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[Acer Iconia A500] jdusablon:
[EDIT: Solved!]

First post, and many thanks for the wisdom in these forums.

I'm no n00b, I've been an infrastructure admin for 16 years, rooted over a dozen android phones from gingerbread to latest, jailbroken iPhones, in fact I pride myself on rescuing servers from HDD crashes, rebuilding boot records, etc. Point is, I can take the technical heat and I know how to look it up in XDA and TegraOwners.

Got an a501 from a dude real cheap, stock 3.2 HC won't OTA any further.

1. I used the downgrade to 3.01 method. As you all know, it's just an update.zip to regress to some janky 3.01 HC ROM.

2. Then I rooted.

3. Then I installed Acer Recovery Installer (now at v.3.03) which, after a bunch of force-closes, manages to install "CWM rv1.7 by thor2002ro"

I know I need to flash an unlockable bootloader, but there are always partition errors and nvflash always stalls... :(

- My a501 is not bricked, I can always get back into the half-broken 3.01 rom

- my CWM recovery is fine and in fact I've managed to flash a TWRP 2.10 from in CWM and I'm back on CWM.

- Using volume up and power, I can no longer get the custom acer update mode which accepts update.zip

- I have my CPUID and SBK. I have any number of roms and flash tools at my disposal.

Any thoughts? I read somewhere about an EUU to restore the partitioning... not sure how to proceed.

I just want fastboot so I can sideload a ROM and GAPPS!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] jdusablon:
HAHA! Solved using

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2049778

Talk about RTFM. I was going crazy there!

Still, many thanks to those who worked so hard on all this. :)
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ample12:
Few weeks ago i had rooted my htc one m8 and trying to edit the default.xml file but it is not working even i change anything it won't let me do it goes to original state immediately so what might be the cause for this?:confused:
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkolner:
Do you have read/write access?

/ Sent from my phone /
[Mate 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htko89:
If someone with a mate8 can kindly report back on whether the phone supports the FULL camera2 api

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sdgsystems.camera2probe&hl=en Can test and report which features are supported :)

Really looking forward to this phone, but I've heard some bad things about the camera. I'm thinking perhaps Camera2 api support would at least let me control some of the ISO settings / etc.

Thanks a lot !
[Mate 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmeidl78:
Nope.

Nope. It doesn't support the new API (now).
[Mate 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Freeje:
Did a check and it does all the things except RAW support which I am not sure of.
[Mate 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mileleku:
Can someone with a Mate 8 re-test this? It's been a few months and maaaaaybe OTAs changed something..

I really dig this phone, but man that camera precessing is horrible.
[Mate 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ufoman:
Nope, no Camera2 API support now.
[Mate 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mileleku:
Thanks guys.

Sucks to hear..
[Mate 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neeteshkurup:
View attachment 3745574

Has full support as of B321
[Mate 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dj69holland:
huawei have been making improvements, and i have to say that the camera is much much better on b321 firmware, even in dark lighting and also with 60fps recording.
[Mate 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aldesal:
Oh my god! i need this in the mate 7. Seems rather unlikely though :(
[Mate 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pfeffernuss:
No hurry. API2 has been added but now it's impossible to take low-light shots without flash. An error occurs and camera app closes.

Aftermarket camera apps do work fine though. Incredible how such errors can remain in a firmware release :rolleyes:
[Mate 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ufoman:
SInce in the last two weeks we've seen B321, B323 and now B331, these are most likely some betas, and release firmwares with OTAs will appear later.
[Mate 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbmc83:
thats correct, based on the chinese websites that provided those firmwares, theyre all part of a mate 8 beta program, so actually its no surprise that theres no L29 firmware update and not ota update yet :)

Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Veid71:
hey id be interested to know if this is true or not and is verizon not doing contracts anymore? so well have to buy the phone at the say 6 or 700 dollar price tag?

