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[General Questions and Answers] lm8lm8:
Hi guys,

just getting not-so-noob questions, but..

testing several old android devices there with LOS14, which is highky faster than androi9/10+..

I see that open-gapps are available for 64 bit arm.

I have pn07100 (m7 one from htc) and g530fz ; at least the samsung might be compatible with arm64 software, but I didnt found any LOS14 compatible with gprimeltexx (from MSM8930 website) running LOS in 64 mode?

just wuld like to be sure, know it's a 2013/2016 years devvice, but if it would be able to run 64 apps, even if the arm32 runs well..
[General Questions and Answers] aznftw:
Hello. So after one problem leading to another I ended up hard bricked my red magic 6s pro. The device is in a black screen only state, windows could only detect "android" in the device manager when the device is set to a drivers free state opposed to displaying any other info within the manager. Even if I force install the qualcomm qdloader 9008 driver, the qpst config software will read "unknown" under the phones listing and displays "no esn". The only possible thing I could do to this phone is by the fastboot commands as it does show under fastboot devices (not even the adb devices shows it) and to a degree flash/download some stuffs onto it. Many partitions, however, were missing such as the recovery and system (the parameter partition was also denying me access as it says something along critical partition can't be accessed). I found nothing regards to the official twrp support nor an official rom recovery support for this device (I've downloaded many and tried). I can, however, at the best effort right now is to retrieve a "fastboot getvar all" listings for anyone interested in helping me, if anything can be done at all. Let me know if anything at all can be said to this device's current state. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] aznftw:
Also, should I start a separate Q&A thread for my device, the red magic 6s pro (nx699j-s)? The device does seem very scarce along with its problems/solutions and plus I dunno how to use this forum at all.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
I do not know your particular phone, but If you can see it in fastboot, that is the common way to revive a dead phone. Flash the stock firmware. That should have all necessary partitions.
[General Questions and Answers] aznftw:
There is no stock firmware being released to the public yet. I am completely out of options right now.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
This mode is to flash a firmware through EDL mode, without a stock firmware not much you can do through it.

Your device has the bootloader locked (or at least critical partitions were not properly unlocked), can't be accessed for flashing partitions.

Not sure what does mean "tried", without a proper TWRP that is for your specific model and without access to fastboot flashing mode, you can't properly "try".

In this case you have to wait for the official firmware from being released.

Anyway, in the meantime you could search and investigate if the firmware for the 6 Pro is also suitable for the 6s Pro so no great differences between both

Also, you can try formatting data through recovery; power off device, then press volume up and power button till recovery menu screen appears.
[General Questions and Answers] aznftw:
I did try to flash the official firmware for the red magic 6 pro but with no luck. Guess waiting is my only option right now.
[General Questions and Answers] T3ll3S:
HEEEEEEEELP!!!!!! I hard bricked my Alcatel 1s 2020 5028d while trying to install magisk patched boot.img method, I CAN'T to recovery or fastboot, I tried to update via Mobile upgrade tool but no success, it says im at the latest version, IS there a way to bypass this check? its probably the only thing that will save this device if i bypass. i noticed that in older versions the bypass doesnt exist (tried with alcatel 1x 5059d, i can always unbrick anything due to not having a version check on version 5.3.5). i also tried sp flash tool but i dont have the scatter loading file, the DA and the auth file. Any sugestions? Im atm so scared, if alcatel doesnt update the firmware on this phone so i can upgrade via mobile upgrade tool i will probably stay without a phone for a while.
[General Questions and Answers] LimeLens:
Let me preface this by saying I have little understanding of app development, but I just have a quick question.

So just some context, there is this app called Instax Share, which is used to print from their mobile film printer through your phone, using bluetooth. Anyway, does anyone know if it is possible to figure out a way to print through that device through a third party app which I want to get developed, or would there be something stopping me? And a brief description of the best way to go about this if that Is possible would be appreciated as well, thank you guys so much!!
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
To add to what @SubwayChamp posted, resetting should be good enough in most cases......

