yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
Just downloaded and installed it.

It does not recognize my device, nothing shows up.

My computer is retarded like that. :/
[X Play General] Zakaria.R:
I could recommend you to flash a cm recovery img through twrp to install a cm rom as I read in some threads (not for this device) that cm recovery helped install cm rom when twrp wouldn't, but then again if that fails you would lose twrp and end up with a crappy recovery, that's risky
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
I managed to fix my situation. My pc recognizes ADB devices again.

But not RSD Lite, that doesn't recognize my Xplay
[X Play General] Zakaria.R:
You owe your pc some apologies haha, anyway hope you can manage to fix things up, good luck
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
Think i need to flash firmware first? Sideloading with CMD only got to 5% then stopped.
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
Tried a lot of things but I think it's simply 'bricked' if not hard then at least softbrick.

God, how am I going to explain this to my family, ruined a 330 euro device by tinkering.
[X Play General] XxMikeMasterxX:
Hey buddy,

Look through these forums for a thread about TWRP flashable stock images for the X Play by dev>null. That thread SAVED me when I first got my X Play and was stuck in a bootloop.

You can push that file to your phone and then flash it with TWRP. Then you will have a stock 6.0 or 6.0.1 image with root on your phone. You can then go about reinstalling your apps and Xposed modules.

I hope this helps. Good luck, dude.

EDIT: Found the thread - http://xdaforums.com/moto-x-play/general/rom-xt1563-brasil-stock-6-0-twrp-t3272979/page26
[X Play General] bablu048:
if adb recognises the device then flash the stock firmware though adb.
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
Doesn't work because adb only recognizes it sometimes. When I do start flashing stuff it goes <waiting for device>

EDIT: I can flash a rom maybe via fastboot but it says bootloader denies permission.
[X Play General] pijes:
since you have twrp, why not flash (restore) those twrp specific roms?
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
I didn't make one... only in titanium backup did I make a backup, for the rest I just didn't care.

The problem is that permission is denied when I try to flash via CMD/fastboot.

I got the stock EU rom, but it won't flash because permission is denied, also in TWRP it just says Failed
[X Play General] pijes:
could you share with us some screenshots on your twrp restore attempt?
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
I can't ;( don't really have a camera to do that.

I can tell you that it looks like this with other roms:

https://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&...mg..0.6.431.HJmBnci0L6A#imgrc=tt83t9W9pU7wmM:

and that it looks like this with the stock rom:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-...09-h848-no/Screenshot_2013_12_13_13.17.49.png
[X Play General] bablu048:
Download a twrp backup from the forum put it on sdcard and restore. I think kernel won't be there in the twrp backup so install squid's
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
I can install kernels, so squid should not be a prob.

Where can I find these backups?
[X Play General] bablu048:
Here http://xdaforums.com/moto-x-play/general/rom-xt1563-brasil-stock-6-0-twrp-t3272979

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What OS are you running on PC ?? For RSD it must be windows 7/8 or lower , windows 10 isn't working
[X Play General] XxMikeMasterxX:
I linked to that thread on the previous page. No one cares about what I post!!! :)
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
Windows 10 hehe. Will try out the backups.

EDIT: I can't, there is no EU version for the backups.
[X Play General] XxMikeMasterxX:
Doesn't matter. You can flash any kind. And if you want to, you can go to the 2nd post and install 6.0.1 fresh. :) With root!
[X Play General] bablu048:
Better flash using RSD from a windows 7 system. And flash the firmware which which you were last on. If you were on 6.0.1 do not flash 6.0 you'll brick it.
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
Woops sorry xD
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
Well I was never on 6.0.1.

Still not safe to flash a backup from that thread?
[X Play General] bablu048:
Lol..

