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[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] palorius:
I have a dilemma that I can't get around and thought you could shed some light on. Let's start with the basics. Japanese cell companies are seriously behind the times with service and freedoms. They don't allow free travel between companies, even though May of this year there was a law passed to require companies to unlock bootloaders, getting them to do it is a difficulty. For example, they will refuse to do it if you have an older contract because they say we signed it before the law went into effect, etc. The beauty and problem with Japan is that these folks are very homogeneous. This means it is easy to live here and nobody dares treat you with disrespect or discourtesy. However, they also don't know how to complain to the government for fear of ruining the homogeneity. On top of that, you have companies who don't want old technologies and habits to die since they make bank off of the populace(the DVD market is still thriving in Japan as the digital media market is only slowly gaining ground in this environment). Since the majority of Japanese don't know how it is in other countries and the big corporations won't tell them, foreigners and world travelers have a difficult time with matters that should be old hat by now. I digress; on to the matter at hand-

I have a very old Droid (Xperia Acro if it matters to you) and an unlimited data/phone service plan on the biggest and most reliable network here (NTT). However, they have stopped offering unlimited plans and if you change your contract, the plan is converted to the 6g plan. That sux because I use my phone as a hotspot at one of my job sites here and I really need it, but since I have an archaic phone I only have 500m internal memory. That means no apps that make international life easier (Line, Skype, etc). I thought I was being clever. I figured I could get around it by buying an unlocked phone and switching out the sim card. I bought a sim punch to alter it to micro and then discovered that NTT refuses to let non-NTT phones on their network. They are the only company in Japan that does that. Unfortunately, they own all the lines too, so their service is awesome, even working on the subway; another company would only be a letdown. In addition I discovered they use IMEI identification to keep other phones out. So now I have a completely useless phone (Xperia Z) that I cant use except for wi-fi. I can buy the same model from NTT for almost 100,000 yen (about a thousand bucks)...4 times the actual price and of course then I would lose the unlimited plan I have and render moot all arguments.

In Japan, changing IMEI is not illegal...yet, and I was looking into it but discovered that, with the Xperia Z, the TA partition would need to be edited which would brick my phone on next reboot because the bootloader checks the TA.img signature on bootup.

In a word...help.

Is it possible to switch my Acro IMEI with my Z and thereby keep my contract (5 years and counting) and unlimited data plan without bricking?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pyramid Head:
basically you answered your question, if you change your imei your phone will stop working
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Does anyone know of any currently updated Gear Live ROMs? I can't seem to find any...
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joho5:
How long does it take for a device to get an official version of twrp?
[OnePlus X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SdtBarbarossa:
lol as long as the developer that cares on the device will need to clear everything with the twrp team.... some devices may never get a official one... other devices may get it in a week
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Konner920:
I cant get touch working on my S6 US Cellular. Ive followed so many guides but I get stuck with no touch. I got unikernel flashed and knox has been tripped (dont really care about that) and i have root, I'm on the latest OTA for 5.1.1 on the SM-G920R4. Any suggestions?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aDroidFlash:
Twrp uscc galaxy s6

There is a new official twrp for the us cellular galaxy s6 over on team wins website the build is zeroflteusc
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tatthanhlx:
Please send to me MOD video 4k on z1 5.1.1 (.216) deodex or odex full working. Because MOD Video 4k on my devise don't work excaption unknown error. Me device run[ROM][Z1][5.1.1][LB/UB][.216]|Z5 Features|MX ROM|V7.8.0|Battery☆ life|☆[10/11/2015]☆ by MXNICE.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hollow548:
I have the same problem.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tatthanhlx:
If you really need the Camera App, try this. That Goods.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] PeteW:
Thought my Hermes (well SPV M3100) was playing up.

Turns out it can no longer see the 1GB storage card.

Used to work fine and then just stopped.

I can read it on my PC and the files are on it.

Put it back into the SPV M3100 and it tells me no storage card present.

Any idea how to rectify this?

Thanks
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] bapski:
think ive read somewhere here.. (think wiki.. am not that sure) something about your problem...

will look up link for you..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] bapski:
GOT IT.. TRY HERE..

hope this helps...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] PeteW:
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I *think* I have a different problem. :(

The card just does not appear at all. It just doesn't think it has a storage card.

