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[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Roefastford:
If your phone is on firmware 4.4.2 keep trying firewater and it will work. Dont open su just install it, and after doing the adb reboot open up weaksauce to make sure it shows your rooted I have found that is where the problem getting firewater to work lies.

If your getting root after the adb reboot then it will work on firmware 4.4.2, but if weaksause is not giving root after adb reboot then firewater will fail every time.

I have done many for people using firewater and it always wont work for me until I manually open waeksauce after you do the adb reboot and it reboots the phone.

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If your phone is on firmware 4.4.2 keep trying firewater and it will work. Dont open su just install it, and after doing the adb reboot open up weaksauce to make sure it shows your rooted I have found that is where the problem getting firewater to work lies.

If your getting root after the adb reboot then it will work on firmware 4.4.2, but if weaksause is not giving root after adb reboot then firewater will fail every time.

I have done many for people using firewater and it always wont work for me until I manually open waeksauce after you do the adb reboot and it reboots the phone.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] mumbles202:
Thanks. I've tried Firewater a few times w/o much luck. Tried it both w/ SuperSu and Superuser and had same results. Just retried it after opening the Weaksauce app but it did the same.

Do you know if the rest of the steps are correct if I have to use Sunshine?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] berndblb:
Whatever you do DO NOT take an OTA. There's no reason for it and it may cause more trouble than it's worth.

Download and run Sunshine. Now you're S-off and bootloader unlocked.

Flash TWRP 2.8.0.1 in fastboot

Then go here, download and flash the 4.4.3 firmware and radios in fastboot:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2723159

Now you are ready to flash any 4.4.3 based custom rom like CleanROM 2.0
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HikerMan:
Dropped my Nexus 4 last night and the screen cracked, leaving only the top and left side of the touch screen functioning - as such, I can't do anything on it, or even unlock it (only two dots on the left of the lock can be touched).

I am getting an upgrade shortly, so I would like to avoid repairing it, but I need to extract a bunch of data from it first (photos, amongst other things).

So my question is, are there any command line tools or anything which would allow me to access my phone? At the moment when I plug it into my mac, it just goes into charge mode, so can I initiate disk mode any how, or control it using my computer in any way?

Thanks a lot for reading! Hopefully one of you can help me.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirHat:
Did you try connecting while in recovery? (Assuming the hard keys do still work)

I tend to forget which recovery does what, but I am sure that at least one of CWM or TWRP (or both even) allows USB debugging while in recovery so you can also get to your files, if needed. Via adb of course.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HikerMan:
Thanks for the reply! Recovery mode was a good shout, because as you say my hard keys do still work. The only trouble I'm having is getting it to communicate with my computer now, as I'm on the stock recovery which doesn't seem to have a USB option. I suppose I'm going to have trouble installing CWM through stock recovery?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirHat:
You can try installing CWM or TWRP via fastboot. Should also work as you wouldn't need to use your touchscreen.

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You can try installing CWM or TWRP via fastboot. Should also work as you wouldn't need to use your touchscreen. I am not allowed to posts link yet, but a simple search should do the trick. Good luck!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electrospaz:
You should be able to access the SD card as long as the phone is booted, plugged into the computer and the driver is working properly. Whenever I have plug mine in I'm not required to toggle anything on the device in order for the computer to recognize it.

Unless you have MTP disabled.. then you'll have to find an alternative option.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digantacho:
Hi guys I'm new to XDA can anyone tell me how's battery backup on cm11 m10 build?? If I did something wrong than I'm sorry
[Sony Xperia ZL] rameshkotibani:
where to find

safe headset volume

apk in xperia zl 4.4.4 rooted .283
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohit.mair:
Tring to root my Samsung Note 3 Neo N750- Followed exact steps as mentioned in thread below

http://xdaforums.com/note-3-neo/orig-development/philz-recovery-build-1-t2857149

But at the time of installing zip from SD card, getting error E:\Signature not verified for whole file

and the device is not rooted!

Please help.

P.S. I am not too technical and trying rooting for the first time.
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kushal.arora16:
I think you are trying to Flash the SuperSu zip via Stock Recovery..

First flash Philz CWM recovery via odin and then flash SuperSu zip using Philz recory to get rooted..

