yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] fastjohnson:
Been seeing development arising for the s8 and + Sammy devices and root has been achieved and mods can be applied. The question that keeps rolling through my head is why is the S8 and the SD 835 such a hard one to crack as far as being unlocked for custom recovery, mods, roms, performance tweaking. I'm just curious to why this unlock is unachievable and where and what stops it from happening. To me having TWRP installed is a huge safety net and I'll be honest I miss having it. Maybe someone can enlighten me to why this is such a pain in the arse to achieve.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] thatsupnow:
I know what you mean man! It used to be the other way around I'm up in Canada and we've never had locked bootloaders until this phone came around. It's crying shame that you can't use any other Rom except for what it comes with.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] fastjohnson:
Right I'm sure eventually it'll get unlocked because you have 4 phones that are identical in hardware and the only difference is what the carrier has put in it. Then you have the international version that can be unlocked and they've got development for that version. I'm sure there's way to many smart cookies on here to not happen. They've achieved root and all the other goodies. It'll happen just takes time.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Saythis:
I doubt it ever will be unlocked. The S7 still hasn't been unlocked despite sharing the same hardware across carriers in the US. Damn efuse and secure boot. The other issue is that we wouldn't really have source to do anything and it would be an uphill struggle to get anything substantial.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] SaadZiya:
Today I was trying v26S and found not useful for me...So I tried simple updater tool to revert back to 19s... It's showing failed! Help me... I'm non rooted, and on stock 26s Chinese version atm.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] KuranKaname:
Why would you
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] SaadZiya:
While starting phone...it showed some Chinese words boot... Lots of Chinese bloatwares that I hate because I can't disable it or uninstall!
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] SaadZiya:
Notification bar shows weirdly because i set my location too in the default weather app...Dont know how to disable that either!
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] KuranKaname:
Just install twrp and custom eui
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] AhmadSant:
copy 19s rom into the internal storage, rename it update.zip, the go recovery and update :)
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] SaadZiya:
I don't want to root my phone bro..
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] SaadZiya:
Tried the same...But it failed!
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] Beackman:
You can, but only via TWRP, and root is not needed, only unlocked bootloader.

Unlock bootloader, flash TWRP, Flash ROM and reboot.

Root you flash only if you want.
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] SaadZiya:
May I get a link for this if its there...
[LeEco Le Max 2 Questions & Answers] Beackman:
Just follow this guide -> https://xdaforums.com/le-max-2/how-to/protocol-backup-stock-rom-flash-stock-t3517151

Just skip the root part.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] leegreggs:
Hi I'm on Oreo beta s8plus and was wondering how do you stop play store from adding icons to home screen as I've looked in play store settings and the option has been removed

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] cam30era:
You can't. We'll have to wait for the next update to hopefully fix this.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] leegreggs:
Thanks
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] maven1975:
I thought this thread may be helpful now that there are actually two available colors out there in the wild.

I was able to test drive out the Black Moon version for awhile and found it beautiful.

An INCREDIBLE fingerprint magnet, but very slick. ;)

All of the tear down & torture videos show that the black finish can shed/scrape off leaving silver blemishes. This has me thinking about Pure White.

For the record, the last white phone I had was the iPhone 3GS. It was pretty good at keeping those pesky fingerprint smudges at bay, especially compared to the black 3GS, but nothing perfect.

To be honest, for me at least, I feel that most White phones come off as cheap or just not done right. I guess the best white phone since was the Galaxy S6 Pearl White. Although, I would rather use any other phone to get away from Samsung and Touchwiz or whatever they call it now. (Lipstick on a pig)

Here's the rub. When compared to the market patterns for my taste, Essential seems to have pulled white off in a way that looks business classy.

I honestly actually leaning towards white. I have yet to be able to hold or see it in person and know some of you have.

What could you share with anyone in this position.?

I know I cant be alone as a person that only buys black phones because other variants are just too tacky.

There are even some of you out there that have had both! True hardcore Essential fans.

Please share impressions with us after using it for awhile compared to Black Moon.

(Oceans Depth)

Let me address this before it comes up. ;)

I just can't do gold. It's just has never been my thing.