Ejecting and re-inserting has no effect. Will need to try an get hold of another MicroSD card to see if that works.

If anyone has any other suggestions, fire away please!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] mrinternet:
Howdy,

I did mention a while ago when asked about a 4gb card.

Depending on your OS (xp, or vista). You may have accidentally said yes to a 'do you want to format and scan the card ' whilst in your pc at some point.

This can kill the card as far as the phone considered. :eek:

Try re-formatting the card trying both fat and NTFS, in your PC

Anyhow, one format works one doesn't.

I have done this a few times to myself before I realised it :D

Good luck !

Any probs private email me if you like
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Tianjun:
If i plug out the MicroSD card and plug in again, the card might not be recgnized until reboot, or sometimes it can been found immediately. Can anyone tell me the reason?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dieselhazza:
Does anyone know when the H815T variant of the G4 recieve the marshmallow update?
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel4653:
No it hasn't only the regular H815.
[G4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dieselhazza:
I was asking when will it be out not if its out. I know its not out yet
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exonerare:
Where can i get the latest Trebuchet launcher?

Currently i have the 1.0 which doesn't allow me to add more screens to the homescreen, so looking for those that are used on Lollipop and set it up for Kitkat if possible?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rp158:
[MENTION=6662176]exonerare[/MENTION]: no idea, whether the LP-version is suitable for KK. You can take it from actual CM12-ROM: open the zip and look at /system/priv-app/Trebuchet.
[XDA Assist] mahi77444477:
hi

i have recently purchase zuk z1 i want to install cynogen 12.1 nightly on it but i m facing some problem first i want to unlock boot loader but while i am trying to do it my zuk z1 cant shows RSA pop up and when i m trying this command adb devices cant show my device ....

i want to do it for run the cdma network of reliance in india ..

i am using windows 8.1 also i have install drivers properly if i connect another android device the RSA pop up comes what i do i want urgent help?

please help me...................
[XDA Assist] JacTheeNoob:
I think i may have deleted something important from the settings when i go to Settings>Security >Screen lock type BOOM "Unfortunately , Settings has stopped . I'm rooted and on stock please help :( any help appreciated
[XDA Assist] Primokorn:
Hi,

Thanks for using XDA Assist.

Easy solution: re-flash your stock firmware with Odin :)
[HTC One A9] gunnarrrrr:
I have a bit of an issue after restoring my /data after doing the new November ruu update. It restored all of the fingerprint settings, but it keeps saying my pin is wrong. I had no issue with the pin before the update. I can get into my phone with my fingerprint, but obviously I can't change any of the security settings which is becoming a real drag. I'd rather not have to spend 5 hours backing up 30K+ texts and all of my other data and do a wipe. I tried this pin bypass zip file I found on a pretty old thread, but it must only work for older versions of Android. Anyone have something similar that works with 6.0?
[HTC One A9] htconeXX:
I have done this a few times, setting up a phone, restoring etc, and once in a while this got me.

Default for Android is 4 digit pin, if you want longer you have to do a setting to get 7 digits lets say.

In the past I have punched in 12345 and it took that to unlock the phone, but in reality it was only taking 1234.

When restoring I did the same thing, only to find I really had the 4 digit pin.
[HTC One A9] gunnarrrrr:
I always had a 4 digit pin. The problem I'm having is that my pin was lost in the restore process. The pin that I was using before the backup and restore no longer works for some reason, but my fingerprint does
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disneytoy:
So I have a new Note 5 (Sprint).

I use Evolve MMS. I'm on stock Sprint ROM.

2 problems.

1) It does not seem a text with an attached photo is getting sent. I do have data on, and a good LTE signal.

(The stock messaging app shows the pic but says "unable to send attachment.")

Second, The High res photos the Note 5 takes are nice, but how can I send a lower resolution version via text?

Any advice?

Thank you

Maxi
[Fire TV General] ultimate_spy_binns:
Please note!!! This tutorial is now old, and will only work for the following firmware 5.0.3

I will make a new video tutorial soon, showing you how to root the 5.0.4 firmware in VMware, so please stay tuned.

To be safe run checkver.py every time you handshake since 5.0.4 is starting to roll out!

