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[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] flopower1996:
I think you are not out of luck! Are you getting a red screen or is evrything dead?
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] kurohyou:
Completely dead.

...and there is an e-MMC. On my KF2, it was under a piece of foam. If you look at it like you just took off the back cover (without moving the motherboard) from the bottom (the side with the usb port) it's on the right lower portion of the motherboard. It's a Samsung chip, KLM8G2FE3B-B001. There's also a line of solder points just below it. It looks like a decent number of the pins (which we can't see because it's a surface mount) go to that bank of solder points.

Since I still can't post real links/pictures: tinypic.com/r/20hppw5/5

Image credit: iFixit.

That picture is the motherboard from a KF1, but it's in the same location. It's the chip outlined in red.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] kurohyou:
Just a little update... Have a junk motherboard, the e-MMC is off, now I'm just tracking down where the pins go and possible solder points. It looks like the motherboard has exposed pads that will work well for soldering (my guess is they were originally access points for board/component testing?). I'll post again when I have more info. :p
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] kurohyou:
Another update: I've tracked down solder points for DAT0-7, CMD, and CLK. I just need to track down the voltage (Vcc and Vss) and grounds (VccQ and VssQ). After that, I'll have pictures with it labelled. Then I need to work on soldering to said points and attaching them to a MMC reader, and praying that it works.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] stunts513:
Hmm well if you can get your PC to recognize the emmc, with what I'm assuming is going to be Linux because of the fact the filesystem is ext4 on kindles last I checked, I'm curious if the modules that Linux have will recognize the device. If it does I wonder if u can simply use dd to flash the messed up partitions with the correct signed replacements. I wish I had your solder skills... I need a new tip for mine but I'm too lazy to go out and get one, much less do soldering on a kindle motherboard. If this works u could offer repair services to people, because I doubt most people would attempt this. I find this thread very interesting!
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] flopower1996:
Then good luck to you!

Hopefuly we will have an unbrick method...
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] kurohyou:
Finished tracking down solder points. Attached are some pictures with them labelled. I'll be working on the actual soldering and connecting it to my computer in the next few days here as my mini-vacation is over and I have to go back to work tonight.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] kurohyou:
So! I have good news. I soldered everything together and plugged it in. Ubuntu auto-mounted all the partitions from the e-MMC! I'll post pictures on Friday as I'm about to take a nap before spending the next 24 hours at work.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] kurohyou:
I have a couple minutes on break, so I'm uploading a screenshot of Ubuntu with the partitions mounted. All my pictures of the board/SD card reader and solder job are on my camera at home, so I'll post those later.

Note: The partitions are on the bottom left of the window, the 17 MB one through the 929 MB one. Once I track down which one is the boot partition, I'm going to rewrite it with the original boot image and pray that has fixed the problem.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] stunts513:
Wow this is awesome, I am very impressed at this. Now to just use dd to shove the boot loader down the emmc's throat. I wonder does linux recognize the fact that any of the partitions are signed in like gparted under a partitions properties? Not sure if u have gparted installed, probably have to install it from the repos. Also kinda curious about the partition layout as to how everything is ordered on the emmc, as gparted shows.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] kurohyou:
Thanks! Assuming this works, I'm thinking of designing a solder-less device to make all the connections. Soldering to those tiny pads on the motherboard was a pain!

Is it the partition itself that's signed, or the boot files?

