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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f4kill:
Hello,

Yesterday around midnight my phone suddenly stopped working. I wasn't using it, it was just sitting on my desk and had been for at least half an hour.

When I boot it, it stays stuck on the boot animation.

Until yesterday it was running a custom built version of CM12.1 (from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/development/unofficial-cm12-cmhammerhead-nexus-5-t2938502)

With a ElementalX-N5-4.09 kernel.

I tried:

Reflashing the ROM

Wiping and Reflashing the ROM

Wiping and Reflashing the ROM, without ElementalX

Wiping and Flashing an older version

Wiping and formating of user data too + Reflashing

complete reset by doing fastboot oem lock/unlock

flashing of the factory image of Android 6

Each time the result is the same.

When the phone was still running cyanogen I had adb while it was booting (that's no longer the case) and I saw nothing striking ... it would have one (pc) screen worth of log (logcat) and then nothing it would just stop.

I couldn't spot anything in kernel logs either (dmesg/last_kmsg).

The recovery is working fine ... I was able to start an ssh server and use it... it's just android that won't boot...

any idea to turn my expensive paperweight back into a phone?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f4kill:
*Update*

I flashed Ubuntu touch and it's working fine.. flashed back Android and it's been showing me the boot animation for 30 minutes now...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
After flashing stock ROM, are you erasing userdata and flashing userdata.img?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f4kill:
I've been using the flash-all.sh script so yes.

Here is the output after flashing LMY48M (5.1.1):

f4@bluebox:/.../hammerhead-lmy48m$ ./flash-all.sh
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (3119 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.319s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 0.533s]
finished. total time: 0.852s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.134s]
finished. total time: 0.134s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'radio' (45425 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.711s]
writing 'radio'...
OKAY [ 3.111s]
finished. total time: 4.823s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.137s]
finished. total time: 0.137s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: HHZ12h
Baseband Version.....: M8974A-2.0.50.2.26
Serial Number........: ****************
--------------------------------------------
checking product...
OKAY [ 0.100s]
checking version-bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.100s]
checking version-baseband...
OKAY [ 0.100s]
sending 'boot' (8916 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.510s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.757s]
sending 'recovery' (9632 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.554s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.807s]
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.053s]
sending 'system' (1021824 KB)...
OKAY [ 33.345s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 68.316s]
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 6.439s]
[COLOR="Teal"]formatting 'userdata' partition...
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 13725835264
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8144
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 32768
Label:
Blocks: 3351034
Block groups: 103
Reserved block group size: 823
Created filesystem with 11/838832 inodes and 93654/3351034 blocks
sending 'userdata' (137318 KB)...
writing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 14.056s][/COLOR]
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 0.548s]
formatting 'cache' partition...
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 734003200
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 7472
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 2800
Label:
Blocks: 179200
Block groups: 6
Reserved block group size: 47
Created filesystem with 11/44832 inodes and 5813/179200 blocks
sending 'cache' (13348 KB)...
writing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 1.982s]
rebooting...

finished. total time: 129.192s
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
After using the script, try booting into stock recovery and performing another factory wipe of data and cache.

Or, before the first boot, try erasing and reflash img userdata.img file, boot into recovery, wipe again, and boot.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f4kill:
I tried that and it didn't work ...

However ... I flashed a kitkat factory image (4.4.4 KTU84P to be precise) ... and it works ...

Tomorow I'll try 6.0 again.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f4kill:
Still not much progress.

Kitkat is working but with no service ...

In kernel logs I can see this kind of things:

<3>[ 24.333162] pil-q6v5-mss fc880000.qcom,mss: mba: Failed to locate mba.mdt
<3>[ 24.333211] smd_pkt_open failed on smd_pkt_dev id:0 - subsystem_get failed for modem
<3>[ 44.848682] pil-q6v5-mss fc880000.qcom,mss: mba: Failed to locate mba.mdt
<3>[ 44.848937] smd_pkt_open failed on smd_pkt_dev id:0 - subsystem_get failed for modem

but I have no connectivity issue in ubuntu.

