yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drsiegberterne:
Hi Thanassis,

thanks for your quick reply and your efforts. I'm actually around 85% sure I did not flash the image but since I had no Linux on my computer at the time (I know shame on me) I used a Mac and the command line was a bit different. Since I had never used ADB or fastboot I relied on some guide that explained how to even get into the bootloader and might have gotten something wrong.

On the other hand I later read out the commands I used in the Mac shell and couldn't find anything other than the things I should have done and described earlier, so as far as I can tell this all should never have happened. It may be interesting to point out here that the "stuck in fastboot" mode happened immediately after the first time I loaded your kernel and I most definitely just wrote fastboot boot boot.rooted.img at that point.

As for fixing the problem now it's not only about the inconvenience of the whole thing. I also later (after I was already stuck in fastboot mode) installed some apps for helping me manage privileges of different apps (xposed framework and xprivacy) which turned out to not be compatible in some way or another. So now not only is my tablet not booteable in a normal way but its also cluttered with even more useless stuff than before and I would really like to just reset it before thinking about any other possibilities.

If I flash boot the original ASUS boot image found in the file you described and which i dowloaded already, shouldn't that fix the problem if I accidentally did flash your boot image? Or will there be even more trouble?

Alternatively isn't there a manual way to flash the whole zipped recovery image or am I misunderstanding what this ASUS file actually contains?

And which of the two options is safer to try first or in other words - which one might break the tablet once and for all?

Thanks again and sorry for my incompetence
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ttsiodras:
No, don't be sorry :) We are all either choosing to learn in this world (i.e. make mistakes and learn from them), or choose to remain stuck in ignorance. I applaud your efforts in properly rooting the tablet. . .

To the point - remember, you are root now ; whatever apps you installed, you can definitely uninstall them. You don't necessarily need to wipe it.

If you do want to, I'd suggest booting in recovery and doing it the normal way that Asus recommends. Since you said "buttons don't work", you may want to try using the original recovery .img - i.e. "fastboot boot recovery.img". I'd love to suggest a link from ASUS, but they don't host it (which is bad - they really should) - so instead go to "goo" dot "gl" slash "noegkY" - this will point you to a discussion where a kind soul is sharing his ME103K recovery.img.

Booting from the recovery will allow you to install the ASUS OTA update - and probably try cleaning cache partition, etc

Good luck!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drsiegberterne:
The problem here is that he doesn't seem to have the same version as on my tablet. I have the newest version with Lollipop while this seems to be at least a couple of patches earlier with a completely different version of Android. Won't I risk breaking things even more if I try to apply this - as in trying to recover a recovery that is not on my tablet since certainly the recovery.img doesn't contain all the information needed since it's only 10 MB.

As you can probably guess the whole discussion in your link about what part of the system is broken and how to fix it goes right over my head. It also seems like they did not find a satisfactory solution in the end (short of sending the tablet to ASUS). As you can imagine I'm at quite a loss what to try and what not out of fear to make things worse. At least for now I can still use the tablet to do the things I need it to do.

Thanks for your help anyway, I will try to read up more on the topic and decide what to do next.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ttsiodras:
I understand how you feel - your tablet is operational now (OK, with the annoyance that you need to boot it in "tethered mode") - so you rightfully fear that you may mess things up with further steps.

Just to clarify something - the recovery img is something that works on its own ; it has no dependency on what kind of Android image is installed in the /system partition.

If you do decide to do it, "fastboot boot recovery.img" will bring you to a spartan menu, showing options that allow you to apply an update (i.e. the ASUS update you downloaded!), clean the /cache partition, etc.

Choose "install update from SD card" (use volume up/down to choose, power btn to select), and navigate to your SD card, where you will have placed the big .zip file from ASUS.

The recovery process will begin, and your tablet will be "wiped" with the image from ASUS. Reboot, and be patient while the tablet boots up - it will be just like the first time you started it (i.e. install from scratch).

Whatever you decide - good luck!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drsiegberterne:
Okay, a little update from the battlefront:

I tried the recovery image and did get into the menu, however the recovery failed with the same two error messages as in your earlier link ("footer is wrong" and "signature verification failed"). My output from fastboot getvar all is also very similar to the one from that guy except I have a different bootloader version than him (3.03).

