yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] maidguitar:
I think it's just nice and convenient because it's a one-stop shop for flashing xperia devices... it includes xperifirm and such, and has checkboxes for you to remove userdata.sin etc, so you don't actually have to go and do it yourself. Probably just preference and habit. If you're totally fine with newflasher I don't think there's any difference.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] francois64:
I've tried unsucessfully to download 9.24.2 version, can you tell me why ?

Nothing happen when i click on "Get it".
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] mhaha:
The "Get it" link links to the download page you're already on, of course "nothing happens".

You need to click on one of the 3 links with your OS description, like "Windows", then decide if you want to download via BT or file host.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] francois64:
OK thanks
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] CMT 1412-4444 'Fours':
My US version XZ1c arrived Wednesday afternoon and I'm fairly new to the whole flashing scene (unrootable Samsung phones and locked bootloaders all my Android life, yay....), so forgive my stupidity. I've followed the guide on XperiaFirmware.com up to part C, which says to install drivers for Flashtool. I believe I've got Flashtool working right now, but I don't know what else I'm supposed to do. Are the drivers located somewhere not on the site, or are they included in the 47.1.A.12.34 folder from XperiaFirmware? I see it contains the newflasher program in there, but I don't understand what the other files are for.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] Didgesteve:
In the install folder for the Flashtool should be a folder called Drivers. Inside that there is an .exe you should run that will install the drivers you need. When you run it you need to select the flashtool drivers from the option as well as the drivers for your model of phone, usually down towards the bottom of the list. If you are running Windows 10 then you will need to disable driver signature checking before trying to run this file. (boot into safe mode and look under advanced menu).

Download the firmware you want to install with Xperiafirm, put it in the flashtool firmware folder.

Run the program, slect the lightning bolt, select the firmware, press ok. It will then start building the image. Then it will ask you to connect your phone.

Make sure your phone is powered off completely. Then plug the USB in whilst holding the volume down button (the led should turn green), Flashtool will recognise the phone, you can let go of the volume button and let Flashtool do it's job.

Edit: having used both Newfalsher and Flashtool, I think Newflasher is easier, but you're already there now so you may as well carry on.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] CMT 1412-4444 'Fours':
I went ahead with Newflasher since the guide is much easier. +1 Thanks
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] pseudonym58:
I recently used Flashtool to flash my USA-purchased XZ1C to the .75 Customised DE firmware, and the process was about as simple and straightforward as I can imagine. I also like that provision of the firmware locator is built-in to the Flashtool installation, and the downloaded firmware archive contains a script which puts everything into place for flashing. By default, all user data and settings appear to be maintained. The only thing that might be confusing is that the dialog that pops up indicating it's time to connect the phone only refers to 2011 and 2012 models (both X Compact and XZ1 Compact use the 2012 method). Otherwise, everything proceeds smoothly. Have others had similar positive (or negative) experiences with Flashtool?
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] jeff9891:
So even the apps, data, etc. remains, like when you update OTA ? I am considering updating my (very outdated) firmware without waiting for it to come from Sony, but I don't want to reinstall and reconfigure everything.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] pseudonym58:
[MENTION=5678095]jeff9891[/MENTION]

As I indicated previously, nothing seems to have been lost when I used flashtool to install firmware. Of course I can't guarantee that you'll have exactly the same experience, but I have updated both an Xperia xz1 Compact and an Xperia X compact and have not lost any data. In any case I would advise backing up with Xperia companion first.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] jeff9891:
Thanks, I'll try it this week-end and report, if no OTA update arrives beforehand.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] jeff9891:
I must be dumb, but I can't find XZ1C in the list in "Flashtool-drivers.exe". Flashtools thereforce recognizes some device is connected, yet it does not display the device's name like it is supposed to do so as far as I read in tutos (even if the program says "driver installed : true") :

09/008/2018 12:08:31 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.9.24.4 built on 01-02-2018 22:15:00
(...)
09/009/2018 12:09:10 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
09/009/2018 12:09:10 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
09/025/2018 12:25:57 - INFO - List of connected devices (Device Id) :
09/025/2018 12:25:57 - INFO - - USB\VID_0FCE&PID_01F4\BH9043YQ9E	Driver installed : true
09/025/2018 12:25:57 - INFO - List of ADB devices :
09/025/2018 12:25:57 - INFO - - none
09/025/2018 12:25:57 - INFO - List of fastboot devices :
09/025/2018 12:25:57 - INFO - - none
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] jeff9891:
Sharing some XZ1C flashing process tips for those who may have to cope with the same problems I did.