BTW I haven't downloaded any backups from there, so just want to know if those backups have the original origina kernel in it ??
[X Play General] XxMikeMasterxX:
Yeah dude they do. Completely stock. Absolutely stock. 100% stock. All stock all the time stock. :D

I used the Canadian version to get 6.0 working after I flashed SuperSU 2.67 by accident before reading that 2.62-3 was the winner.
[X Play General] bablu048:
Flash a 6.0/6.0.1 backup its safe. It already has the kernel in it.
[X Play General] XxMikeMasterxX:
Yes. I'm running 6.0 Canadian firmware, and as a Canadian I can confirm that it kicks ass. Hahaha.

Once you get booted into the system, make a fresh backup in TWRP so that you know you have it. You may want to sort out your bootloader issue too, but that can come after you get back into the system.

You can flash any of the files in that thread. Since you're starting fresh you might as well try 6.0.1.
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
Still don't know how this is done.

In Internal storage on my PC (internal storage of my XPlay) I can't see any files at all, just completely empty.

When I try to use the TWRP file manager and copy the backup folder in the restore folder (I think this is called twres?) I still can't find it in Restore.

EDIT: Now I can see the TWRP folder on my pc but in it there is only 1 file, TWRPS file.

Nope, doesn't recognize it.
[X Play General] XxMikeMasterxX:
This is what I did when I had a similar issue.

I got an external SD card, popped it into my phone, then went into TWRP and made a backup to the external SD card. That way the file structure of TWRP was created on the SD card. I then transferred the 6.0 Canadian TWRP .zip's CONTENTS to the external SD card TWRP BACKUPS folder using my PC. The folder setup is /TWRP/BACKUPS/yourphone'sserialnumber/. Then I went into TWRP>Restore.

I selected the external SD card by tapping the Select Storage gray box and the restore contents were there to be flashed.
[X Play General] bablu048:
Take out your sdcard then move the files to the card then insert in the phone and restore.
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
Odd, because what I have is only the TWRP folder, with a file in it which I can't really alter. (not a folder, just a file) No BACKUPS folder, nothing. I do have an external sd card btw.

EDIT: Nvm, just now understood what you said
[X Play General] XxMikeMasterxX:
OK. Follow the instructions closely. You should be good to go after you get the zip's contents into that TWRP BACKUP folder on the external SD.
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
I really hope so.

This all started because I had a different issue, the camera screen would just be black, in all camera apps.
[X Play General] XxMikeMasterxX:
Was your finger over the camera? :D
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
No lol. :D
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
THANK YOU, apparently it's working! So much relief.

Thought 330 euro just went down the drain.
[X Play General] XxMikeMasterxX:
My pleasure to help. I'm so glad to hear it's working. Good luck with the rest of the restoration process.

Don't forget to make backups regularly. And if you decided to flash 6.0.1 please let me know how it is - I'm interested to try it but my current 6.0 setup is so sexy. Hahaha.

Enjoy. :)
[X Play General] bablu048:
Whatever little lags were there in 6.0 its gone in 6.0.1
[X Play General] XxMikeMasterxX:
Don't tease me. Hahaha. What do you mean? Microlags when navigating the system, etc?

I like my 6.0 setup. I doubt I'd really notice any difference. I don't use the interactive governor. I'm allllll about the tweaks. :D
[X Play General] bablu048:
That's the learning curve.

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I had lags in the recent screen and contacts. It's gone now. I haven't tried any governors yet only tweaked the audio viper its really good..still learning about governors under/ober clocking .
[X Play General] XxMikeMasterxX:
Viper is great, yeah. That's cool about the lags being gone. I think I'll try 6.0.1, but maybe in a while :)
[X Play General] coolkingler1:
There is only one issue, I restored a Canadian backup and now motorola services stopped working left and right, for example I can't get SMSes, whatsapp called me from Florida not Holland, I can get calls I think. Live wallpaper picker hasn't worked. it's for the XT1563, not 1562. Also it seems to be the dual sim version.
[X Play General] K.khiladi:
You are on 6.0.1?

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6.0.1 with stock kernel is really smooth. No lags at all. Haven't tried the custom kernel yet.

