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[Fire Android Development] BeeWall:
If BOOT1 corresponds to mmcblk0boot0, then what is the mmcblk0boot1 partition? How would you be able to write the processor firmware? What is DA (before you say Google it, if I did, I would get a bunch of Harry Potter stuff)?
[Fire Android Development] hwmod:
It is not possible to write/change the processor BootROM that's why it is called ROM (acronym for Read Only Memory).

It is possible to write/update the firmware on the EMMC with appropriate tools and a proper authorization key file (auth_sv5.auth 2256 bytes long).

- EMMC_BOOT_1 correspond to /dev/block/mmcblk0boot0 contains the main "preloader" binary image (signed), the partition is protected/secured

- EMMC_BOOT_2 correspond to /dev/block/mmcblk0boot1 contains ID, SN, IDME, calibration data & unlock key, the partition is protected/secured

- EMMC_USER contains the rest of the firmware (uboot, boot, recovery etc.) and the main user data partition, the partition is writable (various tools)

DA is an acronym indicating the Download Agent in the Mediatek world and represent a software loaded before the device boots the kernel

used during service operations like firmware updates and working as an intermediary to execute certain specific commands on the device.

You can read more details by reading the following articles on Sturmflut's blog and following links in there:

http://www.lieberbiber.de/2015/07/04/mediatek-details-partitions-and-preloader/

http://www.lieberbiber.de/2015/07/05/mediatek-details-little-kernel/

http://blog.lieberbiber.de/2015/07/02/mediatek-details-soc-startup/

.:HWMOD:.
[Fire Android Development] BeeWall:
ROM is not always read only. Isn't like half of XDA about changing them? ? So BootROM is basically the processor ROM? And there is no possible way to change it, short of taking the device apart? Does it correspond to any partition?

Thanks for the links, I'll look at them.
[Fire Android Development] blakegriplingph:
The low-level boot ROM's hardcoded, and for a good reason. This also accounts for why you simply can't brick a device running on an Allwinner SOC.
[Fire Android Development] Hariiiii:
Given that the auth_sv5.auth file should be specific to mediatek and not likely specific to amazon, I would imagine that it's worth a try to just grab a publicly available file (just google auth_sv5.auth). The first result has one:

http://forum.le.com/in/index.php?th...s-x507-x509-sp-flashable-indian-version.9046/
[Fire Android Development] blakegriplingph:
The auth files are specific to the device it was made for, so I doubt that would be of any help. Not unless you manage to fabricate one yourself.
[Fire Android Development] BeeWall:
Looking through /sys, the RPMB "size" file says 1024. Woukd that be bytes or kilobytes? Also, I found a file named "raw_rpmb_size_mult", with the contents "0x4".

I doubt any of this is useful, as we still can't read anything, but thought I'd post it.
[Fire Android Development] LiquidXed:
Ive got an update.zip for an mt8127 head unit, its got the scatter.txt in it.. Would that help u guys?
[Fire Android Development] BeeWall:
Based on this post where someone else posted an mt8127 file, I don't think that it would work.
[Fire Android Development] BeeWall:
I noticed that in "/dev/__properties__" there is an "unlocked_kernel false" string. I highly doubt that setting it to true does anything, but it might be part of the puzzle.

EDIT: It resets on reboot, so nevermind.
[Fire Android Development] blakegriplingph:
*cue The Price Is Right fail jingle*
[Fire Android Development] t3chwizard:
I think that is progress even if it does reset on boot
[Fire Android Development] BeeWall:
It's a shame that the kernel is hash protected. If we could figure out where it's stored (probably RPMB), we could change that. But I suppose that's not easy, or they would choose a different way to lock. Maybe some time soon, I'll test booting the kernel via fastboot, but with unlocked_kernel added to the command line.
[Fire Android Development] Crashoverride1993:
Heres an idea

Heres an idea i dont know if this could help but anyways credits go to my uncle if this helps but anyways my uncle suggested maybe trying to install grub and work with it to install another os next to it then you might go from there

If anyone has any ideas about why this may not work I would like to know.
[Fire Android Development] DB126:
Err....no. List of issues/obsticles on this device is too long to detail. Be happy with root and (optionally) a fully functioning custom ROM. Many have neither and are tied to Amazon's restrictive ecosystem.
[Fire Android Development] DragonFire1024:
I was thinking along the lines of something similar, using some type of virtual machine. The bootloader is just a piece of software correct? Would there be a way to trick the device into thinking it's booting the correct one?

