yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] astrit1:
The device was unable to read the recovery, it was a bad flash

What about flashing the recovery again but uncheck autoreboot on Odin and reboot manually by holding power-home-volume up buttons for some seconds
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Marszalekk:
Tried it and no success, still doing the same..

Odin 3.09, all options disabled, loading the recovery on AP.

Is anything wrong with my device?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] astrit1:
No with your device is no problem you can flash stock recovery anytime to fix that

But the recovery is build from the beginning for the a500fu I don't know if this could be a problem
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Marszalekk:
Well, A500FU and A500M got different basebands (different LTE frequencies), but i dont see any problem there...

I would like to know how to translate a CWM, cause we already have the chinese recovery rdy.

Thnx for all, Marszalekk
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] astrit1:
Wait I am compiling a working philz recovery now and I will send it too you

There is no need to translate the cwm recovery :)

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@Marszalekk

Okay

Here you go

first it is only a test it works very good on my device

Download the zip extrack the recovery from it and flash it with odin

Let me know if it works.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952609395
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Marszalekk:
Still not working, the same error as the Moonbutt recovery, only the chinese CWM is working on my phone, sorry for wasting yours time.

I just want to know how can I translate the chinese CWM.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] astrit1:
okay that means it works only on A500FU

it is not easy to translate a recovery without the sourcode , i dont have any idea how to do this
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] CROrION:
So i have a500fu, any way to root it witouth trigering knox?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] bernardwu:
Hey MarsZalek . Can i perhaps have the original link to the Chinese cwm?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] andreheitor:
Tutorial root A5 without change knox counter

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-alpha/development/root-root-samsung-galaxy-a5-a500m-0x0-t3111578
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] :
A,

hey, you never said which os you were using, try working the image with [MENTION=4544860]osm0sis[/MENTION] ' AIK Toolkit [Android Image Kitchen]

the link is in my signature.

Should be good to go with Windows/Cygwin as well as Linux, You can run multiple instances of the tool-set by creating duplicate directories.

Now that you have a working ramdisk, you may need to try a kernel and dt.img swap as well as editing default prop for model specifics

to get the recovery working for the a500m.

Pull the [your] working recovery.img into one directory of aik and use the unpack script

./unpack-image.sh recovery.img

the name of the script may be a little different.

do the same with M's stock recovery.img in the second directory

after you unpack the images , in each directory you will have a sub-directory named split-image which is where the kernel binary and dt.img are

contained, replace the kernel and dt.img in the working custom recovery with the kernel and dt.img from the stock recovery. And repack the image.

Rename to recovery.img re-pack for odin and give that a try.

What i've been learning is that with some variant's in some instances differences in the kernel can still break the deal.

If the chinese recovery works across the board try using it's kernel and dt.img instead.

m

On translating, you could try using a hex editor to modify the strings to english but i don't think you can do it without breaking the recovery binary.

On kernel sources-

after checking opensource samsung it seem the source,

http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=sm-a500

, if i'm reading the listing correctly, covering the sm-a500m is this one

SM-A500F_SEA_KK_Opensource.zip

covering

SM-A500F_SEA

SM-A500M_LA_COO

SM-A500M_LA_VF

i'm downloading it right now, when i have it i'll run a build and post the kernel and dt.img for the a500m, or what should be it, then you can take it from there.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] :
M

hi, can you post your build.prop please ?

thanks.

m
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] CROrION:
Managed to root it with kingroot and installed xposed + wanam. all good.

[MENTION=5819220]astrit1[/MENTION]

can you try to run S4 camera app on your phone? It has 60fps/timeplase/120fps, and i believe we have same sensor as s4.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] :
a500m kernel dt.img

[MENTION=5819220]astrit1[/MENTION] ,

okay this is the kernel and dt.img for the a500m, compiled from source release through gcc 4.8

rename the zImage and dt.img accordingly to the information you find in the recovery's

split-img directory, [when using AIK] you're own tools may vary so just follow

the appropriate scheme.

I encountered an issue with one of the dts files calling an incorrect/absent dtsi version for

the display panel, to "resolve" i went one version down to r07.

