yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] pe1dnn:
Okay, I get the gist of the quality of your answers.

I have since learned the bootloader is on its own partition (partition 4) and it is encrypted. Reading it gives an encrypted copy, writing it back will encrypt it once more resulting in a brick. So not something to mess with using half baked instructions. There are too many mistakes in your answer to be able to rely on it.

ASUS stock roms are ZIP's and not TAR's and the image within from ASUS is a blob. I need to disassemble it using blob tools.

Backup of IMEI does not make sense, the Asus Transformer TF300T is a tablet, not a phone, and this model does not have 3G, so no IMEI.

I already said my bootloader was unlocked and I have TWRP and a custom ROM loaded.

Up to now the only way I found for the bootloader extraction from the device is using weelie and nvflash, but that can only be done after gaining access to nvflash and at that point the current bootloader has already been overwritten by the patched one. Reading the bootloader any other way give you a encrypted copy which is useless to flash back again.

I do not want to sound ungrateful, but your answers are just useless. I also suggest an English writing course, the way you write your replies are almost unreadable. Consider my question answered, no need to reply any more.
[General Questions and Answers] ZeussPL:
HTC One SV Saturn III USB Debugging errors

Hi guys!

I have a big problem with my HTC One SV, because I was forced to install the Saturn III of the reasons for the destruction of stock rom. I do not know what the cause of the system failure. I now turn to the core issue: USB debugging does not work. Help, please :(
[General Questions and Answers] boathead:
hi. i'm an older guy +50 with virtually no computer experience. when i was in college, "basic" was the computer language being taught. sort of glad it is obsolete, because i flunked anyways. it is clearly an act of god that i am even typing in this forum.:eek:

I have a teenage son who would like to learn about software development, and has asked me for help. could someone suggest a book or two and maybe some online resources that we might explore? how would someone with zero knowledge begin? stuff like what is a computer program, and how does it get onto a device? real basic stuff. sort of an intro to android 101.

thanks in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] devehman:
Data not working

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2208249

I have an unlocked and rooted sony xperia z for tmobile.

when I tried to install the pacman rom, the data stops working on my phone. Do i need to wait a couple of days for the data to work or is it the rom's problem?
[General Questions and Answers] ADDICT.ANK:
No offence but thanks for the info..

And thats why when u post a question?

It's better that u mention ur device info properly..So the question could be answered much more precisely...

tc
[General Questions and Answers] jesslyn:
hi everyone! i have an slight issue with my s memo app ..i like to copy recipes from the internet using my chrome to s memo directly..i usually just open the app and create a new text memo and just paste the copied stuff and it would create extra pages if the text was too long..however today when i tried to copy a recipe it copies only 1page of the text onto the smemo and cuts off the rest and the app says "canvas size exceeded" os there any way that i can solve this problem without a factory reset?? thanks!!!
[General Questions and Answers] geloboii216:
my imei is good ,i ask some cellphone technician here they said its the network ic..
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Try going to stock recovery and wipe data, then flash the right firmware probably you need a patched Odin https://xdaforums.com/android/software/patched-odin-3-13-1-t3762572

- Vol down + pwr = download mode.

- Both vol + pwr, then release vol down (if I don´t remember bad) = more info about ESN, IMEI, etc.

- Vol up + pwr = recovery mode.

- Both vol buttons + connect to pc = a kind of bootloader mode (to unlock it)
[General Questions and Answers] AlphaCoder64:
I have been installed my adb and fastboot drivers with "15 seconds adb installer". I already checked the OEM unlock and USB debugging.

And the device is listed in command "adb devices", what did i do wrong?

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I have been installed my adb and fastboot drivers with "15 seconds adb installer". I already checked the OEM unlock and USB debugging.

List of devices attached
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And the device is listed in command "adb devices", but in "fastboot devices" isn't, what did i do wrong?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
You didn't do anything wrong, Samsung devices do not have fastboot functionality, you can't use fastboot with Samsung devices. You don't need fastboot to flash anything, you need Odin or a patched version of Odin.
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
I am using Marduk android 7.0 stock rom, with Ultimate Kernel, Magisk and FDE on a S6. Would a minimal bare bones rom be more battery efficient ? Barely get 4 hours of screen time. Whenever i can i use black themes.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Are you sure that you followed all the steps? A message appeared on device screen? upload some screenshot

[MENTION=5691352]Droidriven[/MENTION]: Member referred to a mt6753 although they mentioned AllView/Gionee/Vivo
[General Questions and Answers] AlphaCoder64:
Yes, I tried and the i checked the tick for the always thing. I'm gonna try flashing with Odin tommorow, and I'll be back with the results.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Odin? but you talked about or at least I assumed by the pie signed in your post that you have a mediatek 6753, in this case Odin won´t work for you and if your device is a Samsung then fastboot (as the usual way) won´t work.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Ah, I see, they quoted a post that you made in reply to another member with a different device, sorry for the confusion.

