yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ONE General] nag4pl:
Back from Brick!!

First of all Thanks a lot to [MENTION=4645240]netbuzz[/MENTION](for such a life saver guide on unbricking 1+1) and [MENTION=4224967]michaeldepotter[/MENTION] for providing link to download appropriate drivers.

Here is some good news by my findings and can be a quick help for those who do not have or can't get XP. You can use Windows 7 itself for the process mentioned by [MENTION=4645240]netbuzz[/MENTION]

All you need to do is:

1. Download drivers from link provided by [MENTION=4224967]michaeldepotter[/MENTION] : https://www.dropbox.com/s/vgujdut93m341qm/Qualcomm 2012.rar?dl=0

2. Extract to some folder under C: or whichever drive you prefer.

3. Connect your bricked phone after pressing Volume Up and Power key (make sure phone vibrates once)

4. Now that QHUSB_BULK should be detected and Windows will eventually try to download drivers from update, which you can skip and close the window.

Now something very essential you need to do here is to execute some commands so that you will be able to install unsigned drivers for QHUSB_BULK.

4a. Click On Start Menu > Type cmd.exe > Right Click and Run as Administrator (make sure you are running cmd as admin)

4b. Now type below command

bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS

>hit Enter

bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON

> hit Enter again

4c. Both the commands should run successfully, then restart your computer.

These steps are to disable driver sign verification. You must proceed to next steps only after above steps executed successfully.

After machine booted back to desktop

5. Now Open Device Manager by Start > Run > type "devmgmt.msc" and hit enter

6. You should be seeing ugly yellow warning under other devices for QHUSB_BULK.

7. Right click on the same > Update Driver Software > Browse my Computer for driver software

8. Now under driver software location, provide the path where you have extracted drivers which you downloaded from step 1. For me it was:

"C:\Users\Arjun\Downloads\Qualcomm 2012\fre\Windows7" - Remember to provide path only till windows 7 and make sure 'Include Subfolders' is checked.

9. Click next, and it should install driver for QHUSB_BULK. Click on Install Driver if you get any warnings.

Now your driver set-up for QHUSB_BULK in Windows 7 is complete and now you may proceed with the steps to run Msm8974DownloadTool as provided by netbuzz.

I have attached the screenshots for the same just for confirmation.

SuccessfullDriver - showing successful installation of driver

FlashInProgress - showing tool flashing the system image

FlashSuccess - showing green row indicating successful flash.

Once again, thanks a lot for all the guide and help. Hope this quick guide helps some one in need!!
[ONE General] netbuzz:
Thanks for this Win7/8 workaround. I'll be adding your info to the OP.
[ONE General] ttangar:
Finally Unbricked mine...Drivers resolved on Win 7

I have used the override tool for certificates: DSEO - Driver signature enforcement overrider

to allow the unsigned drivers to be used and it worked like charm on windows 7 64 bit.

Also, I used the additional Qualcomm 2012 drivers and not sure which one might got picked in that mess :cyclops::cyclops:

Thanks!!

:good::good::angel::angel:
[ONE General] JG:
nevermind!
[ONE General] bhaismachine:
Well I managed to hardbrick my phone. I am download the ColorOS file from Mega at the moment. It's downloading at 30KB/s and will take around 6.5 hours. Is there any other source to download it from ? Thanks !

Also, about the driver ...

While I wait on the colorOS to download I want to clarify one more thing about the driver.

According to the screenshot of [MENTION=5593022]nag4pl[/MENTION] the driver should show as Qualcomm USB diagnostic 9006, while for me it shows as Qualcomm HS-USB QDloader 9008. Is this going to be an issue ?

This is what I did. I uninstalled the default driver that came with windows 7. After that it failed to install the driver provided in this forum because it kept saying that device descriptor failed. I rebooted the phone several times and changed the USB ports and eventually windows detected it but AGAIN with the windows driver even though I had checked the option to delete the original driver while uninstalling it. Through the update driver option I managed to force it to install the unsigned driver.

