yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers] persspolice@gmail.com:
I have the Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930T which runs android 8.0 with the firmware G930TUVS8CRL1. I believe I have found the right root files and tools, and now I just need a custom rom. I really like to try Lineage, and I have downloaded version 14.1, but it says it is for Android v 7, and I like to try Lineage version 15.1. I found the Jenkins site for Lineage, but I do not see an option for searching. I need help either making sure that version 14.1 of Lineage works fine after I root the phone, or how do I get a custom rom that works with my handset's software please.

I am also open to other ROMs. Please give me suggestions.

Also, does anyone know which version of twrp I will need?

Last but not least, Lineage instructions asked me to check the CPU architecture on my phone with an app, but I could not find the icon for CPU. Instead the apps says I have a Qualcomm snapdragon Kryo, which Wikipedia says it is Arm64. I need this to download the right version of GAPPS.

I just realized I posted to the incorrect group, would someone please move this to the T-Mobile Q&A please? I have looked, and do not see an option for doing this.

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dbrent:
I saw that I could get the new touchflo interface on my 8125 (G4) and I went 2 the thread that has the links 2 the ftp site for NBD v8.3. For some reason I can't get it 2 work. I use a mac and I tried connecting 2 the server and it asks me for a username and password and I entered what I found on the XDA-Wiki page but still no dice.

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!

I can't sleep until i have this on my 8125. THANX.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Roman3580:
This entire process needed to remove FRP protection from your Samsung Galaxy S7 Active (G891A). Working on ANY Android 8.0 S7 Active devices!​

Essence of the method in the firmware COMBINATION.​

You need Russian Giude version? See this

Skill level - zero novice

It's really easy, but you need this:

Download Samsung Drivers

Download latest Odin (v.3.13.1 and hitght!)

Download COMBINATION firmware

Download stock firmware

DO NOT Use FRONT USB on PC! Only back USB panel!

DO NOT use cracket USB cabel

DO NOT disconnect phone, if you start flash and dont see green inscription PASS

-First, download THIS files

Ready?

*Swith the Download mode on your phone and connect to PC

1) Install Samsung drivers

2) Open Odin as Administator (Win 7 and high only!)

3) Click AP and Open COMBINATION file

COMBINATION

[IMG="COMBINATION"]https://dl.xda-developers.com/4/7/0/7/9/1/4/Odin+AP.png?key=wW_EyQ3pZCKgENTcm1KzsQ&ts=1550521856[/IMG]

- Your phone connected on COM port?

NO? Reinstall Samsung Drivers and restart PC

YES? Good! Click "Start" and wait.

4) The "PASS" inscription will show up, then a phone will automaticaly reboot.

* Take your phone. You see FACTORY BINARY inscription? NO?! Open recovery mode, and do factory reset.

* Now, when you'r phone turned on, and you can say "WOHOO!" Because, it's 60% of this instruction!

5) Click here (view photo)

[IMG="FACTORY BINARY"]https://dl.xda-developers.com/4/7/0/7/9/1/5/IMG_0035.jpg?key=4BYQey7M-DOOtOGQPxEiBQ&ts=1550521905[/IMG]

And you see classic settings.

Scroll to the end, open Developers setting

( About Phone => Build number => a lot click on Build number line =>you see message )

Resturn to main settings menu and open dev settings

Flag the checkbox and dev seeting stay to active mode

Search and flag OEM Bootloader Unlock

Return main setting menu, open factory reset menu on the settings and do Factory Reset

Phone will reboot.

6) Power off phone and enter your phone to the download mode.

7) Connect your phone to PC and flash STOCK firmware

Don't now HOW?

Download STOCK firmware may be this

Open Odin as Administaror and look to my screenshot

[IMG="ODIN STOCK"]https://dl.xda-developers.com/4/7/0/7/9/1/6/Ex.png?key=d-YJ8uNVuXE_PcjViSPijQ&ts=1550521764[/IMG]

Odin can Hang.

Again, check your phone on the COM port

Be sure to check back and click START

Wait for 10-15-20-25 minutes. Don't worry, it's normal. Wait for "PASS" inscription. Phone wiil automatically reboot again.

Power ON your phone and wait again for ~15 minute.

8) Power on your phone and ENJOY!!!

