yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] JLFitzpatrick:
Updated this Thread Title to reflect what this upgrade actually is. Very happy with this upgrade so far, even though it wasn't labeled as the Beta version in the notification when it first popped up. Only real glitch I've noticed besides the G-Cam battery drain episode which is no fault of Samsung being a sideloaded App, is the settings security page. Phone is setup to require security log on when Settings is opened, currently the security pattern screen flashes then goes to Settings menu without requiring login fingerprint or pattern. Lost Navigation Bar customization I assume will be recovered when NavStar is updated, there is a notification in LockStar that let's you know they're working on an update.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] JLFitzpatrick:
Received another Beta update today.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] JLFitzpatrick:
Another Beta is pending, brings Security Patch up to January 1st, will install tonight.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ike__1985:
Is there a fully working version of gcam for notr 10+? I run into many errors and crashes when using gcam on this phone and I've tried MANY versions. Here are some of the crashes:

With "enable aux button" enabled, photos from the first lens cannot be saved.

With focus tracking on and then selecting the rear camera for video. The app freezes and closes.

There are many more but these are just a few. Is someone working on or is there a stable version for Note10+? The gcam photos are so much better than the stock samsung app.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] J0SH1X:
Hey folks i took the afford and unlocked by bootloader and flash a gsi , i noticed sound and wifi were broken and investigated then i recompiled the olive kernel with some changes hacked together a working kernel image (the sources xiaomi provided are broken)

DOWNLOADS:

AndroidFileHost

STEPS

1. unlock your bootloader

2. disable avb by reflashing vbmeta "fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img

2. boot into twrp on your pc type "adb shell" then "mount -o rw /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/vendor /vendor " (if your touch works in twrp you can just hit mount and vendor)

4. push the edited fstab file "adb push fstab.qcom /vendor/etc/"

5. flash the gsi , download the one of your choise , even tho we are a only we need arm64 a/b gsis others wont work "fastboot flash system pathtogsisystemimghere"

6. wipe the data to remove the encryption "fastboot -w" (if touch in twrp works hit wipe format data type yes)

7. flash my kernel (fastboot flash boot BOOT_GSI.img )

8 reboot the device (fastboot reboot)

9. after first boot is done enable adb

10. type "adb root" then "adb remount" then "adb push pathtotheoverlayapkilinked /system/overlay/" then "adb reboot"

ALL COMMANDS ARE TYPED WITHOUT ""​

Thanks

phh for his gsis

erfan adbi for helping me figuring out how to fix module loading

sellerie for his method of reusing a kernel dtb

me for putting this all together and recompiling the kernel

SOURCES
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] M47Z:
Thanks for figuring out and writing it all down for us!

Where can I download the vbmeta.img?

Trying to do this. Got a Redmi 8 EU version with novatek touchscreen, no touch in twrp. Should still work, right? I do not need to do anything in twrp correct?

EDIT: Never mind, other recovery works. How does your kernel compare to stock? Why was it necessary to recompile it? I just installed LOS gsi 5 minutes ago, thanks for your help.

(Also, just out of curiosity: What does fstab.qcom do exactly?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] J0SH1X:
which recovery does work for you also how can i find out what screen i do have , the kernel was needed to be recompiled since the modules werent loading at all so we had no sound and no wifi i edited the kernel config to ignore module signatures and also force load modules.

the new fstab does disable the force encryption if it is enabled the gsi will bootloop
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] J0SH1X:
got ya , uploaded vbmeta.img also uploaded redmi8 overlay apk so brightness will start work etc just check the updated steps 9 and 10
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jkkk88:
probably property sys.panel.display show it. By me:

~$ adb shell getprop sys.panel.display
tianma
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Probe07:
Compatibility

Does all redmi 8 olive support this? ( im new in this gsi and im also noob bout this stuff) thanks!:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jkkk88:
You are in correct thread. If something is not working in GSI for your olive , you can report it here.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] J0SH1X:
yeah he is in the right thread , it might work on other variants or maybe not , it will boot for sure but idk if my kernel will work for any other variant then eu , just test and report
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rudolfm:
Could you give a noob a link to where I can find gsi's. If there are more than one please give me a link to the one you used succesfully. Thanks.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jkkk88:
OK, found little time and tried:

history:

MIUI version: MIUI Global 10.3.1 | Stable / 10.3.1.0 (PCNEUXM)

MIUI version: MIUI by xiaomi.eu 11.0.4 | Stable / 11.0.4.0 (PCNCNXM)

GSI AOSP 10.0 v.208 / AOSP 9.0 v.123 installed according J0SH1X guide

Wifi, touchscreen working only till first display lock. Display brighthness and volume cannot be smoothly set

Currently getting warning before first login after each reboot:.

