yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tlman12:
too far out of warranty, id have to pay out of pocket. It's just hard for me to justify paying exorbitant amounts to repair something I have the ability to do it myself. although at this point I think I just don't have the tools. I wish phone manufactures didn't lock down their phones so much. I mean we own the phone we should be able to do whatever we want with them right?
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tlman12:
Bumping old post with new info, Turns out the reason I can't flash my device (Yes I'm still having problems gave up on it for a while) is because my platform ID was mangled at some point during the upgrade or down grade. It's currently Nokia.MSM8974..2.2 which is why I can't get any FFU files to flash to the device.

Is there any info on how to manipulate either the platform ID on the device or the platform ID the FFU is looking for? or how to bypass that check all together? I know there's a switch in thor2 but it says it requires authentication, is there a way to bypass that?
[Device Reviews and Information] frankandwendy:
How about Ulefone Alpha? FHD 3000mAh 2+16 Sony Camera only $150 :D

[IMG="ulefone alpha"]http://www.china-devices.com/uploads/monthly_2015_08/55d181ab4f715_ulefone_alpha-1_.thumb.jpg.925133b2c583690e92c7a0964da4e978.jpg[/IMG]

Ulefone is going to release their another phone : Ulefone Alpha which will twinkle your eyes . With the Hot Sale of Ulefone Be Touch2 ,Now Official Ulefone will release a new phone named Ulefone Alpha.

Besides, the price of Ulefone Alpha will be lower than $150, what do you think about it ?

[IMG="ulefone alpha"]http://www.china-devices.com/uploads/monthly_2015_08/55d181b431c07_ulefone_alpha-2_.thumb.jpg.7c96933973c986c84f7903f25413b3e9.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="ulefone alpha"]http://www.china-devices.com/uploads/monthly_2015_08/55d181ba840a0_ulefone_alpha-3_.thumb.jpg.d0cda956afa208080d789bfd2493b8cb.jpg[/IMG]

Ulefone Alpha Hightlights:

-MediaTek MTK6735

-2+16

-FHD

- 13-megapixel Sony sensor

-3,000mAh battery

-5.5 inch

-64-bit chip runs Android 5.1 Lollipop
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmorterlaing:
SO, HTC One M8. Info here:

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.25.214500021.06G

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 4.16.401.10

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF

(bootloader) serialno: FA45DWM02823

(bootloader) imei:

(bootloader) imei2: Not Support

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m8_ul

(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974

(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B10000

(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: off

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 3aa067db

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

I'm on a mac, but I'm SURE I've managed to return to stock before without an issue - I can't find the darned threads though! (And trust me I've looked).

When I try and flash an RUU in RUU mode using fastboot flash zip I get "FAILED (remote: 32 header error)". I don't even know if I have to flash an RUU at all, I was sort of hoping there would be IMGs lying around.

I've currently got to flashing the stock firmware and recovery img, and just need the 'stock rom' I guess.

Please help :s
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Stock nandroid collection is sticky at the top of the M8 General forum section; although last I've seen the 4.16.401 link was dead:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2701376

Where did you get the RUU from?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Antagonist42:
You're S-OFF .. SuperCID so really you could flash just the System ROM from any branded or unbranded manually as long as you kept to same versions... 1.10.xxx.10 (keep it simple).

Unless you're after keeping OTA or moving the handset on, you can adb/fastboot in an .img file
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmorterlaing:
Thanks for the reply! :) I got the RUU from the same thread, with this link: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=24562

I tried to use the 3rd one down?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
That should be the right one. I don't know why you are getting header error.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Antagonist42:
Did you rename the .zip file to 0P6BIMG.zip ?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmorterlaing:
I didn't - I don't remember seeing that in the instructions anywhere? I sorted it in the end, many thanks I managed to find an old stock nandroid and was able to then flash stock recovery etc.

Many thanks!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Renaming a RUU zip to 0P6BIMG.zip is the

only

way it will be recognized and installed.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fcasini:
Look for a windows based pc and try with the .EXE version of the RUU. I finally solved with it..

ciao

fausto
[G4 General] antus:
This is a good method, thanks for writing this up.

I would like to add a few points....

I recommend you do keep your original system.img on your phones regular internal storage. If you encounter any boot issues you can then re-enter download mode and write the original system.img over the top of the failed root attempt. Use the same command from "step 3: root" but replace rootedsystem.img with system.img. This should still be on your phone from step 1 and will recover your phone from a failed root injection attempt. Note that it will not recover your phone if you messed up the dd command and overwrote other partitons. Be sure to use the right dd command and cut n paste to prevent seek/offset typeos.

