yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] CKR83:
Hi,

I'm pretty new to the Android thing having come from apple devices and I was wondering about something. My AT&T phone is loaded with crapware and crippleware (meaning Kitkat). I read the (rather complicated to a novice) thread about how to root an ANG3 device, and that's all well and good. I might even try it at some point. But to my question:

If I have an UNLOCKED device -- meaning I can take that device to any other provider (like verizon) to get my service, does that mean that the bootloader will no longer be encrypted and the device can be rooted? I ask not for the phone, but because AT&T just ruined my awesome Samsung Note 8 by forcing Kitkat on it. Critical functions that I use that table for are now trashed and the tablet is almost useless to me. If I can talk them into unlocking the tablet (which has LTE), will that mean that the boot loader is no longer encrypted and I might have a chance at rooting the thing to get back my functionality?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
No just because your device is carrier unlocked it has nothing to do with the bootloader that's locked down tight. As far rooting your phone from muniz_ri thread,which I think that's what you're talking about, if you follow his instructions and know how to use Odin it's actually quite simple.

With your Note 8 that's something I'm not familiar with but shouldn't be to hard to search for in XDA good luck I'm sorry I haven't totally answered your question.

"All we know is...He's called the Stig!"

Sent from my G900A powered by XKRom Gold LimiTed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] CKR83:
You did, actually, answer my question -- the important one anyway. It's unfortunate that I'm stuck with a crippled device, but it'll just teach me to buy something different in the future.

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] s8freak:
I love my Rooted S5 actually best device I've ever owned but that's just me. I've had the Galaxy device from the S2 thru to the S5. I've flashed practically every AOSP and T/W Rom for every one but the S5 and I've flashed every T/W for it. I prefer the stability of T/W actually. I'm probably in the minority in that respect and I'm eagerly looking forward to the S6 next year.

"All we know is...He's called the Stig!"

Sent from my G900A powered by XKRom Gold LimiTed
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Xperia Z (C6603) Generic UK (.FTF)

Downloaded through, decrypted and repackaged by Flashtool.

Android version: 4.4.4

Baseband: 9x15A-ACEFWMAZQ-30110089-72

Kernel: 3.4.0-perf-ge2ad053-00925-g7f21499 BuildUser@BuildHost#1 Thu Aug 7 10:45:21 2014

Build number: 10.5.1.A.0.283

Customization Version: 1270-7689

Branding: Generic UK

Country: United Kingdom

NFC Icon: Yes

This works on ANY Xperia Z (C6603).

Your Xperia Z does NOT have to be rooted.

Your Xperia Z does NOT have to be bootloader unlocked.

This does NOT re-lock a SIM unlocked phone (unlocking is ONCE and PERMANENT).

This does NOT unlock your bootloader.

Download: CLICK

MD5 of FTF file: e12208676ebd428f8660361d512ac9be

I advise checking the MD5 sum of the file you downloaded matches the above value with md5summer or similar software of your preference before you flash it.

How to flash stock roms in FTF format.

How to root 10.5.1.A.0.283

Enjoy! :)
[Xperia Z General] neoxx3m:
Nice work man! ;)
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Thanks. :)
[Xperia Z General] mcjordan92:
If I come from 4.4.2 10.5.A.0.230, do I need wipe? full? thanks!

Edit:

Didn't wipe, works perfectly fine..

I think battery is improved.. The google play battery drain seems to be fixed..

Thanks alot!
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
No. No need to wipe anything if upgrading, so make sure nothing is ticked in the wipe section if you want to keep your data. :)
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
30 downloads! I suppose it works fine for everyone then, as nobody complained! :D
[Xperia Z General] shoey63:
And 1 :thumbup:

That's about right. Ratio of thanks to downloads seems to be about 3% on xda :p

eg: my stock based kernel - 1700 downloads, 51 thanks. :)
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Hahaha. 100 downloads now, so 1%! Never mind lol. :D
[Xperia Z General] mcjordan92:
Thanked from me ;)
[Xperia Z General] thedark1979:
Thank you.

But what is difference between generic ROM and customized ROM?
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Nothing. Some people call generic roms customised because they are customised for that particular region.
[Xperia Z General] CyrilThomas92:
Im more of a beginner in this field so I would want to know why the UK generic version is much awaited. I run the Indian generic version. Is the UK one better, should I flash my phone with the UK one?
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Some people like to keep the original software from the country they live in on their phone.

