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[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] pro_granade:
Still the same than buying it from the carriers. It's not the carriers that's locking the bootloader down, it's Samsung themselves. You'd have to buy an exynos variant of the phone to be able to unlock the bootloader.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] shooterlgk:
Whataa hell u serious?
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] tech_head:
Yep. Variants destined for the US market, even directly from Samsung cannot have the BL unlocked.

If you want an unlocked BL in the US, don't buy Sammy.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] Bimm3r:
Go for 6t, today I bought one :)
[Nokia 5 Questions & Answers] Haek al:
How can I solve this ? :(
[Nokia 5 Questions & Answers] karibkrab:
Hi bro, I'm also looking for a way to unbrick my TA-1053
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mingkee:
I Have two G7 rooted with Magisk indeed
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] fix-this!:
if you look at the full firmware there seems to be no stock recovery included in it. we definitely need twrp to even flash a custom gsi rom. id help but i have no time or idea how to build twrp. :rolleyes:
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] clcombs262:
Can you please provide evidence? A screenshot of the main page of Magisk app and a screenshot of root checker will do
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] clcombs262:
I know how, but I'd need the stock recovery
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mingkee:
OK

You asked for it
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mingkee:
There's a possibility recovery is merged into boot.img

I found patched boot is significantly smaller than original

I will look more into original boot.img to find required parameters for boardconfig.mk, but probably you can only boot with TWRP not flashing it.
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] clcombs262:
Can you share step by step how you did it?

Like patch boot img with magisk, flash magisk zip, use TWRP, etc?
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] clcombs262:
Thanks for the effort!
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] maybeme2:
He described it in

https://xdaforums.com/moto-g7/how-to/root-g7-magisk-t3907084/page4

I'm trying to gather enough courage to root my G7. Scary. But I need it for things like titanium backup, AfWall, etc.

Besides I believe twrp is not yet available. Need it for the nandroid backup to restore if things go bad.
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] clcombs262:
That's a generic set of instructions, with no links or evidence provided that it works

I could literally use those instructions to root any device with magisk. (Excluding device that can't unlock bootloader and such)

I'm looking for confirmation, instructions tailored to our device, links to appropriate files, what's working on what model/firmware/variant, etc

Also we should figure out TWRP. Very handy in rooting and unrooting
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ptn107:
I have my Moto G7 xt1962-1 US Retail rooted with magisk. It works. You can use my patched boot image if your're running the same on ppo29.114-16-5 and don't want to do it yourself. Flash with:

fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] clcombs262:
Of course its merged. I did not realize this, but it is a arm64 A/B partition device. that means that recovery is merged into boot
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] sd86:
I can work on providing the steps I take with river_amz later today and document each step. Will edit this reply when I do so.
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] zerogun:
Ni

cclombs, you are correct. ANY device that can be bootloader unlocked can be rooted with Magisk in this way. Magisk works by inserting itself into the boot image so you just need access to the boot image. However, this method requires you to have access to the Stock ROM. Luckily, Moto seems to be very good about supplying this.

EDIT: Section removed. Access to read boot.img requires root. I was wrong!

And yes, I have successfully achieved root using the above methods. I used it on my Moto G7 Power, and on my Nexus E4 plus before TWRP was available.
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] clcombs262:
I thought dd required root?

And I think you mean boot image, not bootloader. Bootloader is very different, and should NEVER be modified
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] zerogun:
You are correct. I meant to say boot image. I'll edit to not confuse people.

I'll have to check later on if dd requires root. I thought it only needed adb debig access.
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] maybeme2:
Thank you zerogun. I'm trying to learn.

Where do they supply these stock ROMs?

When you 'go into an adb shell' do you mean use adb from a connected PC or is there an adb shell app on the phone itself?
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Alberto97:
Anybody interested in partially working TWRP? My plan was to release it once fully working but I'm stuck on decryption since days (I can't understand what keymaster 4 is still missing since it wants to upgrade the key) and I might change idea.

