yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] JRowe47:
Awesome, thank you sir!

I'll give that a run at some point today and report back. I'm stoked to see what I can do with this puppy.

edit: So I can't get drivers that work with the tablet for fastboot mode. I can get it in fastboot mode, I've tried the mtk drivers available, but for some reason it's just not working. I'm trying SP flash, which seems to be working so far. I'm trying to run the "firmware upgrade" function to load the magisk patched boot image.
[General Questions and Answers] JRowe47:
I may have bricked the tablet - I used the mouse wheel and accidentally selected Format All + Download. I'll update again later.
[General Questions and Answers] JRowe47:
I recovered from bricking it; I removed all Mediatek drivers and ran with the default windows 10 usb serial device driver, which worked great. I was then able to format all + download the stock rom using sp flash.

From here, I'm comfortable in the rest of the root process with Magisk. I'll update more as I make progress. Thanks again!
[General Questions and Answers] indestructible master:
i've told you to follow instructions.

i also todl you that you can use SP flash tool BUT YOU NEED scatter-loading file to flash only boot.img.

You cant flash whole ROM with modified boot.

Because you did flashing with SP flash tool and it works, try this way:

In that stock ROM folder replace original boot.img with your patched boot.img (but make sure to rename it same as original)

Find scatter-loading txt file, and load it in SP flash tool.

In SP Flash tool, DONT USE ANYTHING ELSE THAN "DOWNLOAD ONLY" (and if you do, you can softbrick device, and you will have to recover it from fastboot, but your fastboot drivers dont work, so..)

When it's loaded (scatter file) unmark all boxes and only check BOOT

Then as usual, click Download, plug in turned off tab and it will flash properly

And what's your status now.

Did you installed magisk.
[General Questions and Answers] JRowe47:
That was what I tried, but I accidentally hit the mouse scroll wheel and it selected "Format All + Download." I know what to watch for now, and it only cost me a bit of time and some minor panic, lol.

I'm in driver hell. I haven't been able to get sp flash to work again, so I'm going back to basics. Following instructions got me through fixing the soft-brick (thank you,) and I've got Magisk installed, and the patched boot.img ready to go. It's just a matter of fixing the usb driver situation so that either fastboot or SP Flash work again. I'll update when there's progress. I might try a separate pc with a fresh windows install, or maybe a linux box if I can't make progress with this one.
[General Questions and Answers] larsdennert:
I can't post in the feedback for the new forum. No reply button. When I click to log in it says I'm already logged in. Refreshing doesn't help.

Link to chromecast forum on home screen is dead
[General Questions and Answers] JRowe47:
I've got fastboot working now, and was able to flash the patched bootloader. I'm now getting a set of different messages, based on what I've tried.

"Orange State. Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted. Your device will reboot in 5 seconds."

I tried re-locking the bootloader and got this message:

"Red State. Your device has failed verification and may not boot properly. Please download boot image with correct signature or disable verified boot. Your device will reboot in 5 seconds."

In both cases, the tablet just boot loops.

I'm going to flash the stock bootloader and run through the process again.
[General Questions and Answers] :
I've got a few questions that result in either inconsitent answers depending the site/thread you're reading or very old ones...

My phone is an lg g6 but i'm planning on doing it with my next phone when it comes out of the box anyway. I want the stock android experience. For that I need to flash the phone, for that I need to root it, and for that it's best practice to take a backup.

The thing is I'm scared of bricking the phone as I've never done any of these things before. I know for LG you need to apply on their site to get a code to root it and that TWRP is the best thing to backup. I've read quite some guides here already as well and I'm (no intent to get cocky here) the IT guy that's being considered very techy (so I know linux, all sorts of scripting and coding, ... you get the picture). I've done some things with ADB to remove bloatware and open a port for tasker.

Once I even flashed cyanogen to a galaxy S3 with the guiding cyanogen tool. But I'd like to know the ins and outs of it and be able to do this to other phones with other roms as well.

