yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] CVAngelo:
There may be a problem. I tried to use a SKY 4.0D with MTK Droid Tools. For some reason, it doesn't work. I think there's an issue with the kernel. This means that someone needs to port this phone's recovery to CWM or TWRP. Hopefully, someone has already done this...but the community/developer support for these devices is non-existent unfortunately.

Once the custom recovery is available, you have to flash it onto the device, either with SP Flash Tool (you just need the scatter.txt file which you xan get from MTK Droid), or you can root your phone, install Busybox, and install Flashify to flash it to the phone.

IDEA: Start a separate XDA thread for SKY devices. They are cheap but beautiful devices. Maybe some technical folks who are skilled in porting recoveries may show up just for the challenge.
[Android General] HackYouDaily:
Okay thanks for the heads up. I'm using my Sky 5.0 Q I'll be trying a few methods out, I just joined the xda community today. Mainly just to help on this thread lol :fingers-crossed:

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YES!! it worked!!
[Android General] CVAngelo:
Congrats! Now, what exactly was it that worked? Please elaborate for the rest of us.
[Android General] HackYouDaily:
I was able to make a CWM recovery.img for my Sky 5.0 Q I'm working on porting cyanogenmod now
[Android General] CVAngelo:
I got that...but was curious how you did it. Did MTK Droid Tools work for you? Or was it some other method?
[Android General] HackYouDaily:
Sorry for my non helpful reply was really busy yesterday coding. I used MTK droid tools it didn't work the first time, I backed up my device again made the CWM recovery for the second time and it than booted into CWM perfectly. If you're having issues than it may be because of root I had used a one click program but it never fully rooted my device I had issues until I fully rooted on mtk droid tools ?
[Android General] CVAngelo:
BTW, you should share your CWM image on say Mega.nz and post up the link so others less skilled can download and flash it. It really helps, and you'll be thanked profusely.

Also, please consider sharing what rooting program or method you used to properly root your phone. My preferred method for properly rooting MTK devices is to first flash a custom recovery using SPFT, then install SuperSu zip from the SD card. This way, I'm not having to deal with or replace Chinese super user programs.
[Android General] HackYouDaily:
STEP 1. Download MTK droid tools. I rooted the SKY 5.0Q with Kingo root I than used MTK droid tools to fully root the device by clicking the root button. STEP 2. Back up the phone using droid tools, its going to ask you if you want CWM built into the recovery make sure to click yes. During the process it will ask if you want to flash the new recovery image, go ahead and click yes. STEP 3. Your phone should now be rebooting into CMW now, go through it to make sure it works correctly. If it doesnt then re flash the NEW recovery boot.img that you just made.

*PLEASE NOTE: SuperUser is automatically put onto the device when rooting with Kingo root.*

CWM recovery.img - http://tinyurl.com/jzcoazo Scatter.txt if needed - tinyurl.com/hrjkep3 :cowboy:
[Android General] David-lee:
For the stock rom u can visit tekof2marrow to download it.
[Android General] Django64:
Hello I have a SKY Elite 5.0l and MTDroid wont detect the phone at all, I have install all the drivers and still it wont connect
[Android General] CVAngelo:
Did you turn on the USB Debugging? When you connect your phone (with Debugging on) you will need to respond to the dialog that pops up on your phone to allow the computer to have access! If you do not turn on debugging or is you do not respond to this dialog, MTK Droid will not be able to see your phone.
[Android General] Django64:
Yes I did I did everything, I even tried it on windows 7 and 10 (pc and laptop)

and I still get the same results, I even deleted all MT drivers with usbdeview and reinstall, same thing

UPDATE:

Ok I got MTK Droid tool to detect the phone but I was unable to extract the scatter file, after numerous attempts I was informed that the Latest MTK DROID TOOL will not work 100% with the MT67xx chipset devices, maybe in the next update.
[Android General] likeandri:
MTKDroid Tools won't show U BOOT build for Sky 6.0Q V1.6_2100