Another thing I noticed is that if I boot the standard boot.img found in the ASUS zip it will recognize the internal sdcard normally, however when I boot your rooted image the internal memory doesn't seem to be recognized, at least not through the pre-installed file manager. Downloading a file to the internal storage also failed while rooted but all the apps and the OS itself so far seem totally unaffected otherwise.

My last resort at the moment is the fastboot flash boot boot.img but I have little hope it would change anything since in the thread you linked they proposed just that and if it had worked they probably would have mentioned it.

Can it theoretically break the tablet even more? I would hate to have to send it in because I completely bricked it...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ttsiodras:
Not the case for me - everything works fine (including internal and external sdcard), so it's definitely not my kernel causing this.

Flashing is always dangerous (from what you've said, I actually theorize that you did, actually, flash already...)

I doubt this will solve the boot issue, to be honest - if I were you, I'd continue to boot tethered (with my image when you need root access, and (maybe) the Asus image when you don't). Myself, I always boot my own bootimage, since I have zero problems with it, and it allows me to run a complete Debian distro in a chroot (thus making my tablet a full-blown UNIX server - e.g. I run privoxy on it to filter all stupid ads in all apps on the tablet, etc).

No matter what you decide, good luck!

Thanassis.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drsiegberterne:
I already tried to flash the original boot.img yesterday but it didn't change anything as you correctly assumed so I guess for now there is nothing more to do. I might write to the Asus support and maybe send the tablet in if it is free of charge for me (which I doubt). The only other option is to spend the next months to get sufficiently versed in Android to actually fix the problems myself but even for that I would probably need some files or source code from Asus. I find it rather disappointing the way these "closed" systems work nowadays, with the advancement of Linux and Open Source I really would have expected the opposite to be true but apparently people care more about convenience than actually being able to use the tools they buy in the way they want to.

Getting these Android devices like buying a hammer that can't hammer things in on Sundays.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ttsiodras:
I share the sentiment - it's really sad.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ttsiodras:
Undoing the tethered root

Hi drsiegberterne - I had a look into the contents of the boot loader running inside the ME103K, and I am pretty sure that if you execute this at fastboot...

# fastboot oem reset-dev_info

# fastboot reboot

... you will get back to normal, un-tethered bootings of your ME103K.

Hope this solves your problem!

Kind regards,

Thanassis.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] RoyVegasPinoy:
To everyone using a magnetic charger, I need some reassurance that it is safe to use third party connectors.

I bought my girlfriend a Magnector adapter (version 2), and after 4 months of usage, the magnet has pulled her magnetic port off. Now the phone has compromised its waterproof feature.

Now I am worried about using third party magnetic connectors, or at least the Magnector one since it is known to have a significantly stronger magnet. I'm trying to figure out if it's a defect in her particular phone, or if all Z2's were just constructed to not withstand stronger magnets over time.

Please share what has been your experience with magnetic chargers, what brand, and for how long? Thank you.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] ParanormalBat:
The magnetic port on some early devices weren't glued on properly (the adhesive was not so good), so the magnet would pull of the port. For some people you could even push it in.

As for the magnet strength, shouldn't be much of a factor if you have one of the newer lots of devices. If not, then I would suggest buying an official DK36 dock from Sony. If you want to save some money, you can buy the DK32/DK31 for the older Z1 Compact and buy adjustments for the z2 (as I did).
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] RoyVegasPinoy:
Thank you. The frustrating part to that is there's no way of knowing if I have said earlier or newer model without risking trying it. Talk about loss of confidence in reliability.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] RoyVegasPinoy:
BTW, what is your source that earlier devices weren't glued properly?
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] ParanormalBat:
The Sony support forum for the device.

Earlier batch numbers had multiple imperfections (I too have an old batch but my only problem was the misaligned glass).

You can check your batch number by pulling out the flap in the microSD port.

Mine's 14W20 (so you can compare).

Anything above 25 or 28 should be one of the newer ones.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] RoyVegasPinoy:
Which number corresponds to the batch number in your case? The 14 or 20?
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] ParanormalBat:
20
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] RoyVegasPinoy:
Her phone is 14W32 and it still came loose so that's not it. My batch is even lower than hers so I'm even more concerned. I appreciate your insight though.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] ParanormalBat:
There were far more problems on older batches :D

Still Sony production always seem to have one problem or another.

