yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] iharkins:
Ah, it's that is it, doh! I should've realised as I had this with an older ROM image. If it's the same as the previous one I think I can just remove the shortcut to TrayIcon_MannerMode from \Windows\Startup.

Thanks.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] iharkins:
venelar, I just tried your replacement .EXE and it worked a treat. Thank you very much
[HTC U11+ Guides, News, & Discussion] 1jcdub:
Is anyone else disappointed that the security patch updates are taking so long to be released. . We're 3 months behind now. :(
[HTC U11+ Guides, News, & Discussion] BBEgo:
I just got a system update notice an hour ago. Gonna install it tonight.
[HTC U11+ Guides, News, & Discussion] 1jcdub:
I've got a HK U11 plus. What region is your phone from?

Cheers
[HTC U11+ Guides, News, & Discussion] edkmho:
No update for CID 060 yet
[HTC U11+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bosmon:
Has anyone tried to contact HTC? I'm very disappointed with the security updates. I thought that HTC was going to be better than LG
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] nitro32:
Hi. I'm currently running Android 8.0.0, build 34.4.A.0.364 with the following modifications:

I'm using a US carrier (Ting), but I have the EE UK ROM flashed through flashtool in order to get the fingerprint sensor working.

I'm running a rooted kernel provided by YasuHamed

I have Magisk installed

I flashed TWRP to recovery

My phone works great as-is, but OTA updates fail. They get announced, but if I try to install it downloads successfully, appears to start installing successfully, but eventually just stops, then advertises that the update is available for download again.

So here's my question - how should I upgrade my phone? I know that the most thorough method is to use flashtool to wipe and then reflash the latest version, but re-installing and re-configuring everything, even with backups, is too time-consuming for that to be a regular process.

What are my options for upgrading without wiping my data and/or internal storage? Is there a way to obtain the OTA update files for standalone installation? Is there a way to flash the latest release through flasthtool without losing all of my data? Maybe I can "unroot" my phone, then install the OTA update? Any other options?

I'm obviously not only person to have this problem. How are others dealing with it, and what (generally) works best?

Thanks!
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] YasuHamed:
sirs

1.once the BOOT is UNLOCKED , OTA will always fail

2. the only way to update your xperias are now via flashtool

3. if you flash with below configuration, everthing will be wiped , under WIPE area if you don't TICK these boxes, flashtool will not reset your phone. it will just replace your necessary sin files with new ones. , however such flashing always results in higher batter drain (personal experience)

4. if you have your TA.img, after rooting, lock you bootloader again and you will start reciving OTA. but after any major OTA, kernel will be updated and you will have to unlock your bootloader again to gain root access. , EveryTime when you relock and lock you bootloader device wipes everything. (so basically its a same thing whats happening to you now)
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] nitro32:
Thanks! I tried re-locking my bootloader in the past, but as you pointed out you lose root when doing that, which defeats the whole point of unlocking in the first place. So, that's not really an option.

I'll try using flashtool with the options you mentioned unchecked. Would it perhaps make sense to still wipe everything except userdata (and also disable the reset options under Misc TA)? or would that not buy much in terms of reliability?
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] YasuHamed:
under WIPE section

I always tick either ALL boxes , or NONE, because once i tried skipping one of the ticks under wipe and sony kept asking me password. sony stockrom itself locked out of the internal storage. I guess its Master Reset , or rese without reasons are the key triggers of wiping encrytion key also.

you may experiment combination of these ticks, keeping in mind that you may have to reflash, reset your deice from zero, hence take backups (always) (even if you are 100% sure of what you are doing, still take backup)
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] Glassed Silver:
For Xperias, what's the best method to backup ALL app data (Play Store and unknown source apps) and all the other things not explicitly listed?

Xperia's own Backup tool? (the PC Companion backup vs on-device?)

Titanium?

