yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Like I said I have already tried all methods.

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Tried what?
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilikenoodles321:
Like all the things in android to move data and apps they all greyed out.

Cant u download the stock rom for a device modify it on your computer then flash it to your device ?

IS that a thing?
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
That's what I'm referring to. I have modified the stock rom image and reflashed it.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilikenoodles321:
sweet! is there a guide to doing this im confident I can its just ive never done it before.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
You're going to need to use Linux, recommend Ubuntu.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gugas123:
I've just bought a SN 280 Tab A6 and I've been looking to root it to be able to take off some of the apps I don't use.

Is there any root, twrp or cusmom ROM for this device?

Thanks

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Any news ?
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Did you even read this thread? :banghead:
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mac231us:
Hello ashyx

I have the sm-T285m. Yes, I could not root it using the usual programs out there. Any way to inject root into the system image and then reflash it through odin? (as you mentioned you have managed to debloat it-maybe a dumb question as am sure you already looked into it) I recall trying to do such a thing on Huawei Mediapad x2 when there was no root but ran into issues after I accidentally overwrote my entire windows o/s and disk with linux and then gave up (had to extract files from image, add the su then recompile something like that?...from memory over a year back and was only my first and only foray into linux) The odin tar files are separate ones for modem, system, bootloader etc.

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
I already tried prerooting the system image.

It wont boot because the boot.img needs to be patched and you can't patch the boot.img on a bootloader locked device.

I even asked Chainfire if there was any other way and he said no.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mac231us:
Thanks Ashyx...you mentioned you managed to debloat it. I tried ext4unpacker (maybe archaic now though recall it worked on 5.0.2) to separate the system.img into components but could not. I am interested in editing system image

(A) change dpi (increase the lcd density to 380 or so to get things bigger),

(B) change system font (put in a preferred ttf font),

(C) remove many unneeded (for me) google apps from the system folder, and

(D) enable mobile data auto on off for mms via the features.xml or others.xml. Do you think these could be done (you already mentioned the debloat).

typically i managed to get all of the above done if rooted.

Any advice appreciated on how to do this unpacking and repacking.

Thanks

does this help? opensouce kernel?

(again maybe preaching to the choir but thought I'd ask-not knowledgeable here but posting if it helps in getting to a semi-rooted type state somehow)

http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=sm-t285

btw i 'managed' to get oem unlock to show as checked permanently...does that mean the bootloader is unlocked now? (cross flashed through odin the 285 on my 285m the system CP file...and reverted back to 285m-no difference though in network as modem was still 285m as was partition and BL-reflashed the BL as well separately for 285m-after all this shows oem unlock checked-when i got the device new it was unchecked)

edit...from what it appears, it means it CAN be unlocked, yes? but not actually unlocked?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67361863&postcount=9
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
It wont make any difference. Enabling OEM unlock doesn't unlock the bootloader.

You still wont be able to flash unsigned boot or recovery images.

It will only allow you to flash an unsigned system image.

I use Ubuntu to mount and edit Ext4 images.

You can use the windows or Linux version of simg2img to convert the sparse image to raw then mount in Linux

Tbh Samsung need to provide an unlock for this device like they do for the Chinese devices as there is no reason why this device should have a locked bootloader.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilikenoodles321:
One click root https://www.oneclickroot.com

is showing our device as rootable now but theres a charge of like 40 bucks im sure not paying that but does anyone know if its true.

It never used to show it as rootable
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
It's bull, I've tried all methods available.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nekmiyev:
I searched a while, and still couldn't find any info of the r/w permission of the ext sd card.

I want to use my external sd as a music storage for the cloud. but it is not available to write. the situation is just like like kitkat.

Is the adoptable storage feature only available to Marshmallow? I checked and 5.1.1 is the latest it is running.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] algernonz:
I 'd very much like to learn how this modifying of the stock image is done and try it on my SM-T280

Could you write the procedure, or post a link?

