yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] bullfrog527:
Going to try today. Finally got a chance to get to my laptop without the kid around

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Didn't work.....
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Themes, Apps, and Mods] haigal:
Hi could someone send me the mi max 3 camera libs ??. I really need those files to try to modify the camera libs of note 5 pro to get long exposure support.
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Themes, Apps, and Mods] Developer.:
You can find in here https://github.com/TadiT7/xiaomi_nitrogen_dump/tree/nitrogen-user-8.1.0-OPM1.171019.019-V9.6.8.0.OEDCNFD-release-keys/vendor/lib
[Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Themes, Apps, and Mods] masiv_:
Oh no , github truncate the files up to 1000, and i cant find libmmcamera for s5k2l7 :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] theunderdawg:
Is there anybody who could possibly unlock my Xfinity note 9

I could donate to your PayPal message me or respond thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] KOLIOSIS:
Pay off your phone, or, pay for a service to do it for you, Google is your friend.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] theunderdawg:
But its guys on here that does it just thought I would try here
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] GuestK0087:
You can't unlock it legally until your balance is paid off. Now if you're asking for an illegal method, I'm afraid that isn't allowed here.

Thread closed.
[HTC Excalibur] velascoperroni:
Yes, we're all noobs!!!

I have a brand new Excalibur (I bricked my first one five mins. out of the box) and I attempt to upgrade following instructions on the tutorial posted on these forums.

What's not stated on said tutorial (and no one tells you, only after you bricked your phone) is that YOU MUST BACK UP YOUR ORIGINAL ROM before the upgrade, because if anything goes wrong, that is the only ROM you can flash to your phone to restore it, otherwise IT IS BRICKED. (Believe me, it happened to me).

So, to all you experts reading these, please, help us noobs and post here a complete guide on how to back up your original ROM.

We will thank and worship you forever!!!
[HTC Excalibur] Mikey:
These days, there is no need to backup your own Rom.

We have a collection of ROMs on this site alone. Or in my signature.

I do suggest to download one prior to updating your ROM.

This forum uses most of a collection of ROM i have uploaded for everyone.

Click here for the forum of original ROMS
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
I have two questions: Firstly, there is no official O2 Xda Cosmo ROM or? Secondly, if you back up the ROM first, how can you flash it back to the device? Is there a tutorial for this?

Thanks ;)
[HTC Excalibur] Mikey:
READ this thread
[HTC Excalibur] flipper5311:
yeah i'm waiting for the official O2 Xda cosmo ROM. i need it badly because my camera doesn't work anymore with new ROM. and i am totally agree to write a clear reminder to backup your original ROM first before upgrading in the upgrading ROM thread. just in case for noob like me....:o
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
After rereading, I still have the questions:

1. How is it possible to flash back a saved backup ROM image?

2. If I use a USPL and then something goes wrong while flashing a cooked ROM, can I only re-flash my original ROM (i.e. for XDA Cosmo which doesn't exist)?

Thanks
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
Okay - maybe I just figured out the answer to my own question: if I flash the USPL-RUU first before flashing a ROM update, maybe this means I can reflash if something goes wrong? Is this correct, or is there a chance that the SPL get overwritten before the error and I still get stuck?
[HTC Excalibur] velascoperroni:
Well, in fact, it is necessary...

...When I mean original ROM, I mean the ROM that could only work on a CID-Locked-by-a-carrier Excalibur, not the HTC WW ROM release.

Also, many of us noobs are international, I doubt that on the ROM database on this website we'll be able to find, say, the Movistar Mexico HTC Excalibur WM5 1.15.0000 ROM, which in my case, is the only one I would be able to flash in case anything goes wrong on the upgrade attempt. (I dedicated a week searching this ROM for the first Excalibur I bricked, no results)

Therefore - and I really hate to contradict -, for many of us, a ROM backup IS necessary and a tutorial from you experts on how to do it would be a great, great contribution to this community. (And also to the database, 'cause I'll definitively upload my ROM once I back it up)
[HTC Excalibur] skisteven1:
Actually, it's quite easy to CID unlock your phone to load whatever ROM you want. Much easier in fact, than dumping your current ROM and restoring it. I was able to flash my first ROM within about 30 minutes of reading on this forum, and had no problems at all.
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
I completely agree with you :)

I just have no idea how to restore a backed-up ROM and I haven't read anything saying how to do it either. As you say, many of us a stuck with devices CID locked to some international ROM that is impossible to get.

