yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MattC867:
Hi guys, longtime lurker here, I just want to confirm I understand the current process for the AT&T S5 before I begin -- that way hopefully minimize operator error. I have past experience tinkering with my S3 (flashing custom roms and such), but I just upgraded to S5 last week and it seems less straightforward. I've been reading a lot of your posts which have all be very helpful. Yes/No confirmation that what I write below is correct would be greatly appreciated! :)

My device is running unrooted stock 4.4.4 OA1 build from OTA update. In order to gain root and start uninstalling bloatware, I will:

1.) Root with the instructions here:

http://xdaforums.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-root-g900aucu2aoa1-4-4-4-2-3-2015-t3021120

2.) Install Safestrap with the instructions here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53659958#post53659958

3.) Use safestrap to clone my stock rooted setup to a new ROM slot.

4.) Tinker around with that ROM slot.

Final questions:

1.) I found a lot of instructions for installing safestrap on this device, but couldnt find information about removing it. Can you uninstall through the safestrap app once booted into stock with safestrap disabled? Then factory reset? Just want to make sure I can undo everything if I need to return for any reason.

2.) Would I be able to upgrade the stock portion to lollipop when it releases? I assume this may break root, but I'm wondering if it would still leave safestrap and alternate ROM functioning.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] FilthyFord:
You can run a rom slot but your battery life will suffer. I'd make a backup of your stock rom and keep it on the sd card then flash the custom rom in the stock slot. I'm not sure what the deal is with the rom slots but it is not battery friendly.

Edit : and yes i used that method to root my phone as well and used the safestrap method. Remember that you must have Busy box and super su to use stafestrap.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MattC867:
Thanks, that sounds like good advice regarding battery life. Good to hear you used the same methods too.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hamed_forum:
in stock android 5 how to mount ssd card in windows?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morto81:
Hi!

I have a iPhone 6 clone mtk6572 that I tried to flash with this room:

needrom.com/download/kiphone-i6-lte-mt6572/

When i try to flash with sp-flah i get Error 4032:

Enable DRAM Failed.

Somehow know what the issue can be and if i can unbrick it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] actnada:
Uninstall vcom and reinstalar driver.

If that fails uses a new data cable.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwert940:
I found a bigger battery for Defy MB525 which has(theoretically) capacity rated as 3500mAh(it is much thicker than original battery so there is a possibility it will last longer and that it isn't only a sticker with bigger capacity printed on it). However the problem is I own Defy+ MB526 which battery is 3.8V and the bigger battery voltage is only 3.7V. Is there a way to change Defy+ kernel to Defy so the battery will work properly or should I put it in without any changes and it will work fine as well.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gautamjoshi:
Hi Everyone,

I'm a fan of XDA developers. I've solved many small android issues from the tips and tricks I got from XDA. This time it's about my HTC One M7 which is dead from the last 5 months. I've shown it many so called engineers here in Chandigarh but no one could solve the problem. There are many similar threads on internet but I'm looking for a zero to end solution. The problem is that I got my HTC One M7 from Philippines and it worked well since a bad day. I got my software updated over wifi and after two-three days my phone got restarted and got struck on the Bootloader screen with the following message:

*** TAMPERED ***

*** LOCKED ***

*** Security Warning ***

M7_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RH

HBOOT-1.57.0000

RADIO-4T.28.3218.

Open DSP-v32.12-0.274.0909

OS-6.13.707.1

eMMC-boot 2048MB

Jul 22 2014, 23:24:41.0

Then I tried some methods and phone started showing Unlocked instead of Locked and then further a friend of mine changed the same to Relocked mode and below is the current status:

*** TAMPERED ***

*** RELOCKED ***

*** Security Warning ***

M7_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RH

HBOOT-1.57.0000

RADIO-4T.28.3218.

