yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Usually this feature has to be displayed in developer sections, but assuming that it doesn´t, then go to fastboot and type fastboot oem device-info and, beside the CMD respond, you can try with fastboot flashing unlock
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
A question, which is more of a legal one than technical. I think I know the practical answer, but I was wondering if there is any precedent for this case. Its related to a question I asked previously a few posts up.

I use a VERY customisable & unique & powerful launcher, which was a paid app when I purchased it back in GB says, and it still available as a paid app on the playstore today. However, the dev has stopped updating it/developing it, and released the source code onto GitHub, so anyone could potentially compile it, to get an APK.

So, now that the source code is open sourced, does that mean that all the unofficial non PlayStore sources of the APK (as found on the playstore) are now considered legit? and available for use by anyone? ie without making the purchase on the playstore.

My thinking is that the compiled APK on they playstore (ie official APK, CRC binary checked) is not legally allowed to be used, but the practicality of someone who has released the source code to claim their proprietary ownership of that specific APK, to be very low. But I am not a copyright lawyer.

Has there been any precedent for this type of case?

What would XDA's position be in this murky grey area?

I have a legit purchased copy, but now I am thinking if I could suggest doing an APK search to others, outside of the playstore. Or am I directing them into warez
[General Questions and Answers] ILikeOldStuff:
I'm neither a lawyer nor a moderator at XDA, but here are some thoughts.

There are some practical considerations as well. For those clones on the play store, were they put there before, or after, the original dev put source code on Github? If before, seems to me that is not kosher, though there may be little or no interest in prosecution at this point.

Another detail, is there any way of knowing that the APKs you find anywhere actually came from that Github code, without adding any mystery malware? There are some sites like F-droid that make a point of doing the compile themselves to give some assurance that this did not happen and what you see in the source code is what you get in the APK. But Play store and most other sites do not take this precaution so you really do not know what you are downloading from those other places.

I would suggest that for safety you should either compile it yourself, or have someone you trust do that for you. I don't see any APK in Github, only a single fork with minimal changes to one text file by a person who did not seem to be part of the original team. It may be some time before they have anything ready to compile and release. After that you would have to consider whether you trust this new author.

As for other authors putting clones on Play store, do you really want to trust someone who steals code and passes it off as their original work? If they lie about whose code it was, would they not also lie about whether they added any malware? There is the potential of sending your friends into a mess if they look for alternate APKs and they choose a bad one.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
To be clear, I have purchased the original and have installed the latest that is on the playstore, and I have never seen any clones or even ones that have copied the extreme features of this launcher. Its not really anything for me in particular. I have a trusted APK from the dev-playstore. I could check the CRC of the one on my phone & any thing available from elsewhere with a CRC check, but I personally have no need. Its just such a brilliant launcher (except for the very very steep learning curve and poor default set-up) which I have seen nothing that even comes close., if it was kosher, I'd ne telling everyone to get it. I did check if a compiled APK was on the web, and found one that I would guess would be Warez from when it didn't have the source code released, and the file was 1 byte longer; I didnt bother to compare all other bytes.

As for F-Droid, the dev has to make the step to get it included, and since dev is abandoned, this dev has no need or reason to keep it working for newer android versions. On that note, it actually has features that fail in A11 that are working again in A12. Without checking, I think it is because of bugs in A11, not the launcher. Spoiler content hidden.

So to restate the obvious, the question was a concept test, not a practicality for me, for this app, as I purchased it when it was like back in GB days, and it still works in A13.

