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[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
Just to broaden you responses, if no one steps in. you may wish to ask of the following thread

**What phone should I buy next?** -- Not sure what device to buy? Ask here!

Hi everyone, This thread is a continuation of this thread. This is here so you can discuss what your next phone/tablet should be, if you're not sure what to pick. Also, if you need advice as to which device is better than another, then feel...

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First steps I do (not that Its the best method) when buying a new device, is to check if the bootloader can be unlocked, check if there is an official build of the ROM I want, and then go on GSM Areana to check the physical size and features (such as Headphone socket and Size).
[General Questions and Answers] SHSuperEddie:
Thank you so much. But one more question: Have you ever heard of download mode being stuck? On some androids, is the only way to exit download mode pulling the battery?
[General Questions and Answers] lm8lm8:
hi guys

I have a nexus 10.

it's running old andro5, with a very slow reactivity regarding few years ago

Id like to know :

a/ is it easy to convert the system to lineage, like for huawei/samsung devices?

b/ is there a LOS release for that device, whom is compatible with cameras bluetooth and the main components of the device?

thank you vm :)
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Just adding more...

You don't need, not even, to see your device in device manager, by seeing "added" in Odin and the blinding light blue download screen in your Samsung device, is enough.

You just need to install this driver, to get it to work, https://developer.samsung.com/android-usb-driver. Recommended, uninstall all the previous Samsung drivers.

And the so-called download mode is not really, is most likely bootloader mode (a kind of fastboot mode)
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
You may find here as much as it exists (probably) https://xdaforums.com/c/google-nexus-10.1914/
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Usually, holding volume down+home+power or volume down+power while in download mode reboots the device.

If you can't boot out of download mode then you have somehow corrupted your software.

If you can boot into download mode, try flashing your stock firmware via Odin, if you have the "auto reboot" option checked in Odin, it should automatically reboot into system after you flash the firmware.
[General Questions and Answers] KlutzyBubbles:
Just to follow up to close on this, i wasn't able to adb in the twrp loop i was having (while it had battery it never stayed off for more than half a second), however letting the device run out of battery allowed me to boot it into download mode and re load a newer version of twrp.

I have a thread open that i will also update with this solution on the off chance someone else is googling the same thing
[General Questions and Answers] SHSuperEddie:
I see. Thank you. What exactly causes corrupted software?

Also, is it possible to flash an LG phone with Odin?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Ah, that is part of the problem, way back in one of your earlier posts you mentioned Odin, that is where the confusion is. No, LG devices do not use Odin, they use the LGUP software. Download mode and all of that is completely different on LG.
[General Questions and Answers] Vamsikrishna746:
Hello, I need to downgrade my Oppo EncoX firmware. The new update sucks and no help from service center either.

I found this git but not sure how to proceed. Any help??

Git: https://github.com/icyray/encox-downgrade-server
[General Questions and Answers] SHSuperEddie:
Ah, sorry... I didn't know... I thought odin mode was just an alternate name for download mode on any given device...

This is the first time I've ever done anything this tech-y T-T
[General Questions and Answers] TheAndrew579:
Hello, it's my first time rooting an alcatel phone (5007g), it's mine of course. But I have a problem, when I unlock the bootloader using "fastboot oem unlock" when it goes hard reset, it says baseband is null and imei too. Which is weird, when I lock the bootloader again they reappear again. And I locked it again because when it boots it says orange state, and yes, when I lock it, the orange thing disappears and imei and sim reappear normally. What I want to know is, if I flash boot.img using magisk (activating the option of patch vbmeta) the orange state disappears? But more importantly, the imei and baseband reappear like normally? Because afaik if you flash custom boot.img with magisk, and you lock the bootloader again, the phone gets bricked... And I don't want a brick because apparently this phone Is hard to flash besides it is MediaTek powered.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
It seems this Alcatel model doesn't allow bootloader to be unlocking, and it corrupts immediately the baseband. (Or even worst, the partition where the IMEI/s is/are allocated).

Anyway, you can try as follows: no guarantee, that it works.

