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[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sam Nakamura:
All right, I'm also still using latest RR 5.8.4 and I can confirm that magisk works absolutely flawlessly, running 10 modules in addition...

I used magisk 14.0 (stable), beginning with installing magisk manager to patch the boot image, replacing it via TWRP and after reboot magisk manager works, confirming I'm rooted systemlessly, full functional...

Let me know if you need any help, I could assist you or share my boot image backup to restore via TWRP... Just say something :)
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] jimmy19742:
Yes,if it's not a problem , would you upload the patched boot image because yesterday I followed your instructions to switch to SYSTEMLY but they failed because SuperSU always detected SYSTEMLESS.

Thank You for being so kind!

Thank You in Advance! Just woke up!

☺️

Edit: Because I was absent minded I performed a clean re-installation of RR5.8.4 yesterday.?
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sam Nakamura:
Here we go:

RR N patched boot to flash via TWRP

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bOwRagzrMKMa1L2JbT7gsdLtYwM0ySO0/view?usp=drivesdk

then install magisk manager 5.4.3 apk from here:

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/topjo...se/magisk-manager-5-4-3-android-apk-download/

Maybe reboot and you should be good to go....
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] jimmy19742:
It's really a pleasure to gain back root privilege!

I guess I have downloaded a wrong Magisk manager before!

Thank You ,Sam!:good:

Edit:

I COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP!
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sam Nakamura:
Nothing to worry, it's a pleasure any time when it finally works out... :)

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Could very well be, it will lead to issues if magisk manager and the patched kernel don't fit well enough, anyways - have fun!

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By the way, rooting with magisk requires certain knowledge, especially when you plan to use the potential of the magisk modules, this can lead into bootloop (!) but easy to fix, use either "magisk manager for recovery mode" from the magisk download section or a module called "magisk mount", this is the only way to get rid of some faulty module, download the modules/zips beforehand, if you ever get into trouble flash them...

It's generally a very good thing to read the magisk FAQ once!

Magisk Mount

https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/collection-magisk-modules-t3445257/page1

Magisk troubleshooting

https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445/page1
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] BobToss:
Sam Nakamura, Thanks so much for all your posts. I've read many and learnt a lot. Please could you help me with an issue I have installing custom ROMs on 3500-f.

I've installed a number of ROMs posted in this thread (most recently RR 5.8) using TWRP 3.1.1 I go from Stock ROM, wipe Dalvik Cache, System and Cache, then install Custom ROM and Gapps.

Everything works fine except I'm not able to access the internal SD card via file manager or within apps - it says "/SD Card not found!" I'm not able to download content from a browser to the internal SD either. However, I am able to install apps to the internal SD using Google Play so clearly that can access and write to the internal storage. This happens with all the custom ROMs I've tried, however when I reflash the stock ROM everything works fine and both internal and external SD cards are available.

Any ideas or advice. Thanks so much.
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sam Nakamura:
You did nothing wrong, I initially had issues with having the SD card recognized properly too... I just can't remember what I did, I need to check when I'm home from work having the device at hand - I use mixplorer and also the device itself has no issues using the SD card, it's definitely possible to fix, probably even simple...

I check it out later and see what I can tell you :)

By the way, I suggest you to use TWRP 3.0.2 for stability reasons, just remember that TWRP 3.1.1 uses a differently named folder for backup, so you cannot see previously made backups on the other TWRP version, just copy & paste the files from /TWRP/BACKUP/000000000 to /TWRP/BACKUP/lenovo a7 (and vice versa) to make them appear in your booted TWRP -> restore
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] BobToss:
Great - thanks for the advice re TWRP 3.0.2. And if you're able to offer any hints regarding the SD card later that would be much appreciated. Thanks so much.
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ranjit87:
Internal SD card not recognized properly

BobToss please do the dutiful and share the solution to the SD card issue. I have issues with having the SD card recognized properly. What is the solution shared?

Great - thanks for the advice re TWRP 3.0.2. And if you're able to offer any hints regarding the SD card later that would be much appreciated. Thanks so much.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam Nakamura

You did nothing wrong, I initially had issues with having the SD card recognized properly too... I just can't remember what I did, I need to check when I'm home from work having the device at hand - I use mixplorer and also the device itself has no issues using the SD card, it's definitely possible to fix, probably even simple...

I check it out later and see what I can tell you

By the way, I suggest you to use TWRP 3.0.2 for stability reasons, just remember that TWRP 3.1.1 uses a differently named folder for backup, so you cannot see previously made backups on the other TWRP version, just copy & paste the files from /TWRP/BACKUP/000000000 to /TWRP/BACKUP/lenovo a7 (and vice versa) to make them appear in your booted TWRP -> restore
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] BobToss:
Ranjit I don’t yet have a solution. I was posing the question. Sam Nakamura Is the expert. I suggest you keep an eye on this thread for updates.
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sam Nakamura:
Okay guys, here we go...

