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[General Questions and Answers] whodisname:
ok so I blew my hard disk. Im trying to oem unlock my bootloader and fastboot flash twrp to my device.

im using a tablet.

I have adb and fastboot installed to /system/bin and they have correct permissions and whutnot.

it doesnt see my device. probably a driver issue. anybody able to point me in the rightdirection id really appreciate it.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I'm not even sure you can do it that way from a tablet to another device, I will be interesting to see what you come up with. I'm wondering if an android kernel even has the correct USB protocols to even do this.

After reading that thread, I see it is quite possible, never knew that. Now I'm wondering if the same can be done from a tablet with other programs such as Odin or SP Flashtool running in an emulator on android, or running Linux on android then using Hiemdall or other Linux based android flashing tools to flash another android device.

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When you edited the system file, did you boot to recovery and wipe cache and dalvik/ART cache, this has to be done anytime you edit system or it leaves data behind that confuses the device because it still has data cached that is linked to a file that is no longer where/what it was.

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When you edited the system file, did you boot to recovery and wipe cache and dalvik/ART cache, this has to be done anytime you edit system or it leaves data behind that confuses the device because it still has data cached that is linked to a file that is no longer where/what it was. I'm not saying factory reset.

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[General Questions and Answers] whodisname:
https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2586472

Just done it. ;)

Anything you want to flash (fastboot flash x.x

Just toss it in the root of your phone. No sweat. No drivers needed.
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
You're welcome. ;)
[General Questions and Answers] gdroid666:
basic functionality is totally hidden or non existent , there is seemingly no way to add or remove apps to the complete action using list

i have a nexus 6p running N and when i try and open an MP3 i am asked which app i want to use to open the file

the problem is i have many apps that can open Mp3 files that there is no way for me select because

it only lists POS google play and a few other apps to open the file that do not even open Mp3 files like pandora ,tunein and yatse .

why is there no option for me to chose an app from a list, why does it list only some apps that can open mp3 files when i have a ton of other apps that can open the file?

and why google play refuses to keep the DOWNLOADED ONLY option ticked as ON ?

whenever i try and play the file i am forced to select google play music because it is the only app that it lists in the complete action using menu and it just opens google play and plays some song from POS google play music online library with a similar name instead of the local mp3 file i am trying to open

why can't you just make it so that play local files option "DOWNLOADED ONLY" stays ticked this is just like they do with youtube and autoplay, you untick it a million times and it just keeps on ticking itself back on again until you want to punch your fist through your screen

i can't figure out why it lists totally unrelated apps that are not even meant to open the file type i am trying to open , but then does not list a hundred other apps that i have installed that are actually capable of opening the file type or at least let me pick from a list like in windows ,

it's like some list of apps that is seemingly just picked arbitrarily at random , it's like 5 apps and i can not change it

so is there any way to add and remove apps to the complete action using list?

also i installed better open with and selected the app i wanted in there but it still does not work

i still only get the same list and better open with is not listed either

also now i selected pandora just to see what it would do and now it tries to open with pandora every time, i went into settings>apps> pandora>open by default and i tried to clear defaults but it is greyed out and it says not default set

I can't even open a simple local mp3 file and can't even give you an option to open a file with the app you want?
[General Questions and Answers] post-mortem:
AFAIK, the specific list of what apps show up depends on how those apps are registered, meaning that it's up to each app developer to list that their app is capable of opening a certain type of file.

If you use Solid Explorer, it has built-in players and editors, so you'll always be able to play media files. For audio, I always just open in Music Folder Player.
[General Questions and Answers] gdroid666:
yeah not working i installed that file explorer for the hell of it and i tried the better open with app too

i have installed 100 different MP3 and music player apps and the only options it gives me are still the same 6 apps every single time , play music, youtube , amazon music , pandora , tunein radio , and yatse

this is really pissing me off to no end now, NONE of these apps can open .mp3 files NONE

if i select play music it will untick the play downloaded files option by itself every single time and start playing a file from the online library with a similar name

this is the worst OS i have ever used in my life, i can't believe to not have included an option to manually edit the complete action using list

i am trying to use an IFTTT recipe that is supposed to open a specifically named .mp3 file but every time i just get the complete action using list which only has 6 app options in which every single app on the list is not capable of competing the action and no way to add apps to it that can

i tried downloading 100 different mp3 player apps and they will never show on the list , no matter what i do it is the same 6 useless apps listed

this is not the 1st time or the 1st device i have had these issues

i have bought 69 cent mp3 players from china that have an OS that can play mp3's

no way to edit the complete action with menu, no way to manually select an app , and no way to add apps to the share menu either without installing 3rd party apps
[General Questions and Answers] mareesdroid:
Cross port rom on mtk device

Im using mt6737 device can i cross port from other mtk devices like mt67xx

if it possible how to port
[General Questions and Answers] yuvarajgta:
no

i dont konw
[General Questions and Answers] n-tchen:
How to de- and reactivate the touchscreen?

