yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
No, I mean this:

fastboot flash system system-arm64-ab.img

Not this:

fastboot flash system C:\android\platform-tools\fastboot\system-arm64-ab.img

remove the

"C:\android\platform-tools\fastboot\"

part of the command that you used. No path, just the fastboot flash system command and the name of the file only, not the path through the folders to its location. If your file is in your fastboot folder and you issue the command to "fastboot flash system" immediately followed by <name of file>, it will look in the fastboot folder by default without you having to tell it where to look.
[General Questions and Answers] CompDuLac:
Thread

I appreciate the thread you made. I glanced over it, I would prefer (due to my relative inexperience) to use the casual root method, but if I can't get that solution to work I'm going to try the thread you made. I appreciate all your help in this matter!!

S.
[General Questions and Answers] ADDICT.ANK:
Either flash the stock gingerbread rom and then flash the prerooted jb firmware..

or via odin

flash the stock recovery.zip and then the superuser.zip

or u can use binary's rootkit, Framaroot etc.

for simple rooting..

And what's the problem coming in stock recovery..It's blank when booted to stock recovery or else.
[General Questions and Answers] aanntaa:
can i have the download link and the guide to use it? pls..

and is it compatible with samsung galaxy ace 2 device?
[General Questions and Answers] ADDICT.ANK:
Did u checked the recovery again by booting in recovery..

home + power + vol up..

Check again...

and for binary's method see this link..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460

Only perform if you are sure and do post your os and kernel details. Pls.

See this for flashing recovery by recovery flasher.

connect the device in usb debugging mode on and select the cwm recovery.img and run the .bat file.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1974547

info is in there..

perform it and post
[General Questions and Answers] josephjq:
it is still a question at this point. I have not rooted yet

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:( I had to delete the link from your post in order to reply because of my newishness.

that looks interesting, but I am not sure which step in the process of rooting, if I had a PC, that I should substitute or insert virtual box for. Would it take the place of Odin, which apparently requires a pc?
[General Questions and Answers] MufcTK:
Can someone provide me with a nood's guide to compiling and decompiling an apk? I am going for a competition soon whose details include that. It also had some othet stuff ill ask about that after im.done with this. Thanks :)
[General Questions and Answers] ADDICT.ANK:
Well u can use a PC of your friends though...

But anyways, it's good news for you..

So check the link and follow the info and u'll be able to get root access from your mac..

http://www.androidrootz.com/2013/05/how-to-root-galaxy-s3-on-mac.html

Root, enjoy

And Post here the results Pls. Coz it matters for us too.. Good luck
[General Questions and Answers] luriert:
Google Hangouts Issue CM10.2

I am having a random issue with google hangouts where it is not notifying me when I have a new message and in some cases it will not update with new messages. I can see that I am receiving messages on a separate device.

I am running the latest nightly of CM 10.2 (Oct 26) with the 8/13 signed gapps on sprint galaxy nexus. This hasn't been an issue before but I recently did a full wipe and installed CM and the issue appeared. All other notifications work fine. Thanks for the help.
[General Questions and Answers] josephjq:
I certainly will keep you guys updated, but I may be slow to respond sometimes.

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CT.ANK;3982]Well u can use a PC of your friends though...

But anyways, it's good news for you..

So check the link and follow the info and u'll be able to get root access from your mac..

Root, enjoy

And Post here the results Pls. Coz it matters for us too.. Good luck[/QUOTE]

based on the comments underneath the method in the link that you provided I am very hesitant to use it. It looks like quite a few people have had problems with it. I recognize that this could be because most of the people who were helped by it may have just moved on without saying thanks, which is unfortunate, but during the search that I did before asking here, I came across many similar simple methods to do exactly what I wanted, but the majority of the comments underneath each method we're not encouraging. the comments underneath any of these methods of rooting are the only way that most people assess whether or not it is a legitimate method.
[General Questions and Answers] Dr.ghanem:
Install Windows 8 to a Tablet/Slate from USB.