Open DSP-v32.12-0.274.0909

OS-6.13.707.1

eMMC-boot 2048MB

Jul 22 2014, 23:24:41.0

Guys, please help me get my phone alive as I'm very upset and need to get it well.

*Please note that I can't do anything, the phone doesn't boots, if it does it strucks on the HTC logo screen.

Please Please Please HELP me with a step by step GUIDE!!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Hi :)

Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. Please standby while we have your thread/question moved to the appropriate sub-forum for your device.

For future reference you can find your device sub-forum here (bookmark/subscribe this):

HTC One

Within that section you will find a dedicated q&a sub-forum (this is where your thread is going to be moved to):

One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Good luck!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
The files you need are here >> http://xdaforums.com/htc-one/development/stock-rom-6-13-707-1-asia-t2879487

while your bootloader is relocked flash the firmware first

you need fastboot / adb folder on a windows PC

Get it here >> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588979

to flash firmware you download it and place it in the fastboot folder and rename it firmware.zip

Shut down the phone and hold volume down plus power to get in to the bootloader / fastboot USB

open a command prompt and type

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fastboot flash zip firmware.zip

fastboot flash zip firmware.zip

fastboot reboot

After flashing the firmware the phone may boot up .. if it still hangs continue on

Flash custom recovery

first you have to unlock the booloader @ htcdev.com - just follow the instructions

next you download TWRP 2.8.4.0 here >> http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7

and flash it in fastboot

fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-m7.img

fastboot erase cache

fastboot reboot-bootloader

Now enter recovery ... you should see your phone from your PC

In TWRP choose backup and check only boot or cache something small - this will create the folders you need to copy the Nandroid you downloaded above too.

after the backup, check the sdcard on the phone from your PC, you should see a dir named TWRP

you want to extract the nandroid to TWRP/BACKUPS/YOURphoneSERIAL/backups go here

after you have it copied their go back to the phone and choose restore / you should see the Nandroid you just copied their

choose it and check all the boxes to restore everything (mainly System)

when it's done reboot to recovery / choose Wipe / factory reset / then reboot and your phone should be working again
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Little K:
Sorry for annoying you and i'm not hijacking the op . Mime htc one is in the same situation.

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.56.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 4A.23.3263.28

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 4.20.607.6

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m7_ul

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064

(bootloader) modelid: PN0714000

(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__044

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4024mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-59adc32b

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

finished. total time: 0.062s

And i want to download a ruu.exe or řuu.zip. But i dont know what file to download . Please help me. I downloaded a ruu.exe for HTC 044 and relocked . But ruu.exe error 155 showed.

Sorry for my bad English. Thanks.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
Sorry their are no RUU files for your phone, You will have to S-off with sunshine and convert your phone to another edition

in the mean time, unlock your bootloader / flash TWRP (instruction above) / and choose a kitkat rom for your phone and flash it

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407579965
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Little K:
So where can i get sunshine and i want to flash ruu for i have e: can't mount sd card error in recovery. Any thing can i do apart from ruu to solve the problem coz recovery says no os. Sorry for annoying you.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
in recovery go to wipe / format data / click yes reboot recovery when it's done and flash your rom

SunShine S-Off

http://theroot.ninja/
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gautamjoshi:
thanks a lot. ILet me try this all and I'll get back to you for further help. Meanwhile, please confirm have you considered the fact that my phone only goes to two screens:

either to the bootloader screen or to the htc logo startup screen.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
Yes - you flash the firmware / custom recovery from the bootloader screen

after those you will be able to enter TWRP recovery and move on to restoring the Nandroid
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gautamjoshi:
Hi,

I'm not able to unlock the bootloader from Relock. As soon as I put in the last details, the phone reboots with pink "Entering Recovery......." lines on the top and doesn't do any thing.

Moreover, below is also an error while flashing the firmware:

target reported max download size of 1514139648 bytes..