No firmware from any region is better or worse than any other. The only difference is the preinstalled apps bundled in the rom are usually different between countries.

There's no reason for you to flash this if you're already on 283. I haven't been on Generic UK firmware for over a year myself. ;)

Sent from my C6603
[Xperia Z General] CyrilThomas92:
Oh Thank you. My phone is getting a lil slower so was wondering whether reflashing it would help me in any other way and the buzz created around the UK rom was a lot so I thought this rom is better :P
[Xperia Z General] pggdt:
I have C6602 in China. Can I flash this rom?

I have already got 4.4.4, but china version has no google framework.

thank you
[Xperia Z General] kingvortex:
Yes you can, but you should use a C6602 rom like this - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2876962

Sent from my C6603
[Xperia Z General] djsubterrain:
Can anyone help me?

I'm trying to install AOKP on my work colleague's C6630 (Xperia Z) which is from O2 in the UK, the bootloader allowed says No and I've tried the flashtool and the process shown in this thread, none of the root methods in the flashtool are working and the FlashMode doesn't respond when I attempt to install the generic UK rom, shows a quick red led, then a quick green led, then nothing.

I can carry out ADB or flashboot commands by going into those modes but nothing that will let me root or install a custom recovery partition.

I'm stuck and can't get any further, even though a lot of the guides here say you should still be able to get root while the bootloader is locked.
[Xperia Z General] golfgtiedition30:
Thanks for this. After a major bootloop this helped bring my device back to life...
[Xperia Z General] 123exp123:
didn't work for me, it's stuck on a cycle of rebooting, then when loaded says a few things have stopped working then reboots again, restarts and repeats process! oh but when rebooting it goes through the optimising apps first 1 of 122 etc which takes a while.

So there is no way of stopping the process and no way of stopping the phone from restarting! basically my phone is now a brick!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjames:
I have a Nexus 4 with TWRP and root, I have 4.4.2 and want to get to 4.4.4. Unfortunately, I can't update to 4.4.3 OTA. It says the update downloads, I hit restart, and it fails in TWRP. When I reboot, it says I'm up to date for a couple hours and then says I have an update again.

I'm not sure if it's because I have a custom recovery or what but if I need to revert I'd need help with doing that since I did all this about a year ago and don't remember how I did it. I also vaguely remember deleting something in the cache to stop update available messages. I'm not sure if that's to blame, but I'm positive the updates are downloading at the very least. They're just failing to install.

I'm sure this has been answered a number of times but I'm having trouble navigating some of the topics.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalculatedRisk:
Hey,

Download the stock nexus 4 factory image and flash only the system image through fastboot. This will revert your system partition to stock and it will allow the installation of the ota to continue without any loss of user data. You can wait for the next update prompt or you can just download the ota from the ota thread and flash it yourself through TWRP.

Devices:

LG Optimus 2X P990

LG Nexus 4

LG Optimus 2X:

ROM: Tonyp TheROM Build 26 New Bootloader

Kernel: Kowalski Kernel M1 New Bootloader 2.6.39.4 W/ RAM Hack

Bootloader:ICS Bootloader

Recovery: TWRP 2.6.0.0 For New BL

Baseband: 1035.21

Nexus 4:

ROM: Stock 4.4.4 W/ Root (Xposed, GPU Drivers, Dalvik/Bionic Patches)

Kernel: Franco r213

Bootloader: Stock Bootloader (Unlocked)

Recvoery: PhilZ Touch CWM-Based Recovery

Radio:Radio (1.03)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vn4:
The update process usually goes through even if you have TWRP.

You can try flashing the stock recovery through fastboot.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjames:
Which is the stock Nexus 4 factory image? You mean what it launched with, or do you mean the factor 4.4.2 image since that's what I'm on? Also I'm not sure how to flash through fastboot at this point. Will that remove my custom loader or just remove my root?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vn4:
You can get the latest factory image from here https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

Flashing only the recovery will not remove root. It'll only replace the custom recovery (loader).

Sent from my Nexus 4

---------- Post added at 10:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:34 PM ----------

You can follow this guide http://xdaforums.com/nexus-4/general/how-to-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2010312

Flash only the recovery (refer section D, sl no.12 in the above guide)

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalculatedRisk:
I don't believe the reason for your OTA failure is a custom recovery, it is most likely a modification to the system partition. You should extract the system partition image from the factory image and flash that through fastboot, which will remove your root but you can get that back by flashing the SuperSU zip. Then after restoring back to a stock /system partition, take your OTA like normal.

