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[General Questions and Answers] DragonFire1024:
Underground tools? Links please :) a lot of my dozens of hacks and mods are based off of very old (technelogically speaking) tools that I have gotten to work again, or mashed them with other old ones. Point is: most of these shouldn't work anymore, or at the very least, not be as useful as they once were. There seems to be a trend among some devices where old tricks can once again be applied to new dogs :P

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I ran into issues with Heimdall. I forget about wine.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Yeah, I've had my fair share of issues with getting Heimdall to setup and work correctly. Whatever works, that's all that matters, nothing wrong with having more than one way to "skin a cat", as they say.
[General Questions and Answers] Cookster128:
[MENTION=8165603]DragonFire1024[/MENTION] ... Does that mean your dragon's fire has a gig?

My underground tools have ceased to have links. Also not phone related. I've only been in this game for a month if that. My tools were used to hack into my highschool's computer system, steal test answers, derive keys for Windows, allow porn in the library, and put pictures of goats in lingerie on the principal's desktop and then lock it out so he couldn't change it. Magic jellybean, rkill, Windows poweruser, and running backtrak 3 on Ubuntu to steal WiFi. There's other programs. Gonna have to dig into them later.
[General Questions and Answers] Zai23:
Do you think that this will be done in the near future or is it just too much to be bothered with? It seems to me that these apps like Kingo Root work less and less, so having a PC or a PC environment on Android would be a smarter way to go, as far as rooting is concerned.

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Emulating Linux wouldn't do the trick? I would guess that it would also emulate the kernel, otherwise how would it run in UserLand?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Changing the platform from which you use the tools isn't going to change anything or make it any easier, the only advantage to be gained by using a PC OS on android is size and portability. Using an android device to root another device does not give you any advantage in achieving the task.

And yes, it would "emulate" a linux kernel....within the emulator, it is still interfacing with your device's kernel and OS, it's still android underneath, you would have linux running "on top of" android. Everything is cool as far as the hardware in your device, but when you get into interfacing with external devices within the emulator, that's when you start running into problems. That's where you get into kernel conflicts, USB protocols and things not being able to talk to each other through your device because everything in between isn't speaking the same language and needs to be translated back and forth, sometimes things can't be translated from "this" to "that" to get things to work together.

You would, essentially, have the same thing as a PC connected to your android device with your android device connected to the other android device and you'd be trying to root or flash the other android "from" the PC "through" your android, in a chain. Everything has to be able to shake hands properly back and forth and in between with each other.
[General Questions and Answers] Ssssss8622:
If you can't afford a PC then you can go to a cyber cafe for it. Would take 15 min at maximum.
[General Questions and Answers] Cookster128:
I've never been to a cyber cafe, but I could imagine the look on people's faces at the library here.
[General Questions and Answers] Zai23:
The issue isn't the money, it's not wanting to be obligated to use a PC for everything if a PC OS can be emulated on my mobile. It's convenience. It's like when laptops and tablets came out and tons of people just didn't want a PC anymore.
[General Questions and Answers] Cookster128:
That's why I was thinking of a tablet. It's not a phone obviously, but is very portable. Perhaps the Surface Pro or comparable device. It would have the ram and storage to handle all that. Could have a bunch of ROMs ready to go and all the drivers needed too.
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
It's not possible.

Of course there have been others who have tried. This is a mobile device development forum after all. It's been tried before several times, but it won't work.

Like said in an earlier post, WindowsOS for mobile is much different than Widows for PC. The Android SDK won't run on the mobile version of Windows, and won't run on Android obviously because it's based on Linux.
[General Questions and Answers] Ssssss8622:
Hey, need some help.

Actually I am playing shadow fight 2, a modded version(infinite energy only), for a few days. So, I have made some progress. Now I have noticed that the mod is buggy(there is nothing called achievments) and also found a new mod that is working.

Now the question is that how to change the app signature. Actually I am trying now to install the official app.

And yes, if I backup the file of shadow fight from Android/data and then install the app on some other phone will it work ???
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
For the hidden part, lol

For the rest, probably. It should work afaik
[General Questions and Answers] Zai23:
I'm not thinking of trying to run windows in android. Linux is what I wanted to run emulated in UserLand on an android phone.
[General Questions and Answers] Ssssss8622:
As said emulation is not enough. You need Linux environment, not just app.
[General Questions and Answers] TheGiantHogweed:
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I have since bought another type C Hub. It seems that different branded ones do work differently even though they have the same features. My USB meter always said the Lenovo one was using about 0.3a at 5v even if it wasn't plugged into the tablet. And plugging the fixed type c cable into the tablet made no difference to that number.

