yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] lordcheeto03:
A little back-story and a possible solution.

I've never updated my S4 past the MDL firmware. I encountered this problem a few months back when I wanted to revert back to 100% stock MDL. I had updated my baseband/modem though to NB4, yet still obviously had the MDL bootloader. I was scared to death that I had bricked my phone because nothing I did would let me boot past that screen. I couldn't get to recovery, normal boot, nothing... the phone would just automatically go to that screen: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.

What I did was simply revert my baseband/modem back to MDL. Once that was done successfully I was able to flash the MDL firmware again and booted right up. If this might be your issue, you will have to know which baseband/modem you were using and which bootloader version you were running before you attempted to flash stock. It should go without saying that the main idea here is to have your baseband and bootloader versions match before flashing the firmware in Odin.

Seems a little odd to me as the stock Odin-flashable firmware includes the modems and all... I'm just passing along what worked for me when I had that problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] demonr6:
I'll repost from another hoping this explains it as it is the only thing I can think of.. but it worked.

TLDR: installed stock TAR not stock TMO TAR, updated (stupid me) to 4.3, wrong baseband and recovery did not go back to stock using the stock TAR and the Philz Touch recovery would not have flown to return the phone. I figured it out with some help though!

Thank you, that was it. I returned it to stock after following the instructions in the how-to thread but something happened and it boned the recovery where it would reboot into the device every time. Being they need to inspect the phone and in my case they wiped it in front of me when I turned it in it had to be fixed. The device received the updates from TMO and stupid of me I installed them so it was now 4.3 hence the reason I could not install the stock 4.2 anymore. I found the stock firmware you mentioned above and installed it and it fixed it but tripped the counter. I installed the updates from TMO and it was enough to pass inspection. I was able to go into recovery at the store, show the clerk while he was dicking around with the paperwork for the Note I was about to buy. I reached over, showed him "look here it is in recovery and here is wipe data factory reset okay?" and wiped it. He muttered okay thanks or something like that and we were golden. Heck if he could have read the counter anyways it is so flipping tiny.

Thanks for the suggestions!
[General Topics] Orlando Souza:
Hello, I have a THL 5000 cellphone, which is an octa-core one and I'd like to know if its better for me to use a governor that try to use the max frequency of a core, hence using less cores, or if it's better to use more cores with a min frequency.

Which config will use less power and which governor/config is better for me to use, and which app would give me those settings?

Thanks in advance.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsmboost:
I have a towelrooted JB device. If I update to rooted KK, will I be able to go back to JB?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] butchieboy:
No you will not. Once you take the update its a done deal

FIREKAT V13X...so good you wanna slap your mama
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsmboost:
Not true. In case any one else wondering the same thing:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2707555

I upgraded to FireKat V13 and it was buggy as hell for me, even though it had great battery life. I went back to 4.3 as a result. Was even able to restore my backup.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrkhigh:
You have to go to a MLG based kitkat I think....
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] butchieboy:
If you did the early release version of Kitkat that wasnt official update yes there us a way back. But if you do the official odin update there is no going back

FireKatV13S5/N4-FireGearJuicedV16

---------- Post added at 09:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:13 AM ----------

So once your on NC2 you cant go back..the link you posted explains this also

FireKatV13S5/N4-FireGearJuicedV16

---------- Post added at 09:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:16 AM ----------

Firekat was probably buggy if you were not on official kitkat update.

FireKatV13S5/N4-FireGearJuicedV16
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsmboost:
From JB, I went to UrDROID MLG rom before I flashed Firekat.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cljockey:
Hi i've just received my OPO and i cannot login in to my Google Account. I inputted my password a number of times and it was rejected. I then noticed that when typing the small letter L the number 1 was typing instead. Help please.
[Nexus 5 Developer Discussion [Developers Only]] androidous:
HI devs this is regarding a dark theme I am making for the n5 found here http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/themes-apps/mod-material-black-theme-lollipop-t2958812/page9

so heres the probblem i am facing ... I started theming on a stock based odexed rom ... xtrasmooth to be exact and i theme by decompiling the apks modding and then recompiling the current build works fine on alot of odexed roms and it all cool there

but i also want this mod to run on deodexed roms ... this is where i have the problem

as of now i cant find a way to deodex lollipop apks trust me i searched but none of them seem to work I understand the problem with deodex

