yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] MooreAJr:
Wait, but I thought flashing an entire previous firmware resulted in hard-bricks because of Knox and its bootloader? I am not willing to try a flash of an old firmware if it risks bricking my device.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] banccalif:
You can flash any stock tar without hard bricking. I've went from 4.4.4 to 5.0 and back prior to running the latest Android version with no problems
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
Correct, all G900P firmware aboots allow for downgrading to any of them via Odin. As for the above process, even though there is no risk of permanent damage to your device it would help Everyone if someone with enough experience attempt it so that we can get accurate results. There is no point in someone with little experience trying it and doing it incorrectly then reporting back that it did not work.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] MooreAJr:
Alright, sounds good then. I'll give it all a go :)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] MooreAJr:
I can confirm that you guys method totally works! I always thought the process was simple enough but was worried about downgrading after reading about hard-bricks on the forums. I downgraded to stock firmware version G900PVPU1ANE5 and applied towelroot. I then followed your instructions and I am now rooted on OA6 with a 0x0 Knox counter. System status shows custom of course so no chance of an OTA update, but this method is awesome! Thank you! :)

Screenshots below...
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
Nice! I will find the name of the guy that theorized this would work and give proper kudos. Thx for testing!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] MooreAJr:
No problem, anytime! :)
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] deafboy:
Excellent!!! Props to Bryanu and you for taking the risk! Thanks so much!!!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] bads3ctor:
Sprint S5 Stock 4.4.2 ROM(towelroot rootable)

Is Here: http://www.rwilco12.com/Files/Devic...)/Stock ROMs/NE5/Original TAR/SM-G900P_NE5.7z
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
What does this have to do with this thead?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] bads3ctor:
If you are on any Stock ROM above 4.4.2 and are unrooted, the only way to get rooted and still have Knox 0x0 is to downgrade to 4.4.2, root with Towelroot, and then do your flashes.

You might want to put this in OP so your thread is not filled with questions about how to go from an unrooted Stock Lollipop to a Knox 0x0 rooted Stock Lollipop.

Edit: I can verify that after downgrading from Stock Lollipop to 4.4.2 using the link in my post above does indeed downgrade with Knox still 0x0 as MooreAJr has stated in his post.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tizianop6:
After the dumbest idea ever of downgrading to KitKat, I think i soft bricked my phone, it doesn't boot up.

When i try to flash a stock rom from bootloader it says:

hab check failed for recovery
hab check failed for boot

And when i try flashing a ROM or wiping on TWRP says:

unable to mount /data
unable to mount /cache

I tried everything i saw on XDA after googling many times the errors, nothing worked :crying:

One strange thing I saw was that when I tried "fastboot format data" it returned: "formatting is not supported for filesystem with type '' " , so, maybe, is a problem with the filesystem?

Help me, please :crying:
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tizianop6:
Done

Finally, I made it work, I erased and formatted all what i can, then through TWRP I formatted Data and now it works :D
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.Ju:
Can you tell me the detail how to operate? Thanks!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tizianop6:
I formatted all partitions through "fastboot erase" and other commands,flashed TWRP recovery, and then through TWRP I re-formatted all partitions
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpmaroco:
Hi Mr. Ju,

I am having the exact same problem. I tried to use:

mfastboot devices

mfastboot erase userdata

mfastboot erase cache

mfastboot reboot

But it did not work. I sitll have the "hab check failed for boot" and hancheck failed for recovery" when I tried to reflash the GPE5.1 rom.

Can you please post all the mfastboot commands you used?

Thanks

Jº
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lost101:
Fastboot erase command is extremely dangerous and should not be played with.

[MENTION=384447]jpmaroco[/MENTION] - Is your Bootloader locked?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpmaroco:
Thanks lost101

No my boatloader is unlocked. I can't even wipe/factory reset with TWRP :(
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lost101:
Try using mfastoot: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347778493

Providing a log is helpful. Copy and paste command prompt after doing fastboot commands.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpmaroco:
Dear lost101,

Thanks for answering back. Here is the log:

E:\>mfastboot devices

TA92908ERZ fastboot

E:\>mfastboot erase userdata

erasing 'userdata'...

