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[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] n3far1us:
Well, I bought mine from google store in hope for it to stay untouched from the corporate greedy hands of vzw, but unfortunately the first update I installed was vzw-exclusive update pushed to my google bought XL :eek:

On the other hand, fortunately, I already unlocked it before taking in the update, so for now I am safe. After doing a little research, it turns out that I am not the only one bought from google/fi and received vzw's 63X update.

So, pixel phones (whether bought from google/fi/bb/vzw) on vzw network is like your first used car(vzw exclusive update), you don't want it, but daddy's (vzw) gonna give it to you anyway! Therefore, personally I don't think it would be beneficial to return bb and buy from google since you gonna get the same updates anyway.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] wtherrell:
If you put in Vzw sim you will get a Vzw version of the update. It's nothing sinister apparently. Just fine tunes your device to work more efficiently with the VZW network. Mostly the radios. Also you may get several VZW applications that you are free to remove or use. So chillax and enjoy. If you put in AT&T sim you will get the GSM version of the updates instead.
[Galaxy S6 Active] jahdante:
Hello, I bought a Galaxy S6 Active used off of ebay that was already soft bricked. I could only get the phone into Download Mode and there was no Recovery of any sort.The phone was also of course stuck in a bootloop and would not display the normal charging icon when connected to a charger. I have flashed almost every type of firmware I can find and nothing has worked. I have no clue what version of android the phone is running but I would guess it is 6.0.1. I am a semi noob with the root process and XDA, so I have searched the forums for a custom Recovery because I figure this where I should start, seeing as I don't know how this phone was bricked or any specifics of the rooting methods that were applied. I successfully applied all the firmware for 5.11 and the phone still wont boot. I also tried Smart Switch and two different versions of Kies. I also have tried several autoroot methods that all failed. Also now when I plug the phone either into the computer or the charger it just goes directly to the bootloop and doesn't show a charging screen of any sort.Someone please help me. :crying::crying::crying:
[Galaxy S6 Active] Zack Brown:
Try 5 Files firmware :/
[Galaxy S6 Active] jahdante:
I recently flashed all the firmware files successfully and the phone still wont boot it just resets, and it still hasnt booted at all yet nor do I have a recovery yet.
[Galaxy S6 Active] Bcoates84:
Sounds like a boot error. You need to change the boot process i suggest installing twrp and then a canoygen mod rom.
[Galaxy S6 Active] FevenKitsune:
You cannot install TWRP on the S6 Active. There are no custom ROMs for the S6 Active.
[Galaxy S6 Active] Bcoates84:
Tuff luck .Sorry to hear.
[Galaxy S6 Active] jahdante:
Are there any custom recoveries I can install because the phone is t bricked just not complete I believe.
[Galaxy S6 Active] Bcoates84:
I would beleive there would be recoveries. Have you tried Kies yet?
[Galaxy S6 Active] jahdante:
I have tried kies unsucessfully several times
[Galaxy S6 Active] Bcoates84:
That is okay. My mistake i just re read your 1st post. Do you know the model of the phone? It will help flash the proper firmware. While you are looking for that install the drivers needed for the phone on your p.c .
[Galaxy S6 Active] FevenKitsune:
There is one model of S6 Active.

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KIES is outdated. Please follow the instructions detailed in Step 2 on THIS post.
[Galaxy S6 Active] Bcoates84:
Yes use ODIN I will assume you will be going to the correct thread see you over there cheers byess.
[Galaxy S6 Active] jahdante:
This was one of the first things I tried and it has not worked I need a recovery to flash.
[Galaxy S6 Active] pavijan123:
There is no alternate recovery (CWM or TWRP) for this phone.And we wont get one as long as bootloader is locked. The only solution for you is to odin flash every g890a file you find, perform factory reset an then try to boot the phone. Factory reset is mandatory.

You can enter factory recovery to make factory reset. That is the hard part.When flashing is done, phone reboots it self and you cant enter recovery.You have to pres power button long enough to force restart (it wil restart,not power off),then as soon as screen goes black,you pres recovery combo (pwr+home+vol up) and hope you get to recovery.You have to be very quick.It may take a few trys to success.

