yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire 626 General] BigCountry907:
[MENTION=2900755]GotHeart[/MENTION]

I am happy to hear that it worked out.

I've been going back and fourth between lollipop and marshmallow testing things.

It took me a few to find out how to edit the misc partition so i figured I would share that.

I wish it was as easy to change the cid.

I did get a good kernel compiled from source code.

Now if only I can figure out how to build the wi-fi driver.

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[/COLOR [MENTION=2900755]GotHeart[/MENTION]

I am happy to hear that it worked out.

I've been going back and fourth between lollipop and marshmallow testing things.

It took me a few to find out how to edit the misc partition so i figured I would share that.

I wish it was as easy to change the cid.

I did get a good kernel compiled from source code.

Now if only I can figure out how to build the wi-fi driver.
[Desire 626 General] Abskurity:
Ive been kicking myself for upgrading because my metro phone is eligible for unlock,but the devick unlock app just kept on failing.i downgraded toLP and presto! Not a problem.unlocking at all.i may write up a guide on how i did it,and of course give you the credit,if you dont mind that is.this could be essential for those who took the RUU to MM and want to go back,because i know most of us including myself are S-ON.
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
No need to worry, that's normal

The commands in the script that modified values using echo worked fine. The write errors are commands that would work if they were included within the initial ramdisk. No need to worry.
[Desire 626 General] BigCountry907:
[MENTION=2900755]GotHeart[/MENTION]

I know exactly what you are talking about. ( The sim unlock )

It does work in Lollipop but not marshmallow like you said.

The only thing i'm not sure of is if the unlock will stick after upgrade back to marshmallow.

I originally heard of editing the misc partition from [MENTION=2605798]nkk71[/MENTION]. I had to figure out how to do it but he pointed me in the correct direction.

So he deserves the credit.

Tutorials are great and if you write one thats great.

At least the edit allows us to upgrade and downgrade at will.

I have S-on as well. My main reason for working on this kernel.

I have a patch too for the stock recovery that will allow you to sign and flash your own OTA.

Then can run updater script commands in the native recovery rather than twrp.

Still can't mess with the firmware.zip inside the OTA. It is signed as well.
[Desire 626 General] Abskurity:
I would like to think that the sim unlock is at the radio level,maybe?and thats a partition i know we cannot edit manually at will while s on,i could be wrong,but i think that change should persist over OTA.
[Desire 626 General] BigCountry907:
I would believe that it is written to the radio. I know S-off flag and other flags are on the radio.

My overall theory: if we find a way to write to the radio and hosd partition then we would have the ability to copy those partitions from a S-OFF device.

And well S-off our devices.

The recovery cannot flash those partitions because the recovery isn't scripted to execute the commands needed to write those partitions.

Hence the fastboot oem rebootRUU. I'm pretty sure this loads a different ramdisk into memory.

So between modifying the different ramdisk and building in the ability to modify the ramdisk when it is loaded into memory can open some doors.

Ive been studying the init scripts and I definitely see some opportunities to patch in some code.

HTC is pretty tricky, they have files that get overwritten on boot and Hard linked.

It turns out that is why my wifi is broken with a custom kernel.

I replaced the modules with the modules that I built during kernel compile but where i put them they get overwritten.

I did locate the Tamper Daemon, Pretty sure I can take it out. As long as everything else still functions.

Anyway got a ton to do. Gonna take time for sure. So back to my exploration.
[Desire 626 General] seanc1991:
Thanks for the reply!