I managed to get a build to boot on slim but i did that by decompiling the slim apks comparing the xmls and replacing the values this works but is very time consuming and it runs only on slim and not anyother deodexed roms

Im new to themeing so I dont really know how to figure this out myself , thats why im here

BUUUUT I have come up with some possible approachees

the problem as we understand it

quoting [MENTION=2572565]Incredible_Culp[/MENTION] from this page

AND THE POSSIBLE APPROACHES

quoting myslef from this page

so what i need to know is Are my approaches the only way ? or is there some other way i dont know of.... is it practical to so

and

is there a way to universiy the deodex build as in make a build to run on all deodexed custom roms or should a build be made for each seperately ?

thanks

andoidous
[Nexus 5 Developer Discussion [Developers Only]] Ticklefish:
No.

How's that for a detailed answer? :D

Basically, if your theming includes changing XML or adding or removing resources, you have to decompile the apk's. If your theming just involves changing the icons, you're better off looking at something that can inject those icons, like the Ultimate Flashing Tool.

I'm sure that Smali/baksmali will be updated soon to be Lollipop-compatible. We're all waiting for it!
[Nexus 5 Developer Discussion [Developers Only]] NineInchNails:
You are thinking about it wrong and...... being lazy. Sorry. But Linux in general is about passing along knowledge and teaching others. In the spirit of this I encourage you to learn how to build from source. (what site has that kind of information you can learn to do that?...) You can modify and play around all you want to with the apks BEFORE its compiled and not wait for JF to do the hard work.

You'll learn a lot of things along the way and educate yourself better in understanding your end goal.
[Nexus 5 Developer Discussion [Developers Only]] Toledo_JAB:
The question about development has been asked and answered.

Feel free to check out the XDA University

Thread closed
[General Questions and Answers] feroz mahmud:
I use sony xperia l c2105. Few days ago I rooted my device. Then I install rom manager. When I open it, it asked me to install cwm recovery. But when I try to install cwm, my device was not listed there. So I choose Samsung galaxy s2. and finish installing. And now when I boot into recovery mode I don't find any backup option there. and its show some kind of error image in middle. now what wiil be the best option for me
[General Questions and Answers] baudbox:
Hi,

better to re-flash a custom recovery for your device. Found this > http://techglen.com/2014/01/01/install-cwm-6-on-xperia-l-c2104-c2105-locked-unlocked-bootloader/

it seems to have a link for cwm for your device.

Hope it helps.

If so please clic the thanks button
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Zuk.:
I am currently on Cyanogenmod 11 (4.4.4) on my ZU GPe. I would like to go back to full stock and run lollipop.

I've gone through a lot of forums since last night and I can't figure how to get the device back to stock. As far as I can tell my first step should be going back to the stock recovery and then flashing the stock rom. Could someone help me out with this and point me to the correct files?

Some things I've tried / info:

- I have tried to a factory reset without luck.

- I can't adb sideload the stock rom zip (830f5...). I get a status 7 error.

- I tried to go back to the stock recovery but when trying to flash the boot.img I downloaded, I get Failed(remote: image is not a boot image).

- I am able to get to the recovery screen

- Info on the bootloader screen:

Product name - C6806_GPe

Variant - Google

Bootloader version - S1

SW Version - Unknown

Secure boot - no

Lock state - unlocked

- When the phone boots it shows a Sony logo (I think it used to be a Google one)

fastboot getvar all results:

< waiting for device >

all:

finished. total time: 0.003s

Thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
Have a read of the GPe stickie http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2742236

YThe file you want is the 4.4.2 zip (I think that is the edited one) if that fails with a status 7 then open it and edit /META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script with notepad++ with unix line endings turned on and delete the first 2 lines (I think) - the ones that look at the device names

Flash that from doomlords recovery/kernel
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Zuk.:
Thanks for the reply.

I had a look through that sticky previously. I had tried flashing 4.4.2 zip in the standard way as well as editing the updater script. I hadn't tried it through the Doomlord recovery kernel though.

