yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
It's there.

You cannot remove it because it's part of the trusted boot that you cannot modify.

I don't think there has been any effort to bother with it.

It's there for 2 seconds and goes away on it's own.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] aer0zer0:
the splash image doesnt have the files for the yellow !
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
Splash is a different screen that can be modified.

The yellow and red warning screens cannot.

Or at least nobody has found a way.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
Ok, as I said, I don't have the phone yet, just ordered it, and doing all my research on it before it arrives, or if I am going to keep the order, if ther development is bad, and not worth the effort.

Well, listen, I hear you all, a few seconds so what, but unfortunately, I'm too OCD of a Linux Geek, where as we all know in the world of Linux how easy it is to customize and create and make it your own. So when it comes to phones, especially in this price range, I expect to make it my own, and not be stuck with something like this. Hopefully that makes more sense...

So the Essential has a splash image, which can be modified, but this unlocked message is not within the splash image, these yellow and red screens being mentioned, no one has figured out yet?

By the way, an American company, I would of thought reaching out to them, asking to explain this, and given how Essential hasn't worked out well, this would be a chance for them to improve their self in at least the Mod Community to get the phone more support and development.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
There is plenty of development.

That message is there for a reason.

it is there to indicate that a phone is not secure and secure boot with verification cannot be done.

You can make the phone completely yours, except for changing that image.

I can pretty much assure you that changes to secure boot are going to happen.

If you can change those messages, then there is no concept of secure and verified boot.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
I understand these things, I was just trying to figure out if anyone has figured out a way to remove it.

Thanks
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
It seems to not be an app that can be used on other phones...
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
I didn't assume you were a noob. I saw you were a senior member, but I try to explain things such that the noobs that also read it don't ask twenty questions over the next ten posts. Everyone reading this is not experienced.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] aer0zer0:
https://xdaforums.com/essential-phone/how-to/guide-how-to-change-boot-logo-splash-t3706728
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
[MENTION=702877]tech_head[/MENTION], ok on the bootloader message...

And I hear you about explaining it for others, my bad for not considering that. :(

Thanks

Sorry wasn't looking around to see someone has created something to change the splash images, but nothing still about the bootloader message...

hmm
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
Post error, forum has been acting up... :(
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] CosmicDan:
EDIT: Disregard, thought this was Mi A1 forum :\

Don't use the linked tool at all, i made it only for Mi A1.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
[MENTION=1844875]CosmicDan[/MENTION], I use your tool that is why I mentioned you, people have been discussing the splash image in regards to the bootloader message, trying to figure out if a tool like yours could be made to work for the Essential...
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
You can modify the splash, boot animation, etc. The warning image is buried somewhere else.

It's probably buried somewhere close to fastboot, or even in the low level secure boot in the ARM trust zone.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
[MENTION=702877]tech_head[/MENTION] you mentioned before that it's part of the trusted boot, now you mentioned buried somewhere else, so do you know where, or not certain?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
It would have to be part of the trusted boot since it can monitor whether the boot loader is unlocked.

Where it is located, I have no idea.

It does not need to be specifically in the same partition, it only need be walled off from anything else.

There are various ways to implement secure boot and create partitions that have a security bit.

They could be using a boot flag, that completely masks that set of flash after boot.

I don't know how it's implemented, but I have implemented ARM trust zone/secure boot in hardware I have designed.

I design chips for a living, although currently not cell phone chips.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
Oh, Chips Design nice, you should of been chips_head instead... LOL ;)

Well, given your technical background, do you think you could figure this out in time?

Thanks

P.S. Now this is interesting, for those of us posting on this thread, how many view might that be, that we are making? Well not that many, and as of today there are 486 views! ;) So looks like quite a few people interested in some way or another on this Subject Matter! :)
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
The short answer is no.

A longer answer is that secure boot was designed to keep people like me out. :D
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] aer0zer0:
Long and short is this. If they figure it out for the pixel2, it can probably be done. If it's in avb or something, good luck
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
[MENTION=702877]tech_head[/MENTION], keep people like me out... LOL ;)

Here's info on this;

https://source.android.com/security/verifiedboot/verified-boot
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] aer0zer0:
This phone closely follows the pixel. My best guess is bootloader unlock flash also follows suite. I read that article, so I'm basing my knowledge on that and other threads. I owned a x pure, where we just flashed the logo.bin and it went away. I'm assuming the mi a1 is similar.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
No the other phone, I won't mention names, cough cough... ;)

It's all just in the splash.img, an easy fix, creating a new splash with the tool we talked about before... :)
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] aer0zer0:
I've read in other threads, that patching it to just remove isn't working. And until they solve it for the pixel 2, it'll never happen in my mind.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
I'm not a coder, but I wonder if it can just be fooled into thinking it stays in Class A, with a self signed key, etc...

