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[General Questions and Answers] krakheadmartha:
Stuck in Fastboot Mode

Hi, I hope you can direct me to the right forum or if you can help me.

- I've got a pixel 3, Android 10 with the January OTA update.

- I rooted with Magisk last fall , all was well, followed the OTA tutorials and got the Nov, Dec, and Jan updates. Since then it says my system is up to date and having been getting the monthly updates.

I've been updating all the Magisk updates including the "new look" Magisk that was a little confusing. Anyway, during the process, I ended up uninstalling Magisk(?) and lost root. I tried to reinstall Magisk and tried to retrace my steps from when I rooted last year with the same files that I had backed up.

- after using adb fastboot with "magisk_patched.img" I ended up in fastboot mode... and I can't get out of it. using the volume keys and trying "restart bootloader", "recovery mode", "rescue mode", and "power off" just brings me back to the fastboot mode. only the "bar code" works.

- currently on my screen it gives me the following info:

Product version: blueline MP1.0(RO3)

Bootloader version b1c1-0.2-5946827

Baseband version: g845-00086-191011-B-5933466

Serial number: XXXX

Secure boot: PRODUCTION

NOS production: yes

Dram: 4GB micron LPDDR4X

UFS: 64GB Micron

Device state: unlocked

Boot slot: a

Enter reason: error boot prepare.

- I was also using "adguard", don't know if that makes a difference or not.

- I'm on a mac, Catalina 10.15.4

- I can connect with my pixel 3 using terminal, and the ./fastboot reboot works fine.

- after many failed attempts following various guides, I downloaded Android 10 stock: "blueline-qp1a.190711.019" and tried the flash all but get: "./flash-all.sh: line 17: [: -ge: unary operator expected

fastboot too old; please download the latest version at https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html" even though I've downloaded the latest version.

So I'm at a complete loss... and can't even turn my phone off.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

***UPDATE***

I finally managed to flash-all once I used Parallels to use Windows 10.

Not sure why flashing from MacOS didn't work since it was originally rooted from my Mac.

Anyway, sorry for taking up space here.
[General Questions and Answers] Micheal148:
[Q]

I have recently installed an application that refuses to open when developer mode is activated or the usb is enabled to pc, I tried alot to extract files of this app and i don’t know which file i’m gonna find the code making this action, So what should i do to use this application in both developer mode and usb debugging?

Note: when i enter the app it shows an error that order me to disable developer mode and then the app is closed by it ownself.
[General Questions and Answers] DB126:
Few (likely no) options as neither mode can be easily obfuscated. You'll likely have to disable both options before launching the app.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
What app?
[General Questions and Answers] ayazahmedpatel:
What is the way to Remove the Parallel Whats app File from One plus 3T mobile

Dear Expert,

am new to this platform for pardon in advance for silly question.

i am trying to transfer the whatsapp data from Andriod to iphone and while doing that i had installed parallel space on my andriod phone some times back and i deleted it.

Now am using Dr.Fone for this activity and dr.fone will install its custom version of andriod on your device and you have to activate it with your local backup file.

but Dr.fone is installing 2 whatsapp on my phone and i am getting stuck in a loop as i dont know what should i do with second installed whatsapp.

any help will be approciated.

Regards
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Whatsapp makes its own backup on his servers. I suppose restoring from backup on a iPhone access the same server you made the backup onto. About the rest of images and such, these are stored on Android in whatsapp folder (images, video). Just copy them via a pc and transfer them to the iphone. No need to complicate things with Dr. Fone.
[General Questions and Answers] cliffordmoyo:
hie pliz help , i have a tecno f3 (pop 1) which is always restarting itself and force closing applications both system and third party apps when it boots into system and then quickly reboots itself. i have tried hard reseting using recovery mode, fastboot mode and factory mod (power+vol down ) but nothing gets deleted when the phone boots up. deleting installed apps on phone is of no use wince whenever it reboots those deleted/uninstalled apps will be back again like nothing was deleted . i even tried flashing the device using sp flash tool miracle box and nck using format all+download, firmware upgrade options and the file successfully writes but the phone boots up with everything still intact like nothing happened .

