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[General Questions and Answers] TypoSpotter:
I have tried the test point method now.

A few points specific to Alcatel One Touch T'Pop 4010x:

1. There are no KCOLO/KOLO/COLO/GND markings on the circuit board (but I found the test point and ground a different way)

2. The phone doesn't need opening, other than removing the back cover and then the battery.

3. A bit of googling led me to this, indicating the two points on the alcatel 4007d, 4007x, 4007a: https://www.dzgsm.com/vb/threads/42055-alcatel-4007d-4007x-4007a/

And it seems to work on the 4010x too :)

(Also, instead of soldering, I cut a piece of wire and touched the two points with it while inserting the USB cable, and that worked)

The ROM I downloaded was from here (as suggested by SubwayChamp): https://androidfreefile.com/x9rbax

So I was able to flash preloader.bin, with some success. Before the phone did not respond at all and nothing would flash. Now the phone does respond and it does let me flash some things but not everything.

I seem to get different errors each time. When I was using Ubuntu, I had to flash PRELOADER and DSP_BL using the test point method, then I could flash UBOOT, BOOTIMG, RECOVERY normally. Then I started to have problems around SEC_RO, LOGO, and definitely ANDROID. I resorted to using test point to flash any problem partitions. After this, the phone seems to be doing something (and the computer recognises it), but the screen is either blank or white.

Today I have tried using Windows to flash. I should note that on Windows I am using SP Flash Tool v5.1720. When I try to flash (everything except preloader) it gives me an error I haven't seen before:

Storage type mismatch!

scatter storage type is HW_STORAGE_NAND

target storage type is HW_STORAGE_NONE

So thank you [MENTION=7644154]SubwayChamp[/MENTION]. You have answered my first question on how to flash anything when the phone doesn't respond. I now have a follow-up question: what is wrong now, and how do I fix it? Is there more than one variant of 4010X with different storage types? Or something else? Does version of SP flash matter? (I know 5.1916 told me to use an older version with that scatter file, and 5.1728 needed a password to unzip, so I settled for 5.1720).
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Well, video was just a reference and things may vary from one device to another and of course also the results, I just ever needed something like a clipboard and touch the two proper pins at time to connect with pc and was ok, but this lead you to other two possibilities that probably you didn´t try yet: recovery-fastboot;

- If your system partition was not really wiped although your device is bricked by enter to stock recovery maybe you can try formatting data and try to boot up.

- Android (system) image that can´t be flashed through SP Flash tool maybe can be flashed through fastboot which you might to reboot to,

Variant based on storage types/capacity don´t matter to this effect, they don´t make any difference regarding these kind of devices and firmwares it means that there wouldn´t a dedicated firmware in the case they exists (the variants not based on ram but in rom capacity)

It seems that error is related with the version of the tool, there are many sources where you find myriad of versions of the tool without the need of any password.

Theory is to use the version that supposed that was released around the time when your device was too.

One of the ones that better worked for all my mtk devices in the past was the v5,1648. Here a repository https://spflashtools.com

Added: Don´t forget to use it ever as administrator, avoid large file names and put the rom folder on same directory where the folder file tool also is allocated.
[General Questions and Answers] TypoSpotter:
I think you are correct about the version of SP Flash tool. I looked at the dates of the firmware files (September 2015) and downloaded versions of SP Flash tool until I found files of a similar date. v5.1532 has files dated to August 2015, and seems to work a lot better.

I have also just noticed that when I read the scatter file into SP Flash tool, it does not populate the CUSTPACK partition, even though a custpack.img file is provided. To date I had not noticed this, but now that I have noticed it, I make sure to select the custpack.img file for the CUSTPACK partition.

I have now managed to flash everything successfully. However, the phone still does not work. When I plug it into the Windows laptop, I can hear the laptop recognising it, then the LED lights, then I hear the laptop disconnect, the phone screen goes white, then both the LED and screen go dark, then it repeats the cycle indefinitely. I have attached an image of the white phone screen.

