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[Sony Xperia X Performance Questions & Answers] Ramsey:
I did it all last night actually. First step is to make sure you have USB debug on and you phone is booted and plugged in with all drivers installed.

While I am grateful that developers take time to build such powerful tools, it was frustrating at first because the developers of Flashtool are geeks like many other devs and usually geeks don't create instructions and make things harder for you.

What frustrated me was that the Flashtool in the download page is NOT the most recent version. You actually have to download an extra file that is on the download page (the last file at the bottom) with no instructions as to where you should install that file. Dev laziness to update their main .exe. That file is needed or the firmware you download doesn't get installed!! Absolutely no indication that it's important and no instructions as to where to install it.

I figured it out on my own by trial and error. Here's where you install it. Go to C: > Flashtool and paste it in there and let it overwrite the current file x10flasher.jar. Then, you launch Flashtool.

I wasted time downloading XperiFirm as a separate copy also as no one mentioned that XperiFirm is included with Flashtool. By downloading a 2.6GB firmware file externally (XperiFirm not part of Flashtool), the installation failed. So after 2 more times of downloading that file, I realized, thanks to a YouTube video, that you should download it as part of Flashtool (you launch XperiFirm from Flashtool, which is the button on the right of the + icon).

Then, download the firmware customized UK. When it finishes, it will automatically unpack. Then, you close that window and you close the XperiFirm window and a pop-up appears in Flashtool, asking you to install or merge something, I forget (again, who would know that that's what you have to do?). You accept that pop-up. Wait, and then do not close Flashtool but unplug the phone.

Shut down the Sony phone, once shut down, hold the bottom volume button and while holding, plug in the phone to your USB cord in your computer. Keep holding that bottom volume button until you see hear your computer connecting to the Sony phone. My X Performance's LED lit up green, and screen was off.

If drivers are installed, you can proceed, if not, follow instructions to install them in the video I sent you or use the Xperia Companion Tool from Sony. Flashtool will let you know if they're installed.

Then, click that lightning icon in Flashtool, the one on the left, keep it as default "flashmode", click OK. Then, follow the video above at minute 5:50.

Let me know if it works out!
[Sony Xperia X Performance Questions & Answers] udelgadochio:
Worst purchase of your life, I totally regret I bought this phone.
[General Questions and Answers] raka0shlz:
hi buddy, can you help me? if you can please answer on comment field:D:D:D. I have a mobile phone brand Lenovo A6010. my phone is totally dead and can not turn on. nothing on the screen. no recovery, no fastboot, no logo. but when I connect my phone to my pc, my phone is read as fastboot. i tried using lenovo downloader. but when I open the program my phone is not listed on the window. Please help me:crying::crying::crying:! Thank you for your attention.:):):)
[Sony Xperia XA Ultra Questions & Answers] EwokIng:
So my device is recognized when it's turned on but then I go to command prompt and click ADB reboot bootloader (enter). It just says waiting for device. If it's on and I click ADB devices in the command prompt it tells me the serial number and then says device. On the computer management it is recognized as a device it says the name Xperia XA Ultra. I tried to update the Google driver into ADB but that was a failed attempt. I couldn't quite understand what I was supposed to do there or really even follow the instructions because it kept telling me that I was unable to update drivers after I followed the instructions they gave me. I just kept getting an error message. So I'm wondering how do I solve this problem? I really would like to unlock my bootloader and I'm not even sure if it's going into fastboot. I got the notification after turning off the phone hold Volume Plus and plug it in it said of my computer that it was installing the fastboot drivers. I'm assuming it was in fastboot at that time even though I didn't get a blue light it just turned blue for a minute and then it was Green. It said it was installing fastboot drivers so I'm assuming it was in fastboot mode. This is a really tricky process I guess.
[Sony Xperia XA Ultra Questions & Answers] mchlbenner:
What windows do you have?

