==/com.sec.android.gallery3d-6xM1-*************=/base.apk code is missing]

the command that I used was C:\Users\*****\ADB>adb -s emulator-5554 install C:\Users\*****\Downloads\Developer\SecGallery2015.apk

After I ran the command it said Performing Streamed Install and then gave me that error that I mentioned above.

I tried doing other apks too and it gave me the same errors.

Thanks in advance for any useful information 🙏View attachment 5739969
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Do you have Google Play Services installed in the emulator?

Also, the stock Samsung gallery app is a Samsung app, Samsung apps are supported by Samsung's Touchwiz UI/launcher they don't work without Samsung's Touchwiz UI/launcher.
[General Questions and Answers] TheEternalPeanut:
Hello.

I added an SD card to an old phone (Mi A3) a few months ago as adaptive storage (My phone's stock rom lets me do that somehow, so I didn't go through any specific process). Now I want to undo that, and add it to a new phone (S8).

Also, I want to migrate a good amount of apps from there to the new phone as well.

How should I proceed, first with the adaptive storage thing, then with the migration? Anyone got any tips for Whatsapp migration?
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Backup everything to your computer, then insert your SD card to the S8. you will be prompted to use it as external storage or as adoptable storage, then see what you can transfer again to your SD card, anyway, keep in mind that you can´t migrate the apps this way, from a device to another, as in the first format process (into the MiA3), the storage is marked with a unique ID linked to the data, to make it safe.

As per the WhatsApp migration, just transfer again the whole /data/media/WhatsApp folder, where firstly, after the installation Android creates it (replace it), you´ll have all the files there, but, actually WhatsApp, doesn´t restore chats this way, that I´m aware of.
[General Questions and Answers] Tim0xFF:
I recently got the boost mobile Celeron 5g. So far I've managed to unlock the bootloader but now I'm having trouble getting my boot.img file so I can install magisk. Any help on my next steps would be greatly appreciated 👍
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
You should find it, in the official firmware for your device.

Also, take a look at this tool, probably it works for your processor https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient, you could back up the boot partition with it.
[General Questions and Answers] dimasnengen:
Is realme narzo 50i custom rom?
[General Questions and Answers] U0I:
I have a question. I want to downgrade the sm a600fn from android 10 to 8 but can't due to binary number being lower. Any fix for this?
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
It seems, is not a popular device, at least by now. If no development comes, then, the most you could get, is flashing some GSI, and/or using the DSU loader feature, if your device supports dynamic partitions, would work, in case, it supports, then this tool will ease the way https://github.com/VegaBobo/DSU-Sideloader.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
You have to unlock the bootloader, then you can, using the Odin patched tool.