yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] frert:
Have you manage to make any progress with fixing your sensation?

Mine is f*#ked! Played around with adb and saw that the /userdata partition is still listed but a print all from within it brings up no start of end point.

I'm out of ideas.

I did manage to get something installed. Got it to get to the cyanogenmod boot screen but it wouldn't progress further, more than likely due to not being able to mount data.

I'm found a link to .bin file containing the emmc data for a sensation on another website. I had to register to download it but each time I tried to register it said I was spamming and had to contact admin to get authorised... But couldn't find a contact link anywhere.

I'm out of ideas now and have a dead phone. It's my only phone and I'm now having to use an ipad and hangouts over wifi to contact people.

If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this please share them.

I also suggest a warning should be placed in the first post saying that this recovery will corrupt your data partition or the download link removed until the problem is fixed.

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Link to the forum where the emmc data is.

http://forum.legija.net/showthread.php/68905-HTC-Models-eMMC-re-partitioning-data
[HTC Sensation] Bastaerd:
You probably looked at this but did you look at the unbrickable Sensation project started by Dexter93 (or something similar) in this forum?
[HTC Sensation] GizmoTheGreen:
I have tried this on my phone but I don't get very far, the detection script doesn't recognize any sdX device to be my phone. dmesg shows my phone appears as the modem device though.
[HTC Sensation] frert:
I got the same as you. Couldn't get it to find my phone. Have you had any luck getting it to work in the last week?
[HTC Sensation] CoreWolf:
Okay, i suddenly got the same problem

I wanted to switch ROMS's, and TWRP was hanging at wiping data, thinking it was a recovery issue i tried 4ext and 4ext just returns a error upon wiping data

Also i tried fastboot erase userdata, but it just hangs, while erasing system in fastboot & reformatting in 4ext works fine...

Now i have a unbootable device as most ROMS aren't functional without data partition

Time to wait for a solution :/

Also with my unlocked hboot(revolutionary) i can't flash new kernels anymore :/, it just fails
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Time for RUU ?
[HTC Sensation] CoreWolf:
Oh yeah, time to install windows :p
[HTC Sensation] Delacor:
FINALLY! No more Status 0 errors and wrong binary!

Love this bad boy. Thanks!
[HTC Sensation] frert:
RUU didn't work for us. Data partition is so corrupted because of this recovery that not ever an RUU can fix it.
[HTC Sensation] Jack Daniel's:
I have the same problem.

I really hope there is a solution for this...
[HTC Sensation] frert:
Have tried everything I know. Everything I searched for and tried has not worked. We will need someone who intimately knows the sensation to fix this one. I had to buy a new phone because of this.
[HTC Sensation] CoreWolf:
Lol, i already bought a Xiaomi RedMi 1S that should arrive in a few days, but yeah it would be nice if we could fix this (semi flash hardbrick something like that blah) :p

RUU didn't work btw :/
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Hey did you guys tried flashing the firmware and then 4ext and format all partitions. You can always try the unbricking thread
[HTC Sensation] frert:
Yes, tried all that. Was one of the first things I did. Flashed 3.33 and used multiple recoveries including 4ext to try to format all partition. Nothing worked.
[HTC Sensation] Jack Daniel's:
Looks like the partition table is broken somehow.

In my case data, system and cache can't be mounted.

Is there any chance to repair this without a RIFF box?
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
Try the unbricking approach, although firmware should have updated the parition.

Try this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1522351
[HTC Sensation] corumuk:
So is this recovery safe to use? Have to admit i've switched back to 4ext for the time being. It seems too much of a coincidence that several users have bricked their devices whilst doing a full format with the current version of this recovery.
[HTC Sensation] frert:
I wouldn't say it is. Many of us have killed our phones with this in the same manner. Either by trying a full format or format of the data partition.