So once again the question: Does anyone know how to re-flash a backed-up ROM?
[HTC Excalibur] pfunkside:
I'm no expert but all I'm going to say is this. If you have a Rom from a different carrier that has not leaked to the public, then you are probably out of luck. You take the risk of hoping your phone will not have serious problems down the line of your contract or usage. You should pick up insurance on your phone depending on the stipulations your carrier has about lost or stolen or even broken phones. In that case you could return/replace your phone if need be after modifying it to your liking. I also would suggest that the entire reason we are here is that we don't want to be like the norm. We want what we paid for and don't want to be restricted. It's a risk. You must make that choice and succeed or fail that's not anyone's problem but your own. With all the Roms out there you should find one to your liking. If you brick your phone which seems so much more difficult than my razr modding days, than sell it for parts and lesson learned.

In the U.S. the Open Headset Alliance is our future so what we do to our phones in the future will be our choice.

Good Modding

Pfunk
[HTC Excalibur] velascoperroni:
C'mon guys...

Wy all the negativity?

I'm I conspiring against copyright laws if I want to have a backup of the ROM I paid for?

Is backing up a ROM frowned upon on this community? or is it so easy (from what I can gather it requires "dumping" and "restoring") that it is even insulting for me to ask you how to do it?

Yes, we are all here because we don't conform to the norm, but we are all HERE to help each other out. Why the closure? Why the elitism?

Like all of you, I want to take full advantage of the piece of technology I acquired without the restrictions installed on them by the phone corps. Yes, I would like to have the minimum risks while doing so, and yes, I would like to do it as cost effective as I can, just as anyone of you would.

It is a risk to upgrade a Cid.Locked phone with the bypass provided on this website, It happened to me and to many: USB cord unplugs and voila, bricked phone.

One alternative is to pay $40 bucks for a permanent Cid.Unlock, which will allow you to flash and flash and flash, even if you get stuck in the middle of one process.

The other, used by many here who wont pay, is to use the Cid bypass, while having a backup original rom "just in case".

What I only ask (for myself and my peer noobs) is to have this same other alternative as many, many of you.

Really, is it to hard to post the following?

1. Downoad these softwares;

2. Do this to "dump";

3. Do that to "restore";

4. To re-flash, do this.

C'mon, all for one and one for all right?

p.s. For my friend asking how to re-flash a backed up ROM, from what I've gathered, it goes something like this: your backed up ROM must be in a *.bn format (I still don't know how to even achieve this); then you must get a hold of any HTC RUU Software, extract it (Winrar) and replace the *.bn file inside the extracted folder with your *.bn file; with the HTC connected in bootloader mode, run the exe file in the extracted folder.
[HTC Excalibur] Profezza:
The Official ROMs collection is as full as I can make it. To have more images, we need everyone to upload ones that are missing to something like rapidshare, mediafire, or one of a few dozen other hosting sites, then tell up here on xda dev. Or upload it to several yourself. Spreading things on the net is much easier than ripping the ROM out anyway, and you benefit from the online backups, too.

So, yes, if you aren't going to back up your ROM, hope that someone else already has. Or, even better, be that first guy who does it, to make things easier for the rest of us. Besides, we might want to see what kinda goodies are tucked in the Movistar version ;)
[HTC Excalibur] velascoperroni:
Indeed!

Thanks for the support Profezza, indeed I intend to be the first, but in order to do that, I need to know how to do it.

I'll keep my hopes up for someone to post here the procedure for backing up my own ROM.

Also, the Movistar version is pretty lame, at least it would be a language addition to the database since it is originally in Spanish.
[HTC Excalibur] Profezza:
My post kinda ignored that point, as... I don't actually know how it is done. :o

I think the version # system is controlled by HTC and fairly consistent across brandings, so it looks like it is a rather old one, but yeah, it could handy just for the Spanish. And ya never know, maybe a better graphic or two in some odd corner. I'll come back and bump this if it looks like it is fading away.
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
Hi velascoperroni!