I think the perfect batch was 14W28 AFAIR
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] RoyVegasPinoy:
Correction, my batch actually says 15W12. I assume now the 15 probably corresponds to the year. So hopefully mine should be good. I'm just gonna take a leap of faith and continue using the magnetic charger. Nobody seems to have any hard facts about the issue, so I'll just have to test it myself and report back.

If anybody else has issues with their magnetic ports coming loose, please share here. Thanks for setting me in the right direction Hussain.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] ParanormalBat:
Yeah you're right

I bought mine last year in May/June.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] Th3DON:
A small TIP: Do not connect the magnetic charger in the Wrong Way, It'll screw your PHONE..
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] RoyVegasPinoy:
Just to update everyone who comes across this thread, my latest 2015 batch Xperia Z2 magnetic port came off using the magnector adapters. Just stay away from those things. This is the THIRD phone it has pulled the connector off.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] Gmobilize:
I have a 14W25 build and it also had the issue ,tho only one of the sides seemed to be coming loose ,so once i tried to press it back in with a little bit of force ,and there was like a little click ,since then it hasnt been moving from its place.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] minori_aoi:
Just wondering, did you pull the magnetic charger correctly??

You should never pull the magnetic charger horizontally, but you should pull it by tilting the magnetic charger vertically, it should came off easily.
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] stu_tls:
my port came lose a while ago and wouldn't always charge

tonight it is now out of the phone!

I have ordered a new charging port and will be glueing it in!

lets see how it goes
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] Undefeatable:
Hey, someone told me that the place where I plug-in the magnetic charger may pop out after a while, is that true?!
[Xperia Z2 Accessories] stu_tls:
Did you not read this entire topic?
[HTC Desire Eye] Kahroo:
So I really want this phone but I don't want to use AT&Ts service. Can I just Buy one straight from HTC and pop a T-Mobile sim in it? Or do I need to sim unlock it first?
[HTC Desire Eye] snehonja:
Depends on the version you buy. BUy an unlocked phone, and it's as the name suggests, unlocked.
[HTC Desire Eye] zFr3eak:
If you buy it directly at HTC you will deffinitly get an unlocked device ;)
[HTC Desire Eye] Kahroo:
Ok thanks guys
[Acer Iconia A500] PereiraMan:
Please Help,

Two days ago my A500 freezes!

Had to force a shutdown, at start got stuck on Acer logo!

Tried the 4 official updates everyone talked about with no luck!

The only one that solved my problem was the original 3.x Honeycomb ROM:

SD_Acer_A501_Android 3.2.1_4.066.29_COM_GEN1

That Solved!

Then I downloaded a suposed Acer A500 Stock Rom to update from 3.2 to 4.0.3. Didn't notice was a rooted one, update completed then got an error.

ROM used: Acer_A500_Stock_ROM_v1.054.00_ww_gen1_rooted_4.0.3 _ICS

Now I can not even load stock recovery (vol-+ power), only power light turns on and off as i press power. No vibrate, no acer logo only a black screen!!

Can anyone help? Ideias?

PS: The A500 always was stock, no root, no special recevory, etc.

Thanks,

PereiraMan.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
ok, first of all we need the patched bootloader to be able to flash a recovery and a custom ICS+ Rom. But to do that, you need to root first, using the ICSRoot tool, see the root guide in my sig for the download.

Then while you are there download the babsector.rar file - this file will install the patched bootloader and a recovery, but more importantly it will output an error if your tab is one of those which has a faulty memory chip. If this is the case then nothing you do will fix this issue:(

Put your tab into APX mode(do not use otatool or a500 manager to do this for you, you need to do it manually via the buttons) click the a.bat file and follow the onscreen instructions.

IF the bat file runs without error...congratulations, you now have the patched bootloader and recovery. But what you do not have yet is a workable rom...You must now boot DIRECTLY TO RECOVERY (PWR VOL DOWN).

The patched bootloader does not work with HC Roms which is what you still have at the moment, even tho you tried flashing ICS previously. So, flash one of the custom ICS+ roms.

The best thing to do though is wipe all your userdata first before you flash the rom. You can try and get away without the wipe but its not best practice!!!!