No cloud for me btw... I'm also talking about app data like the data downloaded by games after their installation, because which games these days don't download additional data, and no, not just the download that may even happen via Play Store, but only as soon as you launch the app. (guess it's the dev's own server, however the app has been taken down ever since, so without a backup it will only keep looking for data that it can't fetch... tried with Titanium to transfer from an older Android device to my Xperia X)

Boy, really missing the beauty of a no-BS all-encompassing backup solution like on iOS, even though I fully expect that to be on very shaky legs as well...

And what about those three boxes under the wipe section? For example, what does MASTER-RESET do?

Sorry for the many questions.
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] YasuHamed:
1. I am not a GAMER but I believe for the games, A service called Google play Games saves Everything about your games saved. so even if you have different mobile, same google account you will start your game from same point which was left out on device 1 .

2. I have never tried iOS so I cannot comment on that but I would definitely add (from what i have seen on youtube videos and read online) that iOS has basic notion in mind which is let us make our users tension free and we will do EVERYTHING for them. now this notion for me means, someone taking my freedom away and controling my decicions, (irrespective of what noble cause behind) where ANDROID basically GIVE MORE CONTROL to me so when it does, it also expect me to know what this freedom means?. I will have to be detailed oriented and I must cover all bases manually. Backups, Rooting, Flashing on my terms, Flashing different roms with different launders, Cloud base options, gaining control over android paritions to alter core structure of device.etc. Android offers more for sure!

3. Master Reset will wipe your login credentials , apps, and encryption keys, hence when device boot, you will have to setup everything again
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] Glassed Silver:
With all due respect, but I think I failed to express myself properly to get it all across:

1) As I said, I'm not talking about cloud-solutions, I'm not talking about game progress, not all games are part of Google Play Games and other kinds of apps like to download data from third-party servers as well.

2 Why do you think I'm using both by now? because I want that control, but I also like simplicity to whatever extend I can get it. I don't want a forced way of Android telling me to use XYZ, I want a way I can choose and that way needs to fulfill certain criteria, such as a complete no BS backup solution that is incremental.

Just because I want control doesn't mean I'm stoked about DIYing everything, otherwise I might as well hire an intern and direct by orders. :laugh:

So all I can do is refer back to my questions. Hell forget I ever mentioned iOS. I'm too chatty anyways which often distracts from the actual point. Sorry for that.

3) Wow, well good that I asked it seems! So I leave ALL boxes unchecked, right? Both wipes and all resets? I surely don't want to retype a million passwords again for all the stuff where LastPass doesn't have my credentials stored (yet). :p

Thanks a lot for your time, really appreciated. :)
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] nitro32:
Hi. My understanding is that the most thorough way to backup an android phone is to do a nandroid backup. If you search google you'll find plenty of info about that. If you have TWRP flashed to your recovery partition, you can fairly easily kick off a nandroid backup directly from within TWRP, though TWRP seems to add some proprietary extensions that make recovery only possibly with TWRP.

That'll give you your all-encompassing backup.

The problem with nandroid is that it's, well, all-encompassing. If you restore, you revert back to that original state. You can't use it to backup your data before an upgrade, for example, then restore under the new version. I haven't found a great solution for that yet, but my current solution is oandbackup. This backs up APKs and data for all user (and system, if desired) applications. This can then be copied to an external SD card or to another computer or whatever, then used to restore your apps and data after wipe/reset or upgrade. I setup a couple scheduled jobs to backup all user data and newly installed apks nightly, then have a job in a separate sync program to copy that to my NAS. No cloud necessary. :)

The main caveat here is that, because oandbackup is app-centric, it does not include system preferences, accounts, SMS messages, etc. All of that will need to be manually reconfigured or backed up with another app. Recovery, therefore, still takes some time (hence my request about upgrading without requiring a full wipe), but all of your important data should be preserved with this method.

Definitely not recommending this as the best approach, but it works well enough for me and avoids any dependency on online services.. Interested in any other approaches people may wish to share.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wmsouza:
Android 6.0.1 Stable :o

Bugs:I have not seen any so far.