That's a really good idea. I'll make sure to take a screenshot of the partitions in gparted when I have a chance to work on it some more on Friday.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] stunts513:
From what I understand not all, but some of the partitions are signed, like the boot loader, they have a 64kb signature in the partitions header if I remember correctly. That's also the reason we can't fix the device when we brick the boot loader, because these things show up as omap devices and we have the means to use that device and try to fix it, but we can't fix it because the initial file it loads up has to be signed. Your fix is kinda unorthodox, but hey, whatever works.:thumbup:bet amazon didn't think people would go this far to fix it. Heck technically if this works you could probably root it in this manor even if an exploit wasn't viable. Anyways for more I to on what I was talking about read q2, q3, and q4 of this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2228539

I personally want to look into why we can't just hex edit a image that's unsigned to clone a signed images signature, but I don't feel like opening up 2 huge files in a hex editor to compare the differences to see how the signature is in the file, not to me took that would be next to impossible I think since it would be difficult to try to make a partition exactly like the one on the kindle minus a signature (because even if u copied the files over, they wouldn't necessarily be in the stored in the exact same sectors of a partition), making it even more complicated for me to see the actual signature. Soupemagnet said this is impossible to do already and he knows what he's talking about so i seriously doubt I could do this.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] kurohyou:
I'd venture an (un)educated guess that TI considered this sort of tampering and the header is essentially an encrypted checksum for the image. That would make sense when you consider the need for proprietary software to "generate" a signed header.

An interesting idea while we're going down this road... I'd think the only thing that prevents us from brute-forcing (through trial and error) our way to some sort of method of generating the signed headers is that an attempt could only be made once (assuming an incorrect algorithm) before you'd end up with a paperweight, meaning up until now you'd need a LOT of Kindles to even hope to get close; however, assuming that what I'm working on works to restore the KF2 to functioning, one could rig up a port to reflash the image (with a header generated with a new algorithm each time) until either you wore out the e-MMC or you managed upon one that worked.

Perhaps we could run the idea by soupmagnet and see what he thinks?
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] stunts513:
Yea that's an interesting idea, I have no idea how u could generate headers to try to forge what the kindle has though, and I'm assuming if it is a 64kb signature, that is a huge amount of combinations. I'm assuming figuring out how to make a signed image is similar to how some key generators are made that take a activation code and spit put another code for you to use. Though I have no idea how they figure out the common denominators for making a code based on such. Its one thing in simple math but to do it to strings of letters and numbers is beyond me. Luckily we have several partitions for reference, if it was just one we'd be pretty screwed, assuming I have any idea what I'm talking about. Feel free to run the idea by him, I chatted with him before a little about something like this in some PM's.
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
Let's say you are able to restore the device every time you brick it. In order for brute force to work, you would need to be able to flash the image, attempt to boot, restore the device when it fails, create a new disk.img while somehow generating a new signature for it, flash that one, etc....and it all has to be done automatically.

Putting that aside for a moment, there's a lot of speculation online about how long it will actually take to brute force just a simple 128bit encryption key. I've seen everything from several years to several hundred years. Multiply that by about 500 and you'll have an idea of the amount of time it would take to brute force a 64Kb signature, and that's without having to repack, flash, restore, etc. for every single iteration....so I highly doubt a brute force attack is even feasible in this situation.

You should probably just focus on getting the device restored so you can have yourself a little side business of restoring hard bricked 2nd generation Kindle Fires...although, it would be extremely nice if you shared with the community how you were able to do so...if you are ever successful that is. ;)
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] kurohyou:
Sounds like a lot of work; although, I didn't expect anything less. :p

What, you're telling me that cracking the encryption in a few million years from now wouldn't be useful? :D

It probably didn't help that in my sleep-deprived state last night, I failed to differentiate between 64kb and 64bit. Oops.

That's always been the focus, but I also figured that while we're here discussing things (and with confirmed access to the e-MMC now), why stop with just the basic restore to working when there's the possibility of more?

Of course I'm going to share! As soon as I finish the last few steps here and confirm that it's working, I'm going to post a guide over on the Development forum. I don't know how many people will be comfortable with the soldering part, though. It was a beast trying to solder to the motherboard. I do plan on trying to develop a solderless method, probably by fabricating a board that connects to all the important points and secures to the motherboard itself (probably using the screw holes).
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] kurohyou:
Some more images, now that I'm home.