I applaud Essential for taking color seriously with Oceans Depth, but they just had to trim it in gold. (Rats!!!) For those of you like my son that love gold, it absolutely a knockout of a device color and one of a kind.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] prgopala:
I have the white one and looks good in my opinion. Keeps the fingerprint at bay and I am sure it will hide all the scratches as well since it is not that reflective like the black color. The only issues i have seen so far is what I ave listed in another thread -> https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74442626&postcount=3
[Droid Turbo 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] valmorph:
Hi Guys,

So Tuesday morning woke up to my phone cycling through the "M - powered by android" screen. Have absolutely no idea why, though previous to placing it on the charger it had gotten down to 4% battery and I switched it off.

Anyway I have tried during the week to resuscitate the phone with many different methods posted here but still can not get it past the M logo loop

History of phone is:

March: 64GB model arrives with 6.0 reinstalled

Unlocked and Rooted the phone in March and installed TWRP

Made own recovery/backup in July - can't rember why but it seemed like a great idea at the time

At end of September Flashed phone to 7.0 - no problems there

Running fine until

Tuesday morning 1/11 from nowhere bootloop from hell hits

So in past 4 days I've tried in order (and some repeatedly):

Turning off, switching back on

Turning off, leave phone for an hour, switching back on

Turning off overnight > switching on

wiping caches

Wiping caches from cold start

draining completely flat > complete charge > wipe data from cold start > boot Still boot loop

Quickboot menu booting into recovery > TWRP > tried recovery (went fine but still bootloop)

Quickboot menu booting into recovery > TWRP > tried flashing 7.0 again (also went fine still bootloop)

Quickboot menu booting into recovery > TWRP > tried flashing 6.0 stock (also went fine still bootloop)

From quickboot menu tried RSD Lite stock flash - (failed at 3/29 gpt.bin)

From quickboot menu manually tried flashing 6.0 stock EU rom (as per instructions here using mfastboot and cmd window in windows 8 64 bit - flashed ok but still boot loop)

From quickboot menu manually tried flashing 6.0 stock MX rom

From Quickboot menu Manually tried flashing EU and MX 6.0 stock roms including the recovery command line (so now I don't have TWRP on the phone, though I am sure it will flash back easy enough).

After reading countless threads, I really thought by the time a manual flashing stock the phone would be working by now. Have I missed something obvious? Is there something else I should do? It seems stuck somewhere just before it boots - like if the boot partition in windows looses its boot flag.

Any ideas as to what to do next appreciated :)
[Droid Turbo 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] valmorph:
In case it helps any the retvar details are:

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: moto-msm8994-A8.56

(bootloader) product: kinzie

(bootloader) board: kinzie

(bootloader) secure: yes

(bootloader) hwrev: 0x8301

(bootloader) radio: 0x2

(bootloader) emmc: 64GB Toshiba REV=07 PRV=00 TYPE=57 PNM=064G38

(bootloader) ram[0]: 3072MB SK Hynix S16 SDRAM DIE=6Gb M5=x6 M6=x3 M7=x0

(bootloader) ram[1]: M8=x4

(bootloader) cpu: MSM8994

(bootloader) serialno: ZY223#####

(bootloader) cid: 0x0007

(bootloader) channelid: 0x51

(bootloader) uid: A531EC011B000000000000000000

(bootloader) unlocked: yes

(bootloader) securestate: unlocked

(bootloader) iswarrantyvoid: yes

(bootloader) mot_sst: 3

(bootloader) max-download-size: 536870912

(bootloader) reason: Volume down key pressed

(bootloader) imei: 358962########

(bootloader) meid:

(bootloader) date: 01-23-2017

(bootloader) sku: XT1580

(bootloader) battid:

(bootloader) iccid:

(bootloader) cust_md5:

(bootloader) max-sparse-size: 268435456

(bootloader) current-time: "Thu Oct 19 23:21:52 UTC 2017"

(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[0]: motorola/kinzie_reteu/kinzie_uds:7

(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[1]: .0/NPKS25.200-12-4/4:user/release-

