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[General Questions and Answers] ADDICT.ANK:
there is backup user data.

also do it manually, its better...

Coz backup does comes in handy at times..

and yes u have to use flashable recovery.zip for flashing cwm via stock recovery

or check the link

its pretty simple..

http://www.how-android.com/thread-how-to-install-cwm-recovery-in-micromax-a87

post here if u get any problems

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First Unroot and then root again..

and dont do anything with the superuser..

then simply flash cwm, or if already installed...

proceed towards the flashing of pac rom...

and dont change the updater script..

and see.

if that doesn't work,

then try flashing via odin..

it will be fixed..

and about the cooper's there's no problem with that..

and

eventually if u get in a bootloop after flashing rom and wiping data and cache,

then from the pac rom package.

extract the kernel and flash it via cwm or odin. Though it won't come to this state, but if it does then u know what to do with it..

So go ahead give it a try once again. Follow the info from the rom's thread, and flash it.

and post the result here.
[General Questions and Answers] RiverB86:
Thanks mate, I really appreciate the help. and to give you a heads up, I'll tell you where I am at now

so:

1) I reflashed my cellphone using Odin (since that seems to be a sure way to both reset it to the factory setting and get rid of the root).

2) Then I installed Clockwork thingy

3) I put the PACman on my mobile where I did not change the updater

4) I again tried to "apply update from zipfile" but again installation aborted (now with Status 7)

5) Now I am trying to find out how to flash my ROM with PACman through Odin. I know very little about it, and unless I get an MD5 file thrown at me, I am at a loss. but I'll find some tutorials somewhere.

Thanks again, and also thanks wetwork, I'll try now to flash it through Odin
[General Questions and Answers] Charlio99:
Hi, i'm new in this forum

I'm developing my own rom and I have a question:

How can I add my own settings to settings.apk??

Enviado desde mi GT-I8190 mediante Tapatalk
[General Questions and Answers] RiverB86:
Alright, I tried looking for a way to flash PACman to my mobile using Odin, but couldn't figure out how to do it, and neither on XDA or on the net could I find a tutorial on how to do this. I'd either need a .TAR or a MD5 file, or otherwise a couple of other files, but neither I can find in the PACman zip file.

There was someone who told me about Linux box to change the zipfile into a tar... but, I have nothing with linux and is waaay beyond my capabilities (I think).

but a question, if I were to download another stock ROM, would that help? (Kies recognizes the phone and gives no error about the firmware, but I am ready to try anything to see it work :) I just saw a review on youtube about PACman and it is awesoooome.)

is there some way to give an error report like you can do on a computer? to see where the thing blocks and why my installation aborts? (my PACman is the 13th dec one)

Edit: I found a website (external, so I cannot add it) that says the following: "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." now this seems simple enough. But, the boot file in the PACman package is 6Mb, and the whole zip package is 200Mb. won't I miss a lot of data if I go for only that bootfile?
[General Questions and Answers] ADDICT.ANK:
Ur welcome..

Did u wiped data and cache before starting the flashing..?

Is the rom's package good..

and especially check that is it compatible with ur device or not. Coz mostly it occurs due to the incompatibility with device..

do this

From cwm toggle signature verification off.

if that doesnt works then

Use TWRP and flash it and see..

AND KEEP THIS IN MIND, ITS BASICALLY DUE TO THE INCOMPATIBILITY WITH THE DEVICE..

SO IF IT IS NOT SUPPORTED U MIGHT GET THE DEVICE SOFT BRICKED.

SO BACKUP THE DATA ALSO,,

FOR PAC ROM

It's hard to find the .tar .md5 file.

but u may try mobile odin..

if that doesn't help

then

Go after the pc odin,

and post here
[General Questions and Answers] fat75719:
Hi

I have some questions.

I'm trying to customize status bar by xposed.

But it doesn't work.

The only thing I can customize is background color.

I have no idea.