1) There are no XZ1C dedicated drivers in the drivers.exe that comes with flashtools. Just select the generic "Flashmode drivers" in the list. Still necessary to install them before flashing, though.

2) It is normal that flashtools does not display your device name in its consol as it was supposed to do so with previous phones models. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctqKNAzrKpQ

3) Xperifirm (= the program to grab your phone's latest stock ROM from Sony) is integrated into flashtools. Click the "XF" logo in the top bar, then find your model and download it. It will automatically make it usable in flashtools without fiddling with the files.

4) Follow the general tutorial for flashing: https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=928343 . To enter flash mode with XZ1C, you can follow this tuto : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eid4PApHffg Be aware that your screen will stay black in this mode, but your LED will turn green.

5) Once you plug the phone in flash mode, again, nothing will happen on the phone's screen, but you can follow the flashing on flashtools terminal. Do not be surprised (as I was) if the program does not indicate "flashing completed" or something like that. Just leave the phone and the computer until you obtain this (took like 10 minutes for me):

09/023/2018 17:23:49 - INFO - Sending Sync
09/026/2018 17:26:01 - INFO - Sync status : OKAY
09/026/2018 17:26:01 - INFO - Sending powerdown
09/026/2018 17:26:01 - INFO - powerdown status : OKAY
09/026/2018 17:26:05 - INFO - Device disconnected
09/026/2018 17:26:06 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

Then you can just unplug it and turn it on.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] pseudonym58:
Yes; one difference in my experience with flashtool might have been due to the fact that I had connected my XZ1C to my PC (Windows 10) using Xperia Companion first. I think that ensured that the proper Sony drivers would be in place before attempting to use flashtool. But I'm not sure.

In any case, I have restored the default USA firmware to the XZ1C, as using DE or UK, etc. seemed to restrict my ability to send group text messages (has to do with USA carrier protocols, I guess), and I don't need a fingerprint sensor at this time.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] jeff9891:
I also used Xperia Companion beforehand on Windows 10, but I had to add the drivers nonetheless. Unsure of the reason it worked for you here. Future flashers will know both ways, though :)

With Customized_DE (before and after flashing), fingerprint sensor still works for me. Not quite sure, but I believe there are legal restrictions about that in the USA ? As for group text message, I have not tried yet. You mean sending a text to multiple people, or having actual synchronized group discussion using texts ? I thought it was impossible.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Guides, News, & Discussion] pseudonym58:
What I meant was:

Sending a text (with or without image) to a group of people, and have everyone see everyone's replies.

This seems only to be possible (when used in USA on AT&T carrier) when I have the default USA firmware flashed onto the phone. If I use the DE firmware, for instance, I can send a "mass message" to multiple recipients, but then cannot attach an image, and all subsequent replies are private, i.e. between two parties.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 2  Questions & Answers] yassh.xda:
which sources was released last week ? was that able to port oreo based custom rom??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gladson1976:
I have a peculiar problem on my Galaxy S6 Edge (G925F) on stock. i normally set Play to Not update automatically all apps, but almost everyday the update setting changes to "Auto update on Wifi" and the apps update whenever I'm connected to wifi.

No matter how many times I reset it to Not update, the setting changes automatically to Update over wifi.

Tried clearing the cache for Play and also checked all the apps individually if they are set to auto update.

Happens almost everyday.

Anyone has any suggestions on this peculiar behavior ??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teddy Lo:
Try to update your Google play services , look if you get some System UPDATE or do Factory Reset (ths will wipe your data)!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gladson1976:
Thanks, but Google play services are updated and the latest. Also system updates are the latest.

