yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] pckarma112:
Has anyone been able to succesessfully go back to 4.3 with the downgrade files from huawei. My l03 has the new twrp 1-l on it. I tried putting the transfer package dl folder in root of sd card. Followed the instructions. Phone rebooted to twrp. I then did the other dl file. Nothing happens. Phone will just reboot to twrp.

The insructions are a little confusing. They really dont say what step to take after you get to local update screen. I presume you choose install. Which is what I did. Just goes back to twrp. If anyone has done this and can give me a pointer. I would appreciate it. Thanks.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ArkAngel06:
Put b148 update.app in dload folder, flash stock recovery, do three button boot to initiate downgrade.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] Moody66:
That was made to be used with stock recovery. Use stock and try to downgrade.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ArkAngel06:
Ignore my previous post.

Make sure you have the stock recovery flashed, then follow the downgrade guide.

If you have any trouble, start over with putting the Lollipop update.app in the dload folder, start fresh, and then follow the downgrade guide. It's a lot of trouble, but its almost guaranteed to work.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] pckarma112:
OK Got It.

OK, Now I follow you. If I understood correctly. In first post I would have had to flash stock recovery in twrp First to do downgrade. But thats where I was confused for two reasons and this is on me. You said put b148 in dload. I figured you meant b148 stock recovery which I cant find. I know its here somewhere..lol. Plus I was worried about b148 recovery in lp? Maybe thats where I am confused. Would rather just flash stock recovery in twrp if thats what you mean and then do downgrade.

I can do it the way your suggesting now. Just use the lp dl folder and let it wipe everything. Get back to stock lp. Then Use the jb dl folders to downgrade. That does sound safer. More work yes. But safer. So, thats what Il try to do later today then. Thanks for that idea. I didnt think of doing it this way. Appreciate your help.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ArkAngel06:
Yeah, the second half of your post is what you should do.

I think old stock recovery will fail the downgrade. But the new LP recovery should work. Either way, I would just start over fresh to be safe and have less errors.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] kimtyson:
It may be worth resetting to Factory first. That might work. Not sure, though.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] tomlogan1:
Back to B148

I went back to 4.3. 309 installed EMUI 3 and I could not get it off. I put in the transfer dload and then the main package. Each acted accordingly. 4.3 then seemed a little unstable so I found a stock rooted B148 ROM here on XDA and flashed it. Finally I flashed TWRP united and can now go back and forth, but I'm staying for 433 due to battery issues. Your mileage may vary.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] pckarma112:
battery is one of the main reasons I want to go back. Mind letting me know where the stock rooted is? I did not know of twrp united. But I presume il go look for it in twrp thread. I'm glad you mentioned 4.3 being a little wacky. Now I know its not me.

Have not even attempted anything yet due to being busy with life. But, thanks for sharing that info. Now I have some more downloading to do. Thanks. **Never mind on the link to b148. Forgot about Google drive. **
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] tomlogan1:
http://xdaforums.com/ascend-mate2/development/howto-fix-soft-bricked-phone-using-twrp-t2886630

Here is the update on unified TWRP

http://xdaforums.com/ascend-mate2/general/update-android-l-mate-2-mt2-l03-t3041070/page58
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] pckarma112:
All found

Thank you. Got all the files together now. Hope to find time to get this done tonight. The new Twrp unified is a nice weapon to have. We are lucky to have such a great group of people for our forum and phone. Just a really healthy giving group. Grateful.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] ScoobSTi:
I'm back on trusty old 4.3 now as well. I'll go back either when CM is released, or Xposed is fully working.
[Huawei Ascend Mate 2] pckarma112:
All is well. The Huawei downgrade files worked fine. But I did put the second one on another sd card. Just being lazy. Once I rerooted. Installed twrp and used one of my backups. I used the latest twrp. I did not flash the united one yet. Getting there.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] t3knokon:
Greets,