Now I can see both the drivers under the update drivers option. Interestingly the default driver is a version ahead of the unsigned driver provided in this forum.

My only concern is that I see a different driver name compared to the one posted by [MENTION=5593022]nag4pl[/MENTION]
[ONE General] Giansi:
Thanks! Very useful for me!
[ONE General] nag4pl:
That shouldn't be a problem. Not sure if that is specific to region, mine is India version phone.. Can some one clarify on this?
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vihckz:
Hi there! I need a little help here,

I have a Tab 3 Lite 7.0 Wi-Fi and I was planning on making a custom recovery, but somehow while installing it (TWRP v2.7.0.1), it kinda got stuck as my system... It doesn't matter how many roms I try to install, it doesn't work... it always comes back to TWRP like there's no OS installed on my tab... I've already tried lots of things but none of them seems to work... So if you guys have any other one, I'd be glad to test it out... So please, help me out here! :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChinmayKunkikar:
Modify Ramdisks on the go!

#include <std_disclaimer.h>
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed.
* YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you
* point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
* Yes I copied the post header from Cyanogenmod because I was too lazy to make one.
*/

Android Image Kitchen (a.k.a AIK) was originally created by osm0sis to Unpack and Repack kernels, and edit the ramdisks.

AIK was not supported by our devices (Xperia P/U/Sola/Go) because our kernels have something called 'different packaging using non-standard, Linux "ELF" header' file.

More information here -

But, munjeni already has some great tools to to the unpacking and repacking kernels.

Therefore, with the help of munjeni's tools, I was able to modify osm0sis's scripts to get AIK mobile working for our devices.

Now you can easily modify ramdisks on the go!

Features:

- Compression support, and --original to repack with the original ramdisk.

- The flashable zip installs AIK for your Android architecture (ARM) to /data/local/AIK-mobile/ and a helper script symlinked at /system/xbin/aik

- Type "aik" in Terminal Emulator to automatically go to the install directory and get a root prompt, then use, eg. "./unpackimg.sh boot.img" to get started. Not working for now.

- Running su -c "/data/local/AIK-mobile/bin/aik --restore" will remake the /system/xbin/aik symlink, e.g. after a ROM flash.

Notes:

Move the image file into the working directory with a file explorer and make sure it has no spaces in its name to avoid any possible issues. You may delete /data/local/AIK-mobile/bin/busybox if you want to use your ROM's busybox instead.

This is just the AIK-mobile version. Please don't ask for the Desktop/Linux versions of these as they are going to take a while.

Downloads -

[URL="https://www.dropbox.com/s/1h4uasda53gedkj/UPDATE-AIK.Mobile.Installer.v1.7.Xperia2012.zip?dl=0" ]AIK Mobile Installer (v1.7) for Xperia 2012[/URL]

To - Do:

Modify the scripts to make it work with 'unpackbootimg' and 'mkbootimg' binaries

You tell. :)

Credits -

osm0sis for everything related to Android Image Kitchen!

munjeni for his 'kernel_dump' and 'kernel_make' binaries

AGONTUK for some help with commands
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChinmayKunkikar:
Reserved
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChinmayKunkikar:
May need this one too
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zeetwo-raj:
Nice mate

Will try it..:)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ChinmayKunkikar:
Don't forget to review it. :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DaniPhii:
I'll test it as soon as I can. :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] pirej:
Thank you, nice to have this tool too :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kowal999:
Download link is down. Can You please reupload?
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] OmarEinea:
SlimRoms is a custom android operating system. The main goal is to offer users a slimmed down but still feature rich alternative to other android operating systems.

The entire SlimTeam work together to bring you this tailor-made beauty straight from Android Open Source Project (AOSP) source code.

All of the sources can be publicly viewed through GitHub and you can stop by the public Gerrit to submit patches of any type.

SlimLP is the project name for SlimRoms based on Android 5.1 Lollipop and offers the following original features:

Slim Dialer

A full replacement of the official Google closed source dialer with added features. - We've got you covered.

Privacy guard

Disable unnecessary permissions set by app developers. - Privacy is part of the experience.