PS: Did I mention I loved this launcher....
[General Questions and Answers] fonzacus:
manual way of installing fonts on droids? on win and lin, we just put them in a special folder, force refresh the font cache, done

i want to add unifonts since it literally has most known fonts, but nothing can pick it up. there used to be a fallback font but i dont see it anymore in the system, vendor, and product partition files and their etc/fonts.xml

seems havoc styles puts the /product/fonts as the main system fonts since havocs add a new theme picks up the fonts only in that foldef
[General Questions and Answers] mrfas12:
Hi all, my phone recently broke and I had the banking app on it. When I try to run it on the emulator, it crashes. The emulator is MEMU (version 6) and the bank app is OTP Bank HU. Thanks in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] Afeef_H_S:
Okay so I have Pixel Experience installed on my phone and I don't know why but google recognizes it as a nexus device (whereas it's actually a Redmi device). Is it because of spoofing? If so, is it legal to use it?
[General Questions and Answers] ripppani:
Hello everyone!

I am using a Sony Xperia 10 II HK version (XQ-AU52) and my operator in Japan does not have 2G or 3G services. Currently I can use data and SMS but not phone calls. Does that mean I need to enable VoLTE on the device to get phone calls working?

The option to enable VoLTE is missing in the Settings menu. What should I do to fix it?

I see some people suggesting to flash a Japan or SEA firmware to get the option to enable VoLTE. Why does the region customization of firmware affect the availability of the option to enable VoLTE?
[General Questions and Answers] Deluxo_007:
Hi, could you help me? I have a problem. I'm trying to install a custom rom on a Redmi 8, but when I try to install, it throws me this error.

fixed: failed assert update_dynamic_partitions(package_extract_file(dynamic_partitions_op_list))

Could you help me to solve this error, thanks in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] flyingverdi:
Hi all,

I'm having issues unlocking the bootloader on a Samsung Galaxy A14 5G. The OEM Unlock slider doesn't show up under developer options, I can't find anything in recovery mode or Odin mode, and the fastboot command line tool always fails with "remote: unknown command" even though it will connect to and see the device (maybe expected because of Samsung's lack of fastboot, I don't know).

Is there something I'm missing, or other options I could try?

Thanks in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Probably the app is detecting that you´re running it in an emulator, for security reasons, it refuses to work, anyway you can redirect here https://www.memuplay.com/support.html, there are also a blog to join in.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Update to the correct custom recovery, format data before attempting, reboot to recovery and try it again.
[General Questions and Answers] flyiseasy:
How and where exactly can I make a new post on my not pre-existed question? I am searching for sth like a plus icon or an icon of new post, etc.
[General Questions and Answers] Zero.Tech.Savvy:
This is a repeat of my first question. Sorry, not trying to spam. Just no replies on initial ask, and not positive if it posted in the correct place.

Scrolling through the apps installed on my phone, and it is hit or miss on which of the Android and/or Google apps have \u0026 in the middle of their names. Not all, but it seems the important ones do, that downloaded and installed in the middle of the night hours or days after the initial purchase and set up of the phone. Isn't Gmail, Chrome, Android Web View, Device Unlock, Calculator, Device Health Services, and most Google services already installed in Android phones? It's even in some of the apps I installed later on, but not all. I have looked it up, both here and using different search engines. Not too excited with the results, nor do I have the IT brains to understand all the jargon. Would someone here please explain it in layman's terms? BTW, I know I have been hacked/tracked by my ex for a while now. Would \u0026 happen to be a way to remote access and monitor my phone usage?

EDIT: Nothing was synced to old phones, devices, or accounts. This isn't the first new device he has gained access to. There have been several brands and models, phones and laptops. Your guess is as good as mine, and the police, as to how it is being done. Sometimes he leaves "<rooted>" on the screen or turns on 911 only it locks up the phone a few hours after bringing it into the house. He works in the tech industry. No, this isn't my device I've asked this on. This really hasn't been as fun as it sounds.

Thank you all in advance!

I will put my tin foil hat on while anxiously waiting your replies.

(I know, funny not funny. Either has been having to live with his BS.)
[General Questions and Answers] ripppani:
\u0026 seems to be the escape sequence of the Unicode character &. \u0026 cannot do any damage by itself, but it can be and probably is a result of incorrect encoding or decoding of text strings, which in turn could be caused by hacking. If you don't know what Unicode is, here is the Wikipedia article.