What to do??? Stuck again :(
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
you can't do anything until the bootloader is unlocked, Unless you can find a RUU that matches your exact software version (not likely)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Little K:
Hi. I can reunlock bootloader and i installed twrp nobcb. And after that i can't only mount system. At that time, i saw a post that i can flash rom from usb-otg. So i downloaded viperone 7.0.2 and installed. After installing, my htc one in bootloop state and can't get into recovery mode. I flashed twrp 2.7 nobcb, twrp 2.8.3.0 and cwm 6.0.4.3. But nothing works. Ps . I flashed boot.img from viperone rom and erase cache

What should i do now? Active cmdline overflow reappeared. And what rom should i try now? Coz i have a very slow connection.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gautamjoshi:
You helped me a lot by providing the step by step guide. Please again help by telling what is the reason that my bootloader is not getting unlocked from relocked condition from HTC Dev. Please help.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] herculeesjr:
So I found a Behringer UCA202 DAC online for really cheap and thought why not try it just for fun. Everything I've read says having one can help a bit and I figured at the least it would sound the same, but I plugged it into my Nexus 5 via OTG then plugged the AUX cord to my Jeep into the DAC and all bass and pretty much any other level of detail is gone from my music whether it's from Pandora, YouTube HD, or FLAC audio files. Audio sound quality is equal to listening to music over old mono bluetooth, you hear it fine but any highs and lows are removed. Has anyone else used this DAC that could give some suggestions?

Otherwise it's just as I assumed, DACs are pointless on good quality phones and that's why I can't find any DAC threads with the Nexus 5 involved.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] theesotericone:
Ummm, it's not a DAC. It's an interface.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] herculeesjr:
Yes, with a DAC in it. You need a DAC to get audio output through USB, there is no analog audio output through USB/USB OTG...
[Nexus 5 Accessories] theesotericone:
Yes it has a DAC but it's not meant as a stand alone DAC. It's an interface or soundcard. Does your phone have enough juice to even operate the thing? Also for a device that sells for less than 30 bucks what exactly where you expecting? Get a real DAC. You will notice a huge difference. Until then do some more research on what you have and see if your meeting it's power requirements.

This is actually a pretty good review of the unit with lots of technical info.

http://nwavguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/behringer-uca202-review.html
[Nexus 5 Accessories] herculeesjr:
While I can't see power being an issue I suppose I'll test with my Nexus 7 and laptop. I know it's a cheap DAC but I've read many reviews using this DAC with tablets and phones for car audio, along with the nwavguy in-depth review and testing showing how it's not a multi-hundred dollar unit but still does amazingly well. My issue is it doesn't even sound decent. It sounds like I'm playing rap/hip-hop through an old Nokia on speaker phone, you can hear it clearly but there's no depth.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] herculeesjr:
So I tossed this DAC in a closet after I got bored of trying to make it work right and forgot about it for a year or so till earlier today when I found it while cleaning. My Nexus 5 has been retired and serves no purpose other than a security camera now. I now have a Samsung Galaxy S5 and an RCA Maven Pro tablet. The RCA Maven Pro is an 11.1inch 2-in-1 Android tablet with detachable keyboard for around $120. You'd assume it's horrible thanks to the brand and price but they managed to cut corners in all the right places it seems. Downsides are no GPS, 1GB of RAM, terrible cameras, and a horrible speaker. Other than that it has faithfully replaced my $1200 laptop with zero issues other than adjusting to ditching Windows.

Now back on track when I listen to music I'm either using an aux cord plugged into my work truck or bluetooth when using headphones or in my new car. When doing a side by side comparison bluetooth, to no surprise, shows no difference between my Maven and S5. However when using an aux cord the RCA doesn't put out as much bass and highs are... I guess not as clear? I think audiophiles are insane most of the time so it's hard for me to describe when I do notice a difference. Anyways I plugged the UCA202 into the RCA's USB port (no OTG here, it has a full size USB port) and plugged my Sony MDR-XB950BT headphones in to it with an aux cord (these headphones are 100% passive when wired, no bass boost or other enhancements) and sound quality is just as great as my S5, all bass and highs are restored. Just to further the test I plugged it into my S5 and did the same test with the same results. These are the same FLAC song files from the same network location that my Nexus 5 was playing a year ago.