When you quoted SubwayChamp's post, it mislead me to think that you were the member that they originally replied to.

You should be more selective about whose posts you quote, you have caused confusion and that isn't good, it can lead to causing something we post into damaging someone's device. Don't quote a post that has nothing to do with your issue and don't quote a post that is meant for someone else unless you have something to add to the help that we are trying to provide to that member.
[General Questions and Answers] vikingDBA:
update. so T-mobile since that post came out with a boot loader 10 version.

I downloaded and flashed that, it got a little exciting because after I flashed on the reboot it told me "dm-verity verification failed"

I did a factory reset and wiped the phone, put the same firmware from T-mobile on again and that time it took. I now have a T-mobile S7.

So I can say for certain it works much better now on T-mobile's network. Earlier today, I was in the grocery store with the Sprint firmware, I could literally walk out the front and stare at the cell tower, I could not place a call I tried switching to every network option. No dice. I sent a text, it said it sent, but it didn't actually send until i was back down the road some.

That prompted me to just put the T-mobile firmware on already, and after I did so I went back to the same grocery store.

I could place a call instantly, I could send a text (mms as well) and it went right away.

Haven't done an exhaustive test with it, but so far so good.

cheers.
[General Questions and Answers] volumexda:
LineageOS on Redmi Note 4

Ok, I am pretty lost, didn't use regular forum for a very long time. Tried search option but didn't help me much yet. I am here because i heard there is a lot of useful guides on how-to.

I have pre-unlocked Redmi Note 4 and want to flash it with lineage OS but have never done anything like that on the phone before. Luckily my phone was actually unlocked from the beginning and rooting is probably the next step.

Do you mind giving me some direction where to find easy to follow step-by-step guides on getting lineageOS on my phone?

Thank you!
[General Questions and Answers] mrrocketdog:
not that i can help much , but prob. 1st question youll be asked is ; do you mean unlocked bootloader or unlocked sim?

also in the "all forums" section there is one for your device. [emoji2]

err on the side of kindness
[General Questions and Answers] TheInfiniteAndroid:
Does resolution change ppi?

If my Xperia 1 has a ppi of 643 (I presume that's in 4k)

Would content in 1080p have a lower ppi? & Then 720p even lower?
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
Flash the TWRP version from this thread. Instructions are included there.

Download Magisk from here (<-- this is a direct download link ~ clicking it will initiate the download) onto your phone.

Boot to TWRP recovery, select install, and select the Magisk.zip

Congratulations! You are rooted.
[General Questions and Answers] TypoSpotter:
Hi,

I've been going at this for a week now, and I think I'm not getting anywhere now.

A friend of mine has an Alcatel One Touch T'Pop 4010X, that wasn't working. When he showed me it, it was just stuck on recovery. At first, we tried restore factory settings, but that didn't fix it.

I then said I could look into it and see if I can do anything about it (my thinking was maybe I could flash a ROM back into it, be it custom or original), and he told me to take the phone with me, seeing as it was already useless to him.

It has an MTK6575M chipset, and searching for the model on xda gave a few results that mentioned the SP Flash Tool, which I have tried to use before.

I downloaded cwm recovery and twrp recovery images from somewhere on this site (just been looking and can't find it).

I downloaded Custom_Gingerx_katv2_by_DrunkenLizard.rar from a link I found here https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2683825 (but this is a moot point because I never got to as far as trying to flash this, but I may have found a scatter file for SP Flash Tool here)

I tried flashing the recovery images with the SP Flash Tool to the phone and kept getting two error messages (one was the PMT Changed for the ROM one, and the other was BROM ERROR : S_COM_PORT_OPEN_FAIL 1013). In hindsight, I think the recovery images were bigger than the formatted area in the scatter file, and I should have just increased the end address, as the next begin address was rounded up to the next 10000 (plus all the usual holding the volume down while connecting the phone etc.). But hindsight is a wonderful thing, when I googled I found youtube videos showing how you needed to format first to get round one of the above errors. I am also sure that I had selected "Format whole flash EXCEPT BOOTLOADER". The format was successful, but after that the phone does not respond to anything. The only thing the phone does now is light the LED when I plug a cable in. When I try to either Download or Write Memory using the SP Flash Tool, nothing happens. I've tried battery out, battery in, volume button pressed, every usb socket, a couple of different cables. I've tried my ubuntu desktop, I've tried a Windows 7 laptop, nothing happens. SP Flash tool waits, when I plug the phone in, the Flash Tool just continues waiting. I ran the tool as administrator on both (using sudo and using right-click > run as administrator).

Are there any options left to me? Did I have a hope of restoring the phone before I formatted it? Do I have any hope now? Should I just write this down to experience and take consolation that the phone was useless to begin with, apologise to the owner and say I couldn't fix it, and I have in fact made it worse?