tried flashing these firmwares

Tecno F3 (F3-H8022AC-N-181220V155)

Tecno F3 (F3-H8022AC-N-180228V73)

Tecno F3 (F3-H8022AC-N-13M-180515V50)

Tecno F3 (F3-H8022AC-N-180425V96)

the files successfully finished but the phone will boot into system with all files and apps installed and now i suspect that there is a virus causing the system to crash and constantly reboots itself every 30seconds.

if there is any other solution available please help so i can use my device again
[General Questions and Answers] ayazahmedpatel:
Dear Raresh,

Whatsapp on my phone stored the backup file on google drive and that drive is not accessible on my iphone , hence i cannot use this method.
[General Questions and Answers] 93fuelslut:
What is create tar fork?

It says backup failed, but the file in storage says 2.3gb, even though I probably won't risk the restore.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Don't simply uninstall it, prior to do that clear caches and clear data then uninstall it, after that go to your main SD card directory, you will see a folder created by Parallel; it's a kind of virtual apps that it created not really seconds ones, so no need (and no way) to find and delete the second one, erase completely the whole folder that get confused to the application.

For backup/restore purposes there are other methods than Dr. Phone, maybe you could check this https://www.imobie.com/support/how-to-restore-whatsapp-backup-from-android-to-iphone.htm

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Try with

fastboot flash boot_a magisk_patched.img

in the case the slot is the same which was working previously so the other only have reflected and reduced images and won't boot onto it.

Also probably you have a TWRP image available to boot temporarily on it (if not you can extract it from the zip) and then you could flash Magisk zip and DM verity if it's needed to can reboot.

Additionally some times is required a modified VBmeta if available for your device, search in the GP3 Forum if there's one to have it to the hand.

And finally consider that some specific Magisk versions may or may not work with some specific firmwares.
[General Questions and Answers] Midosiwar:
Is it safe to roll back to android old versions after unlocking bootloader??

Thx
[General Questions and Answers] Jrowe820:
Looking for 10 for Samsung note 10+
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
It depends on your device. Many won't let you roll back. You'll get a fail/error.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
Very much device dependent, and you should be very careful.

I had a Moto X 2013, manually upgraded via my PC to a newer firmware, and then received a notification on the phone that an upgrade was available, so I downloaded and installed it.

It was actually a downgrade, and it bricked the phone! Then I read the many stories/warnings of downgrading that device.:crying:

On the other hand, I have moved numerous other phones up and down versions.

Oh, and just to be clear, its the upgrade of the bootloader and modem that is the risky part, I personally have had no issues with changing the actual android version while sticking to the same bootloader / modem.
[General Questions and Answers] Xing-Xong:
[HELP PLEASE] I HAVE PORTED TWRP RECOVERY FOR MY DEVICE BUT /Data IS NOT MOUNTING OTHER PARTITIONS LIKE /System IS MOUNTING AND IS ACCESSIBLE CAN ANYONE HELP ME WITH THIS .. AND ALSO MY TWRP THEME HAVE A INVERTED SCREEN UPSIDE/DOWN .. BUT THE TOUCH IS OKAY .. JUST THE THEME GOT INVERTED ..

DEVICE : MICROMAX CANVAS MUSIC M1

MODEL : Q4261

CHIPSET : MT6737M

OS : STOCK (ROOTED WITH MAGISK)

HELP PLEASE !! :angel:
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
You will get better help in the thread.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1943625

I would also strongly suggest not to use upper case.
[General Questions and Answers] Xing-Xong:
Okay I will ask fo help in this thread then . Thanks. :o
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
How can I edit an app in such way to allow the installation and functionality on a lower version of Android that the advertised supported version ?