Just joined xda so hello :) I've been at a standstill while using MTKDroid Tools with my sky 6.0Q because its not showing the u-boot build. Is this (u-boot build) necessary to create a backup/recovery before I can flash this new ROM? Super new to this rooting thing so experienced advice is appreciated.
[Android General] woodphargo:
Did u have any luck I'm also trying to add a rom
[Android General] Django64:
Success I was able to flash the Sky Elite 5.0L now its working..
[Android General] CVAngelo:
You were able to flash it with what...firmware? Where did you get the firmware for it?
[Android General] Django64:
I used SKY 5.0L V1.8 MT6735-anchor2pin.com and

SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Windows_v5.1640.00.000
[Android General] ZeroKnight:
In need of a new ROM for this one

Hi there. I'm new to xda. I rooted this device and installed CWM recovery using the steps in the previous posts:victory:. But there seems to be no sign of another custom rom besides the stock while I was searching the internet. If anyone is planning to make one that would be awesome. I myself tried searching how to make one but its too complicated :D. Also I noticed xda doesn't have this device in their database. Any way I can request adding this?
[Android General] CVAngelo:
There are too many devices to have every single Android device ever made in the XDA database. It's completely unnecessary in any event...you found THIS thread in XDA didn't you? You can always start another thread if you don't like this one.

There are no custom ROMs for any of the Sky devices that I've ever come across. Someone would have to spend eons of their time and effort making one. Why though?
[Android General] ZeroKnight:
For now I've decided to use Xposed Framework and it works great!:good:
[About XDA developers] Oliy:
Have a look at the form here:

http://support.catalyst2.com/index.php?_m=tickets&_a=submit

1. Submit the first page with any option (doesn't matter).

2. Type a few words like "email settings".

3. Notice the suggestions which pop up at the bottom, allowing to you find the solution without even having to actually submit your query, thus cutting down on questions which could easily be answered by the questioner themselves with a little research.

I'm not saying it will be easy, and it may very well reduce the site to a crawl, but you could have a pre-fetch on the articles held in the Wiki which would provide common solutions to a lot of threads which pop up with simple questions.

What might this require?

1. An up-to-date, correct, and well-referenced Wiki

2. Presumably a lot of server horsepower!

What will this prevent?

1. Easily answered questions like "Where can I find links to all the WM6 ROMs?

What will this not prevent?

1. Idiots who don't even read suggestions as they type their question

2. Recently solved problems in threads that get swamped by meaningless posts

3. Posts like "Thanks <insert name>, downloading now..."
[About XDA developers] debonairone:
Looks Good, BUT...

Looks good, but if you can't get a noob to search the forum using the provided search tools or to even correctly (correctly, being the operative word) google the site, we won't be able to get them to use this form...

Now, I do believe that you are on to something... IMHO, the search function should also include a link to google with the advanced search part already populated for searching in xda-devs... I know that there have been threads with the google links already posted, but they aren't stickies anywhere...

You are on the right track... Maybe all of the more knowledgeable members that are bother by this noob thing (like myself, since I am still a noob...) can simply add a link to the google search function in their sig, it will make it easier for newcomers to the site to locate the information they require...
[About XDA developers] Oliy:
Sorry, I didn't make myself clear -

The Create a thread, or Reply to thread, message box would have this feature implemented - so even as the person was typing in their mundane question, it would provide a link to the answer right in front of them which they would hopefully click before actually posting their question.

I think the search function on this forum is partly to blame, as any search under about 5 letters simply doesn't work. To make it better there are a few options:

1. Make it search Google by default

2. Make it default to replying with Posts rather than Threads (as some threads are hundreds of posts long)

3. Make it search both the Wiki and the Forum (solved with Google)
[About XDA developers] peezy:
There is a google sticky alread. It just so happens to be 3 threads above this one ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=304582

I think you have a valid point Oli. I haev seen many posts with ppl voicing concerns about the search function, and I would tend to agree that it would help if it could be re-structured. Especially with the rate that this site is growing, some search function upgrading would be a good suggestion. However, just like finding any other type of info on the net, its all about your search skills. After spending enough time using the search tools, you find tricks and techniques to narrow your results. Im happy to see this thread, and hopfully the mods will combine their powers to find a way to simplify finding info here.
[About XDA developers] debonairone:
I am glad that there are ppl here that realize there is an issue with the search function... I also agree that there should not be a lot of stickies, but the BEST place for it, would be in the Search FAQ.... Have any of your read it... It is not that good and as a noob, doesn't show me the best way to implement it... It just says to use the search function... If I were top dog, I might change it a little, just to alleviate some of the darn stupid posts... maybe have it come up as a precursor to registering... Not that everyone will read it, but they will see it...

