yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] najoor:
No one can tell you what you can or cannot flash without actually inspecting your zip for you. So apply the following rules and your personal judgement to decide:

If your zip is flashing custom bootloader (normally not possible on locked bootloaders anyway) or custom recovery, or custom kernel (i.e. boot.img) your knox will be tripped.

Open the zip file, look at the update script and learn what it does before flashing.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] AwesomeMarioFan:
Possible Bug

Hello,

When attempting to upgrade my Galaxy S4 Verizon SCH-i545 to 5.0.1 from KitKat (while keeping root using the EverRoot method), it does not inject the root properly. Watching the process, it says "Mounting /proc..." during the EverRoot process then reboots the device, loading it into the new firmware without it being rooted. I'm not sure if this is a bug, however I have tried this multiple times and am sure it is a problem with the application.

Thanks,

- AwesomeMarioFan
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] phantom1999:
im on shoman 8.1 and rooted so how would i go about putting this on my device. would i have to take the update and reroot or can i just flash this with safestrap like i did with shomans file. this is on my ATT S4. TIA.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fenchai:
Ok, So I tried to flash a custom rom for my S6 gf920 but I think It didnt work because the screen got black and had to enter download mode first, then exit it. I set it to format my drive wipe etc but it didnt do anything and everything is back to normal in a reboot. I will have to trip knox then... cant live my life like this oh noo
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Torbins:
How do I unpack those tlz4 and lz4 in backups? Had to install previous version in order to get easy to unpack tgz.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PIRATA!:
Yes, I understand, and I can say that I'm talking about those cwm that are not writing in bootloader or recovery, but only in some other directory.

For example, aroma would work if I launch g in from FlashFire?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] najoor:
From what I understand Flashfire doesn't officially support aroma but people have done it with varying degrees of success if you search this thread. I caution you however that most aroma based roms flash a custom kernel.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] morfini:
A stock kernel with some tweaks (as some developers describe their roms' kernel) is concidered stock or custom?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Jaglicic:
Successfully made full backup, but after start loading appears and only black screen until reboot after 15 minutes, but backup was made... ZTE blade s6 B11
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] najoor:
Custom. Any time you touch a single bit of a kernel it is not stock anymore.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Joker87:
Restoring nandroid via FF

I find this tool great! No more need for custom recoveris and knox 0x0 all the way :good:

Just one question: would it be possibile restoring a nandroid with this app, aside flashing firmwares, zip?

Thanks :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PIRATA!:
No no, not a rom based on aroma installer, but aroma file manager only.

I use it for emergency while managing with my mods (theme mods) and aroma file manager always does it's work as I can fix things on system files while system is not running.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] morfini:
Unfortunately on s6 aroma instalation scripts seems not to be supported. Tried twice with different zips, flashfire didn't manage to get to aroma options. Only a black screen.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] carl1961:
for flashFire on Note3 you need the older version, not the new, the older
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jdmsohc22:
I did as instructed on G+ but I never got a DL link??
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] xianglongcheng:
Chainfire, could send the apk file to my email: longcheng.xiang@gmail.com. I don't have access to US playstore.

Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mike B.:
It is

NOT

going to happen! During the beta cycle, FlashFire is only available through the process described in the OP and [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] specifically requests that no copies be mirrored or shared. If you do not have access to G+ and the Play Store, you cannot be a beta tester.