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s7/how-to/finally-single-hardware-variant-carriers-t3308040
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
I can't imagine Verizon will ever stop using contracts. That's how they make all of their money, by locking in two-year contracts, and locking in contract extensions. What did change is the subsidizing model for the phones themselves. I didn't think it was possible, but they figured out a way to **** people over a little more. I'm pretty sure the new system is a straight monthly payment plan for the now-unsubsidized phones, in addition to your monthly service charges. You were always paying a lot for the phone over the course of your two-year contract, but now I think you'll end up paying more for it over the longterm.

I'm not very familiar anymore, as I jumped ship to PagePlus. I still use Verizon's network and get their coverage, but I have no contract and don't pay anything to Verizon (directly, anyway), which is how I prefer it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Veid71:
What's page plus? And how are you on verizons network without actually being under them?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
PagePlus is a mobile carrier that, in contract, has use to part of their network tower. Which i believe it's a tier portion and you're able to (since late 2014) get 4G network coverage. Before then you were able to get 3G coverage on 4G devices by flashing your device. Look for the thread by Viper32 on flashing devices to work with PagePlus and other carriers. He's well known in the XDA community for his accomplishments.

The thread has been closed but here's the link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41195565#post41195565
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Veid71:
So you get all the advantages of being on Verizon minus the costly amount of each bill? Are the BLs still locked on their network?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] al50:
Not all of the advantages as you get with Verizon with their incentives. Such as HD calling and their other perks. Other than that it's pretty much worth it being that you can pay monthly without a contract. As far as bootloader goes, if it's a Verizon or AT&T device, the bootloader is still locked no matter who you have for a carrier if it's one of their devices. Google PagePlus and read up on them. Last I knew they had unlimited 7GB of data a month for 69.99. After 7GB you're throttled to 2-3G...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] painiac:
al50 pretty much laid it out.

To break up monopolies, the major carriers were required to open up their networks for use by their competitors. PagePlus is one that uses Verizon's network. The advantage is you get Verizon's 4g coverage, with no contract, for less money each month (it cut my bill in half), and you don't have to pay Verizon. Downsides are less tech support (but we have the xda forum!), it's prepaid (but you can set it up to auto-pay monthly), and you need to bring or buy your own Verizon-compatible phone. I think they offer leasing and possibly payment plans to buy a phone from them, but I'm not certain about the latter.

You just walk in with your phone, buy a SIM card for about $5, pick your plan, and pay up front for the month. Mine is set up for autopay, so I don't have to do anything else.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kazurion:
I use the Direct Access home button shortcuts a lot but I don't need the camera Quick Launch shortcut.

When I disable the camera shortcut, the direct access shortcuts stop working so, when I hit the home button three times it just sends me to the home screen.

The direct access option remains "ON" but it doesn't work, it only works when I enable the camera quick launch.

Is this some kind of bug? It's really annoying.

I used the XEF Official Android M rom.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] alber786:
Dear Friends,Its been a while that I asked amost everyone, on all forums, all moderators, senior members about the simple stepwise method to upgrade Hermes to Wm6 but unfortunately the forums talk of hifi things and all the information is very disorganised. Mostly the new people are getting confused like I was. Anyways, I hope the community will realize it.

SIMPLE STEPS TO UPGRADE (forget everything)

* Install hard SPL V7

* Get the official ROM from HTC or DOPOD (avaialble on XDA-DEVELOPERS also) and just run it.

You don't need to EXTRACT the NBK or use the CUSTOM ROM or Flash OS only. In contradicition to what is said on the forums, the official very nicely upgrades radio etc...everything including EXTrom.

Any problems ... please write back.

I have tried all HTC and DOPOD ROMS and they works fine.

Dont use custom roms they all are leaky. When installed they have around 30 MB free program memory but leave it for some time and then it is only 2-3 MB without any new activity. So, you will be resetting every 8-9 hours.