After being connected to my WIFI after 30 minutes or so, I still show connected but somewhere something happens that is blocking the data from being finalized. Even the app I'm using at the time still shows I'm connected. It's easily fixed by just turning WIFI off and on, but gets rather annoying after a while. I have the same problem across all apps I use on a regular basis, but haven't been able to test it on another connection. Could this be from flashing the boot img or running the scripts? Or perhaps from a bad flash of nightbreed's debloated stock I did right before the previously mentioned?
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Don't use the network script. I think the boot image works fine without further changes.
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Trimmed the cmdline parameters

I trimmed some of the cmdline parameters in the split_img to allow the use of other parameters that might improve performance in the kernel. I included the lpm level sleep disable and ehci-hcd park control settings in an init script. The cmdline allows for 511-512 bytes of parameters so I tried to go the best route in setting an optimal configuration.
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Uploaded DESIRE626SIMGTOOL.zip

The zip DESIRE626SIMGTOOL.zip contains the android image kitchen and the 6.0.1 Boost Desire 626S boot image contents already extracted into two folders split_img and ramdisk with the latest modifications. Enjoy. :):D:):D
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
HTC Drivers for Vysor

I provided a zip named HTCDrivers.zip containing the installation for both fastboot and adb drivers for the Boost Desire 626S, and minimal adb and fastboot. This will help you connect your device up with Vysor.

COPY the FILES; fastboot.exe, adb.exe, AdbWinUsbApi.dll and AdbWinApi.dll FROM - C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot - TO - C:\Windows\System32 - AND - C:\Windows\SysWOW64

Once you have installed the drivers for HTC devices,

and copied the minimal adb and fastboot files specified above to both system folders, you should be able to run adb commands without a problem by just opening a command prompt as administrator,

and RUNNING the command:

adb devices

- to start the adb server. This will allow connection with Vysor.
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
If you get bad data speeds? Here's a SOLUTION.

If you have ISSUES WITH DATA SPEEDS in certain areas, especially if you tether, GO INTO THE DIALER and DIAL *#*#4636#*#* then ACCESS PHONE INFORMATION and SELECT CDMA auto (PRL) UNDER SET PREFERRED NETWORK TYPE. LTE seems to be problematic in certain areas with speeds dropping to 150kbps and with this solution you'll be getting about 600 to 700kbps so at least it'll be a gain until you get into an area with better LTE coverage. In a good coverage area, I get download speeds of up to 5 to 7 mbps with LTE on, but in bad areas, CDMA works better. :):D:):D
[Desire 626 General] thecmflsher:
Can I just flash the IMG and it will work with out any pie fixes or script s?
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Yes they are both seperate

You can flash the boot image without having to flash the pie zip or run any scripts.
[Desire 626 General] thecmflsher:
Thanks, works great with no issues.
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
You're Welcome

Thanks thecmflsher. Feel free to contribute if you have any ideas. :):D:):D
[Desire 626 General] thecmflsher:
Which do I flash, 601 boot IMG or desire626imgtool??

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Wait,!! Which do I flash the 601boot.img or desire626imgtools?? I think I may of flashed just the 601bootimg.img??!!?

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Wait,!! Which do I flash the 601boot.img or desire626imgtools?? I think I may of flashed just the 601bootimg.img??!!?[/QUOTE]
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
[/QUOTE]

All you have to do is flash the 601bootimg.img after unzipping the 601bootimg zip. The desire 626 img tool zip is just if you want to build your own. :):D:):D
[Desire 626 General] thecmflsher:
Oh okay thanks, one bug I've noticed is that Everytime I boot up is gives me that Android is upgrading and optimized every app and takes a little longer to boot
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Accessing modem configuration

Once you've acquired your MSL/SPC with the information in the OP, you can dial ##3282# and tap edit mode then enter your 6 digit MSL/SPC to view and modify the modem configuration.
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Dislike stock wifi tether?

Want to tether with a wireless third party solution cause you think stock tether is crappy?

Make sure to run in a terminal window or adb shell as root :

pm disable com.htc.tetheringguard

Run your app to wirelessly tether and configure as you normally would. :):D:):D
[Desire 626 General] thecmflsher:
Audio playback in web browser isn't working correctly
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Which browser?

