yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia XZs Questions & Answers] fastbooking:
1. Don't it's ****.

2. root with magisk/supersu

3. save TA partition (no TA backup for the moment above 6.0)

4. yup, just unlock BL
[Sony Xperia XZs Questions & Answers] ngelee:
3qvm~ fastbookiing. you absolutely fix my hesitation, i'll take the new XZs!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] jolimojo:
I moved to the Galaxy S8+ from a Droid Turbo and on the S8+ the Answer and Decline swiping areas are opposite to the ones on the Turbo. I've dug through Settings haven't found anything related to actually changing the position of those buttons. I also don't want to install any themes or icon packs to change it as I like the stock look, so if that's the only option to get it changed I'll just live with it and get used to the different placement! I almost decline every call I want to take and almost answer every call I want to decline, so hopefully my fingers will figure it out soon enough.

Thank you for any input on this in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] jidamo:
Hi, you can use physical buttons to end a call

This is in settings / accessibility / answering and ending calls/...

It's better than nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] jolimojo:
I have thought about that as well, but more than half the time I'm on the phone I use it in speakerphone mode and I hit the power button to turn the screen off. But maybe I'll enable the volume up key to do the job of answering at least.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] jidamo:
Ok, otherwise you'll end up getting used to it as you say.

Good luck.
[Other SmartWatches] Moh-di-fied:
hey howzit everyone, so i've been racking my brain trying to install custom made clocks, i've tried using the ones from watchup..com and nothing seems to work, i've tried using the mediatek app, i've tried coping direct to sd card folders (data), (Clockskins) and the (root) folders..

I am not very familiar with the .vxp programs as per say and still tacking into it,

the V8 smartwatch runs on the following below and the standard clocks are just appauling!

Processor::MediaTek MTK6261D

Operating System::eek:S NUCLEUS

Display::1.22" inch 240 x 240 pixels (261 ppi)

Memory::128 MB +128 MB

any advice, assistance, tutorials would be awesome!
[Other SmartWatches] stam83:
Hello,

Any luck yet? I am having the same problem. the watch is nice but dont like the standard clocks.
[Other SmartWatches] BlackLand:
Done
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shady Plays:
Hello this is my first post here. I don't even know if this is the right area to post this, but it's a question. Does anyone know where I could find a custom ROM like maybe cyanogenmod for an LG Tribute 2 with the recovery and everything? I have been searching everywhere, and can't find one anywhere. Any replies would be helpful.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] user_null:
TWRP 3.1.0-0 Touch

Lineage 14.1 Nightly

Mistakenly tried to do an OTA update and am now stuck with it booting only to TWRP

I have tried

Fastboot Continue

. I also then tried to do a complete restore from a previous TWRP backup.

Help?
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] Goose0121:
If you can get into twrp, see if system is mounted. If it isn't, it probably won't keep the option when you try and check it. So do a restore on the system only, then woke cache, go to Mount system and it should stick. Reboot and it should get you back up and running.
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] biggboii:
I also took the update.. this method of mounting system, etc. isn't working. *edit* Battery pull, volume down/power button/ factory reset fixed the bootloop.
[Xperia Z5 General] Superrman:
i saw at the beta android O got cool improvement

if not 8 i hope will get at least lastest version 7.1.2
[Xperia Z5 General] lionelbac:
No, I don't think so..
[Xperia Z5 General] spaha-bih:
I am absolutely sure we will get android o.
[Xperia Z5 General] abdulmueedqazi:
I don't think so either
[Xperia Z5 General] milanelo:
Absolutely not. The best you could hope for is 7.1.1 or 7.1.2.
[Xperia Z5 General] freaky2xd:
no. probably android 7.1 android 8
[Xperia Z5 General] ytheekshana:
never
[Xperia Z5 General] L33Tgod:
No, sony is just retarded.
[Xperia Z5 General] YasuHamed:
the best news will be Z5 WONT get Android 8.

Z5 with 3gb ram, the best build so far has been Android 6 - 32.2.A.5.11 , it was the last build on Android 6.

ever since on android 7, the device overheats and battery life is a bit shorter and ram usage is high.

YES i agree sony has ditched Z5 poorly after announcing that Z project has been discontinued and z5 was never properly distributed or marketed (atleast not in my country)

the same goes for the upcoming builds where they are focusing more on X series and when in Jan2017 X got android 7, z5 also prompted for an update to 7.