OKAY [ 0.016s]

finished. total time: 0.016s

E:\>mfastboot erase cache

erasing 'cache'...

OKAY [ 0.016s]

finished. total time: 0.016s

E:\>mfastboot reboot

rebooting...

finished. total time: 0.000s
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lost101:
[MENTION=384447]jpmaroco[/MENTION] - I meant a log of you flashing the Firmware Image.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lost101:
Latest GPE 5.1 Firmware Image: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982086992480

Use mfastboot.

Use these commands only:

mfastboot flash partition gpt.bin

mfastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img

mfastboot flash logo logo.bin

mfastboot flash boot boot.img

mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2

mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3

mfastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin

mfastboot erase modemst1

mfastboot erase modemst2

mfastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn

mfastboot erase cache

mfastboot erase userdata

mfastboot reboot​
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lost101:
Yes. Emmc appears now to be read-only - an issue that is regularly reported on this forum and one that has no solution.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpmaroco:
No solution? Só my moto g is dead for good and there's no way to recover it? :( :( :(
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venkatramana.ganta:
moto g2 4g model rooted after booting is failed

hi i am venkat

i am rooted my moto g2 4g , battery is low mobile is shutdown, after i am trying to power on the device one binary code is coming in that device is Locked status code : 0 showing

i am trying to start normal mode ,recovery mode, factory mode, but i am fail , i dont know how to solve this, please help me,

thank you ...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Andr0id_Happy:
Hello all,

I own a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 plus (GT-P6210) and have a few questions or considerations to make.

I searched the forum for answers but cannot find it.

Currently my tab is not rooted or running custom firmware.

Android version 3.2 Honeycomb is installed since the purchase, but I cannot download updates.

The OTA updater says no update available and the Samsung Kies software also says 3.2 is the most recent version.

On the internet I find lots of news articles writing about Samsung official update to ICS 4.0 and even JB, which I cannot download.

Does somebody know how to get official update from Samsung for the tablet?

If not, I consider rooting the tablet and download the official firmware myself.

After a lot of research I have some question marks for the procedure.

I want to install CWM with root.

Backup my Android 3.2 ROM via CWM.

Update Android 3.2 to 4.1 via Odin.

But, as far as I know, the root access will be removed when using Odin to flash official firmware.

CWM does not work without root, so how will I get root access after flashing Android 4.1?

Sorry for the large story, but I do not know how to write this shorter.

I am looking forward to your replies.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] PanchoPlanet:
After installing the updated firmware you redo the root procedure and install cwm again, after you can use Romtoolbox to remove unwanted Samsung bloatware and lighten you ROM so as to speed up your tab.

Pp.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Anas Satria:
First, you need to upgrade your tab to 4.1 with odin. You can find the firmware at sammobile. Then flash cwm/twrp from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2538507

To root you can flash supersu 2.46
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Andr0id_Happy:
Thanks for your replies!

I am using Android 4.1 now for a few months on the tablet, works great!

Very happy that Odin did good work.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] daiash:
not much around in the form of waterproof when it comes to the note 4, so i'm gonna order one of these ebay specials.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Waterproo...387?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item20f2b0eb93

only for occasional use when i know i'm gonna be out in the rain.

will post review once i've got it.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] felloffthetruck:
I would trust a zip lock bag over that cheap looking POS to keep my Note 4 dry. :p Just my crazy opinion. :silly:
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] daiash:
I've got a Spigen Tough Armor for general everyday use, shame the mainstream case makers don't do anything IP Rated.

Sent from my Note 4
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] jpinks:
Just ordered this one from Supcase. Will have to see when it arrives. 6-23 arrival no prime shipping on the unit. :P

http://www.amazon.com/SUPCASE-Resistant-Full-body-Protector-Samsung/dp/B00RJHF1WE/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1425254215&sr=8-16&keywords=note+4+waterproof+case
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] daiash:
I have seen that one but last few times I've ordered from the US I've been stung by import tax in the UK.

