yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] zacharias.maladroit:
Hi guys,

are you aware that by following:

[ROOT][Kernel][TWRP] repack of the stock kernel with dm-verity and SONY RIC off

you'll get a repackaged stock kernel that

has potentially root (option)

a recovery TWRP to which you can boot via volume key combination during boot (didn't read about it for Xperia M4 Aqua yet, but on Z5 it works),

dm-verity & Sony RIC DISABLED (additional security which messes with rooting and modifying /system - thus needs to be disabled, also leads to non-booting phone when system is modified)

DRM emulated (restored) so that camera quality is same like before bootloader unlock, picture/image enhancement working (BRAVIA/XREALITY engine)

[MENTION=5457803]madsin[/MENTION] has followed the steps and supposedly was successful:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69236873&postcount=1338

[MENTION=5689354]AndyPhoenix9879[/MENTION] is your custom kernel using a repackaged stock ramdisk with the drm emulation ? https://xdaforums.com/m4-aqua/development/kernel-sky-melon-t3532944

[MENTION=6548273]dani020110[/MENTION] the same question to you: is your custom kernel using a repackaged stock ramdisk with drm emulation ? https://xdaforums.com/m4-aqua/development/kernel-foykernel-t3536004
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] zacharias.maladroit:
I'm posting this here since I'm not sure yet if I'll unlock bootloader & lose the TA partition data/keys

or I should flash back to Lollipop, root (with locked bootloader), backup the keys, then unlock the bootloaders [for my Z5 that option wasn't available at the time to backup & restore the keys]
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] LilBlinx:
What you've just posted is used on both kernels. It works on MM even with stock kernel but the recovery and xposed option doesn't. I haven't tried backing up the keys with MM since there is no root but I've used the second method and it works.
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] dani020110:
Hi there! It's really nice to see you here!

1. Yeah I'm using that tool to get root access

2. I tried that recovery, but it wasn't working correctly

3. As far as I know, we don't have that kind of security here, we can modify /system flawlessly without using that option

4. I haven't tried that drm restoration yet, because I thought it wouldn't work

Anyway this is the ramdisk I'm using https://github.com/dani020110/destiny_build_tools/commits/master/ramdisk

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When I was at lollipop I did that trick to backup my drm keys, and then unlocked my bootloader

Anyway you can try the universal dirty cow one
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] zacharias.maladroit:
[MENTION=4694376]DavidMKD[/MENTION] , [MENTION=6548273]dani020110[/MENTION]

thanks for the quick and in-depth answers !

[MENTION=6548273]dani020110[/MENTION] thanks for the warm welcome :)

okay, I'll see how the dirtycow approach works out :cowboy:

sorry, I've used up all "thanks" for today, will give upon next chance
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] MAREK10747:
GREAT!! :D Today I do the same with a kernel from Xperia E5 .
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] zacharias.maladroit:
Yes, it's awesome that we have those great devs/minds at XDA who empower us,

[much thanks to [MENTION=357342]tobias.waldvogel[/MENTION] ]

otherwise we would lose important features and had to do compromises

when in fact we root and unlock the bootloader to have *more* features in first place ! :)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] LilBlinx:
You are more than welcomed in this long forgotten community
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] MAREK10747:
Ehh not working this fix on my kernel , but I'm a first dev modding this phone ^^ .

Now I added few mods to my kernel , and version 8.1 be ready soon :)
[Sony Xperia M4 Aqua] MAREK10747:
I looking for helpers to create new kernel for Sony Xperia E5 with OC and new governors . I don't know how to use a ubuntu to recompile kernel ...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Accessories] bm_99:
Evening all, i know theres so many already but i thought id start a thread on just screen protectors available in the UK. Almost all the thread ive seen when people post a link its never available here to buy so to make it quicker and easier lets see what the others in the uk have got

cheers, all
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Accessories] bm_99:
No one in the UK?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Accessories] faybarn:
I'm interested in what others are using here in the UK. Don't really want to pay for a whitestone dome as I think it's way over priced.

Current using a cheap film protector off amazon

Galaxy S8(5.8 Inch) Screen Protector, Klearlook® [Updated Case-Friendly Version] https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0727TVMYT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_HwVHzbD8JC23Y

They stick to the phone really well and work with a case but they make the phone screen look a little fuzzy, you can hardly tell there's one installed if it wasn't from the image quality. I can live with this for now as I want my phone to have some protection but would love to see what others are using that might be better.

I've used 2 cases with these and have had no issues with lifting. Currently using a speck presidio grip that I'm really happy with.

