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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waggy2014:
I'm having a real problem restoring my nexus 5 to stock. So far I have downloaded the .tgz zip folder and put my phone in fastboot mode. I feel like I am missing something though as I'm not sure how to flash-all and I'm quite stuck haha. Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
Unzip the gz file...

#stayparanoid
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waggy2014:
I have but the only thing in the zip is the "hammerhead-ktu84p-factory-35ea0277", where do I go from here?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Unzip that too.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waggy2014:
I'm getting the error message "The archive is either in unknown format or damaged" when I try to unzip it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
You download and extract the .tgz, with 7zip if you're on Windows.

In there is a folder. Within the folder is another zip file you need to extract.

Not really sure what you're seeing. perhaps screenshots will help?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waggy2014:
Right, think I have sorted it now, seems to be running, thanks for the help.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waggy2014:
Thanks, I've been using Winrar but it hasn't been working properly. I used 7zip and it worked perfectly.
[HTC One X] never give up:
sorry friends, How Do I Fix My Bricked Android Phone?

cid: HTCCN701

[IMG="HTC bootloader"]http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2977035&d=1413728464[/IMG]
[HTC One X] Thant:
whant you want to fix. I see it is unlocked flash custom recovery Philz 5.15.9 then copy custom rom to sd card then install it and flash the boot.img havemany thread how to do this
[HTC One X] never give up:
I have original rom downloaded from chinese site but i dont know how to install

see image below
[HTC One X] Thant:
man this is OTA not a ROM. Reading is a gift have many tutorial how to install rom in general section
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoomsDrag426:
Hey guys....im new on xda i had a problem. recently my phones in a bootloop.i did not drop it or try to flash a custom rom. it was in a bag for 2 hours after which it just starts up to the white logo and not even the animated one and keeps repeating that. i have tried pulling out the battery for long times and letting the charge drain out thing but in vain. worst part is i caannot get into recovery or donwload mode. download mode flashes for a few seconds but just reboots. recovery mode doesnt work at all. i however managed to boot into download mode. once the download mode warning appeared i pulled out the battery with the usb cable in it. but thats as far as i got. i cannot flash a rom on to it either becasue it needs to restart i guess and wihtout a battery thats not possible..........i thought of trying out cwm becasue that had usb debugging turned on as default and then using abd command line to retrieve my data but for that i need to get into download mode. even checked out the power button problem but the button was fine.....im running out of options....my phone is not rooted.....any suggestions guys?....really need help saved up a lot to buy this :crying::crying::(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mannyvinny:
Your battery is faulty. All those things you mentioned are signs of a dyeing battery. Get it replaced or borrow a battery from your friend to check it out.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoomsDrag426:
Are you sure? because the first thing i did was use a battery from a different phone....a grand, just aligned the terminals and held it in place with my hands....phone seemed to go into bootloop again????
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QA Bot:
Q&A for [ROM] [4.4.4] [OFFICIAL] [SM-4.8]LiquidSmooth v3.2 - Nexus 10

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:
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anmig:
Youtube would not play videos initialy for me, kept on self pausing. Disabled built in ad blocker and rebooted and now you tube works (with ads of course)

Nice fast rom
[Device Reviews and Information] s7yler:
DESIGN COMPARISON 3 IPHONE 6 CLONES

[YOUTUBE]8LQuFPlHFUc[/YOUTUBE]

UNBOXING 2 IPHONE 6 CLONES IN BLACK (ONE PLASTIC AND ONE IN METAL)

[YOUTUBE]hEvuAKH4eoM[/YOUTUBE]

REVIEW IPHONE 6 CLONE (METAL VERSION)

[YOUTUBE]qZcajLMJ9Vk[/YOUTUBE]

CAMERA SAMPLES

Can be found here http://s7yler.blogspot.de/2014/10/iphone-6-clone-metal-iphone-6-clone.html

PS. I have more clone videos on my Youtube channel, remember to check them out!

HOW TO SWAP SD1 with SD2 ON METAL VERSION

ON THE METAL VERSION IF YOUR RUNNING OUT OF SPACE WHEN INSTALLING BIGGER 3D GAMES:

I have modified the vold.fstab on the phone (vold.fstab is controlling how the partitions are used on the phone), and swapped SD0 with SD1, so if you apply this games will be installed on the big partition! So now there is then 7GB free storage for the games. With the stock vold.fstab it would try to install games on the smaller partition and then fail. Get the new vold.fstab here:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/9vk1ske6l7ir812/SwapSD0withSD1internal.rar

After the install, reboot. Then connect phone to PC and copy all the content from SD2 to SD1, else some of your apps may not be found or startup anymore before you then reinstall them, because after the hack, the phone will look for them on the other card.