If you have an issue let me know and i'll try to get it sorted.

I will push the kernel source to git shortly and link.

https://github.com/moonbutt74/kernel_samsung_sm-a500m

The release was samsung sloppy as usual so i need to correct includes for location

and some basic fixes for gcc 4.8 compiling.

m
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] tonus76:
Model	SM-A500FU

Model name	GALAXY A5

Country	Poland

Version	Android 5.0.2

Changelist	4944491

Build date	Thu, 21 May 2015 07:53:55 +0000

Product code	XEO

PDA	A500FUXXU1BOE6

CSC	A500FUOXA1BOE6

https://mega.co.nz/#!iIUDzKSK!R9LReD8G4-1JpyqqZR-L6mlMVgiS5mrHJ4MFOT_J46Y
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] CROrION:
Downloading now, will try in an hour.

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just flashed it, animation are very smooth, and everything is much snappier. It works better then my s5 on lolipop
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] tonus76:
Can you post shots from antutu.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] CROrION:
Here you go
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] pippoto:
Hi everybody thanks for making good things for this great device, it's a shame there's not even a section for it. So I post my question here...

Is it a way to enable button backlight notifications on the A500fu? A led is the only thing missing to this device (that and a recovery, and some nice ROMs -__- ). NoLed is not perfect.

I tried "buttonLED" and other apps without success. Do you know how to find the /sys file for button backlight? Or another way to get notified like this?

Thanks a lot
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] C0caC0la:
Hello guys. I've just updated my A5 to android 5.0.2(the version released in Poland) and it doesn't support 64 bit Lollipop. Do you guys know why?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] tonus76:
Only Samsung knows. Note 4 n910c doesn't support 64 bit Lollipop too and nobody knows why.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] mygalaxya:
How can i root my A5 with Lollipop?

Hello, yesterday i've flash Lollipop on my A5 but i want to root it. Nobody knows how i can root my A5 with Lollipop? I have searched on the web but i don't found anything :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] tonus76:
CfAutoroot
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] mygalaxya:
Did you try that? I have to take the same cf auto root package like than of KitKat ?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] CROrION:
here is a short video of lollipop update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4LQmi6yp_U
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] tonus76:
I own A300fu and i can't try cf-autoroot on A5, but on my note4 cf-autoroot for kit kat works great on lollipop.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] C0caC0la:
Note 4 doesn't use 64 bit Lollipop because of the SoC difference. Samsung doesn't want to upset the customers who bought the Qualcomm version. But A5 and A3 have the same SoC worldwide.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] tonus76:
Same or different SoC the fact is lollipop on note4 and A5 is 32 bit.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] C0caC0la:
I hope that they will release a 64bit kernel soon. Maybe because this was released in poland and it's a test release it's the reason the opted for 32bit
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] tonus76:
May be but is difficult to believe.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Marszalekk:
Hi guys,

I just saw that the video mode get better quality than the picture mode itself on Galaxy A5.

As I dont care about resolution, I would like to know if there is an app to take photos directly from the video mode, instead of screenshoting the video.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] CROrION:
Got good battery life with lolipop. Brightnes on auto (was on sun most of the time) 20min of gps, 30min calls, 45min of music, lot of whatsapp, facebook, chrome..
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] bernardwu:
Hallo fellow Samsung Galaxy A3 users, I recently found a custom recovery for A3 but its from a chinese website and probably is in chinese and its for A3000.

But mine is A300F and not sure if it will work if i flash it. It is already tested on A300FU but it didnt work. But i heard that the chinese CWM for A5000 worked for A500F.(not to be confused with A500FU)

So I'm wondering if any of you guys wanna help test this chinese CWM on A300F or any other variants(except A300FU as it was tested and it didnt work) to see whether if it works.

link to chinese A3 CWM

http://yun.baidu.com/wap/link?uk=253195235&shareid=2640988138&third=0
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] club_Jas:
xposed

how to install Xposed on A5 lollipop ??:)
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] baysakhal:
At first you will need to root your phone, below is the link, but be careful by selecting the exact model of yours.

