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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mangodreads:
Thankyou! i was able to install the recovery by TWRP.

I just need to figure out what firmware to install and where I can get it... I was on kitkat, I tried to update to lollipop but it didnt work. My phone is bricked so I dont know how i would see the firmware version on it.

I really just want any kind of stable firmware that is rooted. Any ideas where I could find one? I'm trying to sift through the forums
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Lots of ROMs are available here: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-att/development
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mangodreads:
I appreciate all the help - It seemed really hard because I was finding roms and flashing with ODIN but it always failed TWRP is giving me results. I flashed slimkat and got my phone working again! the only problem is my sound is a bit junky, idk why.

I plan on trying out Octos - M, because I heard marshmallow OS has a lot better battery life among other things

If i upgrade to a custom marshmallow OS, is there any coming back to a former custom OS like 4.4.2? or is it a permanent upgrade?

Do you guys recommend any custom OS? I need something stable, that uses the resources efficiently.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Before flashing additional ROMs, make sure the phone is running the latest bootloader and modem.

To verify the installed bootloader and modem, install the Samsung Phone Info app from the Play store.

With a custom ROM, you can flash from one to another, usually without any issues as long as you perform a complete wipe (system, data, cache) before flashing a new ROM. If you are upgrading an existing custom ROM with a newer custom ROM (e.g. CM12.1 2016-01-01 nightly to CM12.1 2016-01-02 nightly), you can just flash the updated ROM over the existing ROM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noamanahmed:
Hi

I have tried porting many roms for mtk 6592..

I always get stuck at CM logo or boot animation.And if it goes to the next step it gets stuck at

"Android Is Upgrading:"

"Starting Apps"

I have searched forum after forum thread after thread without any solution

:(

ROMS that I have tried

1.Mystic OS v5.0 For Xiaomi Redmi Note 3G.zip

2.Xperia Mix CM 12.1 For Infinix X551 by Dennnis Murimi Wachira

3.CyanogenMod_11_Ported_to_SKK_Mobile_Lynx_by_Jhommark_Macasaet

4.CM-11_For_MT6592_Ajit_mtkroms-com.zip

5.NAMELESS_Miui_v7_5.10.8_for_CX100_by_Yow_Mike.zip

Most of the ROMS were downloaded from MTKRoms

I have android kitchen setup properly.

I have stock rom Version 4.4.2

I have MTK DroidTools Setup(I know How to use it).

I have SP Flash Tool Setup(I know How to use it).

I have TWRP Recovery Installed.

Please help me port this rom.

The Stock ROM (working Perfectly is available from here )

http://www.needrom.com/download/qmobile-noir-x600/

Thanx in advance

Edit:

I am adding the logcat of the CM rom that got till "Android is Upgrading"

http://ge.tt/7gV4Gja2
[Android Apps and Games] allasc:
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[Android Apps and Games] allasc:
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[Huawei Ascend P7] Simbaclaws:
Hey all,

I'm trying to install a linux distro on my phone using linux deploy. But during the installation process I'm getting the error: FATAL: Kernel too old.

Currently I'm using My-ROM on my phone so that it's rooted and I can use it the way I want it to. However this seems to be shipped with a rather old kernel from 2014.

The kernel I'm using is: 3.0.8-00453-gb101afe

Is there a custom build kernel or a stock one out there for huawei ascend p7 that supports linux deploy, and I can simply do a kernel upgrade from within clockworkmod without messing things up?

I would even pay someone to build me a custom kernel that works for my phone with linux deploy if I have to...

I would very much appreciate it if someone knows of a solution.
[Huawei Ascend P7] TheSproker:
The huawei p7 is basically dead, because developers have no interest in it, just buy a newer phone and from another company like htc, because Huawei has little interest even with it's current flagships.
[Huawei Ascend P7] Simbaclaws:
Sorry I shouldn't have started this thread, the error message I got was distro specific and had something to do with glibc. It wasn't the kernels fault even though thats what the error said. I went with a different distro and everything is fine now. I do however agree with your comment. If I wanted to have the latest and greatest it's probably better to buy a new phone. But it doesn't concern me as much currently if I can get things working the way I want on this phone.
[Nexus 6P Accessories] heorung:
Hello guys , which is the best anti-glare screen protector for the 6p?
[Nexus 6P Accessories] Aphex13:
I really like Skinomi skins/screen protectors.
[Nexus 6P Accessories] heorung:
Does it help when viewing the screen in bright sun light?
[Nexus 6P Accessories] Aphex13:
It does, but since it's matte, there's a bit of refraction on bright colors. The material is sort of rubbery, and not hard plastic like most, so it doesn't scratch easily at all. It's a wet install skin, so it's easy to apply and line up. Just YouTube search "Skinomi matte skin", I'm sure a video will do a much better job of explaining them than I can here. They sell just the screen protector, or full body kits. Just stay away from any of the "brushed metal" textures they offer. They're thin and distort easily once they get warm. Here's a link to the kits I'm talking about.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=is_s_ss_i_1_13?k=nexus+6p+skinomi&sprefix=nexus+6p+skin
[Nexus 6P Accessories] heorung:
Thank you so much [MENTION=2870678]Aphex13[/MENTION]
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] Clinton93:
EDIT: Please delete. Cheers
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] Clinton93:
And now when i plug in the USB it says The last USB device you connected to this computer malfunction and windows does not recognise it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] puppycheers:
Hey guys, I have installed the superman ROM on my galaxy S7 (G930F), but I found a small problem about the system font change.

