yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbsc:
SBL stands for Secondary BootLoader, a part of the phone's firmware.

It's located in the sbl partition on the EMMC device and is booted by PBL (Primary BootLoader) wich is located in the SoC's ROM.

In it's turn, SBL boots aboot (application bootloader) which next boots recovery or boot.img (kernel).

SBL provides Odin mode, as far as I know.

The phone will not work without SBL.

Than was the theory. The practice is that S5's EMMCs get broken quite often.

I'd suggest installing "Dummy file generator" app from the market to test the memory.

Run it and try to fill all memory and see if it crashes.

If you run out of memory just clean the app's cache.

But if the app craches, I'd suggest sending the phone back or looking for a new motherboard.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gloria13:
Thanks! I did some background reading on the Android/Samsung boot procedure. I understand that the PBL is most likely contained in some ROM (that's where the ARM CPU jumps right after a reset). But the SBL is located in a regular partition X on the internal flash memory /dev/mmcblk0pX/. After SBL apparently there follows "aboot" and only then the boot sequence that's know from the Linux desktop, begins by loading a kernel and initial ramdisk from the partition that's mounted at /boot.

I know that the recovery tools such as TWRP can essentially flash arbitrary content to /boot (e.g. in order to replace the kernel and initial ramdisk). But is it possible to use TWRP in order to access the data of the sbl1 and aboot partitions? Can I verify that the partition table and the binary contents of sbl1 and aboot are identical to the factory settings of the SM-G900F? Since the common flashing activity begins only at a later stage at /boot, every one of us still ought to have the same sbl1 and aboot on their devices, no? I there a way I can verify and compare that content?

Kind regards,

Gloria13
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbsc:
This verification is not needed because sbl and aboot are digitally signed and PBL keeps the public key in the ROM :)

But this periodical bug is a problem and I'd check the memory.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gloria13:
I see. So I can rule out any data corruption, but quite obviously I do need to worry about read errors from the internal flash memory.

It seems my only option is to return the phone because of defect internal flash memory.

Regards,

Gloria13
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbsc:
Exactly.

I've had an S5 with defective EMMC. And pulling a large file from it (say, 100-200 MB) gave different results every time (I was checking md5 of that file).

I'd return this phone if it costs more than $40.
[P3600 Software Upgrading] salarshokor:
:) :) :) :)
[P3600 Software Upgrading] maxip:
Did you use HardPSL before you flashed the ROM ?

If not, you may not be able to recover the device.

Maxi
[LG V35 Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfgart:
Here all you need to know ...

https://www.mylgphones.com/download...-firmware-v350n10i_00_lgu_kr_op_0702-kdz.html
[LG V35 Guides, News, & Discussion] peperonikiller:
Seems we are getting closer. I'm really hoping we get to see some custom roms..
[LG V35 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saxithon:
Thank you so much

#Edit: Anyone knowing the header used for the .dz file?
[LG V35 Guides, News, & Discussion] damiloveu:
Could I flash it to my device? Mine is from AT&T.
[LG V35 Guides, News, & Discussion] asialove2013:
hello bro

[MENTION=608699]wolfgart[/MENTION]

How are you doing?

I just heard that someone in China Shenzhen can unlock the bootloader of G7, V35, and V40! ALL models supported - Except T-mobile variants
[LG V35 Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfgart:
link ?

OPPO FIND X too ? Global variant
[LG V35 Guides, News, & Discussion] asialove2013:
Only three screenshots of LG V35 posted. Do not know how to unlock bootloader

https://www.mylgphones.com/lg-v35-bootloader-can-now-be-unlocked.html
[Android Head-Units] speratus:
Hi, bought this unit a couple of months ago and it's been working great. I would like to install some custom roms but i don't know what type of mcu it has.

The model is a EONON GA7158S with the following information:

- Processor: QuadCore T3

- Android version: 6.0.1

- MCU Version: T5.3.19-108-14-943101-170608

- System Version: V8.2.1_20170616.195953_KBT6

Thanks
[Android Head-Units] speratus:
Well... searched a bit and found a russian forum where they have some information about my model and apparently mine is not a mtcb unit. They have some firmwares and i proceeded to install one with the android version 7. Now im stuck on the android boot logo... tried the reset button but nothing, tried installing the previous version using recovery same thing..