Just my .02 again... I'm gonna have to get some credit around here... these two pennies are gonna start to add up...

:)
[AT&T HTC One (M8)] HInstinct:
Can any custom kernel do it? If not can I use one that does backup the system/data then flash the kernel I like back on and restore the system/data?
[General Topics] dip5:
i am facing a line from top to buttom in recovery mode twrp/cwm !

Does anybody know how to fix that? :confused:
[General Topics] A_Bunny:
Do you have a moto g? If so you have to update the bootloader.
[General Topics] NhiemHK:
Please post several picture to descrip your issue.
[General Topics] dip5:
how to do that?
[General Topics] A_Bunny:
Check here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59499147&postcount=1544
[General Topics] bhordmars:
Did u rename Your twrp recovery img before flashing?
[General Topics] dip5:
no !

Downloaded from offcial twrp/cwm site and flashed that !

had you faced that problem?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apoorva_:
Hi XDA Forum Members,

I had rooted my OPO a while back using TWRP.

I got the CM 12 official update this morning but when I said Install, I saw the TeamWin Menu when the phone rebooted. Since I don't really know the technical details, I didn't know how to install CM 12 (and if I will lose data if I do so). So I just rebooted to system.

Could you please help me out here? If I want to update to CM 12, how do I do it? And if I do so, will I lose data and have to root my phone all over again?

Thanks in advance!

-Apoorva
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Just grab the update from here And flash it manually with TWRP.

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[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apoorva_:
Thanks but which option do I select among the 4 there? (I wasn't kidding when I said I don't know technical stuff :P)
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
The first option.

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[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lemonspeakers:
I downloaded it but does not install as a secondary in MultiRom. ANyway I can do this?
[Honor 6, 6 Plus Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] katopunk:
Hi all,

My current rom now is B390. I did a nandroid backup on B114 before I upgrade it to emui 3.0

I tried to restore B114, but it's unable to restore. It got stucked at restoring /system.

The reason I'm switching back to B114 is that I'd like to extract the Huawei camera apk.

Anybody with emui 2.3 care to extract out the camera apk? That would be very helpful.

Thanks!
[LG G Flex 2] harrislpm:
So I've been playing Coin Dozer for a while, and I simply can't imagine how a game like this is using more than 50mb of data per day. Being pissed off, I turned off data and started playing the game again.

Needless to say, during this no-data period, ads still show in the game, messages are still being received in both whatsapp and Line, etc. I just tested youtube and yep, videos still play.

I've been searching around and only find one thread with the same problem but on a different phone. Solution for that person seems to be "disable 4G."

Does anyone know how to fix this problem for G flex 2? Or at least how to disable 4G so I could try whether that works for this phone?
[LG G Flex 2] lyphe:
Connection Optimizer

If I had to take a wild guess, I would say try to turn off the connections optimizer if it is not already. Then use a startup manager and disable this app from starting on boot. I used "Startup Manager (Free)". The optimizer, even if you turn off Wifi, will automatically turn it back on and keep searching for hotspots. I assume it is the same with mobile data.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] souldreamer2014:
It's more of a customization "want" than anything

I'd like to put a custom image in place of the factory LG logo that appears before the boot animation begins...can anyone tell me how to do this?

I'm wanting to do this on my vs980... anyone have suggestions on where I might be able to gather some knowledge about this???

Anything is and will be appreciated!!!

THANKS IN ADVANCE:good:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d00lz:
The LG image is located in your Boot Image, specifically the Ramdisk iirc. It can't be replaced unless you create your own Custom Kernel.

In short, don't bother changing it.. for what it's worth.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] souldreamer2014:
Got ya...if I decide to compile a kernel though, it's be rather simple to change though, right?

I know that there are a few threads on building kernels...might be a fun project...

Thanks again for the input:good:
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbear1308:
I've OTA update zip file

what i can do?

cannot install normally via phone update

red sign on screen
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StirringDesert:
Inside this zip there's another zip called firmware.zip, which contains a recovery image. Try flashing it and installing the OTA. Worked for me.
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbear1308:
i see someone try this method but fail too

whaich recovery are you used, from 1.60.707.3 or 2.34.707.1 ?

I've only OTA 2.34.707.1
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StirringDesert:
I used the one I recieved, which is 2.34.401.1
[Desire 816 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbear1308:
why my friend took recovery from that zip try to flash and then it show yellow log text
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] arcaneck:
Hi, does anyone knows if this phone is going to be updated to 5.1 or the update will be only for the droid turbo? Because I have seen the news and no one is mentioning this phone and I'm very worried, jeje thanks [emoji28]
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Galaxo60:
You don't have to be worried about, Turbo and Maxx are the same phone with different software, so they should get the update mostly at the same time.

You have been hearing this it's because Turbo would get directly updated to 5.1, which it's a different story for the Maxx that already have Lollipop.

:cowboy:
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] adrynalyne:
I wouldn't assume that. OEMs have a finite of updates they will push and unless they see a dire need to, may not push the Maxx to 5.1. It happens all the time. An OEM will move a device to the next OS version, and being that 5.1.1 is still Lollipop they may not consider it worth the resources to update to it, especially since (correct me if wrong) the international versions do not use VoLTE.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Jaocagomez:
yes it will be updated to 5.1, but i think droid turbo will make it first, then us.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Steve-x:
I am sure the Brazil version will get 5.1.x, not sure about the other builds/countries though.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] ChazzMatt:
Well, since India Turbo just launched, and Brazil is also very important to Motorola fairly sure they will continue to get updates. India launched with a version a hair behind Brazil and Mexico's Lollipop. They will both be equal at some point, with newer update.

If the Moto X and Moto G continue to get updates, so with the Moto Maxx/Moto Turbo.

And last, we now will have CM 12.1 which is based on 5.1. So, we have 5.1. DONE. Don't need OEM, sir.

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Then you can just flash Brazil's 5.1.x. I converted my Mexico and Puerto Rico Moto Maxx to India Moto Turbo. Just as easy to convert them to Brazil Moto Maxx. ;)

That is, if you absolutely want just stock and not a custom ROM like CM 12.1, which is 5.1.

Moto Maxx/Moto Turbo XT1225 will have Lollipop 5.1 before Verizon gives it Droid Turbo -- courtesy CM 12.1 and [MENTION=2228410]Skrilax_CZ[/MENTION].

If any Moto Maxx XT1250 users also want CM 12.1, just contact [MENTION=2228410]Skrilax_CZ[/MENTION].
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] adrynalyne:
I assure you, you want (OEM) 5.1 if for no other reason than proper blobs. CM will never be able to provide those until Moto releases an update they can be pulled from.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Skrilax_CZ:
It won't be much resources for them to upgrade from 5.0.x to 5.1.y - it costs resources if there were many underlying platform changes, which has not happened. So I'd simply say that next minor OTA for Maxx will be 5.1 based.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] adrynalyne:
That depends on how well the Motorola components work with 5.1. If they do not, they must update them as well.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Skrilax_CZ:
The problem with OS upgrading is mostly on plaftorm side. Qualcomm will upgrade their platform blobs / firmwares / sources, but Moto will need to reconfigure their setup (and there will be bugs etc.). That's where the problem usually lies and holds OTA updates (msm8960 phones to Kitkat from 4.1.2, now mam8960ab phones to LP etc.).

There is no virtual difference in the framework integration, since 5.1 is a bugfix release primarilly.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] ChazzMatt:
Motorola is already publicly committed to 5.1 for one Quark phone, the XT1254 Droid Turbo.

Just for support reasons alone, Motorola would want all the Quarks to have the same bug fixes. In support of that idea is Motorola themselves:

https://plus.google.com/+DavidSchuster/posts/cV4vDyyMmw2

David Schuster, a Senior Director of software management at Motorola:

Motorola has said 5.0.2 has problems. They say 5.1 is much better.