But...

If you want to be extra sure, see if you can find the exact stock firmware for your tablet and flash the firmware via whatever tool or process required to flash devices made by your manufacturer. Flashing the firmware will remove/overwrite anything that they may have potentially embedded in your system partition, a simple reset will not remove anything in the system partition, reset only deletes user data from the data/data, data/media partition.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Flash the full stock firmware for your model number via Odin. If you can find an engineering version of firmware for your specific model number, it can help solve FRP and other issues.
[General Questions and Answers] wachtwoord33:
That is exactly what I have tried to do. I described my steps in my post above (and the one I link to there) is there any info missing that you need to give me advice regarding what I might have done wrong?

Someone of the forums also offered remove help and tried to flash it with Octopusbox but that failed as well.
[General Questions and Answers] KnockOut^9:
Hi community, i need your help to better understand my situation:

I live in Italy and i've bought an Xperia 5 II in June 2021 from Amazon.it (Android 11 with february 2021 security-patches and firmware 58.1.A.3.87). I use a single-sim Wind3 (one of the mobile operator here in Italy).

Recently, i've bought an Xperia 10 III (Android 11, april 2021 security-patches and firmware 62.0.A.3.28) and this device too has the same problem like the 5 II: both of them doesn't receives updates: no fix, no security patches, anything.

Now, someone here can explain me why this happens? And what can i do to solve this situation? If you need other informations on the software or Options etc., tell me.

The two smartphones arrived to me from London (Xperia 5 II) and... maybe Slovenia? (Xperia 10 III), both with italian language and no apparently other problems (except for the 5 II with some minor bugs for sure related to the old equipped firmware).

I put my hopes in your replies, i really like to know why all of this.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
You are probably trying to flash a firmware that has a lower binary version than the firmware that was already installed on the device before you tried to flash it.

You need a firmware that has an equivalent binary version or a newer version, it will not allow to flash anything older than what is already on the device. The 5th character from the right end of your firmware build number is the binary version and is typically preceded by a "S" or a "U", for example, on my device, my build number shows the 6th and 5th characters from the right as U1, this means my binary version is "1".

Let's say I had a binary that is U4, this means I can flash a firmware that has a binary 4 or greater but I can not flash a firmware that is 3 or lower. Lets say that I currently have binary 4 and choose to flash a firmware that is binary 5, once I flash the binary 5 firmware, I can not go "back" to binary 4 even though that version had been on the device previously.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Not all devices get updates, that is regulated by the manufacturer or service provider that manufactured or sold the device specifically for their network.

Some devices have updates that are released for public download and manual installation but are not provided/offered via OTA update by the manufacturer or service provider. If there is an update for your device that is available for public use but is not offered via OTA update, you will have to search for and download the update via the internet then flash the update via whatever flashtool/process is used to flash devices made by your manufacturer.
[General Questions and Answers] Manouzr:
hello i need help with my Motorola one action (troika 2013-2) I am on cherish os 2.9 and I want to use nethunter with the hid but I did not understand anything about how to compile a kernel I am lost Especially since I found several places where you have to compile a kernel help me 😭

GitHub - pelya/android-keyboard-gadget: Convert your Android device into USB keyboard/mouse, control your PC from your Android device remotely, including BIOS/bootloader.