I also recommend that you keep a backup of your system.img on your pc. When you run autoroot.sh in step 2 the copy on your pc will be renamed and patched. I suggest copying system.img somewhere else first, or re-copy it off your phone.

Additional credits to blog.lvu.kr. This is the blog of the hobbyist who reverse engineered the download mode protocol, created send_command.exe and gave it to the world. Kudos to you.
[G4 General] kyle1867:
How is this any easier than the original method....if anything this requires even more work
[G4 General] psycho_asylum:
It's for those who have rare variants.
[G4 General] kyle1867:
Then you should probably take out the claim that this method is easier from the OP
[G4 General] djkinetic:
Can this be used to inject Xposed as well for those of us with locked BLs.
[G4 General] psycho_asylum:
No, we need to wait for a custom recovery.
[G4 General] djkinetic:
Just used flash fire it worked rocking xposed now on 810!
[G4 General] psycho_asylum:
Oh nice! I wasn't adventurous enough to try it. I'll make a system backup and give it a whirl!
[G4 General] deboze:
Very nice thread, thank you. The steps were short, few, and fairly concise.

I was waiting for something like this where I could modify my own image and I wouldn't have to wipe everything or replace it with a new image.

One thing you might want to mention is that if your phone is encrypted, you'll need to unencrypt it first.

Can anyone link me to some instructions on how to disable OTA updates for an unlocked/international H815T?
[G4 General] the_scotsman:
This is what XDA is all about. It tells you how to inject root into your OWN system image. it's the opposite of spoon feeding. it's about teaching members how to do things for themselves. Too many people come here expecting to be spoon fed and have thigns done for them. This thread teaches people how to do their own work, while learning something at the same time.

Good work OP! :good:
[G4 General] hackarchive:
Thanks. I guess people don't know what XDA is about. Seeing noobs and others trying to spit on hard work when I used my time and device as Guinea pig. Also people don't know this is almost brick-proof because the system image if from their devices. Unless they use wrong commands but all here is just copy and paste. They see lot's of text and get cold feet. Anyways will be updating the OP with system images. If yours is available please share. If you see your image available and you have drivers and LG_root downloaded proceed to step 3.
[G4 General] Weetbix:
The only downside is that I have to drag out my windows laptop instead of doing everything on the ubuntu machine I use at work.

But if that's the biggest of my problems then I don't really have a problem :)
[G4 General] optiplex2012:
hi, thx for this tutorial, looks good

when flashing back the rooted img,does it wipe everything ? apps, data ... etc

thx

EDIT: just correct me if im wrong

using this method WILL NOT wipe everything on my device cause im rooting my system with everything on it

correct ???

must make sure before i go ahead

thx
[G4 General] HTCuser90:
How to calculator extractly bs/seek/count ?
[G4 General] antus:
Is there a possibility of any personal data being written to /system on a phone during normal use? I can provide 10c Optus AU (carrier 505-02) if I can be sure its not identifying, but ive been using the phone a couple of weeks.

Download link:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347799013
[G4 General] antus:
correct.

---------- Post added at 06:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:29 PM ----------

I would also like to know this. You can resolve system by running the following. Note that this is for the H815T and is not the same on all variants.

# ls -lZ /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system

You'll get something like:

lrwxrwxrwx root root u:object_r:block_device:s0 system -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p47

Which tells you the actual block device (partition its on).

And you can see the size of that with:

# cat /proc/partitions

where you see:

major minor #blocks name

<snip>

259 15 4239360 mmcblk0p47

<snip>

However I dont know how to identify how large a block is or how to calculate the start offset in the main partition.
[G4 General] optiplex2012:
ok, it worked great :)

wasnt easy, since im not so familiar with using ubuntu, but all is ok

the explanation of the how to... was great and nothing lost

my H815L is now rooted :)

thx guys
[G4 General] psycho_asylum:
I know it's kind of going off topic, but I figured I'd mention that Flash Fire doesn't work on VS986. It just goes to a black screen and sits there forever. I left it sit for almost an hour. I saw elsewhere it has something to do with automount, I'll have to mess with it further.
[G4 General] One Twelve:
Appreciated but you should include a way to unroot (undo) as well, ie how do we get back to stock (if required) ?
[G4 General] MeanoX1:
ahhhhhhh still no

i just took my friends laptop, installed all the drivers and all the rest.

i really had my hopes up for this one.

but still nothing. same issue.

i see my device on ADB Devices command...

but nothing on ports.bat

maybe its something with my device ?

i even got the update last night for the 10C,,,i thought maybe it would help, but nop

anybody have any idea?

is it possibly a device issue?

maybe resetting it might help or does it have nothing to do with it ?

