yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] LazyT:
When flashing the real recovery we have to shutdown the device first to use it, because "reboot to recovery" or "vol+ on boot" starts always the internal CM recovery.

But flashing the fota recovery works like before the ta-update for real the recovery.

So why it is not possible to flash the real recovery AND use it with "vol+ on boot" or "reboot to recovery"?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sauron3256:
Well, as I understand it, when booting to the real recovery, the system uses the kernel that is included in the recovery partition and not the one on the boot partition, and the vol+ on boot is a programmed signal on the boot partition, so the boot partition loads first that way and then points to the CM recovery.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] LazyT:
Then the real recovery doesn't react to this signal and "something" can be added to make it work?

Or must "something" changed on the boot.img?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] sauron3256:
Honestly? I don't know, but I suppose that, yes, something like that must be done. I'm on stock ROM using Xperia Xposed by SERAJR and when I select reboot to recovery, it goes straight to the Real one as opposed to the one the Advanced Kernel provides, so, it's doable.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] bleh815:
just as funiewski says, it seems not possible at the moment to reach the "real" recovery from CM's extended reboot menu. but it works just fine when shutting down and manually booting into recovery.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] coolfranz:
Hello,

I am quite new to Sony devices (I am only used to Nexus devices so far)

To get things right: To get a recovery partition on z1c a open Bootloader (obvious) as well as an update by a Sony software is needed? Is this still true if OTA/ prerooted stock 5.1.1 is installed (updates Sony the Bootloader via Updates from time to time, like Google does?)?

All other recoveries (especially NUT) are located in the boot.img?

How about compatibility? Can the same .zip's flashed with both recoveries?

Does backup and restore from one to the other work?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Micha_Btz:
Do you know if is twrp able to mount encrypted partitions? I plan to set up my phone completely new with cm12.1, without google and encrypted.

And as far as I know the CM recovery is not able to mount encrypted devices.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] luckyrumo:
Have you tried it yet? My Z1c is still on fota TWRP (2.8.6, I guess), and at least this version is not capable of opening encrypted partitions. I'd like to know if the "real" TWRP 2.8.7 can do it before I begin all that Sony Stock image flashing and the full reset coming with it...

The strange thing is that the same version of TWRP on my Nexus 7 is perfectly able to handle encrypted partitions.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Micha_Btz:
sorry, i have not tested it.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Micha_Btz:
Yes, and it did not work. TWRP detects an encrypted data partition, but it doesn't accept the password,

which is definitly right.

Maybe there are is an config Option for TWRP at build time needed. [MENTION=5456406]CoolDevelopment[/MENTION] can you please take a look at this?

Micha
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] foresto:
This is a bit off topic, but since you asked, I've been running CyanogenMod 12.1 nightlies for the past couple of months with an encrypted device. No problems here.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Micha_Btz:
There is no problem with encrypted devices in CM, problem is to create a nandroid backup.

as far as i now, CM recovery is not able to create nandroid backups and twrp works not with my encrypted data partition.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] karamancho:
need help

I tried to install the (Open devices) TA update on my bootloader unlocked z1c but the TA update is not showing up in the services list in the Flash tool for Xperia devices as seen here

the steps are pretty straight forward:

but after I installed the generic software using the Flash tool for Xperia devices and connected the phone again - there's no option to install the TA update in the services list (as seen in the image above)

what am I doing wrong??
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
I can't remember where, (I'll try to find it), but someone posted recently that it's included in latest fw. Test it out with a compatible recovery img... (here's one - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1n...p=docslist_api)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] fadern:
The file is missing
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] rzlatic:
did you copied that customization.ini file included in zip, into flashtool installation folder? if i remember correctly that particular file was crucial.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
You mean the link? Sorry, try this - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1niPALD2vPeV0Y2WWZjMFJndWs/view?usp=docslist_api
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] karamancho:
what kind of recovery is this?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
TWRP real recovery.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] karamancho:
the one ported by [MENTION=5456406]CoolDevelopment[/MENTION] ?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
Not sure where it came from, I have just had it in storage from when I first updated ta.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] blue-spiderfire:
I have the same problem.

[MENTION=5862263]karamancho[/MENTION] Did it worked for you now? Do I have to change something in the copied customisation.ini?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] karamancho:
I didn't change anything in the customisation.ini, I just copied it.

I haven't tried anything since I flashed CM12.1 and it came with its own recovery.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] HooLIMAN87:
Hey guys, did you succesfully flashed open bootloader? I'm having same issue so just wandering if something is wrong with my pc or what. :D
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] karamancho:
like I said above, I flashed cyanogenmod and it came with its own recovery (cm recovery).