There's an internal problem with your device. Contact your manufacturer for details.

When touchscreen doesn't respond to your taps, you can still use mouse connected via OTG or ADB cli.

Mouse and adb is working fine also in Unofficial TWRP 3.3.1-1127 for REDMI 8 by wzsx150, just checked.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] J0SH1X:
the warning is expected because my kernel securety patch level is newer then the one provided by vendor , the boot level is the day i packed the bootimage thats why this is happening and i dont have an idea how to set
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] M47Z:
Alright so this took me a while, this is what I found out:

I got Redmi 8 EU 4/64GB, on MIUI V11.0.1.0.PCNEUXM. I tried all this stuff with LineageOS 16 GSI (download here)

So I tried to follow your steps and it seems to be working alright. But there were some bugs: Fingerprint would not work. When I would set up a pin, pattern etc, it would not work after setup. LineageOS complained about decrypted phone. I then tried all kind of things and this is what I found out:

- We dont need a custom kernel. The stock one from latest stable MIUI (V11.0.1.0.PCNEUXM) works just fine as far as I have tested.

- We do not need a modified vbmeta, just flash the stock one with --disable-verification option.

- Instead of flashing fixed overlay we can also fix the brightness in LOS by entering "setprop persist.sys.qcom-brightness $(cat /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/max_brightness)" in adb su shell.

So the fastest way to get LOS running (at least on EU version, without TWRP) should be:

0. Make sure you are on latest stable MIUI V11.0.1.0.PCNEUXM. Download and unpack LineageOS 16 GSI, also download vbmeta_stock_V11.0.1.0.PCNEUXM.img from attachments.

1. Unlock bootloader.

2. Flash system image: "fastboot flash system /path/to/lineage-16.0-20191017-UNOFFICIAL-treble_arm64_bvN.img"

3. Wipe data: "fastboot -w"

4. Disable verification: "fastboot flash vbmeta --disable-verification /path/to/vbmeta_stock_V11.0.1.0.PCNEUXM.img"

5. Reboot: "fastboot reboot"

6. Fix screen brightness: Enable developer settings, in there enable root for adb. Connect to PC and type:

adb shell
su
setprop persist.sys.qcom-brightness $(cat /sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/max_brightness)

Done! LineageOS 16 works, fingerprint and pin working, encryption working, brightness working,found no bugs so far but only tried it for a couple of hours. Don't know if we need your kernel and mods for other roms though. On LineageOS something in your steps breaks the system, I guess it is the edited fstab and/or the --disable-verity option when flashing vbmeta (or vbmeta itself? :confused:).

Hope this helps someone! Merry christmas!
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] J0SH1X:
vbmeta is stock non patched one i extracted out of a stock rom zip i downloaded also i noticed the kernel thing aswell , idk why it wasnt working earlier for me but if anyone has no working wifi and sound we atleast know how to fix that , also install the overlay apk it will fix up notch and statusbar and rounded corners aswell
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] J0SH1X:
how did you fix fingerprint and pattern im kinda loosing my mind over it here , if i reenable force encryption the phone will ALWAYS reboot to twrp with pstore telling me vold died , im using aosp not lineageos tho
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] M47Z:
Thought I was not the only one :D restore latest MIUI with fastboot method. Important: Check "clean all" instead of "clean all and lock" or you will have to do the whole unlock process again. After that, follow the steps exactly as I wrote in the post before. Do NOT flash BOOT_GSI.img, fstab.qcom or treble-overlay-xiaomi-redmi8.apk. You do not need TWRP for this, but you can just install it afterwards if you want. Good luck! :good:

I guess vbmeta changed with some later update then! The one I attatched is also just pulled from latest MIUI, no modification. I strongly think wrong/mismatching vbmeta and/or --disable-verity option while flashing it causes the fingerprint/pattern/pin/... bug, at least in LineageOS 16 GSI.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] J0SH1X:
The vbmeta flag is not it that's the official way of disabling avb documented in Google docs.