Thanks,
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedld:
Any specific version of make_ext4fs that you use? I am unable to flash a repacked system.img using Heimdall and Odin. Tune2fs shows some difference with the original and repacked img so it could be that.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedld:
Just loaded samsung stock sparse image format and the generated formats by make_ext4fs android and noticed that the sparse image format is a little different which would explain why system flash is rejected after the first packet stream.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedld:
I've posted a guide Unpack/Repack/Flash SM-T285
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klemen241:
any new on root or still nothing?
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedld:
Still no news of root so far, we should probably start a petition directed to samsung to enable full unlock (bootloader and recovery) when doing oem unlock for this device. Or allow a build of twrp to be signed by them. I'm confident there is a way to root it but it just requires more time.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klemen241:
Yea we need petition ASAP, this device needs root and some tweaking and it will be super fast and usable
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedld:
Created a petition here:

https://www.change.org/p/samsung-unlock-the-bootloader-for-the-samsung-galaxy-tab-a-7-0-2016?recruiter=286570213&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink

I'm not sure about their record for this sort of things though.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klemen241:
Great, i need root for dpi change and xposed
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .acy:
I second that. Have to build customized rom with root. I'm willing to pay someone to push this forward :)
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klemen241:
http://samsung4android.ru/?ipub=422

Is this legit? They say it only works on 5.0, can i downgrade to 5.0 from 5.1?
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piki88:
hay form italy

are there news for this good tablet?

thanks
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Cannot be done with a locked bootloader.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piki88:
hello , only Samsung can unlock the bootloader or even someone of the relevant people of this community?

thx
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
OK first of all be wary of dodgy Russian sites that give links to non existent files.

According to that website cm13 is available. It's NOT.

Secondly that video and root method is for the sm-t550 not the SM-T280.

The T280 has never been released with anything lower than 5.1.1.

Lastly that root method was created by me.

Follow the links and check the OP.

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Correct, only Samsung so I suggest you badger them to release an unlock.

It's outrageous that they locked the bootloader on these devices.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piki88:
[/COLOR]

Correct, only Samsung so I suggest you badger them to release an unlock.

It's outrageous that they locked the bootloader on these devices.[/QUOTE]

thanks for the reply

how can we badger them to release an unlock ?
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
thanks for the reply

how can we badger them to release an unlock ?[/QUOTE]

Email, twitter, live chat etc.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piki88:
hello I spoke in email/chat with samsung ..

the answer is always the same : you can not to prevent system damage and void warranty...they say it already for years !

how can we do? we hope ?

(I think one of the reasons that Samsung does not unlock the bootaloader and because the terminal has not had great success ..is true?)

thx
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedld:
Created a change.org petition to have it unlocked.

https://www.change.org/p/samsung-unlock-the-bootloader-for-the-samsung-galaxy-tab-a-7-0-2016?recruiter=286570213&utm_source=petitions_share&utm_medium=copylink

The linux kernel is GPL and samsung has to provide sources for it. However, what use does it have if we can't even change it? I'm not sure if they locking down the bootloader constitutes a GPL violation, probably not.

Still I managed to get an Apps2SD like workaround to fix the bloat and storage space issues on this device:

http://xdaforums.com/android/development/rom-samsung-galaxy-tab-7-0-lte-2016-sm-t3455788
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piki88:
I subscribed..but we are few...we hope for the future
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaeevictiss:
I dont get why it cannot be rooted though. I have an LG G4 and it also has a locked bootloader. I remember when i rooted it that the stipulation was that you could root it, but not flash custom roms. All i did was flash a stock rooted rom. How come that cannot be done for this? I dont really care for custom roms anymore, but really hate not having root. I have considered sending it back to amazon and finding something else but its getting hard to find a decent 7" tablet for a good price. I really dont want anything bigger as i wanted something small to travel with since i already carry a lot of stuff when i travel.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Well if you'd have bothered to read the thread particularly post #18 you'd have your answer.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaeevictiss:
yea, i saw that where you said, "It wont boot because the boot.img needs to be patched and you can't patch the boot.img on a bootloader locked device."

but that doesnt explain how i was able to root my G4 with a locked bootloader.

and since were on the topic...how come bootloaders cannot be unlocked. People can tear the hell out of these things an build stuff from the ground up. What is keeping bootloaders from the same treatment?
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Well Samsung and LG are not the same manufacturer.