It's working fine for me. What browser do you use?
[Desire 626 General] thecmflsher:
Chrome?
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
That's Odd

Audio playback in chrome is working perfectly on my end. Do you install any other tweaking apps?
[Desire 626 General] thecmflsher:
No, xposed?
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Oh I see, high latency

I've had latency issues on the device with xposed installed. Maybe that's why?
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Another Solution

Trying clearing or deleting your dalvik-cache folder from /data/dalvik-cache and rebooting. Then run chrome and play the web audio once again after the phone fully boots.
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Important Step

CLEAR/DELETE DALVIK-CACHE FOLDER FROM "/data/dalvik-cache" IN ROOT EXPLORER OR TWRP AFTER INSTALLING BOOT IMAGE TO ALLOW SYSTEM TO ADJUST
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
QXDM Band Values For Best Data Speeds

----------------

###6828 and 6829

35184372088830

all lte

----------------

###65633

0x00001FFFFFFFFFFE

all LTE Bands

----------------

###441

32767

all 3G

----------------

###946

65535

all 3G

----------------

###1878

32

max HW band

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###2954

4294967295

all 3G

----------------

###1877

18446744073709551615

all 3G

----------------

###4548

18446744073709551615

all 3G

----------------

###11

B only

Channel 384 and 777

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###12

B only

Channel 384 and 777

----------------

###441

0x2

Channel B

----------------

###442

0xFFFF

All Roam

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###10

LTE Only

Band Pref

----------------

###5

0x0

Slot Cycle Index

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###4

0x9A

Station Class Mark

----------------

###179

0

Voice Privacy
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Changing APN

You can use an sqlite database editor and text editor to accomplish changing APNs for Boost Mobile to ones that allow for greater data speed allotment. Under /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases contains the sqlite databases you would need to modify, and /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/shared_prefs contains the xml files you'd need to modify to switch apn IDs. :):D:):D
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Good input/output stats!

Good input/output stats!
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Extended Stats in Powershell

Screenshot of stats in Windows Powershell.
[Desire 626 General] doyin116:
,,

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Hi please I would really appreciate a step by step guide on how to flash these bands. Thanks in advance
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Plan on it

I will make a guide on how to use qxdm to change the values soon. I'll have to provide safe download links as well cause some of the links are sketchy. Would a video tutorial be better or can you manage with reading the steps? :):D:):D
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Do you have the software?

Do you need a download link for qpst, qxdm, and the drivers?
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Modified framebuffer virtual render

Modified virtual render resolution for y axis a.k.a vertical rendering in the framebuffer from 2560 to 1280. We are trying to squeeze as much performance from this device as we can so it should help.
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random

I symlinked linux entropy implementation for android apps to to use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random so operations should seem a bit quicker if apps were originally programed to utilize /dev/random for entropy. Also updated DESIRE626SIMGTOOL.zip in the downloads for this post. You're welcome. :):D:):D
[Desire 626 General] doyin116:
That's a starting point. I need them
[Desire 626 General] anthonykb:
Do you have ADB set up on your computer?

