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[General Questions and Answers] ThaBigUnit:
Hello my fellow tech peeps,

I Purchased an android 7.1.1 Sygav 10.1in tablet for my 2018 Rav4. Love it so far, however while attempting to connect the "Easyconnection" (aka easy connect) app via USB with my Google pixel, I get the prompt "The software has not been authorized legally! Please contact the dealer!"

How do I remedy this situation?

Also if anyone knows how to get android auto on this device, that also will help!

Hope to hear your reply soon! [emoji41]
[General Questions and Answers] DragonFire1024:
Either the software is pirated (fake), or you're rooted. Samsung devices give a similar warning when you try to perform system updates, because it detects root and/or that the flashed firmware is not stock.
[General Questions and Answers] ThaBigUnit:
Well that's just great. Any recommendations on a good mirror link app?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If her device is rooted, you can pull some of the firmware .img's from her device but you won't be able to pull the entire firmware from the device, I'm not sure if you can get everything you need that way. Try pulling a copy of system.img from her device then use fastboot to flash the system.img.
[General Questions and Answers] DragonFire1024:
Do a Google search "flash back to stock (device)". You may or may not be able to. Not every device has this option.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If the warning you are getting involves legalities, we can't help you. We don't play with legal issues here.
[General Questions and Answers] ThaBigUnit:
Completely understand. Bought the unit off Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075B6QCP1?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

So was unaware I was going to run into this issue after installing. Just trying to find a good/easy way to mirror my Pixel
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Probably won't happen here because the software you're using is more than likely pirated/cracked/illegal.
[General Questions and Answers] Malfix:
All right, so I know I've been told that I shouldn't use Link2SD because it's glitchy and other reasons, but it honestly works really well for me. So my problem is, is I got a virus on my device, so I reset my device, excluding my SD card. foolishly I thought that I could still use Link2SD on that same second partition after the reset. Obviously not. Normally I'd just format my SD card once more, but I have a Fallout Shelter saved game that I really don't want to lose. I haven't formatted my SD card yet. So I was wondering, what could I use to find my Fallout shelter saved game? Normally I'd just look for it in my root file explorer, but I'm assuming because the second partition of my SD card (where my Fallout Shelter saved game is saved) isn't mounted to link2SD, I doubt I could find it that way. So is there ANY way I could get my saved game back? Or am I toast?
[General Questions and Answers] adaa1262:
My mums phone (running AOSP 7.0) relies on the light sensor in order to turn off the screen during calls.

That means that you'll have to have the phone at a specific angle in order the screen to be off.

That of course never happens and my mum accidentally gets the caller on hold or mutes the mic.

Is there any fix for that ?

The phone is rooted btw :)
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
An Android with a "Virus" has been debatable from a few points of view.

Here's my personal opinion regarding this...

Q: Can an Android device with an Android Firmware installed get a virus?

A: Technically Yes and No. The conventional term of a Virus (within electronics) came from the Personal Computers (PC) and a majority of the Viruses that can affect/infect a PC doesn't work on an Android.

With that stated... An Android can receive a type of Malware/Trojan that's happening more often with Apps and such obtained by third party sources.

Q: Can an Android device with an Android Based Software (ie... Windows and such) installed get a virus?

A: Absolutely Yes. In the same way a PC can get affected/infected.

This is a tough thing to explain because of the various situations/scenarios involving the device and the Firmware/Software installed on it

Q: What can be done for any of the above situations?

A: First of all... I personally tend to stay away from information obtained by Software/App websites that have a way to explain things to their advantage for an individual to purchase their product.

Don't get me wrong. Those sites won't outright lie about the information but, will carefully word it to their advantage. I may sometimes read what they have to state but, only for informational purposes.

I rely more on an outside point of view from websites that are not trying to sell anything and provide as much information as possible and some with options (pros and cons) for certain ways to address certain situations and scenarios.

Bottom line... I don't believe that one product addresses every situation and scenario as some may make you try to believe.

Here's just a few links from a very reputable individual who is very good at explaining certain things.

Top Story: Watch out! New malicious app poses as a security update to trick victims by KimKomando

How to detect a virus on your Android by KimKomando

PLEASE NOTE: The above information is ONLY my opinion, suggestion, recommendation, etc... and I know that some of the information may be brief as well as some members may disagree with me (in part or completely).

I hope that I had explained this okay via text... :)

Good Luck!

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This feature is controlled by the devices Proximity Sensor.

There's a handful of apps that does affect this like Google Maps for example.