Also I noticed the hardware clock is set to 1970. I though this may be an issue.

I tried to set it to the correct date but it won't work:

localhost / # hwclock -w
hwclock: RTC_SET_TIME: Invalid argument

I tried this on a galaxy nexus and the hwclock is set at the correct date/time and the hwclock -w command works.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harsh2193:
Seems to me you now own an Ubuntu Phone. :silly:

Are you on the latest bootloader? I have a silly idea but it just might work. Install multiROM on your phone and try to install a custom stock based marshmallow rom, either as a primary or as a secondary. Good luck! :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f4kill:
I had a nexus 5 with a broken screen, I salvaged the motherboard and now have a fully functional nexus in my pocket.

I also salvaged the camera because it was doing slightly better shots.

The second phone has a broken screen but still working so it would be nice to have it run android too :)

However I wanted to turn it into a small server, and had already done so with a chroot trick ... but now I'm thinking Ubuntu touch might be better suited for that ;)

I might try tge multiROM option but I'm not too optimistic about it.

btw the hwclock thing was nothing, the other n5 had its clock in 1970 too and the same error.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] proudtobepinoy:
I have an LG G2 Mini before and the front cam is better on that mid ranger than this flagship phone, IMO. How to improve the S5's camera? Photos look so washed out.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Buy a phone with a better front facing camera?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] limjialok:
I agree w you...the front camera of my s5 is pretty disappointing... But the rear camera is awesome :)
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haireuben:
Hey please anybody suggest me whether it is worth to keep opx. I am having lot of issues like app crashing, no ussd rendering,.. I mean if i stay in oxygen os will i get immediate updates, i still 3 days to return it back. I have some lag in between.. Overall i am not satisfied.. Please some body suggest what to do. Should i give it back and buy, lenovo vibe p1 or moto g3... Even though you cannot compare the specs with opx. And if i plan to continue with opx., will i get good support if i root to some other rom, even though i am amateur in rooting. Please help
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rossyyy:
Theres always custom roms to download, i dont have any bugs

P. S rooting is easy
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kéno40:
Which OS version do you have?

It really seems weired. The OS has some issues, but it's mainly stable. App doesn't crash for me.

What do you mean by no USSD rendering?
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haireuben:
Oxygen. 2.1.3
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haireuben:
Ussd.. It's the code which we enter and mobile operators will respond back... Like *123# for balance...
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haireuben:
No need to change you are tellung
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haireuben:
I need to learn rooting i guess... Otherwise what you say about quality of the phone.. Is it good.. One plus one is still better i guess
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haireuben:
Actually i did some app permission changes.. So it crashed.. Later i made it to default.. Now it's fine

But what you say about overall about the phone.... Quality, performance, reliability.. And all
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kéno40:
USSD works for me...

2.1.3 just seems slower for me, but reflashing it over seems to make it work better.
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haireuben:
OH that's great
[IDEs, Libraries, & Programming Tools] Pommes9485:
Hey there,

I am creating an app, which runs in fullscreen mode and will always run in the foreground. Now I need a good way, to show PDF Files.

An external app is not really an option here -.-

And I can not find any free (commercial) APIs, which are still supported or in a good state to work with.

The device is on Android 4.4.2. , therefore Android L PDF Renderer does not work.

The device does not have Internet Access, therefore displaying the PDF with a webview and google docs does not work.

The only APIs I found are:

https://github.com/JoanZapata/android-pdfview --> very slow, blocks stay unrendered and no option to rotate the PDF

and

https://github.com/jblough/Android-Pdf-Viewer-Library --> only runs in activity, no options to configure the viewer

Does anyone know any other api?