Here's what everything looks liked when it's soldered together:

Here it is connected to the computer:

...and finally, a screenshot of the partitions in gparted:
[Kindle Fire 2 Q&A, Help and Troubleshooting] stunts513:
Sweet, didn't realize how many partitions the kindle had. So now all we need to figure out is which partition of those is the bootloader partition, so u can try flashing the boot loader with the dd command. Might I suggest backing up the entire emmc device with dd instead of just some of the partitions? Also was wondering if all goes well, if the kfhd's emmc pin layout is the same, be nice if a solderless bolt on version could be truly "universal" for all kindles, shape wise it wouldn't be a problem as long as the bolt-on-board has multiple hole configurations.
[LG Optimus G Pro] Billy Madison:
So, who could make pictures on both G Pro, SGS4 and iPhone5 to make unbiased comparison of their cameras?

It G Pro camera on par with the SGS4's and iPhone 5's? Or does it still lack quality and color accuracy?

And topic is stalled so I made this new one
[LG Optimus G Pro] surge27:
I used to have to have the St

The saturated colors will make the color images" look" better.

The Pro images are a little more realistic

This is judging based on normal mode on both phones. Sorry can't do comparison right now.

As for iPhone, can't really say. Never owned one and never will.
[LG Optimus G Pro] mtda80:
In well lit conditions, the G Pro takes better pics than the iPhone 5. It struggles in low light though.

Sent from an air duct on Hadley's Hope
[LG Optimus G Pro] xartic12:
Coming from the GNoteII, the OGP struggles in low light from what I can tell. Day time the pictures prove to be about the same, but with higher resolution resulting in greater sharpness.
[LG Optimus G Pro] titus1:
LED flash is weak
[LG Optimus G Pro] Billy Madison:
Well, here there is a comparison shots. In daylight I think both S4 & GPro do the same job, it's indoors and flash shots that G Pro camera mostly criticized about. I'll guess pair of advices. Someone should try "night mode" when shooting indoors to get better shots, "night mode" makes longer shots and therefore gets more light to the picture. And then when shooting with flash as on keyboard picture one should not tap on camera button fast but instead tap and hold it, so camera will focus with flash on and then, when button released, compute a fine-grained picture with better quality than when fast tapped. It's somewhat like HDR mode

But both keyboard shot and Pond's shot are more blurry on G Pro than on S4, that's reason the GPro camera is criticized about. LG needs to do more job here
[LG Optimus G Pro] anirudhks:
THanks for that I have added a new sample f the flash in absolute pitch dark from the G pro , check the level of detail zoom in on serial number and see the detail , I think S4 cant have that detail ... pic s Cam00056
[LG Optimus G Pro] titus1:
I can't believe that I would say this. I'm starting to appreciate the cam quality of the G Pro. It started to grow on me.

Though I'm having a prob with the AOSP(?) Cam and other cam apps, the led flash would not assist the focusing when needed and will only fire up when I actually took a pic.

Anyone experiencing this?
[LG Optimus G Pro] solaris2k:
I have the s4 active and g pro but honestly I like the camera on the active more than my g pro. Pics seem to come out more clear but the g pro holds its own well tho.
[LG Optimus G Pro] riz157:
Not impressed with camera quality. I don't own S4 but do have Xperia zl which does take better pictures and shows more detail especially in low light.
[LG Optimus G Pro] esimon311:
It's kinda odd sometimes my camera takes the most stunningly detailed bright vivid pictures. I have pictures of my kid playing in the sprinkler that the camera caught the water droplets in the air and they are crystal clear... And then sometimes its like the thing is trying to focus on objects in the background. And my pictures come out crappy... It feels like the autofocus is the culprit to me.

When the fu#k did we get ice cream?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vukotica:
I installed xElite gamer ROM but now i cant enter recovery. Tried using auto cwm installer and it tells that cwm is installed but cant boot into recovery.