If after factory reset the phone still wont boot, move to the next file to flash using odin.

Be careful not to flash any file that is not for this phone, because the file may flash, but after that your phone may be permanently bricked.

There is a high chance that you may never fix your phone.

Hope you get back to us with good news.
[Galaxy S6 Active] FevenKitsune:
- There's only one model of S6 Active

- There's only one carrier of S6 Active

- As stated before, there are no custom recoveries for S6 Active

- He purchased a broken device knowing it was a broken device. the seller is not liable in any way

Please read other threads and have some knowledge on the device at hand before submitting an answer. The amount of false information in this section of the forums is astounding.
[Galaxy S6 Active] FevenKitsune:
To [MENTION=7704123]jahdante[/MENTION], do not attempt to flash "every ODIN firmware you find". Your only, and most likely option is, as you have most certainly attempted, to use ODIN as detailed in this post. There has just been an updated ODIN binary (v12). Attempt to flash this VIA ODIN using the instructions detailed in the post linked previously. Please be sure you are using the latest version of ODIN (v3.12.3). If you do not have, or do not know if you have the latest version, you can find the download link to the latest version here, here, or in the first link.

If this fails, your best bet is to take the device to a Samsung Experience Center at the nearest Best Buy.
[Galaxy S6 Active] mart3:
just use smart switch and its easy to recover your phone.
[Galaxy S6 Active] jahdante:
[MENTION=2638582]mart3[/MENTION] I dont think anyone ever installed smart switch on this device because when I input the serial number smart switch always just closes. I would need the serial number of a phone that smart switch installed in order for this process to work. Also [MENTION=7572244]FevenKitsune[/MENTION] the newer Odin version did not help thank you for the suggestion though. I could use the serial number of a S6 Active with smartswitch installed strictly for the purposes of restoring the phone and nothing else if anyone could help please.
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] JBerkhout:
i have a Huawei P9 EVA-l09 and want it rooted, it's the first time i try this :p i am searching for over 5 hours now :eek:

and when I try to root with Kingroot it keeps failing every time?!

Got TWRP and SuperSU ready.

What to do? :confused:
[Huawei P9 Questions & Answers] nuttzo33:
If you have twrp but havent flashed it,put the recovery img in the same directory as adb and fastboot,rename the img file as twrp.img and then issue

fastboot flash recovery twrp.img.

Then hold up+power till the phone vibrates twice and you should be able to boot to twrp and do a backup.

After that its just a matter of installing supersu.zip from twrp.

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Also you need to unlock the bootloader first before you can flash twrp
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] chrisusa96:
I just received my pixel that I ordered from Google I set it up with no sim in it then I put my Verizon sim in it after it was done setting up and updating. I held down the volume down and power and it says it's lock at the bottom of the list. I thought if I ordered it right from Google it would have an unlocked bootloader. Or is what I am seeing referring to something else being locked.

Did my Verizon sim card lock it?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] Golf c:
Its comes from Google locked. Your sim card has nothing to do with it. You can unlock it in fastboot.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] BCSC:
I think hes under the impression that a locked bootloader is the same as being carrier locked. [MENTION=2899638]chrisusa96[/MENTION], If I'm assuming correctly, You're under the impression that the lock image means you're phone is now locked down to Verizon? If that's the case, you're fine, it does come from Google truly unlocked for any carrier. That lock icon is for the bootloader which is a very different thing all together. Bootloader unlock and Carrier unlock are not in any way related.

But then again, If my assumption is not right, disregard me entirely.
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] chrisusa96:
I was referring to the bootloader. I was under the impression that it was unlocked out of the box from Google.

I see the difference between the two now. My last question is if I unlock the Google version will I get a constant warning Everytime I reboot the phone that it is unlocked?
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] humdrum2009:
Fastboot unlock with adb

First toggle OEM unlock

Then run unlock command

If unsure how to use adb

Just install minimal adb and fastboot.

