yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] altendky:
"opendir failed, Permission denied" on TWRP backup directories

I am running:

Sprint Galaxy S3

CyanogenMOD 10.2 Nightly 20130904 (Android 4.3)

Online Nandroid 4.1.4

The first symptom was that Nandroid Manager was unable to view the Online Nandroid TWRP backups while recovering them in TWRP worked fine. When I open a shell, su (and get the root@android prompt), and ls:

root@android:/sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/2211817/2013-09-05--02-00-08 # ls
opendir failed, Permission denied
root@android:/sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/2211817/2013-09-05--02-00-08 # ls -dl .
drwxrwxr-x root sdcard_rw 2013-09-04 22:07 .

which seem perfectly reasonable and should be readable by anyone. I am at a bit of a loss. Anyone have some pointers for me? Thanks.

Cheers,

-kyle
[Android Apps and Games] bouvrie:
I'm trying to get a full backup of my Sony Xperia ZL device and though I think nandroid should be the way to go, I'm not quite sure (see my thread over there; only /system , /data, /cache and /sd-ext are being backupped).

When I start the Nandroid backup, I ideally would need to select an appropriate patch file for my device, however there doesn't seem to be one yet. Should I select an other device instead (Xperia Z?), or wait for a patch file?
[Android Apps and Games] ameer1234567890:
Do you have CWM, TWRP or any other custom recovery? Which partitions does it backup?
[Android Apps and Games] bouvrie:
I don't have any custom recovery, as I want to make a backup first of all my existing partitions before tampering with them. Kinda like the chicken or the egg problem. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Hirishiolo:
I put a file named .advanced_backup_partitions at /sdcard/clockworkmod and all works very well. But if I delete /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup and /sdcard/clockworkmod/blobs folders manually, the app doesn't make a advanced partitions backup... strange...
[Android Apps and Games] andreasy:
Since nobody seems to know I will post the solution which I found. This needs the xposed framework which I didn't have installed on my previous Rom where it worked probably because some explicit libraries were included. I don't know why, anyway but installing the xposed framework solved this problem for me.
[Android Apps and Games] bouvrie:
I selected the Xperia Z patch, Here's the Nandroid log:

Online Nandroid v8.22
23:10:01 Detecting mountpoints to exclude...
23:10:01 Backing up to /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2013-09-17.21.10.00
23:10:01 Backing up /boot...\c
23:10:05 /recovery not found! Skipping backup of /recovery!
23:10:05 Backing up /system...\c
23:11:30 Backing up /data...\c
23:18:30 Backing up /cache...\c
23:18:32 Backing up /sd-ext...\c
23:18:37 Generating md5sum...\c
23:20:38 Verifying md5sum...\c
23:20:39 Online Nandroid Backup Completed in 10 minutes 39 seconds!

So, I don't think selecting the Xperia

Z

patch got me a complete backup of my Xperia

ZL

(no recovery), but this time at least a backup of /boot was made as well.

Just for my understanding: if cat /proc/partitions shows 27 partitions, shouldn't a full backup of my phone consist of all these partitions? While Nandroid only does so much, perhaps using 'nanddump' and 'nandwrite' from MTD-Utils would prove a more complete backup method?
[Android Apps and Games] m0han:
not sure whether that's entirely correct. i faced the same issue and wasted nearly an entire evening trying to sort it out. then i flashed the zip from here, ran the necessary commands and the backup finished fine. and, when i tried again the next day, the script and the 'device patch' got installed fine in online nandroid backup app. i think it's pertinent to add here that i don't have xposed framework in my rom. dunno whether some other libraries are doing the trick, though.

