yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] andreoide:
I think such people have had no education in terms of Respect.

I see that a lot these days with younger people.

And i agree with you, he had better wrote about his problem, telling us WICH Phone he has, wich Rom is on it now, what steps he had taken and most of all: where it did go wrong, and even better some screenshot coming with that.

But i think he dont know Chainfire is one of the most respected developers in here... maybe he overlooked that :) :silly: :eek::confused:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] TheWu-Wei:
At least he didn't quote the entire OP before dropping such drivel
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] elliwigy:
haha right.. [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] isnt just a dev.. hes THE DEV lol what woiuld the world do if he quit devving? lol
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] andreoide:
If he quits... we would all be on IPhone aaaaarggghhhh [emoji36] [emoji36] [emoji36] [emoji16] [emoji40]
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Spookymyo:
If you have a nexus 5x (or 6P) why are you even using flashfire? You can unlock your bootloader and install twrp which is a far better way to flash files. And it's much less likely to have any issues.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] tree.fort:
OTA Recheck

Hello,

Is there a way to tell FlashFire to re-check/re-prompt to install an OTA update I have available?

I got the notification that FF had detected an OTA when I opened the app for the first time. In my haste I clicked the 'Delete' button on that prompt... I then realized after some reading that I'd like to try the OTA update through FF but cannot get that message to come back. I've rebooted and uninstalled/reinstalled FF w/ no luck. It seems that the OTA still wants to install normally and I cannot re-download it to try that angle. I also don't know where the OTA file is located on my device in order to manually install.

Could someone give me a hand please?

Thank you!

PS I have a Samsung Note 4 Edge on Verizon (SM-N915V) running stock, rooted Lollipop. Bootloader is also unlocked and recovery is TWRP. I'm trying to go from 5.1 to 6.0 stock and keep root. Thanks again!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] totaljfb:
Hi, thanks for the reply.

I just heard Flashfire can flash OTA, root and xposed at the same time. So I tried Flashfire. Is TWRP able to do this as well?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
No, since twrp doesn't root on its own. Flashfire does due to built in superSU
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Spookymyo:
It can't root but it can flash multiple files at once. It's still better than flash fire. Flash fire was made for those people not lucky enough to have unlocked bootloaders.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Flashfire is better than twrp lol, and can flash multiple files at once just fine. Done it lots of times. Flashed system image, followed by restoring stock boot and recovery, followed by applying ota, followed by flashing SU beta,... All in 1 go. Flashfire is designed for those that want to flash ota and keep root. In 1 go, twrp can't do that. With twrp you loot after applying the ota, with flashfire you don't. As to the bootloader, you couldn't be more wrong. Having a locked one is not recommended, because if something went wrong you'd be screwed.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ianmacd:
TWRP can be used to flash root and FlashFire can also flash multiple files.

Whether TWRP is better than FlashFire is a matter of opinion, and that opinion is informed to a large degree by how well each app supports one's devices. TWRP can't read or write /data on my S7 Edge (unless I wipe and leave the partition unencrypted), so it's next to useless to me. Therefore, I find FlashFire to be much better. Different people with different devices will often reach a different conclusion.

Lastly, FlashFire wasn't made as a last resort for people with locked bootloaders. In the words of its author, "FlashFire is the most advanced on-device firmware flasher available for rooted Android devices." The claim of being the "most advanced" is hard to deny. Whether or not its the best, however, is more subjective, as outlined in my second paragraph.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] deoneR:
hi just used flashfire to update my rooted nexus5x to the latest nougat security patch but now i can't open google play store "google play store has stopped - open app again or send feedback"

what can i do to resolve this?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] JimZiii:
I just heard about flashfire and installed it but I'm here to ask about the huawei warning.

I'm on a Honor 8 and just wondering how safe it is for me to use flashfire and if its recommended at all?

My bootloader's unlocked so I could continue using twrp, just thought flashfire sounded quick and easy to use

EDIT: I apologize if this has been discussed before but here's 437 pages and for some reason the search function here on xda doesn't work on my end.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
I have been somewhat absent of late, due to a month-long vacation, and 'suhide' when I returned.