Is there any other way of entering recovery except vol button and into recovery reboot?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FaiselW:
What android version are you running?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vukotica:
2.3.7 with locked bootloader
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FaiselW:
Flash lupus gb kernel and you will have cwm installed
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thunderbird8:
I don't think this can be done with a locked bootloader.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FaiselW:
Is your bootloader unlockable?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vukotica:
No. I cant unlock it any day soon
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallman43:
You should not give advice like this without reading the post..:( He said he had a locked bootloader if he followed your comments he would have probably bricked his phone:crying:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FaiselW:
With a locked bootloader this would not brick your phone it would not install I tried this when I had a locked bootloader and my it said on my computer I needed a unlocked bootloader and left the phone stock it wouldn't of bricked it
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallman43:
:laugh:Was still very very bad advice which ever way you look at it !! And I said probably :p and would definitely not recommend people to do it!! So please guys do not try this:) Back on topic please....
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vukotica:
I didn't solve the problem,but I used PC companion to reflash stock firmware and now works hood.

Just vondering if i will have the same problem if I flash xElite gamer again
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vukotica:
Same problem again,stock firmware,but cant get tobrecovery
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] medman:
I have an AmbiCom WIFI SDcard which comes wtih drivers which makes connections with the AP, but don't have any thing to do with internet connection, I have IMATE MDAII with WM2003 2.06 ROM, when I put the card in place nothing happens, and it seems this ROM doesnt support WIFI and the Microsoft zero configuration wizard doesnt show up, what to do to make network connections configure to WIFI
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] duyminhuk:
You should install this driver then install Ambicom driver. Good luck!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] bluenovember:
help me with my Spectec wifi card please!

hey... i need your help .. i just bought a spectec wifi card but it doesn't seem to be working... i have an XDA II

i installed the driver for the card and then when i inserted the card, it does not seem to detect and connect.. when i clicked on the icon for the WLAN under programs, it did not even run at all...

my ROM version is 1.72.00WWE

Radio version of 1.17.00

Ext Rom version of 1.72.901

i am running on WM 2003
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Accessories] ennzed:
I have the problem with my SOCKET SD wifi card :

I installed the drivers and it simply doesn't work

Help!
[Android Apps and Games] LynXT:
Unofficial XDA-Developers portal website

Enter the portal, check social networks in your community favorite

This is premature alpha it still has many bugs

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xdadeveloperscom.diplodocus
[Android Apps and Games] LegendM:
Good job,tapatalk 4 include portal function.I think you must dont waste your time anymore :(
[Android Apps and Games] D33PO:
Now THAT is encouraging!

Sent from my thingy
[Android Apps and Games] Tunatje:
Good job man. Just downloaded the app! Keep up the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] matgras:
Not everybody uses tapatalk 4,

[MENTION=225651]op[/MENTION] keep up the good work!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] scumpicule:
SystemUI Mod - Battery indicator for Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3​

Warning: This operation involves risk. Neither I or XDA can not be held responsible for any problems encountered. Remember to make a backup before installing this mod!

​

Credits & Thanks go to :

OlliG Original Thread by OlliG -->> HERE

hara74 Original Thread by hara74 -->> HERE

Reddy Original Thread by Reddy -->> HERE

Special Thanks to Kangburra

Presentation

This Mod is without numbers because there´s no 1% Mod for your Mega for now and otherwise it would jumps like 100-94-79-64-49-34-20-10-4

So If you want to see the numbers, you could tick that in settings.

Looks like:

Requirements

A Samsung Galaxy Mega GT-I920x rooted phone view HERE or HERE

A recovery custom (CWM) HERE For the method A

A root explorer application like Root explorer or Solid explorer For the method B

Installation

Method A -->> Flash zip file via the CWM

This tool will create a folder "UniversalFlasher" on your sdcard and also a flashable backup with the changed apk inside, for the case you don't like the new icon

It wipes cache and dalvik automaticly (maybe not necessary but doesn't harm anyway)

Important:

This zip structure is for only roms that has the systemui.apk inside the system/app folder, not in preload partition!!!

