yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Jayc11:
Nicely done!

I will definitely have to try this out when I receive mine in a cpl days.

I was wondering if anyone knows if its possible to manually change the GSM band frequencies to match a U.S. based carrier? I'm going to be using the Elephone S8 and iron Metro PCS carrier. I'd really like to have more than a 2G-3G speed capability on such a nice budget phone.

-Jay
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfgart:
here i am with my S8, ready to go trying your root solution and waiting for a twrp one too.

Do you have guys a lot of crashes on Google Play Services ?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
No. Google playstore works.

Look your Google version. And go to apkmirror.com

Downloads the newest ..maybe it fix that

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[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfgart:
just tried to download from apkmirror last google play services and framework but i always have crashes around all apps coming from Play Store.

How is possible that only me have this crashes ? Bah
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
Sorry I don't know.

For me it works . No crashes etc..

Use aptoide for now...

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[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfgart:
which are all system apps you have uninstalled ?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
My room is ready in 2 hours.

Wait a bit and you will have a clean aosp rom

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[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfgart:
Leave stock FM Radio app inside your rom :)

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for the moment just rooted Elephone S8 and it works like a charm ;)

Hope you can add all the new Google framework and apps inside your rom so i ca n see if i ca solve my crashes problems. I doubt could be HW problems
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
If you will follow my installing guide in 2hours.

You will not have a problem

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[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfgart:
how can be installed your rom without twrp ?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
Because of no twrp.

We will use flashtools at the moment.

This works the same way..

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[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] CrashCrash123:
If rooted, will ota from elephone still work?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
Yes that will still work

.if not you have to flash the stock ROM.

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[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] the steve:
Hello!

My Elephone S8 arrived today and I like it very much so far. But like on all of my phones & tablets I'd like to have root access to install a firewall, deal with autostarting apps, etc.

Has anyone tried a one-click-root sollution with success? I tried out Kingo root, towel root, kingroot, oneklickroot, root genius, drfone and root master but none of them worked.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] tombase:
Hi skeleton1911,

unfortunately OTA doesn't work :( the Elephone_S8_20171018 update failed.

Sincerely
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] the steve:
Thank you so much for the warning!

I was going to root my phone today with the suggested method and now I'm glad I did not. I think I will wait for a working one-klick-solution without modding the system files.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
Yep . I also notice it.

In the OTA.zip is a checkroot file [emoji14]

Didn't know that..

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[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] the steve:
So, what does that mean? Will the OTA updates never work on a rooted device, no matter how it was rooted?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] john_L:
Hello skeleton1911.

I flashed your boot.img and my Elephone S8 is rooted. Thank you. But as mentioned before, the OTA update detected root and refused to update. So I flashed the boot.img from the stock ROM and bricked the phone. It will not boot up. So I have to flash the root back again to start the phone.

Is there a way to unroot the phone so that it can be updated? Thank you!
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
Flash the stock ROM 20170927

Via flashtools.

A link for it is in my Eragon Rom s8 thread

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[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] anox:
Root for updated Stock ROM (Elephone_S8_20171018)

Hi [MENTION=4626501]skeleton1911[/MENTION]

I patched the boot.img taken from the new stock rom (Elephone_S8_20171018) using Magisk for my personal use, and would like to share the patched boot.img for those who just want to root the updated stock rom.

It can be used the same way as your patched boot.img, but this is just for the new rom (20171018). If you want, you can attach my zip file in OP or if you want me to create another thread, just let me know. :)
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
Thank you :)

I did it yesterday, for my rom already. But forgot to update this thread. Thanks for the memory and that boot.img . I will place yours to first page

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[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bradco:
hi skeleton, have you see this :

https://xdaforums.com/android/software/twrp-porter-maker-mediatek-mt67xx-32-t3681861
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
Yes I know that [emoji14]

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[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] mikael2933:
Thank you. Worked as a charm. No problems.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] vierde:
Noob question:

I'm about to root using the zip file for the 20171018 rom found in the comments.

In the flash tool, only the preloader bin and boot img are selected by default.

OP says the important partitions are system, userdata and boot.

Does this mean I should also check system and userdata before rooting?

Side question: Is it possible to kind of unroot, to install a future OTA update? I value root more than updates, so not necessary.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
Just flash boot.img with preloader.and after installagisk manager . Then you are rooted.

When you want to get ota . Just try magisk manager to unroot.if that don't work flash stock boot.img again. Or wait a bit longer. After the ota will come a full stock rom to flash anyway.