Reading back almost two months is a daunting task, and even then, if I reply to posted issues and questions, the person who originally post it is likely to have moved on.

So, I'm asking all of you to re-post current issues and burning questions.

(Feel free to just post a link to your previous post(s) if still relevant)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
I have no personal experience with Huawei and Honor devices, and I've not really noticed many posts about them in this thread either. I would suggest limiting flashing to standard partitions (boot, recovery, system, data, cache - but not bootloaders or radio/modem), and ZIPs.

XDA's search function hasn't worked all that well for years, unfortunately. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
http://xdaforums.com/general/paid-software/flashfire-t3075433/post68475724

My issue is still valid
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] JimZiii:
Lol that's pretty funny since I posted something about a week ago and it got shut down and I got told to use the search but as of lately the search hasn't worked at all for me.

Well, thnx for your input. I was hoping for someone with first hand experience to chime in.

When opening the app there's a big warning that huawei devices are very easy to hard-brick.

My previous Android was a Samsung galaxy s3 on which I just flashed things instead of asking here on xda to make sure, even when I only was 80-90% sure about the files.

I soft-bricked it a bunch of times but I was always able to recover it with ease.

So going from a phone that felt really hard to hard-brick to one that I now see is really easy to hard-brick is a bit concerning.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] andreoide:
Delete, wrong posting
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] andreoide:
Hi

When i flash the G901FXXU1CPF6_G901FPHN1CPF2_G901FXXU1CPH3_HOME.tar.md5 in FF all goes well (it seems so) but when my phone boots after flashing in section FIRMWARE a whole bunch of apps are no longer installed, the very spot where they used to be is blacked-out with app name still under it. When i press it Google Play store opens after a message like: App is not installed. And than i have the option of course to re_install it again.

Question (1) is: Does this occur because i moved those apps to the external SD-card in Settings/Apps/<appname>/storage/ and there the option move to external storage ? (it seems to be the apps i moved to SD )

Question (2): I can not get the security update (see screenshot) and my question is: If i flash the latest firmware available, will it have that patch for security?

Or, is there ANY other way to get the latest patchfiles?

Question (3): If for some reason i can not use this wonderfull FlashFire, when i flash the whole package in Odin (and re-root, re_twrp recovery, re_xposed, will all apps and data still exist or will the Phone be like just-bought-out-of-the-box?

Model: Samsung S5 Plus ( SM-G9016 Kccat6 ) on MM 6.1

SuperSU Pro v2.78-SR1

Xposed framework v 84.0-alt (custom by wanam / 20160504 )

I have made backup before i flashed G901FXXU1CPF6_G901FPHN1CPF2_G901FXXU1CPH3_HOME.tar.md5 and restored it for now.

I hope you find time to answer my questions.

Thank you in advance :good:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] guhvanoh:
I think all these questions should be directed at your device's forum as them seem specific to that and not FF. However...

1 - yes. You need to reinstall them.

2 - no idea, I assume so. But you should check the changelog.

3 - if you flash without wiping then yes, they should still be there.

HTH
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ianmacd:
The Samsung update.zip format isn't recognised (on at least the S7 Edge), so OTAs cannot be applied after they're downloaded. Although the file has the extension .zip, file(1) identifies it as a JAR file, but neither unzip(1L) nor jar(1) can read it on Linux, so perhaps it's a proprietary format.

When making a partition back-up, the default destination is the internal storage. Could the default be changed to the external SD card on devices that have one? It's all too easy to accidentally write massive files to the internal storage at the moment.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Livingsilver94:
Hello Chainfire, I'm offering you some help: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=68618630&postcount=4305

I could provide you information or I may do some beta testing.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] andreoide:
Thanks.