Devices:

LG Optimus 2X P990

LG Nexus 4

LG Optimus 2X:

ROM: Tonyp TheROM Build 26 New Bootloader

Kernel: Kowalski Kernel M1 New Bootloader 2.6.39.4 W/ RAM Hack

Bootloader:ICS Bootloader

Recovery: TWRP 2.6.0.0 For New BL

Baseband: 1035.21

Nexus 4:

ROM: Stock 4.4.4 W/ Root (Xposed, GPU Drivers, Dalvik/Bionic Patches)

Kernel: Franco r213

Bootloader: Stock Bootloader (Unlocked)

Recvoery: PhilZ Touch CWM-Based Recovery

Radio:Radio (1.03)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjames:
I'm not sure how to do what you just described. How do I extract a system partition image and how do I flash things through fastboot? Also what version of the system image? The one I'm on? The one it launched with? So what I want to do is flash a factory image, yes? I can't just do that through TWRP? I thank you guys for your help thus far but as to the specifics of what I need to do, I'm not finding much by searching, it all implies specific levels of knowledge that I don't have.

I appreciate the help thus far and going forward.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vn4:
So, have you got your adb and fastbooot drivers set up?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjames:
I think so, yeah. Sorry for the delay in my posting but I'd really like to get this figured out in advance of 5.0 so I can, you know, use it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjames:
So I mean, I'm willing to wipe everything, go back to stock, whatever I need to do to set myself up for getting all the OTAs all the way to 5.0. I just need a little bit of help with that ... I backed up all my stuff, so.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vn4:
Why don't you just go ahead and flash android lollipop? Since you've already backed up all your data, you can start afresh.

1. Download the factory image from Google's developer site.

2. Extract the contents to the folder android/SDK/platform tools.

3. Connect your phone via USB, boot into bootloader and check if it is recognized by using a command prompt and using command fastboot devices, it should return a value.

4. Run the file flash-all.bat which you can find from the extract.

5. It'll take care of the rest and you'll be good to go.

But it'll wipe all data and bring it to an out of the box state.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjames:
Will that work? Don't I need to be on the latest build for that?

And by using "command fastboot devices" what exactly does that mean? What's the step-by-step once I get it all plugged in and all of that?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joshua Mr PC Repair:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK6hYVuKNlw - This one works perfect just replace the file he tells you with

https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/occam-lrx21t-factory-51cee750.tgz < Factory 5.0

Hope this helps

Hit The Thanks if it did
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjames:
I couldn't really figure out that video .. he was talking about installing APKs and stuff and I didn't know which file from the factory image I was supposed to use? So I extracted it into a directory with the fastboot stuff as per another guide, hit flash all and it said it all worked ... and it did! So ya'll got me started and I stumbled my way to the finish. THANKS SO MUCH!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lowresolution:
Hi Team ,

Just got an S5 (G900f) . Its unlocked version. But all bloatware installed in it belongs to vodacom. Can i root / install TWRP just like the international version on it ???

Also can i install custom roms made for g900f on it ?? Thanks in advance for any help
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lowresolution:
I installed TWRP / Rooted it just fine ! . Also debloated the stock ROM as well . Want to try some custom roms now , can i just flash the one which is over g900F ??
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rohit Gupta @123:
First Of All Guys HAPPY DIWALI ! HAVE A NICE DAY :D

XPERIAN IRIS / XPERIA REDIFINED v3 ROM for Mediatek MT6577 devices

Introduction:

Modded AOSP ROM to give you a Xperia Z2-Z3 (4.4.2) Sirius feel

Features:

-Based on 4.1.2 Jelly Bean AOSP

->Xperia Z2-Z3 Richness

->Xperia Z2 HOME

->Xperia Z2 THEMED SYSTEM UI with Gradient 30%

->Xperia Z3 Themed Framework

->Xperia Z3 Media Apps (Album, Movies and Walkman)

->Xperia Z3 Apps (Clock, Calculator, Notes, Sketch, Socialife, Select, Email, Calendar,Downloads, Sound Recorder)

->Xperia Z3 Widgets (Camera, Clock, Walkman, Photo, Weather, World Clock, Top Contacts, recent, tools)

->Latest Xperia Keyboard-

->Xperia Z3 Fonts

->Xperia Honami Animation

->Xperia Z3 Smart Social Camera

->Xperia Z3 Style Settings

->Xperia Z2-Z3 Wallpapers

->Xperia Z1 Sounds

->Xperia Z3 Keyboard with Emojis

->Xperia Z3 Bootanimation

->Xperia Z3 build.prop

->No network/Wifi issues

->3G SIM Switching

->RAM Saving

->Battery Savings

->Advanced Reboot Menu

->No Xposed PreInsalled

->Smart Connect

->No Bloatwares

->Xperia Z2 Sound Recoder

->Xperia Z Lockscreen Modded Lockscreen

and LOTS more......

