yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fire TV General] Dude360:
I managed to get a friends AFTV2 rooted last night after he had some issues, originally we thought it might be his laptop (as per other users) but turned out it was more than likely either his box or the USB cable as we had tried it on 1 laptop and 2 PCs.

Anyway, currently have root and awaiting some goodies from rbox :)

For the record heres the issues we were having for anyone else to ;

The drivers were working, were getting a connection and handshaking fine but the freezing/stalling/hanging was ridiculas.

It wasnt a case of once or twice, it was after a random amount of addresses, but sometimes almost instant.

It would just stop. Would close the batch, pull power, rerun the batch and plug back in.

It would handshake and then continue.

I did this literally 100+ times over the course of 6 1/2hrs.

Sometimes it would be after 50 addresses, sometimes only 2.

Being this random it was a long, very boring rooting session!

Personally I suspect it was a dicky USB cable as the box was working fine, even after an attempted root.

So, the only issue I have is the SuperSU app not opening even though the dialog appears.

I do not know enough about the root procedure to trust that the box hasnt developed an issue with the rooting (not the rooting procedure itself, thats clearly sound and working).

Im going to wait for recovery, completely reformat and clean flash a pre-rooted stock ROM to ensure that nothing has gone skewwhiff :)

I was going to get one of these for myself but am getting too annoyed at the amount of work that has to be put in these days with 'branded' Android devices and may just fork out the cash for a more expensive 'stock' box that has 'easy' root and recovery already.

Big thanks to zeroepoch for the kit and rbox for his continured work though, always blows my mind and makes me appreciate how little actually I know lol
[Fire TV General] paffinity:
I'm new to Android, would you have any guidance on installing busybox after rooting? Can I just sideload the standard busybox app?
[Fire TV General] Dude360:
I own the Pro version so pulled the apk from my phone and sideloaded as normal, then followed the prompts.

Seemed to work, TitBackup didnt give any errors saying it wasnt installed so am assuming all went well :) Id guess the same will work for the free version.
[Fire TV General] txvr:
Hi all! This is my first xda post and my first rooting experience. Huge thanks to zeroepoch and everyone who has contributed to this thread with their suggestions, it has helped me immensely. After about 3 - 4 hours I was able to successfully root my Fire TV 2 using this method!

I had some difficulties getting the handshake to happen at first, so I went back and installed all 5 of the drivers from the mdmcpq.inf file. This seemed to help. After doing a few power cycles and disconnecting/reconnecting the USB cable the patching commenced and I was ecstatic!

But after several seconds, addresses stopped being written. I waited many minutes and nothing happened. Using suggestions from this thread, I closed the .bat file, reopened it, and power cycled the AFTV. The patching resumed again and then stopped after running for several seconds. So I repeated this process, again and again, about 50 to 100 times! Sometimes it would run for a few seconds before stopping and sometimes several minutes. Slowly but surely, it got through all the files and finally finished.

After rooting, stopping OTA updates was very easy using the Minimal ADB and Fastboot program.

I hope my experience can help any others who may be struggling!
[Fire TV General] paffinity:
Thanks, I pulled the apk from the Pro version and got that installed.

I noticed that taskset is no longer available with busybox. Is this a recent change? Would I have to build it myself to get it in?
[Fire TV General] mikey6283:
AFTV2 Rooted question regarding OTA

Hi,

May be a silly question to you guys , but i rooted my AFTV2 and turned off Amazon OTA following the procedure , however when i sideload apps thru ABFIRE it states that Amazon updates is turned on . How can i check if Amazon Updates is off and is my AFTV2 back to stock item?
[Fire TV General] deanr1977:
If you use root explorer or es file manager go into the app & try to enable rw or turn on root access if it don't work & don't ask for root permission from SU you don't have root. Which process did you follow to block ota? Block your rooter? Or block updates via your aftv 2?
[Fire TV General] Patrick_445:
When you rooted, you probably installed ADB. If not you can install Minimal ADB and Fastboot

On your FireTV, go to Settings >> System >> Developer Options and enable ADB debugging

On your FireTV, go to Settings >> System >> About >> Network and note the IP address (first line). Mine is 192.168.1.38

On a PC on the same network as your FireTV, open the directory where ADB is installed (folder that has adb.exe file).