I don't want to go through the hassle of wiping just for this.
[HTC U11 Life Questions & Answers] Groby:
Hi,

I've buyed the 64GB Version direct at HTC for my wife, and she really like it (me, too) -but she gets not warm with the Google Apps for Mail and Contacts i.e.. As some store provide apks for download, which one is really trustworthy? I'm glad that we now get with Android One security updates in a short time for a longer period, and so I don't want to get maleware because I'm installing downloaded apks.

Best regards
[HTC U11 Life Questions & Answers] dpryor88:
Apkmirror usually works well.
[HTC U11 Life Questions & Answers] Groby:
Thank you!

I will use then the apk's from there.

...May you know how I get the LED blink if an Email is received? It is working for Whatsapp, but not for Emails -tried with GMail and Outlook Client. Pure Android is really different from the menues!

edit: reset Device to Factory defaults, set up as "New Device" instead of import settings from old one -not it is blinking if nw Emails arrive in Outlook....
[HTC U11 Life Questions & Answers] dpryor88:
Yeah mine is the t mobile Sense version so I don't know about that. Mine blinks for basically everything.
[HTC U11 Life Questions & Answers] street_dog:
In Gmail, go to settings and chose your account, then manage notifications, there you can chose blink light.
[HTC U11 Life Questions & Answers] Groby:
Thank you -it is working fine now. I surmised that it should blink, so I reset the mobile to factory defaults and set up as "New phone" instead of "restore from saved settings" via google backup and everything is now like expected. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Jostian:
Can one flash Oreo based ROMs with TWRP 3.1.1-2 or does one need TWRP 3.2.1? thanks
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] Aditya Tondwalkar:
in recent system update, volte was implemented in honor 6x. I noticed that there is no volte icon on status bar eventhough i have turned on 4g and volte calls option. How to enale it? and does volte use data to make calls?
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] Khan ubaid:
This might be carrier orientated issue ... Subject it to Vodafone carrier office, they dont gave volte service for all regions ....it will take time to implement volte service to all india... Currently only jio is fully volte and airtel is implementing volte service also....
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] Aditya Tondwalkar:
thanks for the valuable info. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Saiyajin:
Hey guys,

yesterday I noticed that Bluetooth is switched off on my S7. I tried to switch it on again, but the slider/button in the bluetooth menu just stays gray, even though it moved to the right. It looks like the phone is not able to start blutooth for whatever reason. WiFi works without a flaw. My phone is completely stock, no root, no knox, no custom rom. I'm on stock rom G935FXXU1DQJ1

Any ideas how to fix this?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] RossTeagan:
Try to perform a hard reset. Maybe there is a bug in your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Saiyajin:
Well I was hoping to find a solution without having to wipe everything. Without knowing if it will fix the issue, it would take me several hours of lifetime to setup the phone from scratch.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Saiyajin:
Ok - this is very strange. I'm still using the phone currently as it is and I'm wearing my Gear S2 smartwatch to at least know what time it is, but throughout the day bluetooth actually turned a few times on, synchronized with the watch and suddenly switch off again.

I was trying to stream music to a bluetooth speaker during one of the phases in which bluetooth was working, but the music stops after several seconds and bluetooth switches off again.

What the ....?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Saiyajin:
Ok I think I fixed it. Resetting all connectivity settings did the trick for me. Although I now need to reconnect to all the devices and WiFis. Still better then doing a factory reset
[Amazon Fire Phone] andrei80:
Hi! Just bought this phone because it's just too cheap and has decent specs. Actually, bought 2 of them, they were about 70$ each, with some 15$ extra headphones bonus :)

Phone came with Fire OS 4.6.3. Managed to install Google services and store, Google now launcher and make default with Home Switcher(listed as "incompatible" in Play store, had to sideload it...many other apps are "incompatible"). That was problem number one...

After that, installed Youtube app, which works, but 360p only and no cardboard option(360 vr videos). Installed iYTBP(modded youtube app) and videos work at higher resolution(720p default) but still no VR. Also default app player doesn't work well.

Installed Facebook and seemed ok, but videos open in browser and don't autoplay in app. I understand whatsupp has problems playing videos...

All these seem to happen because phone is not really known to the apps and they run in "simple" mode.