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Meh...I have neither and to be honest, it really isn't all that bad. Somethings are more of an annoyance really. But I really am loving my HD 8. I think the restrictions are a bit extreme, but they're pretty much just an annoyance. There are tiny little fixes and workarounds that make it worth the price I paid for it. After some special discounts and free shipping, I went from paying $51 for a used HD 8 (I guess the only thing that made it used was ownership since nothing was physically wrong with it, even cosmetically) to paying $15. Word of advice to Amazon technicians: You should always check the SD card slot. Otherwise I end up with a free 32GB card :D
[Fire Android Development] BeeWall:
Theoretically, but it would be difficult. I think that was basically how the HDX 3rd gen unlock happened, by faking the signature. But that exploit was patched in newer devices. You could use a VM, but it would not start on boot, and would be slow.
[Fire Android Development] DragonFire1024:
Well the VM environment wouldn't actually "boot" the device. It would just be there first. You can't flash anything on a locked device so you would need a separate environment to trick the software. Is there a way to use an environment like a VM, just once? My point in the VM type environment would be to get the "fake" bootloader to load before anything else or before the "real" bootloader. Operating systems always have a boot sequence. The trick would be during boot, getting the software, if any, that boots before and of course after the fake loader, to accept the fake one as the real one. Presuming that would ever work, you would have no choice but to flash a custom ROM immediately after because when you turn off the phone, yes turn it off, NOT restart, the idea is to turn off the VM and hope for the best when you power it back on (if that makes any sense :-/)

EDIT/ADDITION: I say hope for the best, because in any situation of rooting or flashing a device, no matter how smart you are, there is always risk of damaging it beyond repair.
[General Topics] sdert:
Hi! I've had some problems while conecting to a wifi network yesterday, and my phone rebooted when it couldn't deal with it. The problem is that after rebooting there was no wifi passwords saved on my google account.

I don't think this really matters but I'm using a One Plus One running the last cyanogenmod Android L stable version. I know this is pretty basic stuff but I honestly don't know what to do. Thanks for reading btw!
[LG Optimus G Pro] i_danishkhan:
I did this experiment on i9300 chu version i purchases s3 in china with chinese bootloader and chinese firmware no google play store and no google services on it then i download two firmwares one is stock and other was i9300 uk version then i extracted all files from both firmwares and use system file from uk version and compress it back to .tar file and flash it via odin and thats 100% working till now.

i want to do same thing on LG gpro f240s i want to make it international i just extracted all firmware files from Lg kdz file and now i need help how can i compress it back to kdz file or any other LG flashable file format so kindly help me.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hobs0n:
Hello there peeps!

Im thinking of getting rid of my old laptop as my torrentbox/Kodi and fileserver. Its noisy, draws lots of power and it can barely handle 1080p HEVC movies. So Im really longing to buy a Nvidia Shield TV 16GB :)

Im thinking of buying the 16GB version, putting a 128GB micro-sd card in it and use a powered usb3.0 HUB to connect my current 3 external HDDs to it.

My plans is to let the 128GB micro-sd card act as the torrent partition and storage for the games and apps. When the apps are finished Im moving the stuff to the three external NTFS HDDs and store it on them. All this would be nice to be able to manage with my Android phone. Im thinking that it might be hard on the unit to handle torrents at the same time we watch movies or play games. Is there an app to paus the torrents if the rest needs more resources, or make some kind of script?

Will all this work? Ive read that the Shield TV cant handle more than two external USBs thanks to the limitatons of Android but this can be fixed by rooting it. Is it correct?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo3D:
You need to get a SMB server app working on it. Google: Funkyfresh Samba

uTorrent has an Android version.