That will get you started
[Google Pixel XL Questions & Answers] MG386:
Just to be clear, you unlock the bootloader using fastboot. Not ADB
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] hirou:
dear seniors, believe me i've tried to search for awhile for a solution and posts with similar problem, but unfortunately i coundlnt find it.

so here's the deal,

i am in indonesia, for some reason certain certain xiaomi devices that is sold in here is bootloader locked and 4G LTE BLOCKED.

unsatisfied with the condition i tried to find a solution for that and yes, the answer is there.

after fooling around for a few days (official unlock request and granted, rom flashing, and custom recovery flashing), i managed to somehow break the device (baseband "unknown", and IMEI missing for both sim slots). Tried to find a solution (yes, there was a solution to this), but before executing the solution, because it seems it can only recover IMEI in sim slot 1, i tried to flashback the rom with the original official rom (global stable 8.0.5.0) and the problem was fixed, both IMEI EXISTED.

so i assume the problem was gone, kept using it for few days with only 1 sim card, everything was fine, but then i tried to use 2 sim cards at the same time, and there it goes like this :

- when i use both sim slots, both sim card keeps restarting to find a signal, its like they cannot get a hold on a stable signal.

- when i use only sim 1, but sim 2 is used for SD card, everything is good.

- when i use only sim 2, but sim 1 is empty, the problem persisted, the signal keeps on restarting.

by those conditions i assume the problem is in sim card slot 2.

I noticed this redmi note 3 only have 1 IMEI number for both simcards, but i dont think that is the problem, because i checked other redmi note 3 phone, they dont have this problem (they also havent tried to unlocked BL, flash roms, etc) and i also tried to write the IMEI 2 SIM and changed the last number, so the IMEI on sim 1 and sim 2 is different by the last number, but still the problem persisted.

i really hope any one here will be kind enough to help me with this problem.

REDMI NOTE 3 PRO SNAPDRAGON, OFFICIAL FIRMWARE V8.0.5.0 LHOMIDG.

THX A BUNCH
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] mGforCe:
Not having solution..best bet to read the threads about EFS recovery.

But a question, why have you posted to wrong section? This is Guide section and not Q&A

Sent from RN3 Pro
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus Accessories] who_else:
at this very moment; so anybody having found out, whether a 16 GB card would work in Touch Dual?

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[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus Accessories] jakedp:
I only have a 6GB, that is working very well!
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus Accessories] gogol:
Where do you find 16GB Micro SD? I dont think it is exist at this moment.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus Accessories] Mark Hewitt:
There is no such thing as a 16GB microSD, at least not outside a testing lab. The biggest on general sale is 8GB.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus Accessories] Caveman6:
SanDisk has also announced a 12GB which is due out at summer. They expect it will actually be 16GB by the time it comes out.

What I am surprised about is that I haven't seen other companies get more quickly to the 6/8 range. With smartphones going to only one slot, the larger cards are helpful.

My preference would still be TWO microSD slots, so I could use one for work and the other for interchangeable media.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus Accessories] bpapa9013:
Well I guess if you have $200+ lying around you could go here...

http://www.memorysuppliers.com/sa16trmimmec.html

I know nothing of this vendor, but its the only site I've seen so far offering 12/16GB Micro-SD.

Looks as though this will remain out of my price range for some time.
[Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus Accessories] ilordvader:
Enjoy the 16g card out in nov

http://www.slipperybrick.com/2008/09...s-for-mobiles
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gouthamandroid:
Pls help me guys.... I tried to root my moto x 2nd gen xt1092 using twrp and it wouldn't boot... so I tried wiping everything still dint boot... then I had cyanogenmod recovery in the internal memory... I installed it and then tried to wipe cache still won't boot and then I wiped the system partition?? still won't boot... then I realised my mistake but I had no backup... pls help me... pls tell how to restore....
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gus Ghanem:
If you can get into bootloader mode, you may still be able to flash stock factory firmware. Only flash the latest firmware for your device:

https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/victara/official/

OR

https://firmware.center/firmware/Motorola/Moto X (2nd gen-2014)/Stock/XT1092/

These are the commands to flash with fastboot, for my particular variant:

fastboot getvar max-sparse-size

fastboot oem fb_mode_set

fastboot flash partition gpt.bin

fastboot flash motoboot motoboot.img

fastboot flash logo logo.bin

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.4

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.5

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.6

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.7

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.8

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.9

fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin

fastboot erase modemst1

fastboot erase modemst2

fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn

fastboot erase cache

fastboot erase userdata

fastboot erase customize

fastboot erase clogo

fastboot oem fb_mode_clear

fastboot reboot
[Android General] juanamores:
I am John and introduce myself to the Community.