Here is a pic of them installed when using a Choetech clear case.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] hack.causality:
In cases where screens have become damaged or unresponsive, there are several ways to crop out the non-working portion as indicated here: https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/57267/resize-screen-for-dead-touch-zone

My question is, as someone who wants S8 specs and features but finds looking at the curved edges deeply unpleasant, is there a similar way to crop the S8 screen to just the flat portion of glass?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] RuggedHunter:
A hackish way to accomplish this would be to use Tasker to display a black overlay-blocking scene over each edge... and maybe adjust dpi a little.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] hack.causality:
Interesting, I didn't know Tasker could do something like that. Could it be used with a partially-transparent overlay to alter the color balance in a specific area of the screen? I have a Shield K1 with a purple-shifted area on the screen that could potentially fix, if Tasker can do that.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] RuggedHunter:
Yeah, covering the edges would be simple.

You'd have to really tweak the colors in order to fix a section of screen....even then I'm not sure it wouldn't interfere with touch input in that area. Interesting idea.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Mr. Orange 645:
Easy. Two pieces of black electrical tape should do the job nicely.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] eqjunkie829:
Is there a way to disable fine location for a single app without rooting this phone?

The Garmin app is horrible at keeping GPS wakelocks and killing my battery so I want to allow it access to coarse location only. I still want all my other apps to work as intended so completely disabling gps isn't an ideal solution.

I really don't feel like ripping the APK apart but I may have to if nobody has a solution.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] BratPAQ:
You can edit the location permissions per app and deny Garmin. But I think what you want is to not totally deny location to an app.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xeust:
Hi. So I was reading the AOSPA Alex Naidis interview page and if you read it too you might notice the aospa bootanimation gif along the page. I went to search for the bootanimation zip but I couldn't find it. Closest was the AOSPA Midnight on Youtube.

I wonder if anyone experienced enough can turn the gif to a proper bootanimation? Or at least direct me to the thread as I couldn't seem to find it. Any help is appreciated. Thank you in advance!

Edit: Well nvm I managed to make it on my own. I'll upload the zip just in case anyone want to use it too. It's a a bit fast but I kinda had to do that so the animation would be smoother

Edit 2: I managed to get it to work with the current AOSPA boot sound pls enjoy rebooting your phone
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jerjawi:
Hey.. Can I have the link?

What quality and fps is it?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xeust:
I used 40fps. 30fps should be the normal speed
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jerjawi:
I have the current AOSPA boot animation zip. Do you think you can add the sound from it to this one? Of course, if you have free time.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xeust:
Well, I can try. But I cannot guarantee you a positive result. This is my first time so I'm gonna have to have a look around a little bit :)
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jerjawi:
Alright mate. I'll be waiting for your next comment :)
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xeust:
Can you upload me both the bootanimation.zip and the audio folder so I can take a look? Sorry I'm not on PA now heheh
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jerjawi:
The zip is attached bellow.. You'll find the audio file in part 4
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xeust:
Sorry. I can't seem to get it to work. There's a sound for a few milisecond and it ended the boot animation. Might need someone experienced for this. I'd love to have one with a sound too. :(
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jerjawi:
Thanks.. Hopefully someone will help us out
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xeust:
I managed to get it to work somehow. Please try it out :o
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amirarsyad97:
Can you make a similar one but with dark/black background? I want to recolor it myself but I am not familiar with indexed color :confused: Great work anyway! :)
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xeust:
Thank you! But I don't know how to recolour, unfortunately. I mean I can edit it from frame to frame but I doubt I can produce a good quality end product :silly:

Edit: I believe this is the original concept bootanimation from Raiden Skywalker's thread from a year ago which comes with the dark background I'll try and convert that one
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jerjawi:
It's working great :)

I read in the thread that you can extract the bootanimation.zip from the apk after renaming it's format to zip and navigating through it. Then you can add the sound to it and that would be awesome! Make sure you download the 1080p versions though, they're many in that thread. Thanks a lot :)
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xeust:
Ok so the problem is the dimension of the image are too big so the animation stutters a lot when processing big images. If I can just crop the whole thing rather than cropping them frame by frame that would be good but that's exactly where I'm stuck at ?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jerjawi:
We're patient. Just reply to my comment so I get notified when you hopefully succeed. We should actually request team AOSPA to bring that bootanimation back, it's way better than the current one! Was it created by them actually?
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xeust:
Also should this thread be moved to themes and apps? ? I'll re-write the whole description if needed
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xeust:
Nah man, it's unofficial. I'm not sure if Raiden is the creator but as far as I know PA never use the bootanimation. It's more like a fan-made animation, I believe. Super sick animation regardless :D
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amirarsyad97:
That will be great, since Raiden's bootanimation doesnt work out for me for unknown reason. I guess you need to ask his permission first to modify his work

Maybe try editing the lower res version? If you have time, can you make the background purely black? (#000000)

Up to you. But I afraid this will overshadow Raiden's original work.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xeust:
I'll see what I can do. I don't know how to ask the mod to change the thread anyway. I'll credit to him at least. From his last login I think he already left the forum but I'll try to contact him
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] souhrid:
Thankyou. Changed boot animation to aospa.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodken:
40 fps is a sweet spot for a good number of my bootanimations.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaptainPatterson:
Alright, I've had this since late April and you guys here have managed to make this a great cheap buy for me, but I have been sitting on these questions for awhile now.