Hi guys, hopefully this tutorial helps out everyone having issues, or just too scared to take the plunge. but this will work on windows, since we are running it in a virtual machine.

Requirements!!!! to follow this tutorial.

1. Male to Male USB.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251052828132?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

2. VMWare workstation you can download that from here.

3. The pre configured virtual machine, you can download that from here extract it to your desktop, or some where that you can find on your computer. Mirror

that's it!!!, just watch the video And follow me step by step, and you should have success.

Video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZQqLoO6ojM

Commands used for copy and paste.

cd aftv2-tools
./handshake.py
./patch_mmc.sh 0x00000000058e0000 system.root.img system.diff
adb shell
su
pm disable com.amazon.device.software.ota

the sudo password is zeroepoch

PS guys, made this when I was really tired, so if I'm slurring my words please excuse me lol.

if you have any issues please post in the original thread here.

but I doubt you will have any issues. I have managed to root 17 devices from today successfully, every time.

Edit troubleshooting, if you run into the problem, Where the process/patching, Gets Stuck or freezes, don't be alarmed, just press ctrl c key on your keyboard and try plugging in the Amazon box into a different USB port on your computer, and then start again.

[MENTION=3411776]zeroepoch[/MENTION]Has also posted, a Ubuntu script to Make the process/patching easier, I haven't tested this in a virtual machine environment, will test next week when I get another box in. But If you are impatient you can get it from here

:good::good::good::good::good::angel:
[Fire TV General] ultimate_spy_binns:
I'm not sure why it won't, show the video in the post, you will have to watch it directly on YouTube

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZQqLoO6ojM[/YOUTUBE]
[Fire TV General] epicroot:
will try this once the pre config is uploaded thanks mate!

edit:

Btw get you a donation link setup, i will be donating to the original people involved in finding this root exploit/patch and would love to donate to you for the pre config and video
[Fire TV General] ultimate_spy_binns:
Thank you for the offer, But its not required. but if you, Where going to give donations give them to [MENTION=3411776]zeroepoch[/MENTION] for his original hard work.

I'm sure he would appreciate it. :)
[Fire TV General] 1Xfan:
I had no problem with the link to your video; opened up a new tab and started playing :D Thank you! I will watch and learn.
[Fire TV General] Zacharybinx34:
I have a Belkin USB Transfer Cable. Is this different than a USB Male to Male cable?
[Fire TV General] pilotbob3:
Thank you so much Binns, worked perfectly. I tried using Hyper-V for my setup, but could not get the USB port to connect properly. Using VMWorkstation and your tutorial did the trick. Delighted to have a rooted Fire 2!

One reminder for windows users, is to be careful about your power saver settings. Mine originally had the computer going to sleep after an hour, and disrupted the patching process.
[Fire TV General] Zacharybinx34:
What is the advantage of rooting the Fire TV?
[Fire TV General] ultimate_spy_binns:
to be honest, I can't tell you if it's any different Les I actually see the cable.

But it should look something like this

not much if your a normal user and all you want to do is use kodi etc, so there isn't much point in rooting if that all you do. but if you want use apps that require root privilege you won't be able to use them, me personally i use it for vpn access, because I live in the United Kingdom I don't get access to usa content, but by rooting the box it allows me to use a VPN too fake my IP address so I can watch usa content.

That's great to hear, that this has work for you lot [MENTION=2788994]pilotbob3[/MENTION]
[Fire TV General] tonyt3rry:
Anyone in the UK know any good shops for picking up one if these cables I know it won't be cheap as using ebay
[Fire TV General] Zacharybinx34:
What method do you use to watch USA content from the US? I know how VPN works, so I'm not asking about that.

Also, if I root can I install Teamviewer onto the Fire? Or can I without that?
[Fire TV General] ultimate_spy_binns:
Good question.