Hi all,

Sorry if my question is stupid, it is about what lseidman posted about ( Install Windows 8 to a Tablet/Slate from USB).

Is this possible to do on Samsung tab 10.1 N8000? Should it be rooted ? And if i do install Windows 8 on my tablet, will be able to uninstall it later without any problems and will android OS will be deleted from the tablet?

Many thanks for any answer :)
[General Questions and Answers] sushantt:
How to Root my s2 and tO install custom rom....
[General Questions and Answers] ADDICT.ANK:
based on the comments underneath the method in the link that you provided I am very hesitant to use it. It looks like quite a few people have had problems with it. I recognize that this could be because most of the people who were helped by it may have just moved on without saying thanks, which is unfortunate, but during the search that I did before asking here, I came across many similar simple methods to do exactly what I wanted, but the majority of the comments underneath each method we're not encouraging. the comments underneath any of these methods of rooting are the only way that most people assess whether or not it is a legitimate method.[/QUOTE]

WELL U MAY GO WITH THE METHODS U FIND EASY.

THE PURPOSE IS SAME TO GET ROOT ACCESS.

SO BASICALLY WHATEVER IS THE CONVENIENT METHOD TO YOU. GO AHEAD WITH IT.

BUT MAKE A BACKUP FIRST TOO AS IT COMES IN HANDY AT TIMES..

AND POST HERE.
[General Questions and Answers] josephjq:
Thanks. Yes I do understand the choice is up to me as to which method I use to root my phone, but the reason I asked for help here was to hopefully find a method that I can be confident enough in to actually take the risk and root. At the moment I have not been able to find a method using my Mac, which has enough positive feedback to make me think it has a good chance actually going well for me. And I am NOT even able to post any links to this site yet to give an example of what I mean, because I have found some good examples of how to do it using a PC, but I don't have one.
[General Questions and Answers] apverma13:
Installed CWM recovery successfully

Followed steps metioned in given link. But it didn't work out at first as after erasing stock recovery installation window stuck for 40-50mins. Then removed and reinserted battery and retried installing successfully installed CWM recovery. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] ADDICT.ANK:
Well if u stay like this u'll not go any further trust me

So pls as my request follow the link and get rooted.

And the risk looks bigger but it isn't.

And even for a safe side make a backup. That will take u right back to stock firmware making u riskfree.

Turn device off and Press home + vol up + power and boot in stock recovery and backup.

And we are here for all the help.

Post the methods u have came across until now pls.

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Try framaroot or motochopper or binary's rootkit.

U will be rooted.

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From settings-app- clear data and cache of hangout.

Or reinstall hangout.if the above didnt work.
[General Questions and Answers] RiverB86:
indeed, I did wipe my cashe, after I did a factory reset, but alas with no luck. As my phone was previously my brother's, and he had a Dutch ROM on it, I replaced the Belgian ROM with the original Dutch ROM, hoping that it might solve the problem, but alas, after installing ClockWork Mod, no luck there.

so I set out to look for Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP), but, I doubt you can possible find one for the Galaxy ace ( according to this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2366211 ). So I set out to use Odin for PC. and find a website saying: "In the Cyanogen ZIP, the kernel is named "boot.img". You need to rename that to "zImage" and create a TAR archive (filename does not matter) containing that. You can then feed that TAR to Odin in the PDA box."

considering, that PACman is essentually very much a Cyanogen, I thought of doing this. However, the boot.img is 6Mb, and the system directory is a wooping 200 Mb almost, so I feel that a lot of data will get lost of I use this way.