Once I changed the font, I can't go back to the default font again. That means I can only change from the already downloaded font.

Is there anyone who can solve this problem? or can you test this on the stock ROM?

Thanks!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liovag:
How to stop "Stock Phone app icon" from showing the number of total missed calls?

I have the lg g2 f320s with stock 4.4.2 and my question is

How to stop "Stock Phone app icon" from showing the number of total missed calls?

I have the lg g2 f320s with stock 4.4.2.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
Hi,

I currently have .570 fw installed with root, dualrecovery, xposed,... and wonder how to update to .575 w/o losing them. Can I just create flashable zip and that's it, or should I use the original guide that I used to update from LP to MM ([Stock][Z2(D6503) 6.0.1 Marshmallow][.570][Prerooted+ TWRP + Xposed][LB])?

//UPDATE: If you want to upgrade too, then grab files from this post and follow "nurps" guide here.

//UPDATE 2 (To avoid misunderstanding):

1. Make sure you download both files from here

2. In PRF Creator, insert your FTF as FTF File, dummy_flashable.zip as SuperSU and RecRootV4_combined.zip as Recovery.

3. Flash in recovery, if you want xposed, flash it separately afterwards.

4. Wipe cache

5. Reboot and that should be it.

//UPDATE 3

Also works for .291!
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nurps:
Well and without losing recovery would be important too. I'm ready with PRF Creator, but where do I get that TWRP Recovery zip from that works with MM?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
I'm not sure that we are having the same issue... I am already on MM, with recovery, etc. And want to update to newer version of MM.

btw if you just want dual recovery for MM you can visit the guide I mentioned earlier. You won't get .zip, since it's flashed by adb, but it works just the same.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nurps:
Yes and when you reflash you have to reflash a rooted image and also recovery, or its gone.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
I see.. Now I know what you mean... The thing is... I would assume that you would just flash it the same way you did from LP to MM.. flash ROM (w/o recovery), then flash SuperSU, boot Android and use the adb recovery flasher... But i don't really want to spend hours getting things to normal if that doesn't work. So I'm hoping someone braver already done this and will shed some light on how it really is...
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nurps:
Actually I dont remember how it went, but now that you mention it, than a prerooted firmware should be enough, maybe I'll try tomorrow. Of course a flashable backup would make it easier if anything happens.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
Yeah... The problem was, after flashing MM and SuperSU, you had to pray that when Android boots up, you will have root permissions. If not, then it was game over, as you no longer had dual recovery...

Anyway... If you'll try, let me know how it went. I would really appreciate it!
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nurps:
Prerooted PRF creator file didn't work, root is lost.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
That's what I was afraid of... Have you tried flashing SuperSU after flashing ROM? I know that you can insert it in the ROM, but just to be sure I find it "safer" to flash separately.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nurps:
Because I got an error on supersu I actually did reflash it, but the same error message appeared. Should have stopped there and reflashed my backup....I didnt...
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
And do you remember what error it was by any chance? We could probably find out why you lost root permissions that way...
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nurps:
No, sorry.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
That's a shame... Nevermind, what version of SuperSU were you flashing?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] medalogii:
can u fetch me the ftf link ?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
Not sure what link you mean... Can you be more specific?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
It's annoying, but at least you won't lose anything, as long as you have that backup... Now, you will have to downgrade to LP, root, flash back to MM, get recovery, flash your backup and done (if you want root back, that is of course, which I would strongly recommend for MM, as there are some things that would really bother me, if I didn't have root).

It's not the best solution, as it takes quite the time, but at least you have backup... could have been worse, take it that way...
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] medalogii:
Sorry my bad, I Was looking for the ftf now I'm downloading it with xperifirm,, now I'm looking for the recovery and supersu files to try,,
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nurps:
Thats a bit overcomplicated. I wasted some hours to find a rootable FTF though, 3rd I tried (D6503_17.1.A.2.69) worked, then it's just nuts dual recovery (with its own root exploit included) and restore.

