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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MeltdownSpectre:
Why would it be unsafe?

Flash custom ROM now, ever wanna go back to stock, you can always flash the stock ROM that your custom ROM is based on (AQL5 for example), and sit there and not update to the new bootloader.

Your choice when to update to V3, whenever it comes for the S8/S8+.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Allright, cool. I was wondering whether a custom ROM might have a different region base, but I think I may have confused CVC with F/D/U-region model; good to know it's not a problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] TClausen:
How does this affect us?

It is to my knowledge, that you can flash according to your model number - correct?

So if I buy a Samsung S8 G950F in Dubai, I can still flash any of the G950F firmware released for Europe?

I see people writing that they prevent you from flashing G950W with G950U (or opposite).

Is there more to it?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] TheMadScientist:
No this is all old news read through the posts and you will see it's all ok as such as this is a now dead topic I will be closing this thread to avoid confusion....
[Samsung Gear Sport] changikman:
1.This model is for domestic use in Korea.

2.tizen version is 3.0.0.1

3.software version is R600XXU1AQK4

4.I want to downgrade to the initial firmware.

5.I wonder if there is file from the initial firmware.

6.If there is an initial firmware file, please link.

7.If you do not have an initial firmware file, How long do I have to wait?
[Samsung Gear Sport] adfree:
You saw this Thread?

https://xdaforums.com/gear-sport/help/sm-r600-firmware-odin-repair-study-t3688495

AP_R600XXU1AQI8_usr.tar
BL_R600XXU1AQI8_usr.tar
CSC_OXA_R600OXA1AQI8_usr.tar

Is AQI8 initial enough for you?

Best Regards
[Samsung Gear Sport] changikman:
For R600XXU1AQI8 files, is the initial firmware correct?

What is the version?

Is it version 2.0? or 2.3.2.4?

If version 2.0 exists, i'm looking for it.

I am also looking for the last version of the 2.0 version.
[Samsung Gear Sport] adfree:
SM-R600 aka Gear Sport is Tizen 3 device...

You can only choose between Tizen 3.0.0.0 and Tizen 3.0.0.1...

Best Regards
[Samsung Gear Sport] changikman:
oh my god lol

That's too bad.

thx
[General Questions and Answers] Sparker1985:
A couple of months ago I bought a used Samsung Galaxy S 7 edge from a place called Aarons. A friend and I quickly realized that the phone had been rooted at one point, and I only recently believe I figured out what was used. The phone of course was wiped when I got it, but whatever was used was never removed. Normally I wouldn't care so much however it is preventing security updates. I'm not very good with this kind of stuff so I am NOT sure what to do to either remove it from my phone or get the updates I need.
[General Questions and Answers] narshi shukla:
if nothing helping you should considering flashing stock firmware as last option, i think this will work
[General Questions and Answers] ultradmx135:
If you want to unroot, I think some unroot.zip files that can found across the net might be helpful.

Also, if it is rooted with magisk, I don't think there is a reason to remove it.
[General Questions and Answers] matthieuleve:
First you have to figure out what app it was rooted with. It's probably Magisk or SuperSU. If it's one of them you can either unroot the phone through the parameters of the "root control" app or flash the unrooting zip which you can download it from the official magisk thread or the supersu website.
[General Questions and Answers] Sparker1985:
This is what I found concerning what was on the phone. I may not every be right about it. Which is why I wanted someone with more knowledge to help. As I said my main concern is my inability to do security updates. whatever it is, it's even preventing me from connecting my phone to my PC.

If you'll can determine the best course of action from the screenshot that would be great. Like I said, I know nothing about this kind of thing, so I have no idea where to start with flashing the firmware our weekday unroot.zip I should be looking for.

Edit: so apparently I'm prevented from posting the image because I have under 10 posts. I'll figure that out later, but I was using sd maid when I found this info. Under device it says hero2lte @ 6.0.1 (23). Under root status it says none for su binary, but that there is a built-in superuser app.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] packtt:
Hey xda!

So, i'm stuck on boot screen on my OP5T 4.7.6

I just rooted the phone > installed magisk > installed xposed.