I want to use an app, only available from Android 5.0+ on a smartphone with 4.1.2.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
By porting the app, it won't be easy. It is somewhat more like rebuilding the app than just editing it.
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Time to change my gallery app, seems quickpic is starting to be left behind. Anyone can suggest a gallery app which can show photos stored in Mega Cloud? Also, would like to also support m3u8 file format.

Also, in there a more appropriate forum to post these type of requests?
[General Questions and Answers] jshowe:
Play store replacement

What is the general consensus for the best way to install apps? I do not see any play store substitute pre-installed. I could search for APKs online and install them through the ADB. I am not fond of that idea because I am not sure how to verify it is not a malicious installer. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Download only from reputable websites, like apk pure, apk mirror, uptodown. You were expecting a playstore substitute pre-installed? Reason.
[General Questions and Answers] jshowe:
Thanks!

I honestly not 100% sure what to expect. This is my first time trying any non apple or android mobile OS. I see that Pure APK and APK Mirror both have an app I can install. I will look at which of these listed providers I like best and go from there. Thank you!
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
F-Droid is also a source to consider.
[General Questions and Answers] RKS96:
How can i dissable Chrome Custom Tabs for all apps at once? There used to be flag chrome://flags/#tab-management-experiment-type but it seams to be removed? I am on LOS17.1 and chrome 81.0.4044.96
[General Questions and Answers] irfankamal:
So I have seen that there are so many developers on XDA who are making mod so google camera can run on non pixel devices ....so I just want to ask a question is it legal or okay to download it ? Or does google support XDA developers modding their app ??? Please reply.
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
I think is in the grey area. Google doesn't support it by default, but they don't mind the modding. On one hand, Google allowed android to be open source. In the other, Google owns Android. Technically, if you want to be on the safest legal side, just buy a pixel if you want the camera.
[General Questions and Answers] DB126:
Also means mods could stop working if Google makes a change to the underlying code base.
[General Questions and Answers] ttech86243:
Hello was curious if you guys would mind letting me speak on a few things.

First word I saw was noob

This is my first post

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Well, go ahead. Be concise, don't make a lot of posts, be patient. Xda is a very welcoming community. Preferably make your research before hand, if you have any problem with a phone. Search on Google "<phone model> xda" and you will find every forum for you particular phone.
[General Questions and Answers] mirrorable:
Got a backup ROM from SPFLASH tools how do i convert it so i can re flash with SPFLASH tools i am unable to use MTK droid tools as it is a MT8163
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
You can backup every partition using SP Flash tool, if you do it one by one then you can flash it/them as they take the proper format but if you did a backup of the whole ROM at once then you can't.

Take a look on this tool for newer MediaTek devices that are not compatible with MTK Droid tools https://forum.hovatek.com/thread-21970.html
[General Questions and Answers] jazzh:
Why there is no section for Android phone Huawei Nova 5T? Although it is identical to Honor 20 but with gms enabled.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
If it is identical (apart from GMS, ie radio), then having both would be a duplication.

Historically, as I live in Australia, my phones always were a different model number because their radio was different; ie different bands. However, all the tech and dev for the US models worked on my phone, so all the other threads were applicable. I was one of only a very few (if not the only one I saw) that was using the "different" phone. ie there just was not enough of us to support splitting the devices, and I would of missed out on lots of stuff.

To take it further, I started building ROMs from source for my phone, but actually labeled them (internally and externally) for the US model, and shared then on XDA for the much more common US model. Most ROMs and tech are normally not so sensitive to the modem installed. Having two forums would possible mean one group would miss out on some great information. And I had to explicitly "pretend" in my head that I had the other model when searching for info and ROMs and such.
[General Questions and Answers] irfankamal:
Is pixel experience ROM legal ?

I'm asking because...they provide pixel exclusive features to non pixel devices for free ?
[General Questions and Answers] GOOGLE_USER:
LEGALITY

This has previously been answered for you.

CLICK HERE.

The response you've received still applies , as it has no expiration date.
[General Questions and Answers] osirisjem:
Turn android tablet into a dedicated picture frame

I'd like to show my mom some old photos as her memory is getting bad.

