yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] t.l:
Flashed B10 Nougat, B12 Nougat & B03 Oreo full EDLs using this method, my A2017G still seems to be pretty much bricked.

It boots with the blue ZTE logo, then the green android robot shows for a split second; the screen then reads (filmed it off):

Supported API: 3
E:failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_locale

and goes black after a few milliseconds.

I was on PixelExperience GSI before; removed the vendor partition using Party, flashed a slightly modified stock image which didn't get past the boot animation.

Flashed B10 Nougat using EDL mode (reached via flash cable), then these errors above occured.

Now no button combinations work whatsoever (neither does the flash cable); long press on power button will lead to above messages; I can only enter EDL by shorting the test point.

I tried flashing using different versions of MiFlash and Axon7_EDL_Tool; every flash took ~3 minutes and didn't show any errors.

Any tips on what happened to my phone and how to resurrect it from the dead?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
well, if I'm being honest I have no idea, but i guess it has to do with the cache partition. Try flashing Nougat (B12 is fine) and also flash the latest official TWRP (from twrp.me, axon7 - you could probs use others but this one just works). Try holding Volume Up right before the phone boots, and it might enter TWRP. After that try formatting cache, and check that it gets formatted to ext4. also format data with the specific button on the wipe menu.

It may fail at any point in that process, lol. but honestly i think it's the best way to proceed. Another way would be flashing NFound's old EDL package to make a vendor partition, and also twrp, trying to get in twrp, and going back to treble. might also fail.

pls tell me whatever happens, i'll try to help
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] t.l:
Flashed B12 nougat and the latest recovery from twrp.me (twrp-3.3.1-0-ailsa_ii.img)

Finally was able to enter recovery mode. The trick was to hold the volume up button upon rebooting using the EDL tool.

I tried modifying the EDL tool before to directly reboot into recovery, didn't find the responsible command, though.

Holding power + volume up didn't work.

Internal storage showed with 0 Mb and unable to mount, tried to repair file system - lead to

/sbin/e2fsck -fp /dev/block/sda9 process ended with ERROR: 8

Tried flashing TWRP_3.2.1-8_axon7-Oreo.img from within recovery - following reboot to recovery failed.

Flashed twrp-3.3.1-0-ailsa_ii again through EDL, booted to recovery.

Formatted data. Finally able to mount /data again. Changed file system for system, data & cache to ext4.

Followed the instructions from B04 Sl!m ROM.

Now shows the unlocked bootloader warning, then flashes the red led (2 times slow, 1 time fast).

Btw, it is not necessary to keep the battery connected while flashing in EDL mode (saved me a lot of time!). Booting to recovery will fail with the battery disconnected, though.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
Just EDL any version, like B12 now. Should work
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] t.l:
EDL route worked, but only with B10 Nougat. The phone is in pretty bad shape now anyhow since I had to open it for the testpoint EDL method, so I will move on to a new phone. This one has been one hell of a software mess since the beginning. I guess this was my last ZTE phone!

Thank you for your help!
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
Lol, why is it in bad shape?

If anything that's the perfect moment to do the copper coin mod (replace pink crappy goop with a pure enough polished copper shim sanded to size)

What's the damage? did you scratch the grilles?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] t.l:
The grilles are scratched and buckled, the black foil underneath is dried out, so they won't stick anymore, the battery is slightly deformed, therefore the case can't be closed properly anymore and I lost 3 screws :)

Apart from that I am stuck with Stock B10 Nougat, because neither EDLing or flashing another version is working.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
lol. you could just straighten out the battery. in my case EDL flashes always failed when I did them without the battery. Black foil isn't adhesive, it's a cloth to protect the speakers, the adhesive thing is double sided tape on the edges. I just use cyanoacrylatenin tiny amounts and it works more than fine.

and I used to around with 2 screws anyways, and also 2 on the motherboard

But you don't need to flash a ROM via EDL anymore, of course... Install TWRP via edl and do whatever you want to do from there. I would use GSIs but since you returned from Treble, I guess you could use a flashable stock and be done with it

Did you try to update via stock recovery (and got "sorry, you can't sd card upgrade"?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] t.l:
Problem is - every other EDL version apart from B10 Nougat won't show anything on the display, just sad LED blinks. Anything else I try to flash with TWRP only reaches the final splashscreen, nothing happens afterwards.