I am not sure whether the "<rooted>" really represents that the device is rooted, but you generally don't want someone untrusted to root your device, as rooting it allows the one who rooted it to have unrestricted access to the device.
[General Questions and Answers] Zero.Tech.Savvy:
He has had remote unrestricted access to my devices. The <rooted> is one of his reminders he is there, as well as <bootloadermode>, or the locking up or turning on 911 calls only. This hasn't been fun, either having it happen en use or waking up to it. I do not allow this. New devices, new Google accounts, never syncing, and never logging into old accounts. However, no one seems to be able to figure out how he gets into new devices once they enter the house. New routers, modems, entire internet accounts, he still weasels his way in. The hacking apps are Google Developer based, this I know. Try getting info on that out of Google without a warrant. Cyber cops have brushed this under the rug since there has been no physical or financial harm, as of yet.

He lived with me when we were dating. Is there a device that may be in my home that could hi-jack my wifi, allow him to sign into my device, and show it as my device while VPN-ing an address even after all the changes? (I seems to travel all over the place on occasion according to my IP addresses that show up) The location tracking and call/text monitoring is real, as he has shown up or had let things said in my private (ha!) conversations with others slip. Of course he has nothing to do with this. (ha! again)

Any help or input on this would be greatly appreciated. I have looked things up at the library until my eyes bled. I can only comprehend so much without an IT background. I do not have the money for a cyber forensic investigator, and I know the local police probably have me on the Crazy Crying Wolf list. Which is just as embarrassing as knowing that having a complete lack of privacy in my life is a total nightmare.

Thank you again.
[General Questions and Answers] ripppani:
Sorry to hear that.

To your question

It is impractical, as long as the attacker (him) has never had access to the device. One cannot simply gain access to a modern device connected to a hi-jacked WiFi without other sophisticated techniques.

What you are describing is beyond what a nice stranger online can fix, as it looks like you are under social engineering attacks. Social engineering attack means the vulneralbility does not lie in the computer itself, rather it lies in the user. But as general advices, not letting untrusted person touch your devices and not installing weird apps can be a good start, as well as using strong passwords.

Also the way you describe it is very vague so a reader cannot know exactly what is happening, which makes it very difficult for a reader to provide any solution.

Consult someone you can trust with IT background and show them what is happening, although the apparent absence of such people might be the reason why you are asking online in the first place.

Take care.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Here? https://xdaforums.com/f/general-questions-and-answers.456/post-thread
[General Questions and Answers] Zero.Tech.Savvy:
Thank you for the suggestion, SubwayChamp. Unfortunately I have posted there with more details of the nightmare with no replies. 😟
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I would think that with it being open sourced, you personally can do what you want with it for your own personal usage without any issue but if you distribute it to other users (free or not) or tried to use it to make money, then you'd be crossing over into the no-no zone.

I would think that would be XDA"s position with the possible caveat that they'd probably prefer to know whether or not the original dev is ok with others using their code. All XDA cares about in these scenarios is dev permissions, GPL compliance and respect for proprietary boundaries.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Maybe he is using the IP address of your WiFi router to access any devices connected to the router. Call your internet service provider and have them change your IP address(change service providers if you have to) then buy a new router. Buy a new phone with a new phone number(do not activate the new phone or connect the new device to your WiFi until you have a new IP address and new router). Create a new email address when activate the new phone and sign in to the device. You may want consider new accounts on all of your social media as well(i. e. Facebook, Messenger, Twitter, TikTok, etc..)