Also I pred phh to fix brightness

https://github.com/phhusson/device_phh_treble/pull/137
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] M47Z:
Well we surely do not need it to run LOS. Is it possible it does not need avb disabled? OP in the thread says: "verified booting on an arm64 ab device I own".

But I am 100% sure: On untouched latest stable MIUI, if you follow the steps by OP exactly with LOS, it will not work, you will get fingerprint/pin/... error and non encrypted device. If you do it like I wrote, flashing latest stock vbmeta with --disable-verification only, and NOT installing fstab.qcom, BOOT_GSI.img or treble-overlay-xiaomi-redmi8.apk, it will all work nicely. If vbmeta is not the issue, then it is the fstab. Might be different for other roms of course.

Nice :good:
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rudolfm:
As there is a new Version , here is the vbmeta for those who want to try it out with V11.0.2.0.PCNEUXM. I got it from here:

https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/olive/

I will try it in a few weeks.

And many thanks to [MENTION=4380786]M47Z[/MENTION] for your instructions. This will save me and others much time.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] M47Z:
Hmm maybe I am blind but... there is no V11.0.2.0.PCNEUXM right? Global and China got 11.0.3.0, Indonesia and India got 11.0.2.0, and Europe and Russia got 11.0.1.0 at the moment. So latest for European phone is V11.0.1.0.PCNEUXM right?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sazmanhad:
Global version has two different versions.one of them PCNEUXM (Europe)

and one is the real global PCNIM blah blah blah blah blah.....really stupid xiaomi ...
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jkkk88:
When I returned back vbmeta and boot from MIUI by xiaomi.eu 11.0.4 | Stable / 11.0.4.0 (PCNCNXM) via fastboot, removed overlay and fixed

brightness according M47Z at first look it seems that phone is working normally (but not possible to use PIN etc.). Will probably stay at this ROM (AOSP 9) some days. So only mod is currently disabled encryption in fstab file.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rudolfm:
Second Item on list in above link (see screenshot). My phone got 11.0.20.0 OTA on Dec. 23, and I downloaded the .zip on Dec. 24. Note there is no Fastboot Version .20. yet, only the Recovery Version.

You could also look at this other place for a .20. Fastboot, right now it is sitill .10.

Update 01.01.20 you can get .20. fastboot Europe here:

http://c.mi.com/oc/miuidownload/detail?guide=2
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] D@nijel:
Set boot image flags to avoid this warnings.

On j3xnlte I did it and no warnings (when I complied optimized Linaro kernel).
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jprimero15:
Great gsi
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] afiqqo231:
How can I flash these using orangefox recovery?

Can I flash vbmeta through recovery?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] afiqqo231:
Invalid sparse file format at unknown block BB59 at 1601745140

Invalid sparse file format at unknown block 4420 at 1601745152

Invalid sparse file format at unknown block F003 at 1601745164

Invalid sparse file format at unknown block 447C at 1601745176

Invalid sparse file format at unknown block 4404 at 1601745188

Invalid sparse file format at unknown block 7774 at 1601745200

error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 1123012912 is not a multiple of the block size 4096

error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 589623600 is not a multiple of the block size 4096

error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 52801840 is not a multiple of the block size 4096

Sending sparse 'system' 1/4 (496326 KB) error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 1123012912 is not a multiple of the block size 4096

error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 1123012912 is not a multiple of the block size 4096

OKAY [ 23.988s]

Writing 'system' FAILED (remote: 'buffer overreads occured due to invalid sparse header')

fastboot: error: Command failed

I get this error. How can I fix this?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] M47Z:
Usually yes, just unpack the .img gsi. Then, in Orangefox, flash gsi .img as system. I did it with fastboot to make sure there is no issue with recovery.

Iirc you can not.