I'd like something simple ..

if I keep it charging she could easily just turn it on and off when she wanted.

The simpler the better.

Please suggest

Android tablet, Custom ROM and app combo.

If you know a solution that doesnt require rooting that is pretty good and can boot on startup that could help as well.

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Have you considered a digital photo frame? You can find one that stores multiple photos and can be viewed individually, in a collage, a slideshow effect or just one photo at all times.
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Does anyone knows a gallery app with support to cloud? I am looking for an gallery app for my parents. They want to have most of their photos, with their friends and job related at hand. That will be around 2 terabytes. I know 512 micro SD exists, but still, they can't compete with cloud storage in terms of space. Anyone knows something like that?
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Mate, don't know what you wanted to show me, but your link opened a bunch of shady sites with a ton of ads. Word of advice, don't link this way again.
[General Questions and Answers] sanguinesaintly:
Seriously ? Mediafire ?
[General Questions and Answers] DB126:
https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2257421&p=82458113

Reported
[General Questions and Answers] fil3s:
Use Google photos :p
[General Questions and Answers] Manav Harsana:
Sorry I was just using link shortners. The link you saw was just a pop up you just had to close the tab and open the mediafire tab. Do not allow notifications and if you have allowed it then go to history and clear all gestey links

1 click on skip ad (don't allow notifications)

2 go on recents

3 go on the mediafire tab

4 close the new pop up tab
[General Questions and Answers] fil3s:
removed
[General Questions and Answers] Manav Harsana:
Ok

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Hey I have a old galaxy y GT-s5360 and I used the NougatME rom and had a doubt. Can I get the white coloured settings on plain cm7.2 or can I get monsterUI for android 2.3.7

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Hey I have a old galaxy y GT-s5360 and I used the NougatME rom and had a doubt. Can I get the white coloured settings on plain cm7.2 or can I get monsterUI for android 2.3.7
[General Questions and Answers] fil3s:
I'm not familiar with device. I have S10 Exynos with plain stock rom cuz it's hard to put the custome rom onto . I never use cm 7.2.
[General Questions and Answers] Manav Harsana:
Even I have a S10 plus

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Hey how do I add more devices in my profile

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Obviously you have android 10 why would you need cm7.2 (android 2.3.7) gingerbread
[General Questions and Answers] fil3s:
Yeah I've got magisk plus modules but that's it. I haven't used cm since my lg g4. As I said I'm not using custume rim since back in day so can't advise.
[General Questions and Answers] Manav Harsana:
Hey will you join me I am creating a new rom Android Oreo themed and you seem to be pretty good will you join me
[General Questions and Answers] fil3s:
Oh no :laugh: i wouldn't know anything about building rom..
[General Questions and Answers] Manav Harsana:
Come on its easy ;)
[General Questions and Answers] fil3s:
Man I'm a noob with tech stuff, even though I've used since 2014 when I got cm on my S4 with cminstaller:D

I migrated to HTC M8, LG g4, Nokia 6.1 and now my S10.. btw I don't get notifications on this XDA labs app.. :silly:
[General Questions and Answers] Manav Harsana:
Ok
[General Questions and Answers] mohashman:
LG LS 665 Tribute 2 Hard bricked

Hi,

While tinkering with my old LG LS665 (ZV8), I managed to hard brick the phone. Now the screen is completely blank and the phone does not go into Download phone.

It only shows up as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (Com4) on my laptop.

I looked up many solutions and figured that I need to short the pins on its motherboard and run the BoardDiag and so forth.

Here's the problem:

The AP Chipset for my phone model does not show up on BoardDiag. Any help here would be appreciated.

If anyone can also help with the right pins that need to shorted on this phone and the way to do it.