Device ： sh930w rooted by farmaroot

Thanks for helping.
[General Questions and Answers] CompDuLac:
outside links

This says I'm trying to post an outside link, but i'm not!!!!!!! I have a question for a dev regarding Casual Root. I can't post in the dev forum b/c this is my first post. I can't post a reply b/c the copy and paste I'm using from Casual to show my problem is showing up as an outside link for some reason. Someone please help :(

Scott
[General Questions and Answers] keifus.rahn:
what is your question?
[General Questions and Answers] CompDuLac:
post a question

My question is how can I post my question? I'm not posting a link from an outside source but for some reason the forum thinks I am. I'm trying to post the script from Casual Root so that the Dev can help me with the error I'm receiving.

Scott
[General Questions and Answers] ImadKing:
Can i Record Single Window in Android or is There any Way to Hide Overlay Apps while screen recording (I have Rooted Device Infinix Note 10 Pro)
[General Questions and Answers] StarshineLight:
Why can't I just unlock my bootloader then install a custom rom then re lock my bootloader and remain using that rom as the "new official" rom?
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
You can. I have done that before. However, I then unlocked it again to flash a newer version of the custom ROM. I learnt very quickly that re-unlocking the bootloader wiped all my data. I have never re-locked my bootloader again.
[General Questions and Answers] StarshineLight:
So like my phone won't get a bootloop / get bricked or something if I re lock my boatloader while I use a custom rom and custom recovery?(I got a samsung s8+)
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
I have a device that was shipped with Marshmallow, I could install a custom recovery through the official tool and from there I have a custom ROM with A10 and bootloader remains locked.

But actually you can't, specially starting over Android Nougat, Android Verified Boot (AVB) was strictly implemented, so your device won't boot.

This is generally speaking, it could be some workaround on very rare cases, IDK, also there are known ENG firmware that can bypass in a non-strictly sense cause finally they're official with some modifications.
[General Questions and Answers] Shakbazian:
Are there custom roms with more compatibility options? I want to flash mainly because the stock ROM doesn't work with usb-c hubs though the hardware allows it. How do I find the most functional ROM for my Android?
[General Questions and Answers] bivacci:
I couldn't find any way to install CalyxOS or GrapheneOS on Poco F3, are there any ROMs that are similar to them or better in privacy and security and doesn't include google services at all?
[General Questions and Answers] Shumayal:
Hello, I have a Sony XZ1 and XZ2 which both come with a hardware powered 960 FPS Slow Motion camera.

If I get a stock rom like Sony Open Devices AOSP or LineageOS, will this mean sacrificing the ability to record video in 960 FPS? I really like the stock app and wish to still be able to record in 960 FPS like the original stock app.
[General Questions and Answers] Brownstain:
Does anyone know where the Play Store currently stores temporary download apps while downloading & installing? I found several locations on google that appear to be outdated. I'm on Android 10 with Root.

places that didn't work:

/data/data/com.android.providers.downloads/cache

/data/com.android.vending/files

/sdcard/Android/data/com.android.vending/files

/data/local
[General Questions and Answers] Noisedex:
Will installing a PIT File on my device format it? Long story.

Phone started restarting itself, phone stuck on Download Mode, want to recover data and make phone usable again.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
PIT file remap the original structure partition.
[General Questions and Answers] Brownstain:
Thanks for the reply. I did see that page and got excited for a second. However, when I installed new apps, there were never any files created in those folders.
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
I have seen APK's in the past, I forget where and if it was on earlier versions of android. I am now on A11. I would guess that during the download it will be in one of the above paths, but when it is being installed, a duplicate/new unique folder is created in /data/app/* (and I would guess the previous temp location is deleted at that time or soon after) and the installation is staged there (ie in the new path) and then deleted if it fails.