Download desired zip file

Move it to your external sdcard

Boot into recovery (cwm) --> vol up + home + power

Once in the recovery menu, select install zip from sdcard

Then select choose zip from sdcard

Select the zip file and press on Yes

Go back & select Reboot system now

Important:

If u flash the zip and the flashprocess breaks or after the flash you´re still on the Icon before,

try to flash the zip from the external sdcard.

U will find the news flashables zip files on the second post

Method B -->> Replace the existing SystemUI.apk

Copy SystemUI.apk file on your sd card

Move the latter using the root explorer at the root of your phone

Change the permissions of the apk on 644 -->> rw-r--r--

Once done, move the apk in root-> system-> app

Here, a window will ask you if you want to replace existing SystemUI.apk .Click yes

Reboot your phone

Enjoy !!

Screenshot
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] scumpicule:
Special Request

Here is a centralisation of all screenshots battery mod from the original Thread by hara74 :good:

If anyone has a request for a special Icon (without numbers for the moment),post it here.

So hara74 can see what he can do for you

Downloads

Examples and the downloaded link files which has been asked and has been created are here

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DOWNLOAD Method A

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Thank you to him ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] hara74:
hi m8,

nice thread ;)

you should say in OP that this is without numbers because there´s no 1% Mod for your Mega for now and otherwise it would jumps like 100-94-79-64-49-34-20-10-4

if someone like to see the numbers, you could tick that in settings

looks like:

View attachment 2162633
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] scumpicule:
Added !!

Thanks you very much :);)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] hara74:
oh I forgot,

if anyone has a request for a special Icon (without numbers for now),

post it here, so I can see what I can do

examples are here http://www.android-hilfe.de/showthread.php?t=437682,

I know this thread is german but the screenshots should say enough ;)

look around the whole thread because not all are in the OP

sent from my G-Note
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] scumpicule:
Thank you on their behalf.

;)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] gx3k:
Can we have this one please? It's simple and not too cheesy. The numbers are quite important for me so hopefully that gets fixed soon.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] scumpicule:
I've posted all the present mod in the original Thread in the 2nd post

Enjoy !!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] hara74:
hey m8 really cool what u have done :thumbup:

sent from my G-Note

---------- Post added at 11:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:22 PM ----------

sure

I'll make it tomorrow

but don't forget it's the systemui.apk from the stock rom

sent from my G-Note
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] hara74:
here it is ;)

View attachment 2162867

Edit: have u guys a working recovery??? because then I would test it with UFT zip as by Galaxy Note before, so I haven´t to edit the systemui.apk all the time, instead I would make a flashable zip that only change the necessary pngs inside your systemui.apk
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ValenteL:
We must delete the SystemUI.odex ?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] hara74:
no

when Wollired tested my first Icon he didn´t
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] scumpicule:
I've added the download file on the second post near the correspondant screenshot ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] ValenteL:
Thank You
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] scumpicule:
It's a pleasure dear Valente

Is really nice !!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] hara74:
so here´s the first UFT zip with this Icon:

View attachment 2162936

this is a flashable zip for those brave guys who like that Icon or only want to test if it´s working :p

in this zip are more than 200 Icons but it should only change maybe 20 Icons in your SystemUI.apk and there a few missing, because in your SystemUI.apk are 3 Icons named ..._red.png that didn´t create by the tool,

but if it works I´ll push those Icons into the zip in future

so for those of you who doesn´t know about UFT (Universal Flasher Tool), it based on the well known VR-Theme and only changes pngs which are already there

also it creates a folder on ur sdcard called UniversalFlasher and a flashable backup inside

it wipes cache+dalvik automaticly (maybe not necessery but doesn´t harm anyway)

hope someone are brave enough to test it :fingers-crossed:

and report here if it works :fingers-crossed:

but maybe make a nandroid backup before just in case
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] scumpicule:
I have a GS3 LTE

Can I test it ?