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[General Questions and Answers] loweisounds:
Could someone explain me how to perform the steps required by mtkclient to unlock the blootloader then root my Realme 7 RMX2155 ?

I'm confused on how to run the steps
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Already answered in the R7 forum.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
lfad and just to extend this point, I have had "working" USB cables that failed when I tried top use them for ADB. Usually they were thin low quality cheap cables.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Also, not all USB cables are equal. Some aftermarket cables are only good for charging and file transfer such as MTP, like a camera USB cord instead of an android USB charger/data cable, these cords don't work for adb/fastboot or the various flashing software. I think this only applies to microUSB and not USB-C, though, not sure what the USB pinout/protocol is for USB-C on cameras.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Not necessarily, ZRAM works like a swap partition or like a cache partition, it allows loading data "in-state" and keeping it there for quick access when multi-tasking instead of having to completely find, read and load it all over again every time it is needed. Accessing and using something that is already loaded and held "in-state" is faster than having to completely reload from scratch every time it is used.
[General Questions and Answers] zola619:
Thanks for the explanation
[General Questions and Answers] archie64:
This happened to me. The solution was to authorize the connection on the phone.
[General Questions and Answers] archie64:
I'm using Lineage OS 17.1 on Samsung S6. Is there a way to enable darkmode on the default browser?

I'm also using Shelter. Where is the app data of the sheltered apps saved?
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
A good point to start with😂
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Even if your ROM or browser doesn't have a native darkmode, there are theming apps for rooted devices that you can use to customize how your apps are themed.
[General Questions and Answers] lfad:
Where can i find drivers specific for download mode, recovery mode and adb....? No reference/links on https://developers.google.com/android/ota or https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools (where i got adb platform-tools from)

[i found this https://adbdriver.com/downloads/ but it is for win not linux]

Linux:

Tried running from platform-tools/ directory. Did recognize attached device(phone). Tried downloading package for system wide install. It installed amd64 android-sdk-platform-tools and libs 30+mb total (list of specific items installed https://pastebin.com/K9NXZVjc)

This device working on mainly: https://xdaforums.com/t/choosing-correct-ota.4467465/
[General Questions and Answers] ManoharMaddineni:
Anyone?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I tried searching but never found anything that displays the data the way your screenshot shows it.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Yes, opening a terminal from within the adb folder is the way you should be doing it.

As for the drivers, do a Google search for:

"USB drivers for (your manufacturer or your model number)"

Try finding drivers for installing in Linux. Some devices don't have specific drivers provided by the manufacturer, they use generic Google android drivers or they use generic MTK drivers(if they use a MTK CPU).
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-linux.zip

Which mode you need to boot to, and what you need to do? Which distro are you using?
[General Questions and Answers] mrrocketdog:
and what would a "temporary root" method be please?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Depends on the device and the android version but it is possible.
[General Questions and Answers] Renate:
I'm trying to pull the PBL off a Qualcomm SDM636 (so that I can disassemble it and see if GPIO 57 is part of the EDL boot logic there).

The EDL Firehose peek works just fine, gives me values on good addresses, fails and resets on bad addresses.

I can peek the load address of the Firehose FW, it's all there correctly.

But the values that I get out of 0x100000 (ROM address) are mostly (but not exclusively) zeroes.

Does the Fireshose FW reset the MMU to unmap the ROM or where is it?

I'm so confused! Thanks for your efforts.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
I didnt look too hard the first time, as in my mind, telemetry is reporting remote measurements, not local device readings. And I checked I understood that correctly WiKi Telemetry I also avoid attention seeking headings...

