yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
1. If you get the drivers from Google (as part of the SDK) you do NOT have to disable driver signing

2. When Windows asks where the drivers are, point it to the android_winusb.inf file in the SDK /extras/google/usb_driver folder and just allow it to install

3. Do the same for fastboot as well

Works for me, and this is with USB 3.0 as well - no funny work arounds required
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr hOaX:
You need to turn of driver verification from advanced startup options and install the drivers in windows 8.x

Follow this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2514396

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Nopes brother :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El Daddy:
Really? That's good to know. I wonder when they became trusted?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
NO idea, I've just never has to do it and I've had Windows 8 since November last year when I got my new laptop (Dell XPS 13)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
I used this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588979

Always works like a charm.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] farseer:
Hi,

Can someone assist me with how i might go about decompiling or viewing a dll, making changes to it and recompiling it? What tools can i use to do this?

I have tried copying some of the dlls from my device over to my local pc, however most of the time i get an "access violation" message.

Further, i realize i can use idlasm to disassemble .net files, but it seems most of the more interesting dlls and files may be standard c dlls. How can i take a look at the code in these and modify if wanted?

thanks much.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] vijay555:
farseer: what level of experience do you have?

V
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] farseer:
I'd like to think i am decent developer, but that may be in my own mind :)

However, i do not do a lot of "hacking", i.e., have not had the need to do much reverse engineering. I have been coding ground up apps for over 10 years however, uisng C++, Java, C#, VB, etc. You name the language, and i've probably done something in it :).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] farseer:
was that the wrong answer?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mamaich:
The correct answer should be "I know ARM assembler language, the structure of Win32 PE files, I know what is XIP DLL and why I cannot modify them directly, and I have read the WM5 source code".

In this case the process is simple - you decompile a DLL with IDA (www.datarescue.com), find the place you need, modify the code to suit your needs - and that is all. In most cases there is not enough place in DLL for your code, so you need to use virus-like techniques, my prefered method is to patch the code so that it loads my DLL and run it instead of original code. Or use some other hooking methods so that my code is executed instead of original.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] farseer:
Ah, thanks much, this was helpful. I do have a few follow up questions:

1. Is "Arm assembler" different than standard assembler? If so, any suggested readings?

2. There are some dlls that cannot be copied to my local pc (i get an access violation i believe). How does one extract an image of such dlls?

3. Where is the WM5 source code? and why would i need to read this to be able to hack/patch dlls?

thanks again.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] levenum:
Hi farseer!

I am nowhere near the level of mamaich or vijay555 but I have some experience in this and I believe I can give you some basic answers:

1. ARM is a different architecture then x86 processors and the assembler is different to accommodate it. There are some basic similarities like mov add and such, but even the registers are different (R0 - R15 if I am not mistaken). Sorry, I don't know any books on it, but if you google you will quickly find the list of commands with basic explanation.

2. Since the OS is in ROM you can't just copy and paste it's DLLs and EXEs. Look for ROM dumping tools on this forum, or already extracted images on the ftp. Keep in mind MS did some tricks to save memory and make it harder to get at the files, so like mamaich said, you need to learn about XIP and the ROM structure in general to understand whats going on.

3. Hmm... MS does have a program for sharing most of WM source code, but it's not for common people like us. (check out their site to see what I mean) I suspect there are other sources of getting the parts necessary to understand DLL hooking, but I have no idea what they might be.

Well that's my two cents until an expert can answer you. Hope this helps.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] vijay555:
farseer: you gave a perfectly good answer IMHO, just needed to get an idea of what level to pitch a response without talking up or down to you!

It's well documented that I'm a self confessed newb to c++, and would say that your programming skills should certainly hold you in good stead. However, having a good knowledge of the Win32 API is certainly beneficial.

For decompiling, basically IDA. There is an IDA demo available on their website that should get you going, it's pretty much 100% functional other then it won't save, and closes itself (or crashes itself) after a reasonable, random period of time. IDA is "the daddy" for pretty much all mainstream reversing, although you could write your own decompiler/debugger.

Recompiling - that's a toughy. IDA won't permit recompiling on ARM AFAIK.

You'll have to hexedit into the target and patch directly. Otherwise you get into the exciting world of code injection, hooking etc, as Mamaich says.

For that area, read everything he's ever written, before you start reversing :)

Oh, and a helpful hint to all. Don't just read what Mamaich's written on this board, his posts on other boards are even more useful!