I just don't know if it's on it own recovery partition or on a FOTA partition (like on the sony stock rom). I would like to know if theres a way to check this.

pozdrav ;)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] HooLIMAN87:
Yup, saw that but in meantime you could try again to flash open ta. I think it's on fota partition, and probably there is no way to check this.

Pozdrav :)

Edit: With latest firmware you allready have open ta, so if you wish you can flash recovery with fastboot and that's it.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] frauhottelmann:
Could you compile twrp 3.0?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] CoolDevelopment:
here
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] frauhottelmann:
Thanks, looks like it's working. Unfortunately it still can't mount my encrypted partition. I was hoping it could, because they said something in the changelog...
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Micha_Btz:
the problem is, that the hardware keystore ist not initialised. see here

https://github.com/TeamWin/Team-Win-Recovery-Project/issues/454#issuecomment-170341632

there is also a link to a recovery which work with encryption. maybe [MENTION=5456406]CoolDevelopment[/MENTION] can adopt this changes.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Tom Mix:
recovery flashing

hoi board

afaik one can boot to the recovery and flash a new version of the recovery

direct from the booted recovery and on the next boot the recovery is

up to date. (on my samsung s4mini)

so when i booted the REAL REAL RECOVERY TWRP 2.8.7.0 and flashed the

the image of the REAL REAL RECOVERY 3.0.0.0 [thx to cooldevelopment!]

it flashes the recoveryimage to the 'other' recovery partition and

only the TWRP 3.0 boots on normal boot.

so i had to flash the boot.img from my rom again to be able to boot

the rom. though my REAL REAL RECOVERY TWRP 2.8.7.0 is untouched..

is there a way to flash the REAL REAL RECOVERY TWRP without a

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img:confused:
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] rzlatic:
flash it the right way. recovery img's are supposed to be flashed through fastboot.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Yokurt815:
Nowadays it seems to work with Linux only (Ubuntu 15.10) :)

I flashed latest official stock rom with FlashTool. Then I installed CM12.1 and later I used android-tools-fastboot to install recovery from this thread.

I'm not 100% sure if it's the "real" recovery, but I get into recovery :)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Nash123:
No TA update showing for my Z1C in Emma. Flashed latest firmware, as someone suggested open TA should be inside and flashed recovery with fastboot. Still no real recovery.

What to do? I want to use a ROM which needs real recovery ...
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
Make sure your recovery img is real-recovery-compatible, (pretty much TWRP 3+)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Nash123:
Ok, seems original firmware was the problem. First I installed latest (270). This one did not make it possible to flash real recovery. Flashed Firmwareversion 236 and now it works :) But thanks anyway :)
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Zocker1012:
Anyone here who can build a non touch cwm/twrp build.

Have broken digitizer( The upper third of the screen stops responding )Would help me alot.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
Not sure about twrp, but philz and cwm usually work with hardware keys.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Zocker1012:
K.thanks but do you know where i can find philz/twrp or cwm with real recovery support and Hardware keys control?

Btw. I have tested all files mentioned in the posts before.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] blue-spiderfire:
Take a look at this thread [DEVDB][TWRP][PhilZ Touch] XZDualRecovery But I can't remember anymore whether they were usable with hardware keys only.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Zocker1012:
Think that philz is what i need.

Unfortunately, none of the files work with real recovery.

Or they work but not with Hardware key only.

The recovery file needs some changes to work with real recovery i think.

I would build myself something but I do not know what I would have to change, and how.

Thanks anyway
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] rodomaxi2:
In my laptop the update do not show, I only install the version 14.6.A.1.236. But the TA update don´t show
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
It's part of the ROM flash. I don't know if they changed it at some point or what, because when I did it originally, (when this thread was started), ta update showed up as an option by itself, but it seems like people are not seeing it anymore. But if you flash the ROM, it will be included.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] rodomaxi2:
Thanks, I will install the other option the .270 and I will try. But what happen if I try enter to the recovery mode without a custom recovery?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
You need to flash recovery img also with fastboot, (here's a good one - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862711713). But why flash 270? Just flash 236...
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] rodomaxi2:
I install the recovery that you sent me, I´ve use this comand "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img ". But I have a question if I could install this recovery it means that I have the real recovery? because this comand is for real recovery partition. How can I know that I really have the real recovery?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
That link is for a real recovery compatible img. The recovery partition is the bootloader, which has to be flashed to the phone in order for the img to have a place to go. If you have an official 236 update, it's probably there already.
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Sting1971:
I flashed the .236 with Emma, then i flashed the twrp-3.1.0-0-amami.img with ADB, but the system directory it's only in readable mode, neither with Root Explorer i can set system in read/write mode. Any solution?
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] levone1:
Xz dual recovery, or custom kernel, (try advanced Keeneland by sharonliu)...
[Xperia Z1 Compact General] Sting1971:
Great, it works!!! I installed Z1C-Advanced-v19.0-gcc-linaro-6.3.1-Kernel.zip and now i have system in read/write mode :good:
[General Questions and Answers] Pawprints1986:
I will note that my phone gets used for phone calls, texting, occaisonal data usage for MMS messages. But i *dont* use gps, maps, bluetooth,

really the only thing "google" i actually use is the play store... ive even deleted gmail since if i want to email someone that badly ill just use the browser version - or wait until im at a real CP.