Then, I found out I can't log into snapchat. So, I went ahead and uninstalled magisk > uninstalled xposed > restart and now i'm stuck on boot screen.

I tried re-flashing the official 4.7.6 OOS but still nothing.

Any ideas on how to get around this? All i have backed up before rooting was my boot and recovery file.

I want to try and not clear data and system if possible , please. Hence I dirty flashed the official oos

Thanks!
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] yash@sha:
I think u have to clear system.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] Bradl79:
And data
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] Woodrow256:
You can use the unbrick tool and return to stock with locked bootloader.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] ungraphic:
I’m about to purchase a XZ1 Compact and have some questions before jumping onboard the Xperia bandwagon;

1a) The phone supports UMTS 1700/2100, Bands 4, 7, 13 and 66, all of which are what I need for Freedom Mobile (Wind) compatibility. As far as I know, LTE switching on the Freedom network is buggy unless the phone is flashed with the larger XZ1 firmware. Does this void warranty?

1b) If I receive an OTA update to Android 8.1 for the phone and it’s already had it’s firmware flashed, will I need to reflash the firmware from the XZ1?

1c) Does a factory reset also reset the flashed firmware?

1d) Any video tutorials on how to do this? Visual There’s this reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/freedommob...uide_xpost_rsonyxperia_modifying_xz1_compact/ But an on-screen step-by-step would be best.

2) Does EIS still work in 3rd party camera apps like Camera FV-5? If so, is the quality in third party apps on par with Sony’s stock application?

3) Does the use of Nova Launcher allow me to swap app icons to stock Android icons?

4) With the nearing Mobile World Congress next month and some rumored devices, what is the chance of a XZ2 Compact being announced next month? I’m feeling like if I bite the bullet now and get the XZ1 Compact, I might regret if a successor was announced soon.

5) When connecting the phone to a Mac, does mounting the MicroSD card on Macs display it as an external drive or do I still have to use Android File Transfer?
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] mhaha:
Making modifications to the firmware, especially involving flashing firmware from a different model, definitely voids warranty.

If you ever need warranty service, just flash clean original stock firmware, and you should be good to go.

You'll likely be unable to install OTA updates since your firmware would be modified (assuming you followed the guide). You will still get update notifications though, but attempts to install will fail.

If you do wish to update, you'd probably have to manually do so using Xperia Companion or a third-party tool like flashtool or newflasher, then apply the modifications again.

No, it stays on the same version, just with all your data wiped.

Doubt it, sounds like an extremely niche use case.

Not sure, but given how locked down their camera is and Sony's love for keeping proprietary stuff off-limits, I won't bet on it.

I'm willing to bet good money on "NO". History has shown the compact variant usually announced and released in the bottom half of the year on a yearly basis.

So you'd be enjoying the latest and greatest compact for at least another six months.

EDIT: Welp, just heard a rumor that may cause me to lose my bet, so I'm going to redact my previous comment.

According to the rumor, they might be announcing a new compact at MWC 2018, which is about a month from now. However, suppose they do, it'll probably be weeks if not months until it's actually released and available, so you'll have to decide if it's worth it to wait that long, there's also the possibility that the rumor is false.

The way I see it, the XZ1C is a top of the line phone, a newer model isn't going to suddenly make it obsolete, it will still perform like a champ.

Not to mention the trend of Sony removing features from their phones compared to the previous generation, the rumored new compact might be gimped even more than the XZ1C, maybe it'll lose the headphone jack or something, hard to say.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] Didgesteve:
Wow, so many questions.

It's the best compact that Sony have made.

