yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] glitchbit:
This is the command I used to rebuild the kernel (with a custom, stock and shabbypenguins). The mkbootimg I used is xiaolu as Shabbypenguin also mentioned. I renamed mine however to dtmkbootimg as I had also created my own custom version, but it did not include the ability to add a dt.img or to set all of the offsets dynamically.

You can verify that the offsets are right by using unmkbootimg on both a backup version of the boot.emmc and your newly created boot.img.

https://github.com/xiaolu/mkbootimg_tools

./dtmkbootimg --kernel boot.emmc.win-kernel --ramdisk initramfs.cpio.gz --base 0x00000000 --dt dt.img --cmdline 'console=null androidboot.console=null androidboot.hardware=qcom user_debug=31 msm_rtb.filter=0x37' --ramdisk_offset 0x2000000 --tags_offset 0x01E00000 -o boot.img

To create the dt.img use the dtbTool and the kernel sources you've already downloaded and point it to the right directories. aka read this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2469510
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
Can someone reupload tar file in there Dropbox or google drive android forums the server is not up for twrp or Odin
[General Questions and Answers] shabbypenguin:
im posting a mirror, its actually 2.8.3.0.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
Link remove
[General Questions and Answers] shabbypenguin:
please remove this
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Same link is posted on your twrp thread on phandroid
[General Questions and Answers] docfreed:
Root ANK3?

Currently rooted on ANG6. Am I correct in assuming that if we ODIN to ANK3 (using the ROM from Sammobile) that we can then root using CF-Autoroot?

There seems to be some conflicting reports, both here and on androidforums.

EDIT: Yes, the above procedure works (thanks to kdkirk08 for the original post). I noticed that a new set of Carrier IQ apps are installed along with a new set of Knox apps - I renamed or froze these using Titanium Backup
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
I did a mirror
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Sounds like he doesn't want other people hosting his work. Removing the link would be the polite thing to do.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
No I did just in case the server goes down
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Developers often want to keep their work on specific hosts so download stats can be kept track of, and so nobody can be fooled into downloading work that isn't his or has possibly been modified. He asked you to take it down. Take it down.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
Nobody didn't play with his projects
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
EDIT: I see you took the link down. Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Okay, so I made a stock rom and flashed it in twrp. everything went well. But now WiFi will not turn on. I made zero changes except for adding root. Anybody have any ideas?

(Edit) restored a nand and wifi is back. gonna take a look and see if maybe something got left out when I pulled the system files. if I get it fixed ill upload it somewhere and you guys have it if you're interested.

nothing special but its a start.
[General Questions and Answers] MysticPhynyxe:
Can anyone tell me if there is problem flashing the twrp recovery.img using Rashr or Flashify, rather than Odin. I rooted using Odin, made the awesome mistake of forgetting about flashing the recovery. Now I don't have PC access, but it appears possible to do it using one of those two apps. Advice on this is needed, as i don't want to brick through impatience. Also, my software update from MetroPCS finally came through today. It downloaded, attempted to install, rebooted, then said unable to apply update. Use Samsung KIES and update in that fashion. Is this an expected result of the rooting process, or something else entirely? I expected no update notice whatsoever, like previous rooted phones.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
Go to sammobile

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U doing something wrong
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
I'm starting to think your knowledge about any of this is as bad as your English.

Secondly, you helped the other guy in absolutely no way. Go to sammobile for what?
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
If u brick or something our stock firmware is there
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
The newest firmware updates for MetroPCS and T-Mobile can both be gotten from sammobile, and yes flashify worked fine for me to install twrp. Just download twrp and extract the recovery.img then flash it.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
here u go
[General Questions and Answers] MysticPhynyxe:
Thank you. Going to try it now.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
How can I bypass the tether so I can tether off my phone to ps3
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Wifi Tether Router (by Fabio Grasso). I use it on my Galaxy Light and Nexus 4 (not on PS3 though, just computer and tablet).
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Heck I just use tmo Hotspot there meter is way off on my account but not complaining
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
Can u share it BC I have problems
[General Questions and Answers] ajr0312:
I want to use the Native Hotspot, will someone with experience is willing to create a zip file for stock Rom?:o
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
I got the apk file
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
I believe that he's talking about a modified version of the tetheringprovision.apk that will bypass the account verification.
[General Questions and Answers] hello1220:
One way to make it possible to use the native hotspot is to install Xposed framework and then install the Wanam Xposed app. Afterwards go to the system tab inside the app and there should be an option to disable the tethering provision. The native hotspot should work once you reboot.
[General Questions and Answers] vprasad1:
I could have sworn there was an /r/tmobile or maybe T-Mobile forums post where someone had the phone dial pad service menu key sequence to enable Band 12 and for the life of me I can't find it now. Was it my imagination?
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
That got the hotspot to turn on without the account verification but the connected device goes straight to the T-mobile upsell page.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
How u did it
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
Same issue
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Actually that's not the same issue. Wanam xposed gets the hotspot to turn on without that message. The problem that I have is that I get the T-Mobile upsell page on the other device, the one that is connected to the hotspot.
[General Questions and Answers] vprasad1:
Found it!