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are cwm, twrp & 4ext the only formats supported? i've switched to cannibal open touch recovery from this thread. cwm backups are reported to be compatible with cot recovery. can i make a backup using your script and more importantly, will i be able to do a clean restore? in other words, will cot recovery be supported any time soon, if not already supported? on my device, cot recovery backs up boot, recovery, system, data, .android_secure and cache (skips sd-ext as it is not found).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dedline:
I need some help please guys. Tried following all the advice on forums and even youtube but nothing has worked. I need help unrooting and going back to official sprint samsung stock phone. Obviously im on sprint gn2. Best success I had was using tiangle away to reset binary back to 0. Reboot and do the uninstall root from superuser su reboot into recovery wiping dalv cache system then rebooting into stock download and do a complete system data wipe or format. Stock boots up. Says unrooted. Binary says 0 and official. But then im at october 2012 firmware and cannot update at all. Some advice please. This is time sensitive. Thank you so much for some help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cheyennemtn:
Have you looked at this one

[YOUTUBE]OdSpibu-WWs[/YOUTUBE]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kennyho35:
I'm on synergy 484 but it does this with any ROM even factory stock ROMs. Also I get no mobile network a lot when trying to send a text. Any help would be very much appreciated thanks a lot!
[LG Optimus Black] gaurishmhatre:
Hello, as the topic says I have usb connection problem on stock v30c rom. Whenever i connect my phone to Pc my phone gives me notification of slow charging no matter in which mode I connect. I tried enabling/disabling usb debugging. Tried different cable none works. Please help
[LG Optimus Black] N00BY0815:
Factory reset from hidden menu and all should be fine ;)

Sent from my battery eating android monster!
[LG Optimus Black] gaurishmhatre:
Tried it many times by hard reseting . I think there might be usb problem. But i can charge my phone absolutely fine.
[LG Optimus Black] gaurishmhatre:
Tried it many times by hard reseting . I think there might be usb problem. But i can charge my phone absolutely fine.

Methods i tried.

1.Factory reset

2.Turning on/off usb debugging mode

3.Cleaning dust from usb port

4.Options from lg hidden menu

5.changing connection type from usb mass storage to lg suote and others

Any other methods to try?
[LG Optimus Black] ouroboros12:
Put paper under the back cover. Besidr the camera. Got this issue AGAIN, after sending it off to repair. Charges fine with usb, but cant transfer sht without paper.
[LG Optimus Black] gaurishmhatre:
Will surely try your method. If it works atleast i will be able to flash new rom. Thanks
[LG Optimus Black] ouroboros12:
Jesus. Now mine is charging only even with paper! Its probably bc of using it while charging and the heat unsoldered stuff inside.
[LG Optimus Black] gaurishmhatre:
Omg mine charging is working fine but no usb even after having paper. If somethings unsoldered it will cost me as i am out of warranty. Thank god i had flashed stock rom and this peoblem occured. Now i have to repair it at lg service centre i guess.
[LG Optimus Black] ouroboros12:
Thats whatim going through AGAIN too. Ill have to sendto repair. I cant smartflash.
[LG Optimus Black] gaurishmhatre:
Hey could you add a photo because i am not getting where should i exactly place the paper. With or without back cover?
[LG Optimus Black] ouroboros12:
Place it under the back cover. Beside the camera and under usb port. Make sure it puts pressure, but dont put too thick paper. Try unscrewing and check the disassembling thread. :)
[LG Optimus Black] gaurishmhatre:
Thanks :) :)
[LG Optimus Black] ZTNL:
Hi

Flashing other baseband... :D
[LG Optimus Black] gaurishmhatre:
How can we flash baseband when we cannot connect to pc itself!! :confused:
[LG Optimus Black] gaurishmhatre:
please reply

still no reply? i had gone to service center there i asked them to change usb port which they did but still cannot connect to pc
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GaRRu:
Hello,

Well I had this bug lately with the new version of Slim Bean 4.2 that always rebooted my Galaxy S2.

I didn't have a problem with that until yesterday while my phone booted and doesn't want to load the phone.

I can think of a way of fixing the problem by installing the Rom again.. but the thing is.. why doesn't it load the desktop or show any living points except the main "Samsung Galaxy S2" screen?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] certitude:
Hey, First post and it going to be about whether my phone is bricked for good or not. =/ I'd really appreciate some help as I've clearly not researched enough into this.

-My Rogers HTC One X had previously been rooted and unlocked to hboot 1.09 with cyanogenmod.

-I wanted to install Android Revolution HD, so i figure I needed an hboot update. I went ahead and flashed the phone with the 'firmware.zip' in 'OTA_EVITA_UL_JB_45_S_Rogers_WWE_3.17.631.2_0.23a.32.09.29_10.128.32.34a_release_299850qstr7rxdbfuofl6j.zip' (HUGE MISTAKE)

-After flashing, I tried to install Android Revolution HD but it had crashed mid way.