1. The sound is garbage. It is not only distorted, it is very low. I assume this is a common gripe of the tablet. Is there a universal thing here that everyone is doing to make this better? An XDA app maybe? I have a volume booster app and the Equalizer FX app, but what a pain running them both when I want to use headphones. My cheap LG cell sounds incredible compared to this tablet which leads to...

2. Why does this tablet constantly drop wifi, and when it is connected it usually has no more than two bars? The same LG cell always always stays connected with full bars. The tablet is usually disconnected also every time I wake it even though I have that power setting disabled. I'd gladly accept help here guys lol. Thanks.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krsmit0:
I do not have either issues.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DB126:
Nor do I. An inexpensive Bluetooth speaker might improve sound quality. Have never experienced a reoccurring WiFi connectivity issue with this device.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaptainPatterson:
I am honestly surprised you guys have no issue with the sound. I watched youtube revies of the tablet before I bought it and they all said the sound was not good so I expected it, I guess. Maybe the wifi problem is a defect, I have no clue. I still do love the tablet though.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
I think the volume output is getting a little more bang for it's buck, than it should be. As Davey said, using a bluetooth device or an aux cord to a portable speaker, greatly improves your listening experience. If I had to take a guess, I would say Amazon went through more than they should've, to see that we're at least able to expand in those areas. I am not sure if any non-root, 3rd party audio apps work with this device, but that's always an option. Also double check your sound settings. If you do a reset or you buy brand new, the volume settings are usually set to a few taps above the lowest (mute).

As for the WiFi, I experience the same problem, though only in areas where there are several open and or saved WiFi spots. Unfortunately we do not have access to the setting which allows us to turn off automatic WiFi scanning, and the option to disable the 'don't connect to poor signals' or however that goes. Those are two huge things alone that suck the energy and smooth sailing from WiFi. A fix is to 1) try not to have so many saved spots in one area. One is enough if you aren't moving or traveling too much. 2) Turn off WiFi when you are traveling. It will continuously scan if turned on. That also drains the battery.

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I bought a JBL Bluetooth speaker like 2 years ago for about $125 on sale. One of the best investments I've made. I've subscribed to Pandora for years, have a huge playlist on 2 stations. It's gotten at least triple it's money's worth.

I wish Busybox didn't require root. I've been drooling to try Viper4Android on this thing.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] phan10m:
I was wondering how to put back my task manager icon that goes in the top right hand corner. I had installed QuickMenu and didnt like it and then i went to uninstall it and now my task manager icon is gone. How would one go about restoring that icon and making it fully functional. Same goes with my start menu button on the device itself, it goes to open QuickMenu and says i should restore the file but i dont have the cab anymore. I would mostly just like to know how to restore the icon. ty
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] pantelis25:
Go start-settings-system-task manager-button and tick the Enable quick menu on today screen
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] phan10m:
thank you very much i had the top button checked but i thougth when it meant quickmenu it was the stupid program i installed that ithought was garbage.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ccattie:
I thought the same thing! I'm glad I found this post. I was pulling my hair out.

-c
[MTCB Android Head Units Q&A] Yort1969:
I have just installed Poweramp onto my new android hu. What I discovered is that there is no settings icon anywhere on the display. Evidently the icon should be in the upper right corner but it isn't. Then I discovered that the settings buttons are missing on several other applications I installed. Again, the icons should all appear in the upper right corner.

My Android is a AC82XX with kitkat 4.4 (4.2) and a 9" display. It has no physical buttons. Has anyone else experienced this problem or found a solution?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] alspaugh.william:
I'm having problems attempting to activate my Galaxy S8+ with Verizon Prepaid. My S8+ was originally with AT&T but I have it unlocked and I have flashed the unlocked firmware to my device. I have contacted Verizon and they get to the part of activating my phone using the IMEI and the SIM card's number when they say that the IMEI isn't working for them when I give them the correct numbers but the SIM card is fine. Does anyone know whats going wrong or could help me out with this.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] juggamonkey:
Activate the sim in another Verizon phone first then swap sim to s8
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] alspaugh.william:
If this activating in another phone and switching it over doesnt work what else should i possibly do?
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] snowdragyn:
Update: I found the bootanimation.zip file, and replaced it with a custom animation file. However, that resulted in a blank screen with the Android logo, not the new boot animation.

Then, I tried changing the "desc" text file, the number of frames in the new animation, and the file names to match the old boot animation file, but nothing's working. (Now its just a blank screen on boot, the Android logo is now gone.)