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[X Play General] K.khiladi:
6.0.1 with stock kernel is really smooth. No lags at all. Haven't tried the custom kernel yet.

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[X Play General] coolkingler1:
Nope.

But I managed to flash stock recovery again, and thus stock rom. Going to stay stock for a while, when I was rooted it seems it broke my phone, camera didn't work,(black screen), constant crashes of background processes near the end etc. I will REALLY miss yooutube in the background but so be it.... maybe I will do recovery flash and supersu+xposed flash when I wake up but... not sure.
[X Play General] K.khiladi:
I am on stock 6.0.1

Rooted, xposed and gravity box installed. No crashes at all. Super smooth everything.

It's just I had to reflash about 3 or 4 times via rsdlite cause I didn't took a backup. I had flashed Google contacts and dialer while deleted the aosp contacts and dialer which broke my calling service.

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[X Play General] xerious:
Why does Gopinath15 thank every post?
[X Play General] XxMikeMasterxX:
Because s/he can.

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That's awesome man. What about battery life? Any hit there? Also, what about heating? Does the device stay relatively cool even if screen is on for 1+ hours?
[X Play General] K.khiladi:
Battery performance is about 6 to 7 hours SOT with no greenify, amplify, naptime and stock kernel.

Yes the device remains cool even after using ingeniously for browsing and chatting.

With custom kernel and greenify, it can get better.

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[X Play General] XxMikeMasterxX:
I guess we're all waiting for squid or ander to update their kernels. :)

I just installed 6.0.1. Not much difference noted here but it's only been a few hours. Easy as hellto set everything up with TB and SMS Backup and Restore. ROM Settings Manager is also pretty sexy.
[X Play General] XxMikeMasterxX:
I just tried 6.0.1 and the stock settings made the screen of my device really hot. I prefer the lionfish setup in 6.0 because it always runs cool, so if I need to pick up a call after an hour of SOT I won't burn my precious, precious face. Hahaha.

I'll try 6.0.1 again. No sense in postponing it, but N is out in the fall...I might as well wait for that. :P
[X Play General] K.khiladi:
Yes that's a thing I noticed too. The stock kernel makes the screen warm sometimes. I noticed the screen going very warm only after I flashed exposed zip and it started optimizing some 150 apps. Right now I am chatting for past 2 hours and the screen is cool.

N is still pretty much away for now. Don't dream that far. ??

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I wanted to reset my device that's why I flashed with rsdlite. It's a great software I must say. It can even keep your data intact if you don't want to start over again from scratch.

Ander had told about updating his kernel on Saturday. Let's keep our fingers crossed. ?

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[X Play General] Omar04:
Sometimes that happens to me when doing advance factory reset with TWRP if you format data or system you have to perform a normal factory reset afterwards with TWRP to solve that issue then flash desired ROM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] insang-droid:
Wow.. Guess I jumped too early.. T-Mobile now offering buyone getone free on the GS7 and GS7 edge...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] aptalca:
I'm so confused about the terms of that deal. Do they require you to keep both lines active and if you cancel one, they charge you the full price of just the one phone?

How do they prevent you from selling one right away, cancelling the one new line, and paying for the one phone? No more monthly payments for the phone you keep?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] insang-droid:
i think the fine print says you have to keep the line for several months. You can't disconnect the line or you'd be charged the amount of the Free phone.

If you need 2 lines though, doen't stop you from moving the SIM card to another phone and sell the 2nd GS7..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] rjayflo:
Basically keep the 2nd line open till the rebate arrives, payoff the phone, and then cancel the line
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] Dstu10:
You still qualify for the offer.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] Kenshin11212:
I work for t-mobile. You still qualify if you pre-ordered your phone. Just add a line and get the second phone.

And if you've already added a line, if it was done on February 23rd or later, then you still qualify to get the second phone free.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] insang-droid:
Wait.. i ordered my service on march 2nd.. and i got the 4 line 10gb deal.. 2 sim cards and 1 gs7 and 1 ip6.

