yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tab328:
So I figured out how to disable the safe volume warning on 6.0.1 finally. Found this post, so I added

audio.safemedia.bypass=true

on its own line in build.prop at the end of the ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES section. Nice thing is it still leaves the little red zone in case I ever use the stock earbuds again, heh.

Now off to adding a new kernel and themes and bootanimations.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bizzzle:
Hi All,

I'm an engineer looking to upgrade a product which uses an old Altel smartphone. I'm experienced in Unlocking and flashing. I have already done a search, but now in 2020, there may be new info.

Looking for suggestions for the best CHEAP android phone which has good custom ROM support for android 7+ (ish).

I need to use the back camera, and connect via wifi, bluetooth, or Cellular Data. It will be tested in the US, but may benefit from support for many globally common 3g and 4g bands.

One last thing. Would love to find something I can still buy a few dozen of NEW, or at least MFG REFURB.

Can anyone suggest suitable phones? So far, been considering late nexus line and early pixel line, knowing they're flash unlockable.

Thank you for reading! Apologies if I hit the wrong section of the forum.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexenferman:
There are no *NEW* cheap phones that have custom ROM support unfortunately. But used phone are an option : ) If you want official ROM support (Even to this day!), you can get a Samsung Galaxy S4 for 50$, an S5, Note 3 (Android 9 - 10 support!).

If you want a used phone at 100-150$, you can get a A5 2017, Google Pixel 1, Nexus 6 (Don't buy the 6p)

If you want to get a Brand new phone: Moto G7 and G6 Plus (200-250$). (Theese phones have a more complicated process of modding)

You can check the Lineage OS download Page here: https://download.lineageos.org/ Theese are all of the supported devices.

If you don't want to have any difficulties, you can get a Samsung but be careful with the variants! Get the international or Canadian variant because if you get a US variant, there are no methods of unlocking the device (except for the S5 and less) You can also get the Google Pixel, but do not buy the US variant. Same for the nexus devices...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bizzzle:
Your knowledge and help are much appreciated.

Can you offer advice on USB OTG Compatibility with various phones on Lineage? I've had mixed results in the past with stock ROMs.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexenferman:
All of the phones I mentioned have OTG capability

Probably almost all phone supported by lineage have OTG. Don't worry about that.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DavidWCS:
I have 2 Samsung Galaxy S3 ( circa 2012 ) and while they are far from new, they are great phones to play around with.

I am far from experienced, but I have enjoyed flashing Custom ROM's , from CyanogenMod, thru various versions of Lineage, and now CrDroid. The newest O/S that I flashed is CrDroid 3.8.9 ( based on Android 7.1.2 - I think! ). Runs great. Stable. Long battery life. Ran ( 'right out of the box' ) without any need to install Gapps.

The nice thing is the Samsung Galaxy S3 is so darn abundant. Seems that everybody has one collecting dust in a drawer. And that means they are cheap ( as in give it away ). All the Samsung Galaxy S3 came with unlocked bootloader ( I think that is the term ) except for the Verizon model.

Icing on the cake is, a fellow from Montreal, alexenferman, is the genious authour of the CrDroid Custom ROM.
[LG V40 Questions & Answers] whitedavidp:
Until now, no my rooted Samsung Note 3 I have automatic TWRP backups running every night. This just mirrors my paranoia that I will manage to screw up something and recovery via TWRP restore is often faster/easier/more complete than trying to do anything else. I do this using the OpenRecoveryScript and have always used this backup command:

backup DSBCR DailyBackup

Which gets data, system, boot, cache, and recovery. I plan to do the same now that I know to put the OpenRecoveryScript into /data/cache/recovery instead of /cache/recovery on my Note 3.

So my question here is what partitions make sense to backup on the V40? And by "sense" I mean something likely to change or get broken (by errant apps or, more likely, my own doing) AND having the ability to restore using TWRP restore from backup.