Press thanks if helped..
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohit.mair:
Sorry, I am confused- what does this mean? " flash SuperSu zip using Philz recory"

Could you please provide step by step desc? thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kushal.arora16:
Okk.

1. Download Superuser zip from following link and copy the zip to internal memory..

http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU/

2. Download Philz recovery build 3 from following link

https://s.basketbuild.com/devs/rutvikrvr/hl3g/cwm

3. Download odin.

4. Switch off the phone and remove back cover as you will have to pull down battery in next step.

5. Put you phone in download (odin) mode.

6. Flash Philz recovery you just downloaded via odin, after it say Reset in odin and you phone vibrates, quickly pull down the battery.. Do not let the phone switch on.

7. Now go to recovery mode..

8. Flash SuperSu zip which you downloaded and copied in your phone's internal from there.

Rooted..
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohit.mair:
Wow! Worked seemless!! Rooted!! Thanks a ton!

Could you also let me know how can I remove Samsung bloatware??
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kushal.arora16:
Nice to know you are rooted..

Download Attached app Root Uninstall to remove system app (So called Blotwares)..

On the Top you will see System App/User App, tap it to switch between System or User Apps.. Then just tap on the apps you want to remove and press Uninstall on the bottom of the app..

There is also an option to backup the apps.

Don't Say, just PRESS Thanks <===============
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohit.mair:
Thanks yet again!

After Rooting. Android System seems to be eating toouch battery. Almost equal to Screen. See screenshot attached.

Any clue why?
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kushal.arora16:
Sorry, no Idea on this..
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KSKHH:
You might have uninstalled important files...This is might be a side effects.

Do not play with root if you do not have enough knowledge what you are doing.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 2005 Upgrading] Horst2k:
Hi people,

i need any wm2k5 GERMAN rom, all german rom links are still dead!

Perhaps someone could send it to me or upload it anywhere?!?!

Email: horst2k@arcor.de
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 2005 Upgrading] Rudegar:
http://www.buzzdev.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=0
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 Windows Mobile 2005 Upgrading] Horst2k:
Thanks but these language packs only working for wm5 1.60c and not with 2.xx-X.xx
[Nexus S General] scalare63:
hi

need your assistance

my daughter nexus s yesterday the power bottom stop working:

I've take the battery and when i plug in it starts immediately, boot but nothing of power bottom

when I start with power + volume up, it enter on the menu "recovery" but non of the keys work, nether volume or power

I didn't yet did the factory reset , because didn't made a backup .

the nexus s have some bottom that i can press to do a hard reset , read something that we can take the back cover and press a botton, is true?

I've tried to take the battery, plug a usb cable , put the battery but nothing different happens

sorry to bother you , but ...

thanks for your help

(sorry the poor English)
[Nexus S General] cheeze.keyk:
it happens also on my nexus s, what i did is i went to a technician to replace the defective power button..and now its working properly.
[Nexus S General] scalare63:
the strange is that the power + volume up together active the menu recovery, but than non work (vol. too)

and the warranty has gone few months ago, sometimes is less expensive buy a new one, but money and Portugal does mix in this last few times

I'm trying to goggle to find the hidden reset bottom but no luck until now
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] reena0307:
Need Original SecSettings.apk for my Galaxy Grand Quattro

I tried to use SecSettings.apk for the ripple effect in my Galaxy Grand Quattro through Root Browser.. After that i forgot to change the permissions of SecSettings.. Till now i'm unable to go in to any settings.. It always showing "Unfortunately Stopped"..

So if any one having ORIGINAL SecSettings.apk for Galaxy Grand Quattro.. Kindly Share :) :highfive:

Thanks in advance :) :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] freitaz:
Use Aroma File Manager in CWM or a terminal emulator to restore the default permissions. This will solve your problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] GlauberMSP:
Link flash cwm...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6t2vRswL0dHOHBiUDIycE1ZdWc/edit?usp=sharing
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farlocco:
Hello guys!

Last week I've managed to successfully put Android on a Zedboard, a Development Board (www zedboard org) and everything is working just fine (Network, Video, Mouse, Keyboard ecc...)

I have some doubts when it comes to handle GPIOs and other custom made peripherals.

How can an application knows when an interrupt is generated? That is, how can interrupts flow from the Linux kernel up to the application?