So to get me started, are there any decent/validated guides with step by step explanations? And what is a good custom ROM that receives updates on a regular basis?

Thx in advance
[General Questions and Answers] indestructible master:
under all circumstances dont relock bootloader as it have potential to hard brick device (if you lock bootloader with patched boot it can get hard bricked)

instead, try this then.

in fastboot flash original boot.img (one from original ROM)

reboot (to see if it got out of bootloop, if it dodnt boot again, then with sp flash tool flash whole stock ROM, but dont relock bootlooader, and that Orange state is normal and sign that bootloader is unlocked)

and then try using this command in fastboot:

fastboot boot c:\patched_boot.img

diffrence here is that you dont type "flash", so you dont flash it, instead you just boot from it.

-Phone will boot

-Open magisk manager again (install it if you didnt)

-Choose install again and you will have a new option called direct install.

-Choose that and just reboot once and done...

-Now you are rooted, and no need to do anything more in fastboot.

But if that doesnt work, then patched_boot.img is main issue, and need to export again, also check diffrence between patched_boot.img and original_boot.img in how much is filesize (if patched_boot.img is smaller than original_boot (a signifant diffrence, like patch is 25kb and original is 8 mb), then magisk didnt patched it properly, bug in that app version.

Hope you can make it work by upper method, fingers crossed
[General Questions and Answers] JRowe47:
Original is 32 MB and the patched img is 10 MB, so that must be it. The fastboot boot does the same thing, so I'm re-flashing the original bootloader and finding a Magisk version that will work properly.
[General Questions and Answers] indestructible master:
there is whole thread for this phone: https://xdaforums.com/c/lg-g6.6167/

if that is the one you need for there you can find all ROMs, TWRP, and guide is packed in that post already.

There are a lot of custom ROMs, as what is most updated depends more on developer maintenance than ROM.

So you can choose from variety.

You dont need root to root phone :D

And here is twrp for this device and how to install, instructions in there

https://xdaforums.com/t/recovery-twrp-3-1-x-stable-official.3627595/

As you're developer you already know how to enable usb debugging, enable that, you already know how to install ADB and neccesary drivers, install them too, and boot into fastboot/bootloader.

Either with key combinations (look online) or with ADB command:

adb reboot bootloader

when you boot in bootloader, in ADB type

fastboot oem unlock

and then flash twrp.img in fastboot with command

fastboot flash recovery c:\twrp.img

and then

fastboot reboot recovery

and you're into twrp

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and you mention about some asking to lg for code, i see its about bootloader unlock code (it requires code to unlock it, so instead of typing "fastboot oem unlock" you need to provide code in that command, like "fastboot oem unlock 4545448"

here is what i found, follow these instructions to get code and set up environment to unlock it properly:

LG Developer

The official developer resources for LG products and platforms.

developer.lge.com

https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-offic...urrently-supported-eu-h870-usa-us997.3614719/

if you have problems with unlocking bootloader code, follow their instructions, as it became standard to lock these bootloaders, sad
[General Questions and Answers] JRowe47:
Alright, I installed the Canary version, which created a patched boot.img the same size as the original. It's still boot looping, unfortunately. I tried both flashing and booting directly and neither worked.

Fortunately flashing the stock bootloader gets me back in working order, so experimentation is safe.

I think Magisk might not be viable. However, now that I've got the bootloader unlocked, I'm going to try some of the root apps again.

How difficult would TWRP be - does it need to target the device hardware or can I use a generic recovery and fastboot?
[General Questions and Answers] Misha2315:
I need help because my android proximity sensors stopped working after i rooted my moto g7 plus.
[General Questions and Answers] indestructible master:
then i'm runned out of options

it definitely is magisk issue, you're literally on the edge of rooting tablet.

look into this, try explained method:

https://xdaforums.com/t/solved-cant-install-magisk-without-bootloop.3824481/

also try Beta version.

and after all, if you're locked down at home, and have a lot of time, then try all possible apks for that magisk, beta, canary, alpha, stable, whatnot, and look into online guides to "fix bootloop caused by magisk boot img", because it's magisk problem.