On previous custom ROMs, they had a setting (I think in the developer options) to display things such as Mem & CPU; not sure about FPS. I use to use it as I was compiling my ROMs and checking/testing different CPU Schedulers, and it actually had each of the 4 individual CPUs showing their current frequency. Your one only shows 1. The more I think of it, the more I am suspecting it was all CPU. But the long and the short of it, it may not be an app, but a ROM feature.
[General Questions and Answers] ManoharMaddineni:
I was thinking the same thing, but one is MIUI and the other is OneUI, both of them unrooted (as the videos polished are a couple of days from launch) I tried reaching out the video publisher, no luck.
[General Questions and Answers] Viking222:
Question:

I'm looking for as privacy-oriented an experience as possible with an LG Stylo 6, and I hope I came to the right place. I'm currently running Q730MM11c and have unlocked the bootloader. I'd like to find a custom ROM that provides a deGoogled experience. Can someone point me in the right direction to where I can find out how to get CFW ROMs that are degoogled/ungoogled and flash it to the phone?
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Despite the OEM/modified firmware that works over, doesn't it coded in Google Play Services itself? https://github.com/google/exposure-notifications-internals
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
You may read this https://xdaforums.com/t/aosp-12-1-leos-ungoogled-gsi.4356501/
[General Questions and Answers] optimusodd:
Here are the device details :

Asus ZenFone 3 ZE552KL

ROM : Stock Oreo Version WW-15.0410.1807.75

Recovery : Stock Recovery

Bootloader is Locked

USB debugging : Disabled

Android device encryption is ON

Yes, we can restore partitions using QFIL or EDL but how to start the device in the first place ? It's still stuck in bootloop.Unlocking the bootloader will wipe out all the data which I want to retrieve.
[General Questions and Answers] KxArt:
So long story short. My phone is att phone, been using on starlight talk for a year or so. The screen broke. Got it fixed and no longer worked. I called straight talk they said Verizon bought straight talk I would need a Verizon sim. I got the sim in the phone and it asked me for network unlock code. Took me 4 days but got a code. The phone stopped prompting me for code so I used *7465625*638*# and entered unlock code. CODE successfull!!! OK so I reboot phone. My mobile network setting finally showed up. I chose the Verizon apn in the apn settings. Phone reboot again and all setting dissappear again. I would pay someone to help me get phone working again. I have more sim cards I purchased just don't know what I'm doing. Thank you.

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[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
You have to search in this tool, if it has an option to back up your data, if it can do it, after that, probably you need to format data, in order to can boot, I don't know what your issue was prior to this bootloop happened, it may depend on what caused it, also, flashing again the stock ROM, may fix it, and once you can boot normally, then you can restore that data that you backed up.
[General Questions and Answers] optimusodd:
Yes, I have already got eMMC dump of all the partitions.

Here is the deatiled description of the problem

and things I have tried so far.

Thank you! Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
From what I did understand;

- You did back up, within other partitions, the data partition, if so, which kind of image did you get? Did you try to unpack it manually, with some tool?

- You, actually, can't boot to system? If so, given the case, that you successfully backed up your data, tried to boot by formatting data? This is one of the first requirement to solve a bootloop, and of course, be sure that, you didn't flash any unauthorized image, nor any unauthorized change otherwise, the device won't boot.

- Is there some firmware update, that can be flashed through a tool, that work, either in fastboot or EDL mode? Not through recovery, this would be not enough, to sort it out the things.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
IDK, how SIM related things work on US, in my country, the APN configurations is done silently, without any intervention from the user (5 years ago they ask for), to set the right settings for mobile data, and MMS services.

I read that newer "high level" Samsung devices don't allow (really) change correctly the carrier settings, just by erasing/editing the APN settings, and at any reboot, the old are still there.

You should try by flashing a firmware from VZN, using the CSC different from the CSC_HOME, and booting to stock recovery and performing a factory reset, if this doesn’t solve it, probably you need to search for a paid service.
[General Questions and Answers] galih_ken:
Hi. Which temperature should I be worried about when gaming? Some people point to battery temp when asked about safe temp in general, the other point to cpu temp. Both of them range from 35°C to 45°C to be safe, they say. But my phone cpu0 shows higher than 60° to 65° sometime 70° in DevCheck app, even when idle and it's cool in my hand cpu0 shows around 50° while battery 32°. I don't know what each of temp bellow represent and which one is correct.