With broken decryption you can't use your internal storage but you will be still able to flash things from sdcard or usb otg.
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mingkee:
You can wipe with TWRP to remove encryption once, but you have to reboot in TWRP
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Questions & Answers] beecall.paudel:
I converted mi a2 to mi 6x few month ago, I was in miui 10 with arb 2. i flashed the stock android rom via edl and it boots fine but camera was not responding ,so i reflashed the stock android rom vai fastboot this time using mi flash tool . Now it stucks at boot loop. Any suggestion
[Moto G5S Plus Questions & Answers] Matiasnck:
English

Hello everyone, I need some help with my MOTO XT1800.

Some time ago I wanted to go back to the stock rom, I did not have any problems with the procedure, but if you gave me IMEI 0, I found out that the simplest way to solve it is installing a custom rom, but when doing any rom I get Error 7, the only solution that gave to that problem was editing some lines of code of some of the files of the rom, but neither it worked to me.

Now if I want to install a stock rom it gives me a bootloader error "preflash validation failed" and I do not know how to fix it. If any of you can help me, I'm interested in having my XT1800 with IMEI operative.

Sorry for my English, but I used the Google translator.

Español.

Hola a todos, necesito algo de ayuda con mi MOTO XT1800.

Hace un tiempo quise volver a la rom stock, no tuve ningún problema con el procedimiento, pero si me dio IMEI 0, averigüe que la forma más sencilla para solucionarlo es instalando una custom rom, pero al hacer con cualquier rom me da Error 7, la única solución que daba a ese problema era editando unas líneas de código de unos de los archivos de la rom, pero tampoco me funciono.

Ahora si yo quiero instalar una rom de stock me da un error de bootloader “preflash validation failed” y no sé como solucionarlo. Si alguno de ustedes me puede ayudar, me interesa que mi XT1800 quede con IMEI operativo.

Disculpen mi ingles, pero usé el traductor de Google.
[Android Auto General] Oscar1996:
Ive got a tablet RCA VOYAGER 3 rct6973w43 but when I turn on, the system doesnt run and get stucked on RCA ANDROID loading so I need the ROM to reinstall the system can somebody help I found the link below but I dont have premium account.

www needrom com/download/rca-rct6973w43/

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] Curlypx:
I noticed a lot of apps on the Play store send analytic data back to google and other companies. Is there an app or a way to go in and specify which sites to block so the app or phone cannot send analytic data?
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] thevasugoel:
As HMD releases the source code of nokia 5.1 plus/x5, now the community can work on the development of nokia mobile.

https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/opensource/
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] Rustdroid:
We still have the waiting game to see if they will let us unlock the bootloader. I don't see why they would release that if they have no plans to allow unlocked bootloaders. If anyone knows of any way we can help to get it done quicker, it would be good to know. Like a petition to unlock bootloader.
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] userlimk:
In my country ,china, a person who name is HCT_Mascot_洛克人EFI in weibo say he has already unlocked the bootloader and in the taobao which same as ebay you can unlock it by 30rmb. I don't know how they make it why they don't release it.
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] Rustdroid:
Yes I heard you can pay $5 to get bootloader unlocked but I haven't seen anyone with the bootloader unlocked yet so don't know if it's true. I don't think we should have to pay anything. They should share how they are doing it so we can all do it for free.
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] thevasugoel:
https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/bootloader/

You can unlock the bootloader using this site officialy by nokia....not tested but it's official nokia website
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] Rustdroid:
That is only for Nokia 8. I tried when I first got the phone app just crashes.
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] CapKenway:
you can unlock x5 (5.1 plus) bootloader by putting your phone in fastboot/bootloader mode and typing "fastboot flashing unlock" in cmd (you need to connect your phone to a pc with adb and adb drivers)
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] Rustdroid:
Doesn't work for me. Tried it when i first got the phone.
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] CapKenway:
Are you on pie? To my experience, i didnt work on oreo.
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] Rustdroid:
Yes i'm on Pie, I read that it can't be done on Pie. i'm just going to wait until Nokia allows it, If they do.
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] CapKenway:
I was able to do it and i am on pie.
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] Rustdroid:
Show some proof that you have unlocked bootloader ?
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] CapKenway:
Well, I sold my X5 and now I am using a Oneplus 3t
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] homopetteri:
If you are on pie, first enable the developer options, then access the developer options menu, switch the developer options off, then back on, you can slide the OEM unlocking switch to on and confirm it with password/figure. After that switch the ADB on, connect the phone to computer via usb and "sudo adb reboot bootloader" ...

sudo fastboot flashing get_unlock_ability

...