Sent from my Note 4
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] afunderburg:
Ghostek Atomic Waterproof case for Note 4

I found this on Amazon, i can post links yet. But does anyone have experience with this brand on previous devices. Its on preorder for 14.95, regular 79.95. I thought i would give it a try since lifeproof has no plans for making a case for the note 4, according to there reply to user inquiry on facebook.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] jpinks:
I asked that question too and got some not to good replies. On Ghostek. They seem to sell a lot of other companies cases just rebranded is what I took from it.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] _-..zKiLLA..-_:
This case looks badass. But it really urges not to submerge which is probably the only reason I'd buy a water resistant case :/
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] daiash:
I've had the case yesterday, left it submerged in water about 1 foot deep, all night! With some tissue paper inside and no water got in.

The case is cheaply built hence the price, and you can barely hear through the ear piece, but works OK on speaker phone. Only wanted it as an occasional case if I know I'm going to be in a wet environment. In the meantime I'll be waiting for UK supplier for SUPCASE waterproof.

Sent from my Note 4
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] greekunit690:
Ordered same as op and tested it without the note 4 inside and it worked so I trusted it with the phone also and it's been holding up very well. It's call audio is shot though but I don't care as I'll only be using this for underwater photography

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] jpinks:
I just want some water resistance as lots of times I am out in bad weather. I hate having to fight with ATT over insurance which is what I have to do it seems anytime I have had to deal with them on it.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] LeeChat:
Underwater photo/video

Did you ever get to use it underwater? Did you shoot any video? I would like to use this at a water park. I bought the ghostek for my note 4 & it appeared to be working fine. However, I recently caught it leaking water in a 4th test I conducted. When I submerged it, I immediately noticed tiny bubbles escaping from the flip cover at the bottom. My Spen was wet. Now, I am hesitant to use it as a cheap alternative to a GoPro. Also, the responsiveness of the screen underwater is very hit or miss. Very difficult to get the camera button to operate. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Note 4 Accessories] greekunit690:
Yes I've used it underwater pleanty of tines. Never leaked. Only thing that annoys me is the ****ty sound that comes with all underwater cases
[General Questions and Answers] ProGamerGov:
Would like to use Manual Camera and other apps that use Lollypop's Camera2 API, on my Samsung Galaxy Core LTE which is currently stuck at Android 4.4.2 with no Lollypop update coming. :(

Does anyone know how to accomplish this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] robby0328:
I have recently purchased a Verizon note 2 and I'm on the att network and have a few questions. I know with this new knoxs security you can't downgrade so I can unlock the bootloader and install clockworkmod. I've done loads of research and I still have a few questions. Can I downgrade this phone to unlock it. If I got into Odin mode it doesn't show knoxs. Also if I can do I have to install Verizon roms or can I put the att roms on it. The only experience I have is with rooting an older HTC phone. Thank you for your time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] drarkanex:
If you feel yourself being handy and don't mind taking a risk of damaging your phone permanently. There is a way to downgrade the bootloader. Here is the link. I've personally done this myself when i borked my bootloader and I was able to restore the Bootloader in SD Card mode (Shorting the resistor on the board). It worked for me. If you decide to try it, make a response in that thread with your findings. I have a screenshot in that thread on what the screen should look like in SD Card mode.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=58485057
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] robby0328:
I think I'll try that. If it works could I put an ATT JEDI rom on it? or would it have to be the Verizon variant?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] drarkanex:
I have an i605 running the t0lte version of Clean ROM. I've put the ATT JediX on mine before no problems. I'm on straighttalk now. Verizon roms worked on straighttalk, only problem I had was incoming numbers area code always preceeded with a +1, moved to ATT Roms and no problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] robby0328:
Didn't work for me. Do you have the Verizon Software Upgrade Assistant for the note 2 so I can attempt a repair xD
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] drarkanex:
Try slimkat att version.. W3 26. This is what I'm on now. Also be sure to flash philz recovery for the 7105 so your phone appears to the ROM as a 7105 and not a 605
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] robby0328:
I can't flash anything right now. I attempted to flash ND7 back to at least get something working but it just goes to the Samsung galaxy note screen. I tried to use the PIT but that didn't work either. I can get into odin mode and recovery but in recovery is says that everything is missing when it tries to mount and when I try to wipe is says something about block error.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] robby0328:
Looks exactly like this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hami497:
will this work to downgrade from 4.4.2 to 4.1?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] drarkanex:
I believe so. Be sure to have a 4.4.2 bootloader handy in case it doesn't work. SD card mode saved my ass
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] hami497:
So if the 4.1 bootloader doesnt work I should use 4.4.2 bootloader in sd card mode?
[Android General] Keth Tenderfoot:
The LG Optimus F3Q (D520) is a phone with "Five-Line Slide-Out QWERTY Keyboard with PC-Like Shortcuts" (LG website). Missing from the keyboard however, is the "Ctrl" key. This brief guide shall attempt to show how an arbitrary key may be remapped for it.