If he tries communicating via text or email, do not open anything from him, l mean don't even click on it for any reason, completely ignore them if you get a notification. These are easy ways to target you with spyware that allows him to see all your texts and hear all your phone calls. Tell everyone else that you communicate with that he may also be communicating with to also be wary of texts and emails from him, he can target their phone and then target you through their device as well.
[General Questions and Answers] fonzacus:
related

how does the font.xml work? i dont see priority flags like in lin, do fonts lower on the list get highest priority?

for example i have font 1 2 3 and they all have an "a" character. will font 3 have priority above 1 and 2 and display its "a"?

seems i got the answer and did some trial and testings. yep fonts higher on the list have higher priorities. there isnt a "priority" flag as found on lin. heres a comment from the file

<!--

Tai Le, Yi, Mongolian, and Phags-pa are intentionally kept last, to make sure they don't

override the East Asian punctuation for Chinese.

-->
[General Questions and Answers] trevtdogg:
hey all, does anyone know of any good apps or modules (or anything really) that can give you the ability to switch between your outbound caller id being hidden and shown on a per call basis?

i used to know of an app that did this a long time ago, with a gui swipe along the bottom that switched between 'hidden' and 'shown'.

i'm currently on A11 with a moto edge 20 fusion, root access, unlocked, and with lsposed.

if anyone has a good suggestion please let me know!
[General Questions and Answers] Whiz_17:
CAN I FLASH AN OLDER VERSION OF A CUSTOM ROM ?​

I HAVE OLD REDMI 5 I FLASHED PIXEL EXPERIENCE (ANDROID 11 ) ROM ON IT AS THE STOCK ROM (MIUI) WAS LAGGY , THE PIXEL EXPERIENCE ROM WAS GREAT IT WAS BETTER THAN MIUI LESS LAGS AND LESS JITTERS BUT STILL THERE WERE SOME SO I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD FLASH A OLDER VERSION OF ROM SO I WILL GET SMOOTH EXPEREIENCE ? LESS LAG? OR SHOULD I JUST FLASH A LIGHT WEIGHT ROMS (ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR LIGHT WEIGHT ROM IDK) ? WHAT SHOULD I DO?
[General Questions and Answers] IC_:
Hello. I'm new to forum, looking for a right branch to post my questions on some old device. The search doesn't show my device in the list (very unpopular model). In general, I want to reverse engineer that to be able to run Doom (or at least do some very basic I/O between PC and phone) on it but I don't know where to start
[General Questions and Answers] lm8lm8:
hi guys

is there any way to get the the volte/Vowifi tric parameter working under lineageos on samsung, without root?

I mean, to use the efstools command line for .mbn files?

thank you
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
You can flash an older custom ROM, best you can do, is test it yourself, Rosy is not a great power device so better go for some light ROM, LOS used to fit in this group.
[General Questions and Answers] tchl:
Just bought a Lenovo Tab M8 tb-8506f and the OEM unlock switch is greyed out. It says contact carrier and or connect to wifi. I do not have a carrier and I have connected to WIFI. Anyone know how to turn on this feature?
[General Questions and Answers] andreyus:
​

hello

i have a big question for someone with the right knowledge about android phones

i have seizures due to a internal brain bleeding and i need a android app to remap volume button to send a automatic text to some familiy member when im having a seizure so they can call the ambulance

i have a huawei phone but the sos option to send an alternative text to a specific phone number doesnt work

any guidance will be very helpfull

thank you
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Every SIM card is released/controlled by a carrier.

What the device is asking for, is probably for a specific carrier, that could have been under contract in some time line.
[General Questions and Answers] tchl:
No, it was a brand new device purchased with just WIFI. The manufacturer said to connect to WIFI and and let it be for awhile and it would become a live OEM toggle. Sure enough it went live within 30 minutes of being on WIFI.

I appreciate the attempt at helping me
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Anyway, be sure that the device is not attached to some carrier.

Usually OEM unlock toggle is allowed only when device have consistent WiFi connection, you can repeat the process by formatting data, be sure to not have something important without backing them up.