I hope chainfire will answer his thoughts about my questions too.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
If you upload the update.zip I can take a look at it, but yes, generally Samsung uses a non-standard format. I have done some fixes in FlashFire before regarding these files, but apparently some are still having issues with it. Unfortunately, none of my Samsungs do receives OTAs, so I cannot check this myself.

Regarding the destination, yes, it is still high on my to-do list to set a default or simply remember the last choice.

Ah yes, reading my notes, I need to go back on my previous statement. I do have some experience, and that was a brick. It was during a flash bootloader attempt, though.

I have a useless Huawei Mate 8 here. It will still turn on fine, but it'll go to an error screen, and all the tools refuse to flash it. Huawei's own tools don't even support this device.

It's not truly a hard-brick, but useless nonetheless.

Contrast this to Samsung's ODIN, which can damn near resurrect any phone as long as it isn't a true brick...

Really, all you can do is just test all the functionality and document what does and what does not work as expected.

My thoughts are the same. These questions are very phone/firmware specific, there's not really anything useful I can say about it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] toddant:
@Chainfire
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spenceboy98:
*bump*
[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] I hate to be a bother, but you said to re-post current issues and I hope you'll be able to fix this issue for the next version.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jaladhjin:
I'm getting rekt trying to flash Xposed on an LG VK410

Flashfire boots up & everything but says Failed to mount system & restarts me back to the tablet..

Anything I can do about that to get xposed installed ?

I decided to shoot from the hip & try disabling that Auto-Mount R/W & it flashed & worked but the system was so unstable & I couldn't download any mods just could see the repo.. I feel fortunate I was able to even flash the uninstaller.. the same way only with Auto-Mount R/W unchecked..

Probably wasn't too wise of me to try.. buuut I was eager..
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] chashmaa:
Hello friends my GT I9505 have currently custom rom gold finger UGNK4 modem and bl kk base 4.4.2 with philz recovery and supersu 2.46.i have loli stock rom from sam mobile. can I flash loli rom with flash fire?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] DeHAWK:
Hello Chainfire

I would like to report a problem I've found, regarding payment.

I've FlashFire installed on 2 devices, my Galaxy S4+ and my Galaxy S7-Edge.

Both phones rooted, the S7-Edge with your latest released CF-AutoRoot.

On the S7-Edge, when I tried to purchase the Pro version, there came up a popup - I press OK and then it said Google Play Store has stopped. I was not able to buy the Pro version. I tried both with and without my MobileOdin Pro installed, but with the same result.

I then turned on my S4+, on which I successfully have used FlashFire for custom kernel and ROM flashing, here I did NOT have my MobileOdin Pro installed.

I decided to try the same as on my S7-Edge, to purchase the Pro version. On my S7-Edge it would cost me 17,- SEK with MobileOdin Pro installed and 35,- SEK without it. Actually I don't care about 18,- SEK, so I made the purchase on my S4+. The same popup as on the S7-Edge and pressing OK, had to enter a confirmation code and everything was done. I now had FlashFire Pro on my S4+. No problems what so ever. So on my S4+ FlashFire turned from Free version to Pro version.

I now went back to my S7-Edge and uninstalled FlashFire.

Opened up Google Play Store to download and install it as a Pro version, BUT in Google Play Store it does NOT say that I have purchased FlashFire.

Well, I downloaded and installed it anyway.

BUT after installation, it was still the FREE version, even if I had paid for it on my S4+.

And when trying to purchase it on my S7-Edge, I now get a popup telling me: Error - You already own this item...

Hopefully you can fix this, so my S7-Edge version also becomes the Pro version, as this is now my development phone.

Keep up the good work Chainfire. I've used your apps from back in the good old Galaxy S2 days and always supported you.

Best regards

DeHAWK

EDIT:

OK Chainfire, problem seems to be solved. I now have the Pro version on my S7-Edge too.

What I did was; In SuperSU Pro I removed the tag in Mount namespace separation and then rebooted the phone.

After the reboot I once again opened FlashFire and now the Free version had changed to the Pro version.

So my conclusion is, this is not a FlashFire problem. So sorry for the inconvenience .