:(:(
[G4 General] jesssiii:
You ARE putting it in download mode before trying the port command, correct? Because the adb commands are not, is why I ask.

VZW LG G4
[G4 General] MeanoX1:
Yes man..

I do everything like the post says.

Volume +... Usb.. Everything.

Adb works.. Ports. Bay doesn't.

:(
[G4 General] DsturbD:
when you run ports.bat, take a screenshot of what you see and post it
[G4 General] zeguym:
Anyone can help me out?

Using H818P v10f.

Cannot mount system.img
[G4 General] DsturbD:
this is when you run the autoroot.sh command in linux, make sure the folder or file system where you extract the inject_root folder to is writeable AND make sure it is being run with su permissions

i first run this

sudo chmod +x autoroot.sh

then this

sudo sh autoroot.sh
[G4 General] smason:
Explanation of my H815

To extract /system partition from my H815 the DD command is:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=8192 skip=55296 count=529920 of=/data/media/0/system.img

Target parition 47 (look after the parted output) starting from 452984832 bytes and it has a size of 4341104640 bytes.

So:

Offset = 8192 * 55296 = 452984832

Must read = 8192 * 529920 = 4341104640

(parted) print

print

Model: MMC 032G74 (sd/mmc)

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 31268536320B

Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B

Partition Table: gpt

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags

1 16777216B 106954751B 90177536B fat16 modem

2 117440512B 117964799B 524288B pmic

3 117964800B 119013375B 1048576B sbl1

4 119013376B 120061951B 1048576B tz

5 120061952B 120586239B 524288B sdi

6 120586240B 121110527B 524288B hyp

7 121110528B 121634815B 524288B rpm

8 121634816B 123731967B 2097152B aboot

9 123731968B 124780543B 1048576B sbl1bak

10 124780544B 125304831B 524288B pmicbak

11 125304832B 126353407B 1048576B tzbak

12 126353408B 126877695B 524288B hypbak

13 126877696B 127401983B 524288B rpmbak

14 127401984B 129499135B 2097152B abootbak

15 129499136B 130023423B 524288B sdibak

16 130023424B 130547711B 524288B limits

17 130547712B 131071999B 524288B devinfo

18 131072000B 131596287B 524288B apdp

19 131596288B 132120575B 524288B msadp

20 132120576B 132644863B 524288B dpo

21 132644864B 134217727B 1572864B spare1

22 134217728B 150994943B 16777216B misc

23 150994944B 184549375B 33554432B ext4 persist

24 184549376B 186122239B 1572864B modemst1

25 186122240B 187695103B 1572864B modemst2

26 187695104B 189267967B 1572864B fsg

27 189267968B 189792255B 524288B fsc

28 189792256B 190316543B 524288B ssd

29 190316544B 190840831B 524288B keystore

30 190840832B 192937983B 2097152B DDR

31 192937984B 193462271B 524288B sec

32 193462272B 193986559B 524288B encrypt

33 193986560B 194510847B 524288B eksst

34 194510848B 195035135B 524288B rct

35 195035136B 197132287B 2097152B persistent

36 197132288B 201326591B 4194304B spare2

37 201326592B 251658239B 50331648B laf

38 251658240B 293601279B 41943040B boot

39 293601280B 335544319B 41943040B recovery

40 335544320B 343932927B 8388608B ext4 drm

41 343932928B 352321535B 8388608B ext4 sns

42 352321536B 385875967B 33554432B ext4 mpt

43 385875968B 434110463B 48234496B factory

44 434110464B 444596223B 10485760B fota

45 444596224B 448790527B 4194304B raw_resources

46 448790528B 452984831B 4194304B raw_resourcesbak

47 452984832B 4794089471B 4341104640B ext4 system

48 4794089472B 5062524927B 268435456B ext4 cust

49 5066719232B 6358564863B 1291845632B ext4 cache

50 6358564864B 31255953407B 24897388544B ext4 userdata

51 31255953408B 31268519423B 12566016B grow

(parted)

Game Over!
[G4 General] smason:
Without parted utility

To find in any smartphone the offset and the size of /system:

$ adb shell

shell@p1:/ $ ls -la /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system

ls -la /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system

lrwxrwxrwx root root 2015-01-02 10:50 system -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p47

shell@p1:/ $ cd /sys/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p47

cd /sys/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p47

shell@p1:/sys/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p47 $ cat start

cat start

884736

shell@p1:/sys/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p47 $ cat size

cat size

8478720

shell@p1:/sys/block/mmcblk0/mmcblk0p47 $

so:

offset = 512 * 884736 = 452984832

partition size = 512 * 8478720 = 4341104640

Cheers!
[G4 General] adrs168:
Step by step in Step 2 Inject in Ubuntu

Friends,

Need help I am stuck in step 2:

1) Can' t find system.img inside ubuntu ( with boot USB choose try Ubuntu)

2) Can't transfer file system.img from phone to Ubuntu ( limit size for up 4 Gb files)

I will appreciate if someone guide me how step by step for inject system.img in Ubuntu.

Sorry I am not familiar with Ubuntu.

Many thanks for kindly help.
[G4 General] rogconnect:
You can transfer your image to windows "C" drive and reboot to USB Ubuntu then you can browse it from there.

내 LG G Flex 2 H959 사용 tapatalk에서 전송
[G4 General] adrs168:
Thanks friend for response...

I have already did before but still can't access to drive "c" computer

Has pop up block or someting like NTFS.....

Thats my problem...Has format USB in exFat for transfer file larger 4Gb

But Ubuntu can't read my USB (read only Fat32)
[G4 General] Paxi648:
You have to install exfat-fuse once you booted into Ubuntu. "sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse exfat-utils" should do the trick. You should be able to browse exFAT drives now.
[G4 General] ekitiboy:
Does not work for V10f, the latest software update of H818P model

Thank you for this tutorial.

But this method does not work for the V10f -04-09-2015 software version of H818P Dual Sim LG4. I updated to V10f version from V10d. I rooted the V10d version by following the method here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62028523&postcount=2.

I had delayed updating the software to the latest version because I could not find a pre-rooted kdz file of the version. I was therefore excited when I saw the method. I diligently followed the method, but after the third step (rooting) and initial booting, the phone hanged at the LG logo screen. I retried two more times with the same result. The third time I even left it overnight, still with the same result. I had to come to the conclusion that the method is probably not working for the V10f version.

Has anyone succeeded with the version?
[G4 General] hackarchive:
You're certainly doing it wrong! If You fail it is you and not the method that's at fault!
[G4 General] slonn:
Same issue here. Can't root V10f using the outlined process.
[G4 General] adrs168:
Any thought for step 2...Can't find files block for NTFS and try compress files to used in Ubuntu...can't get it app in ubuntu (failed download package..)

Thanks for helping me
[G4 General] paumlhp:
Worked fine with my brazilian g4 version. Thanks.
[G4 General] DsturbD:
use LinuxMint. i have no issues reading files from and to my NTFS C drive when booted into LinuxMint
[G4 General] adrs168:
Thanks Friend...

Can I make USB bootable Linux Mint with NTFS format or install in drive C: in my computer with NTFS format?

Sorry too much to asking I am new with Ubuntu / Linux.

Many thanks
[G4 General] dannyglover:
permissions or operatingtable folder prob

Hi

I extracted system.img from my phone easy, then installed ubuntu via Parallels on Mac, but I can't seem to get the sh script to work. It doesn't seem to create the operatingtable folder or mount the image.

I get 'mount: mount point operatingtable/ does not exist' and then a bunch of other stuff about no such file or directory, or 'cannot access' etc. Basically it seems to ont open the image and work its magic.

Have tried changing folder and file permissions in Ubuntu and they are set to read and write, however still doesn't work. Maybe a problem with Parallels? I'm trying to inject my extracted H815 10C image.

Any help much appreciated.
[G4 General] kevtrysmoddin:
It's there any way to root the g4 without windows ?
[G4 General] deadirony:
There is no KDZ for my variant. If I flash the stock system image, can I get OTAs? If yes, how to flash it?
[G4 General] new2city:
I had this problem during the root injection during H815 10b. However, I am not sure what was the issue, as I changed a few things

1) the ubuntu version I was running.

2) moved the root files to external USB drive.

I just updated to 10c too, yesterday, I have done the system.img backup but didn't like the way the phone stayed in download mode even after typing LEAVE. I successfully did the root injection though, but I still haven't decided to flash it yet, because the way it behaves differently(not rebooting after typing LEAVE)...

Anyone, experience this?
[G4 General] MikeD23:
Thanks for your description. It really made it very easy for me to root my G4.