Any help is appreciated
[Android Head-Units] Yasser_Atyah:
Were you able to fix the issue? Because I have the same problem smh
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] kazzot17:
Hello!

I have a rooted G965F and the fingerprint sensor stopped working, sent it to RMA and they said that the warranty is voided. Since I live in the EU and the phone was bought form insde the EU, I was told that the manufacturer has to repair the phone regardless of the software's status. I called at the RMA and they said that the root was the cause of the sensor's malfunction and that's why the warranty is now voided.

Can I do something about it?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] todd3835:
Highly doubtful. A warrenty covers failures due to failure under normal use. Modifying the product, whether it's hardware or software is not something a company has to cover. I'm sure it specifically states it somewhere in the user manual, and also in the legal jargon your forced to accept when you setup the phone. You modified your device which voids the warrenty.

Do I belive that root broke the fingerprint sensor? Absolutely not. However, you have the burden of proof at that point, even if the law allows you to root. They have the shear numbers on their side though. I haven't seen a single other complaint about finger print sensors dying. Screen coating issues? Plenty. Black crush? Seen plenty there too.

Every root I've ever seen specifically says it will void your warrenty. It sucks your device has a broken fingerprint sensor, but at least it still works.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studioramani:
i have rooted and installed TWRP. i googled but i can not find any

it is android 4.2.2

and 512mb ram

2GB system

please give me links that i can download custom rom for my phone
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] leondestiny:
New OP6 owner, quite bugged with how this thing works when flashing stuff..

it was a breeze on my 6p, anyways.

i decided to do a "Clean" flash and wiped data/system/dalvik etc.

then tried to flash the Full zip of 5.1.8 (it is a 1.2gb file) and i flashed via TWRP then flashed twrp zip and rebooted recovery/flashed magisk.

but there is no OS installed it says, boots me back into twrp.

my question now is how do i get it back to load up OOS, do i have to use fastboot now .. ?

i dont want it to wipe my whole SD :(

what do i do, and how do i stop this from happening for next time?

i thought flashing was normal that way, are we not supposed to wipe system with the op phones..?

i had a MOD installed (xXx) and wanted it removed so that i could install another mod ,thus i wiped system/data etc.

please let me know how to fix this, thx !
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] sting5566:
You need to make sure you are booting the slot you flashed the rom on, A or B.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] leondestiny:
how do i do this? i only flashed zip from the root of my SD , there was no option to select either A or B :C

i went into advanced or seomthing and saw SLot a and B i tapped a and reboot sytem now it is stuck on twrp logo.

f** this ab ****.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Bradl79:
When u flashed the rom and rebooted it should let u know which one u r flashing on when u flash magisk, the xXx should have been a magisk module so should have been deleted when u wiped data, I would re-download 5.1.8

Wipe all again.

Flash OS

Flash twrp installer

Reboot to twrp

Flash magisk and reboot

---------- Post added at 01:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:22 PM ----------

Did u have the magisk module version of xXx, if so all u had to do was uncheck it and reboot
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] i am Kal-El:
OnePlus 6 has two partitions like the Pixel 2. For seamless OTA updates. In TWRP go to the Reboot menu and you'll see your currently active slot. It's either A or B. Switch to the other one and reboot. That should do it if you did flash the ROM.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] leondestiny:
man screw this ab partition shet, i will be forced to do a userdata reset..

can you please advise me what not to do to get into this mess again..?

its not fun recopying my data back and forth.

all i tried to do was clean flash and flash the latest rom via twrp..

why does this thing has to be so complex, please tell me if a clean wipe does this mess ?

cant we safely clean wipe this thing or what?