After FlashFire is released as a stable product, it will be available from [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION]'s own server, as are all of his other apps.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] morfini:
What do you mean, I am on s6. And what older version, of flashfire?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kitkat_chachacha:
N00b question: Say I've bricked my phone and I no longer have recovery because of a locked bootloader (and safestrap doesn't support lollipop) --- Would it even be remotely possible to add a flash-to-external device feature for flashfire? (pro feature?) Similar to Odin, but run from a tablet or other android device instead of a PC?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] AwesomeMarioFan:
Error Log

Hello,

I have a Galaxy S4 SCH-i545 and am receiving this error when using the EverRoot feature of FireFlash:

[UI] EverRoot: Installing SuperSU...
[UI]
[OUT] Archive: /dev/.flashfire/supersu.zip
[OUT] inflating: META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
[OUT] inflating: META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script
[UI] *****************
[OUT] ui_print
[UI] SuperSU installer
[OUT] ui_print
[UI] *****************
[OUT] ui_print
[UI] - Mounting /system, /data and rootfs
[OUT] ui_print
[ERR] mount: mounting /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system on /system failed: Device or resource busy
[ERR] mount: mounting /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata on /data failed: Device or resource busy
[ERR] mount: mounting /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system on /system failed: Device or resource busy
[ERR] cat: can't open '/etc/recovery.fstab': No such file or directory
[ERR] mount: can't find rw in /etc/fstab
[ERR] mount: can't find rw,remount in /etc/fstab
[ERR] mount: mounting /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata on /data failed: Device or resource busy

Is there any way to fix this?

Thanks,

- AwesomeMarioFan
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] carl1961:
no older AROMA Installer 2.70

try attached demo, if that works, that is the version the ROM aroma installer needs to be, most likely you only need to swap the binary-installer
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] xianglongcheng:
Sorry to hear that. I just have to wait now. Thanks for the explanation.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] nextrow:
Delete
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] WayneGretzky:
Hi,

when trying on a Nexus 5 with stock Android 5.1,first the process starts fine, but then it reboots without flashing:

[UI] FlashFire - © 2015 - Chainfire
[UI]
[UI] Installing [/sdcard/Download/1abbe819bf7e6bc5fee99e995e3e16af5799cba0.signed-hammerhead-LMY48B-from-LMY47D-restricted-radio.zip]...
[UI]
[OUT] Archive: /sdcard/Download/1abbe819bf7e6bc5fee99e995e3e16af5799cba0.signed-hammerhead-LMY48B-from-LMY47D-restricted-radio.zip
[OUT] inflating: META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary
[OUT] inflating: META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script
[UI] Verifying current system...
[OUT] ui_print
[OUT] progress 0.100000 0
[OUT] file "/system/bin/install-recovery.sh" doesn't have any of expected sha1 sums; checking cache
[OUT] failed to stat "/cache/saved.file": No such file or directory
[OUT] failed to load cache file
[OUT] script aborted: "/system/bin/install-recovery.sh" has unexpected contents.
[UI] "/system/bin/install-recovery.sh" has unexpected contents.
[OUT] ui_print
[UI]
[UI] Rebooting...

What's wrong? Thanks for any hint.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] morfini:
Thank you unfortunately it doesn't work, only a black screen after a while.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gialakias:
Hi, I have a nexus 5 and I would like to know how can I flash the ota zip. I am only rooted but it gives an error for the file install recovery that superSU uses to achieve root. Thanks.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Rakuu:
Same as before, hangs at "ibitializing resource" with a black screen.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PIRATA!:
Us Aroma File Manager flashable and so accessibile with FlashFire?

Will I end up with my device rebooting and entering the Aroma File Manager like I'd executing by flashing its .zip from a recovery??
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mike B.:
No, you're unlikely to be able to execute the Aroma File Manager in that manner, but this is a BETA thread where you are expected to try things for yourself and report specific problems along with appropriate logs.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] AwesomeMarioFan:
Nevermind, got this solved.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Lacyjpr:
Delete
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PIRATA!:
How can I extract logs?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
KNOX

There's a lot of talk in this thread about what does and does not trigger KNOX. Most of it is wrong in general terms. Using FlashFire itself doesn't trigger KNOX, but you can use it to flash things that do trip KNOX.

