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[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sideloadFox:
I tried Chimera, all functions require you to buy a license (quite expensive to be honest), and they are not that advanced - firmware updates and factory reset, among others.

I tried several different modifications and tutorials to make an EDL flash and I couldn't, at least for my device (Mi 8 Dipper, with MIUI V11.0.3.0.QEAMIXM fastboot ROM - no WiFi/SIM Card detected, random reboots).

The MiFlash offline tool results in an error whenever I try to perform any operation (error in the .exe itself), and modifications to the .ELF, persist and FRP files did not result in any difference.

Using different versions of the Mi Flash application, even those from 2017 (which did not require remote authorization), always results in the error "Only nop and sig tag can be recevied before authentication."

I tried to run flashall.bat using fastboot, but it always results in the error "FAILED (remote: Partition is write protected)".

I tried to overwrite the persist partition using TWRP and OrangeFox, but my problems weren't resolved - I found that, maybe this(see quote below, can't post links yet) explains why my problem always comes back; maybe changing the file on the persist_bkp partition?

I just downloaded a torrent version of the Miracle Box and will try to see if any real modifications are possible(without bricking my device).
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tsongming:
Disclaimer : Follow any advice that I provide at your own risk, I am providing suggestions not guarantees.

I have not used miracle Box, but i know that those types of tools are used with a great amount of success by repair shops and on a broad range of devices. Unfortunately I cannot provide any additional info that could be helpful.

If the phone is bound to you and your regularly used Mi-Cloud ; Did you try the most simple method of authorising Miflash and binding the Mi-Flash tool to your desktop?

Last year in August my phone was bricked so bad that I thought that it had a hardware issue, after spending 3 days attempting to get it working, I removed and reinstalled all related drivers, disabled antivirus and firewall and re downloaded an online version of Mi Flash and then authorised it to my desktop by signing into my MiCloud account. As shown here

After receiving a login was successful and my computer was verified, I was able to restore my phone simply by using the Flashall.bat. command, apparently my phone was in EDL mode. In addition, I used my personal MiCloud account and not an elusive vendor repair account. Some people will need to flash the persist image as well as restore via flashall.bat as explained below.

Have you tried using flashall after adding a command to flash the persist image?

If you read through all of the batch commands you will see that in some fastboot roms the included version of flashall.bat does not include the command to flash the persist image. While I do know which specific roms do include the command by default, I know that you can manually add the command to the batch file. See below

By the way, I made a few TWRP flashable persist images ( Flashing the persist image has worked for 2 people, as far as I know)

[URL="You can download the new untested version made yesterday. Download it here : https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=4349826312261781866 ( It may or may not work) Let me know, if it doesn't flash, if it does flash it could possibly get you backup and running.

if it works please let me know, and I recommend immediately reflashing stock and making a Full TWRP backup including persist. I use the April 2020 version of Orange Fox or if you prefer the LR Team TWRP for Q will also work fine.

There are some older versions of the flashable persist : There is a couple that I made and some that I found on other websites.

https://mega.nz/folder/BVY2xQDB/folder/kcQimYiC

key : ldzN5kPCIh0OwuUgCAfn3g

Other options

You edit the flashall batch file by adding the command :

fastboot %* flash persist "%~dp0images\persist.img" || @echo "Flash persist error" && exit /B 1

You will also need to edit to rawprogram0.xml. Using ( of course using the correct version from your Mi8 fastboot rom and not the ones provided in the link. ( Yes, it has to be said! ) If the basic steps do not work try it may be worth the effort. Unfortunately it works for some but not all.

The complete instructions here: https://xdaforums.com/xiaomi-redmi-5a/how-to/guide-restoring-persist-partition-to-t3906424

Good luck
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gui_blessed:
miracle box solved?

miracle box solved?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] MehmetNY:
Any update?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] J2A9:
My Poco F1 is dead and it's detected in my system as qualcomm hs-usb qdloader 9008. Can anyone help me to bring it back to life? I am ready for any test to find solutions to this EDL Auth bypass
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] apex.mamba:
I was able to fully restore my f1 without edl contact points method ( even if i tried it before but without success ) my fault was that i locked the bootloader with twrp installed , after 3 days i found the solution , so i installed the tool from the thread below , put my account that i used initially to unlock the bootloader and voila it worked , i wouldn't think it would work considering that i tried to unlock it with the regular unlock tool from xiaomi ( token error or something like that ) i selected the region , the phone model and the software version after i unlocked the bootloader and that's it ! Hope i helped =)

https://xdaforums.com/mi-9t/how-to/guide-flash-official-xiaomi-firmwares-t3960059
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] CosmicDan:
Wow, I am glad I found this thread.

Xiaomi Flash tool is written in C#?!?! Then that means it's definitely possible to "crack" this stupid Xiaomi authorisation, for sure - just a question of feasibility. I'm going to look into it as I've done reverse engineering before, wish me luck!

I wanted to avoid this but now I don't care, I have a Poco F1 which isn't being sold anymore and I want to modify partition tables. I have no moral issues about this anymore due to PocoF1 being EOL'd, and like OP said - I also don't want to give money to some random guy to do his secret trick to unbrick, profiteering off others misfortune isn't right.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] CosmicDan:
Ok so it seems that even with a cracked MiFlash, the Qualcomm SoC still has read-only protection in most cases - perhaps that is the purpose of manual test-point method, it doesn't trigger a security response in the SoC....? Anyway, as a possible alternative, a quick google found me a random "cracked" firehouse file for Mi 8, maybe it can be dropped-in to a firmware and used alongside the patched MiFlash tool to properly unbrick locked devices.

Link: https://www.gsmfirmware.net/2020/05/xiaomi-mi-8-dipper-firehose-file.html?m=1

I HAVE NOT TESTED THIS, THIS IS AN EXECUTABLE FILE THAT COULD MAKE YOUR PHONE EXPLODE FOR ALL I KNOW. Don't use it if you have *any* doubt, I will investigate further soon and see what's so special about this particular executable vs the original Xiaomi firehose.

NB: I have a Poco F1, not a Mi 8 - but the dipper/beryllium/polaris all belong in the same family and are almost identical. Unsure if they all use the same firehose.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ysbledmh:
k40 pro

ERROR: Only nop and sig tag can be recevied before authentication
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sandeshbhusal14:
I manage to unbrick(NO RECOVERY NO FASTBOOT ) my rn7 with the help of EDL MODE, miflash tools (BYPASSING EDL AUTH) BY changing the FIREHOSE FILE

FILES I USED

ARE

STOCK FIRMWARE-----------https://firmwarefile.com/xiaomi-redmi-note-7

PATCHED FIREHOSE MBN ---https://miui.blog/redmi-note-7/patched-prog-emmc-firehose-mbn-redmi-note-7-lavender/

NOTE: ELF AND MBN ARE THE SAME FILES AND ARE INTERCHANGABLE.

MAILME AT BHUSALSANDESH0@GMAIL.COM IF YOU NEED HELP TOO.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zalext:
Hi,

was your BL locked or open?

Thank you
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Yeetwoot:
i tried loggin in but the login tab didn't recognise it, i have a bricked Mi 8 SE but im sure it doesn't matter
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Vipxpert:
Until this day. No proper solution work ;-;;;;;
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] symy17:
Hi i neves someone to help me bypass mi account
[YotaPhone 3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Lukhach123:
hi guys

I have successfully updated my phone, yota3 to yota3+. but on e ink screen always show notification bar, it doesn't look god, and when i downloading somethings, it show download icon. it always refresh, always moving. i think that It will waste battery power.

how do i can hide notification bar on eink screen?

thanks.
[YotaPhone 3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] nnlife82:
That's a widget thing only. Remove it in back-screen-setting.
[YotaPhone 3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Lukhach123:
i want to say , its Status bar ( download icon, wifi, clock, gsm,...) not is widget notification.
[YotaPhone 3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] LadTy:
I fully second this. Also after like an hour of inactivity, clocks on the EPD stop updating properly. For example its 01:21, but the clocks on my Y3+ (updated from Y3) still show 01:03. Only the clock on the status bar are correct, but first of all, I don't want the status bar on my EPD, and secondly they are too small to consider them convenient at that point anyway.

Would really, really love to hear about solutions to both of those issues :-| The status bar has no reason to exist on the back of the phone. I just wish Y3+ was just a Y2 in regards to the EPD.
[YotaPhone 3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Spleeno:
workaround for me is to enable the lockscreen with the second screen app but just leave it empty - so I just get a blank white screen with the locked icon and nothing else - most importantly: no statusbar.

most of the apps I use on the e-ink side have fullscreen support, so it doesnt annoy me during actual use.

but yeah, bit of a weird thing to not give us any settings for.
[YotaPhone 3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] LadTy:
Ye, for me, the "actual use" for a phone with always on screen is seeing a nic clock (and other info) on its back. Thats the most important, seeing clock/weather/notifications/potentially other widget thingies (I inda liked the step countner on the chinese version). But the status bar is something that's not usable "at a glance", its too small for that so it has no place there.

But lately, I'm most annoyed by the clocks not updating properly when the phone is in sleep mode for a few hours, I can't trust the clock anymore, f*ck I hate that about it so much.
[YotaPhone 3 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Yotafreak:
It's a late response, but I'm glad I'm not the only one with the time sync problem. I miss the YotatHub clock and battery widgets :-(

I finally discovered how to fix it:

Go to Settings -> Battery -> Click upper right 3 dots -> Choose 'Battery optimization' -> Choose clock app -> Click 'Don't optimize' -> Click 'Done' and you're done! Now your clock will always update :-)
[Huawei Nova 3 Questions & Answers] neptvne:
Does anybody have upgraded to emui 9 and tried wireless projection in desktop mode?. It seems it’s not the same from p20 pro. Or i’m Missing something.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] julie37596:
I'm using Voice Speed Dial to open apps with voice tags.

As for the Voice speed dial - contacts, it only calls the contact when you say their name. Is there any way to compose an SMS to that person instead of calling them? I'm using VITO SMS-Chat. I am hearing impaired and don't use the phone so it'd be nice to be able to do that.

If there is another program that does this, please let me know.

Sorry if this is posted in the wrong section.

Thanks!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] rico002:
try palringo
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 Questions & Answers] kimle3:
hello to all mi pad 4 users, today i want to ask about whether i can fix my mi pad's wifi problem or not. currently, whenever I try to connect to wifi on stock rom, it saids 'connecting.." and nothing happens. Also when I flash AOSP roms, i cannot turn on the wifi. Through some research, I was able to find that corrupted EFS might be the cause of wifi failure, because my mac address had changed into 02:00:00:00. I searched high and low but none of the guides where made for wifi only devices. So I was wondering if some could give me the way to fix or recover EFS(?)
[Xiaomi Mi Pad 4 Questions & Answers] b34tn1k:
Go to the link below and try the 2nd option, if that doesn't work do the first. This did it for me.

https://xdaforums.com/mi-a1/how-to/easiest-quickest-to-fix-wifi-custom-t3779040
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BhosxTris:
I have great sot from my new battery.. but the main issue is 15% early shutdowns... Possibly this issue due to changes on software i think....

Anyone faces this issue? Since on 7.1.1 and Above?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runekock:
The Nexus 6 makes very high demands on the battery, so this happens if your new battery isn't perfect.

I especially have the problem when I'm at a place with bad mobile signal.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] part211:
Battery Stock at 96% (any rom in my phone)

please help
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] ketan warthi:
i also facing this issue
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] Ali121121:
I also have same problem from last 3 months. I tried all calibration tricks and apps but no solution. I tried to charge my device in recovery its charge 100% but in normal mode it stuck at 96%. Please help for this.
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] luistro:
Disconect batery and reconect
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 / 5 Plus Questions & Answers] part211:
Thank you for the response ill try it later.:)
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] Guillosd:
Which is the rom you get the best SoT with?
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] Z-Blade:
No one will be able to answer that question for you.. Best thing to do is play around with the different combination of roms, kernel and custom tweaks to get your desired result.
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] strongst:
Not up to date, but we have a list and it would be nice if everyone can make input here https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-5/how-to/screen-time-leaderboard-post-longest-sot-t3780178

And there's also the real life review section https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-5/review/screen-time-t3646100
[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] Guillosd:
That Is not what I wanted, I know SoT varies depending on usage. I'm just asking for personal experience
[Samsung Galaxy Tab E  Questions & Answers] Tofor:
SM-T560NU Audio no longer working, no soundcard found in proc. Firmware reflash unsuccessful, all versions. Any help is appreciated. Also there is a /d directory in my root on every device I have. Any idea what that is...
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Guides, News, & Discussion] jianlin3062:
Happy new year to the Chinese people all over the world
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] TPBWorks:
Hello guys,

I'm locked out of my phone, I don't have a backup and I have very important files on this device, so I'll try whatever possible to try to access the files again, I know it's probably hard but I wanted to try asking in a post.

I don't have Root, I have Secure Boot enabled and OEM Unlock disabled.

I can unlock the secure boot when the phone starts without issues, it unlocks and sometimes boots up on the lockscreen, when it does it freezes for 2 to 5 seconds (so can't unlock with pin) and then goes back to the secure boot animation and it starts all over.

The cause that I suspect is software update, (Patch 2nd Jan '19 - CSC: OMN - Italy) OTA successfully updated the phone this morning and after 10/15h of use suddently rebooted (secure boot animation) and never booted again. Right before this happened I have downloaded an app from the Play Store called "Galaxy Button Lights 2" and I have also set a swipe pattern for lockscreen (that it's now required for secure boot as well), between these last two actions all this started to happen.

Another hypotesis is Secure Folder (It had given me problems freezing lately).

What I did try is:

Booting in safe mode

Wiping Cache

Reflashing the previous firmware via Odin (Patch Dec 2018)

I'll be trying to enable ADB taking this guide in consideration

Is there anyway that I could try to access the files again? Trying an older Firmware?

Is there a way to view error log and to disable the Galaxy Button app via ADB?

It might be possible trying installing TWRP, ROM or rooting?

Would I loose files by rooting or Installing TWRP/CWM?

ADB could help me, somehow, in pulling the files out?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] TPBWorks:
How can I delete /data partition (without root)? Having the phone encrypted, flashing a ROM or deleting the /data partition would make me permanently loose access to my Internal Storage? Please, any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] TPBWorks:
anyone?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] TPBWorks:
Anyone has a workaround to access the files? (Maybe dumping the images of /Data & other partitons? Phone encrypted...)

I don't mind tampering Knox, rooting or interfering (somehow) with SBoot, as long as I recover the files!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] gillim74:
Was wondering if anyone knew how to pull the boot.img from a room?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
Install the EXKM app, and back it up :cool:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] MrMeeseeks:
The easiest way would be to download the full rom zip from Google's developer page then extract the boot.img

Edit: formatting
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Starbomba:
My Nexus 5X started bootlooping after like 2-3 years of use. I tried everything up to limiting the cores, no dice. My last resource was using my heat gun to either fix any bad solder bumps or thermally shock the thing. Oddly it worked, it no longer boot loops, but now backlight is dead. I have tried even a spare screen from another 5X, which i know works, and no dice, so i know it is not a screen/backlight issue. Any recommendations? At least i need to just get the data off the phone and disable all the authenticators on it before moving to my new phone.
[Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AeonFlux1603:
You could very well be experiencing the notorious Nexus 5x hardware bootloop bug -- an issue due to the actual soldering points on the logic board which negatively affected thousands of Nexus 5x and LG G4 devices. LG is fully aware of this factory fault, and has actually been sued in civil court for their alleged handling and unwillingness to correct it. But, I'm only asserting a possibility.
[Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 Questions & Answers] TheInfiniteAndroid:
Paranoid Android released Android Pie beta's for selected devices including the Pocophone & Mix 2S a couple weeks back, just wondering if anyone knows if they'll be bringing it to the Mix 3 officially or if any devs will be bringing it unofficially.

https://www.xda-developers.com/para...i-8-xiaomi-mi-6-xiaomi-mi-5-xiaomi-mi-mix-2s/
[HTC Vox] browne51:
My camera button is not responding anymore.Vox is original htc reflashed to dr gonzos most recent wm6.1.(fantastic version by the way...gives new life to the phone).

On the unflashed phone the camera had stopped functioning...the shortcut button on the side of the handset caused the windows icon(circle)to spin but disappear.

On this version the icon doesnt appear at all?.

In windows folder on the phone I have the following files..

Camcorder

Camera

Camera.exe.0409

HtcCamera

Short_Camera

Video Recorder

Most exe's in here are followed by .0409?,when I select the camera.exe.0409 file,i am greeted with "There is no application associated with the above file,run the application first and then open this file inside the application".

When i select the Camera file with no extension(camera icon),nothing happens.There are various files when browsing through the registry,but I dont know what values to change to.

Its not the end of the world that its not working but it would really complete the phone for me.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] ledvedder:
Is anyone else experiencing auto brightness making the screen too dark at times?
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] sonarakash888@xda.com:
Yes I'm facing this problem too bro
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] kakisadan:
easy fix, don't use auto brightness.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] ZeroKool76:
Easier fix, use a custom kernel with minimum backlight setting. I set mine to 64, which is about 25% mjnimum brightness.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] __NBH__:
It will learn after time, keep adjusting it up on the slider and after a week it should be better.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] rickysidhu_:
+1

If you are a Tasker user, you can even dynamically change the backlight setting based on time of day. I set it to something higher in the daytime and lower at night.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] thedrizzle:
I had this issue on my TMO 6T that I converted to international 9.0.11, it was infuriating and it never got better. I finally went back to TMO official FW and haven't had a problem since.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] lloydsw:
Same here. The TMO official learned quickly. After two weeks, I'm still trying to teach the international version.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] ledvedder:
Did you have to wipe everything to go back? I hate having to set everything back up.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] thedrizzle:
Yup. The main reason I actually went back is I wasn't reliably getting text messages or phone calls; I was literally missing both every day. Not sure what the deal was with that, but since I'm back on TMO official this phone has been a LOT better.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] yousry2:
Hello everyone

I am trying to build the twrp for Galaxy Tab A 8.0 4G SM-T387T. everything seems to go well until the final steps in building the recovery.img and it stops.

the generated size is a little larger than the stock recovery size. the stock recovery partition size is 18,356,752 Bytes while the generated recovery.img size 18,812,928 bytes which includes the stock kernel size 11,134,711 bytes

is there any way to reduce the twrp recovery img?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] yousry2:
I was able to reduce twrp size by eliminating non english xml files. But now I have another problem in fladhing it. The qualcomm secureboot is enabled
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] Alex0671:
Thank you brother we will be waiting for TWRP to be built for Galaxy TAB A SM_T387T because I have been looking for that , never found yet nowhere , thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] XDA.Samsung:
Any update for it? Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] kpjs4s:
If someone could help me find out if its possible to pre-order or buy the s10 International (Exynos) variants from USA. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Eudeferrer:
I think Bestbuy will be the best place to look.

Sent from my Pixel 3 XL
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] galaxys:
Here's the info about usa Pre order and trade in.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] methogod:
Tried to pre order from the UK site, and they wont ship to the US. Not sure which version the unlocked version will be - they dont post model numbers... following for sure.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] AhsanU:
Clove.co.uk
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] johnny8910:
As above, Clove offer delivery to the U.S :o
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] thunderroid:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-S10-Plus/192828272845

I bought from them multiple times before, they are trustable
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Insert_here:
Thanks for the tip. Gonna pull the trigger on this. Really wanted prism green. Just need to get cracking on getting S-Pay to work on it.