Thank you all in advance for your help
[Fire TV General] superkoal:
So there is a guide from gtvhacker how to hook up an sdcard reader to the FireTV's emmc chip and mount it on a linux machine to put the superuser binary and SuperSU.apk to the system partition.

Link to the guide

xXhighpowerXx managed to do it and put together a tutorial on youtube, big thanks to him!

Link to his post

Also there is this detailed blog post of derPeter, I recommend reading it to everyone interested in this hardware hack. Link to the post

This requires disassembling the fireTV, soldering electronic parts and also basic linux skills (and a linux machine)!

Try at your own risk!

Also he updated the information in the GTVHacker wiki linked above, so everything you need to know is there.

MAKE SURE TO ALSO READ THIS POST, AS THERE IS A SOLID RISK OF BRICKING YOUR DEVICE IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL! Thanks to ingrimsch for talking to the gtv guys on IRC and providing the log.
[Fire TV General] sammy98:
VCC is shown on the first picture with the tx/rx pinout.

GND should be usable from the (usb) shield(s).

Will try it the next few days when i have time

Sammy98
[Fire TV General] simondo22:
So i have to solder the 5 data lines the cmd, clk, vcc, vss points to a sdcard snifer and unplug the fire tv?

The snifer goes in the pc. Rest is software.
[Fire TV General] sammy98:
One data should be sufficient - according to the homepage where the pictures are
[Fire TV General] sammy98:
Alright - just soldered as provided - the connections are fine on the pcb - connected with the sd-card sniffer pinouts, but no luck.

I used gnd from the powerr supply shield. No emmc visible in dmesg.

FireTV is not powered and only the emmc is connected to the reader. Same reader works fine with another emmc chip ...

Sammy98
[Fire TV General] simondo22:
Could it be that the electrical current wich comes from the reader (pc) is to low?

Because it have to supplied the whole fire tv
[Fire TV General] sammy98:
No the reader should only power the emmc chip. Thats why we asked where to connect vcc and vss. Ground should not be the problem.

I will stop playing now as we want to watch a movie. When the pinout is clear, i will open up the ftv again

Sammy98
[Fire TV General] simondo22:
But vss and vcc are parallel conected to other chips on the board so the "I" (ampere) divides maybe
[Fire TV General] sammy98:
Jepp but how much current and ampere should be used on what pins? A perhaps 1.7V on the pin like in the pinout is not enough for me to try that und probably fry the atv

Sammy98
[Fire TV General] simondo22:
Have you tried whithout vcc, vss from the cardreader an powered ftv?
[Fire TV General] superkoal:
i STRONGLY advise against this, but you could measure voltages when the ftv is on, to compare to what your card reader supplies.

Also you could try the 5 data line mode.
[Fire TV General] sammy98:
I guess the voltage or pins are the culprint. I did not power the atv and will not while connected to the reader. I dont write the emmc while the system is using it

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 7 mit Tapatalk
[Fire TV General] simondo22:
Ok, stupid idea from me. :banghead:
[Fire TV General] sammy98:
No problem. Just keep Brainstorming
[Fire TV General] no_spam_for_me:
Hi,

I can find via google these 'SD Card Sniffer Sparkfun' (different versions: TOL-11468 and TOL-09419) and also e.g. 'MicroSD Breakout' and maybe I have an idea how to soldering/connecting the TOL's to pcb (CMD, CLK, DAT0 do I find (not really difficult) but not VCC, VSS), BUT I have no idea what and how I have to do after that (or maybe I'm also wrong at the starting)...

Can someone link me into the right direction?

THX

EDIT:

Maybe I understand it:

1. soldering / connecting the pins at the pcb with wire to the pins at the TOL

2. place the TOL into a card-reader at e.g. PC or another BOX

3. mount the SD card... (but there I don't know how to identify the system-MTD)
[Fire TV General] sammy98:
Did you even read the last posts in the current thread concerning vss and vcc? We dont know either

The steps 1-3 are correct. The emmc only has a read/writable ext4 according to the gtv hacker.

If you dont know how to mount the ext4 of the sd-card, you probably should not begin to solder.
[Fire TV General] no_spam_for_me:
Yes, I read it, but I ALSO have no idea (that's what I want to say)...