-Im able to access hboot and Im also able to go into fastboot and recovery (recovery-clockwork-6.0.2.8-evita).

-Rebooting the phone results in a blank screen after the HTC loading screen. So no adb.

My hboot shows this:

UNLOCKED

EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT - 2.14.0000

RADIO - 23a.32.09.29

OPENDSP - v31.1.0.45.0815

eMMC-boot

Nov 26 2012,18:37:14:-1

I've tried locking it, flashing it with PJ83IMG.zip but it says: 'FAILED (remote: 44 hboot version check fail)'.

I've tried running 'RUU_Evita_UL_Rogers_WWE_1.94.631.3_Radio_0.18as.32.09.28L_10.103.32.24L_release_268972_signed.exe' but it gets half way and has Error 155.

Can anyone recommend a rom that will work in this configuration?

Any chance that I can still get S-off on the phone?

Any way to recover the phone at all? Just to be clear, I've flashed my Rogers phone with a Rogers OTA.

Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
Dude you are ****ed! no way to recover from that!..

J/K

All joking aside.

Download TWRP 2.3.3.1 It is compatible with the most ROMS and isn't buggy. Check MD5 and fastboot flash recovery twrprecovery.zip <-- replace with actual zip file name.

then fastboot erase cache

Boot to recovery

Wipe cache dalvik system and factory reset and flash any ROM designed for evita.

Because you're S-ON and on an HBOOT >= 1.14, you'll also have to extract the boot.img from the rom and flash it separately "fastboot flash boot boot.img", unless otherwise indicated on the ROM's thread, usually in the OP.

As a side note, you shouldn't have rooted, you have a lot of reading to do.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Nevermind
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] jerrycoffman45:
Also that Rom is for the international HTC one x if the install hadn't crashed it would have bricked your phone
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] certitude:
exad, Thanks for taking the time to write up the instructions for me. I've been able to get the phone to boot again. =) I do have some reading to do haha.

Given whats already done, did I put my phone in a situation where I've limited myself for future modding? What I'm really wondering is if I should be trying to get S-off so I can downgrade my firmware? Will I run into any issues with just running the phone as it is?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Herc08:
If you are going to s off, no need to really downgrade. This because you are turning security checks off. So it actually makes things a bit easier, and decreases the chances of bricking. I'm s off and on hboot 1.14 and was able to flash plenty of roms without a computer.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
You're not limited. You just need to fastboot flash boot boot.img any time you flash a ROM. If you're not a flashaholic like most of us, it's no big deal.

I wouldn't RUU with S-ON though, even though you didn't supercid, I bricked without supercid running an RUU after rooting.

So, if you don't plan to RUU you don't need to S-OFF either.

If you do intend to S-OFF, since you didn't need to supercid to unlock your bootloader, you would need to hex edit your CID to 11111111 if you wanted to S-OFF.

If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to ask but I suggest reading the stickies in all the sections. Good Luck
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] certitude:
Thanks for the info everyone. I'll be keeping that in mind.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChandraKoo:
I got a Telus HTC one x yesterday. Spent all day reading about rooting etc and finally went ahead and did it. The unlocking part went without a hitch. I then went to install the clockwork recovery and I think I used an outdated one, because after I did it, it wouldn't boot into recovery. I could get into the bootloader, but checking anything else it wouldn't do anything. At that time I was still able to boot up my phone as normal. I then saw an updated clockwork recovery and tried that one, and it still wouldn't respond when I clicked on recovery. Now I can't do anything except get into the bootloader. My screen says the exact same thing as the original poster in terms of

UNLOCKED

EVITA PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT - 2.14.0000

RADIO - 23a.32.09.29

OPENDSP - v31.1.0.45.0815

eMMC-boot

Nov 26 2012,18:37:14:-1

I'm so upset right now. I read your instructions on what you suggested to the OP but theirs was Rogers and mines Telus, and I never did have a custom ROM on there, and I don't have a clear cache option, just a 'clear storage'

Even selecting the 'reset phone' doesn't work. I'm ready to cry lol. I don't want to touch anything without guidance so I don't screw it up even further. I know this is the rogers forum but it's what came up when doing a google search.