Root the phone. Saferoot by k1mu works for this phone, although I found that the phone did appear to hang should one try to reboot or power off using the hardware power button after rooting. Removing and replacing the battery boots up the phone without issue should that happen. Software-based rebooting works fine.

Install your favourite file explorer for root users. ES File Explorer File Manager worked well for me.

On the phone, navigate to the "/system/usr/keylayout" directory.

Make a copy of the "f3q-keypad.kl" file and put it somewhere safe in case you need to revert to it.

Edit the "f3q-keypad.kl" file using a text editor.

Look for the line "key 100 ALT_RIGHT	WAKE_DROPPED". This corresponds to the fn key on the right side of the keyboard.

Replace "ALT_RIGHT" with "CTRL_RIGHT".

Exit the file and save. View it again to verify that your changes have been saved.

Reboot.

Try it out. Ctrl-C should work in a terminal emulator.

To have even greater control over the remapping, you would also need to edit the "f3q-keypad.kcm" file in the "/system/usr/keychars" directory.

Note! If you are using connectbot, please obtain at least version 1.8.1 from connectbot at GitHub. Version 1.7.1 of connectbot in the Google Play store did not recognise the Ctrl command when I tried. Thus, it may be possible that some other programs may also not recognise the Ctrl command.

Disclaimer: I mucked around a lot by trial and error as version 1.7.1 of connectbot was tripping me up, so I had changed a lot more things than what I had listed in the steps above. However, looking back at it, I doubt that any other changes I had made were truly necessary.

Helpful stuff:

appelflap has a button remapper app, which I installed, but didn't appear to be able to do what I wanted. However, the KeynrTracker.apk he linked is very helpful should you very quickly want to know which key corresponds to what.

References:

Key Layout Files

Key Character Maps Files

List of Unicode characters

Other thoughts:

I found Link2SD and Foldermount [ROOT] to be indispensible for this phone.
[Android General] OfficerJimLahey:
Thanks! I just might try replacing that pesky write and share app key with CTRL...

It would satisfy a request of mine for my F3Q ROM.

EDIT: Downloaded the app. Because pressing the key pushes the app to the background, it won't capture.

Last line of the file though says "WRITE_SHARE". Think I got somewhere.

Sure did, "WRITE_SHARE" now replaced with "CTRL_LEFT", and is working like a charm!
[Android General] Keth Tenderfoot:
Glad this helped somebody ! :)
[Android General] brenyoka:
how to deal with sticky keys?
[Android General] BLF:
Polish keyboard mapping on F3Q

Hi, I'm sharing my .kcm and .kl files of the F3Q used with the Polish characters mapped to the respective keys.