Hi guys,

my question is regarding a cracked and replaced touchscreen (cheap china replacement part) on a Sony Xperia SP with CM11 LBL. The problem is that the touchscreen isn't working at all after a reboot but works fine if you plug it out and back in while the OS is running. So I'm looking for a software workaround for this plugging out and and in. My naive guess is, that it's something like an initialization problem and if I could "deactivate" the device (here: the touchscreen) compeletly and reactivate it (per adb?!), it would hopefully work.

The second step would be, to "connect" this procedure to e.g. the power-button, so it would be done automatically if I wake the phone up or to inculde it somewhere later into/at the end of the start up process.

Can someone help me with my problem. Can my idea work as solution or does someone have a way better idea? If you need any kind of logs or something, please tell me which and how i get it.

Thanks beforehands

Markus
[General Questions and Answers] post-mortem:
Sounds more like a ROM issue. Are you on stock? If so, install a custom ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] nithinpunati:
Private space in emui 5.0

Hey, how can we access private space in emui 5.0 on Honor 8. I could not find it in users section. Is there any other way to activate it?
[General Questions and Answers] kinghaloman:
Okay, so recently my brother smashed the display of his galaxy s6 edge on accident, and it no longer works, I want to get data out of it and potentially return it to factory settings as it is running a custom rom. Is there any way (other than installing apps on the phone obviously since the screen doesn't turn on) of mirroring the display onto a computer or external display?
[General Questions and Answers] MeWondr:
Recovery-sign.img

Hello, I have a question how do I convert "recovery-sign.img" to "recovery.img" so that I can unpack the stock recovery

P/S: I want to port TWRP for my device.(Leagoo M6)
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Initially it´s not necessary convert this file (I guess this procedure don´t exists at least in boots), in mt67xx series some roms brings sign/signed images (boot, system, userdata, etc) but that don´t mean that you can´t unpack normally, you can use Carliv Image Kitchen (32/64 bits), MTK Thai Developer tool, IMG extractor by tidikelt@gsm; if any helps there are other procedures.
[General Questions and Answers] ben_pcc:
Hi everyone! Noob question deluxe ahead.

I'm going through the process of rooting my Xperia Z5 Compact per these instructions, which requires the use of backupTA.

backupTA is not working, I wish I could post there but I guess I'm not allowed to yet? I'm not 100% sure what adb access is, but running "adb devices" properly finds the phone without error. The phone is downgraded to Android 5.1.1.

running backupTA gives:

Picking 64-bit version
Running on E5803 on 64-bit platform
Pushing files
Pushing files/dirtycow64 to /data/local/tmp/dirtycow
812 KB/s (9984 bytes in 0.012s)
Pushing files/run-as64 to /data/local/tmp/run-as
990 KB/s (6088 bytes in 0.006s)
Pushing files/exploitta64 to /data/local/tmp/exploitta
1549 KB/s (14280 bytes in 0.009s)
Pushing files/dumpta64 to /data/local/tmp/dumpta
1243 KB/s (10184 bytes in 0.008s)
Pushing files/checkta64 to /data/local/tmp/checkta
1104 KB/s (10184 bytes in 0.009s)
pushing push files/backupTA.sh /data/local/tmp/backupTA.sh
213 KB/s (1094 bytes in 0.005s)
Running scripts to dump ta to "TA_E5803_CB5A29G5P9_2017-11-28950-2901.img" on device
Overwriting run-as
Attempting to dirtycow
Done dirtycowing
Overwriting secondary payload (screenrecord)
Attempting to dirtycow
Attempting to dirtycow
Done dirtycowing
WARNING: linker: /system/bin/run-as: unused DT entry: type 0x6ffffef5 arg 0x288
WARNING: linker: /system/bin/run-as: unused DT entry: type 0x6ffffffe arg 0x6c0
WARNING: linker: /system/bin/run-as: unused DT entry: type 0x6fffffff arg 0x1
CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE: empty/missing DT_HASH in "/system/bin/run-as" (built with --hash-style=gnu?)
Dumped TA as TA_E5803_CB5A29G5P9_2017-11-28950-2901.img
WARNING: linker: /data/local/tmp/checkta: unused DT entry: type 0x6ffffef5 arg 0x288
WARNING: linker: /data/local/tmp/checkta: unused DT entry: type 0x6ffffffe arg 0x760
WARNING: linker: /data/local/tmp/checkta: unused DT entry: type 0x6fffffff arg 0x1
CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE: empty/missing DT_HASH in "/data/local/tmp/checkta" (built with --hash-style=gnu?)
Pulling image
Cleaning up
TA Successfully pulled to TA_E5803_CB5A29G5P9_2017-11-28950-2901.img
Press any key to continue . . .