i love the phone, but the flashing stuff is a huge mess imo.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] mikex8593:
You can always just keep a backup of userdata in TWRP but you don't have to wipe data. If you wipe system and flash the full zip, you will get the no os error but you can boot to system anyway. It just thinks there is no os. The bootloop to TWRP is probably related to magisk.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] leondestiny:
took me an hour or so to get this thing booting up again..

without the need to wipe SD , this is so strange.

i honestly have no idea how i did it, but i am afraid to use twrp now..

this thing is messed up
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] mikex8593:
It's relatively easy. Just always remember to flash TWRP and magisk after flashing full ROM zip. It's always a safe bet to erase your lock screen before messing with TWRP as well so it can just decrypt with no password. If you use a magisk ROM, it's all systemless so the only changes that would stay are the ones that would debloat apps or remove system files. Everything would revert back to normal after you uncheck the ROM module in magisk manager.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] leondestiny:
hmm okay thx, someone suggested me omni rom, but i will need to erase data right?

but my issue is, if in case i wanted to go back to OOS, would i need to erase data again? :l

and also about flashing roms, must they be flashed on both slots..? a and b ?

i have no clue how i got OOS back booting to be honest.. :l
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] mikex8593:
Switching ROMs, it is best to erase data or keep separate data backups for each ROM and restore the associated ones. As far as flashing on both slots, it wouldn't hurt, but it's not necessary unless instructions dictate. The whole reason for the slots is to allow seamless updates while the os is still active. If you experience any issues with bugs that aren't stated to be in the ROM thread, a clean install is always recommended.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] leondestiny:
thx mate, so for next time if i were to flash some oos through twrp, i only need to wipe data/cache etc.

then flash the oos zip ? i dont think i had the option to select which Slot to flash it to, so i guess i just have to reboot to the slot that it has it flashed on..?

and also flashing procedure must be like Rom then twrp then reboot twrp then flash magisk yes?
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] chrcol:
No sheet

This is what happened to me LOL and I soft bricked phone. Never ever bricked a phone before.

I tried to flash havoc os, OOS was originally on both A and B.

This process wiped slot B clean (even tho was booting on slot A), and OOS stayed on slot A.

I went to the reboot screen to reboot recovery on slot B and BAM I was bricked locked into fastboot mode.

And people say its easy.

Now I am in msmdownloadtool, I have managed to get it connected, and I can start the recovery but it fails, so I think the phone may be proper bricked.

Anyone getting a oneplus6 I would say these phones seem to have a genuine risk of brick, all I did was try to boot of a slot which TWRP says had no OS and now I have this problem.

---------- Post added at 01:59 ---------- Previous post was at 01:25 ----------

Havoc OS requires Oxygen OOS in both slots.

So I need to somehow get this to work.

I can unbrick the phone now with msmdownloadtool.

After ubricked the bootloader is locked again so I have to start from scratch.

Unlock oem loader in OS

Unlock bootloader in fastboot

Copy zips to phone.

Boot into TWRP and install TWRP, it says it installs to both slots but B bricks phone.

At this point I have oxygen OOS installed via recovery tool on slot A, twrp installed.

If I try to boot in slot B, phone bricks, fastboot loop which doesnt allow you to boot back into twrp so cannot switch back to slot A without msmdownload tool.

So the question is after I have recovered the phone how do I get oxygen OOS onto slot B as well, given I Cannot boot from slot B?

The solution is probably easy to those who know how but seems it isnt documented.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] yldlj:
Fastboot boot recovery. Img

Flash oos full ROM zip

Flash recovery. Zip

Reboot recovery

Flash oos full ROM zip AGAIN

flash twrp. Zip AGAIN

Reboot recovery

Flash magisk if you want root.