The goal is to let the user choose a pdf file, which will then be displayed at a public place. So I thought PDF would be the best format and could not believe, that there is no real solution to this..
[IDEs, Libraries, & Programming Tools] UzairBashir:
nice
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patoune08:
I have the same problem.

Please help me.

Thank you
[XDA Assist] mxchaturvedi:
Phone: OnePlus 2

OxygenOS: 2.1.2

I had rooted and decided to update from OxygenOS 2.1.1 to 2.1.2. I flashed the .zips OTA. When the phone rebooted completely, I check for root, but I had not root installed. I went to SuperSU and there it said that "SU binary is not installed and SuperSU can't install it." it also said that I would have to manually re-root the device. I tried to manually install the UPDATE-....zip file of SuperSU through TWRP but the problem was not solved. What to do!!!???

Please help me on this. I have checked multiple threads but not a single have helped to solve my problem. Help please!!!
[XDA Assist] Droidriven:
Hello,

Welcome to XDA.

If your ROM is a lollipop ROM, have you looked in developer settings and made sure that root access is set to apps and adb?

Pot your question in the forum linked below

http://xdaforums.com/oneplus-2/help

The experts there may be able to help. Good luck.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viraje:
Hi.

At official 5.0 firmware search for mobile networks shows only operator name.

At Aurora Team S6 port - operator name and then network type (2g or 3g, or 4g)

h..p://postimg.org/image/frx5viwe1/

Is it possible to realize in official 5.0?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mufyblack:
hi guys,i thank pof and his crew who work to keep this website ann educative place for all HTC fans.

Pof Hatoff my head for you.

I upgraded my artemis-p3300 dutch-t-mobile to english rom today.

and i am very glad.

The all procces goes smoothly as describe in this below link you can copy and past to the address:

Thanks again to Pof for this great work.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=311403

You can buy the english rom at this below link but you must buy an account

of about 5 euro

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Artemis_Upgrades

take any of the ruu you like and go with upgrading.preferably use these rom

without aserik in the list

HTC English HTC__001 ARTE10000 1.12.405.1 9/12/06 1.12.405.101 1.12.0000 02.67.90 4.1.13.28 15096.3.0.0 Thread Download.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thelegend1881:
Hi

My Xolo Q1100 is stuck on Logo Screen and i have already done factory reset and wiped cache partition, but nothing happened , i have also read some threads here like wiping dalvik cache etc but i don't have twrp recovery installed on my phone and don't know how to install it because i have never done all this things. and not able to connect to pc due to usb debugging is off and phone is bricked

also i tried to install custom rom but it showed signature verification failed, please help its urgent :( :( :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thelegend1881:
luckily i have installed twrp on my phone n learned to use fastboot , also clrd delvik cache but factory reset gets failed , but when i switch my phone into fastboot mode by pressing all three buttons, it goes into fastboot mode but the screen does nt show anything it jst remains black like how its look when its switched off. plz tell me what to do further
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zurih:
Hey guys,

I got a rooted stock ROM with TWRP. When I go to TWRP I don't see any option to decrypt?

So how can I actually do it? Will I lose any data while decrypting?

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acsontos:
Simply format the data partition. (once you have to type: "YES", than you are at the right menu option)

It will delete ALL personal files (photos etc..)

Once you've done, you can go to the System settings to verify it.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeemsk28:
this is work???? are you shure????, someone tested????
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acsontos:
I'm shure ;)
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_Automator:
Confirmed formatting the data partition disables encryption as well as any saved file so back up to pc or cloud if you have pictures movies docs you can't live without
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jawmail:
Actually, you must be rooted, you must then flash a kernel that does not force encryption (or no force encryption zip), Then you format data. Yes, you will then loose your data. Follow the link, it's laid out pretty clearly for the N6 but the procedure for any Nexus is the same. There are a few other ways to do it but for the basics follow the link.

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/development/disable-forced-encryption-gain-root-t2946715
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acsontos:
correct, however the OP already has a rooted device with TWRP. You can have root rights on 5x if you have installed a modified boot image. Therefore he/she has to format the data partition only.