Anybody able to confirm whether this works on the T-Mobile Avant?
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Worked for me! Thanks. I pressed back until I was at the main menu again then hit end and rebooted my phone. Went back in to make sure it was still ticked on the enabled option. Thanks for this
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
I don't think so, I could be wrong, it's clear that there's gonna be a baseband update to this device sooner or later that will enable it.. but when no one knows.. I'd really hope they turn it on sooner than later maybe first half of 2015, we know metro PCS just got it and ever since has been selling quite a bit of them.. give some time and we will see what where wanting..
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
You don't think so what? I enabled mine, whether or not it's actually doing anything, I don't know. But before it was off. I also set mine to use all GSM frequencies. So far I haven't seen a difference. I'll know next time I travel outside of okc.

Also, does anyone know how, or if you can flash .bin files in recovery? I've searched but can't find out how to if it is possible.
[General Questions and Answers] vprasad1:
Waiting on mine to arrive-- and have a few questions:

Does this phone require us to do the external SD Card fix to get things like Titanium Backup or BeyondPod to write to the external SD Card?

Also, this will be my first time on a CarrierIQ spyware provider-- how do I disable or get rid of it?

Does this phone support 802.11n 5GHz? Or will i need to worry about WiFi calling drops when the microwave or baby monitor go on?
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
I connect to my 5ghz frequency at my house.

As for the Spyware question I'm not too sure what you're talking about. The only thing this thing has is Knox and secure boot which is no issue anymore. I've never gotten a message from tmobile saying anything about what I've done to the phone.

And lastly, I've never had a problem with any app writing to ext SD card. But using a file explorer like fx I can't delete anything from it. There's an xposed module that fixes it though.
[General Questions and Answers] cragains:
Yes you will need to remove said spyware apk files, and it does need a fix to write to sd card properly
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
I retract my previous statement about the carrieriq. I just found all the files and logs on my phone (creepy) removing those as we speak.
[General Questions and Answers] vprasad1:
Which ones, from where, and does it impair any functionality to remove them? Are you using a guide, script or mod?

That is awesome!
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
All I did was use fx file explorer, searched for "carrier" and deleted anything that said careieriq. There were 3 folders in /data/data but that would have to mean there's an app for it. Trying to track down where it is if there is one. But I'm not finding anything. Here's a pic of the 3 folders.

EDIT: well that was easy. I found the apps associated with those files. I'm gonna uninstall them and see what happens.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Used root Uninstaller and all seems fine. I deleted their folders and the apps.
[General Questions and Answers] vprasad1:
You can try something like LTE Discovery by Simply Advanced from the Play Store next time you're in a known Band 12 area.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
How did ya do that?!?! I must of missed something lol, I live in a area that should or will get it
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
Yes I have unlimited tether
[General Questions and Answers] chaostic_2k1:
Tmobile uses user agent checking. Change your devices browser useragent to a mobile setting. There is also an apn setting that needs to change
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
I'm on metropcs unlimited tether
[General Questions and Answers] chaostic_2k1:
If your paying for metro tether then call and complain that it's not working. ...
[General Questions and Answers] harshacash:
I am looking to buy a MetroPCS branded Avant for my parents and wanted to know if anyone used Tmobile's Device Unlock app from the play store to unlock it? Are there any cheaper unlocking options? Any help would be much appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
What method are you using? Weren't you just having problems with the account verification? How did you keep from getting the upsell page?

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The problem is I'm trying to use the hotspot with my nexus 7. I also tried connecting my old lg f6 and it got the upsell page too. It seems that this problem is more than user agents.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
U see it I didn't call metropcs
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
[quote name="hello1220" post=57806451]One way to make it possible to use the native hotspot is to install Xposed framework and then install the Wanam Xposed app. Afterwards go to the system tab inside the app and there should be an option to disable the tethering provision. The native hotspot should work once you reboot.[/QUOTE]<br />

<br />

That got the hotspot to turn on without the account verification but the connected device goes straight to the T-mobile upsell page.<br/> I use this method
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
You could probably just flash the metro firmware then go activate it. Someone on Phandroid got a MetroPCS avant for 70 bucks cheaper than T-Mobile then flashed T-Mobile firmware on it and didn't need to sim unlock to get T-Mobile service. I imagine the opposite would be true also.
[General Questions and Answers] chaostic_2k1:
See http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...-kitkat-new-method-t-mobile-without-root.html
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
I'm pretty sure that the tethering problem has to do with the entry "tether_dun_required 1" in settings.db

I changed the value to 0 but the problem is the change doesn't take effect without rebooting and when you reboot it resets back to 1 automatically.