I think the download link should be pulled until the faults with this are fixed or more people's phones will die.
[HTC Sensation] CoreWolf:
Welp, RUU failed harder on me when i retryed, now it won't boot to recovery anymore(htc boot screen with exclamation marks), maybe i should try a newer one if i have some time

The unbricking approach didn't work, my linux installation only gives a ttyUSB1 qcserial port and nothing else when in QHSUSB_DLOAD mode

Now i have a new brick to put on my wall along with my dead PC motherboards&parts :p
[HTC Sensation] frert:
Flash 3.33 firmware then flash your recovery again. That'll sort out the booting to HTC exclamation mark screen... But unfortunately won't fix the data partition issue.
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
So did anybody manage to get corrupted data partition working again?
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
I see that many people seem to have broken the device using this recovery. My apologies to all of you.

I have taken down the recovery. If any of you guys with broken phone can send me the phone to me in London, UK i can try and help reviving it.

I cannot try the same on my device as i will need one working device to find the solution.

If anyone wishes to send me the phone PM me and I will give you my details.
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
I managed to get all the partitions mountable again (at least I don't get errors when I try to mount them in recovery), but I can't format them....

EDIT: Messed up again. Don't know how I managed to get them mountable again, but data is not mountable anymore...
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
So I found a way to get everything mountable again, but it doesn't get me anywhere, because if I try to wipe/format any partition it fails again.

Maybe anyone wants to try to get any further from that point here what I need to do to make everything mountable again.

1.) Boot into ruu mode from bootloader with

fastboot oem rebootRUU

2.) Erase recovery with this command

fastboot erase recovery

3.) Reboot into bootloader and flash latest 4ext recovery with

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

4.) Reboot into recovery. You'll get a message that you're in safe mode and need to wipe cache and reboot. Instead of wiping cache here, wipe everything except sdcard. After that reboot recovery.

(You'll get an error for cache here, but don't worry about that.)

5.) You'll get message about safe mode again. This time just wipe cache and reboot recovery again.

After these steps you should be able to mount all your partitions again, but as I said you can't wipe them...

Maybe somebody finds a way here.

EDIT: After I had my phone off some time now it's stuck at qhsusb_dload. Looks like a hard brick.
[HTC Sensation] derproblembaer:
The download link seems to be down at the moment. I'm getting "404 - Not Found".
[HTC Sensation] sly68:
iam trying too, but same error code 404.
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
You guys must be kidding? Just read 3 post before yours and you would see that shantur took it down, because this one breaks your device.
[HTC Sensation] sly68:
o.k. where i can download last release of twrp for senny?
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
Dexter uploaded a twrp 2.7 build along with his slimrom, but with that one your phone won't charge while off. I'd suggest switch to 4ext.
[HTC Sensation] lovendsuicide:
Dude, are you serious? :rolleyes:
[HTC Sensation] derproblembaer:
I had no problems with the last version. I used it successfully on three different Sennys.

TWRP is imho the best recovery out there. I hope theres a way to fix it. It's Open Source and the function to queue multiple zips is awesome.

It's possible to save the last version from a Senny which already has it using the dd command. I've done that yesterday without issues. But I would not recommend doing that.
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
The problem is not twrp in general, it's this one from shantur, which sometimes while wiping freezes. That leads to corrupted partitions.

With the one from dexter I never had problems, except that battery does not charge while phone is off.
[HTC Sensation] sly68:
thanks, i have installed 4ext.
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
No one?
[HTC Sensation] corumuk:
seems there's a new official version of twrp available for pyramid, v2.7.1.0 in case anyone is interested. i've tried it out by carrying out a factory reset, then an advanced wipe including data etc, then restored a backup. all seems to work ok now.
[HTC Sensation] derproblembaer:
Nice, I will try it out as soon as I'm at home.

Download Link:

http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/pyramid
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
I would send you mine, but it's totally dead. I'm going to send it to htc and hope that they'll repair it under warranty, though I don't have much hope.
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
So it wasn't me

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53322518&postcount=1304
[HTC Sensation] corumuk:
Wow, glad I didn't brick mine yesterday then. Tested v2.7.1.0 and data partition formatted fine. Twice.

At the end of the day we all know the risks I guess and certainly nobody is pointing any fingers but its still an unwelcome kick in the cojones when something like this happens.