So i have to add a line to qualify? Or do i already qualify?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] Kenshin11212:
If you've already added a line between February 23 and today, then that line qualifies you for the BOGO.

Also, both phones have to be on EIP. None can be on Jump on Demand leasing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] Kenshin11212:
Here ya go
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] abdel12345:
I bought two s7s and got two free and then sold the two free ones. Just waiting on the rebate cards now and I'll have gotten all of them free as selling them covered the costs.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] Kenshin11212:
I just hope that out of respect of the sales associates that processed the sales, people aren't cancelling the line they added to get this promo. Just know that if you cancel the line within 4 months, the associate gets hit with a deactivation, loses money, and can possibly get fired.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] insang-droid:
They're not gonna get fired.. It's company policy. I also clearly explained to the sales associate what I was going to do and she had no issues.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] Kenshin11212:
Lol yeah I assure you nobody is going to be happy about getting hit with fraud. When that happens, the associate loses money and the company loses money. As you can imagine, when the company loses money, they start cracking down on the ones that are losing them money. Company policy is that there is a 4 month window where if the customer cancels their line, the associate and the store is hurt by it and get charged for it. Do enough fraud transactions, and you get fired on top of it.

Nobody cares what you do with the phones. If you already have a phone that you're happy with, then we even encourage selling off the phones to make some money off of it, as long as nobody gets hurt by the customers taking advantage and basically stealing $700-800 devices.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] RebDovid:
Before buying BOGO, I checked twice with T-Mobile by phone. We have a six line family plan using only five lines. At the store, the associate also had no problem. The deal is that we keep the sixth line active only until the rebate arrives. We also arranged the numbers to keep our current ones. Perhaps it mattered that one of our current phones was paid off and the other had only two payments left. I look at it, and perhaps T-Mobile did too, as customer retention. In all events, it's hardly strealing when one is completely up front.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] vprasad1:
Anybody asked Legere if T-Mobile plans to do a BOGO without requiring a new line? How much does T-Mobile stand to make on the new line-- cost of the second phone? Does the new line count as a new subscriber so they can use that stat in marketing?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] Kenshin11212:
Like I said, if you cancel any features or lines within 4 months, you're taking money from the associate that helped you. I'm assuming the guys up in corporate did the math and concluded that a customer has to keep their line/feature for about 4 months for the company to make a profit, since that's their policy. The deal is supposed to be that you bring t-mobile more customers (the new line) and they give you a free phone for it. But if you're just going to cancel the line and run off with the phone, that's basically going back on the deal and stealing the phone. It's just like back when I used to work for the other carriers before everyone started following the No Contract thing T-Mobile made famous. Day after day I'd see people coming in to open new accounts because carriers were offering free phones with two year contracts, and then just cancel their service so they can walk away with 2 or more brand new free phones. That's what we call fraud and it's our job to filter through everyone and turn away the fraud. That's why the company takes away money from associates when that happens.

T-Mobile recently did a BOGO maybe a month ago without the need of a new line, where the second phone was half off. Since T-Mobile doesn't do contracts, the BOGO half off with no catch was a huge deal to begin with. I highly doubt they'd give one for free without there being any requirements.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] bigkevbosky:
I think its safe to assume that Samsung is HEAVILY subsidizing these BOGO offers, since its happening on all carriers. I doubt TMo would require the new line anticipating people are just going to cancel them after three months, the churn rates would be awful. They're probably thinking most people will just leave the third line and pay the extra 10 bucks a month.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] insang-droid:
Yup seeing other carriers do same for gs7. Worst case move the number to new BOGO line and cancel the old line. Easy as that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] Kenshin11212:
BOGO ends tomorrow.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] xda23:
Who has already received there Pre-paid Mastercard for there free device.how long did it take to receive it. Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] chaitanya87:
It took 10 weeks for me to receive the card.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discuss] xda23:
Once you we're approved about how much longer did it take to receive your Mastercard. Thanks In advance!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] libb:
I was rooting all my phones very soon after unboxing. I rooted S5 after 1 hour, S6 after 12 days (I was waiting until root is released). But now I'm going to not root my S7. Why?