Anybody know how to keep the changes from being undone on boot?
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Silly to mention this, perhaps, but make sure to hit the "save" button after changing the value. On my little Galaxy Light, the save button is overlapped by my keyboard and I have to scroll down to see it. If you are hitting "save" and it still reverts, then that's certainly something odd. I wonder if they added a boot script to change back if changed. I've read in the past that MetroPCS is more strict with tethering that T-Mobile, so them doing something like that wouldn't surprise me.
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Yes I hit save every time. Also if you just delete the whole entry its there again after reboot
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Interesting. I don't have a solution. I'm guessing there's some sort of boot script, but I know practically nothing about init.d or build.prop or whatever might be re-writing this entry.

Have any of you actually tried Fabio Grasso's Wifi Tether Router?
[General Questions and Answers] chaostic_2k1:
Samsung adds carrier specific code to services and framework and other files. Like the settings apk always enables auto time and date on boot complete, for tmobile only. It might not even be an init script.
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Does it work on your avant? I already tried it out on a different device and got a refund cause it didn't work. I don't want to get stuck paying for it if it won't help this time either.
[General Questions and Answers] ygb:
Hi MC. Thanks for all your help on the forums. Just bought an Avant, flashed it to TMobile, and can confirm that the following Wifi Method does work with Wifi Tether Router ( I am using a user agent switcher on Firefox). I am posting from my pc tethered to phone right now. :)

Working Wifi Tether For Samsung Galaxy Avant (Needs Root and a Paid App) This was posted originally for Samsung S5:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52929981&postcount=21
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Did you have to set up WiFi thther router any special way or just install and go?

Edit: I just noticed the link. I'll check it out.
[General Questions and Answers] j03lpr86:
That settings is all in service.jar when i get tge time. Imma make a zip for native tethering. I have the metropcs avant and i tether to my shield tablet and portable and to my laptop
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
What's going on with the roms
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
I don't have an Avant, I have a Galaxy Light through T-Mobile, and with Fabio Grasso's Wifi Tether Router I can wifi tether unrestricted and unlimited high speed (no switcher agent), and do the same via USB or bluetooth tether with PdaNet+. It's possible that whatever MetroPCS did to block tethering blocks this as well, so I don't know if it'll work or not.

I paid for the Wifi Tether Router but couldn't get it to work immediately so I got a refund, then found a cracked .apk (an earlier version), messed around with it for a few hours, then when I finally figured everything out wrote down the settings and purchased it again. It's not often I'd advocate using a cracked app, but in this case I think it's justifiable because can take so long to figure out (beyond the refund time limit) or it might not work at all. Switching from Verizon to T-Mobile and using PdaNet for my home internet literally saves thousands of dollars a year, and now that I've got Wifi Tether Router working, I can use my tablet and TV on wifi too, which makes my life more enjoyable. So I have absolutely no problem spending a mere $10.50 between these 2 apps.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
U only need wanam module
[General Questions and Answers] EvoTheBoy:
What is the main purpose to unlocking band 12?
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Have you connected an android device to your hotspot yet? I used wanam xposed to disable tethering provisioning like you're talking about and the hotspot would turn on but my nexus 7 just went straight to the upsell page.

If you're talking about tethering a computer that isn't what I'm trying to do. All I need for that is pdanet and a USB cable. I'm trying to get the hotspot working so I can stream Netflix on my tablet.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
This coming from MetroPCS
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
The screenshot you keep posting isn't telling me anything whatsoever. Do you know what the upsell page is? It doesn't seem like you know what I'm talking about so I'll explain it. I am able to turn the hotspot on without any issues. I am also able to connect to the hotspot without any issues. The problem I have is that when I open the web browser on my tablet I get redirected to the website where they tell me to add hotspot service to my plan.
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Here is what I'm talking about
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Right now nothing, at least for me. I drove all over okc today and never picked up band 12. But then again Oklahoma is the butthole of America and we're always the last to get upgrades of any kind.