It's worth getting a good familiarity with reversing on x86 first, get used to how IDA works etc (and Soft Ice is very useful to give a good insight into x86, although AFAIK it's not available for WinCE). ARM assembler is different, but just grab a list of the opcodes and read through a few CPU developers' guides (online).

There are a number of tutorials on reversing ARM stuff online. In the usual places for that kind of stuff.

For getting access to the ROM files, easiest way is to grab a rom update file and decrypt it. Mamaich is once again your man, his romtools do the job. He also has a "live" rom grabber, that'll grab all the files/modules out of your running phone for your perusal.

Platform Builder is available free to give you (some) WinCE source code. Not all, but enough to give you years worth of reading.

V
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] farseer:
Thanks all...very kind of you to respond in such detail. I look forward to dabbling a bit with IDA and some of mamaich tools. I suppose the first order of business is to do a lil more research and then just dive in! It's been a while since i wrote any assembly code (not since college!), but i am a bit excited at having an excuse to do so again.

thanks again.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] TerryMathews:
Just remember that unless you really luck out and the developer left the symbol table intact, you're going to end up with garbage for the names of variables and subroutines.

I hate reading decompiled code.
[General Questions and Answers] Mitsuoka123:
I ride bike, mostly Enduro, FR/DH, and action cam is pretty much 'must have'. I have one proper action cam, it's light and durable, but since I got my hands on S4 Zoom, I got the idea to test its action cam abilities. It's heavier, it's really not durable with impacts, it has no wide angle lens,... but it performs really well.

Sony has the best OIS on action cams and I think it would be nice if they produce some device like S4 Zoom. Both companies have IP certified devices, both companies have good cameras, only Sony lacks device with stative mount.

I don't know how many of you are actually interested in this theme, but imagine - phone that has IP67/68, stative mount, wide angle lens (or adapter) and good OIS?! One device for all...

Here are the videos (not the best riding, difference of atmosphere state, yt upload), but I think it will be ok, if there is interested in this subject.

S4 zoom

[YOUTUBE]mnVX6AGVDiA[/YOUTUBE]

Sony Action Cam HDR - another track, but Steadyshot is great so you don't need comparison :D

http://www.vitalmtb.com/product/guide/Cameras,90/Sony/Action-Cam-HDR-AS15,11600

One other action cam

[YOUTUBE]DRHJK-GwgJQ[/YOUTUBE]
[General Questions and Answers] bolm86:
Just want to see what you guys think about this. So this is my most recent issue with Att but I always seem to have problems with them. Does anyone have good luck with them?? I recently bought my sister a Moto G to upgrade from her basic messaging phone and needed a new micro Sim to activate her service. I went into my local store and had them give me a Sim so I could call and activate it when I gave her the phone as it took a micro sin instead of the standard she had before. That was the easy part. So I give her the phone last night and call in to activate Sim and sit on hold for 23 minutes. Finally I hang up to try for another way of getting to an actual person and the office is closed. It actually closed while I was on hold. Did they expect me to stay on hold until they opened back up??? So since that didn't work I decided to try their online chat. And more problems ensued. The initial rep I was chatting with ended up activating the Sim card I needed on the wrong phone line for my account.

Then he transferred me to tech support to finish the activation without telling me he screwed it up to begin with just passing the problem on. I had planned on having my sisters new phone all set up for her and it was ruined by this mistake now she will have to find time to go to an att store to get another Sim and have that activated for her new phone. It really ruins a gift when the person has to deal with the hassle of going to the store and activating it themselves. There was a reason I got the Sim card from the store ahead of time to activate it when I gave her the phone so it wouldn't shut off her phone in the mean time. I'm not happy and consistently have problems with the customer service they have. I will be looking into different service for my phones very soon.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
Hello all.

I am using jedi elite rom. but I install mod volume boosting sound from jovy 23. now I see was an big error!!! :( :( :(

after this, my device just stay on reboot.

Now I unroot my phone but is the same, only reboot!!!

:crying: :crying: :crying:

can anyone help me please. I do not know what I need to do now!!!

Please, please help!!!

My phone is in t mobile logo only, and reboot doing the same
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jcannon318:
I'd boot into recovery, do a full wipe, and flash jedi again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
Thank you for your answer.... that's impossible, because I make that and is the same, only reboot and reboot, and reboot :(

I had to do a flash stock rom and stock recovery, but I have the same issue

I have an infinite reboot!!!