I think Android can handle more than two ext HDD's. My sister has 4-5 HDD's connected to her AFTV, same with my cousin. Try StickMount.

I don't know but I think it's going to be hard to do what you want. I'd buy an Asus ChromeBox, put Win10 on it and use that for Kodi MySQL server, torrent, media, etc.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unvaluablespace:
Ive been curious about this, when you say your sister had 4-5 HDDs connected to AFTV, im assuming she has them connected via some sort of usb hub? :)
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BenjiHansell:
I wouldn't use an SD card for long-term torrenting as they're not very good at handling frequent writing.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unvaluablespace:
So heres my experience so far: Currently I have 1 external usb 3.0 HDD connected to my shield tv. using an android app called servers ultimate pro, I was able to create multiple file servers. The nice thing is that shield tv is already low powered, but can even go into sleep mode and still run the server (i have a feeling sleep mode just turns off the screen). with servers ultimate, you can get lots of configuration options, limiting the amount of users, ip addresses that can access, you can set up basic rules, and notifications for things like if the server stops or starts, to email, text, pop up a notification, etc. Its pretty nice.

But heres the catch: I've been searching for a solution for over a month now, but transfer rates are slow im getting 5-10MBps on average, but i know the network is capable of more. after searching, it seems to be a limitation of either android, or the protocols the app is using. Another user on here pointed out to me that the SMB protocol for instance, seems to be running SMB v1 (which is already up to like V3- or V4, which are more feature rich and capable of much faster speeds)

then theres the issue of what devices will be accessing it. So far, ive tried my android phone, my windows 10 PC, and an iphone. the android phone can see the servers just fine when configured properly, iphone didn't seem to want to work without any sort of specialized app (which honestly i didn't even try after that point), and windows 10 works, but if you want to map a network drive, your going to need the SMB protocol, and even then it took several weeks of google searching until several tweaks, registry settings, etc finally allowed windows 10 to see my server.

I don't torrent, so unfortunately can't help you on that front, but like another user pointed out, using the sd card will just wear out the amount of times it can read/write. if it does work out for your needs, why not just save directly to the external HDDs?

For the record, I was able to stream using things like kodi or another media player, but i do notice that any initial loading takes several seconds. for example, initial playback will take several seconds to load, but once the video plays, it plays smooth and doesnt stutter or pause, UNLESS i were to try fast forwarding or skipping to another section, then the video takes several seconds again. this all works for my personal needs (for now) but other users might want more demand.

hope any of this helps. :)
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo3D:
Yea, both my sister and cousin have the 10 port USB 2.0 hub from Amazon working fine on their Amazon Fire TV's.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unvaluablespace:
Cool, thats good to know. I've been kind of curious about this for in the future (i don't see myself using more than 4 HDD's for whatever server setup i use) Hopefully the shield wont have an issue with this, either. :) Now just trying to figure out my transfer speed issue. lol
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hobs0n:
Thank you very much for the experience and help!

This certainly learned me very valuable points :)
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakkaday:
what is the point of putting a server on shield tv?

can you download torrents directly to the shield (hd)?

and would plex be able to see these files?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kdb424:
I have personally done exactly what you are looking for with one of my shield boxes. I installed a Linux chroot on my shield tv (I ended up flashing foll android as it was easier), installed transmission-cli in there, and ran kodi on top then enabled media sharing, and put an ssh server on the machine. Works fantastically.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wakkaday:
what does this all enable to do?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daniel644:
This is pretty close to my plans, minus the torrent box and fileserver.

my plan is to load up my new external drive and copy everything from my laptop and existing externals into one location (so I can eliminate duplicates) and then move it to the SHIELD TV and setup KODI so it sees all my files and use it for playback (I can always routinely plan file transfers to it manually thru the USB and computer when I need to add new content), but it would be nice to be able to access the external over the network if possible.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hobs0n:
Uhm so you are running some kind of Linux or what is foll Android?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hobs0n:
Thanks for the all the valuable info!