I don't know what to do now. I have flashed the ROM image successfully, but the phone does not work. Do you have any more ideas? Otherwise, maybe it is time to give up.

Thanks for all your help. I have learned new things about the SP Flash tool (the latest version is not necessarily the best version), about the test point method (which will be useful in future), about checking that all files are selected (scatter file does not always select everything, blank location is not correct). Unfortunately I was not able to fix my friend's phone (yet).
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Be careful that while device is trying to boot up don´t turn so hot due to this may harm the lcd connector, a working firmware can´t spend more than, maybe 7 or 8 minutes to boot, if this time is out probably never more will do it. (of course in newer models the thing is different).

Probably the firmware has less files inside so in my link the file is from 128 MB while in this link the same (apparent) firmware has 200 MB https://support.halabtech.com/index.php?a=downloads&b=folder&id=16010 but they required to have an account in order to allow you downloading, it´s a thing of compare both just in case something is wrong with the other less sized firmware.

Also search for other firmwares.

Just to be clear that you are doing correctly:

- The flash using test point is done in meta mode and is just to revive a device.

- Then you got it, you can continue the process through SP Flash tool using the normal method (without test point) in this order; firstly flashing preloader and lk files (if you have this second), this will restore bootloader, then you have to reboot to download mode restarting all the process by exiting the tool, disconnecting device and reflash all the files including too these two previous. This process is done in download mode.

Did you get to enter to recovery, fastboot as suggested before? Trying to perform a factory reset/format data in recovery?

Also here you have the official tool that could work on your model, you have to choose just 4010 https://mega.nz/#!QMNz1Swb!Kw8tMnJ0R-ILrJn23WonAJA5oNv2qRg3Hh47zi2s2UY

And you have other way to try by flashing a custom recovery and a custom rom that can be found here https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2683825
[General Questions and Answers] TypoSpotter:
The difference between the halabtech download and the other one is the Driver, SN Write Tool and SP Flash Tool contain the full download, but the other one only has links to download. The Firmware folder is identical: same dates, same file sizes.

I have not heard of meta mode before, but to do the test point method I need to have the battery out, so the phone is off. After I click download on the SP Flash tool, I hold a wire to the test point, then I plug in the USB cable.

I cannot find how to boot the phone into bootloader, only into recovery. I have searched, but I have not found instructions for fastboot. Some pages say in the title how to boot into bootloader, but then the content only shows recovery.

This is what happens if I try:

Power + volume up (I know this is recovery): white screen

Power + volume down: nothing

Power + volume up + volume down: nothing

Power only: white screen

(I also think the volume up is broken)

So what I tried today is:

Flash preloader and lk files (didn't need test point method because the phone is recognised). Success. I get the green tick.

Exit tool. Disconnect device.

Restart tool. Select all files, Download only. Click Download. Connect device (with volume down held). Tool downloads data for about 2 minutes. Success. I get the green tick.

Exit tool. Disconnect device.

Try to enter recovery. White screen. Remove battery. Try to boot. White screen. Remove battery. Connect phone to PC. PC connects. PC disconnects. White screen on phone. Black screen on phone. LED goes off. Then it cycles: LED on, PC connects, PC disconnects, white screen, black screen, LED off.
[General Questions and Answers] 93fuelslut:
Are fitbits off subject?

Was looking at the charge 3. But are they accurate or how accurate are they for steps counted and calories burned?
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
Try to follow alternatively the method to install custom recovery and custom rom from the links posted in previous posts.

Also here there is a different method that you might try https://www.taringa.net/+tpop_4010a/aporte-recuperar-alcatel-ot-4010x-t-pop-muerto_13o7lj (in spanish) and here the based source (in english) https://alcateltpop.blogspot.com/2014/04/unbricking-alcatel-tpop-hard-brick.html if something is not clear you can compare both.
[General Questions and Answers] TypoSpotter:
This worked until step 11 (Spanish)/step 13 (English). When I pressed volume up + power I get a white screen.