Regards,

Alber
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mattk_r:
OEM roms are nice - if you like a canned setup loaded with bloat from the manufacturers that may or may not perform any better - usually worse - than a cooked rom.

If you're uncomfortable with shifting into high gear or moving into the fast lane to pass someone - then an OEM rom is perfect.

I hardly leave the fast lane personally :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] alber786:
what good are fast lanes if you are changing tyres every 8-9 hours ????/!!!!!!1
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] hellejoep:
Where did you get this kind of information?

Mine runs perfectly on Cyphol latest release for days on end.....and also very, very fast!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Hype2k:
Just for my understanding:

If you do the steps above and simply run the shipped .exe file from the official release after flashing to Hard SPL V7 the HardSPL will be overridden with the one from the official release, right?

So i have to flash HardSPL again if i want to flash an other (may be cooked) rom.

Can you clarify this for me?

Thanks in advance,

Hype
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] alber786:
If you see even at the standby and no applications launched you will find the available memory dips. try to keep it alive and see what is the maximum uptime.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pkley:
The Black X RC is VERY stable for me, I now go several days without a reset. On the official AT&T rom, I'd be lucky to go a day without a reset.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] alber786:
Did you check the memory? where can I get this and how many additional application do you use ?
[Samsung Gear S2] visentyco:
Hey , just give me the gear s2 but since I installed the rom miui7 on the phone, the Samsung gear application does not work because it says I do not have an official rom . Please , I can say that I install rom for the application to work ?:confused:
[Samsung Gear S2] FBUENO:
Habe you installed it through the apk?
[Samsung Gear S2] visentyco:
Yes, I have tried several apk and every time gave me error. phone operating system modified ...
[Xposed General] unclegreggy:
I flashed the v80 sdk22 xposed to my Xperia SP after installing xposed alpha 3.0 it detected that the framework is installed and active then I download Xinsta module to download instagram photos/videos, activated it and rebooted my phone to make it work but when I checked on my instagram it has no download option upon pressing the ... on photos/videos in instagram...

I also tried other modules and it doesn't work also :/

I am using CM 12.1 latest Lollipop nightly rom w/ Helium v5.0 kernel.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nishanta2006:
On my note 5, the screen off memo does not work every time I take out the stylus. It works at times and doesn't at some other times. What could be the issue ?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H0wdy:
Hi,

I get vibration and LED Light on notifications, but not screen wakeup. Is there a way to enable that?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nekbreak:
Me to! I have no Idea.

Gesendet von meinem SM-G920F mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mic141414:
I use that https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hu.viczian.notifications.free

can talk (optional) and can wake the screen to show you what notifications you have
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nekbreak:
I use Screen Notification from PlayStor! Works fine.

Gesendet von meinem SM-G920F mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H0wdy:
Do you think its better than glimpse?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nekbreak:
I don't used Glypse! But Screen Notification works flawless.

Gesendet von meinem SM-G920F mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bdbx18:
I've tried them all including the combos of Nova and Good Lock and various other locks, Next e.g.. Then screen notifications.

I think I'll go back to CM Locker. It's gorgeous and it works. Wakes up for every notification I specified. I would gladly pay to get rid of the occasional ads but it's still the best for my past 3-4 phones in the past 5 yrs. I'll pay more if they just bring back fingerprint unlock.
[Verizon HTC One (M9)] PartyDroid:
if I were to downgrade (if i can) to 4.x.x then can i root and S-off the reason of the downgraded option is because i am on currently Verizon 5.1 sense 7.0. thanks for any input that may help me and others here that are looking for the same answers. there are no wrong or right answers here just options to help us all out.

Thanks Daniel ,

02/26/2016 @10:00 22:00 est
[Verizon HTC One (M9)] dottat:
Not sure where you meant to post this but the highest HTC software version the vzw has is 3.X.X. There's still no software exploit for the m9 either so even if you somehow could downgrade there's nothing to downgrade for.