P.S. Good luck, I hope it was useful
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] zayatsv:
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid

<OSM> COMBINATION___FA60_G891AUCU4ARL1_CL8026246_QB20892645_REV02.tar.md5 is invalid.

<OSM> End...

I tired download in Chrome, Firefox... Hot to fix i dont know.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Roman3580:
Your phone model ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] RaveONE@77:
I got frp locked man and its on G891AUCS5CSB1 update will it work with G891AUCS4CSB1 combination file you provided phones update released on February 27, 2019 according to the AT&T website -https://www.att.com/devicehowto/tutorial.html#!/stepbystep/id/stepbystep_KM1136420?make=Samsung&model=SamsungG891A

I also tried to flash combination file you provided but it failed with Odin error :- md5 error binary is invalid

Should it work if I redownload it because G891AUCS5CSB1 update still on android 8.0

Can I flash this to remove frp lock -https://www.google.com/amp/s/xdaforums.com/s7-active/how-to/g891a-oreo-8-0-stock-att-odin-files-t3874735/amp/

:confused:

Thanks... plz help if you can
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Reyxito:
you can download COMBINATION_ATT_FA60_G891AUCU5ASB1.zip

then flash stocck
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] B4nDiT90:
Its works on g930FXXS4ESC1 ? Samsung s7 ?

I follow u step but isung this one COMBINATION FA60 G930FXXU5 but i dont have option OEM Bootloader Unlock only have debug mode on ..

factory reset and cache . instal stock rom but frp stil on phone ;/ why i dont have this ption od dev mode ? OEM Bootloader Unlock
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] jrjorin:
Wont flash

Does anyone have a combination file for boot loader 6.

I am get the error message

Sw rev fail
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] HaKDM0Dz™:
Please can someone point me in the right direction I have an old S7, and on the recovery screen it says "8.0.0/R16NW/G930FXXU8EVG3". Which combination does it require to flash with Odin? Also which Stock Rom / Custom Rom would you recommend for it after the combination flashing?

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[Huawei MediaPad M5  Questions & Answers] Deleted member 9749918:
Hi guys, i was Just looking for a nice cover+ keyboard for my mediapad m5 10.8 (not pro). Have You got any suggestion?

The original One is expensive.. 80-100$ is too Much for me!

The problem is that i can find bluetooth keyboard but none or them has got a touchpad to use Like a mouse! And thats's What i need!
[Game Ports and Emulators] snyder1171:
I have an unrooted lg thinq v35 and I have both retroarch standard and retroarch 64 versions for my Android phone. My problem is that I set the save file directory to save .srm files on to my external micro sd card but the problem is that after I save a game and close content and start it back up, it doesn't create a save file on to the external micro SD card of my phone. It creates a save file only on the internal storage of my phone but not on my external storage. How do I fix this?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pix12:
So it seems that the Amazon Fire HD 8 and both generations of the Amazon Fire 7 got rooted by a bootrom exploit. It seems to take advantage of the Mediatek hardware which the Fire Stick 2 has, could we find a way to root this?

Here's the links to both of these exploits

https://xdaforums.com/amazon-fire/development/unlock-fire-t3899860

https://xdaforums.com/hd8-hd10/orig-development/fire-hd8-2017-amonet-debrick-root-t3897841
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buffchickenn:
First post, but yeah it would be great if we had someone develop a method for the fire tv 2 as well.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2WhlWzrd:
Read here.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwmod:
Fire TV Stick 2 (tank): attempt to port the Mediatek hack

Being the owner of a Fire TV 2 Stick (basic edition / tank) I am already working on it with success.

I believe I will need the help of [MENTION=7104332]k4y0z[/MENTION] though, but I am already reading writing the EMMC and

I have already found all the needed pads and the CLK (clock) test point for shunting to ground

and keep the processor from entering the bootrom code and stay in so called "download mode".

I have also found the UART pins which will help speed up the development having a console log.

I have been helping in the mentioned hack but I didn't wrote the Python code so I will need to ask
[MENTION=7104332]k4y0z[/MENTION] to give an hand and maybe an arm too. The same hack has already passed the POC tests

everything is possible also on this platform being the same mt8127 SoC we have to do with.

Just a bit of patience and I will be able to upload reference photos and hopefully first working code

in just a couple of weeks, maybe less. No soldering required but device must be opened apart.