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[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] ikazpk:
Hi... Need some help plz... I installed the drivers (didn't know how 2 check if they were installed properly, just saw installation setup finish)... In the flash tool, under Download tab, Download-Agent option was already selected, I selected scatter file from unzipped boot file (which I downloaded from this thread)... Only preloader & boot were checked... Pressed download button but nothing happened for several minutes, tried same with switched off phone, nothing again... Then in a youtube video comments it said, press volume up & power button for 15 minutes if download doesn't start, did that & a red progress bar showed but then an error message (pic attached)... Plz help... (I haven't done any changes to settings or developer options...) Thanks in advance.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
Can not see the image. Getting error.

I can help you in a few yours. I am at work right now

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[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] ikazpk:
Thanks a lot mate... I've got this pic on google drive & here's the link, hope u can view it...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a9Pzfk6jY63Dp84mqGDPYW4y0plvfKCV/view?usp=sharing
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
send you an pm
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] DLloyd:
Hi! I've just received my Elephone S8 and it's great. I'm now struggling to root the device. Drivers have installed correctly after removing verification as per the tutorial. My phone doesn't seem to be recognised on my Windows 10 machine. It pops up in Device Manager initially but then disappears... SP Flash Tool doesn't seem to do anything when I hit download.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] nasios:
try vol+ and power...
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] idf-2:
just rooted my Elephone S8 and it works like a charm !!!

Thank you !
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] DLloyd:
Ok, so I have managed to root my phone which is cool. Magical hide doesn't work though, right? Or am I doing something wrong...
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
Sry. Wrong thread.

Post in magisk threads if you have issues with it

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[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] cxm05:
I just received my elephone s8. I'm not impressed so far. Had it less than 24 hours and I've had periods (several minutes to an hour) where I can turn the phone on but the screen doesn't respond (only Power, Volume, and Home button work). Then for some reason it begin to work normally. So was going to try installing Eragon.

But SP Tools does nothing. I 'm using SP 5.1728. I've downloaded the latest drivers (MediaTek 1.0.8). There are no devices in my control panel with yellow exclamation mark. There is (1) Android ADB Composite device.

Tried running ADB manually. ADB work, fastboot doesn't (fastboot device shows no device where adb device has this phone in the list.

Can anyone advise how I can get into bootloader mode without ADB.

Or how to get fastboot working?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
Fast boot don’t work.

You have to flash twrp recovery to install eragon from it. Don’t flash eragon with flash tools, don’t work

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[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] cxm05:
So I'm in ADB, running "fastboot oem unlock". The prompt appears on the screen to (where I have to select Yes or No, but I cannot select Yes (by pressing Vol Up. As soon as I press Vol Down, the unlock function exits.

Vol Up button does work

Any Ideas
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skeleton1911:
As is said fastboot with unlock don’t work

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[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] rickythomson:
Hey all, so after recently rooting my device successfully with Eragon 2.2. It seems that the IEMI number has changed from the original ones. Just wanted to check how I change these back?

Thanks
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Mwmcc:
Hello,

I've followed the instructions, everything seems to go smoothly but when I push download nothing happens. The stop button in SP is illuminated, but nothing.

Everything else seems fine. Any thoughts?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Mwmcc:
I'm pulling my hair out. I've been busy since 07:30 this morning just simply to root this damn phone... I see many people have done it and this isn't my first time around...I've tried both methods of setting up win 10 drivers, all seems well though when I try to allocate the drivers manually through device manger it says I already have the best available drivers (mediatek preloader usb vcom (android) (COM 3=4). But when I plug the phone in while turned off windows doesn't recognize the phone, thus I can't flash anything to it.

I do not know what else to try. Is it really because my windows version is to new like I've read elsewhere? Can't get my head around that...

Help, please.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Mwmcc:
Post 14 in your twrp recovery thread, hold the volume up button after download is pushed and before you plug in USB. Might be handy to mention in the original post of your threads the importance of the volume button. I've read all your posts on elephone and none of them mention in original post that the volume button is paramount.

found it here:

https://xdaforums.com/android/general/twrp-recovery-twrp-recovery-elephone-s8-t3705742/page2

Besides that, big thanks! Much appreciated.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Jequan:
I got Magisk on my Phone and it is rooted (Eragon ROM). I can however not update Magisk. I keep getting the update and I can applay it without error but after a Reboot it is back on v. 14.0.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] zanitos1991:
Flash this http://tiny.cc/latestmagisk from TWRP, and install https://github.com/topjohnwu/MagiskManager/releases/download/v5.5.5/MagiskManager-v5.5.5.apk , and you are good to go
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] marek d:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

volume up & down at the same time when in download mode with SP flashtool.