That was actually the beginning of this whole mess, trying to flash the SL!M Rom.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
Do you format your data partition after every EDL flash? It will sometimes not boot, especially if it's in f2fs
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] t.l:
I always made sure the filesystem was ext4 for all partitions.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] djprez:
I could only wish I could get to Nougat =) I never got past MMb29 (still on it) without the screen touch not working.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
yep. By far the weirdest bug here.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Athiril:
So the easy unbrick guide bricked my phone after following it trying to go from b04 Oreo to b10 nougat full edl

After getting into edl by the test point, edl tool says my target might be in Sahara mode, whatever that is.

Edit: after several attempts MiFlash May appear to be working now, though edl tool won’t.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
Lacking info there, after bricking your phone what happened? Did it appear as "ZTE Handset Diagnostic Interface (DFU)"? In that case you just had to use MultiDL and then MiFlash.

Sahara Mode is DFU, and the latest EDL Tool should get you out of it easily.

So MiFlash worked? Did you fix the brick?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Athiril:
I tried the latest EDL Tool it wouldn’t work. MiFlash would work with contact point. Then I could use volume up+down to enter EDL mode after fully flashing B10 nougat, where MiFlash would work but EDL Tool still wouldn’t work after flashing B10 and B06 iirc.

I used the EDL full backup I made and pasted it over B10 files and MiFlashed it and then EDL Tool would work with it, tried restoring backup with EDL Tool which worked as I’m flashed it, but phone still wouldn’t boot up. Also it doesn’t enter EDL from volume up+down anymore. My backup is B04 Oreo and it would never enter EDL from volume up+down correctly anyway.

The entire time time it complained about Sahara mode, it still showed up as 9008 in device manager iirc.

So now without boot and volume up+down not working I’ll have to use contact point again to flash. Though the volume/power flex has now snapped when being lifted off (the actual cable itself snapped where it bends) since I’ve taken it off so many time (replaced camera in past etc).

I have a spare one, but I’ll have to find it among my things..
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
You might have the wrong drivers installed for the DFU mode. It sometimes happens. Try uninstalling them (try getting to dfu, then uninstall device - delete driver software for this device). after that, turn the phone off and then get into dfu again. It will probably install the dfu drivers, and then you can use MultiDL to get out of DFU. If it appears as DFU, edl tool might work.

Also, it is possible that it won't boot at all after flashing. You should flash TWRP and enter it, then format data and cache to ext4. Usually thise get changed to f2fs and panic ensues
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Athiril:
I didn’t realise I could flash TWRP out of edl? Is there a package for that?

I’ll try after work, when I uninstalled and reinstalled before I still got 9008 but on the latest driver version, DFU drivers are a different driver package?

The whole time there was no display at all on the LCD, possible the LCD flex cable is damaged? The one under the battery when prying up battery. I couldn’t find a replacement cable on AliExpress though only the USB module (just in case).
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Choose an username...:
There's a package to flash TWRP's but it's way easier via edl tool since you just drop it on a folder and hit flash recovery

If you installed the 9008 driver, it is very possible that Windows didn't find the dfu driver ("ZTE Handset Diagnostic Interface (DFU)") and installed the 9008 driver, so everything thinks DFU is EDL and you know what happens next (sahara mode stuff).

You have to uninstall the phone and kill the drivers, then reconnect it and enter dfu again, and windows has to find the driver and install it.