Gesendet von meinem LG-H815 mit Tapatalk
[G4 General] hackarchive:
Ok Let's start piling up those system imgs for noobs. There are just too many fake complains here related to human error. This would help them. Move to step 3 if you have your rootedsystem.img.

H818

H81810f https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B00ljY4pVAY4ZFZVeGt3NVdvbVk/view?usp=sharing

H81810c https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_nWzEXgTgFvSFR5TW5QVUJkVlU/view?usp=sharing

H811

Thanks to [MENTION=4518483]Midnight_Rider[/MENTION] H81110n https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8tY6uddV9P5Y1c3LXIzUEQxQXc/view?usp=sharing

H812

Thanks to [MENTION=4401088]Spudnubs[/MENTION] H81210g https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347821979 &

H81210h https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347824479

Verizon

pulled,bad link VS98612A
[G4 General] new2city:
Ok guys, bit the bullet, I just flashed the rooted image, so now I am on v10c-SEA-xx rooted :)

However, as before the phone doesn't reboot after typing LEAVE.... still no answer anyone?

Next, time to install XPOSED framework using flashfire... again!
[G4 General] jemichae:
Brilliant. Thank you.

Worked great for Telstra H815K Australia model. Happy to share resultant rooted system.img if anyone needs.
[G4 General] hackarchive:
Upload here I'll help you share it with everyone in the OP.
[G4 General] jusdess:
Anyone willing to share their H815 v10c-SEA rooted img? Many thanks in advance!
[G4 General] DsturbD:
T-Mobile H81110n rooted system image

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8tY6uddV9P5Y1c3LXIzUEQxQXc/view?usp=sharing
[G4 General] jesssiii:
Verizon has released 12A OTA update this morning (I'm told). If anyone gets it rooted, please share?

VZW LG G4
[G4 General] adrs168:
Friends,

Anyone has rootedsytem.img for LS991ZV4?

I am succeed got system.img in step 1 but stuck inject at Ubuntu in step2.

Many thanks for kindly help
[G4 General] new2city:
How are you stuck?

---------- Post added at 09:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:47 AM ----------

I don't mind sharing my 815 SEA rooted image but I don't think I have time to wait for the 4gb upload. My line is pretty bad... Any ideas?
[G4 General] adrs168:
Can't imagine how to use ubuntu...Use bootable USB can't transfer system.img (limit for fat32) & have download OS to my PC but never boot so that can't access to OS ( I want triple boot, has already Windows 8.1 & 10)

I give up & ended to just step1 for system.img...So tired stuck in 2-3 days in Ubuntu. So confusing
[G4 General] new2city:
You need to download a Ubuntu iso and make a bootable USB disk(Google it) so that you can boot into Ubuntu, to do the root injection. For my case, I used a USB stick for the bootable drive and a portable USB HD formatted in NTFS.
[G4 General] adrs168:
Its already did...One more question can I inject root injection folder in HD drive (ntfs) or must put in this folder to Home or Desktop Ubuntu?
[G4 General] new2city:
Sure, that's what I did.. As long as you can run the commands in the folder.
[G4 General] adrs168:
Its done & rooted...

Thanks for OP and all guys here...

My fool...try hard to move injection folder +system.img to home Ubuntu...even tough its not neccessary.

Thanks..
[G4 General] jesssiii:
Rooted vs986 12a system img

[MENTION=4545681]hackarchive[/MENTION], I have gone back to stock then taken the 12A OTA from Verizon. Injected root. If there's a place for me to upload the image, I'm happy to share...:D
[G4 General] hackarchive:
mega is the most preferable but there's drive,androidfilehost,devhost,box and so many more cloud services. Only the share link is needed and you'll be mentioned(shout out).:p
[G4 General] jesssiii:
I'm uploading the rooted 12A image, it's taking hours. There's a 5GB limit so I won't be able to share the stock. If anyone here has tons of storage and bandwidth, and wants to host, let me know.

VZW LG G4
[G4 General] jesssiii:
Vs986 12a rooted image

Don't.
[G4 General] SyntheticEMRLD:
Having problems here. Im following the directions 100% correctly. The system reboots after typing LEAVE but upon checking my internal storage i dont see the system.img. I only see the rooted.81010o.img file that I put there.
[G4 General] kbuck13:
The rooted 12A link seems to be broken, or its me
[G4 General] chubbrock:
Asking for a decryption key to download. Also, do you happen to have a md5 checksum we can compare with?

---------- Post added at 07:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:43 PM ----------

Asking for decryption key
[G4 General] kbuck13:
yep same here, asking for the decryption key as well