I also read that making that Zip file in a tar/MD5 file is pretty complicated and requires stuff like a Linux Box (Which I don't have).
[General Questions and Answers] ADDICT.ANK:
So its better to backup the data via cwm

and then proceed to flashing the zimage from Cyanogen.. If the pac rom supports the stock kernel ten u may use that also

Check the link and perform very carefully. so read it first pls only then proceed if it's fine.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2230770&page=1
[General Questions and Answers] ElFoldo:
S4 issue, no boot, ++

Hello good people,

I woke up this morning to find my factory standard galaxy s4 unable to enable wifi. So that spurred a quest to fix this...

(Samsung galaxy S4 GT-I9505, bought in Norway.)

After various youtube videos, various threads on here and myself doing everything absolutely NOT by the book, i am in dire need of seeking help...

First attempt was at using Odin to flash the "modem". I tried two different ones before reverting to the one that settings told me was on the phone in the first place. I9505_XXUDMH8_MODEM.tar.md5

I then installed an Omega Rom, I9505_Omega_v13.1_XXUEMJ5_md5_ccc39af5d1ef17c173107da25eabccb7

Which booted up normal and was functioning albeit still with no WiFi.

I then installed team win recovery, an used this to install a Kernel, jflteeur-faux123-012m-MGA

After this the device wouldnt boot. The samsung galaxy screen came on, then the screen went black and the blue LED was on constantly.

So im guessing this was not the right kernel for my device or so.

I then used another device to transfer a new kernel zip to the sd card, namely ChronicKernel-JB4.2-TW-INTL-v1.3

Now, when i try to boot the device freezes on the Samsung Galaxy screen.

And this is where I am at now...

If anybody has any idea about what to do, where I should read about it etc, it would be greatly appreciated!
[General Questions and Answers] vvk1987:
I have a Motorola mb860 4G want it to upgrade to 4.0 if possible then to 4.1

Can u suggest me a very stable rom with all hardware working? ?

I don't want motoblur
[General Questions and Answers] marina1511:
Okay I finally did manage to boot into os. Although i wiped cache and system settings through recovery mode, it was stuck in boot loop as in this previous post of mine. What helped to get out of it was third option in recovery - "wipe user data(pics, music, etc...)"

Can anyone explain why that helped, what was written in user data that could have made it not boot? As i wrote - i patched with magisk and moved wrong boot.img, of the other os, on my phone, then i flashed totally new stock rom and was stuck in oxygen os not managing to boot itself - spinning circles animation.

I will make a troubleshooting post for other new users like me in the nord ce subforum. Now I can finally try to root a little guy and I have enough confidence to do it. Thank you guys for your help!
[General Questions and Answers] J0nY:
Hello everyone. Recently i bought an S20 5G from Ebay that has been claimed to be Unlocked. The exact model number is SM-G981U1 so its a Snapdragon version however im located in Europe (Bulgaria to be more specific). The phone has arrived and its working flawless however when i try to put my SIM card into it, it just doesnt read it. It does allow me to Scan networks in Settings/Connections/Mobile networks/Network operators and it does locate the Network carriers of my area, however i cannot connect to the my carrier at all. When i try to connect it just buffers for a long period of time and in the end i get a message saying "Unable to connect. Try later." Does anybody have any idea what can i do to fix this issue?
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Simple, when you flash an incorrect file/image, the files contained in this image are unpacked/split into the Android directory (it is not a solid nucleus), this wrong image/files manage how Android has to act, a wrong image/file will always give bad directions/instructions, and device won't work as desired; in the second act; when you are trying to return device to its natural/pristine status anyway some trash/traces get there, and it's not enough with just re-flashing the original image, but you need to clean all that remained there, this is what wipe data or in some cases format data does.
[General Questions and Answers] marina1511:
I see, wrong boot.img wrote somewhere around user data files (but who knows where) which made fresh os stumble upon it and get confused. I did fastboot -w and wiped both data and cache from recovery after flashing fresh rom, but until i wiped user data os was booting forever. I was really surprised when wiping user data worked, happily surprised! :) thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] johnjkjk:
Hi don't know where else to ask this (is there an iOS forum?). Loved my Sony Xperia Compact until it broke and there's no small flagship Android on the market, so I picked up an iPhone SE. Although some nice features, iOS has so many limitations. I'm stuck with this phone and need to make it more productive. Running iOS 15 so no jailbreak available.