Thank you for your help - this is helping me to get closer to understanding :)

Basically I have my old ROM image as .img files (actually 5 of them) produced by bkondisk, together with a log file saying what goes where. So now all we need to figure out is how to turn these back into a .bn file and we'll be in business. For info on bkondisk, which lets you save your ROM (as .img files), see this wiki http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=bkondisk

Could anyone point me to some resources on these two file formats? Then maybe we could come up with a conversion program when one doesnt exist ;)
[HTC Excalibur] velascoperroni:
Getting closer!

Great, it seems we are getting closer to our goal!!!

But still surprises me that no one has posted a complete how to... perhaps the only few who know the deal haven't read this thread yet.

Now we know the following:

1. Bkondisk: software that allows to backup ROM in *.img format.

2. The original format of the ROM is *.bn

We don't know if the *.img file needs to be converted to *.bn or if they are compatible.

I also found out about an easier method to re-flash the ROM:

1. Format your SD Card in FAT32;

2. Copy your *.bn file to your SD Card;

3. Turn off phone, insert SD Card, Turn on phone in bootloader mode;

4. The phone should automatically recognize the ROM and start the flashing process.

Uccelino: Try placing the *.img file in the SD Card instead of the *.bn file. Maybe, just maybe the phone also recognizes *img files!
[HTC Excalibur] velascoperroni:
Getting closer!

Great, it seems we are getting closer to our goal!!!

But still surprises me that no one has posted a complete how to... perhaps the only few who know the deal haven't read this thread yet.

Now we know the following:

1. Bkondisk: software that allows to backup ROM in *.img format.

2. The original format of the ROM is *.bn

We don't know if the *.img file needs to be converted to *.bn or if they are compatible.

I also found out about an easier method to re-flash the ROM:

1. Format your SD Card in FAT32;

2. Copy your *.bin file to your SD Card;

3. Turn off phone, insert SD Card, Turn on phone in bootloader mode.

4. The phone should automatically recognize the ROM and start the flashing process.

Uccelino: Try placing the *.img file in the SD Card instead of the *.bin file. Maybe, just maybe the phone also recognizes *img files!
[HTC Excalibur] velascoperroni:
Also...

Sorry for the double post back there!!

Also check out this thread I started when I bricked my first Excalibur:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=378050

I never got a feasible response to wether sprite backup would work or not, and I did not want to spend $30 bucks to find out.
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
I just had an idea: I will flash a ROM, back it up, and compare the *.bn files to the *.img files I get from backing up - maybe they are or are almost the same, and we can convert them ;)

I will try. Thanks ;)
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] mexicandroid:
I've noticed lately even before the October update YouTube has White walls on the outside while viewing videos. I thought after activating notch support to work on every app option it would get fixed. When I try to expand it nothing will happen. Any suggestions? The screenshots are after enabling notch support
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] johnny8910:
Try the 'Vanced' version of YouTube. Uses the whole screen.

Search on Google and you will find the 2 downloads needed.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] mexicandroid:
Thanks works awesome. I should've liked this up long time ago
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] johnny8910:
Great, glad I could help :)
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] patterson??:
My stock YouTube does full screen as well. What's the difference?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] lecc18:
Hi all,

I’d would really appreciate some comments or suggestions on how to solve following problem.

I bought an Essential phone on ebay this week (Sprint “unlocked”), and it came with Android 9 Pie. I initially put a simcard from an operator here in my country and it worked fine.

Due to work reasons I need the phone to be rooted with Android 7.1.1 Nougat (compatibility issue with a software used for testing celullar networks), so as a first step I flashed one of the Nougat images available in Essential’s website. This wasn’t a problem since I had already done this procedure with other Essential phones.

After successfully flashing Nougat, when I inserted back the simcard the phone did not recognize it. I upgraded back to 9.0, and the simcard was working again. The same happened when I downgraded to Oreo for testing.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how could I proceed to solve this issue? I really need it to run Nougat.