Any other way that I've missed to sort out this mess would be appreciated.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I dont know if you have seen this, but, it may have some information to help you figure out your issue and which direction to go.

https://xdaforums.com/android/general/unbrick-lg-model-download-recovery-t3060184

Edit: forgot to add the link
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
This is not a personal conversation thread, Please use PM's in the future.
[General Questions and Answers] mohashman:
Hi.

Yeah, seen this link. Thanks.

Still need to figure out the AP Chipset problem in the BoardDiag.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Did you try to enter to all of the possible modes? fastboot, flashmode, factory mode to reset it.

In my last LG device, the K7 buttons were very unresponsive so I had to try it many times to deal with the lot of times that I bricked it, specially the factory mode has a hard-to-get method to get in.

Installing LGUP, Uppercut, LGBridge can help you with the drivers too so there are two kind of "Qualcomm 9008......" and probably it needs to be updated.

See that https://xdaforums.com/sprint-lg-g3/general/guide-fix-hard-brick-recovery-guide-t3132359/page32 maybe you won't find a specific method for your specific model but you can search for this specific issue for old LG models and they can help you to fix the issue.
[General Questions and Answers] joyjuayasinghe84:
thanks for the support..i just managed to get the s10 in odin mode..unfortunately frp lock is on and oem lock is on (L) too..thats what is written in odin mode..and there are lot of other things written..

that being said do you guys know anyway to get pass of this?cos i cannot flash any firmware..

regarding combination files i read that with latest updates when you try to flash combination files you get an error regarding custom binary that from what i understood there is no solution yet to bypass this error..

please correct me if anything that i said is wrong..

and if any one would like to give a solution to my problem id really aprreciate..

thanks in advance..

regards
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
The key is finding a combination firmware that has the same binary as the firmware that is on the device.
[General Questions and Answers] joyjuayasinghe84:
how can i do that? i mean how can i check what binary i have in my phone firmware and what binary are in the combination firmware?is there any way that i can check?and when i googled for g973f combination firmware the latest firmware ive got was with android 9..is there a way to check what firmware and what security patch exactly are installed on my phone?i need to get the same firmware that is on the phone right?it cant be an earlier firmware?or am i wrong?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If you know the firmware build number of the firmware that is already on the device, you can look at the build number. The binary version is represented by the 5th character from the right in the build number.

Also, you can boot into download mode, some Samsungs show the binary version for the bootloader, system and kernel. If yours shows this in download mode, you'll see something like this:

B: 5 S: 5 K: 5

The numbers shown for yours may be different, find a firmware that has a binary that matches that number or higher.

Correct, you can't use anything that has an older binary than what is currently on the device, it has to have the same binary version or a newer binary version.
[General Questions and Answers] ibooth2004:
I am trying to learn to port stock roms from other devices to my own, I am currently trying to port Android One Mi A2 to my Xiaomi Mi Pad 4, I am using the vendor and boot from another android 10 rom, so far after shrinking the system.img of Mi A2 in Ubuntu, I installed it to my Mi Pad 4, I am now stuck on the Mi A2 boot animation and can't get a logcat of what is the cause so how do I fix it? The other odd thing I've noticed is when repacking the system.img with SuperR's Android Kitchen I am greeted with a black screen straight after the boot logo. I'm new to this kind of development so any help would be massively appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Do they both have the same chipset/processor?

If not, porting will not be as simple as just copy/paste .img files from one device firmware to the other.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
When investigating a boot loop, the last_kmsg is your best bet to find out why its boot looping.
[General Questions and Answers] ibooth2004:
Yes they do, I've just ported a custom ROM from that device rather than the stock rom so might just be an issue with that particular rom
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Are both ROMs the same android version? Porting from one android version to another is also not as simple as copy/paste from one to the other as well.
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Not exactly a mobile phone based question, but removing the hdd from a totally turned off laptop can result in data loss?
[General Questions and Answers] Thekillerbunny:
i have an unrooted Samsung phone.

Will using ADB to edit system files like build.prop trigger knox?

I know ADB doesn't trigger knox, but i don't know if changing or editing system files triggers it :confused: