yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] THMSP:
To downgrade without an unlocked bootloader, you need a full OTA image that is configured accordingly, directly from Nokia. You boot into stock recovery and sideload that image, and in theory you should get an Oreo system.

However: The only full OTA downgrade I have done so far was using the revert-OTA from the Pie Beta Labs build. That gives you Oreo with November / December update and AFAIK those builds are not enabled.

The only other full OTA I know of happened it May, and it might be possible to sideload that one to get a system that you can then update and unlock on September / October patch.

But I never used this zip file so I don't know if stock recovery would accept and flash it if you sideload it.

If anyone here wants to try it out: You can download the file from my nokia cloud folder (https://bit.ly/nokia-nb1 - OTA Updates/NB1-488B-00WW-B01-update.zip).

I would be curious about the results. (Only oreo users should try this.. When you downgrade a Pie install it corrupts your userdata)

(I am intentionally not posting a detailed guide. If you can sideload this, you also know about the risks of messing with your phones software ;))
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] S5Guy:
I'm your man. With nothing left to lose. o_o Will report back with the results ASAP.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] S5Guy:
I'm back and with bad news. The update process via the recovery menu seemed to run into an error where it complained about the timestamp on the update zip being too old, but for whatever reason, it proceeded anyway. OK, wiped the data (what data?) and did a factory reset, now it's booting up. I check the system information to be sure and it is 8.1.0. Installed the apk. Ran it. AND THEN...

Device not support.

I'm gonna try this with the zip mentioned in frankoid's post and do another update again, but honestly, it looks like Nokia just wants to be an asshole at this point.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] S5Guy:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUCCESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This update zip is what you need: https://android.googleapis.com/pack.../f9cb380bd9c2bf1b6ddebcab9dcf389843eb2d39.zip

It may be different for the TA-1012, but according to that earlier post, it does not seem to be the case. Nevertheless, just to be safe, here's the zip for the TA-1012: https://android.googleapis.com/pack.../139c94fd08f52fbd3b852ab4ef5c6515fffb784e.zip (I don't have a TA-1012 so I wasn't able to test this particular zip.)

So basically, to make sure there's no problems, make sure in the Developer's options on the phone that OEM unlocking is enabled, then put your SD card into the phone. Plug the phone into your computer. Copy the update zip that you need somewhere onto the SD card. Disconnect the USB cable. Shut down the phone. Then, while holding down the Volume Up button, reconnect the USB cable. You should see a sad android with "No command" displayed. Now release the Volume Up button. Then hold down the power button and then JUST PRESS once on the Volume Up button. You should be at a recovery menu. Using the volume keys, scroll down to the 'Apply update on SD card' option and select it. Select the zip that you copied over to the SD card earlier and then let it install for a while. It will probably pop up with a 'timestamp too old' error, but just ignore this. The update will install anyway. Then once it's done, do a factory reset on the phone and then shut down. MAKE SURE THERE'S NO SIM CARD IN THE PHONE.

Now that's out of the way, just click through the first-time setup screens but DO NOT ENABLE WI-FI or any kind of internet connection. We don't want the phone to update itself back to Android 9. Now plug the phone in again. Copy the bootloaderunlocker apk from Nokia's website onto the phone. Install it. Put in the email address you want the unlock key emailed to. Then voila! You'll get the verification code. Put it into the form on Nokia's website and you'll be emailed an unlock.key file. From there, the site will tell you how to proceed.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] foxbatul:
Thank you apple boy for this topic.

100% troll.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] THMSP:
Great to hear that you got it working! My zip likely not worked because it just throws you back half a year (where official unlock didn't even exist) - you would have to update until you find a security patch that works.

But if November patch worked for you thats great! Since the May OTA worked for you that also means that people could choose to use the unofficial (paid) unlock method so Nokia doesn't know about whether they are locked or unlocked (warranty reasons).

Those OTA zips are model-agnostic btw. Whether they say TA-1004 or TA-1012 doesn't matter, they are the same. Only google makes that distinction on their servers, the software doesn't.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ajgftw:
What's less useful...

A detailed set of instructions aimed at helping other forum members

... Or your post?
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] theviking33:
On mine that option is greyed out...

Thank you that was indeed very helpful. Will do the same now...

If I can find out WHY on my device that option is greyed out. How can I overcome this? Thanks
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] S5Guy:
Did you touch the option in the past at all? If you did, it will be greyed out. As long as it's switched on though, it's fine. (I heard it will "ungrey" itself after a week, but there you go.)
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] theviking33:
No, did not do anything and it is off and greyed. I don't think it will magically ungrey itself. I did however download that unlock.apk and sent out email and pin, now waiting if a reply will come with the unlock code and procedure. Its been a few hours and no reply, so perhaps that's not working either.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] S5Guy:
I'm assuming you have a brand new TA-1004? And yeah, you should have gotten back a code long ago.

Try some of these options. https://www.theandroidsoul.com/how-to-fix-oem-unlock-greyed-out-or-oem-unlock-disabled-problem/

It could be though that it's just been flat out disabled due to region or whatever. If the solutions in the above link don't work, try downgrading back anyway and then using the apk as explained in an earlier post of mine.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] theviking33:
It seems to be a case of "flat out disabled". I did a factory reset already and this setting won't change. I actually bought 2 of those phones and on both is the same.

How do I see or find out what region they are for?

And for the booloader, seems I have to go the old fashion way now...

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I have the TA-1004 DS which is International. So wouldn't understand why ist greyed.
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] HippyTed:
Mine has same problem and I've also been through similar online-forum attempts to help.

Model: TA-1012

Hardware version: 3.1

Patch level: 1 Jan 2019

Build No: 00WW_5_11A, 00WW_5_110_SP01
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tasmanianu:
Downgrade your phobe and you can unlock, i have the same phone and this is what i did. I downloaded my phone firmware,i place the update file on my external sd card, i reset my phone to factory stock, i shut down my device an while shut down i press vol + and plug in my cable, i wait for the no comand screen and press power while holding vol up and get in recovery where i update from sd card and boom oreo
[Nokia 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] theviking33:
Yes, that is what one has to do in order to unlock bootloader from Nokia. In another thread is the zip with the oreo. You have to flash that and then the bootloader will not be greyed and you can do the unlock to get that code to put into nokia website so they email you the unlock key download link.

Afterwards you can just let the phone upgrade to Pie again.

Did that now on 3 Nokia 8, worked perfect.
[Windows 10 Mobile] VBG:
I've been running W10M without any issues until I upgraded it to build 15063.1563 where I'm stuck because the windows update servers can't decide whether to send me an upgrade to 15254 or the January 2019 cumulative patch update, but that's an issue for another thread.

Now my lock screen quick notification icons are all half-way beneath the screen - I presume that support for 4.7" screens was dropped and 5" became the minimum standard, the icons do seem to be about 0.3" lower than their normal position.

So, to summarize:

Issue:

- lock screen notification icons are offset below the screen

Things I've tried:

- removing and re-adding the icons, soft reset, factory reset

Is there something like a registry key I could change to offset the icons or alter the lock screen layout so that I could fix this? Maybe deploy an older version of the lock screen (offline .cab package update or an appx - wild guess here, no idea how or if Microsoft packaged it separately). Any ideas are kindly welcome.

That white bit on the bottom middle-right is the Outlook Mail icon's top barely sticking out:
[LG V20 Questions & Answers] crumbling9999:
A bit of background, I recently acquired a pair of V20s, a LS997 and a F800L for cheap. The LS997 was flashed to a US996 ROM and I forgot to check the back of the battery (got too used to unremovable back), didn't find out it was a LS997 until I tried to bootloader unlock the thing. Thankfully it was ARB0, so no biggie. Both it and the F800 were on DirtyCow patched firmware, so after skimming threads here, I saw a post by [MENTION=3167089]runningnak3d[/MENTION] stating that all V20 bar H918 are crossflashable due to sharing the same RSA key. So I flashed a F800L KDZ onto both of them. The LS997 originally didn't boot (stuck on LG U+ boot animation), but a reflash got it up and running. However, US996 system images would cause the device to reboot upon finishing the "Android is Upgrading" process that's ran upon finishing the Setup Wizard. Going through the log (pretty ****ing hard when the things reboots about 20s after booting to launcher), I narrowed down the issue to this:

01-31 23:38:35.722 1719 1719 E APS : Persistence Service Logger writeToLogFile failed for entry:	. . Got exception: /persdata/absolute/abt-persistence-service1.log (Read-only file system) Re-initializing log.

01-31 23:38:35.724 1719 1957 D ShutdownThread: Notifying thread to start shutdown longPressBehavior=1

01-31 23:38:35.725 1719 1957 D InputDispatcher: setInputDispatchMode: enabled=0, frozen=0

01-31 23:38:35.725 1719 1957 D InputDispatcher: Resetting and dropping all events (dispatcher is being disabled).

01-31 23:38:35.726 1719 1957 E ShutdownThread: writeAodStatus :false

Checking on the F800L directly, as well as the LS997 when flashed to the F800L KDZ, it seems that the Korean firmware lacks a /persdata partition, and that flashing a F800L KDZ onto the LS997 seems to have caused some issues with it. VS995 and LS997 system dump boots up fine with no issues, and going through their log it doesn't seems like either build writes to /persdata either, but unlike the F800 builds, the VS995 KDZ partition table definitely has space allocated for it. I've tried flashing a US996 ROM on top of a VS995 base to gain root access to remount the partition, as well as /system to r/w, but it remains read-only.

Currently, the LS997 is running on a ZV3 system dump. Although its working for the most part, lacking key features like Wifi Tethering, as well needing an overly convoluted way of accessing the APN menu makes it hard to give out to a family member, so I'd like to get it back to the US996 ROM it came with from the seller. Also, the Korean ROM has a few niggles that I'd like to get rid of but can't, like losing most settings in the mobile network menu, Korean text on the dialer, permanently stuck on Roaming Mode on Oreo, etc... There has been a few reports of the issue on the V20 subforum, but non of the threads had replies.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] sun_dream:
Windowss Mobile 6.2 CEOS 20000 Build 20000 Aku2.0.0 fake Core,CHS

ftp://d700:d700@d700.ebeivip.cn/ROM/WM6.2.rar

http://www.fs2you.com/zh-cn/files/44bd535e-191b-11dd-a2a5-0014221b798a/

TTF[CHS]:sunfon.ttf 2.1MB

Soft:

High[ATI] WMV Player

NET CF2.0 SP2

Word Mobile 6.1/Zip Mobile 6.1

NEW CommManager

HTC Manager 2.0

HTC BT FTP

FlightMode

NewMenu

pnotepad 3.5

psShutXP

ScreenRotate

HTC_EnlargeStartMenu

HTC_EnlargeTitleBar

FTouchFLO

TouchImageViewer

Task Manager V3.0

MSFT Manager

HTC MobileCalc

Dopod Sim Manager1.04

WM5 Torage1.8

FAT Manager

9.18MB PP/16M RAMdisk
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] oelapoel:
Sun_dream, thanks. Any english rom version?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] rickybalbuena:
yap any English version please....
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] jakubd:
And please tell us which build it is. I mean which build was there BEFORE somebody changed it to 20000 and 6.2.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] sun_dream:
OS Build 195XX +Build 191XX RUNTIMES+PV GAC_MSFT.WM.PocketOutlook1.0+xplode wzcsvc.dll

XIP:WM6.1 OEMXIPKernel+WM6.1 DSM+MSXIPKernel 6.0 Coredll.dll+0804 Boot.hv
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] xplode:
does your 195XX have flash and/or silverlight suport inside ? (the 195XX should be AKU1.2 so it is possible microsoft to include the latest inside)
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] Iced Coffee:
Any sceenshots?

I am still using PDAViet's ROM WM6.1 CE OS 5.2.19701 (Build 19701.1.1.0 PV DVH). Not sure if I need to change to this. Any recommendations?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] sun_dream:
CEOS 19580 Build 19580

http://www.fs2you.com/zh-cn/files/c3ab7091-19b3-11dd-9633-0014221f4662
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] xplode:
thanks sun_dream, apparently it does not have flash lite 3 or silverlight inside :)
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] oelapoel:
Hi Sun_Dream, So, any english version? cheers
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] sun_dream:
Build 185XX,Does not contain any new features

Perhaps only to extract the OEM software upgrade

Flash Lite is only should the new adobe Flash Lite
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] mohannad18:
is there an english version please??
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] zjsteven:
不错，我经常上这里，没想到你这么的历害．
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] David389:
Tried both links but they do not work
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] adfa77:
wm 6.2

hay...sun dream is wm6.2 rom use english? or...????
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] djmysia:
please version english ? thanks
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] Trek55:
Yes or No

I don't know why simple question from everyone here, whether the Rom is in English or is it available in English and yet sun_dream doesn't answer??? huh..,,simple answer yes or no..really strange..
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] imatrix:
I am guessing CHS (from the topic) = Chinese
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] sun_dream:
Yes! Chinese=CHS
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] sofene:
So, do we get an english version?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] David389:
ROM is in English but is

ROM 5.70.11 WWE

Date: 11/11/07

Protocol: 1337.45

ExtROM: minhanhtran.PV
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] free33sky:
can't download

have any mirror

thx
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] sofene:
After installing, all I see is chinese even after setting region to English. How else do you change the language to English?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] David389:
I followed the link as I described, downloaded as directed and all was in English - not sure if I have done something or ROM changed..
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] Sachinnemesis2525:
My phone is Honor 7x BND-L21C10 . first i tried to open twrp recovery mode it showed "error mode" (its in attached picture ) and i tried to re install twrp through my pc and it is also showing failed (also in the attached picture) please help me with this i want to downgrade my phone software i really want to do it urgently
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] mrmazak:
The length over error message is common when you try to flash nougat partition "recovery" when device has Oreo partition layout. And needs Oreo TWRP flashed to "recovery_ramdisk"
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] Sachinnemesis2525:
can you help me with it share the link
[Honor 7X  Questions & Answers] mrmazak:
https://xdaforums.com/honor-7x/development/oreo-twrp-complete-backup-t3764500
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Alyousify:
Hello,

Can someone please guide me through Mate 10 pro, BLA-L29, Build 9.0.0.177 root & recovery installation?

Thanks.
[Huawei Mate 10  Guides, News, & Discussion] Addymore:
C185? Which current firmware are you on?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] nathan96:
is it a known issue that there's no sound on bt earphones during calls ?

also, speaker is pretty weak duting calls.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] cooltt:
You need to look at the Lineage 15 forum for known issues.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] nathan96:
I have not even rooted a phone since probably the nexus 4. Sorry, barely remember how these forums work :)
[Vivo Nex Questions & Answers] smisi:
I´m missing the feature to enable Trust Agent and Smart Lock on this Phone, i searched all shortcuts with nova launcher but I did not find anything related.

maybe someone has a method to show up smart lock on this device?
[Vivo Nex Questions & Answers] desiresush:
Yep, you and me friend are effed.

No smart Lock, and only one setting to define the whole screen timeout plus screen lock experience.

A shame.

My bad for trying to not buy the only decent Android OS, OnePlus.
[Vivo Nex Questions & Answers] STEVE_MARS:
You need global versión for Smart Lock.
[Vivo Nex Questions & Answers] desiresush:
Even if you set up smart lock, it doesn't actually work.

And that's on global 1.8.11.
[Vivo Nex Questions & Answers] smisi:
i love this phone, but as it claims to be a android phone its very limited in its potential, funtouch os very restricted in it´s function.
[Vivo Nex Questions & Answers] lanyao1920:
Smart lock doesn't work with global version 8.1;

Smart lock doesn't work with China version 9.0 beta.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] gilnfld:
Hey there fellow canucks!!!

Android Pie with One UI is now officially out for our device. Just got the OTA this morning, Thursday February 7. Go grab it...
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] crutzulee:
Downloading from Roger's now..

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Battery drained from 100% to 80% just downloading and installing...
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] cingulum:
Yup, installing on Koodo now :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ragz:
Seems ok
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kwarwick:
Installed successfully on my S9+ on Public Mobile. I was hoping this would finally enable *Wireless* Android Auto support that was promised by Google, but no go. Seriously irritated that I've been waiting over 4 months since buying this phone to be able to use Android auto without having to plug in the USB port each time.
[General Questions and Answers] dreamerman:
Just tried King Root, iRoot and Framaroot but nothing worked. I have rooted a few android phones so not totally a newbie. Anyone with an idea on how to root this phone please reply.
[General Questions and Answers] androgeek2010:
Any development on how to root this oppo a73 or F5 youth?

Or did someone managed to find custom recovery for this mobile?

Please share
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] tkacer:
Anyone else jumping ship when the P4 drops?? Really like the P2, but totally disappointed in the lack of custom roms and dev support compared to the XL! Also looking forward to the hopefully upgraded chinless display!
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] pablocasiano:
Yeah I'm excited for the 4, I also have the small Pixel 2, ready for change! [emoji23]Let's see.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] harisyks:
I'll likely upgrade to Pixel 4, but absolutely don't expect a chinless display. If it turns out to be completely symmetrical, I'll expect a notch and it'll be okay. Even better without a notch, but that 3 XL design is dreadful imo.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] thesebastian:
I'll probably upgrade. I'd like more resolution in the camera to zoom in with more detail

I hope they maintain the size of the Pixel 4 smaller or equal to Pixel 3. (Which is smaller than Pixel 2).

But I'd love them to skip the whole notch or camera hole thing on the screen.
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] jimbob343343:
I'm jumping to the 4xl the moment it is available.

I hope for a nearly chinstrapliss design but not really expecting it.. And I know it will likely have the cutout camera
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] giant22000:
No hole punch for me!
[Google Pixel 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] Large Hadron:
I won't buy anything with a double-width punch-hole camera, so if those leaks are accurate and describe the smaller 4 (the only one I'd be interested in) as well as the XL then that would be a deal-breaker for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
Forgot as a reminder that I can confirm the scripts there on tab s4 and n9 combos.. it's very likely they are present on S9/S9+ also and potentially other devices but they will need to be confirmed once we get to that point.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
Was just barely reading up on Samsung defex security.. hope that's not the problem since only fix I can find requires hex patching the boot.img
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
so i noticed you gave quite a lot of info without going too much into details. i understand that you don't want anyone to steal your ideas and take credit.

would be a shame to get root.

and not get the credit where it is due..

now, that being said, isn't making these statements public open up the door for samsung to notice these possible exploits and patch them up for good? thus rendering all your efforts in vain? As even if the details were kept at a minimum from kangers to use them, the samsung devs can probably read through the lines quite easily.

anyways, hope your effort will bare fruit for as long as it is possible.( samfail lasted what 3 or 4 months? before patches made it too difficult to keep up)

Regards
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
I can see where youre coming from but I dont think they can glean exactly what I have as theres are probably hundreds of scripts throughout the system.

Also, this approach is far from new. People have been using init scripts for rooting purposes for many years.

I also tried it with newer firmware and it actually didnt work. So it already requires an older frmware and I expect Sammy will increment bootloaders soon making it unavailable to those who have updated at that poimt in time. I figured best to put out the word on progress now and those can choose to wait or not.

Exploits never last very long. The only way to ensure longevity is to remain on old firmware. There was SamPWND before there was SamFAIL. This could be the perfect time. Unless I am the only one working on this device there will be other exploits to be found.

With that being said, only you have posted all day and no devs have reached out to join in the fun so at this rate by the time full root is achieved it most likely will already be patched.

Thats just my thoughts though.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bober10113:
the note 9 kinda missed the party bus.

ive had almost all Sammy's devices and i have to unfortuanly say this is by far the most bleek state of development ive ever experienced.

but back in the day, there was far less android competition.

edit:

and i think that if not the competition, the fact that alot of people feel content with what stock samsung is offering. when the device came out, the forums were littered with Shakespearean: 'to root or not to' type of threads.