Once the rom is flashed you can reboot.

Just a couple of things to note - the a500 is very old now, and so are alot of the roms. You may still have trouble, altho you will have a running system, it may not run as you might want!!! I have not used my tab for this very reason...it freezes or takes along time to do anything like surf the net, emails etx...even using it as a media player seems to be too much for it,lol - I have not tried any of the JB roms, the tab is still on one of the "Flex" series of roms.

But anyway good luck with everything, feel free to ask if you have any issues

rgds dibb
[Acer Iconia A500] PereiraMan:
Thanks dibb,

I will try to root, but don't I need the CPUID/UID for that? Everyone tells me that without it I can do nothing...

I'm stuck in APX (my A500 only turns on in apx I have nothing else) and have no CPUID... (i'm installing a Linux right know on a secondary laptop to solve that issue)

Also ICSroot link is not working! :(

About the A500, I bought it almost 4 years ago it had already ICS update available OTA that I apply in the first day... True it's a litle slow now when loaded with apps... A couple days ago when recovered from the "acer logo" symptom with acer recovery and honeycomb ROM I was susprise how fast it was (and yes without any apps). I was thinking about a light costum ROM or Cyanogen UnOfficial stable (version 10 i think) when i recover it.... Hope so! :fingers-crossed:

Thanks,

PereiraMan.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
YES YOU DO NEED CPUD!! Sorry, did not realise you did not have that. NONE of the auto tools will work without'!-This changes everything.

You are limited to a couple of choices to retrieve your UID

Hope your PC has stored it by you previously having Tabconnected to Pc via USB- there's a tool in my CPUIDGuide,1 forget nowwhat it is called.EDIT: USBdeview

OR

installing Linux.

I am pressed for time right at this minute will await

your reply as to this development

dibb
[Acer Iconia A500] PereiraMan:
Success!!!

Finally Got my uid via Linux, was hard to install Linux, all my old CD's where broken, had to create a usb pen! :)

Anyway, my A500 UID: 0x37001474420a157

But that 17 digits, so realized the leading 0x is not part of the UID! :P

Flashed Bundle 17 with APX Flash Utility!

Now going to try some ROMs... :)

Thanks dibb! :)

PereiraMan
[Acer Iconia A500] PereiraMan:
CyanogenMod

Hi dibb! :)

Just for the record ended up with cyanogen 12 tegraowners ROM (android 5.0.2)!

And did a litle CPU overclock with Thor Recevory from 1ghz to 1.2ghz..

I'm now a happy user of a Acer A500 with 4 years and a new life! :D

Thanks,

PereiraMan.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Thats awesome news my friend, glad to help:)
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] Xperiatheme.com:
Screenshot Lollipop

Download now

Xperia™ Avengers

Developer - Xperiaviet
[Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps] RexBJ:
:good:

Here are some suggestions

Maybe you can change back button or drawer button like this
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] TiDew:
Good Day to y'all ,

I have a question, maybe it is a stupid one.. I don't know.

But is it possible in any way to add double tap to wake or double tapping the home soft button to sleep?

I had the new lollipop version of coloros but I didn't like it. So I went back to there Find 7/7a AOSP v1.0 Beta.

Thanks in advance
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] jiffy1080:
You can probably get this through xposed.
[Oppo Find 7 and 7a] BG64:
As far as I know, there's no way to do this without interrupting deep sleep. However, if you do have Xposed, you could install AcDisplay and set it up to turn on the screen when you raise your phone. It works really well for me (nearly 100% of the time) and doesn't destroy your battery either.
[Android General] Cestbon P:
problem solved
[Android General] GuestK00193:
thanks for sharing the data. uninstalled their browser and will wait for further info on this if anyone provides.
[Android General] Technical:
Do not forget CM Backup which has to have access to everything to backup...
[Android General] Bruno_Tec:
Is another app similar to clean master but with less permissions ?

Idk like ccleaner?
[Android General] Technical:
SDMaid (specially if you're rooted)

Power Clean

Avast GrimeFighter
[Android General] Salim.Keady:
I recommend SD Maid and Power Clean
[Android General] Phrarr:
SDMaid is nice. TBH I don't even use anything else to clean system.
[Android General] EP2008:
I've been saying this for a while - when they started added questionable features, it immediately caused some red flags to go up. I suspect added unwanted features was a way to allow for permissions that normally wouldn't be needed for this type of app.