Do you already have ADB set up on your computer?
[Desire 626 General] doyin116:
Yes I do
[Desire 626 General] noidodroid:
Awesome I was about to do some modifying until I came across this. I will give this kernel a try and see how everything holds up for a few days under as much load I can put on this device.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] sparkeymat:
I read on a thread for a kernel that twrp need to be set to read only when using systemless root. I flashed supersu this way with no problems. My question is can i flash other things such as roms and kernels with twrp set to read only? If not what happens of i set twrp to write to system?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] sinisin:
I would imagine that you'd need to have it set to write system to flash roms as roms replace files at the system level. I flashed systemless root with it set to write system and I've had no problems. Can't imagine what you'd need to set it to read only for, ever.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note5] sparkeymat:
Ok that's what i thought. I was able to flash a kernel with it set to read only with no problems. I'll change it and try flaking a ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] otter34:
Not much activity here, but a lot more than for the current phone I have which is the original Samsung Galaxy Nexus. I'm thinking about getting the S6, but wondered if developers have abandoned this phone yet? If not, what ROM is the most often updated and which do you recommend?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] SupraRZ95:
Since you posted here in the Verizon section i'll assume your talking about the Verizon S6. DO NOT GET THAT PHONE. You will hate yourself like me and good portion of us for getting it. Every major carrier has root except for verizon on this phone, complete and utter horse. ****. Spare yourself and get a nexus 6 or even the s7 which has root now. But this phone fell flat and devs moved on, only a few remain.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] otter34:
Wow no kidding?!?!?!?!? Thanks so much. That's a real surprise.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] otter34:
Ah looking to spend no more than $320 for a phone. Not going to be shelling out $400+ anymore. Any other suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] SupraRZ95:
Nexus 6
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Nomad1600:
If you can find a Nexus 6p or if that's too big or expensive, a Nexus 5x. But I also heard good things about ZTE Axon 7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Jizzylax:
Get a nexus.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Brownbear0311:
I'm waiting for the new Nexus phones to come out. Never again will I do Samsung.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] otter34:
Thanks everyone. The samsung galaxy nexus 5 just arrived today. Picked it up for $150
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nileshw1:
We currently need to override navigation_bar_height value from the framework-res.apk package. Based on Android documentation, this can be done by placing an apk in the system/vendor/overlay folder that will only contain the values that we wish to override. Once the system restarts, it will read the new values and use them to load the operating system.

We have found a sample project that we have followed, but haven’t been able to make it work. Please see the link below, it also has instructions on the page, and a lot of information can be found on the web for this override method.

Sample project: //github.com/ReinhardStrauch/framework-res-overlay-sample

Requirements:

•	Android 5.0 (Lollipop) or higher - Rooted.

Deliverable:

•	The sample project working in both Lollipop and Marshmallow

I am willing to pay a bounty of $1500 to make this sample project work, and another $500 if you have a simpler method. FYI, just changing the value is not acceptable. Although you will need a rooted device to be able to test, the final version we will be preloading on a non rooted device.

PM me if you want to take a shot at it.

EDIT: We already have this project completed.
[Verizon LG G4] jose makalolot:
Does anybody know how to lock phone to B5 to be used with VZW B5 network?

Posted using a calculator and delayed by AT&T.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mrvanx:
Hey all, MAJOR league busy at uni since the last time i was on here.

How is everyone?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] CUSTEL:
Not too bad, just got back myself. How have you been?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] debonairone:
Pleased to see the two of you back in active participation... Looking forward to new Guides and Roms...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] todd_jg:
Things are good - we are mostly in user support / maintenance mode around here. Still some good cooking going on, but the ROMs are so stable it is more like xda-support instead of xda-developers these days.

Good to see you. I have pointed people to your guides so pften recently, I should just make a signature that says it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] KarhU:
Glad to see you are back, I pointed lots of newbies to your guides...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] galaxys:
Good to hear from U! Yes we are mostly in support mode around here lately. I point more noobs to your guides than any other. Keep us posted...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] sanmiauz:
welcome back Mrvanx, Your guides help us alot :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] twist:
That's funny good too see you too back as well, I just got back since like aug. Guess its that time of year for us to come back, maybe its the cold winter.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] dr_osama:
Hey sanmiauz, It's seniors' talk :p why are you here... hehehehe

welcome back Mrvanx... and thanx for your great guide :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] wacky.banana:
I will add my voice to the welcomes on here and also to thank you for a fantastic job on your guides. Have helped me and others over time although they probably need updating in some areas.

On a different note, what courses are you doing at Uni? York is a great part of the world, especially in the summer. Some legendary ghost walks round there and some half decent pubs (ooh yess). :)

All the best.