Buy it.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] pseudonym58:
Both Xperia Companion and Android File Transfer will mount the internal storage and the SD card in an application-specific window. To the best of my knowledge, you cannot mount the phone and SD card directly in the Mac Finder, as you can using Windows Explorer.
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] ungraphic:
Thank you! There was some news today that the 'compact' is supposed to be a budget model with a taller 5" screen and still with bezels. Here's the news:

https://www.gsmarena.com/an_189_son...have_been_certified_by_the_fcc-news-29402.php

Reddit discussion:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SonyXperia/comments/7uay7u/189_sony_xperia_compact_certified_by_the_fcc/

Mockup new phone compared to XZ1 Compact:

[IMG="XZ1 Compact vs. New Sony Phone"]https://i.imgur.com/CYzyax5.jpg[/IMG]

Given the sizing, I'm out. I'd wait if it kept the form factor but increased the screen size... OR kept the screen size and shrunk the phone. Also, not a fan of 18:9 ratio.
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] Suibian:
I didn't find an option to select not to use 4G network,how to disable LTE?
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] Suibian:
Seems unable to do so?
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] Stoeff.at:
Long press the mobile data toggle button and you get to the menu where you can switch your preferred network type. Same to be found under settings, more, mobile network, preferred network type

No direct 4/3G toggle switch in the system though.
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] Suibian:
Thanks for the reply,but I am just unable to find that setting（as the screenshot upon）.It seems there is no such one in mobile network menu:crying:
[Honor 9  Questions & Answers] Stoeff.at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4FVcDooPak
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] Redtabs:
can anybody help me..my atom now is dead cannot turn on after upgrading.i use turn off+camera+reset aslo no responde..any solutions bro?
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] chartreux:
take out your battery, and press turn off+camera+reset, can see the bootloader mode back?? see WIKI for more detail.
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] Redtabs:
try already bro..but no responde.any other way?
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] Redtabs:
try already bro.but no responde..any other way?
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] atomlife_074:
Can you try the power button + reset + record button (not camera) if the bootloader mode will come out.
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] wfwoo88:
Do you see the flash light upon press on the on/off button?
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] Redtabs:
also the same There's no red light power bro..
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] tranluong:
My phone got like his phone... i can't turn on .. can't do everything.. so it like die...so we need held.. so anybody can held us?:mad:
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] 2234jones:
Hi there,

if when you plug the power led in there is no lights, and if the battery is fully charged then you will probably have to jtag it, it's very simple and if you look at wiki then you will also see, dead atom section with pictures and diagrams, including the software to flash the phone and hopefully get it working for you.:o
[iPAQ rw6828, XDA Atom General] hendranata:
if my pda phone was dead coz eror upgrade firmware .. so can be back again suck as before eror upgrade??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] bto001:
When i call or someone call me the sound of my front speaker (handset) is too low, i set it on max level and put in extra sound, but i cant hear very well, when i put the speaker (the bottom speaker) the sound is clear, but if i use the normal speaker i cant understand what he said cause is too low, so, any people here have the same problem?, or some one knows how to put a highest volumen lvl without root (some app to boost handset speaker)? i dont wanna root cause i use samsung pay and netflix and dont wanna crash it. :crying:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] bto001:
Mmmm... interesting, i change my sim card (i use ATT mexican carrier and change to TELCEL), and the sound is fixed now, i put againg my sim card (ATT back) and still working xD ... so... i dont have idea whats happend but im happy with results xD :confused::confused::confused::D:D:D
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] sauvik:
I got my phone 2 days ago, and emui 4 is installed in it. I am not getting emui5.0(nougat) update,it always shows no update available, i reset my phone but the problem still exists, how to fix this issue?
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] RedSkull23:
Wait some more day or directly contact Huawei through their site to ask them to speed up the update to be shown for your device. What's your build number for extended?
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] sauvik:
I got the update, thankyou.
[Honor 6X Questions & Answers] RedSkull23:
Great :)
[Raspberry Pi Themes and Apps] CahLey:
I am a beginner with the Raspberry PI, and have been challenged by my teacher concerning a project that I am working on. I plan on building a heart rate monitor that can be used by automobile drivers and will find out when the drivers become drowsy their heart rate will drop. Once the heart rate has dropped below a certain point a buzz motor will begin making a buzzing noise to alert the drowsy driver to keep them from having an accident.