Make sure your using the correct twrp aswell. I recommend bluespark v86
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] leondestiny:
it is not easy, i make backups of my whole phone every 2weeks because i am a flashaholic i see myself switching from aosp back to oos and vice versa (i love oos) i actually gave up on flashing roms some weeks ago tried to stick to oos only so that i wont be bothered with bricks for whatver reason (and not being forced to use msmtool) , it is frustrating.

you always have to make sure you are not flashing a rom that has an older security patch , e.g november build of oos if you flash aosp rom with october build you might brick, so the rom has to be either on november security patch or newer e.g december.

it is so confusing as you even have to use the latest twrp always or else you can mess it up again..

always make backups is my advice.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] mikex8593:
If you're installing havoc os, make sure you're using latest bluespark TWRP first. Reboot recovery, flash oos, flash TWRP, reboot recovery, flash havoc gapps and magisk then reboot. The only difference in a/b partition is that there's a few extra steps in the flashing process. You don't have to flash to both slots to have havoc, but you also shouldn't be manually changing the slot in TWRP to try to boot a specific slot unless you know what you're doing.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] compu7er:
I wonder if it is possible to install a custom recovery on my OnePlus 5t without the use of a PC. The bootloader is already unlocked but I lost my existing recovery while updating to the latest OxygenOS Version. I searched XDA but couldn't find a guide for that.

Thanks for your help.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] KLit75:
Well I've never personally installed a custom recovery without a PC. If you're still rooted you can maybe try flashify, but you probably lost root too.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] llvllaster:
If you are rooted you can do it with Root Toolcase app which can be installed from Playstore. I do it with Root Toolcase.
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] compu7er:
Thanks for your ideas and thoughts! Unfortunatly I was not clear enough in explaining my situation. Yes, I also lost root. Therefore I need to get root back an then the custom recovery. I'm at the camping site at the moment and I don't have access to any PC... Is it possible to root my device without a PC?
[OnePlus 5T  Questions & Answers] llvllaster:
Ooh i see. Sorry. Then there is no way doing it without a pc.
[General Questions and Answers] trombatore:
Can anyone tell me where I can get that widget? All I know that how icon looks like) I couldn't find it in play market.

https://xdaforums.com/picture.php?albumid=15020&pictureid=57750

https://xdaforums.com/picture.php?albumid=15020&pictureid=57751
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anhminhha:
Bluestacks là một ứng dụng giả lập nền tảng Android hỗ trợ chạy trên máy tính cho phép bạn cài đặt bất cứ một game, phần mềm nào không khác gì trên thiết bị di động mà lại vẫn đáp ứng chạy được những phiên bản cho máy có thông số kỹ thuật cao nữa đấy. Tuy nhiên gần đây có nhiều ý kiến thắc mắc làm thế nào để khai thác được tối đa hiệu suất hoạt động của Bluestacks mang lại nhiều trải nghiệm tốt nhất, thêm nữa bạn sẽ khỏi cần lo lắng khi tham gia vào tựa game khủng cả về thể loại Online hay Offline thì nó đều hứa hẹn không ít điều thú vị nữa đấy. Trước đây khi muốn chơi game thì bạn phải cần có không ít những suy nghĩ về việc tân trang cho mình một chiếc dế yêu có khả năng kháng cự tốt, xử lý nhanh trước mọi tình huống một cách dễ dàng nhất. Nhưng bây giờ nhờ có Bluestacks nên mọi việc đã đơn giản hóa hơn rất nhiều, người dùng PC vẫn có cơ hội chơi game Android thậm chí còn ổn định hơn rất nhiều nữa đấy.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Haroon2015:
hi.

i just bought a canvas infinity. its screen security vaya password, pattern or pin is not working properly,

its screen lock is not working, screen is displaying just swiping the screen, no need to fill password, fingerprint pin to unlock it,

so i need help for my phones security,

or suggest a third party app to lock properly my screen.

thank you
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabeelshykh:
You must have given access to trueFace (Face Recongnition )
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] Dragon_of_Storm:
Improvable Situation

Amazon Prime Video let's you only use sd quality on this tablet. On amazon's official site, the only samsung tablet with 1080p support is tab s3 ("UHD/HDR/HD auf Sony Xperia XZ Premium-Mobilgeräten; HDR & HD auf dem Samsung Galaxy Note 7, Galaxy 8, 8+, Galaxy Tab S3, Sony Xperia XZ1").