REVIEW IPHONE 6 CLONE (MTK6582 VERSION)

[YOUTUBE]oEc380ImELM[/YOUTUBE]
[Device Reviews and Information] creasqui:
thanks bro

here a NEW version of CLONE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pkz-5aVFYk
[Device Reviews and Information] X-weApon-X:
Thanks s7yler! I used your v77_55hd ROM for my Sophone i6 Plus! Works great! I'd like to pick your brain about these devices, rock on!

---------- Post added at 11:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:07 PM ----------

Thanks bro! You deal with these alot? I'm looking for replacement parts.
[Device Reviews and Information] X-weApon-X:
Hey I noticed something after I installed and external sd card to my Sophone i6+, the smaller partition became SDcard1 and the larger partition became SDcard0, what was up with that? I never changed anything they just flipped. But I had used your rom for this device., in fact I have reflashed it three times since then, and the larger card is always the 0 card!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kitser:
I have to sent my phone to HTC (doesn't read sim card) So I have to unroot my phone.

Before I flashed an other ROM I made a Nandroid backup. So to unroot I used this tutorial:

http://theunlockr.com/2014/06/08/how-to-unroot-the-htc-one-m8-video/

I locked the boot loader with this tutorial.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2708571

So I'm close to stock. S-ON, Bootloader is locked (instead of re-locked), stock ROM from NANdroid backup.

But Kernel version still says:

3.4.0-g16cd293

root@abm026#1

SMP PREEMPT

So I think I have to fix this. But I'm stuck at this one.

cid: VODAPE17

Android Version: 4.4.2

HTC Sense: 6.0

Softwarenumber: 1.54.161.10

HTC SDK API: 6.17

Smallband: 1.15.2133156.UA13G_20.18m.4096.04L

Build: 1.54.161.10 CL325784 release-keys
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warhoax:
This has got nothing to do with development, not even close. I suppose you've just posted the topic by accident here?

I think you just need to lose root?

Unroot your device and flash the stock recovery.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kitser:
You're right. I created a new post: http://xdaforums.com/htc-one-m8/help/unroot-stock-kernel-t2911271

Maybe a mod can close or remove this one?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nousher1:
Filestube is one kind of search engine for files. May be, this site provides only the link of files. But I don't know how to download that file. I use an android cell phone. Today I searched a PDF file which I got by Filestube. The size of PDF file was 21mb (the size of that file was shown below the name of file). Then I wished to download it. In the righht side of the name of file there has an option for download. I pressed this option. After finishing download I saw that the size of the file (that I downloaded) was 1.12 mb. But the name of file (that I downloaded ) and the name of file (that was shown with its size of 21 mb) are same. The last part of the name of file (that I downloaded) contains ".exe". I know that the file which contains '.exe' in the last part of its name is only executable by PC.

Now I want tips for downloading my desired file from this site. Is it possible by android phone? Please,

Instruct me.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Fruktsallad:
Quite a few of us xda lurkers are itching to get root on our devices, but the DRM-debacle of the Sony phones has made many, including myself, hold off with unlocking the bootloader. Instead, we've put our hopes to new exploits that would allow root while keeping the bootloader locked, thus making it possible to keep all DRM functions in place, and also to restore the phone to factory conditions with the bootloader intact.

However, as Chainfire explains in the post below, the chances of any such exploit surfacing are slim. He says it's more important than ever to buy phones with unlocked bootloaders if we want to keep root.

Sadly, I'm afraid he's right and that the official bootloader unlock is the only way we'll be able to get root in the foreseeable future.

What do you guys think? Worth it or not?

Check out Chainfire's post on G+:

https://plus.google.com/113517319477420052449/posts/VxjfYJnZAXP
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Dsteppa:
Well it's [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] talking, who are we to doubt him? I'm only waiting for a way to backup my TA-Partition (DRM keys), I wouldn't mind losing some features. Even tho I must agree that losing some camera quality is really annoying, but Android is pretty open source so I have no doubts that people will find something to reverse the algorithm loss or create their own.

And also when the occasion occurs that I need to send my device out for repair, that they don't refuse it due to an unlocked BL
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] cpurick:
I'm sure that's true in the long run, just not sure if it's true now.

It's economics. The security bugs are going to get fewer and further between, but they will arguably never be eradicated. You should expect it to take longer and longer to find new exploits, but I wouldn't bet a wooden nickel that there are no exploits left.

More likely, we will reach a point where the cost of finding an exploit is so great that they're no longer worth looking for to a critical mass of hackers.

On the bright side, the implementations get better all the time, and I see very little about my z3c that I would like to change if only I had root.