The first link, to download ALCATEL ONE TOUCH Upgrade S 2.8.0, when I select ONE TOUCH 4010, it tells me to "keep the phone turn off, connect the phone to the USB cable." When I do this, a window pops up saying "You select a wrong model name, please check it and try again".

The second link requires me to root the phone, turn on USB debugging, install Ishuaji, then install CWM. I cannot do any of that because the phone will not boot. I have tried flashing CWM using SP Flash tool. The tool is successful, but when I try to boot to recovery I have a white screen.
[General Questions and Answers] Timbatim:
Stuck on startup screen after firmware installation

Hey guys,

I need your help with reinstalling the original firmware on my Galaxy Note 3 device.

A few years ago, I installed Lineage OS for personal reasons, but now I need an original firmware for work-related reasons again.

I downloaded this from sammobile

galaxy-note-3-lte -> SM-N9005 DBT N9005XXSGBRI2

which seemed the most recent version of the firmware for this device, it has my country code and DBT.

Next, I followed the instructions for 1 file.

After rebooting automatically, my device updated 270 apps and since then all I see is the samsung logo.

I dont know what it does afterwards, it gets pretty hot though. All I see is the logo, even after waiting over night.

Thy guy from sammobile said he cant help and I need to ask here.

regards,

Tim
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Your best bet would be flashing another stock rom. Search the answer on xda. Can't say that I trust anything else on web. Make a full wipe before flashing the new Rom, it helps with the bugs. Be warned, do a backup. Double check kernel and roms. Make sure you ve got everything good to flash.
[General Questions and Answers] SubwayChamp:
In case that a bad sector is the culprit you might use the other options from the tool, on a first attempt; in the Format tab you could choose Format all except bootloader (otherwise your bootloader will be wiped every time that you flash something) and press altGr+v to see an advanced option and now check on Forcedly erase to start flashing the files. It´s important to load all the files first, tap on Download first and then connect device.

Then you might try the option Firmware upgrade instead of Download.

And finally Format All+Download option like a last resource.
[General Questions and Answers] Eversmile23:
Which new Android phone is the best for rooting? Is it really wise these days to root an Android?
[General Questions and Answers] Ssssss8622:
You can choose redmi..... Or if under budget OnePlus is the best. For best results, choose a device more or less six months old, and check if possibility of customisation is there(from forums). Then buy. :)

It is better if you Root a device when you need to benefit permanently from rooting features. :fingers-crossed:
[General Questions and Answers] kos25k:
Hello.I want to root my old beloved Sony Z3 Tablet with magisk.Currently status is:Locked bootloader,Rooted with installed from twrp a prerooted firmware with included SuperSU.I heard that on Sony devices there is a problem with magisk.Is this true?Can someone kindfull tell me how to unroot supersu and then root with magisk please?
[General Questions and Answers] ktmom:
There has been trouble with Sony devices. There is a modification to Magisk that makes it work though. Take a look at this thread. At least one person reported success with a Z3+

The trick is, I think you'll have a problem unrooting a pre-patched ROM before you could install another root method. In theory, using the SuperSU app, there is an unroot option. Whether that will completely work in your case, I don't know.

With a locked bootloader, I would be careful to first ensure you will be able to restore if there is a problem in unrooting/rooting.
[General Questions and Answers] elwhiteboy01:
Okay so I have two tablets same model. Both are rooted and both have twrp. One has a really bad cracked screen. On this one, I have a custom rom installed that the download links are dead. Is there any way to extract the custom rom for a clean install on the other tablet? I can do a twrp backup on the cracked screen one via twrp, but I was hoping to do a clean install of the ROM on the other tablet. So I'm not really looking to restore the other tablets info on the newer one. Any help or answer would be appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] Ssssss8622:
Use migrate/titanium backup(play store) and take a backup of the correct phone. Then take a TWRP backup on your cracked screen phone. Restore the backup on the other one. Then use the titanium/migrate backup on the correct device. Done. Data of your phone remains same. Just the ROM gets changed. ?
[General Questions and Answers] ktmom:
If your not worried about losing data on the cracked screen tablet, do a factory reset before the TWRP backup. Of course, you could do a TWRP before and after the factory reset and have both the data and the clean backup [emoji6]
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Boot into TWRP on the device with the ROM, use TWRP to create a nandroid backup of the ROM then transfer the backup to the other device and use TWRP to restore the backup on that device.