1- Use this tool, to back up every partition, specially the nvram, nvcfg, and nvdata). https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient

2- Backup the IMEI using Modem Meta tool, just search for it, for this, you should need to send your device to meta mode, some builds allow, to enter to, just with combination keys, or through commands, or using MTK engineering access.

3- Unlock bootloader.

4- Restore the IMEI using Modem Meta tool, you must have the baseband working, in order to do so, if you haven't, then try restoring the three images mentioned previously.
[General Questions and Answers] TheAndrew579:
Nevermind, THANK YOU, mtkclient worked as a charm! My phone revived! Now what i have to do is root it and restore the original imei using the tool you said
[General Questions and Answers] vaxcinyr:
I have a request to write a app for Android. Where should I apply to?
[General Questions and Answers] jamtis:
Hi,

I have a generic question (not tied to any device) about the usage of MTK scatter files and after some research found only negligible resources on that issue.

Since the whole XDA infrastructure is quite opaque, I thought I might first ask here.

In short, my question is "Can I increase my super partition by modifying my scatter file?"

(I'm not interested in *creating* a scatter file, I already have the correct one.)

In general I'd be interested in any educational material on the fundamental workings of scatter files and their connection to ".img/.bin" files.

In particular, what are the conditions that a .img file must fulfill so that it can successfully be flashed via e.g. SP Flash Tool.

Also, is such a question suited for "General Q&A"?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Increasing partition sizes requires making another partition or other partitions smaller. Depending on which partitions you steal the extra space from and depending on how much space you steal, this can decrease performance or even render the device inoperable if you screw with the wrong partition or reduce it's size to the point that said partition can no longer do its job properly.
[General Questions and Answers] jamtis:
First, thank you for taking the time to respond to my question.

I'm on the BL6000Pro which has 256GB, so plenty of space.

However, the stock scatter file only allocates ~5GB for the super partition.

I'd like to decrease the userdata in favor of the system partition in super.

I also did a complete backup with mtkclient.

However I doubt that I can just modify the scatter file and reflash the backup super.img?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I don't know how it is done with MTK software but I can give you a "general" idea of how other devices do/have done this.

For example:

I had a Sprint Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch that had to be repartitioned to flash 5.0+ ROMs. Samsung devices use a PIT(Partition Information Table) file to handle partition order and structure when flashing Samsung firmware. The PIT file had to be edited to change parameters to allocate space from the user partition to the system partition.

From what I understand, the scatter file for MTK serves(approximately) the same purpose as Samsung's PIT. I'm sure you could edit your scatter file for the same purpose, I just don't know where to make the edit or what the edit should be for what you want because I don't know the details of exactly what is in a scatter file or how the flash tool reads/handles it.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
The scatter txt, is not a partitioning tool, it can't do that, more likely, the scatter txt file is to interpret where the images go, what is flashed and what not, for example, SPFT interprets and execute what is written in a scatter txt file, it doesn't matter if it matches or not with the real (logical) partitions.

You should have to, re-partition your device, for example, with parted, this is just a reference, https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-32750.html, and then reflects that, in the scatter txt file, calculating the right sizes and lengths. More additional steps can be required, like editing the pgpt and sgpt files (from the backup). Also take in account that super image is placed on a dynamical partition, not a logical one, so, it can't be "edited" this way. Again, this is just for referencing, not encouraging to do that.

To have a reference, compare the sizes of both super partitions, one that is inside the firmware, and the super partition, backed up, you'll probably see that the super partition "grows" a little, from the original size, although there are many "blank" spaces within the images that are allocated in (product, odm, vendor, etc.). This means that you have some hope to flash, for example, a GSI, larger than 5 GB.
[General Questions and Answers] jamtis:
Thanks for the info, it is good to know that SPFT doesn't repartition at all.

Unfortunately, the BL6000Pro does not have any custom recovery (like TWRP) and I can't get adb access (unauthorized) in the stock recovery.

Otherwise I would have tried to repartition the device with parted.