I already have the plans to build the heart rate monitor and also have the plans to build the buzz motor, but I don't know how to connect the two. I'm looking for some sort of equation that when the heart rate gets to a certain level that the buzz motor will become active. My STEM teacher likes the idea, but doesn't really know how to help any more, and is saying that I may have to scratch the project and try to develop something new. I don't want to put anyone on a time schedule because I know everyone's time is valuable and I appreciate any help or direction that anyone could provide. Thanks in advance.
[Raspberry Pi Themes and Apps] Robert56th:
there are many tutorials about the heart rate monitor sensors in google. you might want to use a microcontroller instead of a rpi
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Themes, Apps, and Mods] IbrahimLucky777:
hello developers its a request please made a clone app for facebook i really want it for my s7 edge please change the package name of the attached apk file as (com.faceboo1.katana) thanks in advance fb version is = apk/facebook-70-0-0-22-83
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Themes, Apps, and Mods] stootie:
Hi !

use App Cloner on playstore working for me !
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Themes, Apps, and Mods] IbrahimLucky777:
Dear i tried but no success please made a clone apk for me thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Themes, Apps, and Mods] yaibakt:
app cloner can clone fb app, but those 2 fb apps cant work properly at the same time...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Themes, Apps, and Mods] grovolis:
Search for"parallel space" on play store
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Themes, Apps, and Mods] stootie:
watch this video you will see that I have 2 facebook that works very well without any problem.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/tnp3ke

and screenshot !

[MENTION=8900696]IbrahimLucky777[/MENTION]

you have to clone yourself the application on your phone!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Themes, Apps, and Mods] IbrahimLucky777:
I want to clone my own favorite version of Facebook that is v70 please help me out thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Themes, Apps, and Mods] yaibakt:
its strange to me. at least a month ago i tried but it wasnt working as expected.

i will try again. thank you very much for the information :good:

may I ask, did you config any specific options (before cloning) or leave them all default?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Themes, Apps, and Mods] yaibakt:
hello [MENTION=1195526]stootie[/MENTION] could you please help me on this? thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Themes, Apps, and Mods] yaibakt:
hello, can you help me? thanks :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Just FYI, it appears with the new Blv3 firmwares, the device will only accept official firmware. Meaning, no more flashing U1 firmware on the carrier models, or vice versa. No more flashing U or U1 firmware to the Canadian W models. Flashing between carrier firmwares is fine as long as it's on a carrier branded device (running TMB on a VZW device, etc). But running 950U firmware on a 950U1 will result in a brick, that is this far unrecoverable.

If your currently are running U1 firmware on a U device, vice versa, or running W firmware on a U or U1 device, or vice versa, you need to flash back to the firmware version that shipped with your device BEFORE you accept any OTAs that take you up to Blv3. Currently the S series is still on BlV2, but may go to Blv3 like the Note series just did.

This has been tested and confirmed.

Credit goes to [MENTION=4591212]me2151[/MENTION], [MENTION=7263822]FatalONEM8[/MENTION] for discovering this and warning people. I didn't find the issue or test, it just passing on the info to hopefully save some bricks.

Update from [MENTION=7277512]mweinbach[/MENTION]:

"EDIT: After being tested by XDA Senior member me2151, it turns out cross region flashing does work. Prince Comsy Odin is working, but we can not test if the factory binary flashing will hard brick your phone. So flashing US unlocked onto a US carrier device should work."

To expand a bit on what [MENTION=7277512]mweinbach[/MENTION]*just said, [MENTION=4591212]me2151[/MENTION]*did some more testing, and he was able to successfully carrier switch from a 950U to 950W using Comsey ODIN. So it looks like Comsey ODIN is not patched as we originally thought. Not sure exactly what caused the tester's phone to brick, but it HARD BRICKED and had to be RMA'd at his expense. So we jumped on the forums here to warn others until more testing could be done. [MENTION=7277512]mweinbach[/MENTION]*wrote the article and [MENTION=7820902]xdanilva[/MENTION]and I began posting here.*

We may have overreacted, but wanted to err on the side of caution to protect people from hard bricks.*

The Blv3 factory binary has not been tested, so still unsure if/how we will be able to use it, or if it will cause issues.*