Do you Know what to do, please?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jcannon318:
Pull your battery. You can't even get into recovery? Once you pull the battery, put it back in, and hold volume up, power, and the home button, ALL AT THE SAME TIME. Once you see "recovery booting" in the top left, let go. That should let you into recovery mode manually.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
Yes, I can get into recovery, and I have to do data factory reset, but I have the same issue, only reboot....

:crying: :crying: :crying:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] jcannon318:
Well when you get into recovery, and do the fill wipe, are you flashing a ROM afterwards? When you do the full wipe that deletes the OS. So you have to install a new one. That would explain your bootloop
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
Then when I get into stock recovery do data factory reset, and after this I going to flash stock rom through odin?

I unroot my device. I did this because not working any rom!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
Their is like10 threads for this. Boot loop fixes

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2471421

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
Thank you.

I install stock firmware via odin, but I have infinite boot loop, then how can I run auto-root again?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
You need to fix boot loops first

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
sorry my ignorance and desperation!!!

:(

I need to do this, first?

1. Install Stock firmware via Odin, then re-run auto-root (to regain root of course)

2. Install TWRP 2.6.3.2 via odin, reboot to recovery.

3. Do an "adb shell" when phone is in recovery mode to run commands via TWRP.

From the ADB shell: Wiped the EFS partition with the following command:

mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p12

mkdir /efs

mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /efs

(the last two commands probably did nothing, but thats what I did anyway)

Do a factory reset, reboot system

Afterwards, no more boot looping, the phone successfully registered on the mobile network, and my IMEI is there and correct. Seems like the EFS partition can rebuild itself now I guess...

Gotta love the XDA community !!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
If it boot looping then the fix should do it.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
There is something I do not understand!

right now, with the stock firmware, I have an infinite boot loop,afterwards run odin, then is possible for me to run auto-run well?

please do not bother for not understanding well!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
Did you already Odin

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
I ran odin, but I still have infinite boot loop!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
Take battery out. Wait 1 min. Put it back in. Hold power menu and volume up and u should be in recovery. Then select everything with a wipe word in it and start all over. Do internal memory as well

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
when I flash any custom rom, I have infinite boot loop.

then decided to use odin and flash stock firmware, but same, infinite boot loop!!!

:crying: :crying: :crying:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
You have 2 ways of doing this. The way I said above or get the zip file from boot loop fix on and flash it. Only 2 ways I know

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
Now, my device has a stock recovery!!!

I think my device now goes to waste!!!

$700 in the trash bag!!!

:crying: :crying: :crying:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
How do you figure?

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
I will make the last attempt...

Where can I get the zip file that you say, please?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] d12unk13astard:
Dude...

We all started with a stock recovery and its not hard to root and get twrp or cwm back on your device. My advice.. read more before asking for help like most of us had to do, Bacardi has given you more than enough help to solve your situation.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
because anything is working!!!

You are very kind to help me has given me... :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
Now save that zip on ur internal. If you ever bootloop just flash it and problem solved. Stay away from any 4.4. Roms

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
Thank you sir, I appreciate your advice.... :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
Bacardi, where can I find the zip, please?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
I can't seem to find it. I will post if I come across it.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
Thank you very much for your time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
Np

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
I leave saying this...

I use all methods, I install stock firmware via odin and ran CF auto-rom, and anything work

my phone still has a infinite boot loop!!! :crying:

Bacardi, I really appreciate your help. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
I thought it was fixed. Something is not getting across

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/odoao690qlx2omy/Brick_Loop_FIX_afterRestoringBackup.zip

That the zip. Remove battery. Remove sd card. Reboot into recovery and factory reset and wipe internal sd. Then factory reset. Reboot phone

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
Ok, thank you, I need to flash that zip?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MCASTILLO:
THANK YOU MY FRIEND..... I'm back, my phone is back!!! :) :) :)

You are amazing!!!

:good: :good: :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
Good I glad I could help. Keep that zip.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] dougm_tx:
Here is the original topic where I got the fix...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2507403
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chuko303:
That zip is a life savor dont worry MCastillo its all gravy bud :) I was their too was trippin! Didnt know what todo as it happen out of nowhere. My recovery through me into a soft brick aswell
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
Gotta tell you since I left twrp I have not had one bootloop

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chuko303:
What recovery are you using im still using trwp and I havent dont a backup in so long I really want to to try new kit kat roms what recovery do you recommend is best my good sir?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
Philz cwm. But I gonna stay away from kk till they have one for this phone. Once you go to kk I believe you can never come back