or search for similar posts like this above, maybe some custom command can help

twrp method is not possible because your tab dont have twrp for that build

but for note, know that when you see twrp for your model, know that time has come ... for easy rooting.

via twrp you just need to flash UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip and you're done

https://download.chainfire.eu/696/supersu/

i know same thing applies with magisk, there is option to create flashable zip and flash it via twrp

your best bet is to try with magisk app versions.

and also, if you want to root tablet for productivity or use tablet as productivity tool, i think you should have gone with chuwi windows versions, as chuwi is very good, but android tablets tends to be very much abandoned in developer comunity.

or look into some xda guides here how to port twrp to your tab, or even better build it from source, so you in that way you contribute to development.
[General Questions and Answers] JRowe47:
Much appreciated, indestructible master! I tried a couple older versions of Magisk, and the sizes are right but something is causing the persistent bootloop. I am investigating the dm_verity methods, so I'll update when I've exhausted that route.
[General Questions and Answers] Aggnplz:
Dear xda,

Would you be so kind to go through my Edge Browser manifest file on my recently acquired Oppo A12 and see if there is anything unusual about it and it is safe to browse and make monetary transactions on it. I've just recently recovered from a very brutal identify theft (hacker took over everything; phones, pcs, social medias, bank accounts, and etc), now I'm trying to piece everything together and get my life back on track.

Any advice or thoughts via forum replies or DMs is appreciated, for a better tomorrow.

https://www.4shared.com/office/YXY2Ond5ea/commicrosoftemmx_AndroidManife.html

Cheers.
[General Questions and Answers] indestructible master:
if you want advice, dont even consider using edge, most secure is firefox, then chrome. use firefox then.

and if you want to be much more secure using pc, especcially after such serious thing, i would consider using linux from now on, best to use is Qubes OS linux distro. No hacker cant hack you, and in linux you dont even have to pay antivirus or worry about viruses at all.

Partition PC in 2 partitions, one for windows and one for linux. Use windows, but only for programs you need, and dont downlaod or visit any suspicious websites and files from windows, just use programs you need, in linux you can browse web.

Dont look into email you dont know who sender is, dont click on link, and dont ever sign in in any account from opening any link in any email/message you get from people you dont know.

Use 2 step verification for your google account.

But if you just recovered from it (theft) , i would strongly siggest to change mobile number, completely factory reset phone and PC (reinstall PC), make new google account (enable 2 step verification with phone number), and if you have access to social media, update email to that new google account, or just create new social medias with that new goigle account, and also, in all social media enable 2 step verification, as every supports it.

and also for bank accounts, enable 3D secure for all cards.

personally if some hacker did idetity theft to me, i would forewer remain secure and hidden like edward snowden

and do you know how you got hacked after all? I smell phishing attack, isnt it?

, :) best
[General Questions and Answers] mikezero182:
Hello everyone, recently i got an android phone, Alcatel 5058a, problem is it doesn't boot, every time i try to turn it on, it shows alcatel logo and then the android logo that says "no command" during the alcatel logo it also says "Device has been unlocked and cannot be trusted", i can get into recovery and fastboot too. my question is, is there any way i can make this phone work? thanks in advance
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Assuming that you did unlock the bootloader previously most likely the issue with no success in booting device is due to DM verity; try this command through fastboot after to flash the patched boot image, I can`t find the code tab in this new thing so just do it without quotes; " fastboot oem disable_dm_verity" , other way around is if your stock ROM contain a vbmeta image you have to flash it using the next: " fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img"
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
I would look at your manifest file, but the site you uploaded it to is asking me to sign in with either my google, facebook, or twitter account. I shouldn't have to sign in with any account in order to download the file, and I won't. imo your online activity is probably part of the reason you got hacked if you are uploading to sites like this.

I know that 4shared is probably safe, but there is no reason for that site to NEED info from my social networks in order for me to download a file.