I'm looking for a scatter and TWRP for SP Flash Tool for my smartphone Mediatek MT6737.

brand and model: THL pro T9

board: Android

android version: 6.0

root access: NO

kernel architecture: armv7l

kernel version: 3.18.19 wed oct 19 03:57:24 CST 2016

build ID: thl.T9.Pro.175A_1.5105SF7.A2.161018.MP.HD.BD6737.MV1616.P30

I appreciate the kind help they can give me.

EDIT:

I have succeeded and managed to install the TWRP, but when I start in recovery mode it starts in the recovery stock not in TRWP.

It does not allow me to put screenshot...
[Android General] juanamores:
[SOLVED]
[Android General] Evolym:
Hello, sir. Have you been successful to download twrp into thl T9 Pro with the help of Jemmini? I also have one thl T9 Pro to be ready for twrp, but never succeed in twrp reovery. It would be wonderful If you would like to help me.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] TheFlyingPig:
Can anyone help?

I have stock unlocked HTC 10 I got directly from HTC. All I did was plugging the power in and hit install.

Now it just buzzes, shows HTC splash and repeats every few seconds:(
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Tarima:
Can you get into download mode? Hold power and volume down for a few seconds until it reboots into that mode.

Not sure what you did but from there you could recover the phone with a ruu.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] gillim74:
Go into recovery do a factory reset
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] TheFlyingPig:
Nop.......I tried that already....it just kept on rebooting while I was holding them down. The phone is getting pretty hot now rebooting so fast over and over.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] TheFlyingPig:
How do you do a factory reset? I will play around for another 10 minutes before I do such a thing. I'd hate to reinstall all my stuff if I can avoid it. But it'd be nice to have this option in my back pocket.

Thanks
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Tarima:
Just to make sure you're doing it properly, hold both until the phone resets, then let go of power while keeping volume down pressed. You've done this right?

Also try removing your sd card if you have one inserted.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] TheFlyingPig:
I held it for a min, no go:)

But I am actually reporting back because I removed my sim and sd card and it finish booting and updating.

I stuck the cards back in and reboot. It's working fine.

Thanks all:)
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] gillim74:
Good glad to hear you got it
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] jimbop98:
Since this is a new setup for Android phones, I am trying to take full advantage of it. I already unlocked the bootloader and installed twrp. I was running under slot a and installed EX kernel and rooted. What I want to ultimately do is have slot A handle anything I want to use root for and slot B to be unrooted with EX kernel to hide the bootloader unlock. Now my question is should I be loading up both slots using adb and fastboot with stock images and then using twrp to install the kernels and root? I tried to install my backup into slot B from A and soft bricked my device. It refused to allow me to mount /system. After 20 minutes of fiddling, I got booted up again but before I try it again, I want to find out from someone who has already done this. Thank you.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] hucqym:
so I successfully have the dual boot running on my pixel (verizon edition) with the same configuration you are trying (one is NDE63X image rooted and one is NDE63X image stock/unrooted). Here were my steps:

-> dePixel8 to unlock bootloader (because verizon edition pixel)

-> download NDE63X image from google and modified flash_all.sh to flash stock images to both slots manually

using the --slot _a/_b and --skip-secondary flags. Modified scripts below. At this point I confirmed that I could boot to both slots. I also verified bootloader lock/unlock again to make sure it was stock image on both slots

-> TWRP alpha2 to get recovery on both slots

-> with slot _b selected as active in TWRP, i installed the SuperSU v2.78 SR4 zip

-> with slot _a as active in TWRP, installed ElementalX-P-1.00 zip for the kernel patch to pass SafetyNet

voila, I now have non-rooted on slot _a and rooted on slot _b

Note that TWRP is not really a requirement for doing this. I had the same dual boot configuration working with SuperSU v2.78 SR3 rooting one slot directly. The only reason I needed TWRP is so that I can switch slots easily on the device and don't need a cable and a laptop just to switch the bootloader flag

Although, I got this to work it still falls short of what I really wanted to do. For my use-case I would really want an isolated userdata for the two slots so I can use the rooted slot as a complete sandbox. and then perhaps have a shared folder mechanism between the two. :) ...so if somebody has an idea on this, I'm all ears.