IMPORTANT.

M
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] phil_87:
Hello, i have the stock rom the newest firmware. Now, i would flash the boot. img for this stock rom for root. It is correctly when i download the boot. img from nov. 2017 or is this not actually. Can you help me please? Which version is the right? best regard
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] anox:
You can use mine. https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74267912&postcount=22
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] phil_87:
Hey Anox,

best thanks. So i would flash this boot.img, now with Flash Tools. Can you tell me what settings I need to make in the Flash tool for Elephone S8?

best regard
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] anox:
On the download tab

> download-agent: select MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin in the flashtool folder

> scatter-loading file: select MT6797_Android_scatter.txt from the zip file

> on the dropdown: select download only
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] quetiano:
Thanks to everybody in here for their helpful posts as well as problems which we all could experience and learn from.

For those of you that cant root the elephone s8 using the sp-tools because of not knowing what to do to the elephone s8,

1. Simply install the windows drivers, which you have to follow some specific instructions on allowing windows to install unsafe drivers.

2. Extract sp-tools and the root file etc. and make a note of where you extract them

3. Follow the instructions on setting up sp-tools and then click the download button in sp-tools, then turn your phone completely off, and then plug in your phone to the usb cable that should be connected to the same pc, while holding the VOL + button. Sp- tools should begin to flash the root file to the phone by itself. Once done, turn the phone on.

4. Download and install magisk from https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/topjohnwu/magisk-manager/magisk-manager-5-6-4-release/ on the phone and run the app.

You should have root access after that.

For those that flashed twrp and cant seem to access it when powering on the elephone s8 from the off state, there is an app called CWM, there are others, but I use this, download and install the app, and when you open it, it should ask you options such as reboot into recovery mode, reboot into download mode,etc. , I just choose reboot into recovery mode and the phone restarts and takes me directly into twrp. The CWM app makes it easy to enter which mode you want without holding any volume and power keys,etc.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Seagull_TL:
Hi,

Someone could say me if fastboot oem off-mode-charge 0 (for power on the phone when it off and charger plug) work on this phone. I want to buy it but I need to know that before.

If someone can test it to help me, the reverse command is fastboot oem off-mode-charge 1 (and the phone charge without boot again).
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] anox:
Yes, it works fine.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Seagull_TL:
An other question, I have a Mac and the last phone I had rooted was a Snapdragon phone. So I used fastboot command line to unlock bootloader and flash boot img.

For this phone, how can I reboot in fast boot mode and can I unlock and flash boot.img with command line ? Is it necessary to install some Mediatek drivers ?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Seagull_TL:
How do you enter in fast boot mod please ?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] anox:
Sorry, been away from civilization for a while. :)

First of all, the bootloader of this phone cannot be unlocked!

However, it can be rooted and TWRP recovery is also available. To get all that, I'm afraid you 'd need a PC or maybe a Windows emulator. Here is my thread to give you all the details to start: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74115313&postcount=2

adb reboot bootloader
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Klaasvk:
Flash tools stops

I have got all the settings and files set up the good way but when I plug in my phone it disconnects withing 5 sec. And if I click the download button in flash tools within that time it only completes the red bar then it just stops. When I rebooted it still was not rooted. I do not know what I am doing wrong. Can someone please help me? I feel like a big noob.:rolleyes:
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] joh9:
First make sure you have all the drivers installed so your PC can see the phone, otherwise all the rest is useless.

In case your drivers are installed.

1)Turn your phone off and remove the cable from the PC

2) Open the Flash_tool.exe as administrator

3) Scatter loading file, you choose the scatter file that was downloaded with the boot.img

4) In the box under the authantication file, make sure it's Download Only

5) Press the above Download button or use ctrl+D

6) This one is very important! While you connect your phone to the PC make sure your volume + button is pushed

7) Wait for a minute and all should be fine.

And do the same for the recovery image.

Hope it will work for you.

One think to add on Point 6)

- on some Elephones S8s you have to hold "vol+ & vol- & power"
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Arafat Mohamed:
Will this erase every data in my phone?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Erkki123:
Can i root elephone S8 safety if i have flashed AEROM? Will it work?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] workingman1:
Yes. I just did it.