I think I may have bricked my Droid Maxx but I'm hoping someone can verify before I deem it a paperweight. I was on SU-2-3.3 and used Sunshine on it to unlock it and then TWRP to root it. After fully booting up the phone and verifying root, I rebooted into TWRP and ran a full back up w md5. After that, I booted up the phone and used supersu survival mode and then took the OTA update. Now the phone boots to fastboot, but says "boot failed" under any of the options. It won't go into recovery nor will it normally boot up. I tried to use RSD to reflash to the latest version but it just said flash failed at the first file and says something about downgraded security, etc. So now, I can get into fastboot mode and the phone connects and is detected but won't let me flash anything... it was unlocked via Sunshine, but I may have borked it up somehow. Thoughts?
[Motorola Droid Maxx] Durteedee:
Try a more recent firmware but check your recovery
[Motorola Droid Maxx] t3knokon:
I took the OTA... is there something more recent? Also, I've tried to flash other recoveries but I get "boot failed" at the fastboot menu.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] t3knokon:
ohhhh you must mean try and use a more recent firmware via RSD. I'll give that a shot
[Motorola Droid Maxx] t3knokon:
Ok i tried a newer firmware via RSD, now the fastboot mode shows "failed to read signatures for partition aboot" RSD fails at flashing partition gpt.bin
[Motorola Droid Maxx] t3knokon:
Since I seem to have a partition related error, would this LINK help my situation at all?
[Motorola Droid Maxx] t3knokon:
Does anyone know of a way I can restore or rewrite the partitions via fastboot?
[Motorola Droid Maxx] crack.mech:
Okay, So if you think you device is completely bricked, and I mean "NOT RECOVERABLE AT ALL" , you can try this: This may be a long shot, you might want to try uploading 'sbl2.mbn' file. If you are able to flash that, then you can try flashing a "Broken" sbl2 file and try uploading the ROM using Qualcomm emergency downloader. This method is very dangerous, and not for the faint hearted. It is used to root the droids which cannot be rooted by sunshine (post SU4-21) and

you may lose your rooting capabilities all together

, as this method uploads a non rootable bootloader (SU6-7). If you can get your hands on a copy of the bootloader you already have ( SU-2-3.3) , you should use that to unbrick from the bootloader mode. Try to refer this post for further details.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] BladeRunner:
well he's not a hardbrick as he can get into fastboot so I don't think he needs to use THIS method just yet.

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If you can get into fastboot then I don't think you need to go that route just yet. You can try flashing the individual images via fastboot i.e. fastboot flash recovery recovery.img etc. It's been a while but I'd skip flashing the motoboot.img and gpt.bin and flash the boot.img, recovery.img and system.img.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] t3knokon:
Ok to clarify, after I unlocked via sunsine on 2-3.3, I rooted and I took the over the air so now I'm on the newer bootloader. Post those events I started to receive "failed to erase partition xxxx" I also just tried reflashing individual images from 4.4.4 su6-7 release and I still receive back "failed to erase... failed to flash... etc." I can get into fastboot mode but it seems crippled somehow.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] t3knokon:
This sounds like a promising method. If I attempt this method, will I be able to recover root since I was previously unlocked via sunshine prior to bricking/soft-bricking?
[Motorola Droid Maxx] crack.mech:
I don't think you can downgrade from SU6-7 to SU2-3.3. But I guess trying won't hurt. If you are able to flash a new sbl1.mbn and sbl2.mbn files, you might want to try rsd lite / mfastboot to flash the ROM image before you try the more dangerous path (CrashXXL's protocol, intentionally flash the broken bootloader and the using the qualcomm emergency mode to access the partitions) .

And answering your question:This WILL revoke your rooting capabilities and you will no longer have root. Though you can then use CrashXXL's method (same post linked above) to get root. But your bootloader will be locked, so no custom ROMs for you..

Good luck!