Convert your Android device into USB keyboard/mouse, control your PC from your Android device remotely, including BIOS/bootloader. - pelya/android-keyboard-gadget

github.com

Ibfound this ans thé gitlab of nethunter but I don't understand anything at all
[General Questions and Answers] DaiGinMS:
Hey there, thank you so much for creating a noob friendly Q&A! So here goes my question. And I hope I'm not asking too much here. Is there anyway for me to build a Custom rom based off the stock rom, and if so, what is the most noob friendly technique to go about it? It so happens that my mother's old phone (Lenovo K8 Note) has stopped working properly with the current stock rom. I realise it's slowed down. I basically just want to strip the phone of almost all functionality except the basics, i.e., capability to play music, take calls and reply texts (no whatsapp or anything, just good old messaging). An added bonus would be to be able to install vanced to watch videos. But yeah as a prerequisite, I would like to add that, I have this old sound mod lying around, whom I can source out no longer, that I have taken a liking to. Being capable of installing sound mods will also be great (if possible) as we're all avid music listeners in our home and I in particular, have a nokia 6.1 plus, which has awful sound quality. So I'm dependent on this phone's revival and if possible installation of sound mods. Many thanks to anyone who took the time to read through this and thanks once more, ahead of when you do answer the question!
[General Questions and Answers] KnockOut^9:
Hi Droidriven,

yes, i perfectly understand your argument but my Sony Xperia devices are both under the regular time of updates and they are not low-budget phones.

If i launch Xperifirm, i clearly see the new available firmwares for both of them.

Anyway, i'm totally noob in this kind of modding-procedures (flashing firmware is... basically very simple to do) and if i brick my smartphones... what can i do then?
[General Questions and Answers] T3ll3S:
Edit: I forgot to menchion that the device is hard bricked, I can't go to recovery or flashboot, I tried the combos and nothing. It's stuck at the logo.

Hi, i'm sorry for not starting a noob question properbly on my last reply. I already know what's the problem and the solutions I'm trying for my Alcatel 1S 5028D_EEA. First of all I'm trying to use the Mobile Upgrade Tool v5.8.0 from Alcatel and I have 2 possible solutions but I don't know how to do the 2nd one: 1st is waiting for Alcatel to release an update so I can upgrade; 2nd is as I don't know when they're releasing I wonder if it's possible to bypass an error that I receive when I try to update, the error is: "There's no greater version for your device...". I also have another possible solution but I don't know if it's possible for me to do, I have a friend with the same device, android version etc... and I want to test if it's possible for the tool to check and download the firmware but when it reaches the time it says: "Unplug your phone to continue" I switch phone then I click to flash/upgrade device and plug the bad phone. The way this tool works is: you select your device, then you plug it when it's powered off, after that it will check and download the latest fw version, later it asks you to unplug, click continue and click on upgrade to begin the flash process, but when it comes to click to begin the flashing process I want to switch phones to see if it works. I also tried SUGAR MTK Gotu2 but the servers are down :(. The real question here is: is there a way to bypass the fw version check? In older versions (tried 5.3.3 and 5.3.5) this check doesn't exist as I also have another Alcatel device (5059d) and when I plug it it just downloads the firmware normaly and I can flash with no problems. I also tried to use SP flash tool but tbh I don't know how to use it and I don't have the necessary files for 5028D (DA and AUTH). I managed to copy the firmware from this phone but it's a .MBN fw, how do I flash it? I managed to copy because I used the tool for the 1st time on this phone and it worked, now the 2nd time it gives the latest version error.
[General Questions and Answers] wachtwoord33:
You are completely right I did that. If you do Odin tells you however and it aborts. So I tried with 2 higher binaries as well.

I just realized I should have linked the thread I started after here as it has more info: https://xdaforums.com/t/trying-to-f...k-os-never-rooted-stuck-in-boot-loop.4343077/

Basically Odin hangs on boot.img for a long time and then fails. Could it be there is simply a hardware failure (eg unwritable memory?)
[General Questions and Answers] SunnyFeather:
Hello!

I have a Samsung SM515-DL on android 10, and I am having issues finding any type of roms or kernels available for this model? There is a multitude for the SM515F as well as the SM-515U. I believe i found the correct version of odin needed for OEM unlock, however i have seen controversial information about which is useable for this phone. I have 3.14.1 currently, though i have been hesitant to flash anything yet not wanting to bootloop or brick the device. I plan to use TWRP recovery if possible after the unlock. Any help leading in the right direction would be appreciated!
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
I think you will gain much with taking a ROM from the forum for your device, there is some development around https://xdaforums.com/c/lenovo-k8-note.7754/ after reading the basics you should go to the ROM, recoveries section.