Using the Shield TV as a torrentbox/fileserver/NAS is only temporary until I can afford a real NAS, or preferably get a mini Linux box running as a VPN server and router but that's in the future, in fact Shield tv is also in the future since I can't afford it now =)

But back to your comments, I checked out Ultimate Pro and it seems it's dead but maybe some of its servers works good :) Regarding SMB I'm thinking of getting another app for SMB sharing.

Another thing I'm wondering is the multitasking abilities of the Shield TV, sure it's by far the most powerful Android TV box but how can it handle torrenting, SMB sharing, running Kodi at the same time? Or do you have to manually manage it? Or get some apps that let you set up certain priorities? And will it be able to game on the Shield while Kodi/SMB/torrents running in the background?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unvaluablespace:
I don't torrent, so unfortunately I can't help you there, but I have tried using my file server in multiple ways: file transfers & streaming video, while running another app, even streaming games. Here are a few examples of things i've tried:

file transferring a big file to my pc, while gamestreaming on the nvidia shield tv at the same time (worked great. I saw no issues during this time)

file transferring a big file to my pc, while running a local app such as netflix, emulators, youtube, (as you can see i tried both maximizing bandwidth, while even testing lag with cpu intensive tasks. again, worked great)

streaming a 1080p movie from the shield tv, to my pc, while gamestreaming from the same pc, back to the shield tv (seemed to work fine. honestly didnt test this for extended period.)

streaming a 1080p movie from the shield tv to my pc, while running local apps on shield tv such as netflix, emulators, youtube, etc (once again, seemed to work fine)

So as you can see, the shield tv seemed to handle everything i threw at it rather well. i even tried multiple apps for multitasking on the shield and i just honestly did not see any performance hints with the media server, aside from anything youd normally expect on the shield tv. :) keep in mind i am running on a gigabit ethernet network, wired on both ends, from the shield tv to the router, and router to the pc.

my only issue with it all is as mentioned before: transfer speeds are just barely fast enough, even though i know my network and the device is capable of much faster speeds, but the cpu and ram on the shield tv seemed to handle everything i tried rather well.

as for your comment about trying other smb apps, ive gone through several, and the ones i was able to manage to get working, all ended up with the same speeds as with ultimate servers pro. :\ If you can find something that gives you faster speeds, i would love to hear about it so i can try it. i tried ftp server, smb server, webdav server, etc and all seem to max out at about the same speed.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hobs0n:
Thanks for your reply!

It really seems the Shield is awesome and powerful to handle multitasking! I'm longing to get my own!

Crappy about the SMB speeds, let's find solutions to that problems :)
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hobs0n:
Hm I havent found any real data on the speed between a computer and an Android device when it comes to SMB...

When I transfer between my old gaming laptop from the external usb2.0 HDDs to my Xperia Z3, I get between 700KB/s to 1100KB/s.

The laptop is connected with Ethernet cable to the Netgear CG3799 router and the Z3 is connected with full connection on 802.11N 5Ghz. Altho the laptop is pretty sweaty atm, its converting old DVDs to HEVC and downloading around 15 torrents :)

Ill compare speeds later when the laptop isnt as busy :)

What kind of speeds do you peeps get when transfering between Android devices other devices?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neo3D:
Which Samba app are you using?
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kabauterman:
Hey folks,

I'm trying the same now. Had an Odroid XU4 as file and MySQL Server and try to replace it for an all in one Shield TV Solution.

I'm running a rooted Shield with SambaDroid for the SMB Share which works fine. And KSWEB Server for MySQL and ftp.

Sometimes it seems like the apps are closing in the background, I don't know why, seems to be a android multitadking problem to free up RAM.

But my biggest problem is the transfer speeds. No matter what protocoll (smb/ftp) I'm not getting more then 8 MB/s read out of the box. I tried to read from internal memory, sdcard and my external HDD. All came out with the same speed connected over GBit LAN to my PC.

Write side it much faster with 20 MB/s what I do not really understand but you need root to write to external memory like sdcard or usb.