I found this post really helpful to me, but I think I discovered it too late:

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1982587
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
You have to keep in mind that a recovery that doesn´t match with the size/length of the recovery partition is one not suitable for your device OR the scatter.txt that rules where the images have to be placed is the culprit of this mistake, this is strange so 6MB although for an old device should have to be supported. It´s not clear if you resized the recovery partition and finally you did get it flashed; if the first case is true then preloader was damaged and no way to boot up by now.

I don´t think that the rom linked contains a scatter.txt for your device so is a custom rom that uses a custom recovery and not SP Flash tool.

The first you should have to do is download the official stock rom if you want to use SP flash tool to can be sure that you have 1) a way to restore rom if something goes wrong and 2) to can use some file like the official scatter.txt inside it https://androidfreefile.com/x9rbax

You did go unnecesarily further resizing partition (if you did it) and formatting device so this is the last action you can take like a last resource and never is good anticipate it till all the things were failed.

Now you can try in my point of view two things in this order:

- Download the stock rom from the link, there you will find a how-to-use instructions, download the drivers and be sure that pc is recognicing it in device manager and once you have all the rest execute SP Flash tool as administrator and tick only Preloader.bin box and flash only this file, exit the tool, disconnect device and you have to (yes or yes) re-start the tool and reconnect device so the preloader can be reloaded, otherwise won´t work, only now you can try flashing all the other partitions in a second flashing session.

- If you are absolutely sure that you did it correctly but no results then your next hope is doing the same but using test point method, this is just one of the many tutorials about it https://snehakudari.wordpress.com/2...-romfirmware-or-flash-file-test-point-method/
[General Questions and Answers] TypoSpotter:
Hi,

I didn't resize. I only formatted.

I have now tried your first step. My Windows laptop does not recognise the phone in device manager, even after installing the cdc and vcom drivers.

I used this to the same with my ubuntu desktop: https://xdaforums.com/general/rooting-roms/tutorial-how-to-setup-spflashtoollinux-t3160802

My Ubuntu desktop also does not recognise the phone. Following this post: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67396937&postcount=148 dmesg reveals no messages at all about USB or MediaTek or Preloader

Therefore I cannot flash the preloader.bin or anything else. So the first step does not work for me.

That leaves the test point method. It looks involved (opening the phone and soldering) and I am going away this weekend, so I will try this another time.

Thanks for your help though! :)
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Nevermind, please delete
[General Questions and Answers] Hektik007:
Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930U

Hello,

I had replace my phone with a quick ebay rescue and I have a Galaxy S7 SM-G930U. I have done a little research & can see that a few root options are available for the device, but I can't seem to find any Custom Roms that I'm 100% about flashing. I have the option to toggle the OEM UNLOCK in developer options so was kind of hoping that a UK Stock Rom or a S7 Custom Rom would flash without issues but I know that's probably unrealistic. I have the A Stock Rom for the device, but the SM-G930U-G930UUEU4BQD2.zip doesn't match the Baseband Version G930UUEU4BRD1 nor the Build Number NRD90M G930UUEU4BRD1.

I can install ADB & make a LogCat if one is needed.

Some info from google about the device.

Samsung's Galaxy S7 (US Unlocked) SM-G930U specifications and features: this is a 5.1" (129.2mm) device with a QHD 2560 x 1440 screen resolution. The phone is powered by the Exynos 8890 soc with a Quad-Core 2.3 GHz + Quad-Core 1.6 GHz configuration. Memory is 4GB, with the device offering 32GB, 64GB (UFS2.0) internal storage and up to 200GB of external memory.

I thought the US versions of the S7 range used the SnapDragon CPU's, I think I have ended up with way more questions than I intended lol.

Anyway, so the device has no branding from any carrier nor does it have any bloatware, other than from Google,it did have Facebook & Instagram installed after I Factory Reset the device but I think that may be standard, it's running Android Version 7.0, with Android Security Patch Level April 1, 2018. SE for Android Status is Enforcing, Device Status is Official.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If you flash anything, it will have to be for SM-G930U or for a version of S7 that has the exact same Exynos CPU that you have. When it comes to stock firmware, just because the CPU is exactly the same, does not necessarily mean that it can be used on your device, there can be minor differences in bootloader and modem that can prevent it from working in your device, in some cases, it can soft-brick your device or even hard-brick your device.
[General Questions and Answers] GOOGLE_USER:
Soda-popped a few in my day. :p :silly: :D
[General Questions and Answers] Hektik007:
Thanks for your reply, I have been doing some research and have found a matching stock rom G930UUEU4BRD1_G930UOYM4BRD1_USC.zip . It matches the baseband version & build number of my device. Can you recommenced an app that I can install to find the details of the bootloader or is that what the Logcat will provide?