Also I would recommend you to Google how install fastboot on your Windows type.
[Sony Xperia XA Ultra Questions & Answers] EwokIng:
I have windows 10

Windows 10. Why would I need to install fastboot on Windows? Fastboot is on my Android device. I use ADB. Android debugging bridge is the bridge that goes between your operating system and fastboot the bootloader and Android and all of that in order to be able to communicate with the phone. Why would I need to install Fastboot on my windows? You sound like a customer service representative. I can't even talk to them anymore because they tried to get me to act like Chris Farley.
[Sony Xperia XA Ultra Questions & Answers] mchlbenner:
If you don't install fastboot on your computer you can't unlock bootloader you can't install custom recovery or root the phone!
[Sony Xperia XA Ultra Questions & Answers] wdanjuma:
Hello,

Here is the link to the ADB Installer that contains all the files you need (ADB, Fastboot and Drivers). Download and following the screen information to install the program.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588979/

Thanks,

Danjuma
[Sony Xperia XA Ultra Questions & Answers] dionarap:
Hi there :)

please note that Windows 10 x64 blocks the installation of unsigned drivers. To be able to install them anyway you have to enter the Windows Test Mode. To do this you just have to run "bcdedit /set testsigning on" in an administrative command line and restart your computer afterwards. You'll see "Test Mode" at the bottom right corner of your desktop. To leave the testmode use "bcdedit /set testsigning off" and restart again.
[Sony Xperia XA Ultra Questions & Answers] vplfarias:
Done all of this and it doesn't work...
[Sony Xperia XA Ultra Questions & Answers] rrvuhpg:
You have to use drivers from Sony for Flashmode and use drivers included in Flashtool (C:\flashtool\drivers) for fastboot and ADB. No problem for me with Windows 10 64bits and don't need to use Test mode.
[P3600 ROM Development] ALoubert:
WMDC "Error 608" when syncing in USB-serial mode / .NET CF 3.5 install impossible

I'm making tests with the Mary 3.6SL ROM (WM6) and encountering 2 small problems.

As I don't know if those are related to the ROM itself (and as someone has perhaps already found a solution for the same problem for another ROM), I'm posting my question outside the Mary ROM's related thread.

1) With the switch "Enable advanced network functionnaly" (USB to PC connection option) checked (ie, using RNDIS syncing), the sync with my computer under Vista using WMDC 6.1 works well. I've however noticed that the link sometimes goes down (the device appears unconnected whereas it's still in its craddle), but this is a really "minor" problem.

But with the switch unchecked (I have to uncheck it on another PDA in order to sync successfully), ie, using USB serial mode connection, I'm getting a "Communication error: Cannot communicate with the PC because of the following Remote Networking error (Error 608)".

I've of course made a search on the net as this issue seems to be quite common, but none of the advices given (such as recreating the partnership) are working.

2) I wanted to update my .NET CF 2.0 to version 3.5, with no success.

The install of .NET CF 3.5 simply ends telling it has failed to install.

.NET CF 2.0 was installed with no problem.

I've tried to uninstall .NET CF 2.0 before installing CF 3.5; same result.

Can someone help me solving those two problems ?

Thanks in advance.
[P3600 ROM Development] Jeanxito:
Think mary 3.6sl have already .net cf 3.5...

What version of activesync do you have? use version 4.5..i used for several time mary 3.6sl and do not have any problems syncronizing the p3600 :( however i have windows xp...
[P3600 ROM Development] ALoubert:
SL means SuperLite, that's to say, a clean empty OS...

I don't think there's a .NET CF basically integrated in that ROM.

Is there a way to know that ?

For .NET CF 2, the setup created a "\NET CF 2.0" directory under \Windows as well as an uninstall option, but if there's a NET CF 3.5 already installed, I haven't seen anything...

I don't use ActiveSync ! Under Vista, ActiveSync doesn't work. It has been replaced by WMDC (Windows Mobile Device Center). I'm using its very last version 6.1.

Have you tried BOTH ways of synchronizing (Enhanced mode (ie, RNDIS), but ALSO USB-serial mode) ?

RNDIS synchro works well, but not USB-serial...
[P3600 ROM Development] dCrist:
Hello,

Did you solve your issue? If so, can you explain how? I am facing the same problem...