(bootloader) ro.build.fingerprint[2]: keys

(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[0]: Blur_Version.25.201.4.kinzie_rete

(bootloader) ro.build.version.full[1]: u.reteu.en.EU

(bootloader) ro.build.version.qcom: <not found>

(bootloader) version-baseband[0]: M8994_1255341.44.01.95.01R KINZIE_ROW_

(bootloader) version-baseband[1]: CUST

(bootloader) kernel.version[0]: Linux version 3.10.84-perf-ga0e0551 (hud

(bootloader) kernel.version[1]: soncm@ilclbld31) (gcc version 4.9 201501

(bootloader) kernel.version[2]: 23 (prerelease) (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT M

(bootloader) kernel.version[3]: on Jul 10 09:14:29 CDT 2017

(bootloader) sbl1.git: git=MBM-NG-VA8.56-0-g7c62395

(bootloader) rpm.git: git=fa49dab

(bootloader) tz.git: git=MBM-NG-VA8.56-1-gf12946f

(bootloader) hyp.git: git=MBM-NG-VA8.56-1-gf12946f

(bootloader) sdi.git: git=298d574-dirty

(bootloader) pmic.git: git=MBM-NG-VA8.56-0-g7c62395

(bootloader) aboot.git: git=MBM-NG-VA8.56-0-g09a6e4e

(bootloader) qe: qe 1/1

(bootloader) frp-state: protected (144)

(bootloader) ro.carrier: retapac
[Droid Turbo 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] valmorph:
Ok so I've been doing some more flashing - the flash process works fine no errors. I've put TWRP back on and it works fine when accessed via fastmoot menu then into recovery.

Frustratingly despite all recoveries flashing fine (logo's updating correctly as per version etc) it will not get past boot. Makes me think this phone is headed for the bin.

Is there a way to test the pre-boot memory or a tool to see what is going on at that stage of the boot process? perhaps a tool to check the hardware is working properly?

Cheers again

Val
[Droid Turbo 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeddyBeers:
Check my last 20-30 post, in one of them you'll find possible solution.

I've had similar problem - it's faulty file system on one of the partitions, exactly few first bytes which for some reason can't get formated, factory flash doesn't fix it either.

All you need to do is fill up partition which zeroes.
[Droid Turbo 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] valmorph:
Hi TeddyBeers,

Thank you for your response.

been through the last 20-30 odd posts. Is this the instructions in the post you are referring to?

" In most cases it's MISC partition.

To fix it need to run this command from adb

Code:

adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/misc

or just through TWRP ->Advanced -> Terminal Emulator

Code:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/misc

If this doesn't help (like in my case) than overwrite system and data partition - THIS WILL DELETE ROM AND ALL DATA

For system partition

ADB

Code:

adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/system

TWRP ->Advanced -> Terminal Emulator

Code:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/system

For data partition

ADB

Code:

adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/data

TWRP ->Advanced -> Terminal Emulator

Code:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/data"

After zeroing all these partitions, which instruction do you recommend flashing with - ie mfastboot, Sideload, reflash TWRP and then install?

Cheers

Val
[Droid Turbo 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] valmorph:
So a brief update - Tried the flashing zeros as per Teddybeers suggestion using terminal in TWRP. Still same result, phone is responsive to flashing from fastboot (and twrp after reinstalling TWRP) but phone will not get past the boot logo before re-starting and repeating

My thoughts (and googling) is leading me to think blank-flashing the phone is the only way to go.

The only guide I have been able to find suggests RSDlite. As I can't see the phone using RSDlite, is there a way to blank flash from fastboot mode? Or TWRP?

Cheers as always
[Android Head-Units] presto1952:
Hi everyone, I’m new to this forum. I know a bit about Volvo (the older ones!), and Volvo head units, but not about Chinese Android head units.

I’m considering replacing the aging head unit of my (also aging!) 2002 Volvo V70. The head unit is a simple HU 603, so no Dolby, center speaker or extra amplifier. I’m looking at Xtrons TA702P (quad core) or TB706PL (octa core). I prefer a 7 inch touch screen, no knobs, no DVD. But navi should be good, as would radio. Music I can play through usb. And my Elephone S7 (Android 7.1) phone should mirror on the unit if possible.