The KNOX warranty void counter is indeed tripped by flashing custom kernels and recoveries, and on some phones even modified system and cache (and even others?) partitions. Where a lot of talk in this thread goes wrong is the assumption that the rules for the triggering are uniform across phone models and bootloader versions. This is not the case.

On some phones, the KNOX warranty void counter is only triggered when actually booting a modified kernel or recovery. On others it is triggered only when flashing through desktop ODIN. On some the boot and recovery partitions are both checked when booting either. Etcetera.

So, the moment the partition signatures are checked (at flash, at boot, at ...), which partitions are checked (boot, recovery, system, cache, one of these, all of these, etc), and whether all or just one of these is checked when any of them is accessed, these are all variables that differ between Samsung phone models and even firmware versions. These is actually one of the reasons Mobile ODIN is no longer workable on newer phone models.

Aroma

This question keeps coming back. There is no official Aroma compatibility at this time, but I expect there will be eventually. Currently, Aroma works on some phones/firmwares with FlashFire, and not on others.

CM

Flashing CM with FlashFire sometimes works, sometimes it doesn't.

Some specific and simple ZIP files, and exactly what happens in a certain recovery vs flashfire, all reproducable, would be helpful.

The idea is that this should (already) be possible with FlashFire, if you follow the right sequence.

See my note above about KNOX.

Both bootloaders and modems are advised to be flashed via desktop ODIN, it's the other parts of the firmware you use FlashFire for.

You'd need an unlocked bootloader for this.

On my list to try and reproduce.

Either the ZIP is corrupt or does not include the META-INF folder with the install scripts. If all else fails, in FlashFire settings, try the 'clear cache' option.

This is on my list to attempt to reproduce.

EDIT: From which firmware were you coming exactly, and which one were you flashing?

Why can't you flash tars? FlashFire should support it.

I need the logs. Mounting /proc sounds wrong.

This should not actually break the flash.

The action list for flashing an OTA would be (in a single go):

(1) Flash STOCK firmware OR restore RAW backup

(2) Flash OTA

(3) Create RAW backup of BOOT, RECOVERY, SYSTEM, VENDOR, MODEM

(4) EverRoot
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mike B.:
The purpose of a BETA thread is to help the developer tweak his product, NOT to educate the end user. You really need to start reading the OP for the various threads in which you ask questions. For example, in this thread:

It's always wise to search the thread or XDA in general before posting questions. ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Rakuu:
[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] the specific zips ive noticed it with is teamblackout apps, it would work fine with safestrap, the zips would flash and all permissions on the files would be set as they should, some TBO zips flash fine. Thats the only time ive seen zips work ok is when theres a file already there that they replace, it seems tk retain the original file's permissions. As an example the google LP blacked out zip, ehen i flash i have to go and set all ther permissions for the directory for it in priv-app, the apk file and the lib folder and a couple files in it, whereas in safesttap if i flashed a zip from tbo all the permissions would be fine.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] barondebxl:
[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] Thank you for your reply. This is a small OT but the reason why I asked if I can use flashfire to update a modem and bootloader without using a computer is because my S6 has trouble connecting to my Asus windows 8.1 laptop. It connects and disconnects continuously doing the windows sound but never stays connected. Do you know by any chance what causes that? Thank you in advance :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] _Dennis_:
Bad cable, bad USB ports (either phone or computer), bad drivers on windows. Any one of the 3. Start with the drivers, then cable, then change ports on windows.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] barondebxl:
Tried all that.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] _Dennis_:
Other phones work? Or your phone work in other computers? My thoughts would be the phones USB port. If the port is good, I'm stumped then, sorry.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] npjohnson:
We were on NC5, and we are flashing every partition to OC1 except for the Bootloader which is going to NK4.

If you are wondering if any rollback counters are set by this update, no, that's why we chose to use the NK4 bootoloader as opposed to the OC1.