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I think his bootloader is in a conflict as it might be looking for the certificates that are allowed, and sunshine is messing with the new installations. That is why I recommended a clean install of the device. But this is just guess work, I might be completely wrong!
[Motorola Droid Maxx] t3knokon:
Bummer. I'm not able to flash anything. All I get back is "Failed to erase partition." I did some extensive reading on the BLBroke/Qualcomm method and attempted that and still the bootloader replies back "failed to erase partition." I don't know what I should try next. Thoughts? Is the partitioning or memory bad on the phone?
[Motorola Droid Maxx] BladeRunner:
sent you a PM directing you to a different site. Not sure they can help but it's worth a try.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] t3knokon:
Thanks for that. I posted there as well... from a software standpoint, I'm curious to know what would be denying access to the partitions...
[Motorola Droid Maxx] t3knokon:
I messaged jcase and he looked at logs for the sunshine preinstall and they were clean. It's possibly a hardware failure unless someone else with bootloader knowledge, knows how to get around the partition permissions access. thoughts?
[Motorola Droid Maxx] t3knokon:
I've tried a myriad of different methods... i just seems the partitions are locked down... "Access Denied" "Flash Failed" I have no idea what else to try. What do ya'll think? Brick city?
[Motorola Droid Maxx] BladeRunner:
the prognosis is not good.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] t3knokon:
VBlack messaged me about shorting a pin to put the phone in Qualcomm Downloader mode... and then pushing software onto it to at least try to the partitions set up and get the bootloader in a manner which will allow for writing. If that doesn't work, there's nothing else to do. I read up on it extensively, and it's now a last ditch effort. I've never take apart a phone in that manner before, so it'll be a first for me.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] Einsteindks:
Similar boat, here...using a programmer cord, I can flash a ROM onto the Maxx, but it stumble-boots into BP Tools mode after 3 or so failed 0-battery/unlocked bootloader warning screen loops. I can get it into bootloader with program cord, or first thing with factory cord. It won't charge at all, battery is new. Izzit hosed?
[Motorola Droid Maxx] BladeRunner:
good luck
[General Questions and Answers] sarreq:
I've seen plenty of people pull out their radios and replace them with a tablet; usually a Nexus 7 or similar, as that easily fits into the Double DIN slot most cars have. but that only takes over radio duty. I was wondering if anyone has tried replacing the climate controls as well.

[IMG="2003 Civic Dash"]http://i62.tinypic.com/350madd.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="2003 Civic Replacement Radio & A/C Control Surround"]http://i62.tinypic.com/2qw3o13.jpg[/IMG]

I was thinking since the Radio & A/C cluster is so large, and (for me, anyway) wastes so much space, why not put a large tablet in there, it could probably take a 10" (maybe 12") screen. then the climate buttons and knobs could probably be replaced with an arduino setup.

I haven't even started doing this yet, I was wondering if anyone else had tried this or not
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oxxshadow:
I was just browsing reddit and I found an interesting post about our Nexus 6. The phone has a SAR value of 1.56., which is barely under the legal limit of 1.6. For those who do not know, SAR is a measure of the radiation emitted by phones. Was just wondering if anyone knew this, or is worried since our SAR value is high.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
my right side of my head glows(im right handed), does that count? :silly:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrman:
That's why my left boy has gotten bigger! [emoji13]
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liquidzoo:
The iPhone 6 has a SAR value of 1.58, and the 6 Plus has a rating if 1.59. Comparatively, ours is low!

All about prospective.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
ok, im gonna go out on a limb and assume that most people arent bothered.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AstroDigital:
.... I so do not care. ^^^
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Destany:
I got married recently then travelled to Cuba and had no service on my Samsung so I turned off my internet but continued to use my phone for pics about a week into my trip my fingerprint button stopped working......stupidly I havent had to use the unlock code and didnt write it down..... can anyone think of how I can unlock this phone without loosing my pics? they are priceless to me.... and soft reset didnt help
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KuHaKu:
Hi!

I'm trying to use QFIL to unbrick my phone.

HOWEVER

I'm missing a file, namely the 'prog_emmc_firehose' file for msm8974ac chipset.

If anyone can find it, please help!