I just checked online for you, Argos, Currys, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Staples, Online stores, can't find any.

can't think of anywhere else what would sell them

I'm using Hotspot Shield app, and a other one too, but can't remember the name right now

I've not tested TeamViewer, I don't think it would need root access to work though.
[Fire TV General] deanr1977:
Just asking a question, I am getting a Fire stick 2 can this be rooted with this method? I have only owned Fire sticks but the male to male cables won't work with a HDMI lead? Is there another method other than soldering? Thanks for your help
[Fire TV General] tonyt3rry:
from what i read you can only root them by hardware root soldering to the emmc chip or something

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i looked at maplin they had one for a quid but none in stock anywhere I just used the ebay link on the op and paid for first class, hope it comes saturday if not I should have root monday. I was trying to find converters for usb cables I already owned but had no joy finding any and thought it might not even work
[Fire TV General] ultimate_spy_binns:
the Amazon fire stick can't be rooted with this method, but it can be hardware rooted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWfSyxYMsPA

that's the one I purchased it arrived quite quickly from that eBay seller.
[Fire TV General] tonyt3rry:
id love to have it for the weekend but dont mind the wait it was my fault for not ordering it earlier I thought maplin would have had some in even if they are very expensive at times for cables
[Fire TV General] mikejames1:
Amazon fire TV

Hi i have 2 amazon fire tv boxes both are running 51.1.6.3 will this method work with this firmware?

Thank you
[Fire TV General] xkravenx:
Took me longer than 2 hours. But the video was perfect.

Excellent instructions. :good:
[Fire TV General] ultimate_spy_binns:
YOU MUST BE RUNNING 5.0.3.1.

It's definitely longer than 2 hours, more like 3
[Fire TV General] apcarr:
cheers for this,it worked a treat...i happened to have a male to male usb cable but if you dont just make 1 there very easy to make with a couple of old cables,youtube it!
[Fire TV General] deanr1977:
Have Amazon updates gone past root now? Or is root still possible on the Amazon Fire TV 2?
[Fire TV General] ultimate_spy_binns:
You're welcome
[Fire TV General] ultimate_spy_binns:
A firmware update hasn't been released yet, so it still possible to root.
[Fire TV General] deanr1977:
Thanks, if I root a new AFTV 2 today, can I disable auto updates or do I need to block all sources like router & every other possible source? Also does anyone know if the mame emulator is working good on the AFTV 2?
[Fire TV General] ultimate_spy_binns:
You can block updates if you have root access by using the following commands in adb

adb shell
su
pm disable com.amazon.device.software.ota

That will permanently disable updates on your Amazon Fire TV, if you watch the video tutorial I explained that.
[Fire TV General] stephenaboylan:
The root works awesome. Only problem is that I can't get a USB keyboard (or FLIRC) to work at all when I plug in now. USB port works fine, I had no problem using it to connect for rooting. Does the root break USB keyboard use?

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Can't install google play, either ... am I just too early to be wanting to do that?
[Fire TV General] Ludacrisvp:
You must disable ADB over USB for the USB port to be usable for anything other than ADB. You can leave ADB over networking enabled.

You can install google play services and the play store without root (at least you can on firetv stick with fireos 5 on it) so I would think you can here too. However until

Someone updates xposed (I think it's called) you won't be able to use the store but you can side load apps that need google play services.
[Fire TV General] Spillunke:
Thanks for the tutorial. My FTV2 arrived a few minutes ago, now im waiting for the usb cable.

It will be awesomme ;D
[Fire TV General] Ludacrisvp:
I think you are confusing FireTV with FireTV2. There's not a fireos update for OS 5 on firetv.

There hasn't been an update for firetv2 released newer than 5.0.3.1 which is assumed will likely fix this root.
[Fire TV General] Pat1981:
Is it possible, if you're rooted, to reset the device (but not loose root)?
[Fire TV General] zeroepoch:
A factory reset will not remove your root access
[Fire TV General] Ludacrisvp:
doesn't it remove SuperSU though? so you'd have to side load it to really be able to continue to use root?
[Fire TV General] zeroepoch:
Nope it stays there. SuperSU is part of /system after you do this patching which isn't touched. When you factory reset it only formats /data and sometimes /cache (don't think this device does /cache).
[Fire TV General] gen3benz:
Just bought a V2 AFTV and ordered a male to male usb cable.

I haven't plugged in the fire tv yet and wanted to make sure it won't auto update to an un-rootable firmware.