This isn't just on the S4 however, it is Samsung devices wide. Muniz_ri manages stock rooted ROMs and upgrade paths for many devices (N3/4, S4/5, S4Active, etc.). He used a similar Bootloader retention method on almost all of these devices, so that we could downgrade of needed. He said that the reports of flashes failing and hanging at the "Samsung" screen (not bootologo, Bootloader) went down exponentially after he started recommending his users did this.

Any mor questions, I'm here and have a device and logs to offer up. Thanks for all your work.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jhr5474:
Thank you! I successfully flashed the nodded s6 rom on my GM900V Verizon s5. No flaws at all. No hang just ran the script and flashed this program is amazing.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] WayneGretzky:
Sorry, but this doesn't make sense ro me.

If it is absolutely necessary (despite being on stock already) to

before flashing OTA, then I may directly flash the new 5.1.1 stock.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] freak69ize:
I don't see a S6 rom in the Verizon S5 forum. Do tell where you found it.

Never mind.. I found it
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Journyman16:
By any chance did you have the phone connected when installing the drivers in Win? Try remove drivers in Control Panel, restart, install drivers, restart and then connect phone... :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] barondebxl:
I didnt. I Googled it and it seems that many ppl have had that sort of issue with windows 8.1 . My laptop is new, like one month old.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] _Dennis_:
Sign up for windows 10 preview? I'm running it and have no problems, only thing I can think of sorry.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] barondebxl:
It's cool thanks for your help [emoji1]
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] tomesiek:
I successfully flash my Galaxy S6 (sm-g920f), but I have one question after.

Can I also flash protected partitions (Modem Firmware in this case) without tripping knox flag ?? I notice that FlashFire does not flash this partition as default.

I flash all others parts of ROM and keep my ROOT, all that without tripping knox, but don't know that flashing protected partition is safe.

Thanks.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Journyman16:
One more possibility - are you plugging into a USB3 port? (has blue 'tongue' normally) If so, try a USB2 one - USB3 seems problematic so far, from PC slots that don't function properly to USB sticks that give a false error every time you plug them in - I had 8.1 on my PC and ended up returning to Win7.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] barondebxl:
Yes, it has that blue 'tongue'. There are 2 ports. That's the one I tried the most. I tried the other one too but it wasn't working either. Going to try again by uninstalling the drivers and all then reinstalling and I'll only try the usb2 port. Thanks for that [emoji3]
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
You are not on stock already, you are rooted.

If there's a non-OTA full stock image available, then yes, you can flash that directly using FlashFire + EverRoot.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] draeon_lance:
After flashing my S4 from 4.4.2 to 5.0.1. It got Bricked. I'm not sure what happened because I was watching some movie on the tv. Last time I checked it was flashing several things (6-8 line were done already If remembered correctly) and thought that it may take awhile and left it and when I got back to checked my phone, it was turned off. It wont turn on anymore no matter what button combination i make. One weird thing is that the device wont even charge. :(. Is It RIP S4? or do you guys any idea what caused it.﻿

The steps i followed is from the link below:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-att/general/how-to-update-to-i337oc3-5-0-1-keeproot-t3075814

and what i flashed is the "I337_OC3_Stock_Rooted_ROM.zip" (bcae9bedb11bcd25978ba539bc7d4dd0)

BTW, i've been searching XDA dev and google but i can't find any solution. If someone has, please just point me in any direction. I'll do the rest. Thank you in advance.

Note that i'm not blaming any one but myself. Just asking if you can help me.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mastawindu:
I don't think this is rom related, I had the same exact issue with my S2 except that screen got black when I was using the device
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] muniz_ri:
I suspect that your device is not a I337?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] draeon_lance:
Well it happened after I flash It but i'll borrow a battery from a friend just to check, hopefully it's just the battery. And even if it's just the screen turned black, it should atleast show indication of charging when plugged, right? Or it should be recognize by Computer when connected if its only the screen that is busted.