"I got a rooted stock ROM with TWRP. When I go to TWRP I don't see any option to decrypt?"
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeemsk28:
ok thanks but i have some questions, i not rooted and i am in stock rom from google nexus 5x, with this things work??? or only root and custom rom
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acsontos:
It will not work, for advanced security reasons the encrypted device is the standard on Marshmallow.

If you want to decrypt your phone and would like to get a bit snappier device, than the only way is the rooted device. You do not have to install a custom Rom, just unlock the bootloader, install a modified kernel and format the Data partition.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C3C076:
This has nothing to do with root. The only prerequisite is a kernel with forced encryption disabled and formatting data after flashing such kernel.

You don't need to be rooted to run unencrypted.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zurih:
I'm on ElementalX kernel.

If I backup the data partition, then format it to disable encryption, and then restore data, will it work?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jawmail:
Yes correct, thanks for the clarification.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zurih:
If I backup the data partition, then format it to disable encryption, and then restore data, will it work?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KANGOD:
Hi, did you try the "backup and restore", does it work?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rachanta:
A BIG THANK YOU [MENTION=340720]acsontos[/MENTION]

This imho is the most valuable information for a newcomer, so this post should be a sticky. Once you know it, you think everybody knows it. I was at my wits end trying decrypt questioning my move to N5X from N5, till I found this post. Many misleading posts around that make you go around in circles. Thanks again man!
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebraunst:
So not need to flash kernel? Just root and clear the partiton?

So not need to flash kernel? Just root and clear the partiton?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rachanta:
Only format data. Internal SD Card gets automatically formatted. Take your backups.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ensboarder:
If I do format data, my system will boot ?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rachanta:
Yes. You will need to set up Google acct and phone again.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ensboarder:
Thanks again, can be done from twrp or I need to do it from fastboot?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rachanta:
TWRP
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfhub:
Either, format is not encrypted.

Upon first boot, if the forceencrypt flag is set, the kernel will encrypt the partition if it isn't encrypted.

However, since you changed the flag to encryptable in your boot.img, either by custom kernel or by installing SuperSU, the encryption won't happen and your userdata will remain unencrypted.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ensboarder:
Thanks I'm running my system is fine... If I flash the new build, my system will be encrypted again ??
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfhub:
It won't be encrypted by virtue of flashing.

It will be encrypted if you *boot* an unpatched boot.img, because that will have the forceencrypt flag and upon first boot if you mount partition with that flag set, it will encrypt it.

The way to workaround is to flash boot.img, vendor.img, system.img in bootloader, then using the bootloader menus, immediately boot into twrp recovery (do not boot your android system first), then run SuperSU install. This will patch boot.img (boot partition) before it ever gets a chance to boot with the forceencrypt flag set, thus preserving your decrypted userdata.

However, you might want to consider there is virtually no real-world noticeable difference between encrypted and un-encrypted after MHC19J.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imarcel99:
Any reason why would you want to decrypt phone? Don't be too harsh, I'm a new guy here.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfhub:
On earlier releases unencrypted ran faster. Current releases don't really have any real world noticeable difference.

Also before Nougat final release came, TWRP couldn't work with Nougat encryption, so you needed to decrypt your user partition if you wanted to use TWRP with Nougat beta.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THRUSTer:
Do you have any proof or data showing that unencrypted and encrypted run about the same performance now?

My Nexus 5 continues to load some apps faster, and UI elements and touch sound effects are measurably faster on my Nexus 5 than they are on my 5x.
[Asus ZenWatch 2] r0tati0n:
Is there a way to test the speaker on the ZW2?
[Asus ZenWatch 2] swid441:
I was wondering the same thing.
[Asus ZenWatch 2] optical10:
I'm thinking it depends on the version of Android Wear it ships with as AW 1.5 is the voice support version + you need Marshmellow 6.0 on your phone to get the best use.