(bootloader) unlock_ability = 16777216

OKAY [ 0.008s]

finished. total time: 0.008s

So it's now in somekind of state it can be unlocked...

However: sudo fastboot flashing unlock_critical

...

(bootloader) Start unlock flow

FAILED (remote:

Unlock operation is not allowed

)
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] stizzie:
Yeah same thing for me, but

(bootloader) unlock_ability = 16777216

clearly said that the bootloader is unlockable

in Google devices a

fastboot flashing unlock_critical

should come with:

(bootloader) Start unlock flow

OKAY [ 38.004s]
finished. total time: 38.004s

$ fastboot reboot
[Nokia X5 (Nokia 5.1 Plus) Guides, News, Discussion] homopetteri:
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[BLU R1 HD Questions & Answers] foetazo:
good morning sorry my English a few days ago I received a phone blu r1 hd which the owner factory reset the same turn on the logo comes to the welcome screen after moving to next remains on the screen "a moment" and from there my pc only recognizes as R1 as a disk or multimedia drive does not install the mtk 6735 preloader drivers and in the flastool it gives me the following error: BROM ERROR S_BROM_DOWNLOAD_DA_FAIL (0x7D4) BROM ERROR.

I also managed to enter the Factory mode menu when I connect the USB cable to install 5 drivers:

1-usb composite device

2-USB storage device

3-Android composite ADB interface

4-Mediatek usb vcom (android) (com17)

5- R1 hd file-cd gadget usb device

then in this mode I enter the cmd console and type adb and recognize it as an unauthorized device.
[BLU R1 HD Questions & Answers] linuxgator:
Did you enable usb debugging in the developer options? That's usually why it says unauthorized.
[BLU R1 HD Questions & Answers] satcomranger:
Is your bootloader unlocked ?
[General Questions and Answers] alvinezz:
Hey all,

As far as I know there isn't an official widget for Youtube music app on Android.

What third party app do you use for it?

I'm trying out Ubiquity which is not too bad but annoyingly if I pause a song and leave it for some time, then the controls do not work anymore (maybe because YM app goes to sleep?).

I don't have this issue with Google Play Music official widget.

Also, this widget displays any media information which is currently playing or last played, although in the setting I specifically set for Youtube Music.

The search for ideal widget continues.. if anyone has recommendation or workaround to the issues above, please let me know.

Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] Ibuprophen:
I don't use this feature for YouTube myself but, the following YMusic App thread is the only thing that I can think of that does state the feature (in the OP) "Home screen widgets".

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3399722

Good Luck!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

UNLESS asked to do so, PLEASE don't PM me regarding support. Sent using The ClaRetoX Forum App on my Enigma Machine {aenigma = Latin for "Riddle"}.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] omaralt:
hey guys, just wondering if anybody else has teh same problem and if theres any fixes....

i have 2 email accounts that download automatically (every hr). i get the new emails, delete them, and an hour later they're downloaded again as new! it gets really annoying! the only way i've found to avoid it most of the time, is to delete the emails, and then hit send recieve... dunno... anybody else?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] tony.wheeler:
I do not get this problem at all on my Kaiser. You are obviously leaving a copy of you mail on the servers (is that intentional?). I also leave mine on the server so that I can collect it from my PC as the main collection point (which then removes it). However, despite me using the same settings as you I do not see this problem. Have you checked all the advanced settings?

Do you have the deleted items being emptied each time you connect/disconnect? (This is in messaging app - menu-tools-options and the Storage tab) Try looking at this setting - I am just guessing but it may be that your device is emptying the deleted items and so when you next connect it recollects all mail not knowing it was originally put into the deleted items by you?

Just a guess that may be worth looking at :).
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] omaralt:
ekh this problem has gotten even worse now that ive upgraded to dutty's 6.1 rom... now it wont even delete the emails off the server! i delete thee mails, hit send/recieve, and everything seems to be fine. but next time it downloads my email it downloads all the old emails! i've checked all my settings, and everything is right! any ideas? i might just end up going back to a 6.0 rom...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] cbreze:
I have dutty's 6.1 on my kaiser also. No email issues here. I have my kaiser set to delete my mail right off the server, where they go into the servers delete file untill I permanently delete them. I usually keep about 6 months worth in the delete file in case I need to look one up. There is a setting in the kaiser email setup to delete off the server. Is it checked? Sounds like everytime you sync it's sending whatever's there. My sync is set to always on. Maybe that makes a diff.:cool:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] prestonjb:
any more news... Using duttys' too and same probblem... Using godaddy for the server and the emails won't delete off the server..

However outlook on laptop and my old hermies/Tytn-I/8525 running 6.0 works!!!
[General Questions and Answers] alvinezz:
Hey all,

I recently got s10+ after years with Google phones.

Not sure it's a new thing or not but I found a Samsung app called Secure Folder installed.

I quite like it and tried to install it in my Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 but it says incompatible in Google play store hence can't download it.

What is a good alternative for Secure Folder which is compatible for older devices ?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) Questions & Answers] souvikghosh915:
Using One Ui. Tried, but can't install overlay apps.
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] bharatshaan:
Hello All,

I want to know if carrier aggregation (4g+) is supported on both the sim slots. I have seen 4g+ on my primary sim few times, but never saw it on my 2nd sim.

May somebody please confirm this?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S10+ Questions & Answers] olkitu:
You can only get 4G+ active on slot where mobile data enabled.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] RDA8:
When I flashed TGP ROM and TGPKernel onto my rooted Exynos S7 Edge, my SIM card stopped getting recognized, and I keep getting "processing failed" every time I try to log into my Samsung account. Does anyone have a fix for this?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Borotes:
You could try reflashing your stock rom with samfirm and odin.

Reinstall TWRP with Odin

Wipe the storage and reinstall TGP.

In tgp aroma keep stock modem, bootloader etc.

It should work fine then :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Youdoofus:
i agree with this
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro Questions & Answers] kvg01:
after widewine l1 update now we can play netflix in hd waiting for prime video
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PMikeP:
I just bought a Nuu R1 Rugged Phone. It has Oreo 8.1.0 on it.

It is an "unlocked" phone. But I don't know if unlocked refers to the phone carrier or to the boot loader. (I'm thinking phone carrier.)

The last I rooted my tablets was Android 5, which required using a custom script that a dev here wrote that temporarily ran CW via fast boot.

I would like to root my R1. I hear now that Magisk is the way to go. (Instead of SU.)

Most every Guide says that I have to have TWRP installed before installing Magisk. But there's no TWRP for the R1. And I am incapable of compiling my own.

I learned, from Nuu Tech Support, that I can get into the phone's Recovery mode with some hidden button pushes. Here's a screen shot:

My first question is, could I simply install Magisk by selecting "Update from SD card"?

If it's not that easy, then, second: I can also get to a fastboot screen. (Not shown here.) Could I install Magisk from ADB on my computer?

I suppose a third question: Is there a version of TWRP that's compatible with this phone? And if so, how do I find it? It would be nice to have a Nandroid backup.

I am willing to show various screens that come up from various button pushes if that would help a dev here.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PMikeP:
More data for TWRP'ing

So, I see that one needs an image of the OEM ROM to compile TWRP. I found two sites on the web that claim to have the ROM. (Before the R1 was officially released.) Sounds sketchy. Will try to get an image from Tech Support.