Just being extra cautious as my V1 auto updated and I ended up never rooting it and gifting it to my in-laws....:laugh:

EDIT:

There is my answer....plugging it in!
[Fire TV General] deanr1977:
I have my AFTV 2, my A-A cable, my virtual machine on my desktop & everything else! So how noob friendly is this? Gonna take the plunge in a minute on my Windows 10 laptop. Anyone who has done this can they let me know If there is anything else I should know before I start this? Tips or anything? Thanks in advance
[Fire TV General] deanr1977:
Ok after a first attempt got stuck on the patching process so I pushed ctrl c then started again (this time I changed ports & saw it working straight away), this time It's looking gooooood now. Just have too wait! Patching my system now (about an hr & a bit in), oh god it takes a while, thanks in advance for the detailed video & I am now just awaiting Root (took about 2hrs & a half)
[Fire TV General] Spillunke:
Follow the instructions in the video. My ATV2 is in patching progress now since nearly 40minutes, works fine until now.

Just one thing: i didnt used "sudo ./handshake.py" because the terminal doesnt accept the password "zeroepoch", but it also works without sudo.

Win 10 Pro x64 and the Ubuntu virtual machine.

EDIT: Worked. I got a rooted ATV2 after 2h and 7minutes. Thanks!
[Fire TV General] deanr1977:
Thanks mate, run the course & surprise surprise.... I have now got root & also disabled the ota updates!
[Fire TV General] stephenaboylan:
Thank you!!!!

Switching off ADB for USB worked like a charm. I'm a bit of a noob, here - moving from Raspberry Pi setups to AFTV (because it is way more powerful and can play Amazon Prime video)

As expected, Google Play doesn't work yet, I'll keep my eye out for an xposed update -

Thanks a million!!!!!
[Fire TV General] deanr1977:
I bought a male A to male A Usb lead from Asda this morning for £5 I could have got it cheaper online But knowing my luck Amazon would have brought out the new update the day I got my lead? So decided to get mine done asap
[Fire TV General] Pat1981:
[Video Tutorial] How to Root the Amazon Fire TV Gen 2 (4k) Using VMware in Wi...

my Windows Notebook was after 1 hour in sleep mode. I've rebootet the firetv, unplugged usb, restart handshake and patch process (which is now again patching).

Will there be a problem after finishing or should I restore original firmware and patch again?
[Fire TV General] deanr1977:
Think it should be fine mate, if you've started the handshake again & it's taken you shouldn't in theory have any worries. I was close by so I could keep an eye out, plus I didn't wanna redo a 2hr or so flash again so I kept waking when the screen saver come on. Not good really when you've just done a night shift & a school run but hey I make up for it tomorrow morning
[Fire TV General] Pat1981:
Damn, windows display driver crashed.. And crashed Ubuntu.. Again, had to reboot Firetv and restart handshake & patching. Next time I will do it directly via Ubuntu .. Seems it starts again from beginning :-/

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[Fire TV General] monkey1230:
thank you for putting this together this is way faster than the original, works very well. I did 3 with the old way and the other 2 in my house this way. now just patiently waiting for custom bootloader and xposed :)
[Fire TV General] gen3benz:
Got my cable, handshake complete, patch started!
[Fire TV General] deanr1977:
Sounds like you got going just intime mate, there is word of Amazon rolling updates as we speak. Talk on another forum said It's coming! & I posted in here today about the new updates coming & someone said that someone in the UK has got the new update today!
[Fire TV General] gen3benz:
Oh man. Still doing the patch script right now. 2 hours in.

It's on 0x26 still, crazy that it has to go to 0x50. Hopefully this doesn't take 4 hours on my PC.:laugh:

Edit...

Ha! They go quick near the end! I'ts done!

Disabling updates now!

Edit....

Updates disabled!

I used the "adb connect (IP address)" command to connect to the aftv2. I dont have a TV with an HDMI other than the one in my family room so I had to unplug the usb cable. Thanks everyone for their work on this, zeroepoch and ultimate_spy_binns! Cheers deanr1977!
[Fire TV General] guliver365:
Yea perfect explanations brand new fire TV got it yesterday Rooted and update disabled, It took me more than 2 hours but I got the cable at 99 cents store long time ago Lol

big thanks to Zeroepoch and to you ultimate_spy_binns