And I do think Sony should find a way to make the early rooters whole again. I feel terrible that so many people's $500 phones have been seriously degraded by a completely reversible software change.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Fruktsallad:
True, but as I'm sure you're aware, backing up the TA-partition requires said exploit to be found in order to get root. So I think it'll be a looong wait. [emoji20]
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] pricey2009:
He still thinks root will be achievable in the early editions of Android L so I think it's safe to say root will arrive for this device under a locked bootloader, it will just take a bit longer than it has in the past to find an exploit.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Tuberomix:
This is really disheartening. It's kinda ironic that Sony, who in recent times has been raised in its support of the developer community of its phones, and even won XDA's OEM of the Year, has such a downer in its phones.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] wingsfortheirsmiles:
I know this doesn't work for everyone :( but I'm hopeful that the new AOSP L camera API will mean that AOSP custom roms have some native low light enhancement processing. Maybe...
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] bilboa1:
Chances improve with new software so I t could happen with android L too.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Fruktsallad:
Yup, but we're still looking at about five months wait considering Sony won't ship L until Q1 2015. Even then, there's no guarantee an exploit will be found.

Maybe I'm overly pessimistic about this. I do, however, have high hopes for the new camera API's regarding camera quality and post processing.

Personally, every day without root is a little painful, so I'll never last all those months. As soon as there are custom kernels available and a ROM like CM or PA, my locked bootloader goes bye-bye.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] zxz0O0:
Chainfire is talking about the su daemon and problems running it (on Android L). He does not say anything about a root exploit. It seems you misunderstood his post.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] pricey2009:
Let's hope Sony make or have made some little security mistakes.. To quote his post:

" Of course, this is all dependent on OEMs implementing everything exactly right. If a certain OEM doesn't protect one of their services correctly, then we can leverage that to launch the daemon without kernel modifications. While I'm fairly certain this will be the case for a bunch of devices and firmwares, especially the earlier L firmwares, this is not something you should expect or base decisions on."

Here's hoping they have missed something.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] istux:
Let's wait until January for the first android L release then :crying:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] kaiowas82:
I've rooted two weeks ago and still enjoying the phone :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] King p1n:
This.

The post was mainly aimed at Android L...
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] LastQuark:
Google hired one of our very own (Towelroot) and iPhone's pioneering hacker so it's going to get tougher. I hope they hired him only for NSA purposes.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] michyprima:
That move by sony is just stupid. if they wanted to protect their code, why not store it into the camera firmware (referring to the camera algorithms)?

Why do they have to kill Miracast?

Obviously that is the other side of the medal. investments on security = far less exploits available. we are gonna wait a while, but as a developer I really really miss Xposed. Each time I look at my G2 a little tear drops.

No way I'm gonna root loosing DRM keys. The camera is already weak (to be honest I would be used a word beginning in shi but let's be polite) so I'm not in any way gonna make it worse.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Fruktsallad:
Yes he does:

"As stated above, it seems for now that modifications to the kernel package are required to have root, we cannot attain it with only modifications to the system partition.

Combine that with a locked bootloader (and optionally dm-verity) and a device becomes nigh unrootable - exactly as intended by the security guys.

Exploit-based roots are already harder to do thanks to SELinux, and now because of the kernel requirements for persistent root, these exploits will need to be run at every boot. Exploits that make the system unstable (as many do) are thus out as well."

Then he goes on to say:

"Of course, this is all dependent on OEMs implementing everything exactly right. If a certain OEM doesn't protect one of their services correctly, then we can leverage that to launch the daemon without kernel modifications. While I'm fairly certain this will be the case for a bunch of devices and firmwares, especially the earlier L firmwares, this is not something you should expect or base decisions on. It is now thus more important than ever to buy unlocked devices if you want root.

It might also mean that every firmware update will require re-rooting, and OTA survival mode will be broken. For many (but far from all) devices we can probably automate patching the kernel package right in the SuperSU installer ZIP. We can try to keep it relatively easy, but updating stock firmwares while maintaining root is probably not going to work as easy and fast as it did until now."
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] cpurick:
How can anything be a root exploit if it doesn't result in a functional su? I read Chainfire's post as Google making it impossible to elevate privileges from within Android, necessitating kernel level exploits which in turn will require unlocked bootloaders to install.

Once we get to where the bootloader has to be unlocked it's really not a root exploit anymore, is it?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Iruwen:
Because they don't want to support Miracast without HDCP. Remember that Sony is also a content provider. While that may be as annoying for a normal user as the degradation in camera quality, their approach actually still is developer friendly. Request a code - get full control over the device, at the cost of losing some functionality (software functionality). It's as simple as that. CM and other roms work perfectly fine on Xperia devices, and if you want to implement an equivalent camera algorithm, you're free to do so.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] sxtester:
Can only agree to that. If you buy a Sony phone to act like a Sony phone (most people do!) then one should leave it as it has been delivered by Sony. If you can't agree to how it is, Sony gives you the option to unlock the BL and do whatever you want to do with the HW, but don't expect it to work/act as before. Personally, I have no issues with that at all.