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You can't backup a ROM with Titanium Backup, you can only backup apps, settings and app data..
[General Questions and Answers] Ssssss8622:
No . You got me wrong. He doesn't want the data to be copied. So I suggested him for a titanium backup and restore of the device whose rom is to be changed. So the data of the other phone is omitted and his old data remains. ?
[General Questions and Answers] elwhiteboy01:
I feel so dumb now lol. Just do a factory reset and then backup the ROM and it will be ready for a fresh install on the other device basically. And I have titanium and the premium version. However, I didn't want to keep the data this time. Thanks so much, XDA is the best for help and info!
[General Questions and Answers] DiamondJohn:
Everyone else has had a go...

Basically, no simple or truly clean way.

For practical options, create a TWRP backup of boot & system. Make sure the dest is running the same bootloader and modem (and recovery). Do a full wipe of the dest (system, data, cache, dalvik). Restore the previous backup from the source onto the dest. You may need to "play" with the folder structure of the backup, to make it visible on the destination phone.
[General Questions and Answers] kos25k:
hello.can someone tell me if somehow is there any way to change facebook and instagram algorithm to both show me all my friends photos and posts?Both of them have became soo boring.Even I have hundrends of friends and followers,just very few stories and feeds are shown,even if 2 days have passed.They both show me same and same things.thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
For a flexible type of customizing regarding a Facebook app, your really out of luck when it comes to the Official Apps from Facebook.

With that stated...

You may want to try the handful of Facebook Wrapper Apps that has all types of customization options to choose from.

You'll have to try them out yourself. Though they come with a bunch of customization options, some may not have the customization your looking for and some does.

To find them, they use a variety of name flavors. You can locate some using the term "for Facebook" and others use a variation to its name with "Face" in the name as others just use "FB".

I use "Simple Pro for Facebook" myself. Some of what I like about it is the theming and even the Messenger feature is implemented within the app itself.

There's ones like "Fella for Facebook" and "Face Lite", "Frost for Facebook", etc... etc...

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

Good Luck! :)

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[General Questions and Answers] kos25k:
thank you veery much bro for your help bro!!!unfortunately,this happens also with some 3rd party apps I tryied,as maki,swipe pro etc.So the problem mostly appears in fb's algorithm.One guy told me that if I view a friend's profile and just click one like on some photo,then fb's algorithm will change and will appear to me his posts.idk maybe this happens because I pressed unfollow to many "boring" of them?instead of this,now I see only same and same friend's posts+hundreds of pages posts+pages our friend's follow.this is very weird though!
[General Questions and Answers] kos25k:
General question:Does anyone know, if someone is still working on Edxposed for new version?Or is abandoned? I use Edxposed on my Pie rom, but it has some problems. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] ktmom:
There seems to be activity on the ed xposed github. Of course there's quite some challenges associated with Q.
[General Questions and Answers] KapilKhandelwal:
Hi. I used to frequent the Google Phone thread until a few days back, when I got an Android One phone. It has the app built in. So I don't visit the said thread. How can I leave it, so that I don't see it in my participated threads tab?
[General Questions and Answers] thatguy396:
SIM/WiFi problem, stuck in FRP

So I have a Samsung J3 (2018)(SM-J337A AT&T) I got from the US. I noticed that the WiFi doesn't work so I tried to factory reset it, thinking that would fix it. Nope, just made me stuck in the start. It just keeps me from moving past/skipping the WiFi connect because of the FRP and when I do try to connect, it doesn't connect even though it can detect. I tried multiple other WiFi connects like pocket wifis or mobile hotspots but no luck.