To mount isn't a problem, but I'm wondering in, if the eMMC only contains one "partition" because of the different MTD's (but that is something I don't understand because I have never done it before THIS way via a 'SD Card Sniffer')...
[Fire TV General] sammy98:
The emmc only provides the partion with the data trough the sd-card reader
[Fire TV General] ingrimsch:
hey guys,

i dont have my FTV yet, so I cant try hooking up the EMMC to the SD Sniffer myself yet, but maybe I can supply you with a few infos I found in the datasheets. I live in Germany, so my only option to get root access on the FTV will be the EMMC/SD way, which is why I follow this thread with great interest. ;)

[MENTION=547578]sammy98[/MENTION]: are you able to measure the VCC/GND when the SD Sniffer is connected to your PC? As far as I know most SD Cards run on 3.3V, but will work on slightly higher and lower voltages (usually 2.7 to 3.6V). I´ll make an educated guess and say if you measure VCC/GND on the Sniffer you will see a voltage of 3.3V.

According to an article here h t t p : / / w w w .computerbase.de/2014-04/amazon-fire-tv-in-einzelteile-zerlegt the EMMC Chip is a Toshiba THGBM5G6A2JBAIR. So I peeked into the Datasheet (h t t p : / / w w w .magic-sun.com.cn/product/download/pdf/13) and found a pinout plus the Power Supply Voltages for VccQ accepting voltages from 1.7 V to 1.95 V and 2.7 V to 3.6 V. So if the SD Sniffer supplies nice 3.3V as expected, we should be able to use it... just maybe not on the 1.8V spot shown in the UART picture :eek:

Only thing I have not found out yet is where to connect the 3.3 V voltage to supply the EMMC yet. In the Datasheet Pinout you can find the correct Pins for Vcc/VccQ, but as the EMMC is a BGA package, they are under the package. Too bad gtvhacker did not trace the Vcc lanes, so we now have to find a spot to inject the voltage to get the EMMC/SD bridge running...

Hope this helps in any way. Until I finally get my FTV (delivery date still unknown :crying:) I can only help in theory...
[Fire TV General] sammy98:
Yes i measured the power of the reader and therefore i decided to put the 1,7V on the pin of the uart with an external device. Did not work as i wrote.

I read the datasheet to, but as the gtv hackers did not measure out the vcc (or did not find the pin), we need the spot to inject the voltage.

Sammy98
[Fire TV General] YourNameInHere:
for sure i will :)

If you look the posts from xXhighpowerXx that's all what you need to get this working. Or you can look at the gtvhacker-wiki:

http://gtvhacker.com/index.php/Amazon_FireTV

Or in simple words you need (from the yet known information):

- gtvhacker emmc low voltage adapter (http://gtvhacker.com/index.php/GTVHacker_e-MMC_Adapter)

- desolder the CLK-resistor (i'm still not sure if that's really needed)

- wire up CLK, CMD, DAT0 and GND from the firetv to the adapter (pinout is also at the gtvhacker-wiki)

- connect power to the firetv (original powersupply from the firetv)

- insert the low-voltage adapter to your sdcard-reader (care: the reader must support 1bit-mode! You can test it by isolate pin 1, 8 and 9 from a normal sdcard. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#Transfer_modes)

now you should have access to the emmc and you can put the superuser-binary to the system-partition of the firetv-emmc.
[Fire TV General] ChriKn:
If there are costs higher than 30 Euros, it might just be simpler for me to buy a new router (with USB support) to handle Xbmc/Kodi. Still don't understand why there is a USB port when there is no use for it...
[Fire TV General] no_spam_for_me:
I think/hope you talk about the way via sparkfun sdcard-sniffer + logic level converter?

Because I get no answer how to get a 'GTVHacker e-MMC Adapter' to Germany ....

(maybe someone at Germany would like to manage to produce a small number of boards for us like maximus do it at the continental US ???)
[Fire TV General] YourNameInHere:
yes, that's what i hope will also work.

Getting the chip (TXS02612RTWR) and putting it on a pcb isn't easy for the most of us and the adapters from gtvhacker are limited. So if we can simply use a logic-level-converter more people are able to do this mod.

If it is not possible it would be very nice to get them in europe. Maybe we can make a list or something else to know how many people are interested.

EDIT: I'm not sure but xXhighpowerXx (aka maximus64) said there were orders from germany. So it looks like they send them to europe (don't know the shipping/tax cost).
[Fire TV General] muenchn_er:
Hi,

I am also interested for this Hardware root.