Other functions like back up camera or steering wheel control are not important to me.

I know how to take the HU 603 out. I know I need an adapter harness to connect with the new unit. And a fascia adapter. All that is available.

My questions:

Xtrons has many car/model specific head units (not for Volvo). They have Canbus decoders supplied with the unit. Not so for the TA702P or the TB706PL. Will that give problems? (The answer from the ebay seller is somewhat useless: ‘Both the TB706PL and the TL702P does not come with the canbus so that you just ignore it.’) Anyone has experience with this?

How are user experiences with these modern Xtrons units? I know, ‘you get what you pay for’, I know that. But still, worth the money?

Units from Kenwood or Pioneer are other options, but again, is it worth it?

Thanks!
[Android Head-Units] jacobwind:
Hi there

I own and drive a V70 from 2006. I have replaced the original HU with a SONY 2 DIN unit (XAV-V630BT). This unit has great sound. I also swapped the speakers to JBL. It is totally worth it.

I have a CANbus to resistor unit. This makes it possible to use the steering wheel buttons.

Right now i am testing a Android HU. Unfortunately i have bought the wrong one. The unit is full of bad design choices. The sound integration in the unit is bad. I think that radio, BLUETOOTH and AUX sound runs directly to the sound processor. This means that when the Android unit plays a sound, the sound from the other units are turned off. In my opinion the other source should just fade a little.
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] carne:
1 parameter for new note.. note.exe open list of note but i wished to open new notes..which parameter i must add in the links?

2 which is the .exe of clock and advise?

thank you
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] meschle:
"Path"="\\windows\\notes.exe" "Param"="-n" for new note :)
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] carne:
thank you!
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] hass57khan:
hi

( hex firmware patch) installed this by mistake.! ON MY HONOR 5x

now its hard bricked. can anyone help pls

no screen or charging..
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] shashank1320:
Use dload method. Check one in my signature. Download the firmware for your model and proceed. Charge the phone for 1 hour and proceed for this.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] hass57khan:
i don't have Huawei recovery installed as I had twrp before so it wort turn on to anything on screen when pressing 3 buttons
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] shashank1320:
No need of Huawei recovery. It should do it automatically with full firmware.

Or you can flash manually.
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] hass57khan:
it doesnt have any connection via usb to(adb) bricked man .
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] shashank1320:
Check multi tool thread in Honor 7 section. Dc phoenix was mentioned somewhere
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
You most likely corrupted the efs partition. If that is the case you will have to send it back in for a new board. The only thing you should ha E restored was user apps and data.
[General Questions and Answers] ferivon:
Wait what? Why would I buy a new board? I just bought a new phone. All I did was flash the backup of my old phone to it.

I do have a TWRP backup of the new phone that I created just before restoring the one from my old phone. The original efs partition of that phone would have to be in that backup, right?

Looking at the original backup of the new phone TWRP offers me to restore [Boot], [System], [Data (excl. storage)] and [Cache].

What steps should I take now?
[General Questions and Answers] ferivon:
I found an interesting article about the topic: https://www.theandroidsoul.com/fix-...d-wifibluetooth-issues-restoring-twrp-backup/

It says that you should simply completely delete the efs partition in order to fix the issue.

e.g.

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst1
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst2

or

fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2

Is that actually true? Should I do this?
[General Questions and Answers] ferivon:
No one?
[General Questions and Answers] ferivon:
When restoring to the original backup of the new phone, I do get service again.

So if this is really related to the efs partition, then it gets lost/corrupted while flashing the backup of the old phone to the new one.

I tried to flash the backup of the old phone to the new one again and this time I unchecked `boot`, but again -> No service.

Any ideas? Anyone?
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
The only thing you "maybe" able to restore is user apps. Do it try to restore anything else.
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] thaidroid:
Microsoft Canada will sell Razor phone together with Galaxy 8(sold in all Microsoft stores)

You have to ask yourself. S8 and now Razor both Qualcom 835 with USB C. All one core demos Windows on ARM seen is on Qualcom 835 presumably on a phone motherboard...........