Thank you in advance for your feedback!
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Nick80835:
Make sure you unlocked the critical partitions, that's needed for the full image to flash and produce a fully functioning device, else there may be incompatibilities in the radio/modem/hardware/bootloader.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] tech_head:
You need to do a full wipe of the data when going backwards.

There is some setting hanging around that is not compatible.

I have seen this also
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] Boos4721:
Hydrogen OS based on Andriod 8.1 for mido

ported from oneplus 5

Instructions:

1.plz use treble supported recovery

2.download Hydrogen OS For mido.7z

3.Extract Hydrogen OS .7z to your TWRP backup folder (/.../TWRP/BACKUPS/$(yourserialnumber)/

4.Restore Hydrogen OS All with TWRP

5.REBOOT

V2:

changelog：

fix headset d2tw Phone ear Speaker Add Playstore

Downloads:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1natvWTRdDe4J14_mka76b3vnSunJfisT

About Switch Language

设置-其他高级设置-语言与输入法-语言-eng

Headset

[IMG="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dAAoTtQd-wiANBLI6gWQTQ8Nw8WQABQz"]https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dAAoTtQd-wiANBLI6gWQTQ8Nw8WQABQz[/IMG]

gcam

[IMG="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TmRCH6XkWIChwiDTk9wI-OtJuUN3WjYg"]https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TmRCH6XkWIChwiDTk9wI-OtJuUN3WjYg[/IMG]

Bug:

fp headset facelock maybe more

Downloads:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A3uqZ2NfJ7JNjwWgYYgHHz4J515axc7B/view
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] yawarniazi:
Just flashed the ROM. ROM is great and smooth but some basic bugs not allowing me to use it as daily driver.

Phone ear Speaker is not working at all but Louder is working perfect.

Fingerprint is not working at all.

Headset is also not working.

Camera is buggy.

Cant test it anymore because this is the only phone I have, so can't use it without phone ear speaker.

Anyone here can solve the issues mentioned above. I love this ROM and want to use it as daily driver.

BTW good effort on porting the ROM to RN4.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] konsolite:
Found at Santoni section:

1.In dialer --settings , disable noise cancellation option otherwise call audio will not work.

Maybe it helps.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] Boos4721:
ss：

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dAAoTtQd-wiANBLI6gWQTQ8Nw8WQABQz

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TmRCH6XkWIChwiDTk9wI-OtJuUN3WjYg
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] davypacheco:
Whats new?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] omarilzz:
Thank Youu Very Much <3

i will log and try to fix FP
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] Electro CZE:
Thank you for port this OS and good luck !;)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] omarilzz:
** FOR VIDEO RECORDING USE FOOTEJ (has Slo Mo and TimeLapse) **

Also VHS Camcorder Works Excellent <3
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] blatecktonik:
I'm in MIUI 10 How can I install the ROM? Or what TWRP I should have. You installed it but it does not start system. Please help! Thank you very much for the contribution.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] Boos4721:
fp maybe vendor/lib64/libsoftkeymaster.so
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] Boos4721:
Get treble support

- extract vendor and system file and put both file into your twrp backup folder

- Wipe system, data, cache, dalvik

- restore vendor

- restore miroom-8.9.13-oreo-sgsi

- Flash Patch1, Patch2

- Flash Magisk

- Flash fbedisabler and selinuxdisabler if need for ur device

- Reboot

- wait 15-20 minute until it reboot
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] omarilzz:
i searched havoc and lineage vendor for this file and both dont have it
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] SFSoFar:
What's new?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] Boos4721:
https://github.com/phhusson/vendor_vndk/tree/master/vndk-27-arm64
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] @ksh@y:
Performance ??

How is the sound quality and Battery Life(SOT)?

How is the overall Performance??