Shift + Right-click a blank space in the ADB directory and select "Open command window here"

Enter the commands below, replacing 192.168.1.38 with the IP address of your FireTV (commands start after ">", "$" and "#" symbols):

C:\ADB>adb connect 192.168.1.38
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
connected to 192.168.1.38:5555

C:\ADB>adb shell
shell@sloane:/ $ su
root@sloane:/ # pm disable com.amazon.device.software.ota
Package com.amazon.device.software.ota new state: disabled
root@sloane:/ # exit
shell@sloane:/ $ exit

C:\ADB>adb disconnect 192.168.1.38

C:\ADB>adb kill-server

If the "su" command works (turns the "$" into a "#") then you have root. The "pm" command ensures that OTA is disabled. To enable, just run the command pm enable com.amazon.device.software.ota instead (will work only if "su" works).

These instructions are for Windows. On other OS, how to install adb (step 1) and start a command prompt to run adb (steps 4 and 5) will be slightly different.
[Fire TV General] mikey6283:
Thanks I went into ES File Manager and it asked for permission SU, It just strand that when i try to sideload when it shows that ABFire is running there is another message saying Amazon Update on. When i try to download anything from Amazon app store it states that not Compatible. I am trying to obtain Busybox and Xposed as i am struggling due to be a novice.

Thanks again.
[Fire TV General] deanr1977:
Xposed not working yet & don't bother until Rbox releases his recovery & also custom rom because if you soft brick & you don't have a recovery your in trouble. It should be out early feb? Fingers crossed
[Fire TV General] mikey6283:
thanks for reply , I have checks and Su request permission there i believe I am Rooted. Just trying to learn and set a few things up like Busybox and Xposed which i am struggling with. Perhaps you can advise , I downloaded Busy Box from Zeroepoch Root post on Wiki , do i install this thru terminal like the root-aftv2 procedure? I have tried to obtain the APK version but i am worried about these sites viruses etc . Your advise would be helpful.

Thanks again for reply.

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Thanks for advise. have a great day , hope there no snow near you yet.
[Fire TV General] deanr1977:
Cheers, haha no snow (YET!) , no problem always happy to help

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Check here you may find this useful if you've just started on here -

http://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/help/aftv2-best-compatible-apps-accessories-t3269267
[Fire TV General] zeroepoch:
To install my busybox you need remount system as rw then copy busybox to /system/xbin. Then run busybox --install -s /system/xbin. Don't have exact institutions but that's the basic idea.
[Fire TV General] Patrick_445:
Is there anything substantially different about the busybox version you use when compared to what's available on Google Play? Why did you take the time to package your own version?
[Fire TV General] CuBz90:
One thing the steps fail to mention is that windows 10 will not allow the drivers to install due to not being signed. Therefore you will need to disable the driver signiture enforcement following the steps below:

Click the Start Start menu and select Settings.

Click Update and Security.

Click on Recovery.

Click Restart now under Advanced Startup.

Click Troubleshoot.

Click Advanced options.

Click Startup Settings.

Click on Restart.

On the Startup Settings screen press 7 or F7 to disable driver signature enforcement.

You can then install the drivers with no problem
[Fire TV General] ks-man:
I've been away the last week but am back now and want to try and get this Fire TV rooted. A previous comment was correct that the Software Devices seem to be listing any Fire TV connected over the network. I now have my network cable disconnected so it doesn't show up there. When I connect my Fire TV to my computer via USB nothing happens (using Windows 10). I don't see anything in This PC and I can't find it in the Device Manager. There are no unknown devices. If I turn on USB Debugging it will then show up in the Devices and Drives part of This PC and it will then come into the device manager as a USB device (called Fire TV).

Should I try updating the driver with mdmcpq.inf when the Fire TV is in USB Debugging mode? I don't know how else I can get my computer to recognize the Fire TV however I've been under the impression that you aren't supposed to be in USB debugging mode when doing this whole process. I just want to make sure I don't mess something up.

Thanks a lot.

---Edit----

As a quick update to my last post. I did try to update the driver while USB Debugging was on but I got a message that the Folder Specified doesn't contain a compatible driver for the device. If the folder does contain a driver make sure it is designed to work with Windows for x64 based systems.

There are four things in the folder: mdmcpq.inf, usb2ser_win7.inf, usb2ser_win764.inf, usbser.sys

I tried using mdmcpq.inf.