Best regards

DeHAWK
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Hariiiii:
Hi [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION], flashfire is still completely non-functional for the Fire HD 6, 8 and 10. The error message is essentially '/sys/power/wakelock not found'. If you could get this working it would make a huge difference in our ability to create and distribute ROMs.

Here is a link to my previous post with the lastlog and further details.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67815540&postcount=3933
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] aniksha:
TWRP and Bootloop on S5 Mini

First of all my congratulation for such a great app!

You mention that a raw and normal backup by FlashFire can be restored by TWRP.

In my case Samsung S5 Mini (Lollipop 5.11 DBT Version from sammobile G800FXXU1BPE3 and rooted by Chainfire CF-Auto-Root-kminilte-kminiltexx-smg800f.tar.md5).

There is no official TWRP for S5 Mini, but two inofficial Versions TWRP 3.0 and 2.87 by hennymcc). Both Version cause a Bootloop at the Startscreen when I tried to restore a backup made by TWRP!

Here my 3 questions:

1. Would a bootloop also happen, if a backup made by FlashFire is restored by TWRP???

2. If a restore is possible, could i use a FULL backup made by FlashFire and TWRP picks automatically those partitions possible to restore, or do i have to use a RAW or NORMAL backup explicit?

3. I want to buy PRO version of FlashFire, but can not find it on Play Store.

Thank you for advice.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] XBigBossBattiz:
Hello good nights, i own a Lenovo k5 fuuly rooted, can i install Android 6 or 7? Kind regards
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Ask in your device forum, that question has nothing to do when flashfire.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] atharmian:
I have a Firephone with the latest OS 4.6.6.1 installed along with FlashFire Pro ( which did not help updating to the latest OS; so did it manually by directly updating from Amazon website.)

Also my Firephone is rooted via Kingrooot, and switched to Super SU which shows rooted. Have XPrivacy too installed.

So:

1. Is it worth updating to CM11 instead of FireOS? Read CM11 is more stable, works better on ggow page with Safestrap 4 instructions for CM11 update.

2. How can I install the latest Sep 15 updated CM11 using FlashFire?( The ggow instructions for using Safestrap4 look complicated.)

Will I be able to maintain root and XPrivacy after CM11?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
While I'm looking into reported issues, I've released v0.53.

It updates the timebomb for non-Pro users to February 2017. v0.52 stops working in November 2016.

Also the embedded SuperSU has been updated to the latest version.

In other words, nothing noteworthy, but upgrade anyway.

Direct link to APK: FlashFire-v0.53-20160921153253.apk
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
I linked my previous post with my issue on page 437, but I was the only one who has not received your answer, I hope you can take a look
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] J.Soko:
Works great with sgs5 G900f alexandr bd3.

Knox 0x0

Thank You!

...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] johnbenallen:
Possible issue with S4 I9505 (Luxembourg - jfltexx) running stock 4.3, rooted with CF-Auto-Root. No custom recovery.

Flashfire 0.15

FF seemed to install OK, so I tried to test by running some backups.

I selected the option "normal reboot", and I tried creating the backups both on internal storage and on the SD card.

However, each time the screen goes black (normal) but after about 1 minute the phone reboots to standard recovery, and no backup has been created.

I've read through the whole thread and I don't think there was a previous report of rebooting into the recovery.

lastlog here:

https:// www dropbox com/s/f8ugudv8qj81m6q/lastlog?dl=0
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ejc1214:
Question: I'm running Rick's Rom on my S5 and have safestrap installed and I got flashfire downloaded on my phone and wanted to try G900A_OC4 - 5.0 but I'm wondering if I can go restore Rick's ROM thru Flashfire or do I need to use Odin and flash the NIK2 ware and then use safestrap? Or is Flashfire only for 5.0? If I do a back up with Flashfire, do I just do the normal option to sdcard?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zafrizulfi:
Note 3 N900w8 lollipop Root plz.

im atill waiting for the n900w8 root files ..plz do it quickly..:(
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] joen47:
Hi [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION]

My flashfire always crash when the firmware loaded to 100%. Im on kitkat right now trying to flash BOD3 lollipop firmware (prerooted).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Many40:
Hi,

Have you tried to flash protected partitions via FlashFire as well? If yes, try it via pc odin.