And the LCD stuff (obviously there's no lcd on the axon, just saying) is bad if you actually broke it, because the flex is one piece that goes into the screen (i.e. you have to replace the screen). But it's surely just that you are even more bricked, so don't worry about it.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] djprez:
Hi all-- Just doing my sporadic check-in to inquire if anyone has resolved the issue of the screen not being responsive above MM B29?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] djprez:
So, it's not quite a year since my last post. I still use my Axon 7 as my only phone and it's still on the last Marshmallow release for it. I check here and other places hoping someone has a step by step to upgrade and resolution to the screen touch not responding.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] raslanove:
Just wanted to say thank you very much. This unbricked my phone when nothing else did :)
[Amazfit] Space2001:
Hi guys

I think I might have fried my Pace. As I can read in the many threads on the forum a lot of you have seen problems with the Pace not turning on after recharge. On a visit to my family I needed to recharge my watch and I used the cradle with a wall plug power supply. Upon charging I did notice the screen was flickering a bit, but I had to leave the house. When I got back a littel later, the screen was black and the watch would not turn on. I havent been able to turn it on since. Using the USB the pc does not register anny devices nor does ADB or fastboot.

Is the watch dead? or is there something to do?
[Amazfit] arceoxis:
Did you try cleaning charging pins with a toothbrush or a toothpick? I had the same problem as you and I solve it with this method.

Hope it works to you, regards.
[Amazfit] Space2001:
Thanks arceoxis

After reading all the threads on the subject it was the first thing I did, but unfortunately unsuccesfull.

regards
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] AmeyDude:
Is there any developer working on aosp Oreo for the htc u11?

Htc 10 has for a couple of Oreo ROMs. Missing the simplicity of aosp!:confused:
[HTC U11  Questions & Answers] miffymiffy:
https://xdaforums.com/u11/development/rom-slim7-t3656985

as good as it gets for now...
[Fire HD 8 and HD 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] violentx:
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[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] CodenameRevy:
Please I really need it since i don't have access to my laptop for using flashtool...
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] ROGGGER3G:
this maybe works to you xt1773 stock recovery

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xdA8wYj6qFIN4620USicczAbznbv3T6I/view?usp=sharing
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] CodenameRevy:
I flashed it and it just says =>device unlocked when I try to boot into recovery
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] ROGGGER3G:
download stock rom and unzip

https://www.needrom.com/download/moto-e4-plus-xt1771-nma26-42-75-row-official-rom/

download mtk usb drivers and install them

turn off your device

run sptools and open the scatter file on rom.

connect your power off device
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] CodenameRevy:
That's the problem, my HDD is dead and I can't use my laptop, all I have is bootable Linux on USB right now...
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] ROGGGER3G:
Flash in some friends pc or laptop.

That's the easy way.
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] Ayan Majumdar:
Ayan#$

Can anyone give me stock recovery.img file for Moto E4 Plus XT1770?
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] danyfenton:
reup please?
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] kartik@ragav:
I have Motorola MOTO E4 PLUS(XT1770).

I don't know how to go back default setting in engineering mode?

Actually i modified the mtk engineering settings(telephony) and in result i get my volte is not working.

Can anyone have Motorola MOTO E4 Plus default setting of engineering mode. If anyone have please post ss of full engineering mode settings (telephony).

Please guys!!!!!!

HELP ME
[Moto E4 Plus Questions & Answers] Uncapped:
E4 plus xt1775 stock recovery?

how about a link to the moto E4 Plus XT1775 nPRS 26.58-47-8 Ver. PVTB? Im needing the stock firmware as well
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fabix21:
Hi !

My friend yesterday gave me a phone, and asked that i could repair it.

Phone getting a bootloop everytime, have to use red bottom or power on + volume up.

1 st thing that i tryied to do, was install a new rom via flashtool.

Unfortunately i coudn't did it. Stuck on:

INFO - Reading device information

Second thing that i tryied to do was install recovery via fastboot using

Minimal ADB and Fastboot .

I can see device as a :

CB5A20DPRA fastboot

But when i try to install recovery or boot.img i getting a :

target didn't report max-download-size

sending 'recovery' (11570 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.366s]

writing 'recovery'...

FAILED (remote: flash write failure)

finished. total time: 0.378s

There is something more that i can do about it or phone is broken beyond repair ?