Samsung have root prevention strategies in their kernels.

Bootloaders have NO available source code, so no way to modify, edit or compile.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaeevictiss:
oic. so has samsung ever turned around on something like this and provided an unlock?
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Never to my knowledge.

However they do provide unlock for Chinese devices.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jedld:
For those who still had faith on this device, I am pleased to inform you that ROOT has now been achieved. At the moment I am still uploading the pre-rooted custom ROM. But a sepolicy patched boot.img is now available (SM-T285 only), if you are OEM unlocked and know how to copy the SuperSu files to your system.img, please see here for details:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-a/help/resources-samsung-galaxy-tab-7-0-2016-t3431022
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jdot1224:
I just rooted my sm-t280 ...thanks to everyone involved.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Please remove that link. It direct links and mirrors files I have created. I don't support that method any more.

The updated version is here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3475381
[Nexus 5X Themes and Apps] Ydriod/YdroidExpo:
Xperia X Series Bootanimation​

After working for a whole day I have managed to make this XPERIA X SERIES BOOTANIMATION. . I have tested this and it was working perfectly.Hope you people like it...

Click :good: this helps​

DOWNLOAD LINKS

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxCHrpCA_pwzekdjeTQzVnRfd3M

Click :good: this helps​

Credits:

Ydriod:cowboy:​
[Nexus 5X Themes and Apps] Ydriod/YdroidExpo:
Guys no reviews is it working fine :(
[Nexus 5X Themes and Apps] m4ssnet:
I want only the audio part for my nexus ? no offense... lol

Maybe a gif of the animation would help to try or not, can you add it ?
[Nexus 5X Themes and Apps] mahdiar70:
:rolleyes:

its not working man on my nexus 5x :(
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stipi69:
Hey guys, i am curious to try make my jumping betwen ROM-s easier and faster, so i wonder...

Lets say, imake two separate backup like these to Externa SDcard for CM12.1

1. BOOT, SYSTEM, CACHE

2. DATA

TWO QUESTIONS NOW :)

1. Is it possible to flash fresh clean version of CM12.1 or heissenbergs CM13 maybe then just add DATA?

would system take my apps and would settings and keys for them be restored?

2. Can i flash PAC ROM, for example and use DATA

Greetings!!!
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moman2000:
I have done it before and has worked, give it a try !
[Lenovo Vibe K4 Note Questions & Answers] samxsam:
Hello Guys,

As I am not able to receive the OTA update by 2nd june 2016, I figured the lenovo K4 note marshmallow official OTA update link. Download the OTA from link.

1> Download the zip file.

2> Rename it as update.zip and copy it in internal memory .

3>Turn off the phone.

4> Go to recovery by pressing Power+Vol-up+Vol-down key.

5> Select update file from recovery. :laugh::laugh::laugh:

[This OTA is for international lenovo k4 note, Please dont apply on any other model, It can brick your phone.]

Press thanks if I helped
[Lenovo Vibe K4 Note Questions & Answers] manjunathc:
Hlo bro I just downloaded that zip link and copied on internal memory and trying to updated that bud it shows installation not done. Plz help me
[Lenovo Vibe K4 Note Questions & Answers] F170:
i just want to confirm ... with international you mean these specs

Model A7010a48

with 2GB Ram and 32GB of internal storage ???
[General Questions and Answers] naveen kandula:
hi...iam naveen kandula...my phone sim network and sound was gone when i was installed miui7 custom rom in my lenovo a6000. iam not take any backup before installing miui7 rom. then after iam installed lenove stock rom but my phone doesnot show net work signal and sound. so please tell me how to get sound and sim network signal
[Android General] Team Pusa:
Note::o:o

This can be applicable in changing icons in system > app or priv-app

just follow step 1, and step 6.