The image file is empty. I've rerun it many times in between several phone restarts, and tried two different Lollipop firmwares (specifically, E5803_Commercial and Journalists_1296-8840_32.0.A.6.152_R4B and E5803_StoreFront_1299-8255_32.0.A.6.200_R2B).

Help?
[General Questions and Answers] Colday96:
For some reason, I am unable to edit my profile picture. It just says"file could not be uploaded" . The image is 100x100 and is below 2kb
[General Questions and Answers] redpoint73:
It says right under where you upload: The maximum size of your custom image is 80 by 80 pixels
[General Questions and Answers] Diabloto96:
Cannot enter device in profile

Hello everyone!

I'm new to the website, though I made sure to read the instructed posts (which avoided posting needlessly before). This is my first post, because I cannot seem to find the answer.

So, I have an LG K4 (K121 in Canada) and I'm looking to enter it in my devices on my profile, but as I type ''LG K4'' in ''My devices'' in my ''Notifications'', it doesn't appear in the selection.

There is even a forum section dedicated to this phone ( https://xdaforums.com/t/lg-k4 ), so don't understand why I can't enter it in my devices.

If anyone has had a similar problem, how do I solve it? Is there another place where I can manually enter my phone name?

Here is more information on the phone, if that can help in any way: https://www.gsmarena.com/lg_k4-7883.php.

Thank you very much in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
That device doesn't have a forum here, it has a lot of random threads that have been grouped together using Enhanced Tags to make them easy to find for users with that device.
[General Questions and Answers] trhacker01:
Let me preface this by saying I'm an idiot, I know just enough to be dangerous. Pixel 2, rooted, and I wanted to restore and relock the bootloader. Instead of flashing the factory image first, I skipped that step and relocked the bootloader thinking it would wipe everything anyway. Of course now I realize I'm an idiot and I should not have skipped that step. Now I am soft bricked in the bootloader, and nothing will flash properly. Pretty sure I damaged the bootloader.

So my plea for help is, is there any way to repair or restore the bootloader?
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
I don't have this device but, have you taken a look at the following thread.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3702025

Also, even though the following thread may be just for the Pixel, it may helpful to you too.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3637132

Good Luck!

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[General Questions and Answers] trhacker01:
You know it crossed my mind to try that tool kit but haven't yet, and I'll search through that other thread as well. Seems worth a try, thank you!
[General Questions and Answers] MeWondr:
I have tried all the three tools you mention but it doesn't unpack the recovery into ramdisk,etc. Someone from other website says that to unpack the recovery-sign.img there is a *special method* :confused:
[General Questions and Answers] htc one x10:
root htc one x10

i have tried a lot searching for the twrp image file for HTC One X10

BUT!!! there isnt any!

And you maybe thinking that how do i know that

well i just got to their supported devices and guess what?

i got no results when i entered my phone name.

;{

please help me root THIS piece of HTC

AND YEA THE BOOTLOADER IS UNLOCKED!
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
No, sign or not it´s not really the problem, just some devices has a special header in boot/recovery.img that you have to unpack first ramdisk, cpio and then recreate image, you can do that directly via terminal with some scripts in linux, I don´t know in windows if it´s possible, the clue is "android boot magic can´t be unpacked" for these tool cause don´t recognice to unpack it properly, here is a thread about a tool wich you can use to do that https://xdaforums.com/apps/superr-kitchen/kitchen-superr-s-kitchen-v1-1-50-v2-1-6-t3597434 and here other thread about it maybe more easy https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2319018
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
I don't have this device but, i did locate the following thread that reflects TWRP for your device.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3648516

It appears to be a members development and Unofficial.

Good Luck!

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[General Questions and Answers] Shadow Sphynx:
Google Photos application in my phone is not showing any of my backed up images.

I have very few pictures in my device storage and that too in the Screenshot, WhatsApp folder etc, which are not being backed up. Apart from that I keep on backing up all other images and free up the space.

So today when I opened the application I found out that I couldn't see any of the backed up photos.

How can I correct this so I can see all my photos, just like as in Google Photos website?
[General Questions and Answers] james981:
ehi file help to unlock payload

will heloo there xda community

lets get to the point i need some one to help me to unlock ehi file to get the payload out of it i will do it my self if my phone wasent broken soo if any one can help me to unlock this ehi ] and give me the pay load tnx in advanced
[General Questions and Answers] htc one x10:
thanks i want to try it but i dont know how and what to do......

if you can allocate some free munites for infomingme about what to do .. then i wil be more than happy bro!
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
The best individual to ask this would be the developer on that thread.

I don't have this device to guide you through it and i can only provide an assumption. I would hate to have you do something based on an assumption with the chance for something to go wrong.