Slim Center

Downloads, contact information, system app removal. - More fun than you can shake a stick at.

System-Wide Keyboard Controls

Rotation, cursor control, optional emoticons..etc. - You'll be tapping away to your heart's content.

Custom Shortcuts WIP

Hardware keys, Navigation Ring, Navigation Bar, Lockscreen, Tiles, Notifications etc. - Customize it the way you like it.

Important links:

slimroms.eu - The official webpage where you find everything you need to know about SlimRoms.

Downloads (Unofficial builds for now) - also download GAPPS

Installation instructions - Follow these steps to the letter if you're about to install SlimRoms on your device.

Latest Changelog - Read here if you want information on changes in latest build.

FAQ - The most frequent asked questions with answers.

Kernel Source - The source of your device's kernel.

Get in touch! - Contact SlimRoms at these places if you have questions, requests or feedback.

Google+

Twitter

Facebook

Xda Forums

Disclaimer: SlimRoms are not responsible for any damages to your device.

XDA:DevDB Information

SlimLP - Amami, ROM for the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact

Contributors

OmarEinea, SlimRoms

Source Code: https://github.com/SlimRoms

ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

ROM Firmware Required: Unlocked Bootloader

Version Information

Status: Beta

Current Beta Version: 0.5

Beta Release Date: 2015-08-16

Created 2015-01-26

Last Updated 2015-08-16
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] OmarEinea:
Bugs:

- Minor bugs, same as CM, Mainly:

Some issues while enabling Adaptive brightness

Misc stuff:

Old Screenshots or Newer ScreenShots - (from my Z1 Compact)

Bugtracker - to report your bugs

SlimLP kernel contains some nice features like:

Intellidemand Governor

SIO & FIOPS I/Os

Sound Control

MultiROM Support

THE ROM DOESN'T CONTAIN RECOVERY!

Though you can get yourself one by flashing one of these:

Fota TWRP 2.8.x.x recovery for amami

MultiROM TWRP recovery
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] Casserole:
Seriously? It should be major bug as minimum.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] OmarEinea:
If you follow bugs in LP from the start you'd know these are minor :p

Recent bugs in LP were WiFi, Mic and Camera

these weren't working, and these were the major bugs, so now all of them are solved,

and we're left with these less important bugs

Regards,

Omar.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] lj3lj3:
This rom is very fast and smooth, and battery life is better than cm12! keep it up! :good:
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] meesner:
Hi Omar,

the ROM works fine, thank you (only the build-in SMS app crashes, now i use another app), but could you give me a link to a working TWRP?

I'm now on 2.8.4.1 but I can't mount or read File-System, the Recovery says: no OS installed and so on.

So I'm now very uncertain about the correct TWRP-Version.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] OmarEinea:
You can use this one http://xdaforums.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/general/fota-twrp-recovery-amami-t2909719

or the one from MultiROM, both are working great.

Regards,

Omar.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] meesner:
thanks a lot, Omar,

now I've got an working recovery, but one more Question:

change Filesystem to f2fs is in this combination of ROM and Recovery not working?

I wanted to play around a little bit, so this is not important.

Karl
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] meesner:
now I tried the TWRP from the Multirom-thread, there I've got the button for f2fs.

Do you know, how long the next boot after formatting cache with f2fs needs? I was waiting about 30 min with running boot-animation and nothing happened, so I made a reset, boot into recovery and go back to ext4, but device runs animation, nothing else.

thanks for an info
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] OmarEinea:
Other users has reported the same thing, I'll look into it.

Regards,

Omar.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] Schlengge:
Awesome!

Downloading :D

Edit: Runs nice and smooth!