Hmm
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] aer0zer0:
But you have to beat AVB. tough sledding. I still go back to if it happens for the pixel2, we can make it happen.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
Hey what about these?

fastboot oem disable_dm_verity

fastboot oem enable_dm_verity

adb disable-verity

adb enable-verity

I read there are custom kernels that have dm-verity checks disabled, and this is suppose to get rid of the message...

Or, I wonder if this is the idea;

https://build.nethunter.com/android-tools/no-verity-opt-encrypt/
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
No it's not the splash.img.

I'm running a custom splash screen. That isn't the orange/red warning.

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Agreed.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
That was simply a comment about how it was done in another device, being in the splash.img, it wasn't to imply anything about the Essential, which I know is not in the splash.img, we've discussed that already... ;)

But what about the verity cmds I brought up? My understanding is green, yellow, orange, red are stages of verity.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
I did some additional reading on how Android handles ARM trust zones. etc.

The bootloader is responsible for binding and the determination of the level of trust.

That means that the message is embedded in the BL.

If the device is unlocked you get the orange message and verification of the boot is not done.

If the device is locked you could get a yellow or red message.

You won't get a green message because that is normal boot with no messages.

Taken from documentation on Verifying Boot:

"Achieving full chain of trust requires support from both the bootloader and the software on the boot partition, which is responsible for mounting further partitions. Verification metadata is also appended to the system partition and any additional partitions whose integrity should be verified.

Bootloader requirements

The bootloader is the guardian of the device state and is responsible for initializing the TEE and binding its root of trust.

Most importantly, the bootloader verifies the integrity of the boot and/or recovery partition before moving execution to the kernel and display the warnings specified in the section Boot state."

dm_verify is in the kernel and all this stuff is before the handover is passed to the kernel and dm_verify.

Based on what I have read, unless you can install a signed bootloader that you control, you cannot change the message.

The bootloader must be signed or the device won't boot. Unlocking the bootloader allows you to bypass verifying the boot, but not the message.

Read about it here:

https://source.android.com/security/verifiedboot/verified-boot
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
dm_verity, not dm_verify....

What if dm_verity is disabled in the kernel?

Also I mentioned the link at Post 22, which you are referring to, and I read it already;

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77178145&postcount=22
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
Disabling anything in the kernel will have no effect.

Hand over to the kernel is AFTER the secure boot checks to lock/unlocked etc.

This needs to be done with the boot process.

You will need to have it not show the orange/red screen.

You will only be able to do that if you have source for the secure boot and change the way it behaves.

You will then need to be able to sign it or the device won't boot. An unlocked BL lets you boot other Rom, but you can't replace the BL itself.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
Ok...

Guess have to wait on Essential to come through for us.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
Yeah, that's not going to happen.

I can't see any OEM breaking secure boot with a signed version of their secure boot that isn't secure.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Surge1223:
I hope someone figures this out. Preferably on accident and unintendedly, since as a developer, it's not possible, nor even remotely worth trying, let alone anything to worry about anyway. I really do hope someone does though, and that it's adaptable across all devices forever, and they make it into a one click .exe.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] woodman:
Thread cleaned a bit.

If you are not interested in the topic, if you think no one cares, please avoid posting at all.

Even if there is only 0,0001% something can happen, it's not a reason to discourage people from, at least, doing some research and hoping someone can figure out this stuff. Even if it doesn't succeed someday, the minimum done here is to share knowledge.

Thanks

Wood Man

Senior Moderator
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] DoR3M3:
Anything is possible, Geeks like to hack, so trying is the adventure, nothing ventured, nothing gained!

One Click exe LOL... :eek:
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] stu5797:
Someone accomplished this for the Nexus 5x back in the day. It can be done a dev just has to want it...
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] davekaz:
they did it on note 3 also i forgot the guys name. but thats samsung
[Android Head-Units] KoolMoeDee KMD:
Hi All,

Recently purchased and installed a Joying head unit (4GB, PX5 Octa Core) (link to product)

So what are are some of the must have apps or tools to have on the android head unit?

What do you have installed that you could not live without :) as I only just got it it would be great to hear from people that have had them for longer to see what I should go and install.
[Android Head-Units] khisanthax:
I think something to remap keys if you want an extra controller. Voice assistant as well, I use Google now, works great. Bubbleupnp if you plan on using DLNA in the car
[Android Head-Units] Ben.suffolk:
FCC launcher
[Android Head-Units] KoolMoeDee KMD:
Does anyone know of a button remapper that works with steering wheel controls?