Btw you should have read some info available in the app about "Samsung write protection"

Regards
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ionutmaruta:
Can I use the FlashFire on my G900F to Backup the complete Partitions + Data then to RESTORE All like TWRP Recovery ?

My KNOX is still 0x0 ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] BeachNYC:
Thanks. Unless I'm really missing something, following the directions to a T involves installing the program. I'm not trying to install Lollipop or anything even remotely that involved right now. Basically I have installed FF, and agree to the disclaimer, and click the + button. If I hit either "Backup", it lets me choose what sort of backup I want to make, but every one of the four choices results in crash. If I choose "Flash firmware package" or "Flash Zip or OTA", it immediately crashes. On the other hand, under "Actions", it fully delineates the partitions.

I have uninstalled Safestrap 3.75, and the crashes continue every time.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] marcil802:
S5 active g870w

Hey Chainfire on older version mobile odin

and on flash fire no where it mentions being compatible

with Active versions. Are there reason not to

specified the g870w ? should i use another

version. thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] autotech40:
[MENTION=254461]SamC[/MENTION]c you can go back to 4.4.2 and towel after being on 5.0 i did on my sprint s5. Then used mobile odin to flash a pre rooted stock 5.0
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] samccfl99:
pretty much know that. i know exactly how to do that for my sm-g900a as i said in the post. actually i made a very long post last week in the XDK thread and here also outlining the procedure. my questions were about the backup function that failed and mess up my phone (recovered it of course). hopefully someone else or [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] will answer whenever they get a chance. thanks anyway.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] GeneClwtr:
Thx and uber Kudos to u Chainfire

Just paid for the Pro version after successfully flashing a stock rooted OC3 to my SGH-I337. I presume by or in part developed by muniz_ri so kudos need to go out to him as well and anyone else involved.

Thx greatly for all your work.

Will be making a small donation to you Chainfire as well as muniz_ri.

Anxiously awaiting the guide to better understand the backup/restore features.

Getting ready to boldly move on to my SM-G870A... (work phone)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] muniz_ri:
Thank you glad the process worked but never in a million years could I do what chainfire does. I just use his creations as best as I can to contribute to the forums. Very excited about FF.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] windroidian:
flash capabilities question

anyone know if it is possible to flash a boot animation enabler zip to the galaxy s5? safestrap no longer works (as of lollipop) on my phone, and the gs5 needs a mod to allow custom boot animations. flashfire seems like a valid alternative in this department. anyone know for sure? Same question goes for xposed framework, anyone know if it works through flashfire??

thanks in advance and a big thanks to chainfire for all the amazing work, keep it up! :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] aguarello:
Can FlashFire flash Xposed? :confused:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] windroidian:
[re]

yes that would be the question.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] vibrioidplague:
Ok I downloaded flashfire .15 and proceeded to flash the super nexus rom onto my rooted i537 running nh3. Decided to experiment a little more and that's when things fell apart, first I kept getting the enumerating partitions. I odin'd back to stock, rooted, and now the app will open but it force closes when I try to perform any actions, here's a screenshot of the log, pardon my ignorance, but I'm a bit if a noob and really didn't know what else to do.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ionutmaruta:
Someone can answer me to post #427 ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] joen47:
Hi, my firmware right now is BOD3, i want to downgrade to BOA2 (my country's latest fw). Should i check all protected partitions? And no need to flash bootloader and modem right?

Please see screenshot. What should be the answer on Yes or No? Thanks. Need help
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] leovnel:
ota update on motorola moto g3

Hi, I want to know if it is posible to update my moto g3 with the ota zip on flashfire, is it risky do this on the motorola devices?

Thanks and excuse my english.

Leonel
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Ota's is exactly one of the purposes it's for.