The whole time the issue was something in my Nexus 5. What it was I don't know and sorry you guys I don't plan on investigating, I just wanted to inform everyone that the Behringer UCA202 is in fact a quality budget DAC since this thread is a top Google result for "Behringer UCA202 Android". If you have a cheap device that you want the audio to be on par with the high end phones this will do it, and for my original purpose of at the same time giving a bit of amplification for a weak head unit without distortion it does that decently too. To finish this off I am NOT an audiophile. Just a human with human hearing that likes songs with bass on car head units that weren't always designed for it (I glued a 80mm CPU fan to the back of the HU in my Jeep :svetius: ) So take my finer details however you'd like.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] hachiroku:
the DAC works great for my Nexus 7 2013 model.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] santi1993:
maybe otg cable is sh1tty
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ch3mn3y:
Great! Anyone can make it (at lest) system and data as zip for multiboot?

Sent using C6833 - Resurrection Remix/GreatDevs v2
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
I will, but first corrections on the fastboot images.

And I will include here on the topic the github necessary repos and the changes too.

Yes, I won't forget the multiboot version.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] theinspector:
Anyone test it? Thanks a lot op. I'll give it a shot in a day or so to see how it is, looks pretty sweet.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] sibax:
I would test but I have no computer. Waiting for flashable zip etc.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pride007.2012:
Same here, I am willing to give it a try but waiting for flashable zip.

Sent from my C6802
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] theinspector:
I guess I'll be the guinea pig. I'll test this later and report back bugs and what works.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] qwasz123:
I'm willing to test, but is this just a hacked together version or is there hope it will work?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
I want to have a try but still don't know how to install
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ch3mn3y:
Unlock bootloader and flash using fastboot as first post says (similar like flashing kernel without using flashtool or recovery)

Sent using C6833 - AICP/GreatDevs
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
do it in ubuntu desktop?? *.tar.gz cant be flashed useing recovery ? how to do
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
In Ubuntu desktop use this instructions:

sudo apt-get install wget

ROOTFS="vivid-preinstalled-touch-armhf.tar.gz"

wget -c "http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch/daily-preinstalled/current/$ROOTFS" -O "$OUT/$ROOTFS"

$ROOTSTOCK_DIR/rootstock-touch-install "$OUT/$ROOTFS" "$OUT/system.img"
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
Only these commad?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
Yes it is.

I'll test it Saturday, when i'm done of the exams at college.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
Type these what's the next? Reboot to recovery?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
Just type on Ubuntu desktop those commands.

Than reboot. No reboot to recovery it won't be needed.

With my system image flash as I said through the new method.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
Can I use Ubuntu desktop on VMware? Just connect my phone and type these four commad and reboot to system? Don't need to put other files to phone or computer? Thanks very much. Sorry for my poor English.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
Yes you can on VMWare.

Power on the VM, connect the device.

And follow my instructions. When are done, reboot the Z Ultra.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
Here is 01:41 I'll go to sleep.I'll try it again wait for my good news.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
Okay. That's fine.

If the boot doesn't work I'll fix on Saturday.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
oh，don't need to Flash boot.IMG system.IMG ??
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
Yes, it won't be necessary
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
I'll try it now wait for my good news

---------- Post added at 12:25 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:05 AM ----------

the phone is power on or in fastboot?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
after type these the computer has no action,why
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
Did you reboot the phablet with android tools, because the reboot is through adb.