Kudos to shantur for offering to attempt repairs though.
[HTC Sensation] Corvo007:
Guys, the new official TWRP 2.7.1.0 for Pyramid you are talking about is taken down or something? Because there's no new 2.7.1.0 img file on TWRPs page for Pyramid, only for Sensation XL*Runnymede.
[HTC Sensation] Sajito:
I think it has been taken down, because someone reported that the official bricked his device too. There seems to be something wrong with twrp itself.
[HTC Sensation] frert:
[MENTION=3275672]shantur[/MENTION] do you still want a sensation to work on? I can send you mine so you can investigate the problem.
[HTC Sensation] shantur:
I dont know what TWRP does to screw the phone. I think best is to ask TWRP devs such as [MENTION=912474]Dees_Troy[/MENTION]

I can work on it but I am busy with other things for some time as well so might not be able to do something too quick.

If you expect for something to happen real soon dont send otherwise i will definitely look into it as i get time.

If you are happy PM me I will give you my details.
[HTC Sensation] Jack E:
[MENTION=3275672]shantur[/MENTION], would it be possible for you to provide us with an image of a working, freshly formatted data partition by running this in recovery?

Any help is much appreciated, from you, or anybody for that matter! :)

Edit: Likewise could someone with a working phone provide us with the output from this command?
[HTC Sensation] Jack E:
Thanks Shantur, it does indeed seem to be caused my an eMMC controller bug as suggested by dexter93 in his unbrick project thread. There appear to be bad blocks caused by the format midway through the data partition :/
[HTC Sensation] shider:
On my Sensation it looks similar. But bad blocks should be in constant place, here isn't. I tried to dump data partition using dd and every time it produce different count of bytes. After that other partitions became unavailable.
[HTC Sensation] hinxnz:
Just a random suggestion, if your phone is S-off you could try a GB RUU :cowboy:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] iamtwenty1:
Every time a calendar reminder comes up on the tablet I can not dismiss or snooze it, nothing will happen. I have to hit the home button in order to get back to anything else. Anyone else experience this or know if this is a bug or aware of a fix...if any?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Stocklone:
It's done this while in my bookbag so it just drained a bunch of power and my tablet got really warm.

I turned off notifications in the calendar in the settings and it hasn't happened again. Though I'm not sure if that "fixed" it. By fixed I mean disabled it from popping up at all. I haven't actually tested it.

If you have to have reminders on your tablet I would try

Calendar Event Reminder

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.foobarsoft.calendareventreminder&hl=en

I use it on my phone. It's pretty brilliant with tons of options.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Zaven777:
Under Settings->Accessories disable daynote under bookcover
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] GSLEON3:
Guys, I contacted jcase to make our plea & after initial digging, he kindly got with xda member fi01 & we now have root, once it was compiled by Besups! It only took them 2 days, probably less, but I contacted him this weekend & boy have they come through!

Read the thread, hit thanks & make sure these greats know how much they are truly appreciated!

Three cheers for fi01, jcase & Beaups!

Find out more here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47826613#post47826613
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] jzen:
Amazing! jcase and fi01 thank you very much for your hard work and efforts :):cyclops:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Maverick777:
This is great news! Just in time for the long holiday. Is this flashed through stock recovery? If so, how do we get to it on the HDX?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] TheDom82:
Sorry if this is a stupid question

I'm new to the Kindle scene (but am loving my HDX 8.9). Does having root mean that I will be able to install the Google Play Store?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Maverick777:
Yes.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] TheDom82:
YAY! I guess I know how I'll be spending this evening when I get off of work! Thanks to the developer for the getting us root! I've been a creeper around the XDA community for quite some time (since the Droid X) and have really appreciated all of the support.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] wz7820431lb:
Great job,thanks to them.hope custom firmware will be available soon
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] L337gorth:
Cool! Looks like a little more help might be needed for the HD7 (2nd Gen), but it's a start.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] vakkah:
guess i can go ahead and buy the kfhdx 8.9 4G on either black friday/cyber monday and have fun for the holidays!!