DOWNLOAD LINK :-

CLICK HERE GOOGLE DRIVE 366MB

PATCH LINK :-

CLICK HERE PATCH 1

CLICK HERE PATCH 2

Guys There are Two Patches First Flash First Patch Then Let The Rom To boot Up Then Second Patch Should Be Flash NOTE :- OTHERWISE THE SETTINGS.APK WOULD DISAPPEAR

Instructions:

-Download the ROM zip and Place it in Your SDCard

-Goto your Recovery Mode (CWM/TWRP/CTR)

-Wipe Cache, Dalvik Cache , Factory Reset, System, Android Secure (FOR TWRP)

OR

Wipe Cache/Dalvik Cache, Data/Factory Reset/Format System/Data/Cache(FOR CWM and CTR)

-Install the Zip

-After Installation Got Completed It'll Reboot Automatically

Credits :-

Vipuldj For his Awesome Rom

& Me For Porting It Took 3-4 Weeks To Fix Bugs
​

Contributors

Vipuldj, pavan kr, Vladislav & RoHiT@123

ROM OS Version: 4.1.x Jelly Bean

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

ROM Firmware Required: Mediatek MT6577

Based On: AOSP

Version Information

Status: STABLE

Current Stable Version: v3

Created 2014-10-20
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rohit Gupta @123:
Screenshots

​
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rohit Gupta @123:
UPDATE PATCH/MODs/ADD-ONS​

INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLING UPDATE PATCHES/MODs and ADD-ONS

GO TO RECOVERY MODE

WIPE CACHE PARTITION AND WIPE DALVIK CACHE

FLASH THE MOD OR UPDATE PATCH

NOW AGAIN WIPE CACHE PARTITION AND WIPE DALVIK CACHE

NOW REBOOT

Xperia Modded Icons​

​

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hq45xjm4c0b1vjh/xperia icons.zip

3G SIM Switching​

​

https://docs.google.com/uc?authuser=0&id=0B_aCRdb2PZn7UWk5UF9ySEVOVWc&export=download

Xperia Unread Count and Modded Playstore​

​

https://docs.google.com/uc?authuser=0&id=0B_aCRdb2PZn7eXlSTUwwSzBDYjg&export=download

Xperia Z2 Smart Social Camera​

​

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_aCRdb2PZn7RWpGanBlQ1NjVVU/edit?usp=sharing
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rohit Gupta @123:
Guys Fix Bugs Of Settings.apk & Patch Link Added To OP

Have Fun ! ;)

HIT THANKS ON XDA :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] rohit83:
The patch for 3g sim switching will work on c2 ? On xperian iris rom, se rom ported by pradeep maddy ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rohit Gupta @123:
Yes Bro It Will Work Couz Both The Roms are Same :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] drmarwat:
I like this ROM . I tried thunderzap V2 kernel on it but phone gets stuck on bootloop . Is there any possibility to use this kernel on this rom or any other kernel that supports ram expander swap function?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anubius:
Hi guys I was wondering if you can quickly help me. I was happy with S4 but since I was giving it to someone else I decided to flash everything stock 4.4.2 XXUGNE5 modem GNG2. Now wifi does not turn on. Should I flash different modem? Any help is welcomed. KNOX is triggered so flashing custom things is not a problem. Thank you in advance.
[General Topics] szy_mat:
Hello,

I'm going to buy some Atom phone, a Motorola Lapdock (lapdock, according to this: instructables.com/id/The-Raspberry-Pi-Lapdock-Connection is just an HDMI screen and USB mouse+keyboard) and use it as portable computer. I was looking for a solution to run full Windows OS on Intel Atom Phone. Sadly, I didn't found anything interesting.

