yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] LoneWolfSK:
I have raised a Paypal dispute with Aukey demanding a refund from them, explaining that they tried to perform a fraud with counterfeit phone sales. Still no reply but I hope it will be positive.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] korax_nyx:
Hi:

Here in Spain Aukey sold a bunch of Blackphones, many buyers (including me), opened a dispute after the bricking issue. There is a forum where users are talking about the dispute experience.

Aukey starts offering a bull**** response (like in my case) then you elevate the dispute, Paypal tries to contact them, but they are not answering (at least for now) so after ten days or so of silence, Paypal offers a refund if you send back the phone to China. You have to pay the shipping. No one has gotten the refund yet, although is a bit early, it's confusing if it will be granted when the package arrives to China and the seller accepts it or when.

On the other hand, some users say that they updated to 3.0.8 p and the phone is still working for them, which is causing some confusion in that forum :confused::confused:.

Hope it helps.

Regards.

K.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ccitrus69:
I bought two of these devices. I was able to awake the first one after the 3.0.8(808mb) update with this method. It works fine now so far.

But I can't get into recovery mode with the second one. I pressed the same buttons maybe hundred times already. But all I got

is a black screen and no other response from the phone. It's only possible to awake it again if I hold the power button for 10

seconds.

Does anybody have a solution for this problem?

Thanks in advance

ccitrus69
[Miscellaneous Android Development] akikoo:
Do you mean this forum? http://m.forocoches.com/foro/showthread.php?t=5381865&page=20 (I use Chrome to translate it)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] korax_nyx:
Yes, exactly, if you want to know something that Google can not translate very well, just ask me.

Regards.

K.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] LeErdnuss:
Hi guys,

this is what they told me via paypal:

(The biggest joke is that they uploaded a RAR-file instead of a flashable zip......

Meanwhile im trying to install it via ADB-Sideload....)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] akikoo:
yvanoszb mentioned in comment #130 https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70946964&postcount=130

that he re-packaged the rar file as a zip file, then used that zip file to update the phone.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] LeErdnuss:
That didn't work for me, already tried it :(

btw, does somebody have a newer ROM than the 5.1.1 mentioned in this thread?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] akikoo:
The Android 6.0.1 update zip files for Silent OS 3.0.7 are on page 6 of this thread.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] androidblue:
Hi all

First, I will upload the ROW 3.08 and 3.08p update ZIP files a bit later today.

I have a problem with my TWRP - I've installed it, it is accessible via adb shell but the phone itself have a black/blank screen.

Any idea why?

PS

I can use the twrp by running adb shell, but it does not function fully correctly (example when trying to delete a character it shows garbage on the screen and not show a deletion of it, even though it does delete it.

Cheers

E
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mizkun:
Hi ccitrus69

my phone did this , i ended up using almost the same info i was given by google 12 months ago to fix my old nexus 5, unplug it from any charger or usb able , leave the phone unplugged for 24 hours, plug in the charger, leave plugged in for 2 hour then turn phone on with no changer connected and my phone came back to life.

powered the phone off and on again 3 times to make sure it worked , then powered off, held volume up and power until the screen lights up and low and behold the recovery menu is back, give it a try :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Fakrul Shamier:
-UPDATE FEBRUARY 11 2017-

[ROM][STOCK][Silent OS 3.0.7 RC3] Blackphone 2

USA : https://www.dropbox.com/s/7zpwy77jlg95104/bp2-ota-3.0.7-rc3-candidate-na-1482330514.zip?dl=0

GLOBAL : https://www.dropbox.com/s/jnfzag9tvcwv0re/bp2-ota-3.0.7-rc3-candidate-row-1482330514.zip?dl=0

Thanks. :fingers-crossed:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] LoneWolfSK:
Is it rooted?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] scytalemk:
Friends,

Yesterday I've send this e-mail to Silent Circle:

"Hello Silent Circle,

Please stop doing what you are doing with deliberately bricking what you call "not a genuine Silent Circle Blackphone 2" because:

1. It's not professional from your side.

2. Customers who have bought Blackphone from what you call "unauthorized vendor" has done nothing wrong to end with bricked device. You should set this problems with your manufacturer and so called "unauthorized vendors".

Otherwise I'm gonna make my friends from forums to make tones of very bad (worst) reviews about Blackphone 2. So we gonna end up with no OTA update, (and we can live with that) but you gonna end up with tones of phones which nobody will want to buy for 600us$.

