yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Sometimes.I.Brick.Phones:
After ages getting this set up, finally got the glorious pass sign:

Sadly, then I get a bootloop when I try to boot into Android... Just sits on the Android logo with the silver gradient slowly moving across. Tried booting into recovery and sideloading UL-Z01R-WW-100.10.107.123-user and UL-Z01R-WW-80.30.96.221-user but both reject with "runtime info and framework compatibility matrix are incompatible: AVB Version 0.0 does not match framework matrix 1.0"

Seems like I might just have to give up.

Wish there was a way to replace the recovery in EDL, since I'm not able to access fastboot due to some driver issues...
[Asus Zenfone 5Z  Guides, News, & Discussion] Sometimes.I.Brick.Phones:
Just wanted to reply saying I did FINALLY get it out of bootloop tonight after many months procrastinating. I used an old folder I had downloaded, unfortunately forgot the link to it, but if it helps test plan path "WW_ZS620KL_100.10.107.110_MR16_201118_QPSTFirmware\firmware\Draco_UFS_PROVISION_And_SW_download_FHLOADER.xtt" and Binary Image Folder Path "WW_ZS620KL_100.10.107.110_MR16_201118_QPSTFirmware\firmware"

Once that loaded, I went into recovery and flashed the latest patch aka WW_ZS620KL_100.10.107.123, factory reset, rebooted and waited 5 mins. Booted in, and I'll try it all tomorrow. FINALLY WORKED WOO

That being said, still can't get fastboot to work (see my account for issues with PC detecting), but I'll take booting over bootloops any day.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pozinho:
Alguna ROM en español para la mio P350?
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] n3m37h:
I just a the Canadian G5, is the bootloader able to be unlocked the same way the H850?
[LG G5 Questions & Answers] FretbuzzLightyear:
It's not in the supported devices list:
[Moto G6 Plus Questions & Answers] Knutselmaaster:
Hello all, is it possible to add icon packs to the stock launcher on a stock G6+?

Thanks in advance for your reply
[Moto G6 Plus Questions & Answers] kaso911:
No man.
[Lenovo P2 Questions & Answers] shivam71:
Please guide me to connect quantum gamepad or any gamepad connected via otg to pie rom(any pie rom ). I had tried msm extended and liquid remix ..
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Xdevillived666:
Hey guys,

So thanks to this thread : https://xdaforums.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to/guide-qxdm-port-activation-pixel-2-xl-t3884967

I got my com ports open (see attached photo)

I cant however get past the part about pdc , as pdc gives me "QMI connection not ready, please use USB driver version 1.00.32 or later and fix the connection before using PDC tool."

I'm not sure how to go about fixing this but if we can, then there is the possibility that we could enable voLTE/voWIFI on the pixel 3 with carriers who don't support it(such as bouygues, who supports voLTE but not anything else)

I'm wondering if it is the qpst version I am using or something else?

I am on windows 7 and also had to disable driver signature enforcement.
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] av.pikhitn:
Hello!

Did you achieve progress in this issue after the publication of the message?
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lackooo84:
Any success?? I have this damn same issue on my Redmi 4x...
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ingenium13:
Has anyone figured out the correct drivers yet?
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] crok.bic:
Check this method! Hope this helps.
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] luqman.mirza:
He already mentioned in his last line that he is using windows 7 and also disabled driver signature enforcement.
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Gautamgzb2:
can you tell me steps for enable QPST on pixel 3

can you tell me steps for enable QPST on pixel i am unable to open port on my pixel
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Xdevillived666:
Hey. I honestly dont remember now. Its been a long time and it was a lot of trial and error by reading that thread I linked. In the end it was useless because A-google no longer provides images for debugging purposes and B-PDC tool doesnt recognize pixel 3 even after opening the ports. Sorry man.
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] BADAMI:
i hve enabled diag port fully edited values in qxdm took ota updates but upon re locking bootloader pixel 3 resets every change i made what the hell how can factory reset revert nvram changes.
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0latyle:
"QPST" stands for "Qualcomm Product Support Tool". It's a proprietary tool used to directly write a binary image to the NAND devices on the device. Neither QPST nor the binary images are freely available, and are generally only used during the factory process to flash the initial firmware to the device.
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] AsItLies:
Hmmm, no, not true. Qpst / qfil is freely available, We've used it many times with various LG devices especially.