I really am a bare bones type of user, and would love to optimize battery by disabling stuff that could be running that i never take advantage of.

ill make notes to make sure i can re-enable them if i ever do get a data plan and want gps or whatnot working.

but for now im not paying extra for all that, so im a bare bones user, aside from a few wifi games. the play store to download those games is all i truly need working... and stuff about the OS itself but, im not sure how to tell what is needed for what.

any lists, specifically for samsung captivate glide running stock but rooted 4.0.4 rom?

Thanks :)
[HTC Vox] jockyw2001:
Thanks for this!

I think your contributions should be published in the wiki.

Cheers

JockyW
[HTC Vox] KevinSephiroth:
As you said, it was already posted on MoDaCo ...

But great anyway.
[HTC Vox] Menneisyys:
I wish I had the time to edit the Wiki... the sole reason I don't publish it is that there would be a LOT of manual editing involved as I couldn't create an automated script to convert everything into the local Wiki format (I had special problems with linked images, which just didn't want to work).
[HTC Vox] KevinSephiroth:
That's what I wanted to add, though this was originaly posted on MoDaCo, I like your thread too for the pictures .

What's the point with the wiki? What's the problem with linked pictures??? :confused:
[HTC Vox] Menneisyys:
I have no time to reedit my articles when crossposting - I do everything with automated scripts. Unfortunately, so far, I haven't been able to come up with a script that would convert my articles 100% to the XDA-Dev Wiki - I had problems with the image conversions. Asmy articles are FULL of images, both linked and inline, it'd require a LOT of work to edit them all before submitting. I wish I had the time for that...
[General Questions and Answers] padila keris:
hy guys..i have problem with my zenfone5, when i connet to the pc,the pc cannot recognize the device(unknown device) then when in install driver from asus downloader,the system installer not support for windows x86 or 32bit,i trying to fine virsion for 32bit,but i wont got it,and the driver also is the latest virsion...guys do u have any solution for this problm..thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] eshwarwithyou:
Connect your device to PC,get into storage of phone than on the top click on usb icon and select MTP.your device will be recognized
[General Questions and Answers] Dip1987:
[MENTION=6738773]eshwarwithyou[/MENTION] Hot to do that if i cant boot my device? only boots in fastboot mode!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] tagged:
Since Sprint decided to pull the plug on WiMAX, I had to get rid of my trusty Evo 4G for a S4. Rooted with Odin, but followed an ancient guide on youtube to get tether unlocked without reading the comments. Now I'm stuck at a yellow "Sprint Spark" screen. Tried a hard reset (a few times), no change.

I think I need to flash a stock rom, but I have no clue which one I should use (and am fearing breaking more stuff). At this point, I just want to get the phone usable .. probably as stock as possible for now. The phone is brand new, assuming 4.4.2? Not sure if there's a way to check exactly what it was running. Recovery says KOT49H.L720VPUFNAE

Any advice, is much appreciated :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
I'm pretty sure everything you need is in this thread-http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2621862
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] tagged:
Maybe, but 250 pages is a lot to sort through (no offense). Does a stock rom (no root) even exist?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] bilgerryan:
Try looking at the first post[emoji6]
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] w7excursion:
Lol
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmureza:
HI

My phone is Z3 Dual running Android 5.02

At security section, I applied trusted face. But even time I tried to unlock my phone, it always go on pattern.

How can I use Face detection to unlock?

Thanks

Sent from my D6633
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmureza:
Nobody answering?????

Sent from my D6633
[YU Yureka Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manrock111:
I was using blisspop 2.3 with twrp 2.8.6 recovery, everything was seems right until i tried to flash hazy rom on that.

First of all phone not able to boot up.

major error it show unable to mount /cache.

need help
[YU Yureka Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Faisal_khan:
Maybe you have fixed the problem but for some other guys who end up here searching for a fix, here's how to do it.