Thinking you are an m8 guy?
[Verizon HTC One (M9)] PartyDroid:
Nope not the m8 guy. i just bought my first htc phone since my last one about 12-15 years ago. i honestly did not know what to ask. that is why i am asking here. i have been a Samsung Galaxy person so long. HTC is all new to me again. I was hoping that if i could downgrade then i would be able to root my phone so there would be less headaches. I almost feel like a total noobie here.
[Verizon HTC One (M9)] dottat:
OK. So no software exploit. There's a Java card thread in the general section where you can locate users who might be close enough to meet up or that you can ship your phone to in order to get s-off.
[Verizon HTC One (M9)] PartyDroid:
Thank you i am currently talking with [MENTION=1012434] [MENTION=3437245]scotty1223[/MENTION][/MENTION] so that he can do this for me too.:good:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] anrichardson:
Since Sprint has a deal to get GS7/edge get second GS7/edge 50% off. I am on Verizon and, I have a friend on Sprint who is upgrading to new S7 edge, but if I took the second phone 50% off to take to Verizon would it work if I put Verizon sim in it?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Rapazzo:
According to what I read, as long as the first sim in the phone is the one you want to use (in your case verizon) the phone will lock as a verizon phone instead of sprint. if a sprint sim is in it first, its all over.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] daLareid:
Theoretically you can, the thing might be dealing with Horizon with giving you the phone brand new in the box without the SIM in it, that could be the tricky part but I wouldn't know since I've never dealt with Verizon.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] zaos:
Let us know what you find please.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zero061099:
I have carrier from atat unlocked atat s4 active i537 i was wondering how i would go about upgrading the firmware since i cant do it through atat no more and that the only option..OR is there a way through ODIN?

Thx for any help this is a new one for me because i dont wanna mess up my backup phone ive flashed plenty in the past with different roms etc but am unsure if i should use a atat rom or a tmobile rom or if it would mess with my carrier unlock? THX
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-active/general/how-to-update-to-i537oc6-5-0-1-t3089355
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zero061099:
ok ill check it out thx

EDIT: I dont have root access which i thought was not possible on my variant of phone ??
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
It is possible are you on KitKat or lollipop?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zero061099:
doesnt say but doesnt look like kitkat

Android version: 5.0.1

Kernal Version: 3.4.0-455112

Sat March 28 2015

running MDF v1.0 Release 4

I just remember awhile back when i first got this phone they said only safestrap would work on the i537 atat thats why i asked thx for helping
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
Check the stickies

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2892445
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zero061099:
yes again as i said there is no known rooting method for my variant of phone towelroot is NOT supported on my device if i was stupid or that easy i would not be asking questions pls advise thx
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
You have to downgrade to KitKat, root with towelroot, then upgrade with root, I've described the process in the following post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63639949&postcount=2

You can root your phone, it just takes a little work. Make sure to back up anything important because internal storage will be wiped at one point
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zero061099:
yes it did work so now what roms if any can i install that keep 5.01?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
There aren't any fully working 5.0.1 ROMs for this phone. There is one in this thread, but it breaks camera as far as I understand:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-active/general/golden-eye-v52-s4-active-wip-t3094259

Also thanks to the stupid locked bootloader, any rom for this phone has to be touchwiz-based (i.e. able to run on the stock kernel). No custom recovery, no cyanogenmod, no AOSP. But yeah, like that thread says, even the 5.0.1 touchwiz ROMs seem to break the camera when installed on this phone
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zero061099:
thats what i thought thx
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] JASONRR:
You could try the Super WizCyan ROM for S4 active withe the stock kernel + modules + /system/etc/wifi. I had one user who had reported flashing and booting successfully
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zero061099:
Thx for the reply ill look into it altho im pretty sure its a downgrade from 5.01 but thx