I will be downgrading my z5 to 32.2.A.5.11 and will keep it there for good!
[Xperia Z5 General] stipi69:
It would be nice, let see what demands will it have :)

I too tried nougat, no go without xposed, sticking with rock solid marshmallow
[Xperia Z5 General] goRt:
Yes - there's a very active development community - OP never stated from $ony ;)
[Xperia Z5 General] kiosk123:
Z2,Z3--> 6.0.1

Z3+,Z5-->7.1.1/7.1.2

Sony makes devices as pair...
[Xperia Z5 General] spaha-bih:
You guys know that nougat was planned for z3, and it even had developer preview build, but google or qualcomm messed up with some drivers or requirements, so all snapdragon 801 devices didnt get nougat update.
[Xperia Z5 General] mch277:
Official Android O? Sony tried to update the Z3 to Nougat (it would have gone 4.4 -> 7.0) and were only stopped by Qualcomm/Google/driver issues. No reason for the Z5 to not get 8.0
[Xperia Z5 General] ytheekshana:
may be 8.0 requires Vulcan which z5 lacks ??????????????????
[Xperia Z5 General] goRt:
*Vulkan
[Xperia Z5 General] PDesire:
I think we won't get O as our update support ends soon, the 2 years of update support is soon on EOL and I'm sure Sony is waiting for that so they don't have to update anymore.

Well I have an Z5 Premium but the whole kitakami series (Z3+ to Z5) gets nearly same updates.

I would be happy if Sony wouldn't mess up FWs like they did with Nougat but well I'm sure they did that because This series should die to replace it with the messy X series.

So don't expect too much guys. You also don't need to expect so much that we get 7.1.2

When XZ1 and so on are released we also can say goodbye to our devices finally because Sony will dead patch them like they did with Z3 (look battery life between 5.1.1 and 6.0.1)

So my hope goes to OnePlus 5 for now :D

Your PDesire
[Xperia Z5 General] zer0se7en:
I just bought this device a week ago. I'm not worried about not getting Android O. But rather worried about not getting a stable version of Nougat.
[Xperia Z5 General] nreuge:
Don't worry, latest Nougat (.33) is stable
[Xperia Z5 General] hemre2:
I'm not sure.I think it's still not stable...
[Xperia Z5 General] zer0se7en:
Kinda felt that way too. I hope Sony would release a stable version for the Z5.
[Xperia Z5 General] sceryavuz:
I will be very happy, if Sony will release a stable 7.1.2 N. :fingers-crossed:
[Xperia Z5 General] Allek84:
I think that we get that 100% :)
[Xperia Z5 General] John Olien:
Not really expecting Sony to develop Android 8 for a device nearing 2 years old. Best that I'm hoping for is 7.1.
[Xperia Z5 General] zer0se7en:
Or just a more stable version of 7.0. My Z5 dual almost always gets warm.
[Xperia Z5 General] ninjy:
It is even worst on Z5C with its 2gb...

The phone is perma OOM. I can barely handle Walkman and Chrome at the same time, any other app on background is directly killed, even walkman sometimes :laugh:

And the same, overheating as hell and drink 10% battery on 20mn of web browsing/messaging..
[Xperia Z5 General] san.13:
Yes I think.
[Xperia Z5 General] YasuHamed:
2017 beyond, xzp what i am considering seriously but drm fix is not possible so unlocking bootloader is out of question

rummers are XZ1 is down the line so lets see how it goes!
[Xperia Z5 General] ninjy:
Same, I'm wiating for XZ1. I hope it will have new design with the 18:9 screen currently in production.
[Xperia Z5 General] YasuHamed:
lets dream wild

xz1 has

1. 8gb ram

2. navbar toggling on/off screen (like one plus)

3. navbar buttons can be swapped

4. its 5.7" atleast

5. Ceramic based body

6. reduced bezels

7. dt2w enabled

8. finger scanner moved to back and power button is just a button with texture (so that you can differentiate it even in pocket)

9. dobly front dual speakers like htc m9

10. SAPPHIRE SCREEN :D

11. boxed with screen protector and leather book cover

:D
[Xperia Z5 General] mb011:
I'm thinking that Sony has already given up on Z5 updates. Given that some other models recieved several updates in the last few months, and z5 didnt even get any security updates since March. They promised Nougat, they delivered Nougat, and that is probably that...