Okay I'll tell more specific how to do later.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
It has no use only the sony on screen and dont install Ubuntu touch
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
How to build a zip
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
I'm going to update the topic although I'm going to test the rom later.

after testing it, i'll explain everything with too many details.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
OK best wishes to you

---------- Post added at 03:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:02 PM ----------

If you succeeded, please tell more clearly steps to do. Thanks!
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
What's the result you try
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
I'm going to try after lunch.

Than I'l say it here.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
What's the time there now?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
Have you started yet?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
16:16 p.m.

I'm trying to fix the kernel for ubuntu using the check-config command for verification.

without check-config the images work on building with check-config the images aren't created successfully
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
I wish you succeed. Wait for good news.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
You have successfully installed it?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] perez6991:
Stop nagging for a working build, he has other things to do other than be here on xda. I dont want to be rude also but stop flooding the thread with useless posts, they aren't contributing anything.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] alphaprosper12:
Did it support multirom ?I am excited about this
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ch3mn3y:
Not for now as there is no zip to flash using recovery

Sent using R800i - AuroraPLAY/LuPuS_GB
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
Almost fixing done for Sony Xperia Z Ultra compliant.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
Please tell me more clear steps
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] theinspector:
Please stop bothering the op. He has a life, XDA comes second. If and when he decides to post the steps then he will.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
OK OK，sorry
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
It's out.

Updated topic on #1 post.

Check it out. Please.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ch3mn3y:
I want to try it today. One thing before: do i need to build anything by my onw or its enough if i use imgs from ubuntu-new.zip

Sent using C6833 - AICP/GreatDevs
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
Just the Ubuntu_new.zip and the vivid-preintalled tar.gz file.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] halifage:
Can i flash the zip in recovery? Very interested to try it as well
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ch3mn3y:
Where i find this vivid-preintalled tar.gz? I dont see it in OP and on canonical site

Or is it the vivid-preinstalled-touch-armhf.tar.gz one?

And how to flash tar.gz file? With.zip or .img/.sin/.elf I know what to do, but .tar.gz? Is there any ubuntu recovery which use tar.gz ike android recoveries .zips?

@up

There is no zip to flash for now.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
root@ubuntu:/home/love# sudo fastboot boot recovery.img

downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 0.568s]

booting...

FAILED (remote: dtb not found)

finished. total time: 0.619s

what's the matter when this appear?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
sudo fastboot flash boot boot.img

the images are in the cd daily ubuntu site.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
ok, I'll try again.

the same situation.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] VipiN'n'DroiD:
would be awesome to add some screenshots .. anyone who has flashed this ROM ?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
I guess there's something wrong with boot.img
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
I flashed it. The issue is not in the boot.img is on the system image.

I'll fix it. If the issue is on both files, it will be necessary more modifications to boot Ubuntu successful.

Cheers.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Forever5212138:
The issue is after boot boot.img, Regardless of the system. I think. Wishes to you.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
Hi there everyone. Today I will fix the procedures after boot.img fastboot flashing. I hope to give the files fixed today London schedule night.

Almost done. I got a system image bigger, boot image I think it's fixed, now the recovery image I will fixing it this week.

I will try otapackage tomorrow, I'm compling too for my Samsung Galaxy S3 through otapackage. I've done the built too for S3 whole images. I will take care both otapackages at the same time.

Cheers.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
Hi there!

Almost make otapackage build successful.

Cheers.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pride007.2012:
Does development stopped or something?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
No. It doesn't stop. I didn't released nothing in these last days because I have to the same port on Galaxy S3.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] pride007.2012:
I am very relieved to hear that. Thanks
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Keyvannn:
Screen shot please
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
I'm going back to the port tomorrow. With college until Thursday night. I can only work on the port Fridays and weekends.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] astronfestmon:
I will update this topic tomorrow. I have the boot.img like kexec kernel and a new tutorial topic here.

I will have all the sources at github tomorrow. A new version for Sony Z Ultra at dev-host too.

The boot.img file is fixed to dtb error. At last.

The topic #1 is updated.