The following is one of a handful of apps that may be helpful. This app is called Smart Screen Off and it seems to have a very good rating.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1507131

I can't guarantee that it will work since I don't use this type of app. You can always ask for some member guidance within it if have any questions.

Good Luck!

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[General Questions and Answers] cwhiatt:
All of my android devices (Samsungs over the past 10+ years) have always been rooted. There have, over the years, been an instance or two where the device had ended up getting some junk on it (malware or just junk if you will that caused the device to get wonky). The method by which I resolved this was always to blow out the system and data and reflash the firmware via Odin. Problem always was resolved.
[General Questions and Answers] Malfix:
I appreciate the information but...

Whether or not I had a virus or not is irrelevant, I'm just trying to get my saved vault on Fallout Shelter, if you have information on how that'd be done when it's located in the second partition of an SD card that's not mounted with Link2SD, I'd love to hear that.
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
My apologies if I had misunderstood you...

The best way, I can think of, is to redo the Link2SD on that partition again and have the app move the information back to internal storage and you will have it again.

Then you can redo your MicroSD to address the additional partition the way you want it.

EDIT: See if the following link is helpful at all...

https://android.stackexchange.com/q...any-way-to-recover-data-from-2nd-sd-partition

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[General Questions and Answers] Nomorenoless:
How to make a forum of my phone? There is no forum yet since it was just released?
[General Questions and Answers] darshan1504:
Hi everyone

I am reading a lot on how to develop custom ROMs from source code but most of the tutorials are for official devices. I couldn't find a single guide on how to build unofficial ROMs. I know this is possible because my phone already has an unofficial ROM(https://xdaforums.com/android/development/rom-lineageos-14-1-t3680656) but the original official way doesn't work. Can somebody guide me on how to make ROMs for unofficial devices or give me a link to some page where I can read about it.

I'm a beginner so please be patient with me. Thanks! :)
[General Questions and Answers] adaa1262:
As I said the phone doesn't have a proximity sensor.

I need an app that locks the screen during call's
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
You don't, the moderators here do that. But not all devices get a forum, devices don't get a forum around here until they gain popularity in the community so that many users have them, and even then they don't get forum until there has been a considerable amount of custom development for that device.

So, if you want a forum for your device, then you need to get busy learning how to do android development so you can start developing for the device, once there is enough development to be worthy of a forum, then you can make a request to the moderators here to create a forum for the device. The moderators will not even consider your request unless there is plenty of development for your device.

Good luck.
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
The following thread is for submitting requests for device dedicated areas within the forum. Be sure to read the first/OP and the following/second posts beforehand to familiarize yourself with the process.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660354

Good Luck!

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Did you state the specific device in question already?

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[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
You won't find a guide to build unofficial ROMs from source because unofficial ROMs are not built from source, they are ROMs that were ported or modified from an already existing official build, unofficial ROMs are ROMs that are based on ROMs that were built from source.

If you want to build an unofficial ROM, you'll have to use one of the existing official ROMs and make your own modifications to that ROM, you can not build it from source, that would be an "official" ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] darshan1504:
How can you push official Roms to phones? Can I in any way make an official ROM from a device whose kernel and device trees are available?
[General Questions and Answers] adaa1262:
Oh the developer stated that it works only with the proximity sensor but on app description it says it works both on proximity and light sensor.

I eventually got her the smart call lock app as the one you've mentioned makes the phone lock when you touch the top bar (due to glitchy sensor).

Her phone is a Ulefone S7 with an MTK6580 I got her for 37€ as a gift for her birthday.

Thanks for your help!
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
What do you "push" official ROMs? Do you mean "How do you flash official ROMs? Typically, custom ROMs that are built from source must be flashed via a custom recovery(TWRP). There has to be a custom recovery for your model number, if one doesn't already exist for your device, You'll have to build one yourself or port one from a similar device.

Yes, if the stock source has been released for the device, you can build official ROMs from source. No, there is no "specific, all in one, everything you need to know from start to finish" guide for building ROMs because most guides assume that you already have some programming/development knowledge to work with.

You won't find an easy guide, you won't find a guide that makes perfect sense, you're going to have to reference many different guides and piece it all together yourself by trial and error.
[General Questions and Answers] darshan1504:
Sorry By pushing I meant how to recommend a device to the official developers. Do you have any reference pages that I should read before starting with the development or atleast something to judge the build?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If you want a developer to build for the device, You'll have to buy another one of those devices and then donate that device to the developer, they can't build anything for it without the device in their hands to test what they build. You can't expect them to go buy one of those devices in order to build a ROM for you just because you want a ROM. Besides, typically, the "real" developers here, only develop for devices that are widely owned by many people

I suggest you start learning to build it for yourself, you'll get your ROM faster that way.