Sent via Xperia Z5
[Xperia Z5 General] sirdoha:
Even there might be no updates from Sony, the huge developers community in XDA would continue supporting this awesome device!
[Xperia Z5 General] hemre2:
Any idea about 7.1.2??
[Xperia Z5 General] Bumerank:
This List of Devices Updating to Android 8.0 seems to be quite old (so I assume it was mostly speculation). This list is basically same, just 2 weeks newer. And also here is one just 3 days old! In all of these lists Xperia Z5 is present, so hope is still here! :)
[Xperia Z5 General] hemre2:
Oh that's good news
[Xperia Z5 General] zacharias.maladroit:
That can't be right (I mean something must be going wrong), I'm getting 2-4% for 20min of browsing (mostly reading and not touching the screen) on the Z5 with its bigger screen,

your phone has a unlocked bootloader ?

running custom kernel ?
[Xperia Z5 General] mb011:
New software update just appeared on xpericheck... Version number 32.4.A.0.160...

Sent via Xperia Z5
[Xperia Z5 General] ninjy:
It seems better with the new 7.1.1, especially the heating.

But basically yes, just browsing some internet articles and doing IM drains 10% in arround 15 20mn with 50% brightness and locked to 3G only.

Yes unlocked bootloader but not rooted and no mod. I just add a custom hosts file for ads blocking.

I use the Sony kernel with just DM disabled and fake DRM activation in it.

But still, 2gb of ram is the main issue of this model (on top of that crappy Qualcomm chip...). With no app opened and just some background services stuff, it is using 1.7gb...

Android itself with Google services it takes like 1.2gb already.
[Xperia Z5 General] hemre2:
Hey guys.I wanna believe that z5 get android 8.0. Some sites says that it's not certain.what you guys are thinking?
[Xperia Z5 General] filjusz:
We wont get android "O" update, most flagships receive two major updates and for us that was 6.0.1 Marshmallow and 7.1.1 Nougat. Thats all, we cant expect much. Sony dont have any interest in updating our phone when there are newer models.
[Xperia Z5 General] Rozalina340:
I don't think we will get Android O, at least from Sony. Can't blame them, they are focusing on their new flagships, and like they said, the Z series, is pretty much dead.

But hopefully, we'll get android O from our awesome people here at XDA. :)
[Xperia Z5 General] hemre2:
Yeah I'm sure my sony family will give us that.I haven't root yet.Just waiting Sony for a offical announcement.
[Moto X Q&A] Cesarisg:
I have a Moto X First Gen XT1058, it had 5.1, then I upgraded with LineageOS to 6.0, it had some issues so I wanted to get back to 5.1, so I downgraded to 4.2.2 and then installed the OTA update, while rebooting after the install, my phone got full bricked, would not respond until I managed to get it into bootloader with a tutorial, but now I can't do anything pass that.

In the bootloader menus says:

Failed to hab check for gpt_main: 0x4e

CID Read Failure

Invalid CID status 0x69

Custome ID error. Contact Dealer: 0xdead

Fastboot Reason: Invalid CID

USB Connected

I am running fastboot 30.BE, I am trying to get the bootloader unlocked but everytime I try to get the "fastboot oem get_unlock_data" and get the error message "bootloader could not get unlock data".

I've tried almost 5 different adb tools, and drivers, I've read about 50+ post and tried all the commands , tried rsd but it wont flash gpt, maybe I haven't found the right post, but after several hours of research I running out of ideas, what can I try, what am I doing wrong?
[Moto X Q&A] Cesarisg:
Sadly yes, I haven't figured out, I can't unlock bootloader, I can't flash a rom without unlocking bootloader, I've tried 5.1, 4.2.2 and 4.4.4, none of them work without unlocking bootloader, RSD Lite wont work, gets fail message, I'm really running out of ideas, still reading lots of threads from all over the world, even translating some foreign languages.
[Moto X Q&A] Salik Iqbal:
Download this:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxZBxVJDPGZjaUFlSmt4cDFLYW8

Make sure your battery is charge enough, and you are getting battery ok, unrar the folder, and flash the . xml from rsd lite, hope your device boot again.