That's something you should consider in the future.
[General Questions and Answers] danny_bhoy67:
Can someone explain the benefits of kernels with wireguard and KCAL support? I see these terms being used an I sort of understand what these things do but what are the main benefits to having them in your kernel?

Re wireguard: Is it just a VPN protocol and therefore do I still need to subscribe to a VPN provider which then supports the wireguard protocol or is it something I can implement myself without needing to pay for a VPN subscription?
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
You could try to flash the stock firmware to see if it fixes it. Google "Alcatel 5058a firmware" to find it.

It's also possible, but maybe not probable, that the issue is because of FRP (factory reset protection)
[General Questions and Answers] mikezero182:
Tried flahsing it with SP flash tools, i keep gettng an error STATUS_BROM_CMD_FAIL (0xc0060005) is there any other way to flash the stock rom or to fix this error?
[General Questions and Answers] JRowe47:
This did the trick. I now have magisk patched and installed.
[General Questions and Answers] JRowe47:
Maybe I spoke too soon. I can boot from the magisk_patched.img bootloader, but the magisk app doesn't give me the option to do a direct install, and I'm getting failed safetynet checks. I don't appear to have root.
[General Questions and Answers] sjjtnj:
Best way to catch an LG OTA? Since this phone can't be downgraded I want to get these for people whose phone's brick. The stock right now is at version 7. I want to try to get ones for us at Version 8.1 also for those that managed a root and can't get them.
[General Questions and Answers] JRowe47:
@SubwayChamp , @indestructible master - Are there any commands or processes I need to perform once Magisk patch is flashed? I've gone from stock to patched magisk and don't seem to have root, so I'm not sure where to go from here. Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Aggnplz:
Thank you for your valuable advice, I am keen to follow it. Well I am not exactly Snowden, just a regular dude with a CS degree, I thought I knew my way around the web until the attacker easily walked into my network and first took over my iphone (sorry iphone fanboiz) then eventually the whole network and array of devices connected within, I basically undergo months of fighting back against overlay attacks, rowhammer, exploited windows 10 security with powershell scripts, psremoting, and

many more

. I was dissected. It was so bad at times I questioned myself, is what I am seeing on the screen even genuine?

The phishing site didn't get me, it was social engineering that proved to be the most effective method. A girl with a transmitting device built into phone charging adapter gave access to the hacker. I know it sounds so far off, but since you asked I am content to answer it otherwise IRL I won't (more or less, I can't) talk about the situation to anyone because no one would even begin to understand the gravity of the situation and how serious it is.

I will migrate myself to firefox and I may come back to you again for further advices. Could you also share a good sturdy security setups for the phone? You can go into detail which brand, which os, or which firmware?

Thanks again, IM.
[General Questions and Answers] nilduenilum:
Hi! Im a complete and total noob in this but I need help, my dad recently got this phone and when he tried to erase everything in the phone, he looked up the storage space and in the internal memory its was full, but again the phone didnt have any extra apps nor any photos or any other type of stuff. And when I tried to factory reset using the phone bottons, I got the Team Win screen. Im honest I have no idea what any of this is, and I have no experience or knowledge in this field, so can you please help me to reset the phone or at least how to erase all that data? I does not appear in the archives app of the phone so again I have no clue what is all that data is, thank you and I hope Im not annoying anyone with this lol
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Sorry for late reply, this revamped thread is very confused for my old eyes as of now or maybe just my browser looks like.

As for Magisk you have to install the apk and see in the main screen if it was correctly installed, and no, any command is required after of.

Regarding SafetyNet is covered in the Magisk thread.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Clearly device was previously rooted, there are some things that in a short answer It can be considered; maybe not a large file but a lot of acumulated old pictures, videos, etc, some kind of thumbs that are stored either in DCIM or Pictures folder, some backup made for the previous owner that is placed in TWRP folder and/or some file called OTA that is large image of the stock system to allow device get official updates without break the custom status.