Thanks in advance,

David.
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] LowaEastSide:
Hey to all of you Kind enough to take the time out and read this, as we ALL know XDA has been a Community for Android enthusiast from all over the world, I am one of you... I am hoping to get some Honest Feed Back for you Guys that are more incline about the OnePlus 5, so here I go, I just got a GREAT DEAL on my OnePlus 5, its the A5000, i dont know if theirs different model number for thr OP5, i do know the the OP3 & 3T has different Model #'s Cause I had that device as well, So I am Hoping you Guys can Tell Me which " 1 " of these Custom Roms is Best for Stability, Faster Internet, and Data speeds, Pretty much FAST in General, Plus decent in Battery Life as well. Im Looking to Stay as stock as Possible as well with the Original OOS. I am Hoping I can get some Help Here, will Truly Appreciate some Honest Feed Back, Thanks In Advance, and God Bless...
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] Thesuprememonkey:
TBH all OOS based or the major ones(freedom os , xXx, Experience os) i have tried have been the almost the same offering battery speed and smoothness in general close to stock .Stock/Official OOS is optimized enough already that been said some kernels do help like i felt the phone a tad snappier with blu_spark and the battery to last a tad longer with Franco and with the new addition of ATK tweaks just flashing that might help you a bit in both aspects of performance and battery. Although I haven't tried flashing the atk tweak so i will inform you how much of an improvement is there.

Now trying the major oos roms i could say - xXx gives the most tweakablity compared to any oos roms and up-to-date tweaks so if you want fast updates on tweaks like modded youtube, Magisk and additions like google camera and dialer i would say go with xXx

Freedom os i guess i thought was a bit more performance based yet like a said difference is not noticeable

both oos roms offer debloating

Now if you want the same performance but stock os i would recommend trying pure fusion it provides stock os with oos camera
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] OcazPrime:
Freedom OS and use franco kernel. His improvements on everything about the stock experience is way better. The man even reduced power consumption with the display. So without his kernel the display eats more juice just being on. Its better to just install a stock based rom and use a kernel that sits in the background. Just install his kernel and forget it and roll with each new Freedom OS update.
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] MrWilsonxD:
You really need to do some reading on what a ROM/Kernel will and will not do for you. Data speeds, internet will be the same- Excluding any abnormal errors with a bad rom build.

Furthermore, *not necessarily*, but the faster you want things to go, it's likely that you may take a battery hit of trying to go faster than the device wants to..

Lastly, your question is akin to asking "What is THE best car out there for me?" Nobody on this planet knows but you. YOU need to test them. First take the car out for a spin, see what YOU like. Then get people's opinions. If you like it, then like it. Some people love the Honda Pilot. Other people like Chevy Camaro. Neither are bad cars inherently. Just different strokes for different folks.

ROMS are much of the same way. I personally recommend you try Freedom OS and XXX for the OOS based ROMS.

For custom based... I recommend trying Pure Fusion ROM + Flash Kernel, Paranoid Android Unofficial, Resurrection Remix Official (You NEED flash kernel or Bluspark, otherwise in my experience it's been quite laggy)
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] jhs39:
Why do you think you need to flash a custom ROM the minute you turn on your phone? The best setup I have found for speed and stability is stock OOS rooted with Magisk, using Blu Spark kernel with speed lane enabled. I tried both xXx No Limits and Freedom ROM which are OOS based. They are both terrible. The absolute only reason people don't realize that they are ROMs that are actually worse than stock OOS is because they are also people who flashed a custom ROM as soon as they got their phones and are simply assuming the custom ROM is superior to stock OOS which they never bothered to use in the first place. xXx No Limits is not only much more buggy than stock OOS but it is also slower. Freedom ROM was overly debloated by the dev who removed some system apps/processes from stock OOS that should not have been removed. Some apps that auto load automatically on stock OOS will not boot up with Freedom ROM no matter what you do. Other apps behave differently on stock OOS and Freedom OOS--ongoing notifications and status bar icons are missing when the apps are used in Freedom--things like that. Unless you plan on using an AOSP or LOS ROM there is no reason to flash a custom ROM. You are much better off staying on stock OOS and using a custom kernel made for stock OOS.
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] xxBrun0xx:
^ this. Finally someone speaking sense. Only thing I disagree with is custom kernels. Stock oxygen os kernel gives significantly better battery than the rest (except simplegx, which is stock with some tweaked governors).