Previous Bugs: Camera, GPS and Bluetooth (these bugs on other roms for ht16)

I'm aware of a bug that does not allow 2g internet stream but I think it's something in the kernel :(

Install:

1 - Download the file

2 - Open TWRP (if you not have download here and flash via SPFlashTool, DOCTORWHO is the password for extract)

3 - Advanced Swipe: ART, Cache, System and Data

4 - Install Zip

5 - Open the zip file

6 - Restart phone

7 - Enjoy! ;)

Screenshots:

Source: 4PDA Russian Forum

Link: https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1ZxATslTIErRnkKJd2iguj4yVksMb5DMz&export=download :cool:

Note: I'm using Google Translate because I'm Brazilian and I do not know how to speak English ... Sorry if have errors
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pacusan:
the link does not work, can someone could re-upload it?

I'm looking for a room for my homtom ht16 (which currently I is giving the error of "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped")

If someone recommends me any other rom will it thank you

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] caspaas:
please someone re upload!
[Sony Xperia C4 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] bigrammy:
Road to full Root

Since I am asked many times here is a super quick bullet listed workflow.
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1. is needed as there is no workaround for this at the moment!!

1. Unlock Bootloader (Get a backup of /ta partition first if possible just search xda for mtk-su ;) )

2. Extract the stock sony boot/kernel.sin to .elf format. (Tools listed in OP)

3. Convert the boot/kernel.elf to .img (Tools listed in OP)

4. Patch the .img with Magisk (Search xda)

5. Flash to the device. (Fastboot, TWRP if you have one or use dd method with tmp root)

:eek:
[Sony Xperia C4 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Rortiz2:
Hey mate! Great thread!

I need some help with my Xperia L3..

I backed up the TA partition with dd and I want to restore it now. How I can do it?

Thanks!
[Sony Xperia C4 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] bigrammy:
Sorry for the mega late reply but I did not get any notification :eek:

I guess you probably sorted it already but just incase see this post here https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69971015&postcount=16 as that pretty much covers it.

Note you must reflash 100% Stock ROM when using the restored TA.

Also check this thread HERE if you want to run none stock.

Note I have not tested any of these myself so please ask any specific questions in the relative threads.

:highfive: :highfive:
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] lesdense:
I have two Droid Turbos, one that runs on Verizon and one that runs on ATT. I bought the Verizon one new and the ATT one via Swappa. The Verizon phone is not bootloader unlocked or rooted. The ATT phone is BOTH bootloader unlocked and rooted (running latest available Lineage ROM).

When I plug the Verizon Droid Turbo into a QC3 charger using a short, thick USB-to-micro USB cable, it pops up "Fast Charging" or "Turbo Charging" or something that indicates accelerated charging. When I plug the ATT phone into the same charger using the same cable it does NOT say anything about fast charging. Plus, the ATT phone takes measurably longer to charge than the Verizon phone (meaning it's not simply a matter of the ATT phone not popping up a notice but still fast charging).

I feel as though I've eliminated any charger or cable-related issues by getting the results I've gotten on the Verizon phone. I've flushed all the caches in the ATT phone. I've blown out and closely examined the charging port of the ATT phone to make sure there is no damage and no debris. Is there something I'm missing?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] ChazzMatt:
Download [MENTION=5747496]bhb27[/MENTION] Turbo Toast app for your rooted one.

[app] Turbo toast [A solution of Motorola Turbo charger Toast for custom ROM]

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3427981

That won't force it to Turbo Charge/Quick Charge, but will tell your charging status -- so you'll know for sure. You'll need to give the Turbo Toast app root.

QUARK custom ROMs won't show Turbo Charge status or slow charging status when charging (unless they have this Turbo Toastc app). This app does show that.

If it does show slow charging, then you have definite proof and we can go from there.

Posted via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] ChazzMatt:
WHICH "latest available Lineage ROM"'are you running? We have two, with two different maintainers.

If it's ROM problem, we need to know which one to investigate.