I can confirm it works
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] phil_87:
Hello can you patch this Rom with the actually magisk for me? I can not patch the Firmware for this root. Please for all the Community Member. Best Thanks greetz Phil
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] workingman1:
your question doesnt make any sense.

can you focus your words?
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] phil_87:
Why? In this rom is a patch from magisk 14.now i would order the actually magisk 17.1 install in this rom. I can not flash patch firnware into the rom. Do you have understand me? Greetz
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bradco:
It's easy install the latest magic manager and in app download the latest magic zip 17.1, in magic tap on direct install and it's ok.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] phil_87:
Okay that is correct when you come from aerom. I have the stockrom with patch for root in the boot.Img. My problem is the update is failed with magisk manager.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bradco:
Show me the issue
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] phil_87:
See you picture
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bradco:
If you are not already root you need to put boot.img of stock ROM in the phone patch it with magisk install/patch boot img. Then use flashtool for just flash the new boot img.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] phil_87:
Do you have a Manual for me?please
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bradco:
I can help you but first tell me

1. Are you already root

2. Have you stock or custom recovery
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] phil_87:
so now, i have patched the actually Magisk. I see in magisk is it okay for root. cts profile is false. Can i set this to true? with universal cts profile fix? I have stock firmware.

best thanks
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bradco:
I think it's imposible to passed the safety net check in s8. Look in playstore/setting tell if your device is certified
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] workingman1:
Yes, I can confirm it's the same for me..
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] BragaisG:
I need help please!

I have accidentally formatted my phone using SPFlashTools and now, nothing happens when I try to boot my phone.

How can I flash a new system on the phone?

Please help.

:crying::crying::crying:
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bradco:
Dl stock rom here: https://bbs.elephone.hk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=13986&extra=page=1&mobile=2

Or official Elephone site

And use so flash tool for install
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] BragaisG:
Thanks! Tried this and it worked.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bradco:
Your welcome
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skaramazoo:
You can also find all required files for rooting the Elephone S8 at:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/k1ldc..._root.rar/file

I hope this helps.
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Henkl:
Uhm that link is not working.. can somebody say what to do?

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Also these files are gone..
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bradco:
Sell the phone and buy another brand some phone of elephone are good like u pro but supported during 4 months and that all. The s8 is old 2year
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Henkl:
I know all that. But that was not my question... it will be a phone for my mom. She does not care being it 2 years old..

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I know all that. But that was not my question... it will be a phone for my mom. She does not care being it 2 years old..
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] skaramazoo:
My apologies for the broken link.

Please download the updated file from here:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/k1ldcg4cqrg86o3/elephone_s8_root.rar/file

Elephone S8 rules! ;)

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Excellent gift for your mother!

Firmware file here:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/eojhipcaale34yp/Elephone_S8_20171018.rar/file

Thanks go to skeleton1911
[Elephone S8  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bradco:
Ha OK specify this from the start my answer would have been more constructive ?
[General Questions and Answers] ant_tony_sg:
Just wondering if there is any way to automatically turn off the NFC when the phone is off.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] maxiM2331:
I tried to unroot my phone but it made my play store crash consistently so i tried and tried to wipe my device and tried to install a stock rom (i was completely new to android so i chose the wrong one i think) and it now doesn't start it just gets stuck on the boot screen that says galaxy fit. now i have a usb cable and i plugged it in and installed odin as per the guide for newbies (found here: https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1606380) but my phone isn't showing up. I have installed the appropriate drivers as far as i'm aware and googling doesn't offer any results that are useful to me. My phone's stock rom is S5670VAUQ2 which i managed to find on an alternative to sammobile (i don't really want to pay for one download, and they don't give me the option to do a slow download which i thought they used to) all help is much appreciated and hopefully there are still people who have this phone thanks
[General Questions and Answers] techsource:
Hi everyone

i need to root or change software of my LG G3 D856 DUAL

currently on android 6.0 MM

D85630C_00_0815.kdz

problems with the phone

no signal

everything else works fine

i already tried so many apps to root this device and it all failed

thank you
[General Questions and Answers] techsource:
Anyone please?
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Jrhotrod:
Nice guide!

One question: How do we flash original items (e.g. OEM, system, boot) if we are on a version with no official firmware? For example, I'm on NPN25.137-83. As far as I know, there is no full firmware for that version; it's only offered as an OTA. If I'm offered an OTA, how can I restore an unmodified system, boot, recovery, etc?