Windows support wifi, BT, USB, LTE via 835 what do you need? A phone app- SKYPE????

How hard to port on a phone. Windows 10 runs on almost any old hardware you can get your hands on..........So if the demos are already on 835 then you have to ask yourself again.........

I'm not a developer but maybe they could shed some light on this question. How hard so you think it will be to port Win 10 to OP5 when it will be released supporting Qualcom 835 probably later this month?
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] daniel_loft:
For hobbyist use? Probably not that hard. The only concern would be the motivation and the free time

For commercial use - useless! Microsoft will never go back there! IMHO under this CEO they are done with mobile devices.
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] thaidroid:
I'm not so sure, I think they are playing with words, Windows Mobile is dead sure. But Windows 10 on a Mobile Device is another issue............;)
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] more_than_hater:
Let me guess...

Ask what?

So?

What are you trying to point to?

Port what?

Don't stop, continue your idea!

So so so?

That's the deal! Why your question placed at the down of your post? We don't know. Probably ez, probably not.
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] althafvly:
Hey ,

Welcome to the goodness of Oreo. This topic will be dedicated to our bring up of Oreo for Moto G4 Play

Disclamier:

* Include <std_disclaimer.h>

* Your warranty is now void.

* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,

* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please

* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM

* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if

* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.

*

We have Gapps here.

http://opengapps.org

***USE Gapps of your choosing, we prefer Open Gapps***

- Please Do Not Mirror our files without talking to us. We can do that ourselves should we desire to. -

What's working?

RIL

WiFi

Storage

4G

What's not working?

VOlte

Camera

Downloads:

Download

Credits:

Crdroid

AOSP

Open Gapps

LineageOS

TheMuppets​

XDA:DevDB Information

[ROM][8.1.0_r1] crDroid Android 4.0 [Harpia] [UNOFFICIAL], ROM for the Moto G4 Play

Contributors

althafvly, Alberto97, ishubhamsingh, pavanjadhaw Firelord

Source Code: [url]https://github.com/althafvly/lineage_device_motorola_harpia[/URL]

ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo

Based On: Lineage

Version Information

Status: Beta

Created 2017-11-05

Last Updated 2017-12-28
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] althafvly:
Reserved

05-11-2017

-Fixed camera in common tree (still broken)

-Fixed wifi

04-11-2017

-Intial Build
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] nayan deka:
Volte is pain in the ass
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] anonymous2211:
Except for volte (I personally don't care about it), is Oreo working better than Nougat or stock on our device? I mean in terms of performance and battery life.
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] lochNESSIE:
Planning on official builds?
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] nayan deka:
Yes working
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] MacBez:
Congratulations on the initiative and work! ... I am very looking forward to a stable construction for daily use ...
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] lochNESSIE:
Camera doesn't work.

ROM is laggy.
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] pusansen99:
Will flash it after camera gets fixed...

Meanwhile waiting for the one Subhrojyoti is working on.....
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Panzukk:
That time that you thinks about giving up your camera to use oreo....
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Panzukk:
I've tested the rom. Good work! But the fast charging isn't working, só, i'm going back to LOS
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] soyuncasquet:
Everything it's working? Sim, WiFi, camera?
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] ProudlyTM:
Read the first post.. Camera and VoLTE not working yet.
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Panzukk:
So, when do you think you will fix The camera?
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] althafvly:
New BUILD IS Up .. check OP

-Fixed Camera

-Back to LOS Kernel
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] pusansen99:
Did ne1 try this build?
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] pusansen99:
Is it the same?

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=745849072291686872
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] rorshaack:
fast charging is ok?
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] vikram32:
Waiting for volte...
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] CarterCox:
Great work friend!! Testing now!

That's what I did :p
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] CarterCox:
When trying to open the camera it gets stuck in the loading screen forever. I've attached a picture of "about the device" too. I've installed OpenGapps pico just in case that helps. No custom kernel or root installed, only ROM and Gapps.
[Moto G4 Play ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Panzukk:
Did you a clean install?