I did: fastboot boot ZU_GPe-AdvStkKernel-KTU84P.S1.3061-v03.img to boot into the kernel and pressed the up arrow when the light turned purple.

From there I chose Install zip from sideload and did an adb sideload modified_4.4.2.zip

The modified zip had the first line of updater-script removed and the second line I updated with: getprop("ro.product.device") == "C6806"

This also resulted in an Error in /tmp/update.zip (Status 7) Installation aborted in the Philz Touch.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
remove the second line as well
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Zuk.:
I removed the first two lines so that the first line of my file starts with: show_progress(0.500000, 0);

After re-zipping the folder and sideloading it in the Doomlord recovery kernel I now get this error:

* failed to write data 'protocol fault (no status)' *date_1278-8069_R3C_KOT49H.S2.2052_Final_signed.zip' 97%

I tried it twice and it gets to 97% both times.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
reboot the gpe?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Zuk.:
I've rebooted the device, it boots into Cyanogen. I've gone back into fastboot and tried this process again and I get the same result. Stuck at 97%.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Zuk.:
I put the zip onto the sdcard and tried to load it via the doomlord recovery kernel. I get a Status 7 error again. This time it also says This package is for C6806 devices; this is a togari.

I double-checked the updater-script and the first two lines are indeed removed.
[X 2014 General] bongostl:
I just plugged my phone into the turbo charger I bought from amazon (quick charge 2.0). Was at 14%, have it 15 minutes, and only got to 36%. This surprised me... Would have expected better.

This phone is QC 2.0 compatible, right? I've seen much better results on the n6. I'll have to try that charger later.

Anyone else have an experience?
[X 2014 General] bongostl:
Mods, I think this is ab redundant thread to the one in accessories. Please delete at your discretion!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DizzyJarod:
Okay,

Basically when changing my OS from Paranoid android to Cyanogen mod 12 I messed up :(

I did a full data reset and factory reset on my phone wiping all the caches as well.

Unfortunately this deleted all my backups and my OS.

Now I have no OS to boot onto to and the only thing I can access is TWRP boot loader.

I need to find a way to move data from my computer to my phone so I can install the Cyanogen Mod ROM and GAPPS!!!

Please help!

BTW I know this was stupid as **** and the phone is effectively bricked at the moment.

:crying: :crying: :crying:
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elessar76:
Two options, reflash stock rom with fastboot or goto TWRP/Mount and select Enable MTP with usb plugged to pc.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DizzyJarod:
Cheers for the quick reply! :)

Where do I find Enable MTP in TWRP/Mount man?

All I can see is

Select Partitions to Mount:

[x] Data

[x] Cache

[ ] System

Storage: Internal Storage (12479 MB)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elessar76:
Is your TWRP updated? Mine is 2.8.1.0 and i have:

Data

Cache

System

USB OTG

And Enable MTP
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DizzyJarod:
No sorry man, mine is just 2.6.3.3 so it doesn't have those options.

Would adb be easier?

It's just getting my phone to be recognized by adb or windows that's troubling me.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elessar76:
Why don't update your TWRP? You can go to TWRP webpage and download new version for your model.

Adb sideload would be another option, yes.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DizzyJarod:
Thanks man but don't worry!

What I ended up doing is editing the drivers for my phone in windows to make them compatible with adb. Then with a adb command prompt open I wrote "push adb rom.zip /sdcard" to get the files on my phone. Finally I installed them with TWRP like usual! :D
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T25:
Post the driver thing?

How'd you do this? I'm at the same point you were at and I've got absolutely nothing, I'm devastated, need help ASAP
[HTC Breeze] TobsTec:
Hi there!

I just got my MTeOR yesterday and was of course eager to upgrade to RUU_BREE100_1.32.251.1_1.29.00.10_HTC, but now i sorely miss the Bluetooth DUN profile and wonder whether a downgrade to RUU_BREE100_1.30.251.1_1.16.00.10_HTCEUR_Ship will bring it back?

Also does a downgrade work without any problems, i saw some "stuck in bootloader" e-mails here?

Do you have any idea which version was Pre-AKU3 and therefore still features the Bluetooth DUN profile?