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[General Questions and Answers] J-Hal:
So I have a Galaxy A3 2016 from Telcel Mexico. (SM-A310M)

My phone is still on Android 5.1.1, Apparently I'm one of the unlucky people who has this particular combination of: Brand - Model - Country - Vendor. That did not got any updates... :(

Other Telcel phones like the A5 and A7 are up to 7.0 and other A310M's from other carriers also are in 7.0 by now.

It is possible to update my phone without destroying it?
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Definitely yes, but you must consider that upgrading firmware cause Telcel haven´t updates you have to change PDA based and you`ll lost service, guarantee, data plan and/or some costumer benefit acquire from Telcel (if there were).

Personally I did it a lot of times in some devices like Note 3, Note 4, S5, S6 Edge and always works, but only an user of this exactly model can tell you which rom you have to flash atleast you want to take the risk. Anyway you need a plan b if something goes wrong or you`re not according on how it works with new version.

First you must to download actual version you are using and if you take decission; first upgrade to MM and then to Nougat. I told you my own experience but maybe you need further personal experience device specific user. I saw that All PDAs ending in PB2 stopped to upgrade firmware and they were abandon in lollipop. Here you have a link to download specific rom http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=SM-A310M&exact=1&r=&v=&rpp=15
[General Questions and Answers] steve8x8:
Open the signed file in a hex editor and search for the "Android!" magic string. Count the position, and strip the number of bytes. Linux tools like hexdump and dd come to mind. This will remove the signature header - the unpack tools usually don't care about appended cruft.

Be aware that this approach doesn't provide a way to repack/sign the recovery, but you perhaps don't need that.
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
I downloaded the .rar file linked there and unzipped it. There isn't a recovery.img included in the.rar though. I replied to the that thread mentioning it. The instructions aren't very thorough

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These instructions should help you out.

That website is linked in the read-me.txt in the download from the thread linked above
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
You can try the firmwares that you were given in the link but keep in mind that a firmware from a different country/region/carrier may not work on your device.

Instead of flashing one of those firmwares, you might can extract the system.img from one of those firmwares then use adb with a dd command to apply the system.img onto your device but you have to have the exact dd command so that it gets applied to the correct partition on your device, any mistakes in the command will brick your device, its also possible that the system.img won't work with the firmware currently installed on your device.
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
These instructions are incorrect. adb reboot recovery won't work while still booted to bootloader

[MENTION=8757097]htc one x10[/MENTION] the proper commands would be:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot reboot and after the phone boots up

adb reboot recovery
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Noted, knew that, had a brainfart. I edited before you posted because you provided a link to more in depth instructions that included flashing another bootloader in the process, this would have made the instructions incorrect even if I'd typed the correct commands.
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
i know nothing!!!

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[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Errr??
[General Questions and Answers] Unix_smit:
I wanted to root my op3 currently running on Android 8.0. Since their is not one click root available for 8.0 I tried installing ADB to do it the typical way but the ADB isn't working it starts and disappears. Has anyone faced such problem. Ik this is not the right thread but I couldn't find any more appropriate thread for this. If anyone knows whats wrong please post how to fix this. Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] MeWondr:
The thing is I didn't installed Linux OS, so do you have a time to do it for me?
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
You're doing it wrong. You don't just click on the adb.exe file.

Open your fastboot folder and right click on your mouse while holding the shift button to bring up the command prompt.

On Widows 10 this might open PowerShell instead. Just enter cmd first, then you'll be able to use ADB/fastboot commands
[General Questions and Answers] steve8x8:
There are several Unix toolkits even for Windows. The hexeditor part can be done too (Norton Commander had this feature 15 years ago). My guess is an offset of 16k+64
[General Questions and Answers] Ley:
I have an issue with Animal Crossing Pocket Camp:

When I first installed ACPC, it worked fine. Had to download the game over Aptoide though.

But now I get that error that happens when using a rooted phone. I have Magisk and Xposed, tried using Magisk hide but still doesn't work. Tried deleting the xml file and rebooting ACPC, it worked for a few seconds but crashed afterwards.

I'm using an S7 Edge.

Any tips on how to fix this issue?

Thank you :)
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
No telling. Where. You got the app is banned here as a Warez market. So I would get it from the play store.

More and more companies are watching xda to be able to get around what we do. If you really need it then I would ditch root.
[General Questions and Answers] Ley:
Oh, sorry.

The fact is that I can't get it from the Play Store since my phone is rooted
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
This is something many will have to come to terms with. It is getting to the time where you will have to pick. Either Root and mods or apps that you want to use.

Be careful with that app store. They are known for injecting malware into their apks. Its part of the reason they are banned here,
[General Questions and Answers] Ley:
Isn't there a way to bypass it?