root now followed by a custom rom or two later, merry xmas to all..

yipeee!!! hurrayyyy!!!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Faznx92:
Versions

Just to clarify the version situation, the Kindle Fire HDX 8" is 14.3.1.0, and the HDX 7" is 13.3.1.0
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Maverick777:
Did root access fix the issues with wallpapers and widgets not working or is it more complicated than that?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] And0rDrakon:
Great news, do you think this exploit can be modified to root the kindle fire 7" HD 2013? Holding thumbs here :good:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] triptronic83:
Any word on root for hdx 7?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Faznx92:
He's working on it. Go to the dev thread and see for yourself.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] triptronic83:
Thanks. I am keeping a check on it :fingers-crossed:. The time posted on the forums is not correct so i do not know correct time stuff is posted.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] LinearEquation:
Thank you!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] tianlie:
Thanks, kindle is perfect.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] kholdstare:
Just in case Amazon fixes the exploit in an update I have blocked the update servers from getting through my router.

The IPs below are the update servers in case anyone else wants to block them.

72.21.194.208
176.32.100.136
72.21.195.233

If you have a dd-wrt router just add this to your firewall

iptables -I FORWARD -d 72.21.194.208 -j DROP
iptables -I FORWARD -d 176.32.100.136 -j DROP
iptables -I FORWARD -d 72.21.195.233 -j DROP
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] davekaz:
This is wonderful. Please don't forget hdx 7". If you need any info please let me know
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnnydowngrief:
It works for 7" HDX

Look into the Android development. Root for HDX 7" is already working for me. ADB method worked like a charm, even though it does not seem that way from what the command prompt says. Use the root checker. A very big thanks for everyone involved.

Just a little advice for everyone. You may need to install superuser and busybox from 1mobile.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Equinox666:
Root for Kindle HDX 7"

Open please access to file system for this device.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnnydowngrief:
Wallpapers

One more thing. Wallpapers and livewallpapers now work for me. I used KindleFree app, installed live wallpapers and widgets fixes, then used this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42181794&postcount=75. Just follow the instructions. Enjoy everyone.:laugh:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] stunts513:
Ah good to know my wallpaper fix works on the hdx kindles as well. I'll add a notice that says it works on them as well.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Maverick777:
Were the wallpaper and widget fixes part of the KindleFree app or something else?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnnydowngrief:
kindlefreeapp

They were there. First thing you see. It's under launchers setup.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Maverick777:
Awesome. Thanks! I think I'll learn how to use ADB tonight and get rooted.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] davekaz:
I'm rooted now on my 7 hdx yea

So how come android cowboys tutorial on getting Google play on rooted kindle any different. Still getting no connection on gplay .root should good enough..oh well thank you so much everyone that worked on the hdx..your f###$## amazing. Thanks again for all the time you spent
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Maverick777:
Got my HDX 8.9 rooted with regular wallpapers working, but for some reason I can't get widgets or livewallpapers to work. I ran the Kindfree app and installed both the live wallpaper and widget fixes then ran Stunt's wallpaper fix, but still a not go using Nova Launcher.

EDIT: Looks like it's just an issue with Nova Launcher. Apex is working.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnnydowngrief:
Tutorial?

Great. I also use Apex.. I'm glad it works for you too. Perhaps someone could post a tutorial on how to get wallpapers working in a stand alone thread. What do you guys think?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] lanegan:
Are there any tutorial of how to use ADB method to root the Kindle Fire HDX 8,9"? or it's going to be any easier way to do it soon?

With the root enable can I get rid off the advertisement?

Thank you!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] davekaz:
Set path for adb in PC and that open command window. plug kindle in and type commands
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] GSLEON3:
Also, with the Kindle for some reason, on some machines (laptop/desktop) you may need to run ADB from your Android SDK platform tools directory.

The script used for the HDX 7" can easily be modified to automate the process, however, I do not have time atm to do it. I have four hours to finish last minute design changes on a hospital project we are working on & if I don't get it done, I can't bill it 100% as this is our end of month.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Maverick777:
Yes. With root you can get of ads. I'm using Adblock Plus.