Does anyone have a solution to this?

_________________________________

(Please bear with the long post.)

I'm using the Honor 6x (BLN-L24) running Android 7.0.

So, I'm trying to replace the default bootanimation.zip file with a custom one so that I can have a custom animation on boot.

The problem is, I can't locate where the original bootanimation file is located.

I tried looking where the posts I read about told me to look: "/system/media" but it wasn't there. The only files present in that folder were audio files.

Obviously, moving the custom bootanimation.zip file there (in "/system/media") didn't work.

Then, I tried moving the custom animation file into "/data/local" but that didn't work either.

Finally, I just searched the entire system using root explorer and the only file I found was a "bootanimation" file in "/system/bin" that didn't have any label after it, (ie, ".zip, .png, etc.)

Replacing that file with the custom zip file caused my device to not have a boot animation at all, just a blank screen. It probably wasn't the right file. (I "replaced" that file by renaming it to "bootanimation.bak")

Btw, when I tried opening that file, all I got were a bunch of scrambled symbols and letters.

Does anyone have a solution on how I could possibly change my boot animation/ find the original boot animation file? I think I'm missing something here.

(My phone is rooted.)
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
It's inside /cust folder.
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] snowdragyn:
It wasn't there either for some reason

Update: I found it in the cust_spec and the product/etc/media folder. Now it's just a matter of getting it to work. (Right now, only the text "Android" shows up on a black screen.)
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] adriansticoid:
Sory man. I already forgot the location. I got the bootanimation to change before in my Honor 8 in EMUI 5. [MENTION=6355400]gopinaidu77[/MENTION] do you remember?
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
I don't remember anymore.
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] Anas Rahman:
I guess it's due to incorrect permissions. You can change the permissions for the zip by long pressing and selecting permissions. Sorry i don't really remember the correct permissions but you can look it up on Google. If that doesn't work either you can use jrummy's bootanimation app from the playstore.
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
It's r-w-rr.
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] snowdragyn:
Nevermind, I think I found the error: apparently, I had to delete the folder called "part 1" to get it to work.

Thank you everyone for your time! :)
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
Enjoy. ;)
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] snowdragyn:
I will, thx for your help :)
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
You are welcome. ;)
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] jflow36:
do u happen to still have the stock bootanimation file? I accidentally deleted it trying to change it... now I'd just be happy to have the original. I've tried the ones for other Huawei versions to no avail.
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] snowdragyn:
Yep, I still have it! Hope this is the file you're looking for. :)

(Just remember to change the name of the file in order for it to work)
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] jflow36:
thanks!
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] snowdragyn:
you're welcome!
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] Neeleshjindal:
I'm not able to paste the custom boot animation in the folder. It says not enough storage! Root browser by jrummy pastes it halfway till 11MB and rest is not pasted there! And if i try to open that zip file, it just doesn't open up!

One more thing, if a boot animation is around 5 to 6 mb in size, it works without any problem!

Plz help me! I want to use watch dogs boot animation but its bigger in size!
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] Anas Rahman:
Is there enough space in you root directory?

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Is there enough space in you root directory?
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] Neeleshjindal:
That's strange!

I recently rooted my device, and haven't done much! Just installed Dolby Atmos port.. but still it says 0.2GB free out of 2.8GB!

But still the boot animation is just 30MB! And free space is around 200MB available...

I'm sorry man, I'm new for rooting stuff, so kindly plz help me! Thanks :D
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] Anas Rahman:
Idk what's exactly causing the error but try other root explorers like mixplorer

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1523691
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] #Dark_Programmer:
[solved] new boot animation fix

If you encounter the error of having a blank bootscreen and Android logo then you must verify the file that you put in /system/media.

The file should contain different folder starting from part0,part,...

The boot animation file should also contain desc.txt file that contains proper display configuration of your device hardware and name of all part folders followed by c and 2 digit 0s and 1s

After all,

One and last thing every part folder should contain many jpg images of same name followed by sequential numbers.

At last change file permission to rw- r-- r-- using any kind of root explorer.

Permission should look like this

https://ibb.co/nj7gkFB

I use es file explorer
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions & Answers] Saito209:
so I'm buying the galaxy s8 its unlocked and an internation version , so I'm wondering if its possible to flash an AT&T rom so I can use volte and/or wifi calling on my phone I have the sim card from my s7 edge so ima just put that in the phone I get the sim belongs to at&t
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions & Answers] Thor2j:
950f??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions & Answers] sw1173:
I have the same issue the phone is G950 F
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions & Answers] Saito209:
Yep g950f
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions & Answers] Thor2j:
I have to double check about volte, but you will only get wifi calling if u provide att with a imei number from an att phone that has the capability.