A custom ROM will be more up to date than one modified from the stock Lenovo firmware (that is closed/proprietary source) nearly similar to any of the AOSP Google based ROMs without all the customization they offer.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Alcatel 5028D 1S 2020 firmware or proinfo file needed - GSM-Forum

Hello, I managed to brick my Alcatel 1S 5028D while trying to install a custom GSI rom on it and generally while learning about MTK phones as this is

forum.gsmhosting.com
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
First be sure what is the right firmware version that you had prior to this mistake, go to recovery, in the screen you'll see the right firmware number, download it, decompress it with 7zip, not with WinRAR, and from the files (if you have something like 5 split ones) use the CSC file different from the CSC_HOME, this will format your device in the process, the first attempt you can do without using the re-partitioning feature through Odin., also you can switch from a different (older/patched) version of Odin.
[General Questions and Answers] T3ll3S:
Hi again, it didn't worked, what I did to make the phone hard bricked is that I tried to flash a magisk patched boot.img that I got from mobile upgrade tool gotu 2 but for some reason it got me stuck where I am now, every other file except boot and boot2 are fine. Also, I'm trying to use SP flash tool but with the Auth bypass because I don't know the Auth and DA but when I try to update it says "Unknown Device", windows couldn't recognize the driver or something like that. I think when I bypass I go to meta mode because the bypass only works if I hold the volume buttons and plug it on the pc.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Don't you have access to fastboot to flash back the stock boot image? Or did you follow some guide to flash after the patched boot some vbmeta image?

Regards the SLA and DAA Authentication, you should read carefully step-by-step this guide https://www.droidwin.com/bypass-mediatek-sp-flash-tool-sla-daa-authentication/

From the step 5 some details are missed in that guide:

- In the Format tab, check the option "Format whole flash except bootloader"

- from the main settings, go to /Option/General and uncheck "Check LIB DA match" and "Storage Life Cycle Check"

- Now go to /Option/Connection and check UART (as type of connection) and set the Baud rate to the maximum speed; 921600.

As soon as your device is detected in the terminal CMD window the operation will start, you can set it up all the rest firstly, start the SP Flash tool, tap on Download and play with the buttons of your device till get detected in the preloader VCOM mode, the tool just needs this short period to start and get attached the device to this mode.

From the options try first with Download, if not you can try with Firmware Upgrade (this probably will relock your bootloader and will format the data)

And a last thing, don't say simply; didn't work; this lead to no place to follow with. instead, upload some SS or describe better what happened.
[General Questions and Answers] DaiGinMS:
Thanks for the ama. Though it so happens that I already use the only available custom rom and it inherently happens to possess issues, such as incompatibility to many sound mods. And as such aftermarket support seems to be pretty low as developers seem to not carry much interest towards the device (K8 Note). So I'm left to my own devices (no pun intended). If I have to go the AOSP way, where would be a nice place to start? How do I go about it? And sorry for bothering you so much, but thank you once again for your patience. :)
[General Questions and Answers] T3ll3S:
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REAL, WITHOUT YOU I COULDN'T DO THIS!!! But I was struggling to use python so I used MTKAuthBypass_V7_upload_by-GSMHelpful from an youtube video. AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
You can't build a stock Lenovo ROM based cause like all the others OEMs have proprietary source codes instead you may learn how to build a custom ROM based on the AOSP free source code, this is probably one of the most referred guides about that https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-complete-android-rom-development-from-source-to-end.2814763/

The most you can do -for now- with your current ROM, is trying to uninstall all the apps that are consuming RAM and battery and slowing down the device and doing some minimal tweaks to get it slightly faster than what is actually, something like this https://xdaforums.com/t/all-roms-ultimate-buildprop-tweaks-hub-mod-performance-booster.3655766/ anyway your device will get slow through the past of time due to the apps in every update are increasingly demanding more energy consumption.