Pinging the right developer [MENTION=7104332]k4y0z[/MENTION], hope he have the time and is willing to give more of his time.

Vote and put your likes to show your interest.

.:HWMOD:.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4y0z:
I'll have to see what Fire sticks I have here. I think I have 1 1st and a 2nd gen stick here.

If It's also mt8127, have you tried running the preloader/lk/tz and lk-exploit from either 5th gen or 7th gen?

Maybe one of these will already give twrp just like the 5th gen files did for the 7th gen?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buffchickenn:
Any chance?

If you need a fire stick I’d be more than happy to donate one to you, do you think the fire tv 2 would be hard to do.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwmod:
Yes, I tried both the 5th and 7th versions but in both the preloader crashes with slightly different wording errors:

- 5th [PWRAP] ERROR,line=335 wait_for_fsm_idle fail,ret[PLFM] preloader fatal error...

- 7th [PWRAP] ERROR,line=335 wait_for_fsm_idle fai[PLFM] preloader fatal error...

I attached the two log files for you to compare and analyse.

But everything else is working I mean read/write of partitions with flash_binary() and dump_binary work correctly.

Tomorrow morning I will prepare an archive with the changed files in amonet/bin for you and maybe photos of

the PCB with the test point to shunt "CLK" to ground and the location of the Serial UART TX and RX pins.

I was able to collect two complete OTA updates so we have two versions of the needed system files:

- update-kindle-full_tank-288.6.0.6_user_606753420.bin

- update-kindle-full_tank-288.6.3.0_user_630508620.bin

.:HWMOD:.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwmod:
Here is the picture of the PCB with marked CLK (clock) line and the UART TX and RX pins.

The CLK (clock) test point must be shunted to ground (shield is OK) before connecting the device,

this will prevent the bootloader to initialize the board and instead enter the download mode which

is the starting point of the hack.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buffchickenn:
Did you happen to have these points for the fire tv 2
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwmod:
Maybe this is what you are looking after: Amazon Fire TV 2 UART

.:HWMOD:.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buffchickenn:
I'm not very handy, with this. But I know the hd10 and the fire tv 2 share the same exploit. I would be willing to donate 50$ if I had some help trying to root it.

maybe [MENTION=7104332]k4y0z[/MENTION] has had time to look it over
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buffchickenn:
I'm not sure. I was wondering what points I would need to connect to do this. I just need write to the emmc,
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwmod:
I answered to the question you asked, the link I sent contains a photo of the UART pins location of a Fire TV 2.

You are a bit too generic, I know nothing about the device you have nor the tools you may have for achieving your goal.

I understand you want to write to the EMMC of your device and that is exactly what I want to share here so you can do that.

However no other test points or pads are needed, just the one showed in the photo in the previous post.

Be patient and describe what you have or attach a photo of your device (possibly the motherboard).

.:HWMOD:.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sus_i:
Do you have an idea what causes the preloader fatal error?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4y0z:
Could you share the firmware-files please?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diegocr:
update-kindle-full_tank-288.6.0.6_user_606753420.bin is here

https://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/general/fire-os-5-2-6-3-bin-extract-fire-stick-t3780621
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4y0z:
Thank you, was really helpful having that, had to recover after bricking a stick.

But made some good progress, got unsigned boot/unlock working.

Needs some more work though.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diegocr:
I rooted fire 7 2015 booting an unsigned kernel, fastboot only block flask unsigned things.

If can boot unsigned kernel is rooted [emoji106]

Here is tab 7 rooted kernel, recovery and an old build of slimlp.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=42783
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4y0z:
"fastboot boot" was long patched on the Fire 7 2015, also it didn't allow flashing unsinged boot-images.

Now with "unlocked" bootloader, we can flash custom kernels, TWRP etc.

Already got unsigned boot from flash working on the tank :D

EDIT:

Check here if you haven't seen it already.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diegocr:
I can make the same changes in tank kernel that we did in ford and try to boot.

Is easy to boot unsigned images ?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4y0z:
Check the fire 7 unlock thread. It needs an exploit for the bootloader (which needs to be written).
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diegocr:
Asker for tank booting [emoji28]
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4y0z:
It's not ready yet.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwmod:
WOW ! I see you have already advanced with the porting, that's awesome.