If the

2013 and 2014 Moto X and 2013 Moto G will get 5.1

, then so will all the Quarks which are much more recent, much more premium phones.

It's silly to suggest otherwise.

Therefore, if Motorola is publicly committed to a 5.1 update for the Droid Turbo XT1254, then a 5.1 update for the XT1225 Moto Maxx/Moto Turbo is also basically done at that point.

It's just GSM/HSPA/LTE, not CDMA/HSPA/LTE. Same Snapdragon 805, same RAM, same camera, same display. They are ALL Quark phones.

Yeah, Verizon wants to make sure VoLTE works fine in 5.1, but that's not even going to be an issue with the Moto Maxx/Moto Turbo XT1225.

It's like getting your Doctoral degree and someone asking if you have your Masters. :rolleyes:

It's not even a CARRIER approved release, like with Verizon. Verizon causes problems.

"According to David Schuster, a Senior Director of software management at Motorola, all of the devices we just mentioned won’t see Android 5.0 Lollipop, and will instead be updated from Android 4.4 KitKat straight to Android 5.1 Lollipop":

Moto X (1st & 2nd Gen)

Moto G (1st and 2nd Gen)

Moto G 4G LTE

DROID Turbo

Moto E

DROID Ultra

DROID Maxx

DROID Mini

https://plus.google.com/+DavidSchuster/posts/cV4vDyyMmw2

Well, if it's DROID, then the difficult "partner" is Verizon. Not an issue with the Moto Maxx/Moto Turbo.

While some of the Moto Maxx Quarks are sold by carriers, in Mexico and Brazil you can buy them straight from Motorola website. My Mexico Moto Maxx was bought straight from Motorola Mexico. In India, the just-launched XT1225 Moto Turbo is sold through an online retailer but is still a "factory" phone straight from Motorola (and sports the same FCC ID as all the other XT1225).

And thus receive updates straight from Motorola. My Mexico Moto Maxx when on 4.4.4 was only connected to wi-fi, did not have a sim card in it, but notified me of the 5.0.2 update. I declined and flashed it to India Turbo 5.0.2. manually.

Motorola has emphasized how important markets like India and Brazil are to their plans. They just convinced people in India to spend this amount of money on a phone (which launched with 5.0.2) and someone is implying it's not going to receive ANY future updates? :silly:

The only difference between any of the XT1225 is the carrier-sold models are sim locked, while the factory models are not. My Puerto Rico Moto Maxx was sim locked, but was unlocked before delivery, and both my Moto Maxx are flashed to India Moto Turbo Lollipop.

And once the XT1254 Droid Turbo 5.1 Lollipop update is ready, that means 5.1 for the U.S. Moto Maxx XT1250 is basically ready. Both have the same hardware, same CDMA/GSM/HSPA/LTE bands, same FCC ID.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] adrynalyne:
That "difficult" partner is more likely whoever provides drivers for those non-ARM cores. This same issue affects the 2013 MotoX.

I'm glad you have faith in Motorola, but far too often I've seen OEMs walk away from their phones when it comes to updates.

You are right, 5.1 makes 5.0.x look like garbage. 5.1 makes my devices fly.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] screege:
Well now that turbo has 5.1 will there be an update to our maxx purchased dirwctly from motorola?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Galaxo60:
I think they would push first the 2015 devices, and then start to be worried about the updates of older devices.

:confused:
[Xposed General] Titan XDA:
Hello XDA, I'm having an issue installing Xposed on my HTC One M8 GPE running on 5.1. I get this error.

"Error executing updater binary in zip..."

I'm using TWRP and I have Zip Signature Verification off.
[Xposed General] Chabux:
That's beacuse Xposed isn't compatible with 5.1, at least officially. There's an unofficial version, but i didn't try.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grubber24:
I got the new smart lock feature named trusted voice on the phone. I 1st disabled the moto voice, then i enabled it from google now settings and also retained my voice model.

Now its supposed to unlock the phone skipping the pin lock after saying "Ok Google". But instead it does a voice search for me and asks for a pin or pattern after that.

How do i get it to work?

Sent from my XT1092