For the other stuff I should have kept up, apparently for MM you include dummy_flashable for root not supersu and RecRootV4_combined is actually available as flashable recovery.

https://mega.nz/#!dtYQSYKa!V3cV1KUB2XPMn71wJHPPAwLrrVvB_hG7JPoun9WQ7AM

https://mega.nz/#!8woHjZyb!ksx9rXDSOnS_zUncNiYw0JbfUIt14YU61Fwc8Wrcjz8
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
So, now you have .575 with root/recovery? And if, then you just create flashable.zip from your FTF and include dummy_flashable, flash in recovery and then flash RecRootV4_combined?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nurps:
Nope not done yet. Trying now.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
Okay, thanks for the info...

This update.. better be worth all this.. If they have just changed a few icons, I'm gonna .. :laugh:
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nurps:
Just flashed, no error message on the dummy supersu replacement. As always I flashed as an update, no full wipe, booted up fine, no root errors so far, xposed works, recovery too.

So it's PRF Creator 1.3, the newest Sony Rom 575 as FTF, under Supersu insert the dummy thing, recovery and xposed if you want and go.

Well its not the stamina update, but thats not going to be as useful as before MM anyway.

I'm hoping for a fix in audio quality while talking and that USB mass storages works again (maybe even without that annoying question upon every connection).
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
That's great to hear! And thanks again for info. By the way.. as recovery I'll insert the RecRoot?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nurps:
yes

To bad the whole thing cost me my internal data storage wich TWRP doesn't include or I failed to select to include in the backup.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
So, final confirmation... Flashed as well, following nurps guide and now I have .575 with working root and recovery. To get Xposed working, I had to flash it separately.

One strange thing... it's still showing me notification that Xperia System update is available...
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
Yeah that's a shame, internal storage isn't covered in backups by default as far as I know...
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nurps:
Hat to reflash xposed separately too, but so far now update notification.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
I've tried to delete cache and data for OTA Update, but when I check for updates, it finds it again... If I don't find any other solution, then I will freeze it in Titanium Backup I guess.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] medalogii:
Thanks man I'll try :)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adop40:
Who else has problems to uninstall System apps?

Gesendet von meinem D6503 mit Tapatalk
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
What apps are you having issues with? I've unninstaled everything I wanted w/o issues.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adop40:
I tried the standard Bloatware like social life, news and weather, music and some Google Apps. I can't uninstall them. Is it possible that I haven't correct r/w access?

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[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
Don't really think so... What app are you using to uninstall them? I've used this, as it's really simple to use and didn't run into any issues... (Google Play Movies, Books, etc...)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] medalogii:
Im having a problem now , i cant convert the system files i downloaded by xperifirm to ftf . please would u give me the link u downloaded the ftf from ? thanks in advance :)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adop40:
Thank you! That works pretty good ?

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[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
No problem. I'm happy to help. ;)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
XperiFirm won't get you FTF files, for that you need Flashtool. The easiest way to get your desired FTF is to open Flashtool, click last icon (XperiFirm), download FW, let it extract, close XperiFirm, now Flashtool will automaticly create FTF file and that's it.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] medalogii:
aha, thanks again :D:D I will try now
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Markanski:
Thankyou nurps, I've been searching for days to solve this. My only issue is that I can only get into recovery mode now by tapping on the volume key during power up. No apps will take me to recovery mode, e.g. Nandroid Manager or Simple Reboot. Also, if I select "reboot to recovery" from within TWRP, the device just does a system boot. Any idea what might be wrong?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
As far as I know it's because of the different recovery used and there's not much you can do about it, right now at least... That's also the reason why there are no NdrUtils.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vo4LG:
I followed the steps (using Customised AU and PRFCreator), flashed, and all seemed well until I attempted to use Spotify and play through headphones, which caused a reboot. Not long after that, it was rebooting as soon as I opened any app, so I booted to recovery (using down button while booting; worked perfectly) and restored my backup.

I didn't wipe after flashing because I wanted to keep my data, so that may have been a factory. Just wanted to give everyone a reminder that you should take a backup before trying (and indeed wondering if anyone had problems with reboots).

Cheers for the guide.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
Agree, making backups is really important.. It does take quite the time, but if something doesn't go as planned, you will be more than happy that you have a backup.

On the topic of reboots. I've also didn't wipe (because of the obvious) and I haven't experienced any reboots yet. Have you downloaded the correct fw for your device? Also, after flashing have you wiped cache? I know you probably did, but just to make sure...

Otherwise, I would probably download fw again and made the whole process over... Could be that some file got damaged somehow...
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vo4LG:
I downloaded the same firmware type as what is currently on my device (Customised AU, 6503). When I ran up .570, I did have to flash some extra little package to stop bootloops, so maybe it is related to that?

The FTF was successfully built, and I believe that if the firmware didn't download correctly (using Xperifirm) then that can't happen.