I guess I have to ask two questions:

1. How to I get adb access in the stock recovery? (Is there a generic way?)

2. Is there a way to repartition a dynamical partition without having access to a custom recovery?

(This is what I was hoping to do with the scatter file, which doesn't work.)

If I may ask an additional question:

Once I have a backup super.img of size X can I reflash that backup onto a repartitioned super partition with size X' > X, or does that cause issues? (Assuming the repartitioning was done correctly.)

I hope that these questions are somewhat generic so they may also be useful to other people.
[General Questions and Answers] Toberius:
Hi,

I was performing a backup with adb and when I want to see what files in, get this error.

Some of you have an input for give me?

Regards.

dd if=com.google.android.youtube.ab bs=1 skip=24 status=progress | python -c "import zlib,sys;sys.stdout.write(zlib.decompress(sys.stdin.read()))" | tar -xvf -
1117107+0 records in
1117107+0 records out
1117107 bytes (1,1 MB, 1,1 MiB) copied, 0,636701 s, 1,8 MB/s

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python-exec/python3.10/../../../lib/python3.10/codecs.py", line 322, in decode
(result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)

UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xda in position 1: invalid continuation byte
[General Questions and Answers] I_AGREE_BUTTON:
Hi

Long storry short I film with my Huawei P30 Pro Phone and the result look good.

So I bought a while ago an Mic with Stereo Output and after a llonnnggg search I found an Mic -> USB-C Adapter who work on my Phone with the Record Software.

So... that mean the Port is blocked. After a while I found an (intelligent) Splitter for USB-C Power and USB-C Data to use the Mic Adapter + Charge the Phone. So far so good....

But now I searched online and found some USB-C Hub who have multiple USB-C Ports. I would like use:

a) An Micro SD Adapter (maybe pluginto an USB-A Port)

b) An USB-C Power Adapter/ Powerbank to supply everything with Power.

c) The Mic Adapter

Does anyone here successfully use such an USB-C to USB-C Hub on an recent Android Phone?
[General Questions and Answers] Zai23:
I was on here in 2019 before the pandemic hit asking about UserLand, specifically if I could run Linux in it with access to USB devices functioning, ie., Mp3 players, other phones, external memories, etc.

It's been a couple of years so I figure maybe the devs got all those capabilities up and running. I really would like to have my phone running Linux on it with that function so that I can use it like a mini laptop and be able to root another phone, install Android on something like a Nook or other tablets.

Any insight will be deeply appreciated. And thanks in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] cakra13:
Yes,Try To Install Google Play Service APK?
[General Questions and Answers] lm8lm8:
hi guys

Im wondering about how to clone a phone A /data to a phone B /data, for ex with adb, to "transfer" in one time all the content and avoid doing it handly?

thank you !
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
There is the option to use "adb backup and restore", depending on your android version, it may or may not work for you. You can easily find a guide with a Google search for:

"ADB backup and restore"

You won't be able to backup and restore system data because it will cause issues on the new phone, you will only be able to backup and restore user data and user partition(internal storage). You will have to use a different method to backup and restore her contacts and text messages.

I don't know if any methods that can do it all In one shot.
[General Questions and Answers] lm8lm8:
thanks you vm ! i will have a look at it

in addition, how to make the browser allow to download anytthing or connect to websites?

mean the default browser (no gapps, nothing) from the official LOS release for xz2, on my phone, doesnt allow to connect to websites, nor to download anyything (the button download/cancel) doesnt works)

los - Shared with pCloud

Keep all your files safe, access them on any device you own and share with just the right people. Create a free pCloud account!

e1.pcloud.link
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Maybe you need a webview apk or a different browser.
[General Questions and Answers] Biden2020prez:
Hi, thanks for this thread. I have a phone, which to my knowledge nobody (at least online) rooted. I haven't found the boot img, but I got recovery. I want to root it. How can I customize recovery to add su, and adb? I would rather stick to stock recovery, and do something more easy than twrp. But, in my google searches, I haven't found a guide for that. Please, someone point me to a guide. I am happy to be spoonfed, but I know how to follow guides. thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Instead of saying, "I have a phone..." you should start by saying which device is. Although devices can be grouped according some specs, some of them are particularly different.
[General Questions and Answers] Biden2020prez:
Hi. It is a qualcomm flip phone. But I was able to solve my problem using This guide. However, instead of using Android Kitchen, I used magiskboot from inside my phone.