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[General Questions and Answers] lfad:
appreciate all the suggestions... Yes archie64 I authorize the connection on the phone. And yes to everyone who suggested trying a new cable - after suggestion I tried 4 more different cables and same problem.

Anyone know of step by step video of adb working on linux ? Sometimes there is a small step written tutorials miss that can make all the difference....

wow reading thru this thread i found SubwayChamp's post (that is my exact problem - happy not alone, sad to see 5 page thread. If fix was direct and solid 5 pages would prolly not have been needed) https://xdaforums.com/t/help-thread-ask-any-question-noob-friendly.2257421/post-87158819 - will read carefully this week to see if you ever solved the problem
[General Questions and Answers] Velvis01:
Not sure where to ask this question but I figured XDA would be a start.

I purchased and unlocked Atari Greatest Hits for android years ago. It is no longer on the app store and the developer says all billing issues etc are with Atari and they have no way to unlock it.

1) I found an old apk and it installs and the free game works fine. (despite it being for an older version of Android)

2) Purchasing or re-purchasing says the app is no longer in the app store.

3) However the emulation portion of the app no longer works.

So it seems like the unlocking is successful and the app still runs but the games no longer start.

Any suggestions?

I understand there are other Atari emulators to choose from but this one is pretty polished and supports a specific hardware controller I have for paddle support.
[General Questions and Answers] shamsaboubkr:
Hi

so my phone is bricked

it gets detected by the pc but disconects immediately

does this have anything to do with maybe the battery isn't charged ?

And also one time i connected it to my Friend's power bank, after few minutes the charging indicator light began to dim, so i disconnected it from the power power and connected it back to the pc, and boom immediately was detected by the pc (connection was stable).

so I went ahead to bypass utility (to bypass auth) the process started but did not show "protection disabled"

but I open sp flash tool Anyways ,tried flashing my firmware but got an error saying " can't open com port"

Please anyone should help me out
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Charging the battery to perform some of these operations is mandatory, so you shouldn't have any doubt about, if the battery is charged or not, even in a non-responsive device, you can "pretend" to charge it blindly, plus, a device that can get disconnected, due to a low level of battery, can really make a serious brick, to the eMMc/UFS platform.

Be sure that SPFT have all the permissions needed, open it with admin privileges, and avoid forcing the tool from the need to go from a drive to another, to pick the files...

Check in Option, General; Check LIB DA match and Storage Life Cycle Check, and in Connection, USB, Full Speed.
[General Questions and Answers] shamsaboubkr:
ok thank you
[General Questions and Answers] EvilWormGod:
Any way to restore Messages after wiping with TWRP?

Pixel 3 rooted with Magisk. Was playing around and messed it up royally. Would only boot to a blank white screen that stayed on for a second.

So, I used TWRP to Wipe/Factory Reset. Now setting up phone again. Photos did not get wiped, so that's good.

I have backups of EVERYTHING from a couple of months ago (including Messages), but is there any way to get all of them back from the phone storage? Not a huge loss if I cannot, but I would prefer it.

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If you mean standard text messages, probably no but maybe yes. If you mean WhatsApp or other social media messages, probably yes but maybe no.

If the device is rooted, there are many data recovery tools to achieve this with root. Or you can try DiskDigger or Easus data recovery.
[General Questions and Answers] Arkv:
I've got an S8 with a cracked screen that was still working fine, screen was responsive and no display issues until recently. Now if the brightness is too low, the screen flickers like crazy and the upper inch or so of the screen is unresponsive, and the area that's becoming unresponsive is creeping downwards every now and then. Would it be worth it to get a new glass screen replacement and changing out the broken screen? I'm thinking the digitizer might be okay since most of the screen is still responsive, and the currently cracked screen is just responding erratically to the digitizer.
[General Questions and Answers] shamsaboubkr:
Can I connect a phone's inbuilt battery to another (i.e Infinix smart 4 battery to infinix smart 5) for long enough for me to be able to flash my stock firmware cus it seems the Smart 5 battery is low and might not be charging cus it's bricked
[General Questions and Answers] EvilWormGod:
I do mean standard text messages. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Kaloryzer:
newbie question.