Not applicable in changing icons in third party app

Requirements::p:p

Rooted Phone

Logic

Commonsense

Root explorer

Instructions:

Extract the recompiled app via root explorer

Find the original apk file of the app then click view.

Select META-INF and AndroidManifest then extract it also.

Go to Speedsoftware/Extracted then cut the META-INF and Androidmanifest that you extracted

Paste it to the extracted modded app.

Hold it and tap ZIP THIS FOLDER.

After you zip it rename it from .zip to .apk (Ex. SystemUI.zip rename to SystemUI.apk)

Do the pushing method.

#WeAreTeamPussy

Credits:

XDA

Google

Maximum Team

Material Modding Team

Modding Teams...
[Android General] mcn1970:
no need to sign apk?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miki306:
Hello All,

I bought a used Note 4 with following specs:

- KK 4.4.4, N910F (F-Firmware) , GERMAN language

I decided to flash CM 12.1 and lost my IMEI and Baseband; unfortunately made no efs-backup or any backup :( .

CM 12.1 runs stable, but no signal , no telephony...; with various apps (CPU-Z etc.) I checked all device details:

- Modell: N910F , but N910P (P-modell) as bootloader....

Trying to install stock F-Firmware again, it failed; I could only install stock P-Firmware (US Sprint)....there are differences in trltespr, trlte, trltexx...???

Please help me, how can I get back IMEI, baseband and more how can I get back 1st F-Firmware with GERMAN language (I bought it with KK 4.4.4, N910F ( F-Firmware) , GERMAN language)!

The last 2-3 days and nights I installed P-Firmware, but only with a few english/south-american languages; with P-Firmware IMEI & baseband are 100% ok...but no german language and LTE here....!

Please help, how can I get back to 1st version....?

Thanks a lot
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricohz:
Download this apk from playstore it will tell you the model of phone that you have then you can look for a stock rooted rom or flash stock tar
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miki306:
thank you ricohz;

I will post the results here; hopefully you can help me about after that..
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miki306:
Hello ricohz,

please find attadhed the device info from Phone INFO Samsung:

Manufacturer: Samsung

Device modell: SM-N910F

device typ: trltexx

product name: cm_trltexx

Country: /

production date: /

Knox 0x1

product code: /

original CSC code: XAS

firmware code: / ??? nothing?

active CSC code: /

CSC country: /

bootloader version: N910PVPU4DPE1

PDA version: /

CSC-version: /

kernel: 3.10.40.-g05abc2e

Hardware/Board: qcom/APQ8084[32Bit]

platform/chip: apq8084

GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 420

RAM: 2,72 GB

Most info are "blank"...

Hopefully, you could help me, why devioce is "F" but bootloader is "P"; I tried several official firmwares..only P-Firmware is possible to insrtall...why not "F-Firmware"...???

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[IMG="pic2"]http://www.android-hilfe.de/data/attachments/401/401998-f93930da7db71bf2bab26c261ccb883d.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="pic3"]http://www.android-hilfe.de/data/attachments/401/401999-619eba4937b9c0635e2c29f5a206d40a.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="pic4"]http://www.android-hilfe.de/data/attachments/402/402000-2fee7e7d71ac4f785495ae83b74d58fb.jpg[/IMG]
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karymus:
Same here !!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MarLap2000:
Has anybody confirmed good lock working for them? I've downloaded the latest version from apkmirror.com and it doesn't work for me. It seems to install like normal but SystemUI is glitched and stuck on my wallpaper, giving me only access to the good lock notification bar. Eventually it gives me a message saying I have to restart my phone and it all goes away. Anyone know what the problem is?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jjdavis699:
It works fine on my device..
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Lightn1ng:
Fingerprint?
[General Questions and Answers] King Mustard:
I have the tablet and a lot of random plugs here and I want to match the correct plug to the tablet.
[P3600 General] kog:
Hi all,

I would like to ask if you know a program to sync my Outlook calendar on my work PC with my Trinity? I cannot install ActiveSync 4.5, because I am not an admin on my laptop and the company has only MS ActiveSync 3.7 packaged and I cannot make it to connect to my Trinity. So the question is: is there any program which does not need to be installed (I can simply copy it to my laptop) or is there a way to connect AS 3.7 to my Trinity?