I'm pretty sure its an i337, been using it for a year already. What I'm not sure of is if its bell or rogers, It was a gift from my sister from canada.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] muniz_ri:
What you have is an I337M not an "I337" which explains the hardbrick. Search for an I337M debrick.img.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] draeon_lance:
Thanks for the info. checking the debrick.img right now. but i need to go to office so i'll probably try to fixed it later. I'll let you know if it worked. :good:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jkt97401:
Can i flash A stock kernel or a ROM with a stock kernel in it without tripping knox?

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ozland:
Hi, new to this app, I have Samsung grand 2, rooted, can I flash unofficial cm ROM with flashfire?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] draeon_lance:
I tried searching for an i337m debrick.img, but i can't find any. what i have is a SGH-I337MVLUFNE1_4.4.2_16GB.sdc. Tried writing it to micro sd card and inserting it to phone but no luck. later found out that you need a device prior to using the SDC file. :(.

Tomorrow i'll try to search again. But I was wondering if you have an idea if it's possible to convert SDC file to img file.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Franceschiello:
Hi

For extract modem from stock rom it's easy, the name it's "modem". But for csc and for bootloader how i must flag?

For bootloader i saw boot, primary boot....

For csc i don't found nothing.

Thx and sorry for bad english english
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] purav17:
Hi,

I have lot of music on my phone. When i try to do a normal backup it tries to backup all the music as well. Is it possible to exclude these folders?

Thanks,
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] rslu2:
I'm playing with .18. In trying to do a full backup, it gets to the system and reboots. Looking at the back up it has about 1 gig in it when it should have close to 5 gig. I have the display timeout set to 10 minutes but FI reboots in about 3. Is there some other timeout trigger I'm missing. Is there a place I can grab the .17 version? I did one backup with that and didn't have a time out /reboot problem.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] djide:
Please can someone explain this?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] levi5150tx:
Wri
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ionutmaruta:
Impossible !
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] djide:
[Android 4.2+][ROOT] FlashFire - Play BETA - PREVIEW

I used Flashfire to flash 5.0.2 lollipop unto my tab s. Then used Odin to flash the recovery and Boot img. Knox is intact but after it starts there is still no root. I have done it 3 times without success.

I choose reboot to download mode but after flashing the lollipop firmware it hangs on the first splash screen, i have to manually put it in download mode after which I flash the boot and recovery tar I put together using cygwin. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Joker87:
How did you get root without tripping knox on tab s?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] djide:
Used kingroot on 4.4.2 to get root without tripping Knox then replaced with Supersu. Then flashed lollipop with Flashfire.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Hausschuh:
I used the search but I'm still not sure if I understand correct;

I'm trying to flash a new bootloader and modem via FlashFire on my Note 4 because there is no version of Odin on mac. I can select the protected Partition for the modem but when I select the bootloader the first 3 partitions are greyed out. Am I doing something wrong or why can other people update their bootloader but not me ? Thanks for your help.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] autotech40:
You have to use pc odin to flash the protected partions,use the button next to the check mark when you select the flash,and check reboot to download after flash. Then flash what ff made with pc odin.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] studpuppy102:
I flashed cleanrom succefully but when I went to put flashfire back on my phone the play store states it is not compatible with my phone.... Can this be fixed with the build.prop?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] hwwof:
I can't seem to download Flashfire. I'm in the playstore and its been downloading forever. Its only 7mb what gives?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Yamahar6riding:
On S6 AT&T variant, with root from pingpong. When I use flashfire to try and make a backup before I even attempt to flash CleanROM, it backs up everything then starts to do it all over again. I let this process continue to repeat itself three times before forcing a reboot. It appears that the restart command which is listed in the actions to execute after the backup tasks does not occur and so it would just continue to write and re-write (copy over) the backup. Any ideas?

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ferrarinogiallo:
I have used flashfire on my s5 to do a backup, flash a ota update, and change the kernel and all went good , i just unsure about type of backup to do ? Normal ,raw ?