If you want to make big improvements to battery life, figure out what you have for wakelocks and fix them. Also, get rid of Facebook and FB messenger app. These days a kernel won't magically since poor battery life due to wakelocks.
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] Blu8:
People here talking about XXX and freedom being "custom roms" when they're nothing more than stock oos wrapped in an aroma installer ?
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] Rhoban:
That is only true for when the device is not in use (i.e., when in standby).

But what about when you're using it? Wakelocks are not a thing anymore.

So how will you improve battery life during usage?

Answer: With a custom kernel.

You can underclock the CPU/GPU, change some other parameters and get more battery life.

Sure, you sacrifice some performance, but the OnePlus 5 has plenty of horsepower under the hood, it won't bog down that easily.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neotenshi:
Hello! A couple of days ago I received an used N9 bought on eBay. First at all, I noticed that the camera was not working showing a pop-up saying Can't connect to the camera, with black screen and nothing more. I get the tablet with Android 6, and to test with a new OS and clean installation, I upgrade to Android 7.1.1 Stock. I want to say that I don't did none modification on OS like a Custom OS, unlock bootloader, etc.

Also, I found this tablet very laggy, and with a extremely battery drain; from 50% to 36% in about 3 hours and WITHOUT any use (neither connection to WiFi), besides I could be exaggerated. Do you know some tips for this? Maybe a fix, a patch.

Best regards!
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neotenshi:
Now I have LineageOS with root and other stuff, but the camera still not working. The laggy issue was "solved" in a certain way, but it seems like is the encryptation from Nougat.

Also, I dared to disarm the back cover and check the healthy of cameras and I can saw that there never was been touched before, so I don't think that was a hardware issue or disconnection

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[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youxiaojie:
me too. sometimes good and sometimes cannot.and third apps work ok each time.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madbat99:
Did you flash the full factory image from Google?
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neotenshi:
Not for me. I tried with several of them without results

Actually, I received the tablet with stock marshmallow, then, I charge to 100% and the last update was installed (7.1.1). In marshmallow the camera doesn't worked anyway. But I will try to put it in the Lollipop stock rom, to be sure. But first, I need to know if there is a risk when the tab is downgraded, and is possible, the safest way yo do it

Thanks!!

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[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madbat99:
Yes it's easy. You need adb and fastboot on your PC. The factory image has everything in it. You should just flash the full 7.1.1 image. Lollipop sucks on this tablet. Flashing the full image will likely fix your camera as long as it's not hardware related.

The camera should work fine with the stock system flashed. The camera works fine on all versions (yes marshmallow too). It works on all custom ROMs too. I'm using the latest AICP now and the stock camera (snap from LineageOS) and Google camera work fine. I like Google camera better though because the viewfinder fills the whole screen.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madbat99:
See the difference
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neotenshi:
I tried once again, flashing the stock nougat, but problem persists. I'm still without the cameras; Now I get the black screen without the error message

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[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madbat99:
Did you format data? Warning that obviously wipes all data. Maybe clear data for camera app first to see if that helps
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neotenshi:
Yeah, full wipe. I tried clear the cache from app, but didn't worked either. At this moment I'm resigned to use the N9 without the camera (Maybe I will never use it, cause the only function that I use it's for video conference)

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[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neotenshi:
Update:

A couple of days ago, I take the tab once again in order to replace the back cover, and this time I went most deeper into cleaning, and VOILA! Both camera working again. I'm sure that the connection between camera and motherboard, was loose. Now I have no problems with them. Although remains being a little laggy (sometimes I need to restart due the freezes) it's a great tablet