The binary images are freely available for many devices, here's a list of the binary images free to download for the pixel 3 (from google):

In addition, for LG devices, anyone can freely download the kdz image, which is the entire rom, and use the kdz extraction tool to retrieve any individual partition image.

Not all carriers, like at&t / sprint, don't make their kdz available, thus no access to those images, but most do.
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0latyle:
So QPST can be used to flash bootloader, at which point someone should be able to use adb to flash the factory images? Wouldn't someone need to know the starting/ending addresses when writing to block devices?

Is there a reputable source from which to download QPST?
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] AsItLies:
QPST / qfil links can be found in many places, I've found them in LG v35, v40, v50, G8 forums in guides section, usual title names include 'unlock bootloader' as qfil is used to flash the 'engineering abl' to gain fastboot.

addresses of the partitions are in the partition table of ea device. Depending on how you flash a partition you may need to know it specifically, but almost always you don't. The RawprogramX.xml has them in it if needed though.

There is one caveat, for qfil to work (or any EDL access to happen), with any device, one has to have the 'programmer firehose', which is a signed specific file, for that specific device type. Many mfgs make that file available, Google does not.
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0latyle:
This was going to be my next question. We aren't talking about LG devices here; we're talking specifically about the Pixel 3. So if the firehose files aren't available, exactly how is QPST any good to anyone?
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] AsItLies:
I know what we're talkin about here, and I know it's not LG devices. And I never said qpst was any good to anybody here, I just said that it is available, and you said it wasn't, and I said the stock images are available, and you said they weren't.
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0latyle:
I think you misunderstand me. As I asked before, please post a legitimate and trustworthy source of QPST. According to Qualcomm, it's only available for specific commercial use.

Secondly, I was specific by what I meant by "binary images" - files to be flashed directly to the NAND devices by means of JTAG or other hardware level protocols. This would include the firehose images, although I admit I'm not sure if those are binary.

Either way, I reiterate that we are talking about the Pixel 3 here. If you know of a trustworthy source for QPST, that's a start. However, the fact remains that the files needed are not available, so what may or may not be possible with LG devices is not relevant in this thread.
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] AsItLies:
I think you misunderstood me. You indicated that QPST / qfil is not availabel, it is, I told you where to find it, put in the effort.

And what you mean by 'binary images' is obviously open to interpretation, how in the world would I (or anyone) know you mean anything other than what is available (from google), which are the binary images one would flash with qfil for that device. So again, you're wrong as they are available.

And I'll repeat again, I know we're talking about the p3 and not LG devices. You're using that as a deflection, to try to avoid that your post was obviously wrong in it's information. I bring up LG devices only because they have lots of documentation here on XDA re these utilities, while the p3 does not.

"what may or may not be possible with LG"... yer again wrong. Ea and every qualcomm device can be put in EDL mode, that's what QPST is used for, it's relevant to all devices that have a qualcomm chip.
[Google Pixel 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0latyle:
I asked you to provide a specific source. I don't know which forums you're talking about on what site. They could be here on XDA, or Reddit, or any LG forum out there. Your response is akin to "just Google it". The only reputable source I know of is Qualcomm themselves, who, as I stated, are pretty picky about who gets access to the software. Sure, a Google search will turn up a handful of third party sites that claim to have it, but are they trustworthy?

Not really. Binary images = files in purely binary format. Not Java, not hex - ones and zeroes, the file you would use to directly flash a memory device. I was pretty specific about that.