- File System: Any way to connect the iPhone to a PC and view and drag and drop files. I need user file system (not root) access. An FTP server app which have access to local files would solve my problem. Tried ES File Explorer etc, but none of the third party file managers have FTP servers- only clients.

-Keyboard: Any keyboards (or accessibility app) that can scale down the vertical height?

- Back button: I need some kind of floating back button app. There's so many on Android. Atleast I need a way to quickly dismiss the keyboard when typing.

- Force rotate screen upside down. There is an option in accessibility, but it doesn't work.

- Process manager: I can't find any apps that can show running processes.

There's many more issues but the above would help me get work done!

On Mac forums, I was rudely told to 'go get an Android'. So please be kind :)
[General Questions and Answers] LordCthulu:
I used adb to get rid of some junk on a samsung galaxy tab s6 and now the settings app won't open. I already tried restoring a few apps that I thought might be the issue but they didn't work. Everything was removed only for the current user so I can still bring back whatever I need. Here's what I got rid of: https://ibb.co/FJgk4cn

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I've tried installing the "settings storage" app through sideload, and it doesn't work because settings storage is what is used to install the app. Tried installing it through adb but I just get a bunch of errors (it varies depending on which apk I try)
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Too much debloated, this is unfixable this way.

Try with formatting data/factory resetting through the stock recovery, then restart your device, if this doesn't work then you might flash back the stock ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] KeratinX:
ayee so uh, i rooted an old andriod 4.0 that i've had for a few years and it worked thankfully but as a downside when i made the custom boot animation the software i used for some reason had loop enabled and i didnt notice until just now and when i loaded it onto my phone it showed it as expected but it keeps looping and doesnt boot, ive sat here for about 10 minutes staring at it and nothing happened, i tried factory flushing it and clearing cache but nothing works. How would i restore it or change it so it actually boots? (first timer)
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
You can find the stock bootanimation from your own stock ROM, also you can use some from the custom ROMs available for your device if there’s one.
[General Questions and Answers] AndroidUser558:
Hello all,

First time posting here, hopefully I did it right!

I recently discovered how the recent app switching works, and I saw this thread:

https://xdaforums.com/t/op3-is-logging-user-activity-with-screenshots-false-alarm-solved.3731452/

and have the following questions:

1. Do recent background app snapshots (overview) in data/system/recent_images ever get deleted? Since the data/system folder holds sensitive information, and specifically the task overview snapshots that Android takes for the recent app that are saved in data/system/recent_images data/system/snapshots that are also called the overview or task list I believe, is there a mechanism that deletes these snapshots or overwrites them when an app is closed?

2. I know root would be required to see them, but how does that Info get wiped or could someone access it from stealing the phone, and then rooting it to see that info if they have the device pin/password/pattern?

3. Would a factory reset (on modern encrypted Samsung phones with no root) delete this info/snapshots in data/system and data/system/recent_images? Could root be used after a factory reset to get this info?

4. Specifically curious about Samsung phones (Z Fold3 and Galaxy S10 Plus with Android 9.0 through 11) with Nova launcher, do different launchers affect the snapshots or access them in any way?

Thank you!
[General Questions and Answers] mrrocketdog:
hello help thread. i did a search (i am on the xda apk) for "magisk help" with no helpful results.

issue : trying to flash my magisk_patched.img on a pixel 3a. magisk app is up to date (if that matters).

so ... after typing "fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img" i'm getting an error :

Failed : (remote : Failed to write to partition Not Found).

am on android 10. with a windows computer on 7. HEY , dont laugh , it was a "gimme". :)

any ideas i might try?
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
I guess you forgot the slot.
[General Questions and Answers] mrrocketdog:
dab blamed new fangled systems. ty very much @SubwayChamp worked like a champ. like a SubwayChamp! lol
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Do you have custom recovery?