It's pretty annoying having a Loox N560 with WM 5.0 PocketPC that cannot connect to a UMTS capable MTeOR which runs WM 5.0 Smartphone. How stupid is that?!

I mainly did the update to get HSDPA, but as i cannot even connect to the phone now... So i'd rather stay with a version without HSDPA that i can connect to, than using one that has HSDPA, but i can't connect to.

Pretty obvious or?!

Of course a tool for WM5.0 PocketPC which adds the Bluetooth PAN profile would also help, but i don't think there is such a thing :(

Thanks for your help!

Regards,

Tobias
[HTC Breeze] ElJogi:
Hi!

Have a look on this

http://www.firstloox.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6561

With this Widcomm Stack the PAN Profile wil be there on your N560.

It´s ridiculous, that devices using code from Microsoft are most incompatible to Microsoft devices.
[HTC Breeze] TobsTec:
Thanks ElJogi!

The WidComm Stack is really ways better. Unfortunately i seem to have lost the Obex File Transfer capability now on the N560. At least it does no longer show up in the TotalComander context menu. So no incoming and outgoing files, but Bluetooth PAN support, well that's better than before i guess.

Thanks,

Tobias
[HTC Breeze] pkg40:
HSDPA workgin

Can you verify that you got HSDPA to work with this ROM version?
[HTC Breeze] TobsTec:
Good question pkg40. All i can say for the moment is, that there is a shortcut called SetHSDPA_Enable in the Windows\Start Up folder, which sounds promising.

However there is no HSDPA icon or something shown in the menu bar as far as i can see (also now different icon for GPRS or EDGE). So the only way to test that would be to download a big file with some data throughput measureing tool.

If such a test shows a too low data throughput for HSDPA there is still the question whether this is caused by non HSDPA support or due to some other bottleneck or processing problems in the phone.

Most reliable thing to do would be to connect it to some HSDPA capable network tester. Probably we have such a thing at my workplace, so if i can get hold of one i will give it a try.

Cheers,

Tobias
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] kulvertti:
Hi

Here is flasable zip file wich install latest ROM 23.0.1.A.4.30 which this time is customized UK, latest stable SuperSu v2.37 and latest beta Dualrecovery .154 for Tablet Z2 with read/write acces to system.

This is tested and works just fine though make nandroid backup before flashing.

Install it by flashing whole zip file with custom recovery. Wipes aren´t necessary but good practise.

Here is the link: https://mega.co.nz/#!JRRS0aSS!Gp3rRZgmvEH50XGs158kOuL6PmX8yu19jbK-97Vsb5whttps://mega.co.nz/#!ARQC3CaY!BQYpqwZnzwnzA5Js2pVCw-3DE6yr5QKu-mA_3j6k30c

Credits:

@Androxyde

@Chainfire

@Nut

@LaguCool

@zxz0O0

@AndroPlus
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Jeddix:
Just want to say thanks. I'm going to flash this tomorrow :). Keep up the good work.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] thecrunked:
Thanks. Is the the lollipop update or just a smaller one? If so what is changed?

Did a bit of research. Looks like it fixed smart cover bug and removes the non functional ultra stamina mode
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] kulvertti:
Thanks guys for your kind word. This is still KitKat update. Haven´t seen chancelog but atleast Sony´s own cover works again as supposed and touchscreen seems to be more responsive.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] thecrunked:
Just wanted to add that I had to manually install the dual recovery. Installed fine but thought I'd mention it.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] kulvertti:
Thanks for info. Working fine here tough.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] istrait:
I am running 23.0.1.A.30 with a locked bootloader that I just installed ota, and lost root.

If if flash this over the top, will I get root back?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] kulvertti:
You need working custom recovery (TWRP) to flash this. So answer to your question is no.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] istrait:
Shoot.. I really am slipping.... I must have unlocked it at some point then because I do have nut's dual recovery onboard..