Futhermore device was unrooted, it have been installed cfw before it broken,

but i not sure, it have bootloader unlocked.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TepaC:
Hi :)

Your problem is version of flashtool, try to install older flashtool (that solved my problem).

If i helped you please press thanks button :)

Wish you all the best
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fabix21:
Which exactly version of flashtool i need to download?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fabix21:
Downloaded 0.9.16.1, still same issue .

Stuck on : Reading device information
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andandy:
Try to force power off your device first

Then flash stock ftf
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darknessmc:
Use flashtool v0.9.18.6 and change Usb cable.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x khan:
same problem same phone any help please
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 19iceman32:
Hi, try to use Sony (Emma) Flashtool if it can detect the phone and flash the firmware available.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] shagy38:
Just found these cases

https://kaaum.com/collections/phone-accessories
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] browniegirl:
All overpriced and you can find them all on Amazon for 12 or below
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Accessories] limeybastard01:
I think someone's going to make a killing if they opened up a phone case boutique. This would give customers a chance to try before they buy, similar to buying shoes LoL
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] omar2005:
is this good battery life?

Oxygen open beta 20
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] protocol717:
No
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] omar2005:
What is your setup?

What is your setup?
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] protocol717:
Nuclear rom 7.1.2 with newest radioactive kernel. magisk 14.5
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] thes3usa:
Can you show your battery line?
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] mohawahba:
my phone scores the same or less
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] ak_bagade:
i get this battery life in the stock nougat rom

but in the stock marshmellow i get areound 5 hrs

now im trying oreo.
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] protocol717:
sorry i moved to DOT os ?
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] -CRO-Maher:
It depends on you, I for instance get a bit more sot than you, but it lasts me for whole day so I'm happy as it is, as long as it is consistant.

People posting 6+hrs of sot are not using the phone hard enough, and have made that setup just to get that kind of sot, you won't see them having that kind of stats consistently xD

I have shared my sot so you can compare, I'm on FreedomOS CE v3.2 (open beta 19, oreo) I'm not using any app for doze, it's pure stock (magisk for adaway and vanced yt).

Cheers :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] DaRkMyTh:
The stereo deck in my car has a USB port that I use with my 8 gig microdrive to store music on. My question is, why not be able to plug the 8525 into it and run audio and video through the car stereo?

Does anyone know of any software that would allow that?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] anothersmith:
Wouldn't WM5torage work for that?:confused:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] noellenchris:
I use it in the car, but I get terrible noise interference when the phone is transmitting internet stuff. It's almost unusable.

I'm using an FM transmitter though. Any ideas.... sorry if I'm hijacking your post.

Chris
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Sirgatory:
why not just buy one of these and one of these?

That's my method of car audio :D :cool:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] JamesHolden:
i hacked my OEM wired headset to have a 1/8" male miniplug, and a pair of RCA connectors.. plugs right into my aftermarket headunit.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] BoldFace:
wm5storage is what you need. Makes your phone look like a flash drive. You will have to disable advanced network functionality for it to work: Settings\Connections\Usb to PC
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] cmortensen:
What is that second thing ohh i remember a tape, haven't seen those in years. J/K

I also use the wm5storage method. Works wonderfully!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] noellenchris:
I don't have a USB or tape deck in my car. With the FM transmitter and the tape adapter in my other car, I still get noise when playing streaming music from SelectRadio (XM,Sirius streams) & incoming calls. The noise is like when I put my phone near unshielded speakers. I had the same problem w/my wizard. Any ideas?

Chris
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] sh500:
I remember using FM transmitters before they started becoming popular- used it for about a month and just got fed up with all the interference. Best way to go is a hard wired solutions as other posters suggested.

Most modern stereos come with an 'AUX IN'. A2DP is also becoming a feature on higher end stereos- not sure how well it streams the music though.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mercx:
I use a JVC KD-BT1 headunit in my car which supports bluetooth audio. With the JVC I can sync my phone and make phone calls through the stereo and I can also play all the audio from the phone over the bluetooth as well as control Windows Media Player. It makes for a VERY convienient and easy setup to use once configured. Also the sound quality is amazing. I was surprised that I was listening to music from my phone as it sounded like I was listening to it right off of a CD.