Option to display the battery as percentage would be nice! Can be added manually I know but would be nice to come with stock.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] nemphis:
nice to see an other great rom! Thanx!!
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] Schlengge:
Made this my daily :)

Hope this also gets regularly updated ;)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] CLINTZ9:
Awesome work! Quiet Stable For An Alpha Build :D Keep Up The Good Wok :)
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] hunhool:
anybody tried to record video with any third party camera?
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] OmarEinea:
SlimLP Alpha 0.91 [2015/02/02]

ChangeLog:

- Included video recording and playing fix

- Included youtube fix for playing 720p and above

- Included all latest Slim Changes (and CM device specific changes)

Download Link:

Slim-amami-5.0.2.alpha.0.91-UNOFFICIAL-20150202-1239.zip

In order to provide you frequent updates easily, I had to change download link to AFH,

though the source and build server is the same (so the build is the same ether ways).

Regards,

Omar.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] Schlengge:
Thank you Omar!

Updated without any problems!
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] Micalus:
switched from your RR Rom to SlimLP for my z1c, since i have SlimSaber from [MENTION=1228651]fusionjack[/MENTION] as a daily driver. seems all pretty alpha but very very familiar, stable and smooth. all works fine so far, video recording working fine, musicplayer was missing from the rom, RRO is integrated, layers working brilliant as on my bacon. using the same layers as on my bacon, same goes for viper4android working also great.

many many features are missing from what you already have ported from the RR roms, but i guess they will come :) cm12 amami nightlies are out there, so it would be nice, if you could port some old features like HW button remapping, quick settings tile reorienting, network indicator and percentage for the battery, kill app button (would be very important at first i guess) to the Slim rom. ask [MENTION=1228651]fusionjack[/MENTION] for the commits/code/features, i guess he would be pretty happy to share it :) makes it a bit easier to get along as fast as a single person can get :D

for the bacon, besides temasek as a cm12 using engine, i prefer slimLP for the RRO and layers. much better to get a style working.

thx for the amazing port of slimLP for the lil brother of my bacon, my amami <3. keep up the good work. good to see, that someone cares about the little things in life xD

best regards

Mike
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] celco:
Many thanks for this great work. I have only 2 questions. Hope you can help me.

1) Is it possible with this ROM to install apps on the external SD? In the past I had SlimROMS and was able to move apps to a SD card.

2) Is the camera working with this great ROM?

many thanks for the feedback
[Xperia Z1 Compact Original Android Development] desteen:
Rom works fine.

Thanks for that. Only one problem. When i go to recovery i always get the Red Triangle Dead Android.

Skipping this with the hard ressetbutton. Everithings fine. Just seem to lost my recovery.

Desteen
[Samsung Gear S] bennie joe:
Hi,

I understand the step counter on the Gear S is tied to arm movement, and does not work well on a treadmill if you are holding on to the rails.

I have just set up a treadmill desk in my home office and am trying to figure out if there is another way to "wear" the Gear S to make it work. The first day I tried, I attached it to my lower leg, it counted the steps, but the next day it did not.

Has anybody experimented using either Gear S or Samsung phone (I have the Note 3) on a treadmill while not swinging arms and walking at a slow pace? I have tried to add the steps taken manually, but that does not appear to work. I also figured if the phone shows more steps, it would overrule the Gear S count, but I don't think S Health works hat way.

Any suggestions?
[Samsung Gear S] drjosephkim:
What would happen if you try using the Nike+ running app on the Gear S while you're walking on the treadmill? I just finished a treadmill run today and it was my first time using the Nike+ app on my Gear S. The app knows that I'm indoors and it estimates my running pace and mileage based on how I swing my arms.
[Samsung Gear S] beejmeister:
I have the exact same setup. A desk on my Treadmill. Like you, I only walk at 1.6 MPH because I can actually talk on the phone and use my laptop while walking. I do a couple hours a day.

I have had NO problem having the Gear S in my pocket and having it record steps. It works quite well in fact. I even attach the recharger (unplugged) to the back while it is in my pocket. That way I end up measuring steps AND having a fully charged watch.

Sorry I can't help you but to tell you mine is working this way fine.
[Samsung Gear S] bennie joe:
I tried tying it to my ankle...first day, it worked great. Second day, it must not have been tied tight enough and it registered 24000 steps in 2 1/2 hours. While it looked great on my statistics, needless to say, it was absolutely incorrect. Because it had been tied too loosely, it bounced too much, recording each step multiple times.