I can only guess:

Do you use the LineageOS GSI I linked or a different rom? Did you unpack it? (Comes as a .img.xz file, you need to extract the .img.)

Does you rom and vbmeta version fit together? Is it the same version?

Is your fastboot version up to date?
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] afiqqo231:
I have unpacked it. I downloaded the lineage os arm64 a/b partition.

Can you also tell me the ways to flash xiaomi eu rom because the first time I occuring bootloop for 2 time to flasing it through orangefox recovery.

Edited:

I got the xiaomi.eu to be working on my phone. Now I am finding the treble rom to be working on Redmi 8
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dmitrypershin2015:
Auto-Brightness + display battery consumption (GSI ROM ) treble-overlay-xiaomi-redmi8.7z unpack, put on the path / system/overlay/ expose root/root 0644 reboot of law.

If the flash does not work Certification+Patch.zip
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] M47Z:
Glad it works! By the way: There is a small bug, when pressing the fingerprint sensor while already unlocked, it is recognized as button press (dpad center) and will feg. open an app.

You can fix this by using this app:

https://f-droid.org/de/packages/io.github.sds100.keymapper/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.sds100.keymapper

With this you can disable the "button" or give it a new functionality (feg. I use it to lock screen, so I can quickly unlock and lock the phone).
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] ArkBlitz:
Sorry for the novice question, but since I haven't seen it answered on this thread: can I still use the FM Radio and Mi Remote apps after patching a GSI ROM, or do those require running stock MIUI? I expect the answer to be "no" since I lost FM when modding a Motorola G6 Play, but it'd be nice to know beforehand.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] gaboca0817:
Internal problem.

I've flashed the rom from zip, and after that the boot.gsi, and the phone is booted, but it says: Internal problem with the device, and seems like the usb and the speaker (at calls) is not working for me. [IMG="USB Options blacked out"]https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/9430/kJlJF8.png[/IMG]

The device is a redmi 8 (olive)
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] M47Z:
To fix camera / video recording, add

media.camera.ts.monotonic=0

to /vendor/build.prop

Credits to whoever found out how this works on the Redmi 7.
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mangraphic:
Any way to isntall GApps afterwards? Installing the ARM64 version didnt work for me
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sazmanhad:
My redmi 8 is hardbricked and i've been trying bunch of methods from here and there and no way to unbrick.now I need the mmcblk0 from the same model to get a chance to pass this **** called edl mode , or 9008 or anything.any body ? Any other solution?any mmcblk0 from redmi8 eea ?(pcneuxm)
[Xiaomi Redmi 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] shirruy:
This really works best for me!! so far no issue are being encountered everythin works!
[Samsung Galaxy Note FE Questions & Answers] jafferkhan:
Hit me up please.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Imzsha123:
Hey guys i have a samsung sm9005 note 3 and it was working awesome i had it rooted and have tested many custom roms from this forum .

The battery was dying so i replaced it with original battery and it worked perfectly i was on Phronesis Rom N7 v7.0 Feature Rich & Smooth and it was my daily driver untill i decided to flash the [ROM][9.0.0_r37][HLTE/CHN/KOR/TMO] Pixel Experience [AOSP][UnOFFICIAL]

i flashed it successfully through trwp 3 version and it booted properly and i was using it daily i bought a new phone and i kept my note 3 aside for a month i decided to use the phone again and put my note on charge but i dint see any charging light i let it charge for few hours and tried powering on but it didn't . I tried to boot into recovery it didn't . Tried to boot into bootloader mode so that i can flash back the previous rom but it didn't boot into dowload mode

I searched in forum and i believe it's a hard brick and there are solutions like using debrick.img and qfile software but since i had my phone on 9.0 will the debrick.img shared in fourm work?

Please suggest me the solution i dont want this phone to die? please help me resurrect it
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Not booting to download mode try the USB recovery jig via google or ebay .
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mohamedkam000:
Simple, use another battery to boot it.
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Questions & Answers] smfilip:
Hello, I've got EMUI 10 a month ago, but in the last couple of days, I have a strange issue with the play store. When I try searching for anything I could previously install from play store (facebook, twitter,Viber,Instagram), the search won't return any results... I have tried clearing data and cache for play store and play services, re-adding google account, nothing helped. I have even contacted google support through play store chat platform, and after trying a few steps, they advised me to contact the device manufacturer...

Did anybody else experienced the same issue, could it be fixed somehow?
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Questions & Answers] mario@1:
Couple of possibilities, do you have data access via sim or wifi and is it working. Have you updated play store and Google services? Have you applied customizations? Have you restricted play store access to power and data. What did you do on device before you noticed the glitch?

I've been on 10 for awhile and no isues after updating.
[Huawei Mate 20 Pro Questions & Answers] smfilip:
Everything is stock and updated, no restrictions... Nothing was done to the device when this started, that is the main reason I am asking if maybe something is broken in EMUI 10 and Play store compatibility
[Android Stick & Console RockChip based Computers] maorz:
hi everyone, i have a problem with my h96 max tv box... it working very good but when the electricity off from wall or electricity cut i need to format it with my laptop and install new os again ans reinstall all app again...

do you know what can be the problem?
[Android Stick & Console RockChip based Computers] Preshak:
have you installed it ?
[Android Stick & Console RockChip based Computers] maorz:
installed what?
[Android Stick & Console RockChip based Computers] sonuedit1:
Hi

I'm accidentally flash h96 max 2/16 rk3318

Wrong firmware

Device not boot

one red led on board on

I'm try to flash bootloader on maskrom mode but cant flash

Everytime download boot fail

I'm try with

Rockchip Batch Tool,

Factory Tool and

Rockchip Flash tools

All software says download boot fail

I'm try many pc and usb cable but cant flash

Anyone know how to fix this problam

thanks
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] phusio:
Hi all, Well i think i have a problem with my AT&T Tilt. My screen just faded from the today screen to a totally white screen. I hear that the touchscreen works because i can dial numbers after pressing the green keyboard button and hitting my finger on the screen. I have tried resetting the phone, softresetting, putting battery out and wait, but it looks like theres something not connected right or something. I just got the device 2 weeks ago from ebay, its a refurbished brand new looking. Any tips ? Well since its a refurbished i would like to repair it my own. Thanks

UPDATE:

I just took the screen out and reassembled it to see if it was the connector but unfortunatly it was not the cause of this.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] gregxdoom:
The same thing happened with me on my old 8525. It would fade in and out, so I gave it a good slap on the side and it worked. Haha

But I called and did a warranty exchange anyway.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] met3ora:
I assume you've hard resetted it already?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] phusio:
As its also white when trying to enter bootloader, i assume a hardreset wouldnt do the trick. Unfortunatly its a AT&T Tilt from ebay, thats refurbished but looks 100% brand new, it has worked for 2 weeks without problems untill now :( .
[General Questions and Answers] Tommhy:
Hi guys! I have a 7" industrial tablet, I think it comes from a CNC machine or similar. I want to know if there are some sort of firmware for this tab. I've tried to erase all the userdata via fastboot but no luck, even in recovery there's no commands to choose. The tab got stuck in "Starting applications".

If someone is so kind to upload a firmware...

Thanks in advance for your time

the tab is that one LINK
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] kaszlak:
is there any working way to cheat GPS in pokemon go game?
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] NecromancerViper:
Found this after literally 5 seconds of research, give it a try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lexa.fakegps
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] kaszlak:
Fake gps and dev options + gps swich doesn't work.

i'm Not so lazy or stupid, I'm alredy do that but it doesn't work. pokemon go still shows whre i'm exacly.
[Samsung Galaxy J5 Guides, News, & Discussion] NecromancerViper:
Try using a VPN in combination with a GPS spoofing app and a mock locations masking module.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Questions & Answers] cupcakegirl:
I changed my phone's battery and other than the annoying stickers it went well, i wanted to test the battery and connected the phone, the led at the top turns on as if its charging but I'm not getting the charging screen, my concern is that i messed up the display cable or something what do you guys think.

I really don't want to get a new phone, all things considered I'm quite happy with this one.

Edit: Also when i try to turn on while connected the screen turns lighter as if its going to turn on but then just goes dark and I have to connect and reconnect the battery again for it to charge, is my phone dead or perhaps the problem is the new battery?