So far it works, but it is less then optimal compared to my Ordoid XU4 what did 80MB/s but has no HDMI 2.0 output :/

Maybe Android 6.0 brings more speed for the network because It has to be bottlenecked somewhere in the OS, FTP and SMB showing the same speeds.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brando56894:
What's funny is I was actually doing the reverse of what you're doing. I got my Shield as an Android media center device since my Odroid U2 never seemed up to my standards with Kodi. When HardKernel came out with the XU4 I scooped it up and made it my webserver, after seeing an Android TV rom out for it, I flashed it and now Kodi's UI will lag like crazy after about a half hour of usage.
[Shield Android TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fbarcelo:
Hi I'm testing similar setup.

Using servers ultimate pro.

I've setup an ssh, ftp, and torrent.

In parallel with Plex media server.

But I couldn't find the mountpoint for the USB drive in order to setup it as ftp working directory. Should I root the Shield to get it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hassansajjadmaken:
Hi I rooted my Htc one m9 AT&T 5.0.2 Now I want to install viperrom .but notable to install can any body guide me how to do it .
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dankmemes:
Hey guys, I have this phone that I got and it looks like it is soft-bricked. When I charge and turn it on, I am unable to get past the 'Warning: Bootloader Unlocked' screen. and it stays there.

So far I download ADB for my command-prompt and I downloaded the stock firmware. I don't think I can get into any modes by using the buttons but maybe on the ADB?

So can anyone help a noobie flash a stock firmware? I looked at softbricked Moto g2 threads but my question wasn't answered so I thought I would make a thread. Thanks guys! :good:
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagar846:
It's pretty easy just reflash stock firmware using this link : Easy Installer 5.0.2

All information is given in the thread.
[Alcatel Pop C3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] LowTension:
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*/

This is Barrilete ROM now for Alcatel One Touch Pop C3 4033A/X/D/E. Barrilete ROM is based on AOSP 4.2.2(mtk gemini) with some features. It is very smooth and faster ROM as well as being beautiful.

FEATURES:

• Android 4.2.2

• Rooted (SuperSU)

• Busybox Installed

• Full Deodexed

• Zipaligned

• Dark Holo UI

• Smooth

• Full Init.d suport

• Transparent statusbar and notification panel

• Dual SIM Support

• And more...

Language:

• Multilang

CHANGELOGS:

v1.0
• Initial Release

WHAT'S WORKING:

• Everything

KNOW BUGS:

• No bugs

INSTALLATION:

Please make a backup of your current ROM also the IMEI/NVRAM before!

• Put BarrileteROM-X.X-XXXXX-PopC3 in your SD Card

• Boot In To Recovery Mode

• Wipe Menu

- Wipe Data - Factory Reset

- Wipe Cache

- Wipe Dalvik Cache

• Install Zip

- Install Zip SD Card

choose zip from SD Card swiping left or right (select BarrileteROM-XX-XXXXX-PopC3 and flash)

• Reboot Phone

Note: The first boot may take a period of approximately 3-5 minutes, you please be patient.

DOWNLOADS:

BarrileteROM-1.0-OFFICIAL-PopC3

CREDITS/THANKS TO:

athulpmenon

Grarak

Chainfire

Cryptotel

zhuhang

SuperDroid-BOND

Adi Aisiteru Reborn

RaphaDroid

cheqolada

ZonaRMR(me)

XDA:DevDB Information

BarrileteROM for Alcatel One Touch Pop C3 4033 [MT6572] , ROM for all devices (see above for details)

Contributors

ZonaRMR

ROM OS Version: 4.2.x Jelly Bean

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: 1.0

Stable Release Date: 2016-01-09

Created 2016-01-10

Last Updated 2016-01-10
[Alcatel Pop C3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] dima198204:
Thank you
[Alcatel Pop C3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] LowTension:
You're welcome! :)
[Alcatel Pop C3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] kirito9:
Finally BarrileteROM for Pop C3. Gonna try it. Nice work :good:
[Alcatel Pop C3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] LowTension:
You're welcome my friend:highfive:
[Alcatel Pop C3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] manoo22:
audio bugs :(
[Alcatel Pop C3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Pivopiev:
System language

No bulgarian language :(

Is there a way to add it?
[Alcatel Pop C3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] jamespoo:
ok thx