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I did that to my first Android, it was a HTC sensation, spent 12 hours solid going from a brick to a working phone.
[General Questions and Answers] GOOGLE_USER:
FIRST

Try this: CLICK HERE.

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I'm calling first on your "Thanks" meter. +1
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Freaking autocorrect, the most inconvenient convenience I have ever dealt with, lol.

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If the baseband matches, you should be good to go. But, it isn't any different than what you already have, it's the exact same firmware that is already installed.
[General Questions and Answers] Hektik007:
Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930U

Thanks again, I'm confident that I can try to find some custom roms that will be safe to flash, knowing that I can, at the very least, flash the correct stock rom back.

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Also, I found the exact firmware package on Sam mobile, matches CSC code, baseband and so on...

Cheers for your input.

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Also, I found the exact firmware package on Sam mobile, matches CSC code, baseband and so on...

Cheers for your input.
[General Questions and Answers] volumexda:
Thank you very much! My redmi note 4 is finally rooted :D
[General Questions and Answers] 93fuelslut:
What can you do to prevent scratches when you use a case?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Prevent scratches to the case? All I can say is use carefully.

If you mean how to prevent scratches on the device from dirt/dust that gets trapped between the device and the case, try putting a layer of gauze, used dryer sheet, paper towel, toilet paper, scrap of cloth or something similar between the device and the case to fill the space and cushion the contact between the case and the device.
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Soooo, short version is that I was messing around with an barely known phone (Acer Z130) and accidentally wiped the system....

Now, I had no luck so far finding a stock rom image to flash. So here' s my question

Can I play music from SD card with TWRP?
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
no.

But IF you have TWRP, chances are there is a custom ROM out there that it was built to flash.
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Barely found the device on xda, it only has a ported TWRP recovery. As for custom rom, there is an abandoned alpha cyanogenmod source for a Rom on xda. There might be some custom roms on some taiwanese spooky sites, nothing trustworthy as xda.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
The most I could do through TWRP when I bricked was use it like a watch apart that the essential with it like recover my device?

Anyway did you try this? https://firmwarex.net/acer-liquid-z3-z130-mt6572-firmware-rom/

Also if you find some untrusted firmware then you can adapt it to your security preference and additionally you can port a rom, for lower mtk devices is not a hard thing.

And finally if you only wiped your system -I know it seems strange- but you can try flashing a system image from a closed similar device, it might work for this kind of device and Android version, that through SP Flash tool if you find as scatter,txt file inside your rom stock linked, of course don't flash other image from a different device only system is admitted with a 99% free risk.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If you can find someone with the exact same device that also has TWRP and has created a nandroid backup of their stock ROM, you can have them upload their backup so you can download it and put it on external sdcard then use TWRP to restore their backup on your device.

For future reference, any time you flash TWRP on a device, THE VERY NEXT THING YOU SHOULD DO IS BOOT INTO TWRP AND CREATE A NANDROID BACKUP OF YOUR STOCK ROM. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, DO THIS BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE. And don't forget to also create a nandroid backup before making any kind of modification or before flashing any kind of ROM and/or Gapps or mods, just in case the modification or flash goes wrong.
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
This is a great recommendation I try to express as well.

I also add that this would apply to those who "update" TWRP as well.

Only because I've seen threads/posts regarding issues with restoring a Nandroid Backup from a previous version of TWRP.

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[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
So, managed to fix my phone. Found some updates on acer website, had to remove some lines of code to bypass verification and successfully flashed the zip to my acer. Booted nicely.

If I hadn't found any custom roms for my model, could a custom ROM for a similar device be compatible? Like, in the worst case, what could go wrong? Worse than system not responding?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If you used a ROM from a similar device, it would involve porting the ROM to be compatible with your device.
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
After I ported a Rom from a similar device and successfully flashed on my original phone, if the device has an update to lollipop, can I port the update to my phone?
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Probably easier than you did it before but I would not recommend try to port stock roms from other devices but custom roms that previously were ported for them.

Here you have a battery of custom roms for devices with same processor, these are a kind of "universal ported roms" that with minimal changes can be adjusted to your device, in the main menu you have too some fixes https://mtkcustomroms.com/?s=6572 Just in case you don´t know don´t try to flash directly (without porting it before) the kernel so this can brick it seriously.

The first I had do before of all is port the boot image and flash with this only modification, from here if it is not booting then go replacing just a few files not all at once.
[General Questions and Answers] Jefflou:
Phone is glitchy and no service.

Please help guys
[General Questions and Answers] Hektik007:
Hello, You should be able to use any US carrier with that phone, it's the unlocked S9+.

I would make a back up of my user data and factory reset, if the problem persists, I would source the exact stock rom for the device & use Odin to flash it back.

Have you any experience with rooting/flashing phones?