This new one that I have got is this here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07DRFD5Q2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It may not be able to charge my tablet at 6v 3A like one of my pictures show without using the hub, but it can still manage close to 1A at 5v, which at least does charge it while the hub is in use. That is all I was after really. It was also £10 cheaper than my Lenovo hub so has worked out well.
[General Questions and Answers] Smokedawg81:
Is their any tutorials yet on how to root the LG K30 LM-x410mk??? Im coming up empty. There's actually not too much information at all about this phone on the internet
[General Questions and Answers] BWD81977:
Hello! I was just wondering why xda labs needs to run in the background.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
It runs in the background so it can regularly scan for activity relevant to you, such as when someone sends you a PM or when someone quotes one of your posts or replies to one of your posts/threads, that way it can notify you as soon as the activity occurs.
[General Questions and Answers] saurabh6377:
My device wont boot if I flash any custom kernel or magisk. The reason is due to boot image, it needs patches so as to boot since I have locked bootloader and flashing magisk involves unpacking and repacking boot image which undo my patch and prevents booting. I solved the problem with magisk by installing magisk manager and rooting stock boot image, and then patching the rooted boot image and then flashed via twrp (boot was successful).

by stock boot image I mean unmodified boot image that came with custom rom.

But the problem is with custom kernel, first my question is what does flashing a custom kernel do? I know it has everything to do with boot image, so theoretically we can modify the stock boot image just like magisk manager did, can we? and how? And then I will apply my patch so that it will boot and flash the boot image via twrp and new custom kernel will be installed.
[General Questions and Answers] Klaw12:
Need help with downgrade [SM-N960U]

Verizon released their android 9 pie update recently, and I decided to update to that. I had a beta version (CRJ9) and I needed to downgrade to arl1 in order to receive the OTA update. After flashing it in Odin, I try to boot and it says "SS RDX; Kernel Panic!"

Is there anything I can do about this, or am I left with a very expensive brick?

EDIT: I tried to flash using my old s8 cable, and Odin decided to work this time. Phone is working again!
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
It´ll depend on which trick you are using to bypass the bootloader security, on Miui stock roms you can have a modified/patched boot image and expect that system boots but most likely it won´t accept a modified kernel.

On locked bootloader once you succesfully flashed and booted to TWRP and after succesfully flashed and booted to any rom including stock one (flashing update through TWRP) you no longer will need to patch a boot image to boot to system cause bootloader security (for boot restriction) was broken atleast you wrongfully flash through MiFlash tool the stock rom again (including recovery) you will return to stock state and bootloader security will be restore again (for boot restriction and fastboot wide-use)

Is it not better to wait the time to unlock bootloader to customize your device to your liking? Xiaomi gives actually 15 days on devices that don´t be expected to massive sellings.

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You didn´t need to downgrade to Oreo to wait for an OTA upgrade if you found your way to use and flash through Odin and recovery firmwares, just you needed to download the update from firmware.science and go on.

Samsung devices and most likely newer and most yet branded ones has its own specific firmware to switch from one to another to stay in safe zone so some of them can´t be flashed from the actual firmware. Also is highly recommendable to reset/wipe data before through stock recovery and then in Odin to use CSC_OYN to wipe precedent settings.

This post can help you and also the member helped me a lot with my last GN8 so both devices share similar firmware sequence don´t be afraid to ask him for help https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79041119&postcount=20 of course it could be many more shots on your trouble but I hope that it helps you.
[General Questions and Answers] saurabh6377:
Yes, stock miui does not accept modified kernel, I cannot even flash rooted boot image (made using magisk manager), but with custom rom there are no issues.

I cannot unlock, there are three different kinds of errors showing up when I try to add my account, but since I am currently on custom rom and twrp flashed unlocking bootloader does not matter to me.

What my patch do is set the image verification key in boot image to return a large value so that it cannot be verfied, and system has to boot normally. It is bug in aboot.

After googling a lot, to flash custom kernel what I did was to extract boot image from android image kitchen and replacing boot.img-zimage with zimage of custom kernel then I repacked and applied the patch and flashed it through twrp, it worked.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
You didn't necessarily have to try downgrading to receive the update. You could have just manually downloaded the update from the internet then depending on what type of file the update is, if it was a stock update.zip you could have used stock recovery, if it was a .tar.md5 you could have flashed the update via Odin.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Ok, I guess that you read all out there about how to bind an account, there are many tricks that can bypass this, just I didn´t find till now two reasons to not sort it: An old account linked to the device that was not removed and a replaced piece like a motherboard that probably in the same way an account was linked before from the old user.