Can you successfully connect the device to adb?

If either or both of these are true, you can use one of them to replace the boot animation with your stock boot animation either by flashing it as a flashable .zip or by using adb push commands to push a copy of your stock boot animation to its proper location.
[General Questions and Answers] KeratinX:
that would be perfect, how would I load the stock boot animation though? I've been using USB debugging to load my animation but if I cant boot past the animation then how would I be able to access the file storage?
[General Questions and Answers] KeratinX:
the problem is i cant boot past the animation
[General Questions and Answers] Duraze:
Alright I'll give this a look. might have to install python and see how I go. Thanks. should I just keep replying here once I work out the next step?
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
You were asked if you had custom recovery. If so, use that.

Another choice is to re-flash the ROM (without wiping data). That will replace the bootanimation
[General Questions and Answers] tchl:
Okay, I did that and got the same.....

C:\android\platform-tools>fastboot flash system system-arm64-ab.img

Sending sparse 'system' 1/10 (131068 KB) OKAY [ 3.398s]

Writing sparse 'system' 1/10 FAILED (remote: unknown command)

Finished. Total time: 5.409s
[General Questions and Answers] tchl:
I don't think this phone has the DSU option because it is Android 9. I looked and I do not see it under developer options.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Yes, for that I asked if you are in A10.

Where you are placing the GSI, in the same fastboot directory?
[General Questions and Answers] tchl:
Yes, I was.

I moved on to the bkerler/mtkclient thing to root but I am stuck on installing the MTK Drivers.

When I get to this part....View attachment 5464615

I installed the drivers but I am unsure how to test on device connect.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
I guess you got your boot image and then patched it, how did you get it? Through mtk-client?
[General Questions and Answers] tchl:
After installing mtk drivers I run the next command... python mtk r boot,vbmeta boot.img,vbmeta.img and get an error message saying my computer can't find that path or directory.
[General Questions and Answers] tchl:
No, never got it. Following these instructions at ... https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient#install-python--git

and I'm stuck trying to run the first python command
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
First, be sure to meet the requirements from the installation instructions.

Then connect properly your device, for some operations you need preloader mode (unavailable in most devices due to the SDA, SLA restrictions) and for other operations BROM mode will work, to connect to this mode most likely you need to press both volume buttons starting from a device off.

Then I would recommend running the command from mtkclient-main directory, avoid the path to not bother with permissions and so.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Yes, I understand this, that is why I was saying to fix this via recovery/adb instead of trying to fix this while booted into system.

Or, you could just reflash your full stock firmware then root the device again and then do the boot animation modification correctly.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
This seems like you may have partially blocked native fastboot functionality or maybe the device isn't properly unlocked somehow.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Isn't there a MTK specific flashtool that you can use to flash your device?
[General Questions and Answers] KeratinX:
how would i be able to flash it?
[General Questions and Answers] samuel103195:
Is it possible to un-hash a key with a unknown salt?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
What is the specific device model? You haven't told us that yet.

Does your device have a fastboot mode or a download mode? Can you boot into that mode?

If not, it may come down to you having to open the device and finding specific contact points(I don't know which points on your device) and then using a jumper to create a short that forces the device into a type of flashing mode that can be used to flash whatever you need to flash. This may or may not be possible on your device, that is to be determined by exactly what device you have.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
There may be someone here that can help you with your question, but, the question you are asking isn't specifically related to android, you would probably get a better response at a forum that deals more specifically with what you are asking about.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
Its "possible" but not practical. Depending on the hashing algorithm it has been specifically designed to not be "hackable" otherwise it would be pointless. 128bit encryption is not for the lighthearted. The NSA or KGB may be better people to ask ;)