Learning how to build a custom ROM, you can update the device to newer versions that will give you some advantage in compatibility aspects. And there are better sound mods than those included in L/M devices, not sure what you mean with.

And also as the LOS 15.1 provide treble compatibility you may try with some GSI out there, the treble compatibility although development seems to be stopped around gave you the option to update and use newer Android versions like Pie, Q and so on https://www.xda-developers.com/flash-generic-system-image-project-treble-device/
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
I dont think that is technically correct. Manufacturers source for the "ROM" should be opensource. The android source (AOSP as released by google) has legal requirements (the GPL) that any source built using it (as its free), must also be released as open source. The practical issue is that manufacturers are lazy (or difficult) and do not do it in a timely fashion or do so in a way that is not easy to get to. eg most custom ROMs sources are released on git hub, but I dont think Samsung have an account. And there is the whole issue of policing it for those many many minor Chinese manufacturers.

What IS proprietary is the source for their hardware drivers. eg bootloader, screen, camera & GPS etc etc However, for these, they release (when they follow the rules) pre-built blobs which are then used in custom ROMs and AOSP for the specific device. The guides you probably linked to will have an explanation how to manually extract these from a running ROM. But to be clear, the source for these blobs are not part of the "ROM" source.

Did a quick search, and here is an example of a manufactirer being forced to play by these rules.

Xiaomi needs to adhere to the rules of Android (Update: kernel source code published)

Today, Xiaomi posted the kernel source code for the Mi A1. This is a consumer win, and hopefully future Xiaomi kernel releases will come at a faster pace.

www.androidauthority.com
[General Questions and Answers] wachtwoord33:
Recovery was not working since the start so I wasn't 100% certain.

I did not try using the non-home CSC and I did not use Odin's re-partitioning feature. Should I?

Is my data lost for sure at this point?
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
I didn't want to enter in technical details that doesn't contribute to the quid/essence of the question. You are right, and I agree that the things might be this way, but in the real practice it doesn't.

The most OEMs publish, after a certain time that a device was release, is the kernel source and nothing more when also all that relies on GPL should be published.

Stock ROMs are based on the AOSP (to call it in a simple way) and OEMs add some improvement based on a specific hardware and unfortunately these goods are not free, The user asking is interested to use some specific sound mods (within other things) from Lenovo and Lenovo is not interested in let it to the public, this is why I can't use a Samsung Camera app in a different/non-Samsung device.

In the practice it's impossible to have a Samsung Q ROM for a Samsung device that official support stopped at Nougat, or at least I have never seen that. The most I could see is one and only one major update, of course may I totally wrong but never saw more than one update not supported officially.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Yes, in both cases you'll lose your data.
[General Questions and Answers] ipdev:
It seemed better to answer you in this thread.

Hi. :)

I do not have the device and do not know your setup, so generic answer. ;)

Some devices have issues with USB ports, best to use a USB 2.0 port.

Also try a different USB port and/or USB cable.

If it is a USB-C to USB-C cable, try switching it (End B to computer, End A to device.)​

Windows - Make sure you have the correct (additional) drivers installed for the device when is in fastboot mode.

linux - Make sure you have access to USB.

Depending on the linux distro you are running..

Make sure the device is set in your udev-dev-rules and you (user) are part of the plugdev group.

adb might be able to connect, that is a different connection than fastboot.​

macOS - Normally works out of the box once platform-tools are installed.

Hope something above helps. 🙃

Maybe another member (who knows more about the issue you are running into) is willing to help. :D

Cheers. :cowboy:

PS.

For anyone who is looking for the official link. :whistle:

SDK Platform Tools - developer.android - WebSite - Link