Now that I've moved on to the AT&T Tilt/8925/Kaiser everything still works exactly the same. The headunit even pulls up my phonebook and can make calls via voice dialing or voice command built into the phone.

Sorry to sound like an ad but I really love my setup. If you have any questions I'd be glad to answer them... or even snap a pic of the install I did in my car if you'd like to see that. Now... of course this whole post won't mean much to you if you don't want to change out your factory headunit... :p
[Moto G4 Questions & Answers] Romano2K:
Hello!

Something went wrong, I think it's called a soft brick, although I'm not sure.

I was trying to root my Moto G4 / Athene / XT1622, which was running Android 7.0 (NPJ25.93-11). I followed the sticky guide, except for the backup (I lacked a free microSD card) and ElementalX kernel parts, AND I forgot to wipe dalvik cache when it was asked. I did a lot of mistakes, it'll teach me to be more careful. :-/

After flashing Magisk, when I tried to reboot into Android, all I got was a black screen. I'm still able to boot to bootloader or recovery using the volume down + power buttons combination.

So I went back to TWRP and tried to flash LineageOS 14.1 + pico OpenGApps, then stock NPJ25.93-11 (Android 7.0), then stock MPJ24.139-23 (Android 6.0.1), none of which worked.

It looks like that at some point in the process I messed up the partition table (TWRP reports errors about them when trying to flash LineageOS).

Yet, as soon as I launch "fastboot flash partition gpt.bin", which is the first part of a stock recovery, I get:

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'partition' (32 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.004s]
writing 'partition'...
(bootloader) Security version downgrade

(bootloader) Image primary_gpt failed validation

(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.040s

(Same result with Android 6.0 or Android 7.0 factory images)

Any suggestion please? :)
[Moto G4 Questions & Answers] libralibra:
try flash using RSDLite
[Moto G4 Questions & Answers] Romano2K:
Oops, I forgot to reply to myself, but I've been able to unbrick it following these steps: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=75005815&postcount=5

So my problem is solved, thank you anyway!
[Honor 9i  Guides, News, & Discussion] aman malhotra:
MOD EDIT:

Promoting social media is no longer allowed on XDA:

THREAD CLOSED
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] reinaldistic:
I rarely drop my phones, not one. single. phone. I've ever had has had its screen shatter. not one! yet as soon as I got this phone I put a "tempered glass" screen protector on it because I was afraid of scratching. since then I've had 5 screen protectors from 3 different brands crack... ok sick of these screen protectors so I'm asking:

does anyone use their z2 force without a screen protector? how has your screen held up? is there a true gorilla glass (not just tempered glass) screen protector for our phone out there?
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] Amd4life:
Drops are not the issue, it's more so that the plastic built in screen protector scratches VERY easily.

The latest Omoton screen glass protectors from Amazon work pretty well. It's leaves a big portion of the top area near the speaker and flash open though
[Google Chromecast] NH0:
Hello ,

I am in the process of developing an android application, which sends the video on a tv.

What is wrong is the time of launching the video (about 5 seconds).

Would it be possible to reduce this time?

Thank you
[Moto X4 Questions & Answers] bismuth:
Looking for a way to enable voice control for the default camera app that comes with the moto x4. I'd like to be able to say "capture" or "cheese" or whatever, and take a photo. The Motorola web site seems to indicate there are controls for this for the x4 on the Moto App. But my Moto app has no Voice option. Any ideas? Is this disabled on the project fi version?
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] Aarju:
Which is the best kernel for Oreo on oneplus 5 ?????
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] me myself and i:
For me? probably Elemental ex..........for now until RenderZenith comes along.......or Raven (if its for Oreo yet)kernel because it has EAS and AKT compatibility liek RenderZenith.
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] Aarju:
With what setting you use elemental ex ????
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] c3drik 67:
Flash kernel for me