One test of this theory would be to update / install a large app that takes some time to download and install, and cancel while it is installing, after it has downloaded (if thats possible) and then check if it is re-downloaded if you try a second time. What I am getting at is, that maybe the paystore is better at cleaning up after itself now, as compared to before.
[General Questions and Answers] SABN:
Hi, I have a bricked phone (Samsung Grand 2 SM-G710) it gets stuck in firmware update encountered an issue, I tried to flash it but when it finished, the booting logo appears with blue letters saying recovery booting, a few seconds pass and it returns to the firmware update screen .... I have tried different firmwares but same happens.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Go to the recovery screen and see what is your exact same build number, it's not a thing to try various firmware but at least one superior version (if there is an update) to the one that was previously.

Those days, not all the Samsung devices supported multi-CSC, so you should use one that is suitable for your specific region.

Also, if you find a firmware with split files and 2 CSCs files, choose the one different from the _HOME to perform a complete factory reset.

And use an Odin version from those days... https://consumingtech.com/how-to-download-odin-1-83-1-85-3-04-307-3-09-3-10/ the versions 3.09/3.10 could work fine.

If you have some error, please provide some SS to better understand from where is coming the issue.
[General Questions and Answers] Grey User:
(Oneplus 6T) stuck in Fastboot after wiping everything in TWRP

Hi,

So i decided to install a custom rom for the first time (lineageos+microg).

Everything goes well i follow the tutorial step by step, then i install TWRP and withouth thinking i select all the boxes in TWRP Wipe (Dalvik/ART Cache-System-Data-Vendor-Internal Storage-USB Storage)

and still nothing wrong after wiping, then i exit TWRP ready to install the new Rom.

Now im stuck in Fastboot (i tried a couple of tutorials but it doesn't work) and when i try to connect my phone to my PC it says it's connected but i cannot transfer anything it doesn't show the internal memory.

When i try to restart the phone it reboots in fastboot mode.

hope that ive been clear, sorry for my bad english

Is there a solution please.

Thanks for any reply
[General Questions and Answers] karras2021:
Hi everyone,

Yes, I am a "noob" but not completely lost and I did search through the forum but forgive me if I missed a similar answer/question. I also already unlocked it.

I purchased a "Huawei clone" from Walmart. They call it a Mate 45 pro. Of course they lied about every single spec they advertised. However before I return it, I wanted to see if I could install a newer version of Android but I'm not sure what to look for as a ROM? I installed a Device Info and have the type of processor etc. But is that enough? What specific information should I be looking for since there is NO manufacturer? And is it even possible to install a custom ROM on one of these cheap China clones?

Thank you for your time.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
usually these cheap China knockoffs don't have custom roms made for them. if yours is running android 8 or newer versions of android, you could try running generic system images.
[General Questions and Answers] karras2021:
OK thanks I did not know there were Generic ROMs. When I plug it in the USB I also saw "Installing T702" appear. But that's it. Unfortunately it was supposed to have Android 10 but it's 6. They even programmed the software to falsely report everything from CPU, memory, drive size etc.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
if the version of android running on your phone is 6, then you are stuck this way. generic system images require at least android 8. the most you can do right now is get a refund or trade it for something else. if not, try rooting it with magisk, just to be sure there isn't any spyware or sketchy apps with system privileges.
[General Questions and Answers] karras2021:
Thank you so much for the information. I was thinking the exact same thing about sketchy apps, especially since they had modified Android to report a bunch of false specs so I ran to Walmart 10 minutes ago before seeing your last post and they issued a refund on CC right away no questions asked and took all of two minutes. So I'll try to get something a little better within budget.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
what's your budget and what are you looking for? maybe I can help.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
You are saying that you wiped everything, no? Then what do you want to do now? Reboot to TWRP maybe?
[General Questions and Answers] Tisla_haki:
Hello, I want to install custom rom on my phone [Redmi 5 plus] but every version on TWRP for my phone does not work.

I tried to boot from OrangeFox img and everything worked fine. But when i boot from TWRP i get black screen. So how can i fix it?

Commands i use for boot.

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot boot Android-ROM/twrp-3.2.1-0-vince.img
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
First off, you have to check if this TWRP version works with your Android version, assuming that you checked earlier that the code name from your device is Vince.