Thanks in advance. "

At the end We, as customers, have done nothing wrong because their manufacturer in China has screwed Silent Circle. So if next update (3.0.9) will brick my phone, I'm gonna make a really bad review for Blackphone 2 and circulate it across the web. If they think that they can brick phones like that, I have every right for revenge. You should do the same.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] akikoo:
The files Fakrul Shamier uploaded to Dropbox are not rooted. They are idential to the files

I uploaded to transfer.sh.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] LoneWolfSK:
Is there a way to root?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] androidblue:
Hi there.

Yes, there is. I have rooted the device but I need to work on it a bit before release. I've also created an alternative rom, but it's sort of not fully functional (wifi is not working, sensors, will need to check what more). It does seems to run more smoothly without all the silent circle software ...

Can you please confirm that:

1) you have a genuine phone

2) you have unlocked bootloader?

Cheers

E
[Miscellaneous Android Development] LoneWolfSK:
I have a genuine phone, developer options unlocked, bootloader unlocked only in Settings (I don't know how to unlock bootloader in another way). Please share the details, thank you
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
I am in the same situation. Please share all informstions. Many thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mizkun:
BP2-OTA-3.0.7-RC3-candidate-NA-1482330514.zip

https://transfer.sh/148Oyy/bp2-ota-3...1482330514.zip

BP2-OTA-3.0.7-RC3-candidate-ROW-1482330514.zip

https://transfer.sh/LWW0q/bp2-ota-3....1482330514.zip
[Miscellaneous Android Development] androidblue:
Back in black

Hi guys

again, apologies. I'm not releasing information so far because I would first prefer to have a deep understanding of the phone, as any information I will post might be used to prevent those who bought the phone in the gray market from using it. Paraphrasing Paul Simon, there must be 50 ways to lock your users.

If you didn't do it yet - unlock the bootloader. the only problem with that is that you will loose access to your data. There is wealth of information on how to do it, in short, you need to run

fastboot oem unlock

and if that is not working (most likely not) you're required to run

fastboot oem unlock-go

This is the first step. With it, you gain the ability to install recovery partition (TWRP) which allows you to practically do (almost) all you want to do with the phone.

For example - I've already created an alternative rom without the heavy layers of security the phone offer. It's not perfect - sensors come and go, camera not fixed yet but phone was rooted quickly, and was fun. It also allows you to trim the phone, removing unwanted software, etc. Sure, you paid for the extra but if you feel it does not help you, you can remove it.

I'm a bit unhappy with some design decisions about the phone - from the USB charger port, via the fact there is no cover for it (unless you live in the US), via the fact that there are some security elements which the phone was suppose to alert upon but doesn't.

I was trying to enclose the 3.08 OTA and a TWRP I created for my phone, doesn't seems to work. for now...

So again, apologies for not replying in detail as I thought I would - I'm working on it ;)

Cheers

E
[Miscellaneous Android Development] akikoo:
Most people will be happy to use Silent OS 3.0.7 if you could share your rooting method.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kikkib666:
OTA update notifications

Hi all,

I have the "unlicensed" Blackphone2 which I was able to recover with the 3.0.7 ROM.

First of all: Thanks for sharing the file and the info how to fix it!

I have a question: the phone keeps asking me to update to the 3.0.8 rom (the 808mb one) every day. Is there a way to switch these notifications off without rooting and complicated stuff? I've already told the OTA updater to "SKIP" this update, but it keeps appearing in my screen every day.

Thanks!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mizkun:
not to my knowledge.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kurhaus_:
Hi,

is there a way to root the 6.0.1 Firmware? Or eventually the old 5.1.1 one?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yvanoszb:
Did somebody find a way to "license" the greymarket phones?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
Hi guys, I am experiencing a problem with screen rotation. I can only watch idisplay in vertical position, when I rotate it , the display doesn't change his orientation. Do you have the dame problem? I put the 3.0 7 update downloaded from this forum.