If the SoC is the same and the bootrom is exactly the same (sha256 hash included) why is it necessary to have different code from the 7th version and which is the part that need to be changed (microloader/bootrom payload) ?

Is that due to different memory addresses ?

Any chance to try it out already ?

.:HWMOD:.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michajin:
I am trying to find a way to boot into DFU mode on the firestick 4k. Where did you find the layout to get the Pin for CLK on the firestick2? i tried a bunch on the firstick4k and i didnt have any luck (just random, suprised i didnt brick it).
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4y0z:
Yes, the bootrom is the same, that's why the bootrom-part worked for you.

But the LK isn't the same, it's specific for each device.

So the lk-payload needs to be ported to a specific LK-version.

It might be possible to run an LK built for a different device, but that causes issues like non-working screen on the 7th gen with 5th gen LK.

Hardware is initialized by the LK.

I don't have it here (did it with a friend on his PC), will let you know when I have something to test.

---------- Post added at 08:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:05 PM ----------

You should look for anything close to the EMMC
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwmod:
If you can send a detailed photo of the mainboard i can try to guess and give suggestion on how to try.

I need to see the area around the EMMC and around the processor. Must be the highest resolution possible.

.:HWMOD:.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kobayashimaru:
Maybe this can help?

http://www.aftvnews.com/new-mediatek-rooting-method-for-fire-hd-8-tablet-may-lead-to-rooting-the-fire-tv-stick-4k-fire-tv-stick-2-and-fire-tv-2/amazon-fire-tv-stick-4k-2018-circuit-board/
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sus_i:
detailed photo, 4k stick... zoom up to 2400x1312 Pixel

http://www.aftvnews.com/new-mediatek-rooting-method-for-fire-hd-8-tablet-may-lead-to-rooting-the-fire-tv-stick-4k-fire-tv-stick-2-and-fire-tv-2/amazon-fire-tv-stick-4k-2018-circuit-board/

ok, ninja'd :D
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diegocr:
For me is easiest touch the other pin of the component (capacitor?) and shield

Can share update-kindle-full_tank-288.6.3.0_user_630508620.bin ? My tank is on fireos 5.2.6.8

Thanks
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwmod:
[MENTION=4375260]diegocr[/MENTION] I sent you a PM.

Yes ! Touching the other side of the component achieves the same effect, might also be safer to avoid compromising the active components, in this case the EMMC. I don't want to be responsible for damages to components and my advices to increase the safety of the PCB, are:

- do not put too much force on the component you are going to touch it's easy to rip it off the PCB, soldering it back will be really difficult

- use a resistor to shunt the test point to ground start with 200 Ω and decrease by an half (100 Ω, then 50 Ω) until you achieve the objective

Also it never happened to me and nobody ever said they compromised their board, even without using a resistor to do the shunting, however it seemed a good advice when they suggested it to me.

.:HWMOD:.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwmod:
Here are the points marked on the PCB photo you sent.

UART RX / TX should be sure 100% (labelled in red).

DAT0 pad is also almost sure to be that (labelled in red).

CLK and CMD lines has a great chance to be those (labelled in yellow).

Since I do not own one of these device I cannot be sure 100% so take this info as uncertain.

.:HWMOD:.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TimmyP:
I have one tank on older firmware that barely works; you have to keep adjusting the HDMI connection in the port until it works (needs a reflow). Its on a firmware that the adb commands to debloat worked on and doesnt have amazon launcher i dont even think (has HAL or Leanback I cant remember). *Any auto-updating is gone too.

If it helps anyone to root ill send it out. Ill even pay shipping since its cheap. Dont ask if you shouldn't. I *can tell.

*edit
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sus_i:
Maybe [MENTION=7104332]k4y0z[/MENTION] need one to port the exploit to the tank device
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] el_turilo:
How to enter the recovery mode in Amazon Stick 4k?

I do not know if it goes in this section

I have an amazon tv stick 4k and it does not start. It stays on the white start screen and then starts again. Is there a method to enter recovery mode?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4y0z:
[MENTION=4381075]hwmod[/MENTION] [MENTION=7153704]Pix12[/MENTION] [MENTION=4375260]diegocr[/MENTION]

Here you go, sorry for the delay ;)

https://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/development/unlock-fire-tv-stick-2nd-gen-tank-t3907002
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwmod:
Achieved "root" and unlocked bootloader on Fire TV stick 2 (tank)

No problem pal, the important thing is that we now have it available also on the Fire TV Stick 2.