I suggest that you do a simple Google search for:

"How to build custom ROMs from source"

That will find many links and guides discussing the subject. Start reading them and go from there.

XDA university would be a good place to start.
[General Questions and Answers] darshan1504:
Yes I have searched about making ROMs from source but as far as I can see, I can't build it that way because my device is not supported. Thanks for the guidance I will start reading more from XDA University
[General Questions and Answers] Oliver541:
Are 'unofficial' ROMS of -say LineageOS- for devices available in XDA any different from theofficial ones?

I've noticed they tend to be the case for unsupported devices, but is it legit to use them?

Since lineage is based on AOSP, does this make this open source as well? is this the reason devs can create unofficial roms of lineage ?

Thanks alot
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If the stock source for your device has not been released by the manufacturer or your carrier, then no one can build a ROM for your device from source.

Your only option is to port a ROM from a device that has the same hardware as your device.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
The only differences between official and unofficial are official is built from source but unofficial is a modified/ported version of an official build, additional differences are the changes themselves that are made when an official ROM is modified to create an unofficial ROM.

Devices that do not have a stock source that is available to the public are the devices that tend to get unofficial builds because official builds can't be created without the stock source for the device, some devices that have official ROMs also have unofficial ROMs, this is because someone liked a certain ROM for their device but added their own touches to it and then shared their modified ROM. Whether an unofficial ROM is legit or not depends on the level of skill the creator had.

Yes, lineage itself is open source, but ROMs compiled from lineage source by a developer are not open source unless that developer allows others to use his work. That applies to anything that any developer creates, the source is open to everyone, but what they create from that source is theirs to share or not share, whether free or at a price, it's up to the developer.
[General Questions and Answers] TomasBrod:
Samsung download mode Location and GPT

I a bit new when it comes to android bootloader. My question is:

Will the "odin" Donwload Mode work if I mess up GPT of the internal storage (mmcblk0)?

I want to do some modding and I am bit scared of bricking the phone. I really do not want to mess with JTAG/I2C and what not. If I accidentally damage the partition table, would I be able to enter download mode and fix it?

I looked for strings from the download screen using grep in the flash device, but found nothing.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
What are you planning to mod?
[General Questions and Answers] TomasBrod:
A SM-318H device. Repartition internal flash to reclaim unused space from preload and system partitions.

By now I think I found my answer. Messing up the internal flash will likely prevent loading of "s-boot". I found strings "ODIN" and "ODIN MODE" in the partition named "SBOOT". These are the strings printed in download mode, which suggests that the download mode program is located in this partition. I was hoping that the odin program would be located in SoC rom, allowing odin to recover from flash failure, but this does not seem the case. From this I deduce that:

If you overwrite the SBOOT partition, or corrupt the GPT partition table, the device will become brick and not even Odin will save you.

I obviously do not want to experimentally confirm this claim.

(cross post somewhere else..?)
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
For Samsung devices, the mmcblk0 is one of the items that's outlined via the devices PIT file (PIT = Partition Information Table).

I've never messed with any of those areas and I'm just thinking a bit...

It's been a while since I had seen/heard anything regarding this and I really can't elaborate on how it was done but, I've heard of individuals who had either used a different (compatible) pit file and also I've heard of individuals who had also modified the pit file as well.

The only thing that I can think of is either searching/posting your question within the following SamMobile Forum site...

https://www.sammobile.com/forum/

... or check out the following thread (I had just remembered about).

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1916936

That's about the best I can personally offer for my suggestion.

Good Luck!

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[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
A modified PIT can be created to be used in Odin to repartition the device to reallocate internal space, such as the example below that is used for the GT-I9100, you can use the same method to create your own PIT for your device.

https://github.com/Lanchon/REPIT/blob/master/README.md

But I would only suggest modifying the /data and /system partitions, messing with any other partitions is just asking for an expensive paperweight.
[General Questions and Answers] DragonFire1024:
Does this require an unlocked bootloader, or can it be flashed using Flashfire?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Two methods to repartition Samsung device.

1) flash rePIT using custom recovery, obviously requires unlocked bootloader.