Any help would be much appreciated.
[XDA Assist] AnthonyAveley:
Hi All,

I am writing a batch script to perform functions via ADB to set up our devices.

The device is rooted, and i can do the following via ABD:

adb root

adb remount

adb shell

sqlite3 /data/system/locksettings.db

sqlite3> update locksettings SET value='1' where name='lockscreen.disabled';

sqlite> .quit

There is not issue so far, and this works to disable the screen lock from swipe to "none"

Here is the issue, I have created a batch file, which processes all the various commands I have, which works perfectly, the problem is i cannot execute that as one command I.E.

adb shell sqlite3 /data/system/locksettings.db update locksettings SET value='1' where name='lockscreen.disabled';

This fails, i have tried various syntax changes but i get and error of TO MANY OPTIONS FOR LOCKSETTINGS

any thoughts or solutions would be most appreciated.

Kind regards

Anthony Aveley
[XDA Assist] Kdio:
Hi Anthony

Please, feel welcome to access our experts at the below forum as they should be able to tackle your question.

Android Development and Hacking > Android General

Nice regards, good luck and mainly, have fun.

.
[X Style (Pure) General] Garyalp:
I have been frustrated trying to use fastboot commands, especially the "flash" command on my windows 10 laptop. I continually got an "unable to load' message. I have reloaded the drivers manually as recommended by some, which still did not work. Well, it turns out that you need the complete path in the fastboot command line when using 10. Put your img, bin files in a folder you will be using. Open the command prompt using the windows-x keys. Select the command prompt from the menu.. It does not need to be the administrator. Use the fastbooot devices command to make sure the computer can see your device. I then issue the fastboot command I want: fastboot flash logo and then drag the file from the folder you are in and drop it on the command line. In this case I used, nowarning.bin. When it populated the complete path starting with the c: prompt shows up. Make sure there is a space before the C: and the previous command. Hit enter. I have searched everywhere and have not found an answer to this problem. I did see a video on youtube where the fellow dragged a file from the folder and dropped it in the command prompt window. So thanks to him for that simple yet effective trick.. Hopefully this will work for you if your having the same problem I had...
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramp2610:
I flashed unnecessary .img file from twrp recovery.....after that i installed many custom roms but doesnt start my moto e....it is stucked i unlocked bootloader screen....plz help me.....awaiting for reply....
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramp2610:
Having twrp 2.7.1.0...... I cant flash image files
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyrajparmar:
Flash latest twrp.....

By this command

fastboot falsh recovery recover.img
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoseidonKing:
Refer this thread. Best of Luck!!

Hit Thanks if I Helped!

Regards,

PoseidonKing
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramp2610:
I flashed twrp 3.0......but my moto doesnt start....
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramp2610:
I flashed many of Cm12 as well as Cm 13 custom roms.....but still getting this problem....plz give me solution fast
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyrajparmar:
Check this path etc/firmware/wlan/prima
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramp2610:
What should i do??....only check this path or what?....explain me brief
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyrajparmar:
If four file is not exist in "prima" folder than it may be problem for your mobile...... without those file mobile can't boot......

Hit thanks if helpful.....
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramp2610:
There is no firmware folder in etc
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skyrajparmar:
Try to find in system folder....
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piku 123:
Follow this guide

http://dev-viraj.blogspot.in/2015/02/flash-official-android-444-on-moto-e.html

Best of luck!
[Moto E Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramp2610:
I got firmware folder....but it is empty..