EDIT: That Rom is for i925 i have i537 wont work for me
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] JASONRR:
It is a touchwiz ROM with S6 port and it should work with your stock kernel, however to get wifi working you will need to have matching modems, kernel and files from /system/etc/wifi of the same firmware
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zero061099:
let me look and see if anyone has these matching drivers per say for the hardware on here i think i saw someone posted it awhile back for my device thx

EDIT: Cant seem to find the post that contains what i need for touchwiz based as far as kernal , modem etc ...can anyone direct me pls? thx
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zero061099:
says footer is wrong and verification failed when attempting to install wiz cyan rom was rooted and all
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] JASONRR:
Have you disabled signature verification (not sure if this option is available in flashfire - assuming that you are using flashfire to flash the ROM)

I did some checking on AT&T models and I was quite surprised that S4 AT&T (i337) users are using my WizCyan ROM for S4 on their device with the imperium kernel without any issues. If that is the case, I cannot see any reason why my ROM will not work on your device. I have my own kernel compiled from I9295 TW kernel sources with almost the same commits as the imperium kernel (there are previous ported versions of imperium kernel on my kernel thread as well) included in the ROM.

I don't know if I am missing something....
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zero061099:
Since my bootloader is locked i cannot add toggle signature verification sorry to troll a old phone but my s6 edge plus is broke and dont have the money now to replace it but i appreciate all your guys help ....i have used flashfire and dont see a option to turn off sig verification either wish i could then perhaps it would work...btw my model is atat i537 so maybe the i337 works but mine dont not sure why
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] JASONRR:
Maybe you have a bad download, did you flash the ROM v6.2 from here http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4-acti...n-s5-style-t2874424/post65544473#post65544473

Below is the confirmation from S4 i337 with locked bootloader

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65703770&postcount=1209
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zero061099:
well like i said i have i537 not i337 but yes i did get it from that post what did u use to flash this with?

EDIT: I ask because instructions say i have to flash using some variant of recovery how can i do this with this rom when the i537 wont allow me to use any kind recovery bc of locked bootloader i have re downloaded and am waiting for best way to flash ...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Devo7v:
Use FlashFire
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zero061099:
doesnt work on locked bootloader as flashfire requires CWM or some sort of recovery to work...SO since i have locked bootloader flashfire will not work on my device bc i cant install any kind of recovery thx tho

EDIT: downgraded to rooted 4.4.2 NE3 and am using safestrap ...will post on results for other i537 users ...lol phone is old but my new phone is broke and dont have the money to replace it yet so hey ...a learning exp for all :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zero061099:
ok so far using android 4.4.2 NE3 and safestrap 3.75 i tried to install superwiz vI925 and got a boot loop waiting to hear back on what i should do also if anyone has boot.img and modules for android 4.4.2 NE3 i would appreciate it if u can post them to replace for this rom thx

EDIT: trying Flashfire now on 4.4.2 NE3 maybe it will work now wil update in a few

AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rebooted after flashfire and got a atat system software not authorized by atat has been found on this phone! ****!!

OK Flashfire is confirmed NOT working on SGS4 Active i537 Atat picks it up as unaurthorized software and forces you to flash back to stock signed os via odin
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] JASONRR:
Maybe [MENTION=1760893]trouty[/MENTION] can assist you (if he is still around) as he had confirmed flashing a previous version of the ROM.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Sorry for your troubles, but I can tell you unequivocally that flash fire DOES work on the SGS4 Active i537, I've used it successfully on multiple i537's to flash mods, pre-rooted stock firmware, and even custom ROMs

Flash fire does not require a custom recovery to run, I don't know what gave you that idea.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] zero061099:
True my mistake I did get it to work BUT after successfully installing rom this is what happended upon boot as i stated a few posts back
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] thisisapoorusernamechoice:
Did you take the boot.img (kernel) out of the ROM zip file and out of the updater-script? Because modifying the boot partition (kernel) or recovery partition is what causes the AT&T unauthorized software notification, not flash fire
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] JASONRR:
Can you upload the boot.img and the kernel modules for 5.0.1 in a zip file