[ROM][Quarks][LOS 14.1 Unofficial][7.1.x]

(While [MENTION=6069596]calsurferpunk[/MENTION]'s ROM is from the OFFICIAL LOS branch with latest security patches, it's a hybrid of LOS with some Quark Resurrection Remix features added -- thus it's "unofficial" on purpose.)

[ROM][7.1.2_r36][UNOFFICIAL] LineageOS with OMS patches for Quark

(This ROM by [MENTION=5840063]P013onEr[/MENTION] is from a different LOS branch than the one above.)

If you want to see all available Quark ROMs, go here:

[ROMs][Quarks][List for Moto Maxx and Droid Turbo]

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=75679114

Sent via open market LG US998 V30/V30+
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] lesdense:
You ask a good question that I wish was easy to answer. I bought the phones and I did the work on the ATT phone with the custom ROM but the phones are with my son, an Army captain at a base in Louisiana. I've already asked him the question and described where to find the answer but this often takes a while.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] HARKEYS:
Hi, ive been getting awful sot with miui.eu and battery problems , ill post 2 screenshots of the battery info

[IMG="1"]https://ibb.co/jx1CTS[/IMG]

[IMG="2"]https://ibb.co/eJTFhn[/IMG]
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] HARKEYS:
Calibration

[/IMG]Ive tried it 3+ times but i think it didnt work
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franpepper94:
Is there any way to configure this option on LineageOS 15?

I was looking at the phone settings, but I did not find anything :( :(
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saber:
That's a Stock Samsung feature only I'm afraid :(
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] convolution:
I did a long, messy, and convoluted way of getting root. I messed up several times. Now I think I finally have root and a working phone. But, when I first turn on the phone, it gives me a screen warning me that it can't check for security loopholes, so i should relock my bootloader. That's normal.

But I also get another screen saying that my device is corrupted, and that my device may no longer properly work. Press power to continue. I press power, and it's able to either boot to the phone OS, or boot to TWRP, depending on what I was doing.

Question is, is my phone really corrupted during my messy install? Or is it also normal for all rooted and unlocked phones?

Thanks.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] dogen18:
I believe the corrupted message is standard for Android on all phones. I always ignored it. There are threads on how to get rid of that message. I never bothered with that.

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Oh, the message is normal when bootloader is unlocked. Furthermore, I have read that relocking bootloader can cause problems with Essential Phone, but I don't know why.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] convolution:
But the error message I get literally pauses the boot sequence until I press power to acknowledge it. That's normal?

Pretty annoying if it is...
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] dogen18:
It has been awhile since I rooted any phone, but yes, pressing power to continue was what I remember. And, yes annoying, but not fatal !
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] GryphKid44:
It sounds like you might only have one good slot and the other corrupted. The bootloader message as you indicated is normal but the other message is not. I had this at one point as well because fastboot erased system but failed to flash it. Reflashing stock fixed it.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] convolution:
How did you flash stock? I tried

https://xdaforums.com/essential-phone/development/stock-7-1-1-nmj20d-t3701681

Flashing NMJ88C, and i downloaded it, extracted it, ran the BAT after I have both bootloader and critical unlocked, and now I can load the phone with NMJ88C, but like I said, I got that error. Isn't this method supposed to have fixed both slots?

If you didn't use this method, i was wondering what method you did?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] GryphKid44:
I would think that would do the trick. In my case I knew the system was issue so I just flashed system. I find fastboot extra finicky on this phone. Did you happen to notice if something errored in the script?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] wolfu11:
http://mata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Sounds like you have the red verity message.

Read this guide down toward the bottom it explains it further and there is a fix.