WB
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] JediFonger:
i'm a nub, but this forum totally rocks =). i like the people here and i luv all the cooked ROM's. hermes is STILL an awesome phone even after the tilt came out. the 3MP camera on the tilt still doesn't look as good as standalone cameras and you can get a bluetooth GPS antenna for the hermes and it'll STILL be as good as the tilt!!! =).

i really hope HTC implements some of either ATI or NVidia's stuff. i'd love to play some 3D games or somn =).
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] bchau:
Like many others, I too have directed others to your excellent guide. After all, that was how I learnt to upgrade my phone. Hope you would continue to update you guide. For example, Vista upgrade is much easier now that WMDC6.1 is out.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] CUSTEL:
How about an updated guide vanx? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=344151 :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] hbahaie:
You are welcome again. After all that warm words, can we start with a new great step toward improving Hermes telephony: plz have a look at this amazing dialer

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=341517
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] allan1:
Glad to see the old crowd returning. I think we missed your inputs and advice.

How's things yourself?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] sanmiauz:
then why are you here? you are not senior :eek:

well i am just glad MrVanx is back :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] jasjamming:
hey Vanxy!

ive been hiding in a spider hole dodging solicitors from my X.

time to get back in.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] leo-chan:
Hey... welcome back! =)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] alancstan:
Welcome back to all the gurus!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] JediFonger:
welcome baaack mister anderson =P
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chrisjasper:
Good luck with that, solicitors are a b*****d to dodge mate.

Welcome back one and all, it almost feels like old times in here
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] CUSTEL:
How coincidental, everyone shows up at the same time :p
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] coffee-turtle:
Unable to turn on write permissions to host file.

Using ES FileExplorer. Root Enabled.

Thanks for any assistance.
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] nijel8:
Hmmm... That's something new to me. Must be some miui thing keeping it protected to run their ads. Did you try AdAway or similar that writes/replaces the file directly?

BTW ES FileExplorer is not what it used to be, full of useless and annoying "features". Try MiXplorer and thank me later.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23109280
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] coffee-turtle:
Thanks! I was thinking the same about Miui somehow locking it down. I did try AdAway (first thing) and it just fails at the "applying" stage. That is what made me look at the permissions of the hosts file. Do you think I have to configure AdAway differently to work on here? It has always been straight forward on all of my other devices.

I am gong to try MiXplorer. Thank you for that bit of information. We'll see how it works.
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] Doom Slayer:
You need need to disable SELinux with this app and then try again. :)
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] coffee-turtle:
Thank you Doom Slayer as well! I used SELinuxModeChanger-v3.2.apk and MiExplorer thanks to your suggestions.

I still find that the system remains unaffected. From within AdAway I cannot even do Open Hosts File.

However, a plain hosts editor app has no issues in both opening and adding entries manually.

Could be some clues there?
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] Doom Slayer:
Make sure u use latest adaway, and you can also try use it as system app. In case that won't help I would suggest to try to flash SuperSU again.
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] ajsmsg78:
That's strange, can you set permissions for it in TWRP? 0755?
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] paarkhi:
Just a quick input, using adaway 3.1.2 (57) compiled by mrRobinson on June 26 2016 and it works perfectly
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] nijel8:
Yeah, remember seeing thread on miui forum about AdAway... Maybe there's something special about installing/running it on miui
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] coffee-turtle:
If you happen to come across that thread again, would you mind posting it here, please?

Thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] coffee-turtle:
I will have to reload TWRP and give it a try.

But yes, it is weird. Maybe it is because I'm using the Developer ROM.

I've been waiting to upgrade to the STABLE/GLOBaL MiUi 8 that is said to be coming out this weekend.

Thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] paarkhi:
Sorry, I should have clarified that I'm also running Developer ROM and it's running properly, no such problems due to Developer ROM

Try to install this version from here
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] nijel8:
http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=261933&highlight=AdAway

Basically installing as system app...
[Xiaomi Mi Max Questions & Answers] coffee-turtle:
Okay, I was on 3.1.1. Thanks for pointing me to the update.

Uninstalled 3.1.1

Installed 3.1.2

Rebooted

Still getting:

COPY FAILED
Copying of hosts file failed!
Please read Help for more information.

Thank you though!