Thank you in advance.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] akikoo:
Did you change the setting controlling that in Settings/Display/When device is rotated ? It seems to be working for me but I don't use idisplay.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
Of course...It doesn't work.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] akikoo:
Do you mean that your device's display doesn't rotate at all?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
Yes, when I rotate the display remains in vertical position, so to watch a video is embarrassing...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] akikoo:
What happens if you full screen a YouTube video?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
With youtube screen rotates, but with vlc for example doesn't. Why? Some bug in the app?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Xaviera Xolando:
Auf Deutsch:

1) h...s:// transfer. sh/148Oyy/bp2-ota-3.0.7-rc3-candidate-na-1482330514.zip herunterladen.

2) Blackphone 2 ist ausgechaltet und ohne SIM-Karte.

3) Auf PC: MicroSD-Karte mit FAT32 formatieren.

4) Auf PC: Die Datei bp2-ota-3.0.7-rc3-candidate-na-1482330514.zip auf die MicroSD-Karte kopieren und in update.zip umbenennen.

5) MicroSD-Karte ins Blackphone 2 setzen.

6) Den Lautstaerke-Knopf oben und den Power-Knopf zu gleicher Zeit druecken.

7) Im Menue: "Apply update from SD card" waehlen.

8) "Choose package to install": "update.zip" waehlen.

Installation dauert 5 Min.

9) Wenn "Install from SD card complete" erscheint, dann "Reboot systrem now" waehlen.

10) Es dauert 15 Min. ("Silent OS ist upgrading...")

11) Fertig! Silent OS 3.0.7 ist installiert.

12) Ausschalten und SIM-Karte setzen. Alles klappt wieder!

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

En francais:

1) Telecharger h...s:// transfer. sh/148Oyy/bp2-ota-3.0.7-rc3-candidate-na-1482330514.zip.

2) Blackphone 2 est eteint et sans carte SIM.

3) Sur PC: Formater la carte MicroSD en FAT32.

4) Sur PC: Copier bp2-ota-3.0.7-rc3-candidate-na-1482330514.zip sur la carte MicroSD et renommer en update.zip.

5) Mettre la carte MicroSD-Karte dans le Blackphone 2.

6) Cliquer le bouton du volume en haut et le bouton Power en meme temps.

7) Dans le menu, choisir: "Apply update from SD card".

8) "Choose package to install": Choisir "update.zip".

L installation dure 5 min.

9) Quand apparait "Install from SD card complete", choisir "Reboot systrem now".

10) Cela dure 15 min. ("Silent OS ist upgrading...")

11) Voila! Silent OS 3.0.7 est installe.

12) Eteindre et mettre la carte SIM. Tout refonctionne!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] androidblue:
BlackPhone 2 BP2 recoveries - TWRP (3.0.3-0) + Recovery V3.08 (non p) RoW edition

Hi all

I will post multiple things here, here is a first one - recoveries

Original 3.08 RoW recovery

TWRP - I've ported TWRP 3.0.3-0 for BP2. Hope it will work for you. Please try and tell me if it did.

to use: unzip, and use

fastboot flash recovery {recovery image name}

Enjoy

E

PS

If someone have by any chance a backup of previous system version such as 3.02 3.01a etc. either as OTA or as a TWRP backup please feel free to share. It could help a bit to my work ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] raymg:
Thanks a lot!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mhallaq:
It Does Not Works

I have tried to copy the files to the SD , and run the update ROM by pressing the upper volume and the power button, The installation is completed successfully, but unfortunately , it did not work , i have tried it twice, but my BP2 is still locked by the Silent Circle.

Can anybody help us with another solution pls.

Thanks for your helpful and resourceful informations.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] androidblue:
Hi there

If you are referring to my last post, let me explain.

First - both file are compressed due to the size limitation of XDA developer. you need to unzip the files, giving you IMG files.

At this stage, you need to boot into bootloader. bootloader is achieved by shut down the phone, then pressing lower volume and then while it pressed pressing the power button. Of course, you need to have the ADB and fastboot installed on your machine.

google USB driver

and then ADB / fastboot - instructions here

at this place, you do the whole fastboot related commands such as fastboot flash recovery {example_name.img}

recovery allows you to install things, but remember - the minute you mount the system partition the blackphone will not start. There is a way to bypass it, of course, but that's a subject to another discussion.

WARNING - if you don't know what you're doing, be careful. as long as you don't unlock the bootloader and mess around with it you should be able to recover. if you mess up bootloader by running wrong commands, well, you're in a mess which can be fixed... but require a lot of help. so be careful.