Can the stock kernel with stock rom be overclocked?

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
Not likely. To overclock a kernel you need to make modification to the source. I dont think any manufacturer would have those changes. It puts the device at risk, which would risk them having to replace under warranty.
[General Questions and Answers] Kaloryzer:
Thanks sir.
[General Questions and Answers] Gunn3409:
I would like to get some help with rooting an Cricket® Ovation 2 I don't think I have the bootloader unlock.i don't have a pc for the platform tools.and can't find a boot.img for Magisk
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Of course, you can, any source to get the energy from, would work, always that the source provides stable and, the most important, not interrupted power, and of course, if this kind of energy, is compatible enough to the handset, you want to get supplied.
[General Questions and Answers] shamsaboubkr:
thank you
[General Questions and Answers] archie64:
The abd commands are universal.
[General Questions and Answers] Fozzy_Bear:
I am looking for some general advice as to the benefit of rooting an existing tablet to use as SmartHome control panel or if I should shell out for a cheap Chinese one from AliExpress?

I have an Archos FamilyPad2 running 4.1 Jellybean with dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor and integrated quad-core ARM Mali 400 MP4 graphics with 1GB of RAM, 8GB of flash storage.

As a 13.3" touchscreen tablet it would be ideal to mount in the kitchen and running a single App like Home Assistant or Samsung SmartThings. Unfortunately Archos have not updated the ROM and so every time the Google Play Store updates itself it crashes and has to be factory reset.

All I need is Play Store working (or a way to sideload the required Smart home apps), Wifi and networking working along with any other prerequisite services etc.

IF I were able to Root the tablet can I uninstall all the unwanted stuff that Google include. Once rooted is this permanent ie does it have to be re-rooted each time it booted.

There is a post on this site from 2014 from someone who successfully rooted the FamilyPad 2 but the issue now might be finding a compatible ROM with a later version of Android.

Bearing in mind the specs of this tablet is it worth going through the pain of rooting this device and finding a compatible ROM (even if I knew what to look for) or just bite the bullet and buy a new higher spec tablet from China?

Any thoughts/Views would be appreciated
[General Questions and Answers] Totesnochill:
NOKIA X6, DRG TA1099, unlocked bootloader. Win7 adb+fastboot toolchain.

I've recently tried flashing lineageOS ROMS including lineageOS for MicroG using TWRP 3.6.2. Versions from 18.1 - 19.1, official repos.

All of them either bootloop instantly, or show about 1 second of startup animation before bootlooping.

In fact the only other ROMs I can flash right now that fully boots is PixelPlusUI. Others like ArrowOS just bootloop instantly. What may be the cause? Or at least what direction do I look for answers?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Your system partition may not be large enough to fit the ROM and Micro gapps.

Try a smaller gapps package, like pico or nano instead of micro.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
You don't need to root the device to install the apps you want and you don't even need PlayStore, you can delete/disable it to prevent it from updating and having to factory reset. You can manually download the apps from the internet and install them from within your internal storage.

On a side note, most modern apps today require at least 4.4+ KitKat and won't run on 4.1 Jellybean.
[General Questions and Answers] Fozzy_Bear:
Many thanks, There is no later update from Archos which I assume would therefore mean finding a customised ROM such as LineageOS to get a later OS?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If one exists for your model number. If it doesn't, the best you could hope for is building it for yourself for your specific model number if the source code for your model number is available to the public or port an existing LineageOS ROM from a device that has the same hardware specs as your device, if there even is a Lineage ROM for a similar device.

Either way, neither building your own from source or porting an existing ROM will be easy for the uninitiated.
[General Questions and Answers] Totesnochill:
I've resized the internal partitions to be 4.5g system, 1g vendor. Still the same result. Oh, and also, MicroG is not Gapps, it is the alternative implementation built-in the ROM, it that has little to do with openGapps packages.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Sorry, misunderstood the issue.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
Have you got reports from other users who have had similar issues? or have managed to install the ROM and have it work?