Just one thing about that you patch the boot constantly, as far as I know you don´t need to patch the boot everytime that you flash a custom rom in order to boot to system, if you bypassed bootloader security just for one time you have to do the next:

- Flash a custom rom based on miui like this https://mi-globe.com/rom-builder-features/?codename=riva&img=redmi5a.png&realname=RedMi+5A (compare the files in firmware folder inside the zip with that you needed to patch that it doesn´t contain) reboot to system and unlink your account. (the first reboot to a custom miui rom can take about 12 minutes so be patient)

- Wipe cache, dalvik and Format Data (you´ll lose your data), this will break encryption.

- Flash the custom rom desired and GApps if needed.

- Flash Magisk.

- Flash custom kernel if desired and if is compatible with the rom.

- Move to your SDcard a DM-verity file, in the case that you additionally need to flash it.

Of course read carefully what rom´s developer recommend, sometimes you´ll need to reboot first to system and then again to recovery to flash some root solution and/or a custom kernel so the sequence may vary.
[General Questions and Answers] noniestety:
how to delete post?

thank you
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Use Edit option and put some reason/word/symbol instead, you can´t leave it blank.
[General Questions and Answers] the stranger94:
Is there any thread for Android chrome?

If not, is there a way to set the sites on the home instead of having the most used?

Tapatalked with A8 2018
[General Questions and Answers] Whiterabbit818:
Complete noob with limited knowledge

Hey guys, so, I have a basic understanding of how to root, tweak, and modify an android phone, primarily various LG phones. But I was curious, is there a way to emulate an older android OS, like 4.1, on a newer android phone, (8.1.0) so as to practice root or even use to full potential as a (emulated) fully rooted phone?
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Is there a way to have an active subscribtion (i can pay for it on my tablet, the phone simply cant handle google play services, since just 512 mb lf ram) to Google Play Music and to have both google play store app and google play services app disabled ?

The phone is an Acer Z130, rooted, twrp installed. Anything i can do ?

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Search same thing a few years back, nope there isnt. There are only pc based emulators running android.
[General Questions and Answers] kimpot04:
Hi. Is there any app to make the fingerprint off when screen is off?

I sometimes touch my fingerprint scanner on my pocket accidentally and makes the screen on and do some stuffs. I just want it to work when the screen is only on

PS. do not recommend "remove fingerprint lockscreen" hahaXD

And another question

Is there also any app (root) which disables removal of apps from the recent apps list? even if you swipe the app or restart the phone, the app will remain on the list.

Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] irish-sid:
I don't know where to post this for a reply

Galaxy s8 or Huawei mate 20 lite?

Both work out about the same price. Huawei is new, s8 is used.

If you could say why when you choose a device that'd be helpful
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
No, Google apps require Google Play Services to function. Disabling Google Play Services will render the device unusable because you'll have incessant "force close" messages popping up.

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I'm not sure about the fingerprint function, maybe train yourself to handle the device differently.

As for the question about an app to prevent removal of apps in recents, you can "pin" each tab in recents to "lock" them, then they can't be removed or swiped away until the "pin" is removed.
[General Questions and Answers] josephiskandar:
Hi,

My phone is soft bricked. When I try to power it on, it bootloops. I can access fastboot mode. To flash a custom recovery in order to flash back the stock ROM, I need to unlock the bootloader. Doing so will erase all my user data. And it was not all backed up.

Is there any way I can retrieve my user data before unlocking the bootloader?

Thanks in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If you can get the device to connect to adb, you can perform a adb backup.

There are several guides for adb backup, you can find them easily with a Google search for:

"adb backup"
[General Questions and Answers] josephiskandar:
I can only boot in fastboot mode. Not in recovery nor system. I tried using the command “fastboot reboot recovery” from fastboot mode, but my phone goes back into bootloops, it does not boot into recovery.

From what I read, adb commands can’t be used from fastboot mode. I tried to use adb commands from fastboot mode which were not recognized. So I can’t use the command “adb backup -all” to backup my phone.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Well then, it looks like your only option is to unlock bootloader then flash TWRP then use TWRP to backup your data. If you can't get TWRP to install, you'll just have to flash your stock firmware and take a loss on recovering your data.
[General Questions and Answers] josephiskandar:
The thing is I need to unlock the bootloader to flash anything, either TWRP or a stock ROM. And unlocking it wipes all data. I thought there would be a way to access the data on my phone before unlocking the bootloader. Maybe it can't be done.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Uhh... I believe that was the determination of the conversation we just had.

If adb isn't working then I doubt there is a way to save your data now.

As I said previously, if all you can get is fastboot and TWRP isn't an option then it looks like you're going to have to flash your stock firmware and just accept losing your data. There isn't always a way to do what you would like to be able to do.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Which device do you have, OPO? Where is placed the data that you are trying to recover, in your main sdcard as files, music, etc or is data from apps stored in root directory?