I typically wear yoga pants, so no pocket. Will try wearing something with a pocket today to see if that helps...

Thanks for the tip
[Samsung Gear S] bennie joe:
The swinging arms issue is the problem... While I am at my treadmill desk, I type on my computer. Not much swinging going on unless I am on the phone and upset about something ;)

Will try the pocket option below.....
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zbysogi:
I think I played too much with apps that changed lock screen photo cause now Im stuck with one and cant change it. I purged the gallery data which effected in changing the wallpaper onto default one (the kid with the balloons on the meadow) but still not much I can do. My phone is rooted. I didnt use QuickPic or any other apps to view my pics, only the Stock one. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThuGzta:
There is a bug on 4.2.2 that you cannot change the lockscreen wallpaper if you have the Ripple effect. Other than that I have no clue, maybe a senior person can guide you!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zbysogi:
Im on 4.4.2
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sasank360:
Go to gallery and choose any pic of choice and set it as home+lock wallpaper.

It will change the lock wallpaper too.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zbysogi:
Good to know that You dont take people as idiots. No I didnt try that. c'mon :/

Ive got rooted phone. Just made hard reset, cleaned cache as well... problem still exists :/
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zbysogi:
I am able to change the wallpaper for animated one (as long as I pick home and lock screens together), but then when I change it to normal one it goes straight to the default.

Can anyone tell me where is the default one kept? Im gonna delete it (or move it) and see what happens.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zbysogi:
Im on rooted stocked system android 4.4.2 and I have the same bug with being unable to change the lock screen while on unlocking the screen with ripple effect :/ bummer
[LG G Flex] kelvin.brown2:
It appears that my LG Flex(sprint) cannot access fastboot..Each time I hit enter (via adb command) the phone reboots and brings me back to the LG logo and the phone's desktop..I'm able to control the phone and the recovery mode via adb, however for some reason I cannot command (via adb) while the phone is in "download mode" whenever the phone is in download mode, adb displays a no device listed..lastly each time I try to push a recovery file, I receive a "permission denied" from adb..curious what are some alternatives to place fastboot and a recovery on the phone? (Btw phone is rooted) Thanks.
[LG G Flex] mattwheat:
If you're on the latest update, they did away with download mode/ fastboot. I guess to stop development for this device. I'm not sure why when that goes against everything OPENHANDSETALLIANCE.COM stands for.
[LG G Flex] zapjb:
Just to be clear you're saying taking the official OTA update from JB to KK. And this did away with download mode/ fastboot is that correct?

If so that's insane.
[LG G Flex] mattwheat:
Not sure about from jb to kk update for Sprint but most other variants lost it on the latest kk

---------- Post added at 12:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:52 PM ----------

The LG Pc suite will still trigger it but manual is a no go
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _polymar:
Hi Guys,

I am planning to flash Cyanogenmod 12 onto my S5 but before I do that I would like to know how to achieve a minimal install of Gapps.

What I would like to get is the Play Store and any other required service (like syncing etc...) and then install only the gapps I need directly from the play store.

I have searched the forum and the internet with no luck and I would really appreciate if you could help me out.

Thank you
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] trjons:
as a task switcher/application closer, and I noticed that my icon for the Phone application is a white box instead of the telephone it used to be.

So I got to wondering if I could fix that and how....and whether other icons could be changed as well.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] trjons:
Anyone?

Does this mean we all have the same problem?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] rallyup2000:
Phone Button White

I GOT THE SAME PROBLEM W/WM6 BLACK EDITION.

I flash the phone again with the same rom. and it corrected.

I USED SDcard to flash just nbh file rename it hermimag.nbh,set to boot loader screen,soft rest.it fast safe. be sure boot loader 1.4 olipro
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mrvanx:
Probably best to post this in the Hermes WM6 forum dude ;) The problem you refer to might have been answered a few times. Make sure everything is up to date and try reflashing the ROM.

You can do this by following this guide