Unplug the SD card and plug it back in, the device should recognize it and show a notification where you can choose setup between adoptable or portable storage, I recommend you to use portable storage, never tried adaptable...

I had to relink the SD card in my file explorer, I use mixplorer, you'll find the SD card mounted to /storage/(alphanumeric code, it's different and unique for every single SD card) - check the pictures and tell me exactly what issues you have, make screenshots if necessary...
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] BobToss:
Sam, thanks for taking the time to look into this. I’m now using Mixplorer - it’s great and I can now pretty much do everything I need. The problem isn’t really with the removable SD card, it seems to be a problem with apps being able to access the internal/shared storage. For example if I didn’t have an external SD card I think it would be impossible to download or install an apk file. The default browser can’t download files, the default file manager opens then immediately shuts. My work around is to use CM Browser which allows me to specify the download location and I can then specify the removable SD. The only problem I really have now is using apps that won’t allow me to change the download location.

I hope I’m making sense? It seems that the system can see both the internal and removable storage, but apps can’t access or see the internal storage. I’ve attached some pics. I had to take photos as when I tried to screenshot it said insufficient storage. The last two pics are of what Mixplorer calls “Root” and the final picture is after I clicked on the SDcard folder in that list.

Any ideas? It’s really frustrating me, but as I said I can work around the issue pretty much so I don’t want to waste your time on it.
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sam Nakamura:
OK, that's definitely weird and not meant to be like that, my only issue where with the external SD card not showing but you got the internal storage not being recognized, so few questions:

Did you gave storage permissions to the internet browser you're using, also files (default explorer works for me perfectly)? -> check settings, apps, search & tap the app and see permissions, even though system apps usually have all permissions they need... Go to system app section and find "package installer" app and clear app data (not only cache)

How did you flashed this ROM? Best and cleanest way is to use TWRP -> advanced wipe and wipe all but internal storage before you flash ROM & GAPPS, I'd do a backup of this set up and factory reset the ROM, just to see if it helps, if not restore your previous setup... Also you can just reflash the ROM and wipe dalvik & cache before rebooting, this sometimes solves issues, did you modify anything which could lead to the issue? Have you tried rebooting without external sdcard?

Don't worry about wasting my time, I help when my time allows it, not a thing... Excuse my relatively chaotic answer, it's late here :) don't worry, we'll solve this eventually...
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] BobToss:
I'll try wiping everything and start from scratch. There's nothing on the device I'm worried about losing. I tried looking at the permissions. The web browser didnt have access to Storage, but it didnt seem to make a difference even after changing that. The default file manager didnt have any permissions requested. And when I looked at the Package Installer app there was no option to clear app data or cache (as far as I could see) - screenshot attached.

I'll let you know if a completely new install works...
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sam Nakamura:
If you have a chance starting from scratch with a clean setup is the best solution, remember to use TWRP's advanced wipe to wipe all but internal storage, this should give best results, if issues persist report back, so we'll have to find a solution, it's not a issue for me and I haven't heard about this either, so let's hope a clean flash will fix it...
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] EPa:
You have to tap on "Storage", then on the next screen you can see the "clear data" and "clear cache buttons".
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] BobToss:
Alas, the problem persists. Here’s what I did:

1.wiped everything even the external SD card

2.Returned to stock rom using SP Flash tool

3.Flashed twrp 3.0.1 using SP Flash tool

4.Booted into stock Rom to confirm everything worked fine, including browser and file manager

5.Used TWRP to wipe everything except internal storage

6.Installed RR and Gapps

7.Booted into RR

Same issues as before- file manager refuses to open, browser closes if I try to download anything.

Anything obviously wrong with the process I followed? Maybe it’s time to bin the a3500 and move on :D
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sam Nakamura:
OK, I personally never flashed clean, I actually dirty flashed from cm13 to lineageOS 13 to RR, just out of craziness, try to clean flash again lineageOS 13 with GApps, boot once and return back to TWRP and Wipe all but internal storage & DATA and flash RR + GApps...

Maybe this makes a difference, I definitely didn't experience this issue, so something was avoiding it, I'll also backup my system and clean flash RR to see myself and find a way to solve this, just give me few days...

This is weird, especially as you're the first to report, I wonder about the others, did they experience this too?

:confused:
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] BobToss:
Solved!

Sam, you found the solution! Thanks! Installing lineageOS 13 first followed by RR worked. Everything working fine now. What a relief. Seems it needed an incremental upgrade and didn’t work going from android 4 to 7 without installing 6 first.