:) Best of luck.
[Moto X Q&A] Cesarisg:
OH WOW, it worked, I tried dozens of gpt files and none of them worked, THANK YOU so much!!, saved my butt from buying a new phone, I will retire from flashing my moto x, stock rom for ever.
[Moto X Q&A] arsh@63338:
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[Moto X Q&A] Salik Iqbal:
No problem.. ;)
[Moto X Q&A] mwaterbu:
I'm glad your phone is working again. Just curious, what were the issues you had with LOS 13 (ghost)?

I've been considering putting that on my phone, but would hold off or find another option if something won't work right. I'm still on stock 5.1.
[Moto X Q&A] Cesarisg:
There was 2 main reasons why I had to go back to stock, the main one was that the OS would not let me uninstall any app, I tried everything I read online to try to fix it, even flashing the rom again, nothing work and the other reason was the phone app would not let me hear from the earpiece, it got fixed after getting back to 5.1 and many other bugs and sudden restarts, some of them might be cause by my phone or not, but since 5.1 everything is a lot more stable.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dudash:
According to the Verizon Galaxy S5 Update Page:

The security patch included is the April (2017-04-01) one.

Stock No-Wipe FW. Will remove Developer Status Bootloader:

G900VVRS2DQD1_G900VVZW2DQD1_G900VVRS2DQD1_HOME.tar.md5.zip

Developer Bootloader Friendly:

G900VVRS2DQD1_G900VVZW2DQD1_G900VVRS2DQD1_HOME_No_Aboot.tar.md5.zip
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] knight194:
what does the Developer Bootloader Friendly mean or differ from Stock No-Wipe FW. Will remove Developer Status Bootloader?

Thankyou!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dudash:
If you have a Developer Edition phone, the Stock one will remove the Developer status. The Developer Bootloader Friendly one won't.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nictabor:
Quick question... I've been on Lineage, and have flashed this and gone back (to update the baseband). But, do you know off-hand, how do I easily root on this image? My BL is still unlocked and I've got TWRP reinstalled.

Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KazuDante:
sry this is off subject but what is the latest modem update for the 900v or the best one in regards to best lte signal?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dudash:
If you have TWRP installed, just flash a SuperSU zip (i.e. SuperSU 2.79 SR3) in recovery and you'll be rooted.

Unless of course you're talking about going back to Lineage and re-rooting. In that case, you'll have to use the Lineage root zip, which I don't have a link to.

Normally the latest update provides the latest/best modem.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KazuDante:
where can i find the latest modem for the 900v , and im guessing its a flash process using odin correct?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dudash:
It depends. It could be a .tar file you flash via Odin or it could be a flashable zip via TWRP. It depends on the maker of the file.

It's just the modem.bin file from the update. I don't have the time to make one for it right now.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nictabor:
I actually figured it out while waiting. Thank you for responding though!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dudash:
You're welcome.

On a side note, it seems like Verizon read the recent articles where the Galaxy S5 was still rated as the most popular smart phone being used on any network. Meaning, they are updating the phone monthly now, which is good news for us. We won't ever get Nougat but apparently we'll get Security Patches monthly now.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KazuDante:
so can i take the modem.bin file from this update and replace it with the one from a 7.1.2 rom ? also i used to mess with porting roms but on mediatek platform , are the modem files still located in /system/etc/firmware directory?

because what i see is modem.b00-b27 ,modem.mdt

---------- Post added at 08:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:08 PM ----------

i tried flashing the dev friendly one and the md5 check failed....am i missing something?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 21-Savage:
Developer bootloader friendly??? Do 11 EMMC Chips finally have freedom???
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KazuDante:
how do we flash this update , odin fails on md5 check
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] erw38:
Deleted
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KazuDante:
flashed the update but phone stuck on verizon logo.

did i do something wrong?

i would assume due to the fact that the bootloader is not its bootloader it froze/locked up , so heres my question if i flash the non dev friendly one , can that bootloader be unlocked or its better not to risk it?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] erw38:
I would not do it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] KazuDante:
Since there no tut regarding an unlocked version of this update I simply updated from bpb1 to qa1 , just needed my modem to be somewhat up to date , but it seems that it's def a tx rx issue in my case , so my best bet is a custom kernel with that feature included.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dudash:
I didn't think a tutorial was necessary as I've never had to give one in the past. If your device is unlocked, you should know it. That's the only reason there is a Dev Friendly version of the update. It won't unlock your bootloader, but it won't lock it if it is unlocked. That's the only reason I make a Developer Bootloader Friendly version of updates.