Flash another recovery, simple.
[YU Yureka Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manrock111:
other recovery not able to fix my problem.

then i flash phone from flashboot. Now everything OK
[YU Yureka Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krshubham:
I am having the same problem : unable to mount cache . Please tell the steps how you solved this. Thanks in advance..
[YU Yureka Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JackHobbs:
Fix unable to Mount '/cache

I was facing the same problem, then I have wiped Dalvik cache after that I was able to flash rom normally. :D
[YU Yureka Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CatZephyr:
Same here.. I'm also facing this problem.. Updated TWRP to v3. 0.1 but problem is still there
[YU Yureka Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andy fan:
Try this...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJRKuQf0puE
[YU Yureka Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nischait:
You have to wipe System also. I got this problem today in YU5510A when I was flashing AOSP Extended over MIUI8 then I wipe system/cache/dalvik

Try this if not works try to wipe everything. I am sure problem ll be resolved.
[YU Yureka Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rohan.kelshikar:
flash twrp again, wipe everything except internal ofcourse, and flash twrp's latest build again, it fixed the issue for me
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vegastroy:
hy, everybody.

How to make moto g have knock to open display like LG fitur?

Thanks.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bejunk:
no way atm. this need a custom kernel with knock code enabled. but all attemts to integrate knock code or D2TW resulted in random reboots or high battery drain etc... but the devs are working on it )
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strictlystickshift:
So after my Galaxy S3 died I am in need of an affordable but capable smartphone to use for the next 6-8 months (at least until Note 5). The OnePlus one, now invite free has certainly caught my eye, but I have heard of various touchscreen issues and flat out terrible customer service. Have these issues been fixed and can anyone give any experience about OnePlus's service? Is this phone still even worth it? If not, are there any alternatives?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
There's a review thread in the general section. There are also threads discussing customer service experiences. There are also several threads asking this exact question in our q&a section. All it takes is a quick look.

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[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
About the touchscreen: Me and my friend ordered it after March 2015 and do not have issues. Mostly older batches are affected, but those have been also fixed by an updated touchscreen driver (currently under revision due to high drain when douple tap to wake is enabled).
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flatric:
Ordered it in march together with a friend too -> also no issues
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronu:
I charged it to 100% before going to sleep. When I woke up in the morning, the battery was 82%. I mean srsly wtf ? I have no idea what's going on. This draining issue has started after I've started using oneplus power bank . plz help me. Also there r no wakelocks so that's not an issue.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
Post also wakelocks fom GSam Some running app is using up your battery
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronu:
Here's the app usage screenshot
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cramukinc:
Here is what I do,

1. Install Battery Monitor Widget from PlayStore.

2. Use the "History" tab in the application to measure the battery drain when idle. The application records the drain every 10 minutes.

I typically have a -6mA drain when the phone is asleep (Google Now running, Location set to "battery saving"). This should give you a good idea on how your phone is behaving.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Gsam sucks, you need to use something like BetterBatteryStats to effectively track down what's causing the wakelock. Get BBS, run the phone normally for a few hours, and then post screenshots of the Other, Partial Wakelocks, and Alarms screens in BBS.

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[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
Actually "battery saving" location eats more battery, than Device only since it's using WiFi + Cellular instead of GPS. At least it's my experience, that I have a bit less drain on Device Only, than on Battery saving.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronu:
After a week of using these apps.. I've found that there are no wakelocks, still the battery drains overnight.

Will the battery recaliberation help?

Or maybe chaning the rom?

I'm on stock rom as of now. Non rooted.

PLease please suggest me something.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Exactly what apps are you using? Can you post some screenshots of the recorded information?

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[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cypherhack:
I had issues with battery draining when I left my phone somewhere with low signal strength overnight.

Also I experienced battery drains when my I had a slow internet connection. It may be that some applications are trying to sync, but they are unable to due to slow connection. So they try again and again. (I have this issue with K9-Mail).

I would also suggest to check if Google Location Reporting ist switched on. It was also a battery drainer I had a problem with in the past.

So before you start flashing ROMs, make sure this is not related to signal or synchronization problems.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronu:
What is causing the battery drain ???

Here r some screenshots
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
Obviously Google+, it tries to sync something, maybe pictures.
[General Questions and Answers] yogiverma:
dear sir,

plz suggest me some good custom roms for doodle 3 a102 with 8gb rom and 1gb ram.

thank you in advance. :)
[LG G Pro 2] pilipinoto:
please badly need i dont have a network now ,,huhuhu

my g pro 2 is f350k :( :( :( :( :(
[LG G Pro 2] sinoako123:
Try using this this app to make a shortcut for mobile network settings:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sika524.android.quickshortcut
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] lakotnik:
I got my XDA IIi second hand and there is no mms account in messaging, There is no mms account in registry either.

Is there any way to restore the mms service? Maybe if someone can send me the missing registry key (similar to sms registry key)? I have tryed hard reseting and no luck.

Best regard

Igor
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] richierich:
Here you go dude,

Just extract the cab from the zip file and install!!

RR
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berger55:
Hello,

I just rooted my xoom and was going to change to lollipop 5.0.2 using Flashify, it started to do its thing then

the xoom restarted and now says "FAILED IMAGE 505 0X0002 " and is stuck there it just keeps rebooting to that message

and stops?? how do I fix this??

thanks