There are a ton of partitions on this device - most of which I know little/nothing about. I do know that the system and vendor partitions have duplicates and so those are not needed, I guess. And it seems that the OpenRecoveryScript backup command has no way to handle anything except the following anyway:

S: system,

D: data,

C: cache,

R: recovery,

B: boot,

A: and-sec,

E: sd-ext (I don't need the external SD)

So there would seem to be no way to get modem and all the others I don't know much about anyhow.

When I tried to use the same command as above, I ended up with only boot and data - which is a great start! I think I saw an error that system was not mounted so maybe that explains its absence - perhaps I need to mount it first in my script (which I never have had to do on my Note 3)? Even though my V40 is rooted with Magisk, I am making changes to system so I do want to back that up (so long as I can use it during a restore).

Does it make sense to try and backup recovery since things seem really different recovery-wise on this device? Same question for cache and boot?

Thanks for your tolerance of my newbie questions.
[LG V40 Questions & Answers] whitedavidp:
Well from empirical experience, it seems that there is no way to backup anything save boot and data. I was able to mount /system_root but that had no impact on backing up system. And I was unable to mount cache or recovery explicitly so those are out as well.

PS - for anyone using the old 123 special partition for backups, they are no longer supported. I have never used them but decided to try and see what happened - only messages that they are no longer supported.

Perhaps there is some other way to accomplish this? Suggestions welcome. Thanks

Thanks.
[LG V40 Questions & Answers] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
That I'm aware of recovery should backup as part of the boot partition....I could be wrong tho
[LG V40 Questions & Answers] whitedavidp:
I guess that does make sense. Thanks. I am still trying to get my mind around the whole new situation (compared to my old Note 3).
[General Accessories] ginbuko:
my phone (imate jamin) sometimes fails to recognize my kingston 2gb micro sd.. even it is newly formatted... thanks in advance!!
[General Accessories] saeed_shjt10:
i had the same problem , it can be made by a virus , change your rom ( windows ) , scan your camputer for viruses
[General Accessories] + Que PPC:
Yes

If you have upgrade your phone try another OS Windows mobile, and format the card too, but in FAT32 not 16 FAT, hope it works, Ihad the same trouble cause mi card was in FAT16 new.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] Crisgas98:
Hi xda, I don't even know if this is the correct section.

I'm experiencing a problem with my Mi 8 in these days I've never had, my phone sometimes disconnects from WiFi and then he has difficulty reconnecting. The WiFi signal keeps staying on "obtaining IP address" and repeats again, so I have to switch to mobile data until my WiFi comes back. I'm on MIUI Global 11.0.3 Stable (QEAMIXM).

I tried to:

- restart the phone;

- reset the network settings;

- restarting the router-modem;

But the problem still remains.

I read that it may be that the modem router does not support the dynamic IP or MAC address of the new version of Android, but I'm not an expert.

If someone is facing the same problem or knows how to solve it I really appreciate the help.

Thanks in advance
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] Selphnir:
I've been having the same problem.

Randomly disconnecting from Wifi and my network service.

Since the auto-update push to the latest version the problem has gotten worse. It occurs even more frequently and often doesn't connect to any network services.

I've tried removing the Sim cards, changing slots, only having in one at a time.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] tsongming:
If you have always been on stock

Change the setting so that the phone uses its actual Mac address and not randomized

If you have used many different roms,

You may need to flash the fastboot version of the latest stable rom ( for your device : Global or Chinese) it restore your persist partition, and all other partitions.

resetting will not fix this issue and neither will flashing a recovery rom. it has to be a fastboot rom.

Do not flash it unless your device is linked to your own personal Mi Cloud account, and the built in flashall batch command completely wipe your device. be sure to un select relock bootloader if using Mi-Flash.

Never flash any persist images that you may find on XDA threads.