Sent from my SM-N910U
[Android General] Salim.Keady:
You should man from time to time
[ZenFone 2 General] CptAwesomeTT:
Randomly checked for an update on my TW device and there was one! Release notes follow.

http://www.asus.com/zentalk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=8740&extra=page=1&mobile=2

Sent from ASUS ZenFone 2
[ZenFone 2 General] Hudrator:
Wow, they adressed many problems in this update.

Hope this keeps going. Sadly battery live was not adressed ...
[ZenFone 2 General] MrKoji:
Good job ASUS for the continuous after sales support. ?
[ZenFone 2 General] MatteXperiaU:
with this update how is your camera? mine is improved a little, imho...
[ZenFone 2 General] CptAwesomeTT:
Nice list of fixes but I don't like what they did to the signal icons. They made them bigger and took out the color code. I'm not a big camera user so I haven't noticed a difference there.

Sent from ASUS ZenFone 2
[ZenFone 2 General] CptAwesomeTT:
Sound output volume and clarity is MUCH improved through the headset in this update! Much needed and appreciated. Speaker output is still somewhat low but it was slightly improved.
[ZenFone 2 General] luisoman2000:
for those who want to know, root survived ota without updating binaries.
[ZenFone 2 General] aj7400:
Did the update imrpooved camera , battery or heating issues?
[ZenFone 2 General] lordpipa:
What's the kernel date?
[ZenFone 2 General] CptAwesomeTT:
View attachment 3322538

Sent from ASUS ZenFone 2
[ZenFone 2 General] rlaw:
Checking for update on my WW Zf2 didn't seem to find it but when I switched on auto download update via WiFi, a few minutes later I got the notification update was ready to install!
[ZenFone 2 General] lordpipa:
Tnx was thinking it was me with the 5/15
[ZenFone 2 General] cangcan:
hello..what do u mean root survived ota without updating binaries?

im on ww 2.15.40.13_w_root currently..does this mean i can apply the ota and still keep rooted after it was updated?
[ZenFone 2 General] Ace42:
Got the update on mine earlier, but Android OS is still causing the mysterious battery drain. I hope the next update will fix it.

"I'd Totally Hug You, If That Was Something I Did"
[ZenFone 2 General] luisoman2000:
have you updated supersu binaries? if you did then you have to fully unroot to apply ota. if you didn't update the binaries, you can apply the ota and still have root.
[ZenFone 2 General] Hudrator:
Can confirm this. Problems with missing the first seconds of a song seem to be fixed
[ZenFone 2 General] Reviewers:
That sucks, I updated the supersu binaries so I won't be able to apply the ota.

Somebody please pre-root the updated ota so I can fastboot flash it ;) Hahahaha.

Thanks for this.

I'll wait until a bigger update I guess.
[ZenFone 2 General] Hudrator:
Another thing i mentioned, is that for me my Score in Antutu got a little bit better ~ 1000Points.
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
How strange. I got the OTA update notification, so removed root in order to take this update ( because low volume on headphones is the biggest flaw of the phone for me). However, the update failed. I assumed this was because of having done a lot of debloating. So I have reflashed boot, fastboot, recovery and the pre-rooted system, but when I check for the update again... Nothing??
[ZenFone 2 General] rlaw:
By debloating, d'you mean uninstalling bloatware? This is why I prefer to disable those with TiBU instead. So you can still take updates!
[ZenFone 2 General] kanagawaben:
Yeah, uninstalling bloat. For some reason I can no longer install Titanium Backup on my phone - every time I try I get an error code.
[ZenFone 2 General] extreme.samir:
DPI value concern.

Hi, I'm using my new Zenfone 2 ZE551ML for 2 days now.

I just want to suggest to ui developers to try to lower a bit the setted DPI value.

The display is a FULL HD panel in 5,5 inch, so the DPI is about 403. Now, if you check the software configuration, it seems to be setted [MENTION=302803]480[/MENTION].

The result is that the advantage of a larger screen is nulled by bigger icons, texts etc.

I want to suggest to developers and executives to consider to lower down DPI value. I tested personally that 400 is a perfect value to be setted.