Please help me. Please tell me this can be fixed. :crying:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Don't use CWM, use TWRP instead. Find version 2.3.3.1 at goo.im (just Google TWRP 2.3.3.1 evita download). Check the md5 of the download is correct. I'm assuming you have fastboot on your pc.

Put the TWRP recovery.img in your fastboot folder

Boot phone into bootloader, wait for it to say "fastboot usb" on the screen of your phone

Open a command prompt in that folder on your pc

Type in the following command:

fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-TWRP-2.3.3.1-evita.img (whatever the name of the recovery image is, I think that's right)

It will now write the recovery to your phone, wait for it to finish, it should only take a few seconds

Now type the following command in:

fastboot erase cache

fastboot reboot-bootloader

Now you should be able to disconnect your phone and flash superuser.zip in your new recovery and have root access.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChandraKoo:
omg!!!!! TY TY TY TY TY!!!!!!!!

It flashed into recovery!!!!!

I can't find where my superuser went...is there a way I can get it onto my phone? At this point I'm so nervous about screwing anything up that I'm afraid to play (which is rare for me as I'm normally quite good at all this stuff)

Do I really need the superuser? I'm planning on putting the ViperXL 3.2.7 rom on my phone. Can I just go straight to installing the rom?

I know where I went wrong now though. I used the international root instructions and not the AT&T ones as I assumed since I was Telus instead of Rogers or AT&T that that was the one I needed. Ugh! I feel like such an idiot!! I had android for quite a while then went to iphone for a little while (mistake) and had gotten so good at doing everything with those and forgot most of the steps involved with rooting android and the terminology. I'm happy to be back home with android!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
You can just go ahead and flash ViperXL, that is pre-rooted so you'll be good to go. I just assumed you had a ROM running, so flashing the superuser zip would have just given that ROM root access.

Now, just make sure you stay here in the One XL (AT&T) forum. Make sure you only flash ROMs from here, because flashing one of the International ROMs can brick your phone, and we don't want that.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChandraKoo:
I will be staying here!! lol

Just to be sure I have this correct...

I downloaded Viper and the boot img.

I'm going to go back to my cmd prompts, install the boot img

I'm getting hung up with understanding how to place the zip on my phone storage...My computer isn't showing it as being a separate drive.

I keep getting 'failed' errors with everything in TWRP. If I try to mount as USB storage, my computer says it needs to be formatted...

When I try to do anything else it shows up with failed.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Ok here's what you'll need to do:

Boot your phone into the bootloader (hold power and volume down key together, release power after a second but keep holding volume down until you're in bootloader)

Select recovery

Once recovery boots up, connect to pc with usb cable, select mount in recovery menu, then select mount storage

Your phone should now show up on your pc as a drive, copy the entire ROM zip to your phone

Once it's copied, do eject and safely remove the drive from your pc, and hit unmount on your phone screen

Hit the home button (little house on bottom left) in recovery

From main recovery select wipe, once in wipe menu you must wipe cache, dalvik cache, factory reset, and system

Once you've wiped all those, hit the home button again

Select install from the main recovery menu, then find the ROM you previously copied to your sd card and select it, then swipe to install, let the install finish (please note: if you're installing viper, it will have a few options to select during the install, select the ones you want. But right at the end of the install process there will be a checkbox for "reboot device now" and it will be checked, make sure you uncheck that before you hit finish/done)

Now you'll see two options, wipe cache/dalvik is one, do that, once that's done hit the home button again

From the main menu, hit reboot, and then bootloader, your phone will now boot back into the bootloader and fastboot usb should show up in red text on your screen if your usb cable is still connected

Now back to the pc, Copy the boot.img from the ROM zip and place it in your fastboot folder

Make sure you're connected with usb and fastboot usb is showing on your phone screen

Open a command prompt in your fastboot folder on pc and type in:

fastboot devices

You should see a device number return in the command prompt, if that shows up you're connected properly, so now type in the following command:

fastboot flash boot boot.img

This will flash the boot.img to your phone, let it finish

Once that's done you can reboot and you should be able to reboot into your new ROM

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChandraKoo:
It's not mounting...just keep getting a message from my computer that the drive needs to be formatted before I can use it...

btw, ty for all your help on this :o you've been amazingly helpful!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
You may have corrupted your sd card. You'll have to format it, which means you'll lose all your data off it unfortunately. Do that first and then start again.