Some of those posts include links to personal recovery persist backups . Those backed up images are hardware linked to individual devices, and flashing one of those files will cause permanent issues..
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] Crisgas98:
I have always been with the Global stable rom. Where do I change the MAC address?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] tsongming:
I am not currently using a Miui rom, because I wanted to test that my battery is truly going bad ( It is) So I will have to give you the approximate location. If I am remembering correctly it's in network settings > advanced options > privacy

If you dont see it, download the app called Hidden Settings for MIUI and you should be able to change it to use the actual Mac address.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] chustm:
Please look at this community where I have been posting doing some debugs on what were happening with Xiaomi Mi8 with Android 10.

https://community.cisco.com/t5/wire...onnecting-android-10-to-cisco-me/td-p/4009289

It looks like Xiaomi has deprecated WPA2 in some cases, but not in others. In my case, using Cisco APs I cannot connect until I configure native WPA3 (not even transition mode).

Same seems to happen to Nokia devices.

Weird behavior when you see you can connect to other APs using WPA2, but after doing some debugs with ADB I realized the phone wasn't sending association to AP, so it is not AP vendor fault.

And the thing I hate the most, is trying to open a TAC case with Xiaomi. They do not attend any expert issue but only low-level issues the type of factory-reset your phone and try again. I starting to hate this kind of support. They don't care about their products nor the users.

HTH

Jesus
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] The War Profiteer:
It's not only about Xiaomi, but all the other brands. It's always impossible to reach to a person with technical knowledge, no matter what device or what tech support you contact with.

I actually don't expect any bug fixes from Xiaomi, since they didn't even care about Widevine L1 certificate while Pocophone F1 users received it.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
Hello guys,

As always, I am here with a new share. I am sharing with you the deep testing app for Android 10 RM5 pro. I got to fastboot with this app. Next to unlock....[Update: UNLOCKED & Rooted]

Go on try it out.

The sweet guy who shared this video and app.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFuuZSh6C-I

The apk link here:

https://www.youtube.com/redirect?re...vPDNolgt_uV4AaABAg&q=http://shorturl.at/acuT5

Note: I had already selected OEM unlock in my RM5P since long, so I just installed this apk and opened and selected

QUERY VERIFICATION STATUS (right top corner). It showed Review Successful. Select START IN-DEPTH TEST.

You go straight to fastboot..

Enjoy LOCKDOWN safe in your home.

Thank you for reading.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] loqi:
Do you know if work for european devices?
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] zabbaluga:
Officially no, but for me and several others it still worked, even with an EU phone.

I had to upgrade to Android 10 and then follow the steps described here:

https://c.realme.com/in/post-details/1244566811094024192?language=en-US

Btw., it's better to stick to the official post from realme I linked above, apps and links on youtube could be malicious.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
I am using RM5P Indian version. The youtube link is safe. I didn't find any issues.

More than that, this apk was already listed in xda by faisalxp. I realized that late.

https://xdaforums.com/realme-5-pro/how-to/stock-firmware-boot-recovery-vbmeta-t4006615.

Go to this link to download safely.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
AFAIK, installing this apk and getting into fastboot wont do any harm to your mobile.

Unlocking BL will erase all your data.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] potatofut:
gracias !!
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Juni_MJ:
Can i unlock BL version RMX1971_11_c.02 with this apk
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
Yes, that's exactly what I was on before unlocking and rooting (INDIAN version).

Install adb and fastboot drivers in PC.

Good practice is to put all the necessary files in the C:/adb folder for installing twrp recovery.

Backup your data/pictures/notes etc first to pc.

Enable OEM unlock in Developer options. Enable USB debugging.

Install deep test apk and follow the instructions and get into FASTBOOT.

In fastboot type: fastboot flashing unlock and enter, and then unlock.

Needed Files:

twrp - link: https://files.orangefox.tech/OrangeFox-Beta/rmx1971/OrangeFox-R10.1_1-Beta-RMX1971.zip

vbmeta - link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17hHXy4tJVxoXAIdTuVV--gq6qI_fsmaQ
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Juni_MJ:
But my realme 5 pro have (Indonesian version) this is work to ?
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
I only suggest you to install fastboot on your phone. No harm in it.