THANKS!
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paradoxxx:
Not sure if that can help you :

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3319253&d=1431954261
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KuHaKu:
I need one for msm8974 chipset :(

Thanks for the help though
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KingOfDope:
I have a f400k. Can I help you?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KuHaKu:
If you have the QFIL programmer, yes
[Moto X Themes and Apps] whgp:
I need call recorder app working with moto x 5.1

can anyone help !!!
[Moto X Themes and Apps] sHAKaJaada:
Here is a CallRecorder thread.
[Moto X Themes and Apps] SR3TLAW:
Total Recall available from the Play Store is working great with "root_experiential" recording method. It cost a few bucks but its pretty rock solid
[Moto X Themes and Apps] ConstantHero:
Built in with AICP rom dialer and possibly other roms if you run custom roms . Working fine, puts the audio file in call recording folder.
[Moto X Themes and Apps] Anachronizer:
I'm using Easy Voice Recorder Pro https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digipom.easyvoicerecorder.pro

It's not just a call recorder app but one of the best (subjective) voice and audio recording recording app found on the Play Store which also records calls.
[Moto X Themes and Apps] SR3TLAW:
That's legit, is the ROM 100% stable?
[Moto X Themes and Apps] ConstantHero:
It's been my to go to ROM for months. I have no complaints, also speedy nightly releases.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] markymanxxx:
That looks fantastic, nice work!

Just a question - what would happen if you tried using True VGA mode with that skin, say, using oZVGA or something like that?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] boot_sectorz:
:D :D Awesome!:D :D
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] cktlcmd:
What is the difference between WA and WAD? How much Memory does it need to run it?

Looks nice by the way. I myself use Helmi's 3.5 v1.3.1
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] shym:
You can go here to see the difference between WA and WAD : http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/index.php

Beautifull skin DaVince :D ... Could you upload it when you'll finish it ? Thx !! ;)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] SteedMo:
Can you provide us step by step instruction...
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] Deleted member 308374:
wow, awesome job mate!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] AntiProxy:
Well that sure looks sweet..

but a few things i've always hated with WM5:

-it's impossible to simply add a new number to a contact from the call list.. you could only save it as a new contact alltogether.

-send/receive business cards always worked funny.

-Contacts seemed isolated from Call history.. while with WM6, you can see the last call from a contact, group the calls from the contact, etc.. all with a click.

there's no denying that WM6 at the current form needs a lot of work to clean up, and i'm personally getting frustrated seeing 4-5 different ROMs up as stickies, and 20 other options below.. and each one has its own problem :)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] grayme:
Kitchens? :confused:

I personally use WA (as an OEM) and Pocket Breeze (as a cab), works great for me.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] swat4:
nice!

Would u like to share this skin?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] mo3ulla:
I hate all decorations. and other husks. I felt that the beauty of the operating system is not important ... important that os is worked ... and worked steadily. everything else does not matter. the reason for my move to WM6 was no rush for decorations and the beauty of a humdrum desire to be in front of the whole world // сиречь просто хотел померяцца письками с другими кпкодами .. до сих пор сидящими на вм3 и вм5
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] aniel1:
Well Written DaVince. After all wm5 used by you is steady and best and just tweak it and you have a better deal than wm6 for the time being. :)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] aniel1:
sorry double post. deleted
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] DaVince:
First post updated, theme attached

Hi guys,

First post updated, theme attached. ;) Hope you like it. For those who doesn't, that's what I thought about WAD too at first.. until I actually tried it. ;)

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Hi there aniel. I still thank you for being the one responsible of giving me a copy of Jwright's WM5 ROM. :D WM5 isn't really better than WM6, but it's a lot more stable and bug free. Not to mention every feature works like they should be (eg. Video Call, Wifi). That's the reason I'm sticking to WM5.

How about having a perfectly working, stable AND beautiful looking ROM?

Oh yes kitchens! I like 'em too. A great way to save Storage memory by adding them via OEM on the ROM itself. Wish we had that on WM5... btw, WA uses too much memory.. around 3Mb on VGA skins.. totally unacceptable.

WA skins the taskbar, uses around 3Mb of RAM on VGA skins. WAD skins the today screen, uses around 1Mb (or more, if you add more objects esp if the images are not well compressed).
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] Deleted member 308374:
ok you convinced me: only thing is that I can't tolerate having a today screen without spb pocket plus since I have many many progs and need to have easy, rapid and accessible shortcuts..but this will surely give my uni a boost of life, looking like a vista based umpc..so guess I'll try it soon..as soon as it's completed!

daVince, we should really duck to you!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] drsqueggy:
Have just downloaded WAD and installed your theme! Looks really good and the ram usage really low. I am using WM6 and getting around 25mb of free memory when running. GOOD WORK! :D
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] davieshyland:
i can`t seem to run WAD without running Wisbar advance, what am i doing wrong.....
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] swat4:
Kind DaVince,thx for sharing
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] DaVince:
I hate SPB pocket plus.. it uses too much resources.