On a different note, Linux/Android is comprised of x million lines of code. There're bugs in this code, there're bugs in the compiler, bugs in Java, bugs even in the Hardware etc. etc. There's no reason to believe (or fear) that Linux/Android would ever be perfect or non-vulnerable. Root will come, it's only a matter of effort and time...
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] boojay:
I was going to suggest something similar, only because it's starting to sound like the more achievable goal.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] kopsis:
Except you can't because you need access to the raw image. Once it becomes a compressed jpeg, you've lost information needed to do effective image processing. And a compressed jpeg is all the kitkat camera APIs will give you. Sony's camera software is operating below the APIs so it can do things an app can't. This situation may improve with Lollipop.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Gambler_3:
I think the main issue is that you can't restore the phone to its original state if you wanted to. That's just stupid.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Bäcker:
It's not stupid. Sony sells the phone as is. Features are advertised and work when you buy the phone. If you want to tinker you have the choice.

Regarding the exploit. One exploit on any Firmware Version would be enough to backup TA so we can safely unlok. Sure, the unlock would still break Sony features opposed to an exploit, but at least there would be a way back.

If a root exploit is found, it will probably cease to work with the next Firmware update. Thus we should start getting comfortable with the thought of having to unlock at some point. Hopefully after a temporary exploit has been found, allowing us to backup TA.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] istux:
Once you got the root on the first firmware, you can install a recovery and flash all the next firmwares already rooted!

So there's need to unlock the bootloader if you don't want to install custom kernels or custom roms ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] DroidZombie:
Didn't this same fear go around when Kitkat was about to be released? I think I even remember Chainfire warn that there was a good chance SuperSu would be killed. He may be talking all doom and gloom, but I doubt he's going to let this challenge pass. The same goes for other devs. As soon as Google says "It's our most secure OS ever" people will be lining up to take shots at them.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] TJCacher:
If I'm reading the latest post by Chainfire correctly, this isn't necessarily something that he expects to remain true for a lot longer.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] someone755:
I still say we start a bounty for a root exploit.

Nothing like a big pile of money to attract people's attention, eh?

And if CF expects OEMs to make mistakes in early Lollipop builds, why would the chance of security holes not exist for our current KK builds?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] DroidZombie:
Look at all the third point releases (ie. 4.3.X,4.4.X), they were all bug fixes. Lollipop aka 5.0.0 is coming out fresh and clean to the wild full of new "features" aka flawed new tech that can be exploited.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] kaimyn:
But you still have the ability to unlock your bootloader. It's not unreasonable that Sony both voids your warranty and restricts their proprietary software if you choose to do so.

Perhaps it's not what we would like, but I don't hold it against Sony for taking this position.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] oryan_dunn:
I do. There's no reason they cannot provide a way to relock the bootloader and get the DRM keys back. The fact it is irreversible is what everyone is pissed about, not that if you unlock you degrade the camera.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Depump:
i hope z3c can root without unlock

i waiting root method before i buy z3c in future
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] pricey2009:
I cannot unlock bootloader so wait for exploit I must.

In the words of yoda:

Do, or do not, there is no try :rolleyes:
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] tansy:
Do not lose hope, I'm sure in the end what gets ;)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] someone755:
There's Geohot working with Google now.

I don't think the new security team would leave a single hole open for an exploit (after all, the previews have been out for well over a month -- a lot of bugs have been reported and fixed already).

The only thing I'm holding against Sony is the DRM situation. Not a big issue for Sony to fix via an OTA, really.

A really big issue for the people of XDA though.
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Fruktsallad:
I guess some of you have already seen Chainfire's post making headlines on XDA...

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/android-l-lockdown/
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] mudnightoil:
Could they just not sell a DE (Developer Edition) of their flagship phones (Z3/Z3C) for $50 more, that comes with unlocked bootloader and root?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] Toughdroid:
I ordered this phone last week, receiving it tomorrow. This is my first new phone for several years. I've always put Cyanogenmod on every phone I've ever used as a personal phone. I simply don't trust carrier builds.

I don't care at all about DRM things and Miracast and whatever. I can live without any of that. My only concern is, if I root this, how bad is the camera? I do hope for a phone with a good camera, but I want root, and I will want to eventually replace the carrier build when CM or something like it becomes available. Any opinions on this?
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] clouds5:
This is probably going to be an unpopular opinion but I think it's OK what sony is doing. I mean i don't like it either but they have an official way to unlock your phone that closes off some minor functions. And they do so because they need to protect their software which they probably spent a lot of money on.

If an unofficial way to root it comes out I'd go for it of course but if I try to put myself in Sonys shoes I don't think I would have handled it differently... Android has come along way and it is very usable without root nowadays. IMHO :)
[Xperia Z3 Compact General] cpurick:
I think it's easy to get so focused on having Android just the way we want it as individuals that we forget what a great product Xperia is for the masses.. I'm actually surprised at how much I enjoy this phone without root.