For now, carry on as usual, but understand we still don't know the full implications of the Blv3 patches. One person has already HARD BRICKED, and [MENTION=4591212]me2151[/MENTION]*almost hard bricked testing all of this for us.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
There is currently a group working on a fix for bricked devices, but for now consider it a hard brick. Don't chance it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] KidJoe:
Is Oreo for the S8/S8+ a Blv3 firmware or is it BLV2?

just curious as I flashed my Verizon branded GS8 to U1 firmware to take the Oreo beta..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] nfremd:
So If I own a Sm-G950U1 but I have been running G950U Tmobile Oreo beta and upgrade to the stable oreo I'll brick my phone? In order to prevent this I'll have to first go back to G950U1 on nouget and then go up to oreo?

I don't really want to do this because I am loving using the T-Mobile variant because it gives me multiuser (digits) since it's built in.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] malimukk:
Does the same apply to exynos devoces?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ironbesterer:
As far as I know, if you are on the Oreo beta, at least on the Snapdragon US variant, you are still on v2 (the number after the U in the build number is the bootloader version). Do not accept any OTAs and only update if you are completely certain you want to be stuck.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vimerate:
Does this mean that we can update to a build with Bootloader v3, but don't expect to be able to change carriers afterwards? :( For example, I switched my S8 from ATT to XAA to get rid of the bloat. Should I restore to ATT on Nougat or can I stay on Oreo beta on the unlocked U1 firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ironbesterer:
You can stay on the unlocked firmware for now, but once you switch to one of the carrier firmwares with v3, you cannot go back to anything other than a carrier firmware with v3. You should be ok for now, but just be sure that the next time you update that it is not on v3 or you'll be stuck permanently or until a fix is found.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] roguester91:
My question is I have an ATT unlocked device on Cricket Wireless running the oreo beta since I flashed it to unlocked firmware. Should I revert back to Nougat before the final oreo build or just stick with it?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] raduque:
So what you're saying is, I'm running U1 on my Note8, if I take an OTA with BL3, it will brick?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
Yes I believe so. We are still looking into it. It may just be flashing with Comsey ODIN does it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] raduque:
Honestly, I think that the latter is what does it. Are y'all flashing from a fully OTA'd BLv3 Carrier FW to the BLv2 U1 FW using Comsey?

There isn't a U1 FW with BLv3 yet, right?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
There is not.

And I haven't personally tested it, but Comsey is required to flash U1, so we know it will brick the phone once it does reach Blv3.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] raduque:
So somebody flashed a full Odin U/carrier FW onto an actual U1 device and it bricked?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr. Orange 645:
No on a U1. They tried to carrier switch on either a U or a W.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] raduque:
Ok... so they tried to go from a device running a Carrier fw on blv3 to... what? A carrier fw on blv2?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mhh84:
I know this is still early, but the more questions and answers I see, the more confused I am.

Do we know if all of these scenarios will have the same result?

a) I have a AT&T (950U) branded device. I flashed it to become unlocked software (950U1). The device currently updates OTA with unlocked updates. A BLv3 OTA will brick the device. True/false/not yet known?

b) I have a AT&T (950U) branded device. I flashed it to become unlocked software (950U1). The device currently updates OTA with unlocked updates. Assuming a) is FALSE. Device will operate as normal U1 phone, but I will never be able to put 950U carrier branded software on it (via modded Prince Comsy), because that will brick it. True/false/not yet known?

c) I have a AT&T (950U) branded device. I flashed it to become TMobile (950U) device. It now get updates via Tmobile. Future OTAs will continue as normal and I can even use Odin to flash other carrier software (950U), but I can NEVER use modded Odin to flash unlocked software (950U1)? True/false/not yet known.

Based on what I've read right so far. It seems that the answers all remain theoretical, thus not yet known, but based on the Note8 update, the answers would be a) False. b) True. c) True.

Am I far off base???

The thing right now that I understand the least is the scenario a). I don't understand why if I have a phone that was 950U but is now 950U1, why it would get bricked. I do understand that attempts to change it once BLv3 hit are currently DOA, but that's different than simply keeping your phone in the stream that it is currently.