Maybe one of us here in Germany can buy this modul and we can use it togehter.

Muenchn_er
[Fire TV General] cyablo:
So you think it will work with ... lets say the SparkFun BOB-12009 Level Converter or similar and the Sparkfun SD Card Sniffer? So why did Maximus then design a complete PCB with Ti Level Converter and a additional Voltage Regulator instead of using a cheap Level Converter?

As far as i understand the Fire TV does not provide a constant 1,8v vcc feed, so you have to feed it externaly to the level converter, because of that a simple converter will not work without 1,8v feed. And thats what Maximus did with the Ti Converter and the Regulator. Or am I wrong?

Im also from Germany and the Sparkfun Stuff is available for a few bucks here. So it would be easier and cheaper to do this Mod with this Components instead of buying the GTV Adapter and shipping it to Germany.
[Fire TV General] sda2:
I'm also stuck with a non rootable AFTV in Germany. (NRW, Bielefeld)

Soldering won't be much of a problem for me, but just as yoou guys, I need a proper eMMC adapter piece.

I was thinking about salvaging an old SD card for our purposes. Maybe that's also possible.
[Fire TV General] no_spam_for_me:
Yes, he wrote something like this, BUT I get no answer (PM and e-mail) ...

Mayne it got a hot seller during the last days and he has to ignore the requests because he can't handle it ? :)
[Fire TV General] d1dd1:
I'm also interested in an adapter (Germany). Let me know if you get any news regarding shipping to Germany :)
[Fire TV General] xXhighpowerXx:
Sorry guys, I only got few adapters for sell, and I try to avoid oversea buyers. Because: 1) Dealing with Customs 2) Shipping cost are higher than the adapter it self 3) it might not even get to the destination. The high shipping cost is a deterrent for most customers. USPS charge ~25$ for international shipping. ATM, everything sold out. But I just ordered another 200 pcb. It be here in few weeks. If you agree to pay for the shipping then sure I happy ship it no problem.
[Fire TV General] d1dd1:
Thanks.

I ordered several times from american sellers via USPS first class mail and had no issues so far. IIRC the shipping costs for an envelope are about $10 to $15.
[Fire TV General] xXhighpowerXx:
I don't know, But USPS quote me ~$25 for it :/

http://ircalc.usps.com/MailServices...ilingDate=12/9/2014&MailingTime=8:00 AM&dv=20

maybe you mean this option? It doesn't have tracking number/guarantee that it will ever get there

http://ircalc.usps.com/MailServices...0.1&MailingDate=12/9/2014&MailingTime=8:00 AM

Edit:

Oh I see now. Much cheaper to sent as First class mail than Flat rate. Good to know :P I never sent stuff to international before. OK I will take international orders next batch. I guess First class mail + Certificate of mailing is good both combine are ~$9 much more reasonable than $25
[Fire TV General] d1dd1:
I'm in :good:
[Fire TV General] doblecero:
Good to hear that! Would you let us know once you receive them?

Thanks
[Fire TV General] xXhighpowerXx:
Yea I will. Sent the file to pcb fab house in China. Probably take 2 weeks or more. Meanwhile, I gonna setup a website to handle all the orders.
[Fire TV General] cyablo:
[MENTION=3597813]xXhighpowerXx[/MENTION]

Could you give me a Info regarding the Voltage Regulator on the PCB? [MENTION=1926908]YourNameInHere[/MENTION] mentioned that he wanted to try this Method only with a Level-Converter but as far as I see, we need a 1,8v Feed because the Fire TV does not Provide this. This is what the Regualtor on your PCB is for. So only a Level-Converter would not work without external 1,8v feeding. Is that correct or am I wrong?
[Fire TV General] GStar01:
The extra Voltage of 1,8V should not be a problem, have a linear power supply. I'm also from Germany :)
[Fire TV General] cyablo:
Ive none :( But is it correct that we need this 1,8v from a external source or an additonal voltage regulator if we want to use a simple Logic Level-Converter?
[Fire TV General] xXhighpowerXx:
I have try multiple standard Logic Level-Converters from Spark fun, I even build some myself. I never have any luck getting it working. Most of them was either they are too slow, or confused with pull up/pull down. You should look for SDIO Voltage translator instead.