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chuko303:
ment an aosp rom thats kit kat I know about the TW one's even tho on our threads we tmobile users can't flash. Hows philz cwm? Easy to install?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BACARDILIMON:
Yes sir a simple flash zip and ur done. It like flashing a kernel. Look up his thread. I have flashed about 30 times without any issue

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chuko303:
A simple flash from TRWP itself? No odin? Ill check it out thanks bro
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] one peace25:
hey guys, i tried flashing stock firmware back to my sch-r970c. cricket, but it took away my recovery, then for some reason i restarted my comp, now odin wont pick up my phone, but my comp detects something plugged in, any help? i really need to fix this phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
This is the i337 forum. What did you flash?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] one peace25:
ya sorry i couldnt find a cricket one, and to get mms back but i managed to fix it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mike102871:
I just rooted my note 3 using cf auto root. I'm not new to root get and flashing. But this phone has me worried. Been reading a lot and can't Find answer I'm looking for. Now how do I install customers recovery like twrp. Can I do it thru romantic toolbox or flashify. Please help get me In the right direction.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] phil.culler:
I think you can install goomanager and let that app do it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mike102871:
Wrong guess. That erased stock recovery and now I have no recovery. Anyone know for sure?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mike102871:
Ah yes. Totally forgot Samsung devices had to have flashed via odin.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] useltonm:
This is correct. Just flashed twrp this way maybe five hours ago.

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You can also follow the links in the twrp thread under android development. Can push through odin, flash a zip, push with adb (i think), or use goomanager
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] MasterSe7en:
Use Philz touch

http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/hltetmo

Download the tar.md5 put the phone in download mode when phone off press & hold Home+Volume Down+Power, once in download follow on screen instruction to begin download mode, then plug the phone in.

Open odin, and select PDA, then select the philz file you downloaded and click start
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiocd:
Hi.

I'm having a weird problem with the z1 compact and its sound enhancement features.

After a while of use, the sound enhancements stop working completely. Surround effects do absolutely nothing, eq and bass controls are equally ineffective. The sound is really flat. No amount of booting or trying different versions of apps helps, only factory reset temporarily resolves the issue. I haven't been able to isolate any specific app or app version to why this happens.

Used apps are stock walkman app and music unlimited (with subscription).

I made some adb logcat available should anyone want to take a closer look (at ta.iki.fi/xperia/z1c/)

The logs show music playing with walkman app and trying to adjust "clear bass" setting for both working and failing scenarios.

Anyone else experiencing this? What's causing it? How to remedy?

Thanks.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghtop:
I've found that some headphones stop being recognised sometimes while plugged, not sure why. The buttons on the HTC E240s sometimes stop working, for instance. In all cases, unplugging and replugging the headphones fixed it.

What headphones are you using?
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiocd:
Just regular old passive "button" type stereo headphones with normal 3,5mm stereo jack. No extra control buttons, nothing special.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevo_125:
There are known issues with the sound enhancements at the moment, they are non-functional in third party apps entirely! It's likely that the issue you are seeing is related.

I saw over at the Sony forum that they were aware of the issue and fix is anticipated in next update.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiocd:
Thanks for the tip.

I tried your suggested solution, didn't help for me. There was something weird in the audio output during this so something did happen.
[HTC One X] Nederlander13:
Hi,

my phone stuck to bootscreen and I will fix it so I know that I'm must restore nandroid but my PC won't find my phone and now I can't set my nandroid on my phone. please people who are smart help me!
[HTC One X] fgth90:
Which version of recovery have you?

Reboot in recovery then attach your hox with pc via usb support.

If not, install philz touch recovery via fastboot version 5.15.9. (from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2240646)

You're not in the right section for this request.

Good luck

Franky
[HTC One X] Nederlander13:
wich section must i be?
[HTC One X] fgth90:
This one http://xdaforums.com/htc-one-x/general

Wich recovery have you?
[HTC One X] Nederlander13:
I can use clockwork-touch-6.0.4.7-endeavoru and/or philz_touch_6.12.8-endeavoru
[HTC One X] fgth90:
So you can reboot in recovery then mount and storage and mount USB right?

Then copy your cwm backup on phone and restore?

I'm afraid I did not understand what's your problem...

Tell me

Franky
[HTC One X] Nederlander13:
Owh is it that easy wow. But how I mount? hihi
[HTC One X] fgth90:
In philz touch, it's in

Mount and storage

Mount USB (at the bottom) or something like that

Sometimes you have to wait a little bit for USB to mount
[HTC One X] Nederlander13:
And than my pc will find my phone as a driver? I'm curious