Cheers

E
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
I have installed 3.07 after downgrade from bricked 3.08. What are the improvements with these two new files that you posted. Will system update end to offer me 3.08 bricking ota update? What are other things that I need to know about your works. Many thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
Sorry if my question was childish.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kenfalco_14:
Update 3.0.9 available. It has same size of 3.0.8. May be this bricks phone too?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Zebulon78110:
Hi there

I just received the notification for the 3.0.9 version this morning.

Not tested yet, once bitten, twice shy, last release 3.0.8 did brick ny phone... I may will try it this weekend.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] yvanoszb:
Any information if 3.0.9 "bricks" the phone?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] korax_nyx:
Hi, according to some users in a Spanish forum, yes. 3.0.9 bricks it too.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] scytalemk:
I'm not sure. Sorry my upgraded only to 3.0.8p and bricked. I'm not sure should I have try to 3.0.9.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] scodony:
Yup, 3.0.9 bricks the phone too
[Miscellaneous Android Development] testadura2:
Hi,

Is there a way to not be asked to upgrade the phone?

I already put notifications to Never on Privacy Meter Settings On security Center,

but I still have the 3.0.9 update and OTA updater BP2 that appear every day.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] scytalemk:
Good news guys! Just updated to 3.0.9 (10 mb update, not 808 mb), the phone works without problems. Here is link to video youtu.be/z1vrHUKZins
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] SharpieMarker:
Does anyone have any experience using an windows emulator on a non-windows OS for example WINE or Parallels or VMware? I think it would work better than using vista for sure but I just wondered if anyone had tried it. I might just give it a shot if no one has. Any thoughts? Thanks again guys.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] StodgyWaif:
I use XP in VMWare. Just a lot easier than dealing with the incompatibilities with Vista. The only odd thing about it is the USB connection is sometimes a little fiddly.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] SharpieMarker:
Yea I use VMware as well and I figured as long as it takes usb priority in VMware. Besides if it doesn't work I have windows XP machines I can flash it on. Would just be more convenient on my mac.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] dferreira:
VirtualBox @ Ubuntu works for me :)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario ROM Development] SharpieMarker:
Well I gave it a shot and flashing back to tmobile's wm5 rom worked fine but when I tried to flash anything wm6 using VMware it failed. I assume its probably due to the usb framping out. I couldn't get it to work. Weird.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] ChinDaChin:
Hi all,

My phone is rooted and running the engineer rom that was made popular in the Verizon forums. (Yes, I'm running the AT&T version). Ive been using the rooted phone for close to 2 weeks now, without any hiccups.

I was browsing reddit with reddit Sync, and then the app crashed on me. Everytime I tried to force close, and start up, it would come up as a white screen. Finally I decided to restart the phone. Hold down power button, press the restart button, and it shuts down. I see the Custom lock, then a quick Samsung flash, then I see the AT&T globe spinning. It does three spins the freezes.

Up until this part, everything is normal. Usually from here it takes anywhere between 30-60 seconds for my phone to come back to the lock screen. Except its not been sitting at the AT&T globe for almost 10 minutes.

Things I've tried:

Letting battery die, trying to restart it

Holding volume down + power for hard reset

I don't believe I took any security updates, and I was running PF2

Neither have worked. Any ideas?

Thread closed by OP request
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baonxxx:
So recently my ASUS Zenfone 2 ZE551ML started having some display isues and now more than half of the screen is unusible by the flicker and rainbow strips (but after it heats up and i mean hot to the touch the problem disapiers). And I desited to change my screen becouse i saw that it was a common problem with the phone and only way to fix it was to replace the screen. So I disasembled it and on the LCD display kable was writen "AUO FHD ZE551ML" and the only LCD display + touch digitizer units i foud had "TM FHD ZE551ML".

SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "AUO FHD ZE551ML" AND THE "TM FHD ZE551ML"? AND WIL IT WORK IF I CHANGE IT FROM "AUO FHD ZE551ML" TO "TM FHD ZE551ML".

Sorry for the bad English and THX in advance for the info
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenbo111:
So I assume you are the one who asked this in August on the asus site. As it is Word for Word. I believe the answer you got there is correct. http://www.asus.com/zentalk/thread-71807-1-1.html
[Huawei MediaPad X2] gknapp51:
I just purchased a Huawei Mediapad x2 Gem702-L from Amazon. I like this phone very much. It came with Android Lollipop and I would like to have Marshmallow. I do not even know where to begin with such a process and even wondered if it is possible to pay someone to do it remotely? If not, where does a newbie begin?