I have tried a few of the top ones however they are not picking up the steering wheel controls. Happy to pay for a solution also :)

What other tools/apps work great also?
[Android Head-Units] KoolMoeDee KMD:
Hi All,

I recently purchased and installed a Joying head unit (4GB, PX5 Octa Core) (link to product)

Has anyone got any experience with installing a game emulator (for example a SNES emulator) and connecting a bluetooth controller to the head unit so they could play the games?

Id like to try it out but would like to ask quickly what other peoples experiences are with this. For example - Can a bluetooth controller be connected to the head unit at all? I dont really wanna go and buy one and have it not work.
[Android Head-Units] Presterin:
Bluetooth is crap atleast on my T8 unit
[Android Head-Units] khisanthax:
Same here it only had a2dp edict is phone and music control, however if you have a usb port you can get a 2.4ghz commissioner and use that. Other than it should work
[Android Head-Units] inee:
doesnt work for me, even w usb bluetooth dongle for my xbox one controller on android 9. anyone got this to work?
[Android Head-Units] jamaica36:
Worked for me with Xbox Game Pass and a Xbox controller connected through bluetooth.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Gabsol:
I got the same phone 4/64 variant with tianma screen. Not a single issue so far. I've been using it for two months with some heavy gaming and everything stills perfect.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] devcon69:
I also don't have that issue. Let your phone rest man. And don't always use it on full brightness. Go to display settings > contrast and set to COOL.

Even flagship devices has that problem. What would you choose an amoled burn which is permanent or image retention which is temporary???
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] manudroide:
Redmi note 5 from gearbest no issue in daily use auto brightness.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Incogn:
Lol, okay. No problems here

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Go do research about other phones in this price bracket. People pay 130euros for really good specs, then expect phone to be perfect. Seriously, screen burn in, retention and stuff like that is quite common faults nowadays, even pixels have huge problem with burn in, same for lg.. and those are phones that cost 8x the price of xiaomi. And the fact that majority of users dont have these problems, leads me to believe its the way you use your phone thats harmful. Maybe you always leave it on max brightness, also contrast.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Lodotux:
Lot of anti Xiaomi trolls these days... I don't know what people expect... May be it's the AliExpress/wish effect... Low price, low price, ever and ever.

Envoyé de mon Redmi Note 5 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] blaspheme000:
Flash lineage and lower rgb using live display. Problem solved.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] abdominazer:
one post

So you joined this forum yesterday just to write this :confused:

It´s pretty obvious that you're hating for some reason.

Trying to get rid of the competition :confused:
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] WorldsFastestMango:
Maybe the reason this individual is hating is due to the frustrations that they've expressed with their post.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] lawong:
for me tianma panels are good , wait till you use boa panels ,theres a lots of complaint out there.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jonidog:
He joined the forum to report a problem with his devices and warn others. If he would’ve joined just to post a positive review, you probably wouldn’t post the same response. I think his experience is legitimate, even if not a lot of people share it.
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] JShan:
Hi all. I got my 7x on Prime Day, and so far, I'm loving the phone. IMO, the EMUI 8.0 interface is fine. But I'm intrigued by the possibility of unlocking and installing a Treble ROM like Lineage. For someone who has dabbled in unlocking, rooting and installing custom ROMs (but is by no means an expert), my question is: is it worth it? Is it very difficult? How high is the probability of something going massively wrong? Are there good, clear, idiot-proof step-by-step instructions out there if starting from factory? And is the upgrade from EMUI really worth the effort? I will appreciate all advice.
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] mrmazak:
it is not exactly "idiot-proof" because idiots will find a way to "f" anything up.

but all mods depend on you being able to unlock bootloader. And honor has decided to stop issuing unlock codes on July 29. So if you think you may want to flash any roms, make sure to get your code now.
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] JShan:
Thanks for that. Forgive the ignorance, but do I need to root also to install a Treble ROM? I'm now a DirecTV Now subscriber, and their app will not work on rooted phones, and I've had trouble getting RootCloak to work. Any benefit to unlocking the bootloader, even if I do not flash another ROM?
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] mrmazak:
well I am also direct tv now user. And I have been going back and forth with root and unroot, for serveral testing reasons. I had not tried to use the directv now app while rooted till now, after reading your post.

And can confirm the video play is stopped with error message about not working on rooted device.

Bummer.