Awesome !!! Thank you so much from all owners of a Fire TV Stick 2. (codename tank).

I am trying different things ... up to now everything works as expected ... great !!!

If I may ask, with no rush, I would like to have more space for the kernel parameters in the LK payload.

It will become very useful as soon as new ROMs are built from developers, something like 256/512 bytes would be enough.

If necessary you could use the MISC partition so we will write the parameters there and LK will pick them up from MISC at boot.

Also the same functionality would be appreciated on the other device you already did the porting Fire 5th, Fire 7th and so on.

I am still looking to find a method to boot in "download mode" without having to open the device.

I will let you know in case I find quirks on this device or the remaining test points or pads..

Thank you again ! Have the best.

.:HWMOD:.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4y0z:
Great, thanks for the feedback :)

Why do you need that? You can just add cmdline-arguments to the original boot-image header.

(Just extract using abootimg edit bootimg.cfg and repack it)

I assume you mean bootrom DL mode. That would be great but I would think amazon has removed the ability just like on newer fire 5th preloaders.

With root already, one could always zero out preloader.

It would also be great to have a way to enter TWRP other than "adb reboot recovery".

You can also try using my handshake2.py I posted a while ago here.

(Actually FACTFACT and FACTORYM should bring you into hacked fastboot ;))
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sus_i:
Big Thx ^^ I have 2 sticks and can´t wait to root :D

Now that root is possible on the Tank/FTVS2, [MENTION=3991724]rbox[/MENTION] maybe build prerooted roms too?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwmod:
It seems that the LK preset cmdline arguments have the precedence over those in the boot image and that makes

impossible to change them during the boot phase while we want to be able to override them in some specific cases.

As an example, how can I change the "root" argument to boot from an external device "root=/dev/block/mmcblk1p1" ?

Or, how can I change the predefined consoles or the other predefined arguments of the LK ?

That's the basic reason why I believe it should be done in the LK itself if it is possible.

I know there are alternatives like kexec but I would prefer they remain alternatives.

.:HWMOD:.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4y0z:
I would rather not do any more modifications to misc for that, but I'll think about it.

Why don't you just modify the initramfs to do what you need it to do (i.e. mount external device as system)?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbox:
I am looking into this.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] el7145:
A temp root exploit was just released for the fire TV 2 (among other devices) I have tested it on the most current fire tv2 ver 5.2.6.9 and it works. The problem that fire TV 2 owners are having is turning that temp root into perm root as current versions of super user apk wont open and the older version that I'm using opens, but fails to install the su binaries

Maybe one of the gurus in this thread can take a look?

https://xdaforums.com/hd8-hd10/orig-development/experimental-software-root-hd-8-hd-10-t3904595
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbox:
If you have a root shell, then running firetv2_recovery_v6.zip should work. https://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/development/firetv-2-recovery-t3309780
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbox:
I noticed that v6 won't work with this root method. I have uploaded a v7. I have not tested it. It probably won't brick it.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/1y0m80ac167jgtr/firetv2_recovery_v7.zip/file
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] el7145:
worked absolutely perfectly, thank you so much for your work! This worked on the most recent fire tv update which i received a couple days ago 5.2.6.9

I was wondering am i free to flash your 5.2.6.8 pre rooted image now? or do i have to wait for a 5.2.6.9 pre rooted image?

Thanks again

EDIT: i went ahead and downgraded to 5.2.6.8 pre rooted and it flashed successfully without issue
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] el_turilo:
How do you boot the device in recovery mode?
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michajin:
Yes this is the one. I am using the [MENTION=7104332]k4y0z[/MENTION] scrpit for the fire 7. It get the handshake and disables the watchdog. But i can confirm this is access to the bootrom and unlocking.

There was a cover slightly hiding that clk under it, i just slide a pin and it grounds really easy.
[Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwmod:
You can do it from network using:

adb connect <ip-address>
adb reboot recovery

or by loading a terminal app to the FireTV Stick and do:

reboot recovery

I believe there should also be a short-cut by using the remote control but I am not sure 100%.

.:HWMOD:.