Once you got it, follow with shortening the name without using symbols like /, rename it just something like twrp.img, after that flash it through fastboot with fastboot flash recovery twrp.img and then reboot to it using hardware buttons; volume up + PWR, when Redmi logo appears, release the PWR button and keep pressing the volume button for about 4/5 seconds.
[General Questions and Answers] Tisla_haki:
Than name you call is path to file i can use special symblols there it will be renamed to recovery.img anyway.

AND i said that i booted to OrangeFox successfully so what are you trying to explain to me?
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
if orangefox booted successfully, why bother trying to install twrp? why not use orangefox instead?
[General Questions and Answers] Tisla_haki:
Okay i will use OrangeFox, but it asks for my data partition password but i dont think i know password for it, because i dont think i had it encrypted on my phone. What should i do?
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
on your stock rom, before starting using orange fox, did you logged out of your Google account or any account for that matter and made a factory reset? this is what usually is causing this data encryption error
[General Questions and Answers] Tisla_haki:
No, my stock rom is working and i can access files only on it. But i can't access files from OrangeFox or even OTG. (I used MTP to back everything up, this is the only protocol that worked for me)
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
in order to be fully clear, before you start using orange fox, you need to delete every account from your phone and do a factory reset. otherwise, Google accounts prevents you from wiping data through orangefox.
[General Questions and Answers] Tisla_haki:
Okay and just to be sure, i can install android 9 rom [https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-official-9-0-aospextended-v6-6.3852954/]

like this, on my phone that has android 8.1 in stock rom? Because android versions only software based right?
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
yes, you can install it
[General Questions and Answers] Djerry_Doo:
Hello, I am having a problem, I presume, with GApps. Everytime I flash a custom ROM and GApps with it (be it bit, nik, open or mindthe), I can't download apps from playstore because it says there is insufficient space (there is at least 4 GB of space, ofc). The only distrubution that kinda worked was NiK, although, it allowed me to install exactly one app. Then it was full again. I have Samsung Galaxy A40, aside from Lineage Fan Edition, I have also tried CorvusOS and few releases of LineageOS distributions for my model.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
which version of gapps did you try? you always went with stock?
[General Questions and Answers] Djerry_Doo:
arm64 for android 11, sorry, stock? I went with minimal, with NiK core or basic. With OpenGapps pico. Sorry if that's not what you were asking for.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
yes, this is what I meant. if this is not working, you could try booting the rom without gapps, then rebooting into custom recovery and flashing gapps.
[General Questions and Answers] Djerry_Doo:
so I'll wipe the system,data,dalvik,cache, flash rom, vendor, boot and reboot into recovery to flash gapps?
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
yes.
[General Questions and Answers] Djerry_Doo:
okay, this seems to have worked, thank you. I tried it only with the NiK as I think they are less intrusive, will try OpenGApps, as I want to restore SMS from the old phone. Could you tell me what the issue is/was, if you know, please?

I doesn't work with OpenGApps pico.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
I think when you install simultaneously system and gapps, since they cannot fit together on the system partition, both go to the partition where normal apps go, filling it up. if you install them separately, the system goes to the system partition, gapps goes to the normal apps partition.
[General Questions and Answers] Djerry_Doo:
Okay, after trying it with OpenGApss, it now doesn't work on NiKGApps either. Can I somehow manage this process of partitioning? Or what else can I do
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
I do wonder, if nikgapps worked, why did you tried with OpenGapps again?
[General Questions and Answers] Djerry_Doo:
I thought that Google always offered me to restore data from cloud, including old SMS messages and things like that. With nikgapps, it wasn't offered and i didnt find a way to get them. But it didn't, moreover, it didnt work anyway. It now seems that it works, I tried reflashing it once more. We'll see in time, if it just isn't delayed.
[General Questions and Answers] Djerry_Doo:
So, the problem improved but not enough, it seems it only has about 1 GB of space, which for me, unfortunately, is not enough. The number is taken from adding together the sizes of the installed apps, play store says there still is plenty of space in the storage but wont let me install anything anymore.