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[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madbat99:
Nice. It began to sound hardware related. Glad you fixed it.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmacmil:
I just got a used Nexusd 9 off Ebay and also get the black screen when I open the camera. I tried a different camera but get an error message saying it can't connect because the camera is in use by another application. I get this message even with the stock camera app disabled. I see the OP fixed it by removing the back but I am reluctant to do that for fear of screwing up something. I can certainly live w/o the camera but am annoyed that it wasn't disclosed by the seller.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madbat99:
On stock system the camera works. Some ROMs it's iffy. Try a different rom.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmacmil:
It is the stock ROM. I decided to return the tablet rather than waste a lot of time on it.
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] b0ttas:
Hi all,

With the risk of this being called a duplicate thread I just want to clarify that I'm in no way asking to port something for me, and I've read the 2 similar threads around, and felt like this should have it's own place.

So, straight to the point, I've been looking to get involved with android porting, and since LOS and AOKP for our device haven't quite filled my cup I was thinking of trying to port something else (trying to not get into much detail here :P )

Moving on, after searching around XDA and everywhere else, I've found a tuto or two where the process of porting was explained, and being an average user, I went to grab a "Base ROM", (thought the LOS/Stock ones would do, downloaded both)

To my surprise, files mentioned in the tutorials (framework-res.apk, framework.jar, ...) are nowhere to be found.

Finally the question, this just to save me from a reflash,

Am I supposed to install the "Base ROM" to dump /system to my PC?

Or am I perhaps misunderstanding something?

----

PSA: I'll probably find it difficult to get time to work on this (school stuffs) so even if I decide to go on with it, it might take a good while till something comes up.

Also, if there's someone with some experience in porting who'd be so kind to give me some pointers or show some availability to help with bug fixing/porting (not asking for labor, just explanations, in case I need 'em), please PM :)

Thanks, and sorry for the long post
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] Ruben Craveiro:
i wouldnt even try to port, its just confusing, files missing, preloader updates which makes you think which one to use, its all really just a mess, you will have better chance of getting something if you build from source, just fork our device, kernel and vendor trees and download a custom rom source of your choosing and build it, i wont say step by step, but i recommend that to download the vendor, device and kernel sources you make the local_manifest.xml so that when you do repo sync it downloads those sources aswell
[Elephone P9000 Questions & Answers] b0ttas:
And here I thought porting would be easier, but yeah, now that you mention that.. :silly:

Aw well, thanks mate :good:
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swapavi:
Just wondering if I can format to f2fs on latest stock Oreo image with kylo or Franco kernel?
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers] vishalaestro:
I'm wondering how durable is the camera lens of z2 plus, is the camera lens prone to scratches and also is the screen quality good?
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers] arun356y:
I got the device few weeks ago and I have some scratches already over the camera lens, I used the cover provided.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J_M_H:
Hello folks.

I use LOS 14.1 on my Pure, but would like to update to the latest modem and Bluetooth firmware. TWRP doesn't allow you to update the modem/BT binaries so I guess I'd have to use fastboot. Does anyone know the commands I'd need to do this? Is there anything else that needs to be done?
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzidexx:
There isn't any custom rom working with Nougat modem/baseband(read LOS thread).

If you want new modem you need go back to stock and update to Nougat. [MENTION=2055739]J_M_H[/MENTION]
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J_M_H:
Thanks dzidexx. I thought that since Moto released the source for Nougat I might be able to do this. Guess it's not Incorporated into LOS yet. Maybe LOS 15?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Laleka:
Any word for oreo beta testing? Or when we will get it.. Just received oreo in open beta on my one plus 3
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] NImesh Basu:
Don't keeps your hope high. Oreo is still months away
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] mikeyaj:
Rumours say beta in Nov and Dec

Release by January and Feb.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Epic htc 1:
That's sammy for ya!!! Always LAST with O.S. let alone BETA program.Its a damn shame alot of us,( myself included) pay TOP $$$ for a device,just to receive a update later then ALOT OF throw away phones!! Smh!!