And, this tool probably works for your device, to can unlock the bootloader https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient, note that by doing this, data will be erased, and in some devices IMEI, and important calibration data could be lost.
[General Questions and Answers] didntevenknowthisexisted:
this is a bit of a weaird issue but i was recomended here look at this link for context

https://www.reddit.com/r/Kalilinux/comments/12k6a17
so they told me to flash a rom to my phone its a oneplus 8 so can you point me in the right direction and as the reddit post states i dont have the password so how do i do this
[General Questions and Answers] tchl:
Have you tried resetting the phone?
[General Questions and Answers] tchl:
Quick question….

When I run a vpn app on a mobile phone, only the browser traffic seems to go thru the VPN.

If I do the same on a WIFI only tablet does all of the tablet traffic go thru the vpn?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If you want to remap hardware button functions, first you will probably have to root your device.

There should be a place in your system settings somewhere that allows setting up VPN for the device itself, not just the browser.
[General Questions and Answers] tchl:
Yes, there is. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to use that to connect to my private ip. I could with DroidProxy but not these tablets.
[General Questions and Answers] Alexis0021a:
I'm just asking if someone could pull off a port of Google Recorder 4.2 to other devices. I totally needed help with it.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Are they branded tablets controlled by a network provider such as Verizon?
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Not the version you are asking for, but, you can give it a try https://www.xda-developers.com/download-google-recorder-2-0-pixel-5-other-pixel-devices/
[General Questions and Answers] ripppani:
Edit: Solved! I downloaded and flashed the Customized HK firmware. Now the device has no problem booting, and all my personal data are intact.

Original question:
[General Questions and Answers] Alexis0021a:
Tried it but nah. It doesn't work because `INSTALL_VERIFICATION_FAILED` and also changing package name didn't work (in 4.2) as crashes occur, don't know how to do it with .apks files

And I specifically needed that version.
[General Questions and Answers] fireman21:
P30 Lite (mar-lx1a) charging problem

HI, have a problem with p30 lite charging, the does charge only when the device is on, but doesn't hold charges and when the device is off, doesn't show any charging just black, what can the problem

I tried these methods

1. I'm using Samsung a32 charger but no charges ain't hold

2. the charging port is working 100%, the computer does pick up the device

what can be a problem please
[General Questions and Answers] Deezspizeek:
Hi, how do I fix the situations when using ADB and Fastboot tools (I also tried using the ++ version of it) where If I command "fastboot erase system" and "fastboot erase cache", it doesn't work, it just says something like having no partition. My device is BLU f91 5G, and I tried to use a newer and older and slighty different version of ADB and Fastboot tools (Minimal Adb tools, ADB and fastboot++), but it doesn't work, I tried looking online, but it still not helpful.
[General Questions and Answers] Deezspizeek:
And I also had Universal driver installed and repaired.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
How will the phone know you are having a seizure? will you be able to press a physical button differently to its normal usage (eg long-press or hold 2 buttons together such as volume up & vol down)? or shake the phone violently?

I have NEVER used it so know very little about it, but it would sound like https://www.macrodroid.com/ *MAY* be an avenue to check for your requirements..

EDIT: Have / can you use the standard google voice activation/control to achieve what you want?
[General Questions and Answers] andreyus:
hello

thanks for your reply

in the first seconds when having a seizure i am still conscious so i can still move or do things thats why i left this message here

few seconds should be enough to press the volume button few times to let someone in my family know im habing a seizure so i dont end up in hanging in weird positions or worst

i never heard of that app but definetly i will give it a go

thank you !!
[General Questions and Answers] Chiejustice:
Hi,

i recently bought a Redmi Note 12 Discovery Edition and looking for a supported Custom Rom that has full Google support (hey google dont work, googleapp dont show up as others etc.).

Unfortunatly the xiaomi.eu Rom is not supported yet or are there chances that the Redmi Note 12 5G version for example is working for my phone?
[General Questions and Answers] mazjed:
Hi please im facing trouble with rockchip rk3399 rom porting

and i don't know what's the proper way and where to post

my request and i think bounty thread's are no more excepted

her would you please advise and lead me how and where to

make the request for help, i will be thankful