How to root Galaxy A5: http://www.teamandroid.com/2015/01/20/root-galaxy-a5-android-official-firmware/1/
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] ilea:
Is there a way to root the a500fu? I haven't seen the file in the link from the comment above...

(Later Edit)

So I have managed to root the A500FU lollipop version by downloading the cf-autoroot file from CF-autoroot official website.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] bernardwu:
I don't think you can install xposed on lollipop yet especially if it's touchwiz version because it's still very buggy and unstable. The only xposed available for lollipop is still in its early stages and is very unstable. Wait for the stable version to release first
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Meizirkki:
I'm trying to download sources for A300-FU but Samsung Open Source Center is only giving me <20Kb/s :( Can someone provide a mirror?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] sam.jaat:
I want to know is there any way to use Usb OTG service on A5 for use pendrive
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] tonus76:
Lollipop 5.0.2 for France A5 SM-A500FU:

Model	SM-A500FU

Model name	GALAXY A5

Country	France

Version	Android 5.0.2

Changelist	4944491

Build date	Thu, 21 May 2015 07:53:55 +0000

Product code	XEF

PDA	A500FUXXU1BOE6

CSC	A500FUXEF1BOE1

https://mega.nz/#!vVFRSaDA!octoSd_4QmFotU2VEl6UExRIhtm6dJwCY666003Jmss
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] CROrION:
Can you tell me what file did you use? All i can see on that page are 4.4.4 versions
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] bernardwu:
This will answer your question. http://xdaforums.com/android/help/root-request-samsung-galaxy-a3-sm-a300f-t3090620

So yes you can use cfroot 4.4.4 on lollipop using this method
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Mey$aM:
Is there CWM & TWRP Recovery for Samsung Galaxy A5 (SM-A500H) ?!
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Meizirkki:
Afaik no.

I downloaded the sources from samsung and got the stock kernel to compile, but that's about all I can do :P I'm completely lost with building the recovery and rom.

moonbutt74 are you still working on this? I have SM A300FU and I can do testing and get info from the device
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Marszalekk:
Well, there is a recovery for A5, here in this thread, see if you can port it. BTW why is the development so slow in A series?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] CTXz:
Moombutt74 needs a tester. He has one ready but no one is there to test it. Maybe pm him if you are willing to flash your device?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] cronociclope:
Hello, can you give support to Philz Recovery for SM-A500M? Please. Thanks in advance. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] drulo222:
Waiting to launch lolipop for sm a500xz. I have a question for those who know; there are a dozen a5 model number, can any lolipop be installed on these by any chance?

edit. Got auth error while trying to install thru odin the poland version.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] :
[MENTION=5819220]astrit1[/MENTION]

hi, can you repost the link to the verified working build?

Alternately would you be open to working in tandem to get it ported to

the other A5 devices where applicable?

I can get the kernel source and compile the kernel and dt.img binaries

and you can repack/mod the recovery for the intended target.

Users alternately need to post their stock recovery.img 's

thanks.

m
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] gustliks:
Anyone knows about Lollipop for A300FU? I saw something interesting at Samsung web page. There I can download user manual for A300FU(Lollipop). Just watch at web adress and for model number on first page. http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...-A300FU_UM_EU_Lollipop_Eng_Rev.1.0_150511.pdf
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] astrit1:
here is the link if you were asking about this one

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952609395

i am unable to do this since i updated to lollipop and that recovery is not working with lollipop

i could give you a tip there is something in init file which makes you recovery not working on 4.4.4 devces ,i changed that with the one from cwm recovery and worked
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] :
okay thanks :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Mey$aM:
hi moonbutt74

i have A500H/DS and i need CWM or Phills Recovery. i'm ready to be your tester :o

Please help me to know which file should i flash?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] :
hi , you will need to dump a copy of your stock recovery.img

you will need to search xda for the correct process to do so.

Then link me to the image and i'll give it a shot.

Be aware that if your device has a locked bootloader then a custom recovery may not be an available option for you.

What you guys really need is a developer who owns the phone [a3,a5] etc. to take up the cause.

Earlier in this thread are base line device tree and sources to help get that started.