In the meantime, I found that the bootloader can be unlocked (or allowed to be unlocked) via a setting under Developer Options.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PMikeP:
I contacted Nuu Mobile Support and they were kind to send me the MediaTek USB drivers for the R1.

It was a two step process to get the driver installed for ADB. But now I have access to the R1 via ADB.

I read here on the forums that I can boot TWRP via fastboot, and not risk ruining/corrupting the R1's Recovery Partition.

Anyone know of a TWRP model version that's close enough to work on the R1? (I presume a TWRP for another MediaTek device might work?)

I would hate to try KingRoot to get root.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PMikeP:
I found a website called unofficialtwrp.com. It has a TWRP for the MediaTek 6739, running Oreo 8.1, with 16/2 GB. That's exactly what the Nuu Mobile R1 has.

So, hopeful that this would allow me to root my R1, I tried it. (Short version: Didn't work.)

I already had ADB installed and could talk to my R1 via ADB.

But once the R1 had booted into fastboot mode via ADB, I got a message from fastbood devices that it was "waiting."

I learned that that message means that I didn't have drivers for fastboot.

I ended up installing a fresh version of Win8.1 and using the Windows' updater to find the needed drivers. I had to have the R1 plugged in to the USB in fastboot mode for this to work. After that, I could talk to the device via the fastboot command.

So I unlocked the boot loader (which wiped my data - not every Guide warns you about that) and I did "fastboot boot recovery.img."

I got the message that the recovery file had transferred. After abotu 15 seconds, the phone rebooted. But no TWRP.

Rats.

I didn't want to try the fastboot flash command in case this unoffiical twrp from an unofficial site bricked my phone. If I understand things correctly, booting in fastboot to the recovery.img should give me a temporary instance of TWRP.

Presumably, after copying Magisk into memory, I would be able to get root that way.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] united_we_stand:
Whoa you have been busy you must've heard XDA helps those who help themselves.. :highfive:

I just dropped by to say, 1st rule of modding is taking a pristine stock backup..

For MTK devices, there is a tool called SP Flash Tools, a quick search will help you take a full backup using this tool.

Afterward, you can even try using SP Flash Tools to flash a Magisk patched boot image to your device for ROOT!

Hope this helps!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PMikeP:
Thanks. I did see SP Flash Tools mentioned and I did take a look at it. While I've rooted before, I'm trying to get my head around a Scatter File.

Everything I've read so far - well, almost everything - says that I need TWRP to get Magisk installed. But if you think it can be done via SP Flash Tools, I'll start playing with it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trojanprince:
Root nuu r1

Did u ever manage to figure out how to do this & get TWRP to install? :fingers-crossed:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PMikeP:
No, I haven't had time to play with rooting lately. I still would like to root it tho.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gumss:
Anyone know how to root the nuu phones?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 10888869:
someone has the boot.img i need the image
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 9635294:
I will port TWRP for you in case you have stock recovery.img
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 10888869:
plis
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 9635294:
do you have stock rom?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrScrad:
You guys do realize that if you just compile mtkclient and start the program then turn off your phone and then hold down both volume buttons while you plug it into your computer will allow you to do a complete ROM dump which will contain each and every partition the phone currently has within it
[Miscellaneous Android Development] e20140:
All thanks to ziggy815, but don't know why I can't find his post here on XDA for the P8

Downloads: latest ROM here

Downloads: Gapps here

Instructions:

Install or flash special TWRP from highwaystar_ru

Wipe System, Data, Cache, and Dalvik

Install ROM and Gapps

Optional: Install Magisk

Must do before booting: Sign Boot:):good:

How to install special TWRP: Download Link

To install this you have to install TWRP using by QFIL utility, Click here for instruction:

Note: Whenever you flash a new Firmware or anything that changes your boot.img(like Magisk, SuperSU ...)

you have to use the "Sign boot" option that you see after flashing or that you can find under Advanced.

If you dont, you will get stuck after the Lenovo Logo, but no need to worry, just reboot into twrp and

sign the boot.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lu99ke:
Thanks!!!!