But before unlocking, please confirm with your similar phone user because this is not the time to experiment.

thanks.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
On a positive note according to faisalxp (quoting from his thread)

"" Realme 5 Pro - All Global Region ID, IN, EU, RU, etc it's same EXCEPT Realme Q ""

So, i suggest you please ask in this thread about your phone version support.

https://xdaforums.com/realme-5-pro/how-to/stock-firmware-boot-recovery-vbmeta-t4006615
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Juni_MJ:
Oke thanks i hope

this work on my phone ???
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Juni_MJ:
i have problem command write failed with this but in depth test work
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
Not sure why.

Which command you typed in fastboot?

fastboot flashing unlock - if this command gave you this error. Try the regular one

fastboot oem unlock.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Juni_MJ:
Okee thanks
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] prashant.palange:
Guys i am getting serious issue... Yesterday i have downgrade system successful but my phone do not goes to fastboot moode its reboots to system
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
What's the status now? Fixed?
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] RockV:
Can we relock the bootloader with this? I unlocked my bootloader on ColorOS 6 and then updated my phone to Realme UI via OTA, now I want to lock the bootloader but idk how.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
Yes, you can use the app prompt "Apply to exit in-depth test". It will reboot to Fastboot where you need to type the command to lock.

Fastboot help - will give you all the commands available.

Commands available:

locking/unlocking:

Fastboot flashing lock|unlock Lock/unlock partitions for flashing

I suggest you research a bit more. Phone might get bricked. Do it at your own risk.

You should not be on TWRP, go back to official recovery.

If you have rooted, UNROOT first and do the rest.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] RockV:
Actually when i press that button it shows this "You can only apply to exit in-depth test after carrying out bootloader lock operation in fastboot mode".

so I went into fastboot mode and used the command fastboot flashing lock it wiped my data and rebooted to welcome screen (language region setup)

Should I now use the app to "Apply to exit in-depth test"? or don't use the app?
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
If you locked, no need to use the app. Check in settings regarding bootloader status.

While typing this msg, i just checked my status in developer mode and it says i am locked. I didn't do any of the above stuff......

my fast boot says i am unlocked. While in developer mod, i can still enable oem unlock. Don't know why.

You need to go to fastboot and check bootloader status for locked or unlocked status check.

Sorry-autocorrect typos.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ameer419:
Rmx1971_11_c.03

Will it work on rmx1971_11_c.03

I am from pakistan
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
Sorry for the delay.

I think it should work.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ameer419:
How many % chances of brick software while installing twrp and vbmeta
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
Unlocking and installing TWRP and VBMETA has 0% risk. Just that, you will lose all your data, so backup all documents and photos or videos. (use Vbmeta - Disable Boot Verification & DM-Verity)

I assume you have installed Phone and fastboot drivers in your PC .

After unlocking BL you can get to FASTBOOT with phone power button plus volume down button while rebooting phone.

Install TWRP and VBmeta from fastboot with PC commands.

PS: One might fail while trying to downgrade and install custom ROM so be cautious before doing such a thing.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Jokotriii:
please help, what's wrong

C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb reboot bootloader

adb server version (32) doesn't match this client (39); killing...

* daemon started successfully

error: no devices/emulators found
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
Enable usb debugging in developer options inside additional settings and try.

Note: You can copy fastboot.exe to windows, system or system 32 folder and use fastboot command globally.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Jokotriii:
how to solve after fastboot flashing unlock, smartphone display does not enter the bootloader unlock menu
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
Did fastboot devices command detect your phone?

if fastboot flashing unlock don't work try-

fastboot oem unlock

Last resort: Change USB port and try.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Jokotriii:
My phone detected fastboot devices, fast oot flashing unlock and fastboot oem unlock dont work bro.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
Try different usb ports, maybe a usb hub or try a different pc. That's my last suggestion.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ameer419:
My adb tool is not detecting adb device nothing shows on command

Can u help me

It says waiting for any device
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
Did you enable USB debugging in developer options?
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] FaizRaji:
This is carrier-customized phone.