You don't mention which model is but in TWRP mode you can find an option to wipe all and format data is the option you want, as easy as that.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Maybe bootloader needs to be restored firstly so you can flash the other partitions, previous owner did unlock bootloader without preventing that.

Try to flash either through fastboot or SP Flash tool (just these files in a round) the preloader.bin and lk.bin (if present lk1.bin too) and then the other partitions.
[General Questions and Answers] Hasankhan102:
i am a redmi note 8 pro China rom user

my drm l3

if i flash global rom can i get the drm l1 support

please help me with this problem
[General Questions and Answers] ZA1609:
Hi Everyone,

I'm new here and posting this here as a last ditch effort. I have an ASUS ROG 2 Global Edition running on Android 9.

Recently I enrolled into my company's MDM using the Microsoft Intune application. This created a "Work Profile" on my device on top of my existing "Main Profile". The problem is I have unfortunately forgotten the passcode to the device and now I'm locked out of my phone in the Work Profile mode and unable to switch the device profile to my Main account or access any of the contents within. All I can remember is that the passcode I had set for the work profile is 9 character long numeric from 0-8. All Unique and non repeating.

I have attempted over a hundred combinations based on what I can remember without any luck so far.

I have tried getting the Intune Admin to reset the passcode of my work profile but the process has been in "Pending" for a few days now.

The phone does not have debugging mode turned on nor is it Rooted.

I'm willing to reward anyone who comes up with a solution that enables me to gain access to my device with all of the contents intact.
[General Questions and Answers] leveleyed:
How do I redo initial setup after rooting with Magisk?

After unlocking the bootloader, I used the wrong Google account and skipped through everything during the initial setup. Now that I'm rooted with Magisk (no TWRP due to being on OS 11.0.2.2), how can I redo the initial setup process for the phone so I can do it using a different Google account, and without skipping things like fingerprint setup or apps/data import?

Can I do a factory reset without losing root or Magisk? Should I?

Is there some easier way to wipe the data and start over from the initial setup without losing root or Magisk?

A huge THANK YOU! in advance to anyone who can help me figure this out! :) ❤🙌
[General Questions and Answers] indestructible master:
so did patched magisk boot finally worked, if so then

in phone settings do factory reset and you wont lose root
[General Questions and Answers] indestructible master:
do you want to save data on phone

you can do factory reset via recovery but you lose data in internal memory

or if there is internet connection on phone already try to see in microsoft intune app on pc browser to reset lockscreen on phone
[General Questions and Answers] JRowe47:
I went into the logs and did some investigating, and found that the initial patching wasn't able to correctly read or write - something with the permissions went sideways. The patched_magisk image was identical, bit for bit, to the original stock boot image, lol. I'm going to do a complete reflashing of the stock image, and I'm going to collect the information from logs. I have a feeling there were overlapping flashes and my process was sloppy - I'll update when I know more. Thanks again!
[General Questions and Answers] ZA1609:
I need the data hence i can't do a factory reset. As mentioned, I already got the Intune Admin to reset the password but the reset status has been in "pending" for a few days now. Even though wifi is connected.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
What does agN mean? What does avN mean? What does aoN mean? What does afN mean?

Some information you should know about knowing what type of gsi it is

<ARCH>_xyZ

<ARCH> can either be arm, a64 (arm32_binder64) or arm64

x can either be a or b

y can either be v, o, g or f

Z can be N or S

b = a/b

a = a-only

g = gapps

o = gapps-go

v = vanilla (no gapps included)

f = floss (free & open source apps instead gapps)

N = no superuser

S = superuser included

so in most common example "arm64_avN" is ARM64 A-only vanilla with no superuser

Had to answer my own question. Gonna leave this here, for anyone else looking for the same thing.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
I didn't checked my self when I was in global cause I don't use Netflix but users claim that since this update "11.0.2.0 (QGGEUXM)" Widevine L1 is compatible and you can use FHD for certain contents. Don't forget to follow the right steps to switch from Chinese to Global after to unlock bootloader.