Sent from my Evita
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ChandraKoo:
It worked!!!!!! It booted up into Viper!!!!! TY a million times over!!!!!!!!!!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Heisenberg:
Awesome, so glad to see you got it going :thumbup:

And no problem at all, my pleasure, this is what XDA is all about.

Sent from my Evita
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] KryptosXLayer2:
I made this post on the AT&T S4 section, but thought you guys would be interested in it too! There's also a post about this app in the international S4 Themes and Apps section, but I decided to make a new one here with my findings on the Weather Station app that utilizes the thermometer, barometer, and hygrometer sensors found in the S4. Enjoy....

I was showing off the device the other day and remembered that it had those sensors, so I quickly searched for this app, downloaded it, and had to keep reminding the people I was with that this wasn't network data it was polling, it was actual sensor data found right from the device! Pretty cool stuff.... it gets better though!

I have a pretty awesome desktop weather station that displays indoor and outdoor temp and relative humidity, and decided to compare findings - obviously, I'm not trying to claim that either one is 100% accurate, just wanted to compare between the two. Here are my results:

Note the labels above and below the desktop weather station to designate the outdoor and indoor sensors (there is a physical, wireless sensor outside the house that transmits the temp and RH to this station, so this too doesn't poll network data just like the S4 does not). While holding it for a few seconds to get a good, focused shot with my point-and-shoot Samsung CL65, the temp went up on the S4, pictured left, with the Weather Station app running, giving me temp, pressure, and relative humidity in my preferred units of measure. Pretty good, huh?

If you're wondering, yes, I live in FL, and yes, outdoor RH is always crazy high! By the way.... How crazy is it that my PHONE has more sensors than this singular purpose desktop weather station? If you're looking for the best place to get this desktop weather station I have, try Sam's Club.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Vanakatherock:
Excellent. I downloaded it and will give it a shot. Thanks for mentioning it!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] kyhassen:
I too want to say thank you. I havnt really played with it yet. But my friend has like 50 digital and non-digital thermometers lol i will test it at his house haha., Either way this is a pretty sweet way to use the phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] FanOfSkynyrd:
Thx for posting this...as a weather forecaster by trade I think its awesome this phone has a sensor that measures temp and pressure.

Something I will for sure brag about to my co-workers who are iphone users.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] NeORiN:
thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Jonathanlc2005:
Ive be3n using it since day 1.... its light and functional :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] sprintnerd:
Thanks !:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] markspend01:
Hey Guys my name is Mark.Well i think that's a great app about weather station.Thanks for sharing that's type of brilliant information.

S-Type Load Cells
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] JamesManios:
Effan noticed that in the iMate ROM 1.72 it was creating 3 dlls in the TEMP directory; and he build a new CAB to move them to the \Windows directory, you can read about it here (towards the bottom)

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=9006&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=hsdcard&start=50

My question is; does anyone know what these are? Were they supposed to go into the \Windows directory, did it make a difference to anyone who has moved them? Have any of the people suffering from Hard Resets tried to use these files? I just did the 1.72 Rom update and in 20 minutes it already hard reset itself… (hoping these help...)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mistasyn:
I want a way to stop my SMS from appearing on my lockscreen, I tried to find a way to turn it off. I am a privacy freak and i don't want my messages appearing while my phone is locked...can anybody help me?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] xSunny:
You can have it hidden it'll just say new message but that includes for notification bar as well its in the settings of the messaging app
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jmoak:
Yeah I don't understand the sms notification. I wish you could just disable the lock screen notification. It doesn't function the way I wish it did. It also makes all other sms widgets on the lock screen pointless.
[Micromax A110] Rahulsingh190:
Guys..suddenly my phone got very slow..it was on some custom rom..I flashed other rom after wiping data & cache..but then also my phone was slow..then I flash my phone with sp flash tool..but then also its slow like hell..can anyone help me..plz