Ready for my next challenge now - any chance of Oreo? :o

Thanks again for your help.
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sam Nakamura:
I just tested a clean flash of RR N, downloaded YouTube & Chrome from apk mirror and all went smoothly, default browser asked for permissions to storage and installation was successful, so I cannot replicate your issue, all fine here but nice to hear you found a workaround for your issue...

No idea about Oreo, RR N was ported from the Asus z500, liquidporting team, lol pro 100 (aka [MENTION=6090679]mihael zzzzz[/MENTION]) ported it to our device, so huge thanks to those guys for doing the actual work, if the z500 gets Oreo we will like get it too but that is only a assumption, I think it's already great to have nougat with Substratum support and and all critical features working..
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] BobToss:
Interesting that a clean flash worked for you. Anyway, just glad to have found a fix and as you say RR is a gfantastic ROM -very happy to now have that on the device.
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] jimmy19742:
Passing here just to wish [MENTION=1076618]samn[/MENTION]akamura a very Happy New Year!

Sam is my first tutor in Android but now I've been studying other programming languages and have no time for Java.

Thank You so much for Your help,Sam.

Guys, listen to Sam!

And TGIF!

Cheers!?

Sam,do you think we'll get Oreo based custom ROM?
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sam Nakamura:
Thank you for the nice words and have a great 2018 :highfive: here's what I have written previously and I don't have anything to add - let's hope for a nice surprise but I don't think it's very likely...

"No idea about Oreo, RR N was ported from the Asus z500, liquidporting team, lol pro 100 (aka [MENTION=6090679]mihael zzzzz[/MENTION]) ported it to our device, so huge thanks to those guys for doing the actual work, if the z500 gets Oreo we will like get it too but that is only a assumption, I think it's already great to have nougat with Substratum support and and all critical features working.."
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] mumu971:
Hello there,

wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2019

how did you get gps working on viperos 7.1.2?

with Regards
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] XDA Rooter:
Fake
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sadman Chowdhury:
SD Card error

Unable to access SD Card in RessurectionRemix 5.7.4
[Lenovo A3500 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sam Nakamura:
Sorry, I don't own this device anymore but I remember that it took some fiddling to get SD card working, it's differently mounted than what some file explorers expect, I'd suggest that you browse your device with a file explorer starting from / (root directory), I'm sure you'll be able to find it, depending on the file explorer you use you should be able to bookmark the correct path, I'd suggest you to use Mixplorer by the way!

Good luck!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TrentCowden:
So I have a problem. I rooted and unlocked my bootloader just fine on my T-Mobile HTC One M8. While installing insert coin to prep for s-off, I was wiping my data and accidentally deleted my operating system (oops). So I followed a tutorial and tried using firewater and I got the "whelp, no amount of retrying will make this work on your device" message. I want to use Sunshine now, but I can't because sunshine only works with stock sense, which I accidentally deleted. I have looked and looked online and the only presumable way of getting the operating system back is through an RUU which I can't do because I'm not S-Off. I can't get S-Off because I don't have sense, and I can't get sense because I'm not S-Off. Is there just a regular ROM I could use to flash sense just temporarily while I get sunshine? My whole goal of this was to make my regular M8 a google play edition, as I prefer stock android.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
Who says you need to be S-OFF to run a RUU :confused: If there is an RUU available for your device then run it. Just make sure you lock the bootloader before you do.

You could also just flash a ROM(any rom) onto your device or restore a backup from the collection of stock backups thread(In general section).
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TrentCowden:
How do I relock the bootloader and why do I have to do that? (just curious)

Also I tried downloading a stock sense rom and when I flashed it, my phone turned on and the message "unfortunately, phone has stopped" just kept coming up over and over. Do I need to find a Rom specific to T-mobile and/or my device version?

Thank you so much for your quick response and help!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
To lock bootloader, shut down device. Hold Power button + Volume down to boot into bootloader. Connect Phone to PC. Open command prompt in adb folder. Type

fastboot devices

To check if the device gets picked up, Next type:

fastboot oem lock

This will lock bootloader. Then you can run the RUU.exe as administrator on your PC and begin restoring your device back to stock.

Why do you need to lock it? I'm not entirely sure :eek: Perhaps it's just part of the verification the RUU needs in order to make changes to the device, kinda like you need to be stock to do OTA. Maybe it just has something to do with the oem method of recovering/restoring the device, I don't know mate, sorry.

Perhaps someone with a bit more expertise can answer that one for you, I only know that it needs to be locked if you're S-ON.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TrentCowden:
Sweet! Could I just skip going back to stock sense and just go straight to the google play edition ruu?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
You'll need to be S-OFF in order to convert to the GPE as it makes changes to the partition sizes on the device. If I recall correctly it was Graffixnyc that made a thread about that and I'm almost sure he mentioned in that very thread that you need to be S-OFF.

First restore your phone to working condition, then get S-OFF then you can follow the guide to convert your device to GPE.