Hello,I got a problem using the tool. :( It keeps saying "Failed to submit application.This is carrier customized phone." Im using the realme UI v1.0,color OS v7,android 10 and my build number is RMX1971_11_C.04.Im looking for solution for this.Or can I use other method to use custom ROMs. Thank you for any help
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
I unlocked my phone when i was on RUI v01.

First i clicked on the OEM unlocking under developer options and kept it like that for many days then i discovered this indepth tool from Youtube, installed it and it straightway took me to fastboot where i could unlock easily. I am using the Indian version of rm5p.

Really sorry to say, i have never come across a msg like yours.

I suggest you restart your phone, when screen goes off, press and hold the volume down button and see if phone goes into fastboot.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] FaizRaji:
Yea....I can access the fastboot mode ....so I can flash my custom ROMs from there right.....one more thing ...can you please recommend me a really really good custom ROM for this phone? .....but still....do fastboot grants me the root access....I really want to uninstall system apps lol....they are annoying......but, how about downgrading my system,will it affect the results (cause i think downgrading is futile as my problem here is using carrier-customized phone right?)

Thanks for ur reply sir....really appreciate that though
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
Glad to hear.

Unlock bootloader.

Then install twrp through fastboot. Then magisk through twrp for root. Except for a couple, all custom roms needs us to downgrade.

I only tried two custom roms and was not satisfied so reverted back to stock so i cannot suggest any for you.

But you can always try roms following the rules of rom installation and getting help from users. Pick the one which is frequently updated.

All the best.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] q8fati:
after i enable usb debugging in developer options and OEM unlocking on my RMX1971_11_c.05

i get this message

C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot oem unlock

...

FAILED (command write failed (No error))

finished. total time: 0.004s

fastboot devices detected but the error after unlock command

i try (fastboot flashing unlock) and (fastboot oem unlock) both of commands the same error

also different usb ports and cables

i try everything

please any suggestions to solve
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
Maybe-:

1) Because you are on RMX1971_11_c.05.

2) You phone model (region) does not support unlocking.

Please try this (no guarantee):

Backup all you photos and docs and important items.

Go to phone recovery (stock) and try wipe data, reboot and try the same unlock process.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Daniel_Suresh:
Same Issue here

I am unable to unlock bootloader. Showing a cartoon image and some Chinese characters in the phone screen , when applying fastboot flash recovery. Tried with both ryzen and Intel laptops both didn't work. Tried all compatible device drivers. Read almost every comments in different ROMs for 5 pro. Can anyone help me out.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] LEGROSKNIGHT:
When I entre fastboot flashing unlock command in power shell my boot loader unlock option does not come and some other page popups someone plzz tell me what to do next
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
Found a fix?
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jijojamie:
On android 11. Looks good...testing.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] andiy1234:
In my case it did not work.

deeptest review ist successfull

starting test brings the phone to the screen attached.

Device State is LOCKED

BuildNR: RMX1971_11_c_08

BasebandVer: Q_V1_P14.0_V1_P14

Android 10

REalme UI V1.0

Developer Options are ON

OEM_Unlock ON

USB-debugging ON

Fastboot mode

Product name - sdm 710

variante - sdm ufs

secure boot - yes

device state - locked

i already did a full wipe data and format all with the realme UI recovery. and a general device reset - back to factory.

does anybody has an idea how to unlock bootloader?
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ippodinho:
u can try

DeepTesting_realme X.apk

drive.google.com

deeptest for Realme X, i successful
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ippodinho:
u can use deeptest realme x (androi 10)

DeepTesting_realme X.apk

drive.google.com

i unlock success n i use rom 11 pixel extended
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] R@in:
Pls help me, will it work on the latest version may update (RMX1971 11 C. 14)

Also I can't seem to find the video or open any of the links.
[Realme 5 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Siddhant.:
does anyone have the file of the deep test.apk for android 10?