I got lucky because recovery is already running as root (when I run adb shell). Not so uncommon, but many phones don't have this privilege. (and I implemented the su binary wrong).

I was even more lucky because when I ran adb shell it said

/system/bin/sh: adb: not found

. Luckily, recovery had a button to "Mount /system", which solved my problem. I'm not sure what I would do if it didn't have that button (if anyone knows what to do or how to make recovery automatically mount system, please fill in).
[General Questions and Answers] lm8lm8:
there is no other browser on that rom

webview apk?

seriously I dont know how to solve it, I think I will take another rom, but btw it's the latest official from lineageos website...

in another hand, is it normal that android 4x couldnt go to the internet?

I have g386f model here, with android 4, 4G/LTE compliant.BUT it cant go on the internet..

why is it about? ssl certificates? tls1.1/.2/.3?

thank you :)
[General Questions and Answers] TheDevil45:
Ok I don't know how to post so I'll begin here. I was duped into buying a tablet and it's been reset. Now there is an frp lock. Anyway, to make a long story short, I can access Google thru Google voice keyboard but I can't download anything, no JavaScript, no pc and no otg cord. What do I do?? It's a Samsung Galaxy Tab E 32gb.
[General Questions and Answers] fonzacus:
xda specific rule

the rule states i cant post social platform links (in my example, a telegram group) since im not a dev. now for this case, i posted a help thread that will cover installing new roms with rdp, which may be more complex and might need quick help. can i link their temporary discussion group that links to their dev chat group? im in both chats and can help out. if possible, a channel which also shows the guide and tge required files

https://xdaforums.com/t/what-is-rdp.4533649

the required files, i dont think they have open permission to freely upload a copy on here

the thing is, our subforum is very dead as most dont post on the xda, but in tg groups
[General Questions and Answers] ghatothkach:
255|OnePlus9:/mnt/user/0/emulated # pm list users
Users:
UserInfo{0:admin:c13} running
UserInfo{10:Guest:404}
UserInfo{11:userX:410} running
UserInfo{13:userY:410}

Well I have a Android 18.1 device, with multiple users. Now 19.* is available and I want to upgrade...

How do I backup the data and apps for UserX and userY, the adb seems always to be defaulting to 'admin' in the list above.

G
[General Questions and Answers] DragonFire1024:
Hello I have an Acer Aspire 5742 laptop that has pretty much outlived its usefulness, so I've been experimenting with installing alternative operating systems on it to give it new life. It originally came pre-installed with Windows 7. I decided to update it to Windows 10. Quickly I decided I was not impressed and decided to install Android x86 on it for a Time. At some point, and I don't remember why, I decided to make an attempt to reinstall the stock Windows 7 operating system even though the recommendations were to leave it on Windows 10. I should have listened to the articles I read. Though I was able to successfully reinstall the stock Windows 7 operating system, there were a few issues as a result. The first being it would no longer charge while it was plugged in. The second being the mouse track pad stopped working, which really wasn't too much of an issue because the problem was solved by plugging in a mouse or using one over Bluetooth. However I was never able to get it to work again and I still to this day haven't been able to get it to charge. I have reinstalled all the drivers from the manufacturer. Though I tried, unsuccessfully, I was not able to reinstall or update the BIOS. So now I am stuck with a big paperweight. One of the possible solutions would be to reinstall Android x86 onto the device and hope that it would fix the issues. I have not gone that far as of yet. I have however been able to install FydeOS, a fork of Chrome OS that supports Android applications and the Play store. I was hoping that would have fixed the issues however it did not. I'm just wondering if anybody has experienced something similar with other laptops and somehow managed to fix the issues. I have come to a dead end in the road. Though this isn't a top-of-the-line laptop, it does have over 500 gigs of space on the hard drive and Android x86 and FydeOS run exceptionally well on such an old laptop.
[General Questions and Answers] xShx72:
Can I move files (for a spoofing app to enable expert mode) to system partition without having a custom recovery. I have systemless root, meaning I have a locked bootloader and Magisk root on the data partition. Would this brick my phone?
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Just in case you didn't see it https://softwarekeep.com/help-center/how-to-fix-the-plugged-in-not-charging-error-on-windows-7