Two posts ago you stated:

So, since no "firehouse" files are available from Google, could QPST be used to flash the partition images in the factory zips?

No, I'm pointing out that information on LG devices is not relevant. There might be documentation regarding the use of QPST but if the necessary files are not available, that's not much use.

I'm specifically referring to the possibility of hardware level device recovery which may be possible on LG devices due to the availability of the required files, but is not currently possible on the Pixel series because we do NOT have the required files.

I'm not going to continue this argument as we are rather OT at this point. This isn't conducive to finding a solution.

XDA thrives on the willingness of users to help out everyone else - the ability and willingness to solve problems. You said there is a solution to this problem; I am asking you provide it. It doesn't matter who is right or wrong in the end; it only matters that we find a solution.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] SyncMaster:
SyncedPlus Kernel​

Features:

Cpu overclock and underclock (min: 268Mhz, max: 2.7Ghz)

Different frequency table

Voltage table (undervolted by default)

New cpu governors: electroactive, syncedplus(default)

New hotplugs: cpuquiet, alucard(default with modified parameters)

Mpdecision hotplug is disabled

Gpu overclock and underclock (min: 27Mhz, max: 657Mhz)

New gpu governors: ondemand, conservative (default)

Simple GPU Algorithm

Adreno Idler

I/O Schedulers: tripndroid, fiops, vr, sio, zen(default)...

Powersuspend

Tcp Congestion Algorithms (westwood is default)

Zram disabled by default since this device has plenty of ram

Other fixes and tweaks

Instructions:

Option

fastboot flash boot z3c.img

Option

This is the easy way.

Flash it with twrp, there is option to flash .img files. Flash it in boot partition.

Downloads:

Download kernel

For rooting method I suggest using Magisk, and for kernel editor Kernel Adiutor(can see cpuquiet, don't know for other tools).

Note: For everyone who has reboot problems, adjust voltage by +10mV or more.

This is not tested version, I don't own xperia z3 compact so I can't test, please give me feedback if it works, what works, and what not.

Thanks:

Myself5

faux123

arter97

ShadowElite

Donation:

If you like my projects you can donate me.

Source code:

https://github.com/mtruma/android_kernel_sony_msm8974ac

XDA:DevDB Information

Custom Kernel, Kernel for the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact

Contributors

SyncMaster

Kernel Special Features:

Version Information

Status: Testing

Created 2019-01-13

Last Updated 2019-01-13
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] breeze101792:
Tested with carbon rom 2018/12/11 and it work perfectly.

Thanks, great job!:good:
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Murtie:
How is the battery life?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] surikoff88:
This kernel work only oreo? MM?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] SyncMaster:
It wont work on MM.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] shaiya87:
hello! please make an omni-based kernel, because omni doesn't want to work
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Murtie:
I have flash this on the newest carbon6.1 19-2-2019 and working very good. No bugs for now.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] Samare:
I've tried it with LineageOS 17.1 and it doesn't boot. :( https://xdaforums.com/t/official-lineageos-17-1-for-z3c.4160347/

What is needed to make it work?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Android Development] asdf2345:
Would this work on LineageOS 14.1?
[Huawei P Smart Questions & Answers] Msdotnet123:
Hi gents

I have got question.

I ve got Huawei p-smart, and it has no sound from the buzzer. It has been playing up for a while, eventually stopped working at all . I've tried to change the speaker and usb port PCB at the bottom. Still I cannot get any sound from it. Any idea what sould i check next?

Thank you

Mariusz
[Doogee X5 Questions & Answers] h320:
Hello there, I'm kinda new here (always lurking but never post something).

So, I have a Doogee X5 as a side phone and I want to root it. I'm not new in stuff like this but I'm getting some problems with this device.