But guess what. Icons used by Pocket Plus are completely compatible with WAD! Just make your own shortcuts using Pocket Plus' icons if you want! Give it a shot first.. play around with it. ;)

Just Go to Programs and open up Wisbar Advance Desktop. Or copy that shortcut on your \Windows\Startup folder.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] Deleted member 308374:
and what about spb diary? is there a way I can manage to have it accessed within 1 or 2 clicks? sorry for asking so many stupid questions but usability goes first, then comes appearance!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] DaVince:
You can still of course put Today plug-ins on WAD! But it will look a little out of place though..

You can also create another virtual page with all the today plug-ins you want.. but that's gonna eat up a lot of RAM.

WAD is very flexible my friend. Just check it out, you won't lose anything (if you can manage to get a free.. ahem.. cracked version :D.. Although it does have a trial period if you insist on getting a legal copy). If you don't like it, then uninstall it. ;)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] :
since these days my free time (and uni RAM! hahaha) is less than 0 and wad seems a lot difficult to configure I was looking forward to avoid loosing time for something I don't need, but as you are a so professional developer and convincing, will surely try it out next days! btw is your theme completed? whan are you expecting to release the next update?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] drsqueggy:
i am very new to WAD (downloaded it yesterday). i had no problems at all adapting this theme to work with the programs i have installed on my device. all the menus and links are very easy to locate and change. :)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] wyrm:
@DaVince: Before your post, I've always thought that WAD was nice but atrociously difficult (or at least, time-intensive).

Not so. Not so at all. I took the chance to downgrade to WM5 (have had my fill of cooked WM6 ROMs for a while), install WAD, run your theme, and patch it to my heart's content (as very few of the... let's call them objects, worked off the bat). And what do you know, it's not the simplest piece of soft around, but simple enough.

Have just purchased my copy, awaiting serial :D

@Cyberpunk627: I'm also using a lot of SPB soft, Diary included. I put the latter on a virtual page, but 100 pixels down, else there is no way to come back (except by hard buttons), as it hogs the whole page to itself.

With this theme, SPB Diary, Traveller, Phone Suite, and a few mods of mine I have around 21-23 MB free. Nothing to write home about, but still a meg or two better than without WAD. Every little counts :)

So, DaVince, thanks for the suggestion and the theme, and keep modding!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] Tadeusz:
This seems to be great idea, but I do need MS Office and OneNote in particular. Is there anybody who tried to install it on WM5 from >jimm98y_office2007.cab<? If I could install OneNote on WM5 and then sync it with my Vista PC then that would be great.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] Laubscherc:
Excellent, I also went beck to WM5 and have been using WA for a couple of monthys now. I am buying WAD as we speak.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] :
looks simply great, have to figure out how to configure it yet.. and btw is also simple to revert back to original today screen, replacing its plugins after closing wad! simply great...when I'll configure it as I need!
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] DaVince:
Glad to hear you're all enjoying it. I will update this as soon as I got the time. I plan to add more tasty looking docks and icons (that fits the theme) that you can all use to customize for yourselves (which is way more fun than having to just download an already fully pre-customized theme ;)). I will release it with all the most commonly used icons not found on the "Desktop" (eg. Office apps, Camera, Multimedia apps, etc.) on their own docks that would look a lot like the real Vista. The tough part is making the docks and icons transparent, consistent and yummy looking :D.

But of course my priority is to keep the balance between beauty and RAM usage.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro ROM Development] TehPenguin:
I fail to see the point of using WAD to make WM5 more beautiful, since (as soon as you open a program), the old start menu, title bar, etc appear.

Personally I would like to see this WAD theme come with a nice WA theme - that way it can truly look Vista-like

Anyway - keep the good work up!!