Can anybody send me partition table of any Atom Phone? The easiest way do do this is to make screenshot of all screens from this app: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cls.partition .

If you know something about Atom smartphone booting process or you found a solution to run Windows, please answer this post!

EDIT: And, maybe somebody can try to check one thing like that:

1. Download any 32 bit linux iso image, ubuntu preferred.

2. Insert your SD Card into USB reader.

3. Use UNETBootin to install iso on card.

4. Try to boot it on PC, if it will boot, card is OK.

5. Insert card to your phone and reboot.

If it will boot Ubuntu we are in good start point, if Android will start i need to go deeper.
[General Topics] szy_mat:
Can anybody send me partition table?
[General Topics] StridAst:
I appplaud what you want to do, but good luck. There is no droidboot compatible Ubuntu release. And no source code for the GPU that's in these phones. So what you want to do with this, isn't likely to happen
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] cr0ssy:
hi,

so unfortunately all the threads and tutorials i found about that were something with mtty and

stuff where you had to connecte the device actually to the computer. My problem is that the

only way my device stays in bootloader mode is if it is plugged in to the regular charger.

On the usb connect device it just flashes and turnes off after a couple of seconds.

So if I could write a backup onto the sdcard I could reload it from the bootloader.

Something like they have for the hermes where you copy the file on the sd card.

The only thing is that I can't connect the device to the computer, I have a cardreader though.

Cid stuff is no problem. I'm not sure if theres a way with pdswrite but all I see starts with

close wcseee....exe so active sync connection is closed but I want to get the backuprom

from the computer onto the sd card. So does anybody know a way for that?

thanks,

cr0ssy (and i'm not a pro so I can figure things out but I don't exactly get

through the instructions for pdsread for example and I don't know how to use perl.)
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] Jesterz:
sounds like your battery is dead, thats why you need your charger.

anyway, on the ftp site under my name there is an SD image which you can write to an sd card, however its for a G3

let me know if you have a G4, i can make a dump for you.
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] gmarcel:
I need a Dump for G4

I have a Prophet G4, with the same problem, can you help me? Can yuo put a dump in ftp of G4-rom?

Thanks,
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] Beerend:
jesterz goldcard?

Hi Jesterz,

can upload a G4 version, 'because I seem to have ruined my first G4...

TIA
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] cr0ssy:
I have a g4 version, too

thanks for your help man

yeah but the battery itself can't be dead can it? I mean its probably about the driver...and i have the charger thats how i can get permanent into the bootloader mode I thought its probably more about the driver. Its weird though that the wizard crossbow rom works for some people and some people not.

anyways I have a vodafone vpa compact s with g4 and it bricked my phone for now... ^^

naah actually if it would have no connection to the battery it wouldn't start at all without recharger and it starts it just turns off after a couple of seconds so its more like very low battery... but without the battery it doesn't blink at all^^
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] imparator:
G4 dump

i did not no there was a g4 rom dump allready. Where is the link
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] alphazero:
g4 dump

yeah where is the g4 image dump we all are waiting for this
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] animelover:
Any news about a dump for a G4 Prophet? It would be better if I have such a dump so that I can test a WM6 rom without getting panic that it can failed and my new XDA Neo is dead!
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 Software Upgrading] valiance:
guys , i have the same prob as u , can only connect to bootloader using mains charger, otherwise it will just hang and flash blue/orange led. You have to use the '2 wire charger solution' posted in this forum, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=292667 . It helped me unbricked my 818pro! Although i can now boot into my newly flashed os, but i will still encounter hang (blue/orange flashing led and blank screen) whenever i try to soft reset thru usb power. I will need to connect to mains charger in order to soft reset and boot into the system!

Try it and let me know if u encounter the soft reset problem too.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] QA Bot:
Q&A for [ROM][TMo] ViperOneM8 3.0.1 • Tweaks, HUB, IconPacks, Themes, OTAs and more

Some developers prefer that questions remain separate from their main development thread to help keep things organized. Placing your question within this thread will increase its chances of being answered by a member of the community or by the developer. Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy! :smile:
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] kornmggt:
updating firmware when rooted

just a quick question. i saw that viper one rom has been updated to 3.0.1. i have 2.5.0 and i am rooted but i do not have s-off. from what i understand i need to be S-off to update the rom or wait for the OTA for tomobile. my question is do i still receive the OTAs automatically like when i was stock and non rooted? or do i have to manually upgrade it. where would i find the process for this?