After removing most of the apps, a new one still doesn't "have enough space."
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
what device are you using?
[General Questions and Answers] Djerry_Doo:
Samsung A40. I also added more information to the post.

... The number is taken from adding together the sizes of the installed apps, play store says there still is plenty of space in the storage but wont let me install anything anymore.

After removing most of the apps, a new one still doesn't "have enough space."
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
try this rom

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-a11-crdroid7-7-vanilla-official-arm64-a40-sm405fn.4247251/
[General Questions and Answers] Djerry_Doo:
I also realized I only have 16GB storage even though the ROM size should be 64 GB.... I am sorry, I am an idiot for not noticing earlier. So that also seems to be a problem now.
[General Questions and Answers] Fytdyh:
my advice, go back to stock. going back to stock should fix every problem you have now. then you can try again flashing a custom rom. this would be faster and easier than trying to figure out what caused all these errors.
[General Questions and Answers] Djerry_Doo:
Going back to stock means to boot into download, load the files into odin and start it?

a) I have a version of AP rooted/patched by Magisk, should I use that?

b) Won't TWRP disappear by doing this?

EDIT: I SOLVED all the issues, so in case anybody should stumble upon this thread, I am offering a short explanation:

1) The space problem: So, first, flashing stock ROM will remove TWRP recovery, ofc. Then, booting into stock recovery, factory reset gave me again my full size of the disk. Not sure what'd happened there but this solved it. I flashed the patched AP and followed up with rooting through Magisk and installed TWRP through app, as suggested on TWRP website for this concrete model.

2) Play store insufficient space problem: I then found out it was possible, with NiKGApps (which, presumably basically just added the Play store app and few other components), to download apps as long as I didn't do anything in the settings. I just swapped the position of the bottom buttons in settings, which is when Play store immediately 'run out of space'. There, the problem was the ROM, it seems, as upon switching to a different one (thanks Fytdyh for suggesting that) the problem is no more. Everything works with any GApps.

Thanks for helping!
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
It seems development stopped on this ROM, I would recommend you go for newer versions with active development, replies and support from the first ones https://xdaforums.com/f/xiaomi-redmi-note-5-5-plus-roms-kernels-recove.7420/

If you already be sure that you flashed the latest stock ROM available for Vince (8.1) just keep at hand the latest firmware to flash it through recovery if the ROM requires doing so specially when you switch from one to another different based ROM https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/firmware/vince/
[General Questions and Answers] kohos:
Greetings!

I have a Samsung Galaxy A22 5G and did the awful mistake to play with the kernel without doing a backup first. I know...

So I'm in a bootloop now, factory reset did nothing. Since I don't have any ROM or backup on the phone, what would be the easiest way to push a rom onto the phone without beeing able to mount it (since I can't boot.

Is there a good way via adb cmd or some GUI 1 click rootkit/flashing tool?

Any pointing or linking in the right direction is highly appreciated <3
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Download the official firmware for your device and flash it through Odin.
[General Questions and Answers] kohos:
Thanks so much!

After 11 years of Android this is my first Sam,sung so never heard of Odin.

But why would I need the Firmware? Couldn't I just flash a new ROM?

I have everything backed up on the cloud, so I won't have any data loss.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
This explains what is Odin and how to use it https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-update-samsung-galaxy-smartphone/

I don't know as it looks like you aren't more experienced on Samsung devices, otherwise you should try to restore only this partition by unpacking the boot image, decompressing it from the original lz4 format, then pack it again in tar format and flashing it again to the AP slot but if nothing of this part makes sense for you just forget it.

Anyway you'd need to flash the same exact firmware that was previously onto your device or a newer one (probably as you call it "a new ROM") this is to fix the partition that was damaged (the boot partition) by miss-tweaking the kernel.

What you have backed up would go over the same or newer firmware.
[General Questions and Answers] Grey User:
Yeah thanks for the reply i want to install TWRP and flash a new rom but when i try to copy twrp from my pc it doesn't show the internal memory of the phone. And when i try to reboot the phone it's stuck in fastboot mode.