Make use of them.

m
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] hagendanzs:
Use Kingroot procure no Google.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] wig1210:
Does sm-a500fu lollipop stock rom work on sm-a500f or will it brick my phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Bilgets:
Works great on A300H/DS
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] tonus76:
Works great on A300FU.

New Lollipop for Slovenia SM-A500FU:

Model SM-A500FU

Model name GALAXY A5

Country Slovenia

Version Android 5.0.2

Changelist 5026786

Build date Mon, 01 Jun 2015 06:38:39 +0000

Product code SIO

PDA A500FUXXU1BOF1

CSC A500FUOXX1BOF1

https://mega.nz/#!LcMl1azB!Zy1vD1kMznFp_5DPg3WHMnbCkfO3XaVm_Yceg-X4hE4
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] fneo61:
Is it a newer rom from A500FUXXU1BOE6? He has already installed the A500FUXXU1BOF1 ?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] Thepompa:
i updated my A500FU with the Russian lollipop update i saw earlier in the thread and its been running fine, apart from GPS problems.

i did some research and found that there is a module : unified daemon requesting GPS signal without my permission. i disabled this and the GPS worked flawlessly for about a week. I'm now still getting GPS signal lost and cant find a work around. seems like it could be a Lollipop problem?

has anyone else experienced this?
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] jimmybonetti:
Sorry, I don't understand what you are saying... did you installed a SM-A500FU rom on your A300FU?

Thanks

jimb0
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] tonus76:
Kingo root works great on A300FU.
[Samsung Galaxy Alpha] JeyJey16:
Does anyone know when Lollipop arrives to A3?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sara Pinto:
Hi

My TWRP recovery say´s

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

How can i fix this?

Thanks
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sara Pinto:
resolved
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QA Bot:
Q&A for [MOD]ReMap Menu and Home button on Note 4 Mini ROMs

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Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for [MOD]ReMap Menu and Home button on Note 4 Mini ROMs. If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Didar Kaz:
color window

Window color white, how to change?
[Galaxy Note 3 Neo Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] - shifu -:
what window are you talking about?

this mod modifies the menu and home buttons function only, nothing else...
[General Topics] clattewell:
Since upgrading to lollipop I'd noticed a couple of small niggles with me Galaxy S5. As I've not had to rebuild my phone since purchasing it, I decided a factory reset wouldn't do any harm. Since resetting, Google play services keeps waking my GPS and searching for my location, this happens every few minutes unless I turn the GPS off. I've got all the usual Google stalking features turned off (Google now, location history, location reporting) but I've still got the same issue. I've even reset again and unticked the box to restore my user data... But still Google want to know where I am.

Any ideas how to resolve this one? It's a pain if I have to keep turning my GPS off when I'm not using it, especially when I had no issue prior to factory resetting.
[General Topics] Planterz:
It's more likely one or several of the myriad of apps/services on your phone. Do you have a weather app on your phone? Well, how's it going to know how the weather is, if it doesn't know where you are? Facebook by default wants to know where you are so when you post or send a message, it tells everybody where you are. Even apps like music streamers want to know where you are so they can tell you where you were when you heard something. Lots of apps that you wouldn't expect to use GPS in fact do. The vast majority of this data collection is completely innocuous and harmless, but you always have the option to disallow it. Or not use the app(s) as well; remember, it was you that granted the app GPS permissions when you installed it.
[General Topics] clattewell:
Thanks for your suggestion, I don't think it is another app though. Prior to resetting my phone the 2nd and 3rd time I uninstalled any suspect apps one by one to see which one was the culprit. In the end I just went through the entire apps list and uninstalled/disabled everything I could, it made the phone really unstable and practically unusable but still didn't stop Google Play Services using my GPS every few minutes.