It gave a message at the start saying "Insert SIM Card to access network services." so I tried replacing the AT&T SIM Card with a local SIM Card but no luck either. It didn't detect either of the SIM cards.

Is there any way I can fix this?
[General Questions and Answers] ktmom:
Depending on which app, when in the thread, either there is a star or checkmark at the top of the screen. Tapping it should unsubscribe the thread.

If it's a forum, in the legacy app, long pressing in the forum in the subscribed forum list, should bring up a context menu where you can unfollow. In the labs app, again it's a star at the top.
[General Questions and Answers] ktmom:
When the phone is in FRP mode, you have limited options. The best way to deal with FRP is to log into the Google account on the device using the last login information that was on the phone. That may not be your account if the previous user's account was not removed prior to resetting.
[General Questions and Answers] KapilKhandelwal:
Thanks for your response :)

I'm using XDA Labs. I've unsubscribed from the thread long back and it doesn't show up in the 'Subscribed threads' tab. But because I've messaged in the thread over the past year, it's showing up in my 'Participated threads' tab. That tab has all the threads you've participated in and not just the ones you're subscribed to. So unsubscribing is out of the question, since I'm no longer subscribed to it.

The last screenshot is from the Phone app thread. I've already unsubscribed from it, still showing up in the 'Participated tab'
[General Questions and Answers] ktmom:
As far as I know, you can't remove it from "participated" (sorry, missed that word on your original post). The database query probably just pulls all of the threads where the username is associated with the thread.
[General Questions and Answers] KapilKhandelwal:
Okay. Thanks though ?
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
You probably can't, your participated threads show the threads that you have participated in. You can subscribe and unsubscribe from threads but you can't remove the fact that you have participated in them.

Try subscribing to the threads you consider important and then use the "subscribed" tab on the main page instead of "participated" tab.
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
I just wanted to confirm what [MENTION=6617276]ktmom[/MENTION] had stated...

I asked this question quite some time ago and one of the XDA Admin's stated that once a member posts anything, on any given thread, the server places a type of tag between the member and the thread solely to reflect any additional posts to that thread within the participated area. This goes for the xda-developers website, In-House Labs App as well as the Tapatalk website, App & even the Tapatalk Based Apps too (like XDA Legacy and others).

It was a while ago and I can't remember the specific details provided but, that's about the gist of it (the bottom line).

I hope I had explained it okay via text...[emoji106]

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[General Questions and Answers] KapilKhandelwal:
Okay

That's what I do. Just wanted to clear things up that I don't use, hence was wondering. Thanks for your response :)

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Okay. Thank you :)

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Okay. Thank you :)
[General Questions and Answers] cdarkie:
Hello all, Thanks to the many ppl who help each other daily here. I would like some help today please. I have a HTC U 11

C:\Platform-tools>fastboot getvar all

(bootloader) kernel: lk

(bootloader) product: htc_ocnwhl

(bootloader) version: 1.0

(bootloader) max-download-size: 1560000000

(bootloader) serialno: FA7B80500105

(bootloader) slot-count: 0

(bootloader) current-slot:

(bootloader) imei: ###############

(bootloader) version-main: 3.37.617.1

(bootloader) boot-mode: download

(bootloader) version-baseband: 8998-200321-1905211056

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.0.0.0000

(bootloader) mid: 2PZC50000

(bootloader) cid: BS_US001

all:

finished. total time: 0.092s

The Issue is I have used a RRU previously which worked fine before and is on my SD card. Now it wont work since after I got the update for Pie 9.0 and tried to update but because of TWRP installed it never updated to Pie. And since that I cant make any calls, caller cant hear me and I cant hear them. I have a sunshine subscriptiuon when I try to S-off to switch to SuperCid phone reboots normal after saying its going to S-off. Please can anyone help me out. At the moment I have BadBoyz Rom Installed. Any further info required please let me know. Also the error when i try to flash the previously working RRU I get a 12 RU_ZIP ERROR