How to improve (beginning)

So I questioned, why isn't it possible? After checking DRM Info I found out, that this device support google widevine secuirty level L1 (which is necessary for amazon's drm streaming to work). So the idea is, that Amazon just doesn't have whitelisted this device to use FullHD. Knowing this, I checked apps for changing device information and the best app I found is Device ID Masker Free which is also available in the play store. The advantage of the app is, that it doesn't change the system values (build.prop) itself but just hooks in the calls of apps which give back the information (see this explanation). Now the idea is to change the device information values to suggest amazon's app that this device is an tab s3. I first only changed the model number, which gave me an errorcode 1004 in amazon's app when I loaded the app. This found website suggests that this code is because device model error. So, it worked, amazon's app now fishes my manipulated device information data. But because of the errorcode it doesn't seem to be sufficiently changed. Now I changed my current model to "SM-T825" and current device and current product to "gts3llte". Now I can start amazon prime video app without error. But when I start a video I get an error (without code).

We will make it together

So, this just seems to be a matter of changing the device information data to the correct ones to get it working. So let's take together the journey to find the right values. Maybe now the "current hardware" is also important? What could you find out? Hope we get Amazon FullHD working on this device :).
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] charlie..:
Did you make any progress? What did you try already?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] smarttiel:
there is a simple work around - use any android browser e.g. chrome or edge. set it to desktop site in browser settings and load amazon video page. 1st time you play you will get a one time grant permission check for encrypted content. after that , anything you stream in the browser quickly scales to show 1080p at bootom of screen.

once you expand the browser window to full screen, its just like using the amazon app, but in full HD. you even get the IMDB x-ray overlay when you pause the screen

I have this working on a 10 inch samsung tab s1 and on a lenovo yoga tab 3. you MUST choose desktop site setting., and stream within the browser. |Iprefer edge browser to stream my prime video in HD because it remembers that setting, and I can set ti to load last used page for easy continue..
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] smarttiel:
Holy Grail - netflix and amazon video both in 1080p

PS to my workaround. above - i stumbled across this thread while seeking info on the the samsung tab s4- specifically- will it do amazon video 1080p out-of-the box like the s3?

amazon don't know and it is not covered in reviews so far, or mentioned in specs on samsung site

Idid a lot of research on the s3, before deciding to wait for the s4 - including talking to amazon, samsung, netflix - and what i found is that the s3 does stream amazon video at 1080p but netflix at only 720p without workarounds. Which is strange, as my samsung s1 does netflix at 1080p but there you go. strange but true, confirmed by experts and by testing with test patterns. i expect the s3 uses a samsung-specific version of the prime video app, not the one in play store, and that's how it workd, but I see no way / no where to grab that apk for use elsewhere.

My s1 can no longer access the samsung galaxy app store as they made it into an android 7+ only thing and I have android 6 on the s1 with no official upgrade for that.

My Fire HD 10 - the latest version with the1080p screen - does amazon at 1080p but it does netflix at only 720 via the official netflix app. (Tested with both google play and amazon app store versions and with test patterns). I get 1080p on the Fire HD 10 with a hacked netflix app but with that i lose the latest UI with the 10 secs forward skip. I am not aware of a hacked for L1 widevine version that also has the latest netflix UI ?

Thus my holy grail of finding an android tablet that does both at 1080p out of the box, remains unsolved - unless the S4 can. ?.

Now that the S4 is actually released, hopefully there will be more reviews and a definitive answer. meanwhile , all I get from amazon is ask samsung

I can get 1080p for both streams , on samsung and on fire tablets but only by using a hacked for widevine netflix app on the fire & the stream in browser trick for amazon on the samsung.

there is no " run in android browser" trick for netflix AFAIK. Netflix always redirects to the app if installed, or seys to install it, if not.

the s3 also has netflix HDR but as I say, only at 720., and hdr is probably not worth getting excited about yet. I did try to ding out that netflix content has it already but did not get far on that.

it would be nice to know if the s4 has netflix HDR, just as a future proofing thing though
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] manu81:
Have any progress?