Grateful for any help I can receive.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] audioralf:
Were are you located?

All guides are here, where is the problem?

My device: 701->703 B211 KangVIP AJ Xposed
[Huawei MediaPad X2] gknapp51:
I am in Millsboro, Delaware. I am new to the forum and have done a lot of digging around but am concerned that I might damage the device if I do something wrong. I see references to B211 but don't know how to determine what my device currently has. I have never rooted a device.

My build number is: GEM-702LV100R001C209B006

Android 5.0.1

EMUI: 3.0.5

Thank you for taking the time to respond to me.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] audioralf:
702 gets ota update to marshmallow. Just use the update menue.

My device: 701->703 B211 xposed 86
[Huawei MediaPad X2] gknapp51:
Huawei told me that the phone will not receive the update because I am in the U. S.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] audioralf:
Alternatively you can create a folder named dload on sd and put update.app from unzipped https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767114936 inside.

Then tap on update and select local update. Then the file will will be shown as full update package. Then tap on install.

My device: 701->703 B211 xposed 86
[Huawei MediaPad X2] gknapp51:
Thank you for your help and patience. After clicking the folder it begins to "download resource" gets all the way to the end then displays:

"Cannot display PDF (. archivetempupdate_vendor.app is of invalid format)
[Huawei MediaPad X2] audioralf:
Sorry indeed: the unpacked dload folder contains 4 files.

In this case all 4 files have to be present in dload when you start the update.

My device: 701->703 B211 xposed 86
[Huawei MediaPad X2] gknapp51:
It worked! Thank you so much for helping me, I am grateful. Might I trouble you to ask if there are any updates after this one? I also own a Samsung Galaxy Note 5 running 6.0.1. I really like the stock calendar and clock as opposed to those that come from Huawei. Do you know if it is possible to install those on the Huawei?
[Huawei MediaPad X2] audioralf:
B202 is the newest update so far for your model.

Make a Nandroid fist.

It's not rooted, so install TWRP 3.02, install supersu app and do the systemless root command: see my last post

But if it's too complicated you can install KANGVIP B211 on this B202. In this case: root and supersu app is included.
[Huawei MediaPad X2] Djiban:
A B203 official update is now available for 702L :

http://xdaforums.com/mediapad-x2/general/rom-b203-gem-702l-t3524889
[Huawei MediaPad X2] techspy:
I try this and it reboots but boots into TWRP. I tried installing the zip from there but it doesn't work. I also tried with the files extracted but TWRP doesn't see any of the files when I try "install". Any help appreciated.

Edit: Nevermind, found that I needed to reinstall stock recovery to update.

Can someone point me to a b202 compatible superSU or other root method? I keep softbricking and having to restore from a backup.

Thanks
[Huawei MediaPad X2] Djiban:
the systemless method is effective with this super SU file:

yon can also try with very last super SU file (stable or not, your choice):

http://xdaforums.com/apps/supersu
[Huawei MediaPad X2] techspy:
Thanks. That method worked :)
[Xperia Z5 General] NeutrinoNexus:
I recently got a new Sony Xperia Z5 dual (E6683) running android version 6.0.1 (build number 32.2.A.0.253) and I was wondering what would be the easiest way to root it? I tried looking up guides on youtube like I did when I had my nexus 4 but I simply can't find anything. I'd greatly appreciate it if I could get some help...
[Xperia Z5 General] DeathStroke:
http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z5/general/guide-how-to-backup-drm-unlock-rootfor-t3373312

here is everything.

If you need further help, please ask.
[Xperia Z5 General] NeutrinoNexus:
That link is old and has instructions for E6653 running android 5.1.1 but I am using the E6683 running android 6.0.1. Do you have instructions that don't involve downgrading to an older version? I want to stay on marshmallow. Also I'm new to the whole rooting thing but I'm quite sure if I try to flash the E6653 firmware onto my E6683 I'd likely brick my device. I went to the instructions you posted and found that you had issues rooting it...
[Xperia Z5 General] Devo7v:
This was just released within the last few days.

http://xdaforums.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/universal-dirtycow-based-ta-backup-t3514236