Good Luck
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] convolution:
I do... but my wifi doesn't work as well, so I think I did something wrong.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] wolfu11:
https://download.invisiblek.org/mata/boot.fix.red.img

install this via fastboot flash boot boot.fix.red.img

that should clear out your error after a reboot and fix your wifi.

if it doesn't simple go back to stock and start over.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] convolution:
Which stock should I choose? There are so many builds and versions? Do. I have to match my current one?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] wolfu11:
yeah there are a lot lol I'm using OB 8.1 and it's solid flashed it from the back to stock section then rooted it via modified boot, super easy (no need for twrp)

I would choose the most current one. since it will have the latest security patches. but within a day or 2 we should be getting the March update in a new build.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] convolution:
no need for twrp?

you follow this one?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] wolfu11:
What I mean is if you are staying stock and just want magisk and root you don't need to do it via twrp. There are modified boot images you can fastboot flash. But if you want custom ROMs you still need twrp.

I have been satisfied with stock rooted.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] convolution:
I think I did it! I'm now running 8.1 + Magisk. But I kind of want to add TWRP so I can run a custom kernel...
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] spotmark:
You CAN'T add TWRP. It's installed as BOOT, so you need to install it every time you use it.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] convolution:
Ahhhh. I had a light bulb moment as to why I had difficulty... I installed twrp but didn't install the boot image after.

Strange how that works. I'm coming from an older school phone that doesn't do that slot system thing.

Any reason why this phone would have TWRP replace the boot image?

Or maybe you know of a thread that explains it?

Thanks.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] wolfu11:
delete
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] RossTeagan:
If it works, you should worry about that message at all.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] GospelNerd:
The slot thing is pretty new in general. This doc has some explanation for the architecture of our phones: http://mata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Once you get the hang of it, it's pretty simple to deal with.

BTW, awesome signature. PTL, SDG. :victory:
[Asus Zenfone Max Questions & Answers] xNotta:
I can't seem to find a forum specifically for the ASUS ZenFone Max Plus ZB570TL https://store.asus.com/us/item/201801AM190000003

Searching keeps sending me to this forum but I don't see this model here.

Is this the right place for the Max Plus model ZB570TL?
[Asus Zenfone Max Questions & Answers] gcbxda:
No it is not. This is for the late2015 version. you want the nov2017 one.

this is the one this forum is about https://www.gsmarena.com/asus_zenfone_max_zc550kl-7476.php (which i guessed from the posts)

completely different devices. See the comparison https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=7476&idPhone2=8953

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https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76047146&postcount=22776
[Other SmartWatches] kikan:
Hi,

im wondering if this version of android oreo GO for smart phones, with MTK6580 Quad Core 1.0GHz cpu , can be installed on smartwatch with this MTK6580 cpu ?

It will be nice that my chinese smartwatch with android 5.1 can run new Android Oreo 8.1 ( light version ).

https://www.xda-developers.com/android-go-android-studio-emulator/

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Mediatek-MT6580M-SoC-Benchmarks-and-Specs.167881.0.html

by

kikan
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] tej2020:
Ok so at the moment the only touch device for the Kaiser is the one listed in the link below?

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Cube

If there are any other versions that run on Kaiser can we have a link in that wiki or on here please? it would be cool, especially for someone who has only learnt about this 3 days ago...i am playing catchup bigtime
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] pego99:
This pop up ad appears many times a day.

Can't figure where its coming from and how to get rid of it.

Any help would be appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] FactualGnome:
Download Malwearbytes and run a scan. Looks like adware.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] pego99:
Malwarebytes found nothing ugg
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] JeffDC:
What happens if you go to your pull down from top notifications? I'd think it will show the running process. Hold your finger on it and should go to the 'notifications' setting for the app.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] peachpuff:
Start deleting questionable apps you downloaded recently.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] Lisalee:
I had an update recently installed on my Samsung s8. When I tried to play my music, my phone said I had to download Samsung Music Player, since then I've had ads popping up every 5 minutes. Every ad has the System UI logo and an app that I downloaded to monitor app usage confirmed it also. When I go into advanced setting or admin settings the buttons are blocked. Some say to delete any unusual apps, but how can I tell which apps or stock apps I really need?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers] peachpuff:
Which music player did you install?