Have you checked if you can get the last_kmsg after a failed boot?

Are you WIPING EVERY partition before installing the ROM?

have you tried reformatting the partitions in TWRP, before installing the ROM?

A few years back I built ROMs for an unofficial device from source. The ROM booted, but it would quickly descend into a never ending plethora of ANRs. I eventually found out that there was bug in the device tree, that meant it would only be stable, if the data partition was formatted as F2FS, instead of the default/standard EX4. Its a long-shot, but mnaye try switching and testing if it makes a difference. For me it was only the data NOT system.

The other ROMs that do work, do you know if they are using the same device tree source?

Another thing to check, is if you are using the correct BOOTLOADER/MODEM. They arent in the ROM install, and different ROMs can depend on a different BOOTLOADER/MODEM version.
[General Questions and Answers] Totesnochill:
1. Yes. Apparently nobody ever had this problem

2. Device reboots instantly, cant access any of the data

3. Both a/b partitions are wiped before every install

4. Tried reformatting to 3.5gb sys/1gb vendor and 4.5gb sys/1gb vendor

5. Ex4 is the expected fs, other throw an error at the start of the flashing

6. Today I;ve managed to flash and boot HAvocOS

7. This is something I do not know how to do ;(

UPDATE: managed to flash+boot HavocOS after some tests with PixelUI rom. Apparently PixelPlusUI forcibly encrypts data storage on every boot, even the very first one, preventing anything else from running.

1 Wipe+format everything

2 Flashed PixelPlusUI rom at slot A. Reboot TWRP

3 Flashed HavocOS to slot B. Reboot TWRP

4 Boot from Slot B into HavocOS. It works.

5 Boot to TWRP, switch slots to A.

6 Boot into PixelPlusUI. It bootloops, but doesnt restart the phone on its own.

7 Powering down the phone and trying to boot into HavocOS shows logo for a microsecond, then restart-loops.

Conclusion: Somehow the storage was encrypted, leftover from PixelPlusUI.

Yet to test on LineageOS for microG however...
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
2. On a failed boot, go into TWRP, and the file will be accessible there. And it will have the previous failed boot, so the ROM attempt and not the boot to TWRP. Its whole purpose is based on that feature. If your ROM supports it, its THE thing to debug boot issues. I have seen its support/implementation fade in newer android versions.

Another thing I have stumbled on recently which pumps out a HEAP of info during/about the boot is a "boot chart". I just recently found it, and it has a LOT of info, but to be honest, it wasnt the clear boot log/process of last_kmsg. In TWRP create a folder at /data/bootchart and place a file at /data/bootchart/enabled (0 length) Then boot, go back to TWRP, and there should be about 6MB of text logs at /data/bootchart

mkdir -p /data/bootchart;
touch /data/bootchart/enabled;

3. I dont think A/B partitions have ALL the partitions duped. I dont have much experience with A/B, my current devices is one :confused:. However, I have read posts of people who have had issues when they do not flash the exact same firmware to both partitions.

7 To get yours is pretty easy, on a running ROM. And these values should be the same for any ROM running on that device, as flashing ROMs do not normally change them. I am also assuming you are rooted.

getprop | grep -e '\.model' -e '\.version.sdk' -e '\.manufacturer' -e '\.hardware]' -e '\.platform' -e '\.revision' -e '\.serialno' -e '\.product.name' -e '\.brand' -e '\.bootloader' -e '\.version\.baseband' -e 'ril\.sw_ver' -e 'ro.build.version.security_patch' -e 'ro.build.fingerprint' -e "ro.build.ab_update" -e "ro.treble.enabled";

Or you can use the app GUI I have created, TeMeFI , and can find the method in the menu under: Current State>Get Selected Properties

After getting those results, you should check what someone else with a working ROM install has, or ask the dev on the thread what is the expected values for BOOT & MODEM