I might try making backups of all my apps with Titanium and trying again wiping my data partition this time - see what happens.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MJ999:
So basically what I did is I followed the tutorial by [MENTION=1402397]nurps[/MENTION] on updating from .570 to .575

I created my own flashable zip added dummy_flashable instead of supersu and after flashing phone asked SuperSU not installed would you like to install I cancelled it and rebooted and everything went ok, there was no supersu after rebooting I downloaded root checked and it failed.

I planned to install recovery but the moment I connect phone onto PC,the phone just reboots.

So basically there is no root or recovery.

Any ideas how to get root/recovery back ? ( I have the backup before updation)

Thanks
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
Well, the only way now is to downgrade to Android version that can be rooted. Then get recovery and you will be able to restore.

If the recovery asked you to root, then I guess something must have gone wrong. You mentioned you inserted dummy_flashable, but no mention of inserting recovery (RecRoot) which is in fact recovery + root and is essential to get root/recovery working. As dummy_flashable, is just to avoid bootloops, I think (don't quote me on that).
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MJ999:
Wow Recroot file is a zip file that should be included with the zip ? I didn't know that.

I extract the recroot file and saw install.bat so I thought installing recovery is via computer by one-click install.

So next time should I also include the recroot or can I just flash it after flashing the prerooted zip ?

Also can i just restore my .570 backup from the lollipop itself ? ( i am going to be using .28 LP for recovery )
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
Yes, it should be included under "Recovery". Bat file is probably for case when you have root, but no recovery, but again.. not quite sure...

Well, at least you know what went wrong, so this time it should be all fine.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vo4LG:
Just a follow-up note: I re-flashed the prerooted zip I generated (following the steps provided here) and *also* flashed the 'bootloop fix' from when .570 was released, and that appears to have resolved the random reboots.

Having said that, I have no idea what the bootloop fix actually *does*.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silverhydra:
Using this method, do you guys have kept your recovery ?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Patrol619:
What is the point of including the dummy_flashable file in PRFCreator? I looked into the update-binary file inside it and it does nothing. Can I just include the FTF and the RecRoot as a recovery?

Edit: Flashed FTF with that dummy thing (still don't know what it is for), RecRoot, cleaned cache afterwards and everything works perfectly.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
Well, no one is forcing you to use it... I't might work w/o it just fine, but I personally didn't want to try really... And everything seems to be working just fine this way, so, can't complain... :cool:
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RawanH:
I read this thread. Followed the steps and updated successfully but encountered several unexpected shutdowns that increased in frequency. So I went back to. 570.

What might be causing this?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
Well, apart from wiping cache and flashing correct version... I'm not really sure.. I've encountered apps to stop responding and reboots when flashing wrong version or messing with xposed too much. Anyway, what I would suggest is just create the flashable zip again, make sure all the files you're flashing are OK. Maybe disabling Xposed before flashing, if you use it.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RawanH:
Thanks for the quick reply.

I will try it again, maybe second time is a charm. No xposed btw. Maybe I'll try Uninstalling current Antivirus on pc.

I have another not related question, if you don't mind, if I copy paste a recovery folder from phone to PC will it work if I ever need to recover and simply place the folder back in phone and flash it?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
You're welcome.

I'm not really sure what you mean by "recovery folder", but the thing is... If you lose recovery, but have rooted Android that you can boot to, then you can flash it from adb. If you lose both, then as far as I know, you're out of luck and will have to downgrade to get root/recovery back. There might be a way how to flash recovery through Flashtool I guess, but I've never done it and I'm not sure if that is even possible... I'm just guessing.

By the way... Somehow (I've probably almost definitely) messed up my recovery and could no longer boot to it. But since I had working Android w/ root, I just extracted the files from RecRoot and used the adb script. Quite handy, I must say.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeoleo7:
>> I did this using Recroot

>>First I searched for Recroot and then made latest prf. of .575 FW

> included Supersu too in the prf(I put version 2.71)

>>Flashed it through recovery I got already.

>>It replaced dual and install latest twrp.3.02

>>

I reflashed the Recroot at last again after flashing the firmware image.

It is working for me.

And xposed v81 sdk23.. yes I have serjar home V1.1.1 too.

I flashed it in the end.

:D
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
Inlcuding SuperSU and recovery seems like unnecessary step, as RecRoot will install both, but if everything works... then in the end.. it doesn't even matter :cool:
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeoleo7:
;) I usually forget about flashing the recovery after flashing the FW image and get messed up.

So to avoid that mistake I started including recovery itself in the PRF creator. ;)
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mich3lin:
Yeah, I get why you would include it the PRF creator, but you should just include the RecRoot zip as recovery and that's it, no SuperSU or TWRP.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeoleo7:
If you leave the place for SuperSU in PRF blank you will get an error

but yes you are right if you show Recroot.zip in place of SuperSU.