No there is no need to root to use custom roms, But that does not mean the app will work though.
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] JShan:
Sorry to be the bearer of that bad news. I think what I'll probably do is get the unlock code from Huawei while I still can, and sit on it for future use, maybe in a year once I'm out of warranty. Maybe then there will be an Android P ROM that will be worth the effort to flash. Thanks for the advice.
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] Vanaxel:
hi everone,

i've upgraded the rom to:

ROM Version: Artemis Vanilla 4.01 WWE

ROM date: 2/5/08

Radio Version: 03.07.90

Protocol Version: 4.1.13.51

(all above got from Device Information)

i used tomtom 6.02x before and

my settings before rom & tomtom-update where:

GPS Program Port: COM4

GPS Hardware Port: (None)

Baud Rate: 115200

in Tomtom i used:

other NMEA

COM4

115200

Tomtom was really fast when i used this settings above and made the quickgps-update.

BUT NOW....

how i told before, i made this rom-update and installed new version tomtom 6.030 (8320) - tried to use the same settings like i ever had...

i hardly ever got a signal although tomtom verified my gps settings and everything looked okay.

Now i MUST USE:

GPS Program Port: COM4

GPS Hardware Port: (None)

Baud Rate: 9600

in Tomtom:

other NMEA

COM4

9600

...and Tomtom is very slow with 9600 baud - my subjective opinion!

1.) Did anybody make the same experiences and knows somekind of workaround to get tomtom work faster (get the signal faster!)

2.) Do i assume right, if i think that the working-speed of tomtom depends on the baud rate?

I WANT 115200 baud AGAIN ...for those who don't want to read my little novel above :(

Btw i also tried the new option in Tomtom: internal GPS Receiver. Tomtom verified my gps settings and everything looked okay - but no signal at all over half an hour with sunny sky in garden :confused:

regards, Van
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] runningtiger:
I use...

GPS Program Port: COM4

GPS Hardware Port: (None)

Baud Rate: 9600

- and -

the option in Tomtom: internal GPS Receiver

just like you describe, but also use the quickGPS application and the signal is ready to go in TomTom in less than a minute.

Also, make sure on the Access tab in the external GPS settings (where all the above settings are) that the box it checked to manage GPS automatically.

Are you using quickGPS? Otherwise, I hope someone else has a better idea for you.

Good luck!
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] stead:
I use the vanallia rom with tomtom about 30 times a day....and if its of any use to you

the baud rate makes no difference, if anything all it would do is suck up ever so slightly more or less power depending on the speed (am i right? thats what i assumed and i always set it to the lowest ?!?)

anyways, Myself I find QuickGPS to be a bit of a waste of time, after not using that for quite sometime I find tomtom picks up a siginal if outside usually within 30 seconds first time and then within 1 or 2 seconds the rest of the day,

I have tomtom set to use internal GPS reciever, although for some reason my friends t-mobile flashed with same rom has to be set to use the NMEA, I don't quite understand that as I thought both devices were indentical except for the wifi, although there are several odd quicks that are different between the 2 devices..

anyways, I find if you just leave quickgps, just make sure you get a siginal and use it for a bit for a few days it seems to just work a lot quicker thereafter?

I can't see tomtom being the problem, If i ever have a trouble getting a fix I tend to use VisualGPSe and leave it running in the background, it'll run when the phone is in standby to keep the gps fix.

Have you reflashed your rom again? a lot of people seem to recommened flashing it twice to make sure it works properly?

The only other thing I can think of is to remove the GPS antenna and then put it back to make sure its sitting in right, (It may help? I'm assuming its removal, i've removed the one side of it before but didn't take it off completly as i was worried it wouldn't go back on!)

Sorry can't be of much help, but thought i'd try and give a friendly reply :)
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] neilhhardy:
oh its a easy one, had this many times before so follow these steps and your flying again

1. install the packedephemeris into the windows folder ( i attached it to this thread)

2. install SeaSGEE and do update. ( attached to thread)

3. go back into Tomtom and choose internal GPS

4. first time can take around 2 to 5 minutes to get a lock.

5. soft reset your phone then again update SeasGee.

6 run tomtom and have fun.
[LeEco Le 2 Questions & Answers] joaocandeias:
Hi! My mother is getting an X526 from Gearbest and I think that I will change the ROM when it arrives because she is more used to stock Android experience. Also, I watched some videos about this phone and the UI just doesn't seem right to me for whatever reason. I find it to be too Chinese and I think that my mom will not like/get used to it. (The videos I watched are from 2016 though, it may have been some improvement since then, idk) Can anybody give me opinions about EUI? Any feedback is really appreciated since LeEco is a new brand for me. By the way, these phones usually come with shop ROM's right?

Thanks in Advance

Sorry for bad english
[LeEco Le 2 Questions & Answers] danishdvn:
You can install custom roms but the problem with every rom is not working camera(Stock) you can use footej or anyother camera. Leeco(RIP) is dead and didn't even provided us Nougat update. Don't mind but i think you should have gone with Any latest Xiaomi phone. Surely leeco Le x526 is currently best bang for your money but at cost of software experience.