First of all, I tried to install TRWP with SPFlashTool many times but I'm getting strange errors (even googling them didn't help me) so I tried more different methods like Kingroot (kek didnt even work), the way of update through setting-about phone-wireless update-local update (kinda works only on 5.1 and I'm running 6.0) and via adb.

None of these worked out, I have all the drivers installed correctly and now for some reason none of my pc (tried on 3 different pc) detect the phone, even for move media and stuff like that.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance guys!
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] johnnyman25:
Hi guys. In 2 days I will unlock my mi8.

Which custom rom is the best?

I dont want miui.

Thank you!

The power of the Mi 8 be with you
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] johnnyman25:
Someone pls? Thx.

The power of the Mi 8 be with you
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] liakhandrii:
It's Pixel Experience for me. It provides a great stock experience, everything works in it and the battery life is just great.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] johnnyman25:
What about syberia? Does these roms have hide notch features? Camera?

Worth over global beta?

Thank you.

The power of the Mi 8 be with you
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] liakhandrii:
Never tried syberia, can't compare with it.

You can hide the notch in Pixel Experience.

Camera is gcam, which is great. You can also install MIUI camera port, it works on Pixel Experience: https://xdaforums.com/poco-f1/themes/port-t3879357

Definitely worth installing over the global beta. No troubles with notifications, no ads, has a proper 'Do Not Disturb' mode, has no annoying and useless stuff like MIUI's 'security'.

Just beautiful Android Pie I enjoy using every day.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] johnnyman25:
Thank you very much. Battery and gaming performance is good?

Also bug free?

Substratum work?

When u hide notch, notch space is usable?

Can you pls tell me step by step how to install it?

Appreciate your help again. :)

The power of the Mi 8 be with you
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] liakhandrii:
Gaming performance is like on any SD845, just great.

Haven't found any bugs in a month of usage. Never tried substratum, I like stock appearance too much.

For the guide – check the thread here: https://xdaforums.com/mi-8/development/rom-pixel-experience-t3871932

Personal experience: I had to do a full wipe (the one where you have to type "yes" to confirm) after flashing the ROM for it to boot. Was doing a clean install over MIUI global beta.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] angeloamorato:
im using syberia ... for me syberia is okay than PE..

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but you can try PE rom ... PE rom is good too.. depending to your taste..
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] Vihru:
i have tried almost all, syberia, havoc, p3r, los, xiaomi.eu.

my favorite is xiaomi.eu if you want stock phone experience.

and now im using PE, this have awesome battery and everything so great.

standby time now 17h, sot 2h 43min and battery left 64%
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] alessiogentile:
battery result got with PE or xiaomi.eu?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] Vihru:
with PE, i highly recommend to try it.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] johnnyman25:
PE has customization options? Some screenshots pls?

Thx.

The power of the Mi 8 be with you
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] Vihru:
its like stock pixel.. what you mean with customizations?

it has notch hide..
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] johnnyman25:
Customization like havoc, syberia etc. Also it has full screen gestures and hide navigation buttons?

The gcam is same quality like in miui?

The power of the Mi 8 be with you
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] Vihru:
no same customizations. gcam has good quality.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] johnnyman25:
So it has same customizations like syberia? Sorry my English sucks a bit..

Goodmorning!!

The power of the Mi 8 be with you
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] Vihru:
its not same! good morning.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] johnnyman25:
So it doesn't have any customizations? Like internet speed on status bar, substratum support, full screen gestures etc?

The power of the Mi 8 be with you
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] Stoffl_:
How about checking the development thread and reading for yourself instead of trying to be spoonfed on every roms feature list ?

https://xdaforums.com/mi-8/development
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] Vihru:
yeah, trying is best way.. :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] evilc:
I have had a bit of an idea for skins, but lack the knowledge to acheive it.

The train of thought goes like this:

Given something like rlToday that lets you put per-pixel Alpha PNG buttons on your desktop (Today screen), there is a rise in popularity of "Glass" buttons.

However, I would like to take this one step further.