Any other ideas?
[General Topics] Planterz:
Try this:

http://androidforums.com/threads/is-there-an-app-to-track-which-app-uses-gps.732746/
[General Topics] deepu2543651:
how about "Android Device Manager " .. is that disabled?
[General Topics] justmpm:
There are a lot of guides about how to fix this. It isn't always the same service that is an issue...but you can try and disable some of the ones that are known to be problematic. For example see post #3 in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2785128
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] bigpapalove:
Hi all,

For some reason my car charger has fried the USB port on my M3100 so I can no longer charge or sync it. Orange are sending a replacement out tomorrow, but I had just upgraded the phone to the new HTC Rom. Obviously I need to get it back to being the Orange one.

As I can't do it via USB I am trying to flash the Orange ROM on using the SD method. However, when the phone resets after PWR+OK+SoftReset all I get is the tricolour screen with the following on it:

HERM100

IPL-1.01

HERM100

SPL-1.40.Olpro

Serial

I've extracted the .nbh file from the Orange .exe and have formatted my SD card as both FAT & FAT32 in Vista but with no luck. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance folks,

Bobby
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] LegolasTheElf:
Rename the .NBH file to HERMIMG.nbh and copy it to the root folder of your microSD card. Make sure there is NOTHING else on the card.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] bigpapalove:
I've formatted the card twice and put just the renamed HERMIMG.nbh file on it but it still doesn't work. I've never had a problem with the SD slot, or the card, so I don't think it could be that.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] Zgembo:
Funny, but i remember that it did not work here too... Flash just did not start at all, even if there was HERMIMG.nbh, and it was the only file on the card... Tried both FAT32 and FAT too. Funny. It was in the case of X01HT 1.09 original bootloader, if I remember right...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] bigpapalove:
Did you have any luck getting it to work? Or is it looking like I should have an unfortunate accident with some h2o before they come for it?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] pof:
try doing the same with SSPL if you can't get it to work from bootloader, or try using another microSD card. Or try resetting a few times... but don't throw h2o on it!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] bigpapalove:
I can't get anything to work via the miniUSB port so nothing that runs on the PC will help. I've just noticed that the tricolour screen comes on, then for a fraction of a second the screen goes grey with 'Loading No Image Found' then back to the tricolour.

The only other SD I can get my hands on is the same make as mine, so I doubt it would make any difference. And I've reset it loads of times while doing this but still nothing. I've tried sticking another nbh file on the card to see if it was just the Orange one it couldn't see, but a radio only one still didn't work.

It had all been going so well...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] bigpapalove:
Hold on, I might have cracked it...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] bigpapalove:
Nope, not yet. It gets as far as showing EXTROM - OK and the progress bar gets about a quarter of the way along then it seems to lock up. The bar hadn't moved for well over 10 mins, so I've soft reset it. Its has the first Orange splash screen now, but the rest is still the HTC ROM. Its a start I suppose.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] bigpapalove:
Hurrah! Rejoice! Its worked, and is back to the slow old crippled Orange ROM. Thanks for your help folks, much appriciated.

Roll on tomorrow night when I get to update my new one all over again!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] LegolasTheElf:
Good thing you documented what worked for you so that others can benefit too....... :mad:
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joenefloresca:
Hi I'm new to Oneplus One. My friend just gave it to me. I can't connect to any wifi connection. It also having a hard time

detecting one. I have wifi in my home which I'm using for my laptop and it works fine. Also tried rebooting it but no good.

I also tried flasing different builds :

cm-11.0-XNPH22R-bacon-signed-fastboot.zip

cm-11.0-XNPH33R-bacon-signed-fastboot.zip

cm-11.0-XNPH44S-bacon-signed-fastboot.zip

Still not working. Is this a known issue? I've been digging in the internet for almost

a day and can't find a fix for it. I'm living in the Philippines by the way. Hope you can help me.

I'm using a Sandstone Black 64GB Oneplus One.
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reefuge:
need someone with ROOT to OTA download and NOT install and to make a copy from phones root /cache with a root file explore app installed and save it to external sd card, then upload to fileshare for the GB / UK 5.0.2 OTA or a TWRP BACK UP if you've already installed it.
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] BruceFeuillette:
Here is a rooted stock ROM for the COA2 release.

Busybox is installed too. And all is functionnal this time. :D

Download : http://bit.ly/1AnMfjK
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] dabenaute:
Thx mate : D
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] qwen_x21:
Thanks