---------- Post added at 11:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:39 PM ----------

[RUU] M8 Google Edition Conversion. 4.4.4 - RUU Zip Non-Rooted & Pre-Rooted

Yep there's the thread I was talking about. You can see he clearly states there:

Prerequisites

S-Off,

ADB knowledge

Fastboot knowledge
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TrentCowden:
OK. So I re-locked my phone. I'm downloading the RUU now from the official HTC website. Once it's done, then what?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BerndM14:
Just make sure you download the correct version that corresponds to the version your device is.

If you need earlier or other version it's in here: [Recovery] [RUU 2.22.531.5] [TWRP Nandroid Backups] [Radio IMGs][ OTA 2.22.531.6]

Once that is done you can just right click on the exe file, select run as administrator and follow the onscreen wizard to restore the device back to stock.

---------- Post added 17th September 2014 at 12:00 AM ---------- Previous post was 16th September 2014 at 11:55 PM ----------

A quick Google search dropped this guide on restoring, might be worth a look if you're interested.

How to Restore T-Mobile HTC One M8 to Stock with RUU
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TrentCowden:
Hey there!

So I restored my phone and it worked, so I s-offed my phone using Sunshine (because like I said before firewater didn't work for me), and I downloaded the GPE RUU but for some reason when I type adb reboot bootloader into cmd it says error:device not found. When I plug my phone in, it makes the noise that signals that a device has been plugged in, but it doesn't show it in the file explorer. Any ideas?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TrentCowden:
Nevermind, realized I didn't have USB Debugging on.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] rammkp:
Happy holidays to everyone.

I live in India and I dont have 3G network to test the front video camera of my JASJAM. So downloaded the trial version of CoolCamera software and installed it in my device. Then changed the sensor to front, hoping to see some picture. However the display was black and no picture/video was displayed.

I contacted i-mate live support and was told by the support person that it is not possible to test the front camera without 3G network and that they don't support 3rd party software.

Could the problem be with the front video camera?

Any help is deeply appreciated.

Thanks

Ram
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] MikeChannon:
I have not heard this reported before. Obviously you can test the front camera without 3G using the CoolCam software.

I would hesitate to think there's a problem with Camera until I had tried Coolcamera several times and possibly even uninstalled it and re-installed it - i.e tend to think more of a software issue first.

Mike
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] perlmane:
Chosing the lens

I just got CoolCamera. How do you change between the front and rear lens?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] MikeChannon:
I hesitate to say because my version is not the latest one. On my version you can set mode to Webcam>Settings>Sensor>Front

Mike
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] greenemk:
Lost Front Camera Function

I recently switch my phone from the GER to WWE Cingular ROM, and once I did that, I lost the front camera function. I didn't load any of the extended rom files when I reloaded. Did it contain a cab that enabled this feature. If I please the button, it does nothing.

Thanks

MG
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] MikeChannon:
Well as Cingular don't currently support video calling I suppose that may be possible- but I have not heard about it.

Let's see if someone else does

EDIT: in fact the following link shows a post by Rassah that seems to say Front Cam support is included with Cingular ROM. (Mind you he seems to have a mixture of different things there including parts of the TyTn ROM so ????)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=283336&highlight=cingular+front+camerahttp://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=283336&highlight=cingular+front+camera

Mike
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] shogunmark:
you could always test it with microsoft portrait, its an IP based video calling software that is in beta testing, if you look for it you should be able to find it...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Sleuth255:
The video call hardware button will not function with any Cingular ROMS. However, video call capabilities can still be had if you load the TyTN extrom. You just have to be content with using the software button that's on the dialer app if you want to make a video call.

FWIW, even when the video button is working it merely does exactly what pressing the green call button does: bring up the dialer app.

As far as the front camera function itself goes, CoolCamera worked just fine for it on my TyTN (the image is rotated 90 degrees CCW tho...) when I was running the v1.31 Cingular ROM.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] greenemk:
Thanks for the info, do you know which cab in the extened rom gives me that feature, or will I have to load them all?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] MikeChannon:
Just in case Sleuth255 is busy right now (he probably knows the exact answer!) we know it must be one of the ones that Rassah has listed on his post on this thread;

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=283336&highlight=cingular+front+camerahttp://xdaforums.com/show...front+c amera

Mike
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] greenemk:
Thanks...no luck with the link though.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] MikeChannon:
Oops sorry corrected it but here it is again Rassahs post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=283336&highlight=cingular+front+camera

Mike
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigstorer88:
I was following this (http://xdaforums.com/xperia-tablet-z/development/root-sp321-ftf-10-5-1-0-283-t2873377) thread to flash my tablet z but it won't turn back on for step 18.

has anyone else faced this before?

Anyone got a solution?

Thanks
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rootk1t:
maybe you messed up with kernels or done smth wrong.