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I owned the Mate 20 Lite, I didn´t like it but this could be subjective to the user, for two main reasons; it´s unlockable (only under a paid service) and I don´t like Emui interface.

Although this it could be the best decission versus an S8 if you prefer some of the point instead the others.

HM20L Pros: Battery 3750mAh versus 3000mAh, Fast Charger included.

GS8 Pros: Better processor (both variants), SuperAmoled display good for games and graphics but not so good for text reading.

I recommend that you enter to Youtube and search directly for a comparative, probably you get it or watch separately reviews for every one.
[General Questions and Answers] josephiskandar:
Yes my device is a Oneplus One. I’m mainly interested in retrieving the photos I took with the phone camera, which I think are located in /sdcard/DCIM/Camera. I didn’t have any cloud auto camera backup anymore since several months, so I don’t have them stored anywhere else.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Ok, then you could eventually recover it but it´ll depends on how your device acts inmediately after to unlock bootloader and how quickly you do the trick to bypass this.

If the things weren´t change to unlock OPO bootloader then try the next:

- Prepare the files that you´ll need like TWRP as image.

- Go to fastboot mode and unlock bootloader by typing usually

fastboot oem unlock

- Now type

fastboot oem device-info

to confirm the actual unlock status.

- Don´t allow device to bootup (all the trick is here)

- Now flash TWRP (if you renamed it as)

fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img

and see if was succesfull.

- Reboot to TWRP now by typing

fastboot boot TWRP.img

not fastboot reboot recovery like you tried before.

- Once in TWRP don´t swipe to allow modifications yet and tap on Read-Only, in your pc see if your files from your device are visible in device manager, if you find them just copy them to your pc, if not then mount MTP and see again, if you are lucky it´s done.

- Reboot normally, if device wasn´t boot then you probably need to format data in order to bootup so during the boot process your device will get encrypted.
[General Questions and Answers] sanguinesaintly:
This may (or may not) be teaching people to suck eggs but ...

Before you attempt any ROM upgrade or update, please make sure you make a full TWRP backup, and copy that backup, along with the contents of your internal (and external if any) SD card to a cloud backup and to your computer.

This is really only common sense, and although many phone updates work just fine, it's just not worth the hassle if you don't have a backup. Your phone is no different to your computer and backups are just as important. We've all lost data on our phone (or we will at some point), so just take the time and effort to cover yourself. You'll be pleased you did.
[General Questions and Answers] :
Hi,

Does anybody know where the test point for flash and fastboot is inside the Sony Xperia XA2?

Thanks in Advance!
[General Questions and Answers] s_m_a_s_h:
Guys, any reason why the ';' wait function within the dial pad won't work? It'll let me set the [number '; wait' extension number], but for the last week won't dial out on any number containing a wait ';'.. Help to resolve please, I've attempted to google it but not sure I'm using the correct wording as I've found nothing yet

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smash'n
[General Questions and Answers] DB126:
Simple risk analysis and mitigation are generally ignored in favor of post event whining. Nubs dive without a reserve chute and allow unrestrained children in moving vehicles. Only difference: no posts when something goes amiss.
[General Questions and Answers] Cookster128:
I'll have you know I do a fair bit of pre event whining as well! Currently trying to bypass pattern lock on marshmallow, but all guides are from 2013 and don't seem to work. Whine, whine, pout...
[General Questions and Answers] xunholyx:
Bypass pattern lock?

You don't need to do that. You could just disable your screen lock. After you do whatever you want to do in TWRP, re-enable your screen lock.
[General Questions and Answers] Cookster128:
Bought the phone off eBay, can't flash or sideload TWRP... sideloading anything says mismatch blah blah. I've read several things on here, but like I said, I can't get them to fly. I'm more than likely the problem. I know I can factory reset, then get around FRP, but I was trying to do something different. Please explain: "You could just disable your screen lock.".

Sideloading Aroma:

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E: footer is wrong

E: signature verification failed

Installation aborted.
[General Questions and Answers] s_m_a_s_h:
Try an alternative, as the Aroma zip you're trying to flash maybe (sounds like it) corrupted, as I've had this prob before.

Do you have access to the phone and know the lock screen pattern/pin? Had to ask!

I had the same issue as you trying to by pass lock screen on another phone (family member) of which was accomplished by using the file function in TWRP and deleting the password file.

I always go back to basics if something that should work doesn't, which is, treat the phone as its new and root it (with correct version files), and do all those things needed to get it to boot, progress with what you want to happen, if all else fails 'post' here. However as said prior, I've had your exact same prob before and you need to use the correct version file(s) for your setup.

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smash'n