And, new custom "forks" may come with an updated set of drivers:

Doofy's Projects

Herramientas y sistemas operativos personalizados

www.dprojects.org

ELiteOS 7 PRO "Canaima Reforged" x86 y x64/Para pc Antiguas o de pocos recursos

ELiteOS es el Windows más rápido y optimizado. para esa PC, portátil o laptop de bajos recursos.

www.eliteos.net

I used MiniOS, and SOA ISOs, and they are very improved, although not your specific issue,
[General Questions and Answers] 643656525:
Hi,

I have a z3 compact(D5803) that I've forgotten the pin to. I've tried resetting it through the xperia companion app, but it gives me and error message "UERepairPreloadNoDevice". Is there a way to unlock it so I can reset my phone back to factory settings?
[General Questions and Answers] Biden2020prez:
Hi. I have ported an oem specific app to my rom? is it legal to distribute?
[General Questions and Answers] 643656525:
Never mind, sorted it out. Had to start the software repair process without the phone connected, then it would open a new option after intitalising that will allow you to do a complete reset
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Sounds like driver issues.

Try reinstalling Windows 7 but do a clean install, wipe the drive and install Windows 7. Then go to the Acer website, find the software support page, enter your device model and download the driver's for your specific model then install those drivers. Start with your chipset driver, then install the rest of your system hardware drivers then install the peripheral drivers(mouse trackpad, video, card reader, CD drive, LAN/Wifi/Bluetooth, etc.).
[General Questions and Answers] aidyntv:
hello i am back, i know i have beem gone for a long time, but i am back and ready to complete what i started. fot anyone new here who would like to help, here's the what happened in a nutshell. i flashed a google pixel 6 rom on to my alcatel3x(5058a) model and bricked it. i now have everything i need to fix it. sp flash tool, original rom, and dounload agent. however, i am get an error in spft when i try flashing it. it sias"lib da not match, please re-select da or ask for help." this is the only da i could find that works the others wouldn't even send. it was given to me by someoneeelse. if anyone know what to do from here or how to fix it, please reply thanku. i preety sure this is yhe last thing i need.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
IN SPFT/Options/Connection uncheck "Check LIB DA match"
[General Questions and Answers] ShellGracy:
Hello again! I have a problem, i have the original firmware and the tool to flash it in casee anything goes wrong (MTK Client), so i unlocked the bootloader, the problem is that when you unlock the bootloader, the baseband says (020null) and imei is unknown. I tried to restore my own nvcfg, nvram and nvdata to no luck, when I lock the bootloader, they appear again without flashing anything. So there must be something in the system that checks if you have the bootloader locked or not... I want to know how to disable it because I want to have root (I have rooted it with no issues, but i want my imei you know), i thought init.rc may have something to do with it, here is it (https://gist.github.com/ThePinkLyna/a43e65572896a57af2624610f74d00f2).

By the way my phone is an Alcatel 5007G, MTK 6762. Any ideas in where could be the block? The bootloader? An script in the system? There must be a way, right?
[General Questions and Answers] StealthyWolf:
Hey sorry to bother but I already looked around and couldn't find what I needed. I was wondering if there was a "universal" rom or if I could commission someone to possibly make a rom? I have a nabi 2 and there are rooting tools but no roms to update it past Android 4.4.2. I know I can buy a new device but it's important that I keep this one. I'm willing to mail the one I have (in u.s) or possibly buy someone one one off ebay. Any help would be appreciated.