Really struggling here. Thanks.

---Edit Again---

With it in USB Debugging followed the original instructions from here to get the driver installed and tried running the root batch file. It now seems to be going through the patching process. Keeping my fingers crossed that this will now do it. I'll report back when it is done (I guess a few hours).
[Moto X Q&A] kenosis:
Hi All,

I was running CM12.1 on Moto X (XT1053) without problems. But last night, it's screen was suddenly black. I pressed and hold Power and I can see "Reboot, Recovery, Shutdown" menu. I tried to reboot to recovery, it is OK and I can see all functions in recovery and screen is OK. I flashed again, wipe cache and dalvik and reboot. it is still normal. After reboot, screen turns black again but I still can hear my alarm clock sound and only screen is black.

Is there way to solve that issue?
[Moto X Q&A] Anachronizer:
This is a very serious driver related issue and is present even on stock firmwares and not just on the Gen 1 but also Gen 2. Check out these threads on the official Motorola forums.

https://forums.motorola.com/posts/f371030235

https://forums.motorola.com/posts/c3be8d6f29

https://forums.motorola.com/posts/7fef869eed
[Moto X Q&A] kenosis:
Thank you for your info. My phone is OK now. I just tried to wipe cache/dalvik and ROM. I did it about 4 times and it is suddenly OK :(
[General Questions and Answers] gimdi:
Hey guys,

I recently bought an old Samsung Galaxy S4 Active SGH-i537 (AT&T) stock Android 4.4.2 - detailed specs at the end of this post.

>>>> This is my problem. <<<<

My GSM and LTE doesn't work any more. The phone says there is no SIM-Card, though I inserted a working Simple Mobile SIM (T-Mobile network). Moreover calling, texting via SMS and mobile data (Internet) do not work. :crying:

It seems also strange to me that the entry in "About Device -> Baseband-Version" is set to "Unknown" (see also below under "Phone Specs").

>>>> What happened <<<<

I opened the dialer and typed in *#9090#. A new Window "DIAG CONFIG" popped up. I selected

1 DM/DUM over HS-USB(*)

in the menu. After that the other menu points disappeared and the mobile carrier icon (http://appcrawlr.com/thumbs/app/icon/86/3336286.png) changed to a no-connection sign (http://www.clker.com/cliparts/2/3/2/5/1194984827960120970no.svg.med.png). When I type in *#9090# the "ServiceMode" window pops up but without any menu items.

>>>> That's why I did the *#9090# thing :confused: <<<<

I updated from Stock Android 4.4.2 to Stock Android 5.0.1 (Lollipop) keeping my root-access following this instruction:

http://www.droidviews.com/update-to-lollipop-and-root-att-galaxy-s4-active-sgh-i537/

The installation and everything went just fine. But I couldn't use my Mobile Internet any more, though it had worked on Android 4.4.2 perfectly. So I flashed back to the old Android 4.4.2 and it worked again. I thought there had to be some kind of AWS/LTE-locking in the stock Android 5.0.1 firmware. After some searching on the Internet I came to the conclusion that there has to be a LTE locking on the phone. So I tried this tutorial:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2441211

But it didn't work for me (probably because Samsung locked the firmware). Till then my GSM/LTE still worked!

Afterwards I tried the *#9090# think (I got it from this post: https://disqus.com/home/discussion/droidview/how_to_sim_unlock_t_mobile_038_at038t_galaxy_s4_sgh_m919_sgh_i337/#comment-1604470770) and that was the thing, that made my GSM/LTE not work any more.

Flashing the phone with Odin (same 4.4.2 stock ROM) didn't change the problem.

I know this was stupid. :(

But please help me. :rolleyes: This is my only phone and without it I have no connection to my family and friends. :crying:

Thank you so much in advance! (And sorry for my bad English. I'm trying to improve. :angel:)

>>>> Phone Specs <<<<

Model: SGH-i537

Android version: 4.4.2

!!! Basebandversion: "Unknown"

Kernel version: 3.4.0-987011

Build number: KOT49H.I537UCUCNE3

Security boot status: Type: Samsung

Security software version: MDF v1.0 Release 2
[General Questions and Answers] tnomtlaw:
Maybe try to update prl ok if you can.
[General Questions and Answers] abdelaziz1987:
You need to flash good modem to solve baseband unknown