Is there any way to make apps think it is another phone that they "know" has enough hardware to run them fully? Because it really has...the soc is still strong enough and gyro is there. I will try my best to keep it as stock as possible for warranty reasons(2 years...)

Stumbled across some post where someone said you have to modify build.prop, I think, but can't find it anywhere. Of course, I would need to root it first...

Any more tips welcome, this is best buy for 70$ + bonus and it's really selling well around Romania right now, it seems.

As a side note, battery life seems ok, I got around 5h SOT without sim first day of use, gestures and sensors enabled and Google launcher.

For those other newbs, this site is useful to a point: http://spinyourfire.com/. Home switcher app is attached here, as it does not show up in Google play for this phone.

Google now works fine for me, including wallpapers and widgets and seems to have full functionality.

Thanks!
[Moto Z2 Force  Questions & Answers] sd_matto:
Just received and installed the Oreo OTA update (Android 8.0.0 - SW v. OPX27.109-40) earlier today.

TWRP (found in Tmobile OTA thread - OreoV6.img) does not work with "fastboot boot" command, and I do not want to risk bricking my phone by flashing this TWRP image since I have not yet located a flashable factory image for this Oreo version (especially given that the SW version of my US Cellular variant is different from that of the Tmo Oreo SW version).

Given no TWRP, any thoughts on how I can root, or where I can look to get the Oreo stock factory image for the US Cellular variant (nash XT1789-02)?

To offer more info on SW version, from fastboot, I see the following:

BL: MBM-3.0-nash_retail-641a15b-171216

Baseband: M8998_20207.117.02.50R NNS

Any help appreciated!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] argon9898:
Hello Newbies/Experts/Hobbyists,

Recently I have acquired a Sharp Aquos xx 404SH made for the carrier Softbank. The specifications are as follows:

Model: 404SH

SIM-card amount: 1

Weight: 168 grams, Width: 79 mm

Height: 146 mm

Screen size: 5.7 inch, resolution: 1920x1080 (386 ppi)

CPU: Snapdragon 810, RAM: 3GB, ROM: 32GB

GPU: Andreno 430

Battery: 3000MAh

During the first days of usage, I had no problems with the phone until later on when I found out the problems with this phone:

- The lack of free memory from all the bloatwares that are built into the device.

- The OEM somehow had turned off 3 big Cortex A57 cores, making the device suffer in terms of performance.

- It has no (or so I thought) bootloader since I wasn't able to access to it (by using ADB or hardware keys).

After days spending time on the forums and videos online, I decided to ask for help in order to have it recognised by the community, as there are little to no support for this device even when it's considered fast for its days.

Going further into the "No bootloader" problem, I'm becoming more and more suspicious that the carrier (or the OEM) has managed to have the bootloader locked and make any kind of exposure to it impossible, let alone knowing that it's there., which means rooting this device is going to be a challenge. All I could see from the device regardless of when I tried to boot into the [fastboot] mode was: Sharp logo (powered by Android down the bottom) -> Aquos logo flashes for a few seconds and comes the Softbank logo -> OS. Going to the manufacturer's website revealed nothing much useful but several FAQs and drivers. No source code or guides whatsoever

I'm asking if there's any hope for this type of device and if there's anyone who is willing to help make this device recognised, because there are people like me who is owning or will own it and want to explore it further in the future and I also know that there have been attempts to request for this device, and also if there's anyway to root or unlock bootloader on this device it'd be helpful.

Thank you.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Superblazer:
Very little people use this device, nobody cares about it. You could have bought a more popular device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Toqeer82:
Hello I also Newbies

Am also using sharp Aquos Xx 404SH made for the carries Softbank. I forgot my password, and can't use my device. I try too hard put my phone in recovery mode but i can't. With power button and volume down button work with safe mode, but Power button and volume up button doesn't work anything, also power button, volume up and volume down is doing nothing.

Model: 404SH

SIM-card amount: 1

Weight: 168 grams, Width: 79 mm

Height: 146 mm

Screen size: 5.7 inch, resolution: 1920x1080 (386 ppi)

CPU: Snapdragon 810, RAM: 3GB, ROM: 32GB

GPU: Andreno 430

Battery: 3000MAh

Please help me, you are the only hope witch i have...