Can we use this as a Daily Driver ????:confused:
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] Boos4721:
sure this can Daily
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] @ksh@y:
I would like to know how is the Battery Life

Thanks:o
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] Boos4721:
same to miui
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] sohanaw:
Is this project alive?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] Paco10:
thank you very much man !! .. pretty rom..funciona bien..what happens with fingerprint detector?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] omarilzz:
still needs fixing but i think very soon
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] KazeoX:
Hey man why its using extreeme kernel? Its making myphone heating so much and when i try using another kernel its constantly giving me random reboot, and google camera potrait mode giving me pinkish color
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] omarilzz:
maybe for the best compatiblity i think if it heats use kernel auditor and lower the cpu frequency abit to 18xx or 16xx i tried both and i felt no change in performance and about google cam use another version
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] novafrozen:
project abandoned?

finally works good?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] Boos4721:
hey guys

DK Has been upgraded
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] nguyen_anh_tuan_8x:
link, please!
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 [Snapdragon] ROMs, Kernels, Re] blatecktonik:
The project Is dead? It is a wonderful ROM. it just needs to be polished ..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] godkingofcanada:
Its working on the s5 klte and s7 herolte. I was able to get 8.1 to run on our s6e+ and note 5. So now i will try 9.0. The stuff is syncing now. It will be a moddified lineage rom of some sort, so not original development.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] godkingofcanada:
Update, there is an alpha floating around here on xda, but despite loading, bluetooth and the launcher crash non stop and i cant do anything. I took the zip apart to play with and see if i can stabilize it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] godkingofcanada:
Ok so, What I have done so far was I used the kernel from the alpha rom, took the s6 nexus os 9.0 rom, swapped the kernel around, changed the updater script, removed the Bluetooth files because they did not work, and I am still tinkering with other Bluetooth files from other roms and android versions, maybe 8.1 files will work? not sure yet. what I can say is that I have 9.0 running on my s6e+ with no Bluetooth, no call audio, and a working camera, no need to flash any other zips besides gapps, I have not played with it much but it works, it does not reboot randomly or crash, the apps ive used work. play store works. if anyone is interested let me know. I can put up a zip for a couple of devices to try it out, but be warned this is not any sort of official release, nor is it really my own work, more of something where I looked at a couple of different projects others had going on and found a way to combine it all to work for my device, without having to go through numerous steps to get the rom to boot. If I am going to put a zip up for people I will need to edit my first post and credit the people whose work I used and whatnot, then use my mega account to upload zips. this should work on the note 5 also, but I do not own that device. I have spent all day doing this, and normally I have to do school and work, plus my kids, I can not spent tons of time on this, does anyone want to help me figure out the call audio and Bluetooth? If not I will work on it by myself but it wont be a quick fix.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] godkingofcanada:
zenlte:

https://mega.nz/#F!Peo0FAjL!_eknpYZl8Ih-x2Hr9vSysg

no bluetooth, no call audio. needs testing. 9.0 pie
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] godkingofcanada:
Call audio works now. No BT, camera buggy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] L-Xavis:
Bumping for interest. (:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] godkingofcanada:
Oh yeah. I'll add a T-Mobile zip tomorrow. Its been updated to Nov 5th patch
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+] godkingofcanada:
https://xdaforums.com/s6-edge-plus/development/android-p-9-0-s6e-beta-t3858167

This is the link to main thread. Zenltetmo, zenlte, zenltecan, noblelte all with November security update.
[Android Auto General] dj_tien:
Hi all,

I have one app just available for Android 4 to Android 7. But Sharp Aquos S3 run Android 8.

Can i setup Android 7 for Sharp Aquos S3 ?

Hope to received your support.

Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aolaol:
https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-6/dev...blacked-twrp-acuicultor-t3847752/post77736661

i lost all data after flash this twrp!

1 i get into the oneplus offically recovery and it shows the password,and i wrongly typed many times,it says i should wait.i didnt think this would have the relationship with the following situation

2 i fastboot the img , it crashed at the boot interface,and it try fastboot boot again,it worked,and i get into the recovery startup footage,but it didnt show the decrypt password,and all the folder name is mess,and the sd size is about 60GB (but my phone is 256g)

i reboot again and fastboot again

3 it didn't show the decrypt password when i fastboot boot this img

but it shows the folder name normally,but the folder is empty

and it shows a 10GB sd storage and i use pc to transfer the zip to the sd / twrp folder ,then i flash the .zip

and i reboot it automaticlly factory reset!!!

whats wrong with that

how can i save my data