If the buttons were really glass, they would refract (bend the light) the background - per-pixel alpha cannot mimic this.

So what if you were to Pre-Refract (I am coining the phrase "Prefract") the backgrounds where you knew the buttons were going to be? OK so you could just prefract the background into the button, but that would limit you to only using that button in that place and also mean if the user switched button icon to one that wasn't prefracted, then the effect would be lost - hence the idea of a prefracted background.

So does anyone know how to create a realistic refraction effect (and good glass effect buttons to complete the illusion) in photoshop / GIMP?

I am currently coding an open source rlToday-like app myself, and would like to include a theme of this kind with the prog, so if you are an artist and would like to contribute, let me know!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DaVince:
You can just cut the area of the background where the button is going to be placed and make a layer out of it then play around with the Filter options of PS. The Filter Gallery of CS2/3 will be an easy way to preview the result you want.

You won't need to make it transparent anymore, except the edges of course.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DaVince:
I suppose this is the kind of effect you're talking about? Much like how Vista does with Aero.

Clear:

Glassed:

It's basically just blurring the picture I think.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jchrist:
Thats a great idea. I've been looking for round buttons for a while now. I wanted like a marble effect, where the colors inside the marble were, to use your new term, prefracted colors of the background in use. Then the icon in the marble was the application. Another cool option would be that when you select the button, the marble would spin, icon staying put, and then launch. I know thats asking alot, but it would be cool.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] evilc:
Blurring is one method to do it, and like refraction would not be possible using per-pixel transparency (as there is "bleed" from one pixel to the next) but it's not exactly the effect I am looking for.

This is the effect I want:

Another idea I had would be to make it a function of a today screen app such as rltoday or ultimatelaunch - it would be entirely possible, given a greyscale image with each pixel representing depth of the glass, to generate a refraction or blur effect and modify the background before rendering the transparent button.

I found a plugin for GIMP to do refraction given a grayscale image to represent the lens here

I have been working on a Today Screen widgets app (ie similar to rltoday) and am in communication with someone developing another one, I will definately look into whether this can be made a function of one of those apps.

Obviously processing speed of the PPC would be an issue, but I guess that could be solved by pre-calculating the effects of using a given lens image. In other words, for a given lens image (the greyscale height map image of the "lens"), write a file that tells you what to do with each pixel of a same size image that is below the lens.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] evilc:
Dammit, the GIMP refract plugin is linux only I think.

Looking into it, it should be possible using photoshop's displace filter, but that's a bit of a tricky beast to master.

I also found http://www.texture-editor.com/ - that may do it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] N3xt2N0N3:
make the glass button on one layer and background u want refracting on another layer use the liquify filter to pull off the illusion.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] littld:
Looking at the example shown, the majority of the image is slightly larger. The refraction is only at the edges of the buttons. I'd suggest faking it with a pixel-by-pixel routine on the enlarged image. The tricky part will be the edges but it on;y needs to be good enough to fool the naked eye.

Good luck.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rhov23:
You can use the distort>lenscorrection filter in Photoshop. Mask and use separate layers.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] S.V.I:
better to use pinch.

Liquifi would be a better way to do it if your buttons are not round. "Spherize" would work extremely well if your buttons ARE round.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] evilc:
Thinking about it, there is possibly a slight flaw in the idea of prefracting the backgrounds.

If you switch orientation, you would need to prefract different areas.

Possible solutions I see:

* Background Switch on orientation change to a different prefracted bg.

* Prefract the bits behind buttons as seperate images and overlay them over the bg but under the buttons - could waste too much CPU, but at least the extra blit is not an alpha blit.

* Do it programmatically
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DuChene:
Search in RapidShere about Alien Skin or Kais Power Tools "KPT" (the old of Metacreations) or Kais Power Goo, free plug in I can see my Photoshop plugins library (much more than 2000).

This lens of Corel Draw I never see in Photoshop or any Adobe program.