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[General Questions and Answers] gimdi:
But how? I can not find any modem firmware on the internet, which is for ROM 4.4.2 NE or above. :(

Anyone with a link out there?
[General Questions and Answers] gimdi:
I can not even get there because it says "No SIM". The problem is the modem firmware, I think. But I have no modem firmware for stock ROM 4.4.2 NE or above.
[General Questions and Answers] abdelaziz1987:
Or google for full factory firmware it come 4 parts

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[General Questions and Answers] trt73:
Well, I have a old device (2011) and I want to build my own CM12 rom on it. Is that possible?
[General Questions and Answers] anandmore:
Yes you can. I own a Redmi 2 ( 1 gb ram) and i am currently running cm13 on it.

Sorry i just realised, was your question about 1 gb ram pc??
[General Questions and Answers] Arshid Vinod:
Can't say it's possible, but you can make it if you gain enough knowledge in building ROMs from scratch.It's really a huge task.! Good Luck BTW.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mohen:
sorry for my newbie question ,

but what is the most stable touchflo version ?

can y'all please recommend me on some version to download ?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] kel16harris:
yea, i would like to know as well........i have a wizard i just ordered coming on friday:D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] its right:
there is one new will appear very soon ;)

for now i think the latest two are Toch no evil and blackdiomond 2.0
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] mohen:
i heard that you need to soft reset black diamond like 3-4 times in a day ...
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] boto:
I realy like NBD 9.1

but i'm sure soon we will have a new version problably with a new build...is wait to see
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] yaron316:
hummmm

mohen, i hope you successfully flashed since the hour you PMed me on pocket.

as far as i tried, the NBD 9.1 and BlackDiamons 2.0 gets stuck all the time, and the WRCX2 has photo contacts problems. so, i recommand you work with NBD 8.3, which was the last stable rom i had with touchflo. for now i work with WRCX3, because it's stable (even with PDAC Hebrew), and very fast. the downside is that there is no Touchflo cube nor finger scrolling. the cube is useless in my opinion, but the finger scrolling is really missed.

if the TNT wink means he is bringing his first rom with touchflo, is guess it will be the best hoice, since his rom was stable and fast untill now. in the meantime, go with NBD 8.3 and add the pocketCM software.

talk to me in the morning if you still have flashing problems. just make sure you don't brick your device ;)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] casanova:
nbd 8.3 with 8mb pagepool is the best so far.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Gus_T:
Touch Flow

Yes, NBD 8.3 is stable, I used this for a month.

I had some problems sometime with Java (Opera mini) , but it was solved
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] WizeMan:
If you dont want the cube, go for my rom (see sig)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] pee:
What he said

Touch No Evil is by far the fastest touch ROM I tried, the cube is just way too laggy when it works anyway.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] Pumpiron579:
I ran the Black Diamond 2 for 2 days and did not have any problems. it is fast
[G4 Accessories] GrabkaMan:
Hello guys,

When i bought this phone i was worried about dropping it while walking and texting or anything.

So i wanted to buy any case that has very strong grip.

That's why i bought them: http://imgur.com/a/Mqgun

I bought all of them on aliexpress if that would help. : )

Unfortunately all of them don't anything in common with good grip.

I want to give it one more try. Can you share any links to non-slippery case that you have?

If that also fails i am going back to using that leatherish looking case.
[G4 Accessories] ironbesterer:
The Cruzerlite cases on Amazon aren't too bad, and they are cheap. My UAG isn't too slippery either.
[G4 Accessories] 20degrees:
The caseology wavelength has rubber on the bottom back. I find it's pretty good for grip. The black one looks sick in person as well.
[G4 Accessories] GenghisKhan67:
I use this case, it provides a great side-grip experience:

http://www.i-blason.com/lg-g4-armorbox-dual-layer-full-protection-case.html
[G4 Accessories] mattnin:
I use the ringke slim case. It's pretty thin so it won't protect against major hard drops, but it is perfectly grippy in my opinion and hardly adds any bulk. Plus you can attach a lanyard to it. I attached one and it definitely helps keeping it in my hands, putting into my pocket, etc... Very pleased.
[G4 Accessories] matood:
Speck is great and proven.

View attachment 3602887
[G4 Accessories] erwinmitg01:
I have it also and it's very grippy!