[UPDATE]: Note that the unrooted slot is still limited in the sense that safetynet checks fail and so AndroidPay etc.. that use that API will still not work. This, however, has little to do with the dual boot setup and more because SafetyNet now fails on just unlocked bootloader and we do need it unlocked. On Conchors' suggestion, I installed ElementalX kernel on slotA from TWRP and now my 'otherwise-stock' non-rooted image on slotA passes SafetyNet while slotB is successfully rooted

flash_all_slot-a.sh

fastboot flash --slot _a bootloader bootloader-sailfish-8996-012001-1608281716.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
fastboot flash --slot _a radio radio-sailfish-8996-012511-1609191801.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
#fastboot -w update image-sailfish-nde63x.zip
fastboot update --slot _a --skip-secondary image-sailfish-nde63x.zip

flash_all_slot-b.sh

fastboot flash --slot _b bootloader bootloader-sailfish-8996-012001-1608281716.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
fastboot flash --slot _b radio radio-sailfish-8996-012511-1609191801.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
#fastboot -w update image-sailfish-nde63x.zip
fastboot update --slot _b --skip-secondary image-sailfish-nde63x.zip
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] jimbop98:
That is awesome and is exactly what I wanted to do. What I had tried doing was my original stock ROM was in slot A and I tried to fastboot another stock image into slot B. It immediately went into a boot loop in slot B. When I tried booting back to slot A, it also went into boot loop. Upon going into twrp, I found my system partition refused to mount. After several reboots and reinstalls of a backup I had done before I started playing with it, I got it to boot up again, but it was a brand new image instead of the backup which I tried to install. Upon the next reboot, both system and vendor would not mount, which is when I had enough and fastbooted the entire stock image.

Upon looking back at your modifications, I am curious if what happened is the stock image tried first to load into slot A even though I was in slot B, thus corrupting both my slots. Since the slot A I had at the time was rooted with EX kernel, flashing stock directly over it with no wipe is going to cause issues. I will try your changes tonight and get back to you with the results.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] hucqym:
unless you use --skip-secondary, you are bound to affect the other slot while updating one. That is the standard behavior of the dual slot update process. If you see inside the update image, there is a system_other.img that gets flashed to the other slot. you can see that on the log output of the flash scripts too.

I found this article on the dual slot design very useful in understanding this.

Also make sure you are using the latest version adb and fastboot (I am using the latest that got updated with android studio/sdk bundle). I ran into some trouble earlier when I was using an older version of fastboot
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] jimbop98:
Thank you very much for the tips. I have the latest adb and fastboot already so I am fine there. It is exactly like you said though on making the flash not affect both slots at once. I had not done a whole lot of research on the new dual slot setup yet and was just fiddling with it to see if I could do it myself. I knew with the bootloader unlocked I could always flash it back to stock with fastboot if I soft bricked it. I am going to look up that article tonight before I do the dual boot setup for myself. Never hurts to learn a bit more.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] Conchors:
Does flashing bootloader remove TWRP? Or is that only in recovery?
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] hucqym:
flashing using my modified flash_all.sh does remove TWRP in the selected slot. You still can have TWRP in the other slot.

However, this is all of limited use, given SafetyNet now triggers false on even unlocked bootloader. Sigh!
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] Conchors:
If I can reinstall TWRP than it shouldnt be an issue. Also, I'm running unlocked with the ElementX Kernel on my current setup and it keeps safetynet from triggering. My plan is to setup dual boot so I can have one slot for the un-rooted EX kernel for safetynet stuff and Root on the other slot.