But I'd assume it's just like having any other band turned on. more coverage, faster speeds, etc etc. Only one I pick up is band 4.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
I got mines into a hotspot
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
T-Mobile has only just begun rolling out band 12, which they acquired about a year ago. Band 12 is 700MHz, and the lower frequency carries over distances better and is much better for penetrating buildings. Verizon primarily uses band 13 700MHz, and we all know how much better their coverage is. I read that some parts of Detroit has band 12, but that's all I've read so far.

I prefer buying inexpensive phones or used flagships from the previous generation, but if they roll out band 12 here, I might just have to pick up a new flagship that has band 12 (or get an Avant, I guess...).
[General Questions and Answers] j03lpr86:
Flash this through recovery. Its the modified files for native tethering bypassing tetherprovision. Make sure to reset apn to default in settings
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
Did u test it out before sharing
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Have you used an android device on your hotspot yet or just a PC?
[General Questions and Answers] j03lpr86:
Of course its wat im using on my phone i modified the files myself through tutorials onlines plus i tested the zip file on my phone to make sure the permissions were correct so it wouldn't bootloop. With my phone i tether to my shield tablet and portable plus my laptop and i dont have the tethering plan.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
It works I did it with htc desire
[General Questions and Answers] Deceptitech:
Bloat free ROM?

Has anyone worked out a bloat free ROM? I am working on one based on G386TUVU1ANK3, but it is giving me a migraine.
[General Questions and Answers] EvoTheBoy:
I see. Well I live out in sacramento and constantly run out of 4G cause I am on the 1GB metro plan. So would it benefit me at all?
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
How did ya enable band 12?
[General Questions and Answers] brainbone:
On sale

FYI, Best Buy has the MetroPCS Avant on sale for $99 this week. I'm going to try flashing a couple to t-mobile for my kids. It would be nice to have an AOSP ROM for these.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Dialer- *#197328640#

Key input- "Q"

Key input- "0000"

Wait about 10 seconds

Ue info and settings (or something like that)

System

Next page

Lte bands

Enable band 12

Then press back until you're at the main menu then press end. Then reboot your phone manually.

Pretty sure I got those all right.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Thx for the info
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Working good. Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] hello1220:
Thank you for your work, I've flashed that file twice but I always end up stuck on the tmobile start up screen (luckily I made a backup of my system recently). Do you possibly know what I could be doing wrong?
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
If/when it rolls out in Sacramento, it'll benefit you by giving you better coverage and stronger signal indoors. It's not going to help you with your data cap though, obviously (except, perhaps, in using it up quicker).

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He wrote it for the MetroPCS version. I don't think a workaround is necessary for the T-Mobile version. Native tethering might not be available, but I'm fairly sure that Wifi Tether Router works.
[General Questions and Answers] j03lpr86:
Since you're on t-mobile u need a different customer.xml and feature.xml from the csc folder the ones i modified in the zip is for metropcs avant imma make another zip for the t-mobile avant this afternoon
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Why do you need it for tmo, I'm on the 30 plan and they do not count the data correctly on tether I've used 300 - 500mb this month they don't care... of course unless your watching a bunch of videos then u will get the up sell website
[General Questions and Answers] j03lpr86:
Two different zips one for tmo and the other one for metro.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Alright, I got some good news. I finally got a stock semi de-bloated Rom to flash and everything works. But I am unable to upload it to anywhere right now. I'm in the middle of nowhere with no WiFi. I'll upload it tomorrow when I get home. Now I or whoever wants can start modifying and theming and get some cool stuff pushed out.

I'll see what I can do about getting an aosp Rom built but that will take time. Just learning as I go.
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
Use hellfire ROM is easier or liquidsmooth
[General Questions and Answers] Areo-luxia:
When to reset apn

Hey first off thanks for your work. Second when do we reset the APN before or after we flash plush do we wipe cache or anything ?
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
My thoughts exactly....
[General Questions and Answers] Stratis1978:
Everyone don't forget to mention BLN (button light notification) support in kernel with your ROM requests so we can have our recent apps/back button led lights for use as notification lights!
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
I requested cm to build a ROM for us so hopefully we get it
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Why would they build a Rom for us? That kinda takes away the pleasure of building One from source for us, and everything i''ve been working on. I didn't think there was even anybody who did that or a request section.

Stop talking. I'm drunk.
[General Questions and Answers] Signa112:
Happy New Year everyone! Lox, you're an idiot
[General Questions and Answers] Stratis1978:
I would build my own ROM but I don't have time I know I would never finish (plus taking in account a learning curve for inexperience). I just figured if I send the BLN info in this thread people would want that feature like I do. Arm chair development!