Thanks
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Guides, News, & Discussion] Nmc_alves®:
New firm [emoji16][emoji16][emoji16][emoji16][emoji41]47.1.A.12.34 on line

https://xpericheck.com/cda/1308-5289

https://xpericheck.com/device/G8141
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Guides, News, & Discussion] Kanoe:
spectre slowdown embedded ?
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Guides, News, & Discussion] non.verbal:
anybody have changelog or something ?
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Guides, News, & Discussion] FRiC_xda:
Also out for dual SIM variant (G8142). One thing I noticed that's fixed is returning to apps from lock screen seems to work better. Specifically in Desert Golfing if I lock the screen from inside the game then unlock, the game somehow picked up the wrong resolution and shrank itself to 1/4 of the full screen. Works fine now.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr_Stabs:
Woke up to the OTA notification this morning here in the UK. Seems all good so far.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Guides, News, & Discussion] uliek01:
For anyone who get boot loop, missing wifi, root lost after January boot image patch, here solution for that.

I did the following steps and did not find any problems with my MI A1 until now.

- You must reflashing rom again with xiaomi flash tools, and must choice clean flashing and lock, remember your data will be wipe.

here's link download N2G47H.7.12.29 (Android O) 1084 MB (28 Desember 2017 Patch) ;

http://bigota.d.miui.com/7.12.29/tis...c9a6ea979b.tgz Update : Miui was delete this rom

- After flash finished, wait to update January security patch from OTA, then update until finish and restart your device.

you must see your firmware now is OPR1.170623.026.8.1.10 with 01 Jan 2018 security patch

- Install latest version of magisk manager , you can get it at official magisk page, if finished reboot your device to fastboot mode.

- Now you can unlock you device and root with patched_boot.img as explained earlier in this thread :

https://xdaforums.com/mi-a1/how-to/root-mi-a1-oreo-8-0-disabling-ota-magisk-t3728654

- After restart, open magisk manager, install with direct install then reboot your device.

Now you have root and to prove root is not lost after reboot, you can try to reboot your devices several times.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Samy6699:
my htc now is just bootloop when start ,,i can just Access to the bootloader and the big problem that i dont know the cid to flash the firmwer

plz any suggestion or any help

thanks in advance
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Deleted member 6955824:
Did you try to read the cid via fastboot (fastboot oem readcid)?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] iamaniff:
Using ADB and Fastboot tools to get more information about your phone

Command /: Fastboot getvar all
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Samy6699:
yes i try it give just partition info
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Samy6699:
adb in bootloader just give some info about partition
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Samy6699:
it give some thing like that

(bootloader) version:0.5

(bootloader) ramdump-mode:false

(bootloader) variant:Surf eMMC

(bootloader) secure:yes

(bootloader) version-baseband:

(bootloader) version-bootloader:

(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x20000000

(bootloader) partition-type:cache:ext4

(bootloader) partition-size:cache: 0xe000000

(bootloader) partition-type:userdata:ext4

(bootloader) partition-size:userdata: 0x61b000000

(bootloader) partition-type:system:ext4

(bootloader) partition-size:system: 0xef000000

(bootloader) serialno:xxxxxxxxxxxx

all:

finished. total time: 0.380s
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] nenebear:
Are your HTC10 is unlocked version?

modelid: 2PS650000

cidnum: BS_US001

cidnum: BS_US002

Your mainversion? your 10 is a s-off or s-on?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Samy6699:
Its 2PS6200 htc m10h

I dont know the cid

Its locked and s—on
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Mr Hofs:
Thats a European device and if it's not coming from a specific carrier the software/firmware should be somewhere in like

2.41.401.3 or higher or a bit lower, depends on the updates you have done.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Samy6699:
thank you but how to flash it when i can't Access to recovery and download mode ?????
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Mr Hofs:
You can try the latest RUU.exe file and execute it when the phone is in the bootloader. If you can't access any other part then there is no way to flash it differently.

Check the forum here for the latest RUU.exe