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[G4 Accessories] GrabkaMan:
Yes, I wanted to buy this, but they don't have the option to ship it to Poland. : (

Also it is kind of expensive. :(
[G4 Accessories] erwinmitg01:
I bought it at mobilefun.de

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[G4 Accessories] erwinmitg01:
I don't know if they send to Poland. Yes, it's expensive, but really good quality!

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[G4 Accessories] matood:
I bought it from ebay 15$ posted.
[G4 Accessories] lafinjack:
I wanted the same thing you want, a grippy case. I got this one in grey, I like it, and it fits in the dock I have: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YBYNTWM

I don't know how well Amazon operates in Poland. It is also here on eBay, US seller, for $15USD, but $20USD shipping. http://www.ebay.com/itm/LG-G4-Case-...-Flexible-TPU-Case-for-/161833424841#shpCntId

Here is $10USD, $13USD shipping. If it were me buying again, I feel $23 would be worth having it: http://www.tpu-cases.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=444&cPath=46_117
[G4 Accessories] Surya Kumar:
Here is a one with magnetic wallet case

http://www.latestone.com/lg-g4-flip-cover-hallsen-magnetic-wallet-case-gold
[G4 Accessories] astonmartin214:
best non slippery case is Tech21 have 1 on my G3 Note 4 amazing & shockproof
[G4 Accessories] RR215:
Except this is the LG G4 forum.....and Tech21 does not make any good cases for the LG G4. Only a folio wallet tyepe one, and the whimpy thin soon to get stretched out tactical one.

Too bad they do not make the Evo Shell for the G4.......best tpu on the market bar NONE!
[G4 Accessories] astonmartin214:
I know this didn't say G4 cause I didn't have it yet & now I have it so my Tech21 case will be in this week

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well they have 3 then regular case tactical & wallet case best case hands down can't go with another case im about protection + it's slim adds no bulk
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] datwhiteguy:
After restoring my Pure Edition Moto X to stock recovery and unrooting it, every time I try to update to 6.0 my Moto X it show the android guy with the software installing for a few seconds until it flashes on the screen "Error!". After that, the phone starts back at the homescreen still on 5.1.
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AGISCI:
Something else in your phone is not stock. You have to be 100% unmodified to take the OTA. This means no xposed, no root, no modifications to files in system with root, no busybox, etc.

You have 2 choices. Undo whatever it is that is modified(if you remember what is modified). Or you can flash the full 5.1 system image to revert completely back to stock.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr.TheMaster:
Hi .. since the latest update of CM12.1 supports flashing from FireOS 5.1.1 via FlashFire.. is it possible to flash it from SlimLP via flashfire? knowing that I flashed it over FireOS 5.1.1 with wiping everything via FlashFire except internal SD card.... thanks in advance
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueberry.sky:
Yes, it should work fine.

Wipe dalvik cache, cache, data and system. Then flash the rom.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KLit75:
Can anyone confirm this worked out ok on amazon fire? When you say "Then flash the rom." you mean the xposed zip? Or are you talking about a fresh install of a rom with xposed bundled into it?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueberry.sky:
Since this was originally posted, many people have now used flashfire with each of the roms. Search around to see confirmation that it works.

Rom = CM12.1 . Since the OP was asking about CM12.1.

How did you read anything about xposed here? The original question made zero mention of xposed.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KLit75:
Youre correct. Not sure how i posted here. Remember i began a title asking about xposed and a thread popped up that mustve seemed relevant. My best guess, i got distracted and posted in the wrong place.

-I've tried xposed with flasfire on 12.1, ressurection, and fire nexus. All worked fine. Since then i got 5.0.1 so I can try mods with more confidence.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oliman99:
Dirty flash possible, when going from SlimLP to CM12.1

I'd like to change from SlimLP to CM12.1.

(Reason is: Anki Overdrive does not work 100% with SlimLP. The app can be startet and works fine until the track should be scanned. Unfortunately the cars do not start scanning after pushing "Scan Track". Now I'm going to give CM12.1 a shot as Anki should work with Fire-Tablets. At the moment I can't use it as host.).

Probably I'll use TWRP to flash the CM12.1 ROM (SuperSU and Gapps). My Question is:

Can I keep data, and just wipe system, cache and dalvik before flashing CM12.1?