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Any ideas on how to do this on the device itself. I'm reading about using Droidwall or Android Firewall and using a custom script to block the IPs using the IPTables but I haven't figured out how to do it yet.

I'd rather not do it on the router since I take my Kindle outside my house all the time and don't want to be afraid of connecting to wifi everywhere I go.

EDIT: I put the following into the "Set custom script" section of Android Firewall, but I'm not sure I'm doing it correctly since I don't see them listed when I go to "Show Rules".

$IPTABLES -A "droidwall" --destination "72.21.194.208" -j "droidwall-reject"

$IPTABLES -A "droidwall" --destination "176.32.100.136" -j "droidwall-reject"

$IPTABLES -A "droidwall" --destination "72.21.195.233" -j "droidwall-reject"
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] davekaz:
Agree
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] LinearEquation:
Nice!

---------- Post added at 05:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:30 PM ----------

AdAway blocks ads by routing black listed ip's requests through their servers. I wonder, thinking anyway, just ad those ip's to the list and presto, their request never reach you.

---------- Post added at 05:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:35 PM ----------

Or do both Droidwall and AdWay to make double sure lol.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Sauquim:
This is great! Good job on the hard work guys, perfect for me to tinker around with my kindle during the holiday break. Thanks a ton!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] nudawa:
I do that too. And then I went to Settings - Device - Software update and check for update and the checking was failed. I guess it works.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] 4shared:
Hey guys,

AllShare Cast is Samsung's implementation of Screen Mirroring.

It refuses to work on a modified devices by showing this message:

View attachment 2413787

The best solution is to patch the file libWFD_ENGINE.so in this folder /system/lib to disable the HDCP protection.

And for my own use I managed to patch this file for the latest Roms kitkat (android 4.4.2) by following this quick guide:

download and install IDA Pro

2. download and install WinHEx

3. download and install any text compare util

4. Open patched and unpatched version lib file of the same device (any device) with IDA

5. get text output of both files to the text compare utility

6. find the 3 differences. analyze where they are in the file (look for seacrhable text patterns)

7. open YOUR device's unpacthed lib file with IDA pro

8. find the correspondances found on step 6 in your own file.

9. note the line number (hex address) of each 3 correspondances

10. now open all 3 files on Winhex

11. jump to the noted hex addresses and change the bytes according to the difference of 2 files of the same device.

12. make the change on your own file and save.

Thanks to mrmrmrmr for the quick guide.

for the comparison I used the Exynos 5410 files from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2621550

Thanks to sorg

I am happy to share it with you but:

Apply the fix at your own risk.

Recommend to take a backup before.

Tested on my N7100 with last official firmware UFND3

I don't promise any technical support

You are free to use the fix in your roms, a little mention will be appreciated :)

How to:

Extract and replace the file libWFD_ENGINE.so with root explorer

in this folder: /system/lib

and give it the right permitions: rw-r--r-- then restart

For 4.3 roms

the file was patched thanks to doandu1234

the MOD tested on all 4.3 roms and it works perfectly.

for DDUEML3/4 users:

Do Not Flash The File....will cause bootloop

Just extract and manually replace the file

Download: View attachment 2428251

Click "Thanks" if this helps...:)

.
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] Arsaw:
Thanks for sharing ???
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] DanijelDesire:
Works awesome!

Touchwiz is better than ever now for the Note 2!
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] CooL4EvEr:
Working gooooood thanks
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] litlnicky:
hi man r u using some kinda cable or is it wireless? thanks
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] SLMI:
I don't know how to use it can anybody tell me how to use it, can i mirror my phone's screen to my friends note 2 on 4 1.2 if possible,how???

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[Galaxy Note II Android Development] satmech:
Finally it works for me.... Thanks a ton man:good:
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] BlackShad:
Ohhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Great newwssss....

Updating...

Enviado desde mi GT-N7100 mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note II Android Development] him78:
Can I just replace this file in filemanager with root?