I should be able to flash over the top then... my only questions are if I do flash, will I have issues with the encryption keys, and how do I change the localization to us? ?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] kulvertti:
So you have working custom recovery? What exactly do you mean that you lost your root? Partial root or something else? If you have working custom recovery why not just flash latest SuperSu from here:

http://download.chainfire.eu/636/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.37.zip

And then about encrytpion keys. Do you mean that you have encrypted your device or perhaps DRM keys? Flashing prerooted firmware have no effects to your device DRM keys if you mean that.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] istrait:
Sooty to be a pita (pain in the ...)

Yep... dem keys is what I was thinking...

Also thanks very much for the help.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] thecrunked:
you dont need an unlocked bootloader for nut recovery. my bl is locked and i have nut recovery installed
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] istrait:
Can you install the dual recovery on tablets with newer firmware?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] kulvertti:
Yes if you have root. However with newer firmwares dualrecovery rooting function don´t work any more becose it use towelroot wich Sony has patched.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] istrait:
OK.. I am hosed then... i will either need to find a way of downgrading or will wait for new root.. I think I want to downgrade though.. how to do that though.....

Also, thanks for the help.....
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] kulvertti:
You are welcome.

You need Flashtool and correctly installed drivers for it and rootable firmware in ftf format. If I remember correctly latest was 17.1.2.A.0.314. If you want to I believe you can use this one: https://mega.co.nz/#!kcxxjaLA!itErjRi2fYPPswal-c7XasF_lAvPKyY4GwEzY3xgHZ0 It is for SGP511 but memory size is only difference between devices. Or you can find one from general forum.

You can find one instruction how to use flashtool from here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45187952&postcount=2

And here is link to Flashtool download page: http://www.flashtool.net/downloads.php
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] istrait:
I think I know what I will do...

I want to have a stock rooted feel.

Download ftf from sony for stock through sony pc companion(save this in case...)

Run prf creator (http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/tool-prfcreator-easily-create-pre-t2859904) and add root and recovery

use flashtool to put on Nordic with root and custom recovery

use the recovery from nordic to flash the rooted stock firmware.

I should be golden then right?

Last questions though. Do I need to be unlocked to do this and will my DRM keys stay good?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] kulvertti:
If I understand you correctly you´ll be fine. In Sony servers for SGP512 and SGP511 Nordic region there are only firmware versions of 23.0.1.A.0.167. Not older or newer.

No you don´t need to unlock your bootloader and your DRM keys will be just fine.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] spider623:
you sir are a life saver, how did you get it rooted?
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] kulvertti:
Thank you. Short answer is that as long you have root access you can install prerooted firmwares so basically same way you do with this prerooted firmware. Credits how to make prerooted firmwares are in op. Some point there is no method to root newer firmwares without unlocking your bootloader so I did that too but because backed up TA partition I´m back with rooted device and locked bootloader.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] CAL7:
Can you provide the MD5? Ready to flash, but would like to verify its good. Thx.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] kulvertti:
Sure. MD5 should be a761b73550581dafff03257204563eb9.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] spider623:
hey guys, i'm the only one that has issues with play store, i have to clear data on each download
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] kulvertti:
I don´t think this is related to this firmware. Any error code? Usually errors with play store can be fixed by one of these methods: deleting google account, deleting play store app cache and maybe deleting it´s data and force stop it, deleting data of google services and force stop it, wiping dalvik and cache in custom recovery or freeing up some space of your device.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] spider623:
no error codes, just crashing on start when it tries to download anything
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Mikey:
Happy New Years guys :)

I have been away from SGP512 (wifi-only white) tablet.........

I am looking to upgrade it, i'm on 17.1.2.A.0.314, rooted.....with a LockedBootloader.

May I take this and update and apply it???

It's been away for so long i forgot how to enter recovery mode lol

Any help or steps would be appreciated.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] kulvertti:
Happy new year to you too. Yes you can flash this firmware to your device. To get custom recovery you need to restart your device and when it starts up to Sony logo (green led) press volume up or down depending which custom recovery you are using.
[Xperia Z2 Tablet General] Buggedout:
Hi, I've successfully downgraded my firmware, gained root access but cannot seem to boot to recovery properly. It just seems to restart with no option to flash the zip.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong ?

Also the downgraded firmware only gives me WIFI connection, no 4G from my provider.

Is that normal or should I regain 4G connection when I've flashed this zip ?

Thanks in advance.