Here are my reasons for root and answers why it isn't required root more:

Annoying sound when the phone starts.

With root you can delete the file.

Now is there no sound.

Annoying sounds when you start charging.

With root you can delete the file.

Now you can disable the sounds in settings.

Shutter sound in camera.

With root you cound modify custom.xml and new checkbox appeared in the application.

You can mute system sounds and the camera is quiet. Or you can do it by Tasker.

Adaway etc.

With root you can modify hosts file.

Now you can use Adblock for Internet application. If you need block ads also in applications, you can use this tool (paied): Adguard

Changing appearance

With root you can use e.g. circle battery icon etc.

I don't know full working solution without root. But it is very weak reason for losing warranty for me.

Network speed in notification bar

With root you cound use xposed module.

Without root you can use an application. But yes, the appearance is not soo impressive. Again, it isn't reason for loss of warranty

Blocking bloatware

With root you can use e.g. Titanium backup and freeze or uninstall any application.

Without root you can use Package Disabler Pro

Backup and restore applications and their settings

With root you can use TB

Without root seems Helium like very good solution.

High volume warning

With root you can disable it in xposed or flash custom ROM

I've found this application which brings a workaround: Hearing Saver It is not perfect but it works. You can also do it in Tasker. Check when an earphone is connected and then change media volume to maximum and immediately after that change it back. It works for me.

I agree that without root is the initial setting more laborious but KNOX 0 is good bonus for me.

Do you have any other reasons for root? With or without solution?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] peachpuff:
Tried this, it didn't block ads in apps, only in the browser.

Its a nice alternative, but deleting those applications is more satisfying :)

I haven't used the app before, but are you sure you can save data with the app or just the app?

Just tried it, it does restore data but it can't restore mms, only sms.

You can also use mybackup to backup and restore sms/mms without root https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackup&hl=en

But lets not forget about xposed + gravity box + any other useful modules, this is the biggest reason to root the phone. But the reasons you gave are definitely good alternatives for some people.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ryaske:
Multi window....

I had an awesome setup on my note 3. I can have my google maps navigation running and a split window with pocketcast or spotify on the bottom. That's how I would drive everywhere and it worked amazing for me.I coudl even pop over my text messages to the bottom if I was at a stop light.

Now, however, since pocketcast is not a multi-window supported app, I can no longer do this. Lame.

I want root so I can put xposed framework which lets me add any app I want into multiwindow mode.. Sigh
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TehPirate_:
Greenify and xposed are consecutively a reason for me to root. Lucky patcher my top priority.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] battler624:
Xposed is gonna take time, they only recently fixed the samsung issue in 5.0 I believe, I do not use neither Greenify nor Lucky Patcher so I cant comment on them. [Tried lucky patcher, couldn't get through with it and greenify doesn't feel anything changed so i stopped using it]
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] HTCMDA:
I used stock roms with root, just to record my screen/audio. Do you know of a great free or paid, non-root screen recording app? Then I'll have no need to root as well
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] s3icc0:
I kinda hope I will be able to use this phone without root at least for 6 months .... I held on with the GS1 over 2 months ... since then.... root was the first thing I did .... so hope I will find ways or workarounds not to root s7 immediatelly
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] libb:
About ads, you have to wait a while until cache clears probably. I can confirm that it is working on wi-fi and also on 4G

Helium really restores also data.

About xposed etc (Gravity box isn't working on Samsung, or does?) the changes are too little for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] libb:
In games it should be albe to do in Game Tools. And I'm sure some applications are but I've never needed it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussion] libb:
I don't know Lucky Patcher.

But I believe that there isn't any reason for using Greenify on MM.