(Note to the German users of F3Q: you might edit my f3q-keypad.kcm file ,and map your äöüß characters to the aous keys, if you feel like having your language version of the mapping.)

Keyboard allocation modifications:

SEARCH key mapped to TAB

WRITE_SHARE key mapped to CTRL_LEFT

ALT_RIGHT key mapped to CTRL_RIGHT

PL layout: [ęąółżźćń] mapped on ctrl+[eaolzxcn]

PL layout: [„] mapped on ctrl+[k]

PL layout: [”] mapped on ctrl+[,]

The files have to replace /system/usr/keychars/f3q-keypad.kcm and /system/usr/keylayout/f3q-keypad.kl respectively to be active.
[Android General] spacemoere:
Hallo Pruszków,

Thanx for your polish Keymaps, great work!!!

At the moment I try to modfy them to German. It works fine so far, but now my question is, how can I use the right "fn" key (which is the new ctrl/alt key) without pressing at the same moment as the vowel/consonant, which I want to modify? With the left "fn" key I can first press the button, then release it and it holds its function.

Do you know what I mean?

Would be fantastic, if there is a solution too;)!

Best regards & dziękuję,

sÖren
[Android General] BLF:
fn/alt or ctrl?

Hi Sören,

Thanks for sharing your feedback. I'm glad my stuff could be of some help to you!

Well, the "fn" labeled key was originally associated with the "alt" behavior. The "alt" keeps its mode when you press and release it. But I mapped the right "fn" to the "ctrl" bahavior, and... "ctrl" works just when you press and hold it. So, what to do in your case?

You might get back to the original "fn' mapping (in the .kl file) and keep the right "fn" as "alt", and then define äöüß (in the .kcm file) in combination with "alt" instead of "ctrl".

But...

there is a challenge with the special characters already mapped to the keys. E.g. let's take the key "u". Originally "alt" and "u" prints "+". When you'd map "alt" and "u" as "ü" then you'd loose any possibility to get "+". I have no good idea how to resolve that well. Maybe you'd map "+" to: "ctrl" and "u"? Then you'd use "ctrl" only from the key 59 (CTRL_LEFT), as the key 100 you'd map back to ALT_RIGHT.

The bottom line is: you'd need to choose between "alt" and "ctrl" stuff when deciding your settings.

In my case I took "ctrl" for my Polish mapping, as I'm used to press and hold the "fn" to print the Polish characters. If you're used to press and release, to print a German character, you might consider using "alt" instead.

I hope this helps.

Tschüs,

Bernard
[Android General] Hochairo:
Remapping IME

Thank you for the post Keth, very easy explained.

I am wondering about modifying not the standard character map, but the LG Keyboard IME.

I could not find any alternative input method with a good support for physical keyboard and good dictionaries, so I thought it may be better to modify the included input method than using a different one, correct me if I am wrong.

So I extracted the LGEIMEbin.apk from the system/apps directory, and opened it on the computer to figure out how to modify it.

Keyboard layout are saved in XML, so I supposed it should be easy to modify with a text editor like Notepad++, and just say for every key or combination of keys what kind of character do I want.

Well, I was wrong, as the xml do not contain any clear structure that is in any way possible to understand as it was for f3q-keypad.kcm and f3q-keypad.kl.

I tried to open all kind of xml files included in the LGEIMEbin.apk, and all of them presented non recognised characters, as you can see in the picture that can be found at this address:

img4web.com/i/D3RC42.png

Has anybody any hint of why notepad++ does not recognise those characters and how could I correctly visualise them?
[Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsberry:
Hi

I am trying to backup an EFS on galaxy ace S5830i, this phone is in bootloop so I want to back up before flashing, EFS pro seems to have a message on it device not connected, another galaxy ace I have S5839i connects to the pc via windows so I presume the drivers are there unless they are different for this model.

As I cannot boot this phone I cannot use an android app, is there a way through recovery. I think TWRP has a function of backing up but I cannot get it to work, it says its installed but then goes back to the android recovery on reboot.