If you want to update your modem but not the firmware, open either of the files in 7zip/WinZip, extract the modem.bin, then repackage it as a .tar file and flash it in Odin.

In regard to your previous post, there is no problem with the MD5 for either file or any problem with the files themselves. I test them both before uploading them to prevent problems like this for people. I flashed the Dev Friendly version on both of my eMMc 15 S5's and experienced zero problems. The phone will hang on the "Verizon logo" for a minute or two at first boot but it will go past it and continue to "Optimizing" after that.

If you flash the Stock version, if your bootloader is unlocked, it will lock it and in order to re-unlock it, you'll have to use jrkruse's unlock method which requires you to go back to PB1. As of this post, he has not created a QD1 bootloader unlocker. The latest bootloader unlocker he has created is for QC2, which still requires you to have an unlocked bootloader prior to flashing it.

EDIT: Also, if you use an app like Package Disabler Pro to disable applications without root, it can cause updates to hang indefinitely at first boot if you don't re-enable all disabled applications and turn off/remove Admin rights for Package Disabler Pro prior to updating. I've experienced this in the past with both of my S5's and my S7. I'm not directing this at you KazuDante, this is just a warning to all.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dudash:
No. The Developer Bootloader Friendly version is just that, friendly to devices with a Developer Bootloader. Meaning it won't remove Developer Bootloader status/lock the bootloader.

If I had figured out a way to help all of the eMMc 11 people unlock their bootloader, I would've made a thread that clearly stated that.

I think the only way people with Toshiba eMMc's will get an unlocked bootloader is if either

A: Verizon provides an update to unlock the bootloaders on all S5's AFTER they stop putting out Security Updates, which is highly unlikely since it is Verizon, they've never done it before, and there's no end to Security Updates in sight.

B: Someone at Samsung or Verizon leaks an engineering bootloader. This is the most likely scenario since it's happened before. First, in my experience, with the VZW S3, and the latest being with the S7. There's still hope but it may rely on someone from within Verizon or Samsung feeling bad for us.

Sorry :(
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] drewcu:
[MENTION=2460732]Dudash[/MENTION] Any idea how to go from the Dev-friendly QD1 version you uploaded to a TWRP flashable zip file which resembles the jrkruse VZW_QA1_STOCK_ROOTED_DEODEXED.zip? I really like to debloat and root before flashing. Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dudash:
I'm not very experienced as a ROM maker. I customize after flashing the original firmwares from on my phone. I'd just wait for someone like jrkruse to make one.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] noamparn:
Just to clarify ...

I'm sorry if this sounds like a newbie question, but my phone is currently rooted on PD1, with the unlocked bootloader (I *think* that's PD1, too). I've been reluctant to upgrade it, since each time *something* went wrong, and it took me hours to get things back to normal (including not being able to restore my apps and data from a backup one time, and spending 5 hours on the restore the second time).

Does the "no wipe" in this update mean that I can just use TWRP to flash it, without having to first do a backup of my apps and data, and then have to restore them from my backup later? Is there a (relatively) easy way to bring my bootloader up to the latest unlocked version, again without having to wipe and reinstall everything?

Thanks

--Noam
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
Stupid question, but the "No Wipe" version won't wipe data? I have a stock s5 on QD1 that's getting a com.android.phone error and want to flash something over the top to fix it. If I flash this with Odin in download mode, all the data will remain? Is there another way to do this without this ROM?

Cheers!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Barabba11:
Hi everyone, it passed almost one year since I worked hard to learn how to flash my S5 with CID11 Toshiba to 6.01 unlocked and unrooted, and since it wasn't possible to update anything better I lost interest and I forgot most of this process and meanings of terms used here.

Now my questions are simple:

1) can I exactly flash my phone with these updates?

2) I used safestrap and I even lost a big amount of space of internal flash.. how could I recover it, wipe everything and luckly have the updated version with more space available?

3) Does this version supports a different sim card than Verizon?

Thank you
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] boiler662:
Do what was mentioned earlier extract the modem from the update and repackage as a .tar file and flash under the PDA otion in odin I just did that and updated to DQD1.

To repackage as a .tar extract the modem.bin file from the update package in 7zip to where ever you want on you computer, open 7zip find the modem.bin file, click add, change archive format to .tar and click ok and flash away in odin.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] arl16:
Can I install CWM or TWRP recovery after flashing this?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mastertech007:
Only with unlocked bootloader