2) flash rePIT using Odin, doesn't require unlocked bootloader.
[General Questions and Answers] DragonFire1024:
Was more thinking along the lines of other Android devices.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
A PIT and rePIT are only for Samsung, MTK uses scatter file. Other devices, I'm not sure, never seen anything about repartitioning anything other than MTK and Samsung.
[General Questions and Answers] cpurage:
I was unable to find Video editing application (or at least only simple video convertion application) which is offering you to convert your originally shot at 30FPS (at least 720p) MP4 file to double the frame rate to 60FPS ... I'm taking in general, there is NO such app existing for both, Android and iOS ... So far I've tried out everything available on both platforms and no matter that in some apps there is an option to save the video file within the 60FPS video frame rate(Media Converter in the Play store) or iMovie (for iOS which works exporting to 60FPS only if one of your originating videos is shot originally at 60FPS, but if your video is shot in 30FPS, iMovie will not double the 30FPS to 60FPS for you ....

You'll ask me, "why it is so important such feature for you?" and I'll simply answer:

Because:

1. Don't want to carry my heavy laptop with me at vacation, to eventually convert my 720p@30FPS videos from my Ryze Tello drone to nice buttery 720p@60FPS

2. Is there some kind of limitation on ARM based SoCs to not be able to do such video convertion which is simply possible on any PC with any free software (Movavi, Hybrid, Adobe Premiere Pro CC and many, many more)

Thanks in advance for your kind help in advance ...

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[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I guess you aren't aware that video editing is very GPU dependent, that's why video editing is done on PC, because a below average PC has better graphical processing than even the best mobile device.
[General Questions and Answers] cpurage:
I saw Snapdragon 820 running Windows 10 Pro 32 bit as a virtual machine over the SD8 20 hardware and they opened Photoshop and Adobe Premiere Pro CC on it with no hiccups or interruptions ... My phone have SD820 on it ... I really don't think that my Adreno 530 GPU is weak for doing such simple rendering ... Also Hybrid(the freeware video convertion tool which is capable of doing 30FPS to up to 240FPS - simply an octa multiplication of the frame rate of the video) is having a tick "use GPU" and most of the time I'm simply not clicking it ... :) ... So is this just another marketing trick of no one creating such app because, no one will buy expensive phones with native 1080@60FPS video recording or this such powerful Snapdragon 820 is really not capable of doing the simple 30FPS to 60FPS conversion ???

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[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Mobile devices are just not very suited for video editing, that's probably why there are no apps.

Win10 can run in VM on android, but that is RAM dependent, not GPU dependent.
[General Questions and Answers] motomachine:
hi,

i've been trying to flash my samsung galaxy grand 2(SM-G7105)with a custom recovery using odin...

after flashing that my phone is stuck in odin mode,each time i switch on my phone it boots into download mode..

it is also showing these info in download mode..What does this mean??:confused:

Could not do normal boot

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SM-G7105

CURRENT BINARY:Custom

SYSTEM STATUS:Custom

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)

Warranty Bit:1

RP SWREV:S2,T2,R2,A2,P2

WRITE PROTECTION: Enable

please help me..
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
I don't have this device but, I've seen the following instructions before somewhere and I do believe that it may apply to your device.

We'll try to flash TWRP again...

Be sure that you have a good/updated TWRP "img.tar" file.

Use Odin v3.07 or v3.09.

Put device in Download Mode and connected to the PC

Be sure Odin reflects the Green COM port verification.

Load the TWRP on the PDA spot.

BEFORE you flash the recovery, untick the Auto Reboot option in Odin.

Now flash the recovery.

After the flashing in done, disconnect the device from the PC, manually reboot your device directly to recovery mode from the current download mode (by pressing and holding the Vol up + Home button + Power together)

You should now be booted into TWRP recovery and should be able to reboot normally and your TWRP will be installed.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you! :)

Good Luck!

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[General Questions and Answers] Naveen8236:
Plz anyone port Miui custom rom for Samsung galaxy j7 2016:(:(
[General Questions and Answers] puneetanderson:
fastboot device got disconnected if try to access it

HELP NEEDED

recently i update my redmi note 5 pro and after that update i put my device into fastboot mode and it is getting detected well by windows in fastboot mode.

but as soon as i run any software/command (here i use Xiaomi unlock software/or edl smd) that tries to access my phone in fastboot mode it got disconnected at lightning speed, with a message on screen "press any key to shutdown".Am unable to do anything with device cause i can't unlock it that requires fastboot and windows connectivity. i did hard rest/factory rest nothing helped. i also tried to reinstall drivers that also didn't helped.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Are you certain that your bootloader isn't locked? If it is locked, you can't flash TWRP.
[General Questions and Answers] motomachine:
no i did not unlock the bootloader.

I rooted my phone using kingroot and flashed custom recovery using official TWRP app.

and after doing that my phone is stuck in odin mode.......

I'm also not able to use adb to unlock bootloader cause i can't boot into recovery.......

can u please suggest a way to fix it.....:crying: