yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto X Q&A] mac1996:
Go to YouTube and search for qbking77 channel on how to unlock bootloader moto 2013.. Step by step tutorial with video
[Moto X Q&A] stuntman2128:
unlocking bootloader isn't a problem. I mainly want to know how i can put a custom recovery (prefer CWM because i've had it on previous phone). That way i can straight up install a custom rom that is already rooted without rooting stock. I just really want 5.0 really tired of 4.4.4
[Moto X Q&A] kenosis:
Do you have fastboot?

if yes, go to your phone bootloader.

Connect to your computer by USB.

Type the following in cmd. (place your recovery img file in fastboot directory)

fastboot flash recovery (your recovery name).img
[Moto X Q&A] nhizzat:
Check the sticky threads. There's only a year and halfs worth of information available to you here and all over the rest of the internet.
[Moto X Q&A] KidJoe:
At any point after unlocking the bootloader... To flash recovery, did you do the following...

Start the phone in Fastboot/Bootloader mode.. then from the PC type...

mfastboot flash recovery YourRecovery.img

mfastboot reboot-bootloader

Follow onscreen directions to use vol down key and highlight recovery, then use vol up to select/enter recovery. Once in recovery you can reboot the phone and proceed with whatever you want.

Failure to reboot-bootloader and entering recovery immediately after flashing recovery (i.e. doing something else first) can result in the recovery not sticking.
[Moto X Q&A] stuntman2128:
4.4.4

a year old post by dray_jr says the following:

can someone explain this to me? I got my phone around august 2014, it came with 4.4.3 and right now I'm on 4.4.4.

If I use the motorola website and follow their bootloader unlock steps am I fine? will I have any brick issues stated from the quote above?
[Moto X Q&A] stuntman2128:
Thread

Nevermind guys, found the perfect thread for 4.4.4 root!

Thread: http://xdaforums.com/moto-x/moto-x-qa/step-step-instructions-unlocking-t2649738

Final question: I don't have to install supersu root if i install CM12 once i get into TWRP recovery am i correct? (since cms come rooted)
[Moto X Q&A] dagoban:
Would flashing a JB kernel (and only the kernel) work to root it as described here?: http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/guide-xperia-kitkat-4-4-4-rooting-t3003520
[Moto X Q&A] nhizzat:
Completely different phone. What works on one does not always apply to another. If it worked on the Moto X, don't you think someone would've tried and documented it s sometime in the last 18 months?
[Moto X Q&A] dagoban:
Of course its a different phone, but since the Moto X also came with JB stock, I was just wondering whether the same method would work for the ones who are stuck with 4.4.4 and no root.

And no, I don't think that every method has been tried already. the Razr I JB root with a locked BL for example only happened, cause I asked jcase nicely if he could code an app that uses an exploit. So, many times, without asking nothing will happen...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayb1rd:
(Galaxy SIII currently running CM 10.2.1)

I'm very very new to flashing ROMs. I tried switching to CM 10.2.1 from stock yesterday, and I thought I had backed up with the TWRP recovery page, but I think I have wiped it during the process. I have none of my my sms, call log, or contacts, and none are in my Gmail.

I do however have a .twrps file. Is there anything at all that I can do to at least restore my contacts? I've tried a few of the solutions posted here but I hadn't used an app for backup and the adb directions are really vague, although I'm continuing to work on it.

Any and all help would be much appreciated! Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_gibbon:
Hi All, My trying to flash my AU Vodafone S3 to us the Revolution HD ROM.

First I rooted the device using the instructions here:

hxxp://androidxda.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s3-gt-i9300t

(This was done before I decided to give another ROM a go.)

Now if I follow the instructions here:

hxxp://joyofandroid.com/install-android-revolution-hd-custom-rom-on-samsung-galaxy-s3/

I dont get the Wipe dalvik cache option. And the ROM install seems to work, but I get the standard vodafone image again on reboot.

I suspect this is due to the rooting I did before not giving me the dalvik option.

I have also tried to reflash to original state using the VAU-I9300TDUUGNA4-20140224095033.zip ROM

Revolution image I was trying was Android_Revolution_HD-SGS3_52.0.zip.

Is anyone able to help get back to totally standard before I try the Revolution ROM again?

Im a total newbie, I hope someone can help me out.

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeTuRr74:
Hello

Can you go into download mode ?

Galaxy S3 International

efeXTREME Lite Rom v5.1
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shanghei:
Hello, I have a T-Mobile Galaxy S5.

It is soft bricked and it seems no matter what stock ROM I flash via Odin it wont boot into android or recovery.

What it can do however is go into Download Mode.

I have tried flashing all these stock firmwares via Odin 3.7 and 3.9

G900TUVU1CNK2_G900TTMB1CNK2_G900TUVU1CNK2_HOME.tar.md5

G900TUVU1ANCH_G900TTMB1ANCH_G900TUVU1ANCH_HOME.tar.md5

G900TUVU1BNF6_G900TTMB1BNF6_G900TUVU1BNF6_HOME.tar.md5

G900TUVU1ANE5_G900TTMB1ANE5_G900TUVU1ANE5_HOME.tar.md5

G900TUVU1ANE6_G900TTMB1ANE6_G900TUVU1ANE6_HOME.tar.md5

G900TUVU1BNG3_G900TTMB1BNG3_G900TUVU1BNG3_HOME.tar.md5

G900TUVU1BNG4_G900TTMB1BNG4_G900TUVU1BNG4_HOME.tar.md5

G900TUVU1BNH5_G900TTMB1BNH5_G900TUVU1BNH5_HOME.tar.md5

After each Flash Odin will say PASS! in green bot immediately after the phone will bot into a screen that says Recovery Boot in blue text.

[IMG="bluetext"]http://i.imgur.com/LIBVtCl.jpg[/IMG]

That is the screen that I hate seeing.

On a very rare occasion, after flashing a firmware via odin and the phone reset I did see it once have Andy the Android come up while it looked like it was installing someone only to see it reboot into the doomed Recovery Boot screen as pictured above.

I tried Kies 3 as well and it behaves the same way.

Any help would be appreciated, thank you.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shanghei:
An update, if I try to flash any other recovery itll go to an error that reads

1. RECOVERY BOOTING (in blue),

2. RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING (red)

3. Set Warranty Bit: recovery (yellow)

I tried flashing the following recovery that all result in same error

Clockworkmod - recovery.tar.md5

openrecovery-twrp-2.8.3.0-klte.tar

philz_touch_6.26.1-klte.tar.md5

Then itll boot loop to samsung s5 screen where nothing will happen at that point.

I can still get into Download mode which gives me hope my phone can be saved.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaims:
Dumb question but...

Did you try reflashing the original rom? This happened to me when I tried to use cf- auto-root. I had to take the battery out for 30s, put back then go into download mode( hold down volume, home key and power then hit up volume) from here I used Odin to flash my stock rom.

Hope this helps
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shanghei:
I am not sure which firmware was originally on the phone.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlwaysAndroid:
In this case when flashing original firmware you need galaxy S5 PIT file. The pit file can be found here at XDA forum and just be careful to download the right one for your S5 version and memory (16 or 32 GB). In Odin you add the PIT file by clicking on PIT just like you add firmware on PDA. And Re-partition box MUST be ticked( as well as auto reboot and f. reset).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shanghei:
Do I load the pit file AND the firmware together on odin at the same time? I flashed just the pit and is still doing same thing.

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlwaysAndroid:
Yes, at the same time both of them. And try flashing T-Mobile version of firmware for your S5. You can find it at sammobile.com
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shanghei:
I downloaded the tmobile pit file and full firmware, loaded it up in odin 3.09 and it fails to flash.

Here are my settings:

[IMG="odin"]http://i.imgur.com/AxkaV6i.png[/IMG]

and the Odin Log

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> G900TUVU1BNH5_G900TTMB1BNH5_G900TUVU1BNH5_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/008> Added!!

<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..

<ID:0/008> File analysis..

<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/008> Initialzation..

<ID:0/008> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/008> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/008> FAIL!

<ID:0/008>

<ID:0/008> Re-Partition operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shanghei:
I used a hexed editor to edit the pit file to remove the excess zeros like others said and it allowed me to get passed the fail but after it completes it is still going to the black samsung screen with Recovery Booting in blue text.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shanghei:
After a million flashes, I flashed a custom recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.0-klte.tar and I got it to get past the wretched Recovery boot screen to the animated samsung logo and eventually the T-Mobile boot screen but not it just hangs there.

[IMG="screen"]http://i.imgur.com/i91Kq7o.jpg[/IMG]

If I hold Volume up + home + power to try to get to recovery mode I get the following error.

[IMG="recovery"]http://i.imgur.com/RybBXwA.jpg[/IMG]

1. RECOVERY BOOTING (in blue),

2. RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING (red)

3. Set Warranty Bit: recovery (yellow)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shanghei:
Interesting, if I shut the phone off when it freezes at the tmobile white screen and power it back on, it will get stuck at the main black samsung galaxy s5 screen that says powered by android. If i flash custom recovery such as philz or twrp it will make it to the third screen which is the white tmobile boot screen but freeze there once again.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaims:
sounds funny

I know I said it before... unplug your phone, take out battery for a bit then replace and bootup. mine took I about 3 or so minutes stuck on samsung graphic but came out of it. nothing ventured and all that. :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shanghei:
I have done that.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaims:
ok did you try...

Booting in to the boot section and wiping back to factory then wiping the cache? This helps with some errors and boot problems.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shanghei:
I have been unable to get into any type of recovery at all.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shanghei:
No matter what I do I cant seem to get this phone to get anywhere passed the boot screen, I feel like its hopeless.

Is it possible for a phone to be able to get into download mode but not be fixable?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaims:
I didn't mean to leave you hanging, but I was trying to research it for you. I am unsure where it have you go from here. does odin say passed when you flash? Everytime?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shanghei:
Yes, pass every time.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lingowistico:
I had the same thing happen to me. But that's not an error "RECOVERY NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING", it's normal for custom recoveries.

The problem you're having is not fatal AFAIK, iirc it's basically some simple mistake you made somewhere along the line. Like maybe you didn't pay as much attention to the instructions or didn't read the whole post somewhere.

I had this problem trying to flash one of the TW lollipop roms. Try flashing lollipop modem/baseband and bootloader.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shanghei:
Any clue where to find modem and bootlegger for lolipop sm-g900t
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lingowistico:
Nope, no idea :( I'm sure someone will come along though.

Worst case, try asking this guy.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flashwebb:
Hi

Can you help me find the pit file for galaxy s 5 16 Gb memory...i have try to search for it..but can not find it

Peter
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlwaysAndroid:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2737448

Just scroll down a bit and you will find.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yousufjiwani:
I was on lollipop NX rom and wanted NX kernel. I accidentally flashed NX kernel for the Note 1. Now my Nexus 4 won't boot into the system, recovery, or bootloader. Holding the power and volume buttons doesn't do anything but get a blinking red light, regardless of whether the phone is using battery, charging from wall or from computer. Computer doesn't recognize device. I don't think ADB or fastboot is gonna work. Wugfresh won't work either because it's not in debugging mode. Is it completely bricked? Would flashing the wrong kernel hard brick it?
[T-Mobile LG G3] :
Changelog 08/08/15

====================

08-08-2015

====================

* android/

2dc92d4 Merge "Track our own libpng repo" into lp5.1

347d04a Merge "Track Arter97 Webview" into lp5.1

7e360a1 Merge "Track our own external/sepolicy" into lp5.1

f43581d Merge changes I95b13194,Id3d70b0b into lp5.1

e9a3332 Track our own libpng repo

2d48187 Track our own external/sepolicy

7969c1c Track Arter97 Webview

* build/

481837c Add PRODUCT_PACKAGES for Google's prebuilt WebView

47e608d revert Prebuilt Chromium to use Google Chromium

* device/lge/g3-common/

360df9b LgeLteRIL: set QANElements to 5

3ca0e72 lights: fix warnings

ab0c1b9 wpa_supplicant: (wcnss variants) disable p2p

434975a Revert "media_profiles: fix 4k recording profile"

c1a5264 Merge branch 'lp5.1' of https://github.com/tootsie-pop/android_device_lge_g3-common into lp5.1

eb24e36 g3: fix keymaster symlink names

* external/libpng/

2b734ce Add gitreview file

c60d790 Kill more spam

f627408 Remove the most annoying error ever

* external/sepolicy/

3b1649e Add gitreview

3eb3513 Add policy to SELinux to allow ViPER4Android in enforcing mode

* kernel/lge/g3/

99ece6c defconfig: use max tweaks for d850/d851/d852/f400/ls990

d773105 hotplugs: add cflags -os

4cb3aac PM: Enable asynchronous noirq resume threads to save the resuming time

32fbb79 tick: don't update idle time if cpu offline

fefc607 block: zen: Optimize usage for android

ba38b43 linux: blkdev: disable add random * this is a flash device we don't have a spinning storage like a hdd

16ba2e1 mdss: use an interruptible thread on edp to reduce load_average

9a9b00f power: catch wake-up requests in suspend_again

c6fb10c msm: lpm-levels: add suspend_again handler

3ef94d8 power: quickwakeup: initial driver

b7ab067 msm8974pro: Clock Freq changes. OC/UC

0679885 Deep Sleep fix

cfa120e add doubletap2wake, completely rewritten on the s2w template

c08122b defconfig: added More & Less optimization switches for devices

d029e9b gov: derp slim

* system/core/

cb54ee7 Merge "Fix memory leak on jdwp_process_free()" into lp5.1

1a46f75 Reserve space on disk using fallocate

6c3f572 Fix memory leak on jdwp_process_free()

7ba0287 fs_mgr: error check umount calls / add retry logic

fae6e4f fix memory leak in copy_remote_dir_local

5180d08 Allow updates for open file descriptors

01d71b2 notify: dynamically allocate filename buffer

2a5f171 Sdcard: Initialize the padding output value

f0ff19a Fix segfault in get_character_device_symlinks()

6c39c05 Close fd on error path in do_mount()

ea238e4 Fix deadlocks.

b6f182f ensure /data/tombstones exists on all Android devices

655bea8 init: added exec_context call

* vendor/bliss/

89ba308 Remove Prebuilt chromium.
[T-Mobile LG G3] :
reserved #2
[T-Mobile LG G3] bertcarv:
First. Thanks and will download shortly to flash and test this out.

Bert
[T-Mobile LG G3] razrlover:
Dude I was secretly hoping you were gonna be maintaining Bliss, so excited!!!! Thanks as usual!!
[T-Mobile LG G3] :
Thanks man. Enjoy. There's a lot of customization in this thing.
[T-Mobile LG G3] dictionary:
Love having the Nav bar customization!! Only issue I'm having is that they disappear when I go landscape. Literally nothing populates on the nav bar. I either have to rotate back to portrait, or for games that won't let you exit, I have to swipe down, then enter settings, then rotate to portrait.

Going to do more investigating, as I'm running 460 DPI. Might be related to that

Edit: Definitely DPI, though it sort of happens at stock DPI as well. When rotated, the landscape icons @ stock DPI become tiny. That would explain why @ 460 they pretty much don't exist lol
[T-Mobile LG G3] allan1229:
I have the same thing. Rom is great though

Sent from my LG-D851
[T-Mobile LG G3] :
I'll let the team know. Thanks for the heads up!
[T-Mobile LG G3] arifqur:
Congrats eclegg for becoming the maintainer of Bliss for D851.

Great to have guys like you in our corner.

Thank you for your effort and time.
[T-Mobile LG G3] bertcarv:
Been running since late yesterday and rom is running very smooth. The nav bar issue is also present as previously stated. All else so far seems fine.

Bert
[T-Mobile LG G3] justen7723:
Anyone having issues with dt2w?? It's not working for me in settings. I used a dt2w int.d script and that is working for me for now.
[T-Mobile LG G3] razrlover:
I don't remember having issues, I will check it out again.
[T-Mobile LG G3] yanowman:
Bliss team incorporate tether hack? I know only resurrection is one of a few lollipop roms with working hack
[T-Mobile LG G3] Boostjunky:
dt2w is working fine, here.
[T-Mobile LG G3] NJ_RAMS_FAN:
O nice.. I running bliss pop on my tab S. will definitely give this one a try.
[T-Mobile LG G3] :
I'll add it in the next release for you guys.
[T-Mobile LG G3] :
Can you pm me some screenshots please.
[T-Mobile LG G3] :
Just an FYI for you guys. This ROM is also using my tootsie pop kernel with sabermod -o3 optimization. And the ROM has been compiled with linaro for you guys.
[T-Mobile LG G3] arifqur:
In reality the monster specs of this phone make it inevitable that you can run any thing on it and it would run smooth. This is not a first gen HTC Desire with a single core cpu and half a gig of ram.

Even after 4 cores running at 2.5ghz and 3GB of ram if we are still looking for smooth then there is something seriously wrong with the android OS. Also there is a lot of placebo effect going around. The dev adds or removes a few line of code and everybody jumps up and down with Yippee my device just got so fast.

If we are going after something which is not quantifiable, like "smoothness" at the expense of removing stuff that actually brings additional functionality then we are dumber than expected.
[T-Mobile LG G3] dictionary:
While you may not be able to quantity something in regards to smoothness, I for sure can tell when something is choppy. Now, if it were to not be choppy, and we get multirom, then I'm all for it. I tend to agree, as there is a lot of placebo going around. I do simple tests though. Does it stutter when I scroll? Can I hit home, then recents, back, etc, without it hanging it hesitating? Does the phone get hot even on menial tasks? What governor am I running? What speeds? Yada yada. I can tell when a ROM is smooth or not. A lot will tell you "whoa!! This is so smooth!!" When I know for a fact the dev didn't change a thing lol. At the end of the day, if it'll be choppy, ditch multi. If it's an imperceivable amount of "smoothness" then I'm in complete agreement.
[T-Mobile LG G3] arifqur:
I first used multrom on my Nexus 4, then on my Nexus 5, then on my HTC One M7, and now on the G3.

Suffice is to say that I have a lot of experience using this Mod.

In view of that this is the first time that I have even heard such comparisons being made between the mod and "fluidity".

The two are independent of each other.

Multirom just partitions the data/media for using that space as System partition.

Why would it reduce the "fluidity" is beyond me.

However, no progress is going to be made if scientific data is taken from "stuff that felt slow to me". Like taking the speedometer out of the car and saying that the car drove really fast.
[T-Mobile LG G3] dictionary:
The dev said it would impact it, I was just running with that. I've used multirom on all those devices as well, just exchanging the N5 for a N7. Regardless of scientific data, without a speedo in a car, you'd be an idiot to not know the difference between a car that stutters and misfires, vs a car that doesn't. I'm not trying to state I feel a ROM runs at a certain speed. Numbers are nice, but they can't always tell the full story. I've used ROMs with all the benchmark numbers through the roof. Very quantifiable evidence that the ROM was fast. During use though, there are lagging moments.

You're trying to prove your point, and while I already said I agree on some of your points, you're failing to see mine. A ROM that has lag, has lag. Numbers or not, we will both perceive that differently. A car going 90mph, will always be 90mph. That's irrefutable. If the person doing the driving is a f1 racer, or a 14 year old kid, they both perceive that number very differently. I don't know how implementing the kexec patch would possibly impact performance, let alone enough to cripple the device, but you can't argue that simply because there are no numbers it isn't a justified difference.
[T-Mobile LG G3] Upstreammiami:
Rom is so smooth... Sh!t
[T-Mobile LG G3] arifqur:
Having an argument with you is tough as nails. You took my example of a car and really turned it around to make me feel like a 14 year old kid.

Lol. I am not trying to dis anyone here, just trying to say that we need some advancement and Mods which makes are devices into real smart phones and I believe that Multirom is one of them. For a flash-a-holic it is extremely desirable.

I really agree with you on the lagginess that is android and it should not be there. But it is, which is sad since my phone has a superior spec sheet than my laptop.

Also agreed that we should not have Mods or apps which make our devices slow. But Multirom is not one of them.

You said you had all the devices that I mentioned, and had used multirom on them, so tell me if even once somebody mentioned that having Multirom installed made their devices slow.

I hope that the situation is resolved in such a way that the devs don't have to choose between multirom and speed enhancement.

Peace.
[T-Mobile LG G3] dictionary:
Lol my bad. I agree. And no, none of those devices incurred lag once MultiRom as added. I don't know how that COULD bring about lag, but since the op is saying so, I'm thinking he must have done some sort of test to reach that conclusion. Nothing else I've used that has kexec introduces lag
[T-Mobile LG G3] Vicious Von:
Settings app suddenly starts force closing on me. Did a full wipe and install of the last build. Restored my apps from titanium backup and every thong is fine.
[T-Mobile LG G3] arifqur:
True.

Hope that OP can find the reason and lick it.

Thanks
[T-Mobile LG G3] haru3173:
blisspop 1.9 is up on the nexus 6. Any eta for the g3?
[T-Mobile LG G3] Cablespider:
Don the flamesuit!

Cardinal Rule #1: Never ask for an ETA.
[T-Mobile LG G3] yoderz:
1.9 for the G3 is up on AndroidFileHost. OP just hasn't been updated. I downloaded it, but haven't flashed it yet.
[T-Mobile LG G3] aaanadie:
it is not there right now, was deleted...
[T-Mobile LG G3] stevew84:
I grabbed the newest RR dated 1/27 but didn't see the 1.9 bliss...where did you see that one? Latest was 1.8.
[T-Mobile LG G3] yoderz:
Noticed that too. Maybe it wasn't ready for the masses yet. Really love this ROM.
[T-Mobile LG G3] :
Don't install the lastest 1.9 bliss pop! It was giving me and my testers the systemui errors! I should have it ready for you guys tomorrow.
[T-Mobile LG G3] enzomtrx:
So, I keep going back to the build from 11415 because I haven't been able to find a fix for the Nav bar functionality in landscape mode at lower densities. I'm running 440density. . At least on the 11415 build by default, there is a task killer in the notification drawer so I can kill kill my landscape app directly. Every build I've tried since then hasn't had that task killer notification drawer. Any advice?