AW 1.5 is not updating yet for most but the recalled/cancelled LG urbane 2nd edition LTE (3G) did ship with it I believe.

This article explains

https://wtvox.com/wearables/android-wear-1-4-update/
[Xperia Z4 Tablet General] gbil:
Same build

32.1.A.0.X as for Z5 is in testing also for the Z4 tablet.
[Xperia Z4 Tablet General] ramontomzer:
Are you saying that you are testing this build on your z4 tablet currently? If so, how did you flash it?
[Xperia Z4 Tablet General] gbil:
No I am not running it on my device as I only have a retail Z4T.

If you have a test Z4T you would also know where to get it :)
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SNLYK:
Please help me!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DPX:
Do u have 1) bootloader unlocked and 2) custom recovery?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zer0bee:
I need help on the same. rom: CM13, android 6.0. device moto g falcon, XT1033.

Need to root the device, but if i'm using old methods to root, then my bootloader hangs on loading.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DPX:
Use the inbuilt root via developer options!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] druhboruch1:
I enabled root access for apps and adb but unfortunately it doesn't work.

Root check shows that the device is not rooted.

System app remover (ROOT) used to work fine before upgrade to CM13.

I am on the most recent nightly and yesterday's gapps.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DPX:
Inbuilt root on CM13 (official) is working for me!
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] druhboruch1:
Could you confirm it by running Root Check application?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DPX:
Yes, it says "Congratulations! Root access is properly installed on this device!" ;)
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StealthNet:
Hi there,

I have to say... I feel a LOT more secure with my Edge+ (G928G) rooted than stock.

Using STOCK ROM (AOJ4) with arter97´s 10b2 kernel and Phillz recovery.

On top of that, I am using an OpenVPN to other countries and filtering by adguard through local proxy. AFWall as well, so I think that I´ve managed to get rid of tracking with that.

The only problem right now is the fact that encryption is not working. I already searched a lot about it and it seems to be related to supersu or the recovery but I am not sure.

So the question is: is there a way of getting encryption to work again? I have found this, but haven´t tried (afraid of loosing acess to my data)...

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lost.soul:
If you are talking about the below it is harmless to try. However, since you are already rooted just go to recovery first take a full backup copy it to your PC and fiddle with the phone to your heart's desire
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StealthNet:
No luck: got into a bootloop. In fact, won´t even load the custom recovery, keeps booting in the loop.

Will try to flash a stock ROM through Odin.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lost.soul:
Yeah that's your best bet now. For recovery to no longer work this means encryption started yeah?
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StealthNet:
Exactly, and successfully completed. Rebooted into boot logo, spent some time there, then rebooted into the loop (couldn´t avoid remembering this LOL)

Downloading the stock rom from samobile. Shame it is really slow (3 hours left). Hope flashing with odin will work with a dead battery...
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StealthNet:
Ok.

For the reference, encryption is a big no-no for the Edge+, at least with the current tools.

I hope that someday a dev will pay attention to this matter and dedicate some time to make it work... :)

I simply lack the knowledge to make it work or even identify where the problem lies... sorry.

Here is how I got back:

Downloaded G928G stock ROM (currently AOJ4) from Sammobile;

Entered download mode, flashed it with Odin (to flash it just follow the steps to flash a custom recovery with odin, except you will choose the .md5 from the stock ROM);

Rebooted, asked for the encryption password. Proceeded with boot but stuck for a bit in a black screen with the blue LED on. Rebooted by itself, asked again for the encryption password. Let´s say it entered a kind of a soft bootloop;

Flashed Phillz recovery / arter97´s kernel again (basically had to root it again). Erased data, restored backup through Phillz recovery;

Rebooted and *almost* everything was there, except for my files (!!!)

I chose to backup through Phillz default option (backup to /sdcard)... I thought that would backup my files as well but, no?