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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] bis2kt:
Hi,

I reinstalled stock with Odin (rom found via Frija - SM-G950F_1_20200518082254_1xwacu9sv8_fac )

USB debugging ON, OEM unlock ON. everything's fine so far but some apps are bugging me with traces of the previous root so decided to root again and use Magisk hide

Every time I install TWRP (twrp-3.4.0-0-dreamlte.img w/ Odin) the phone goes in a boot loop after format and reboot.... I'm not sure why. (I tried multiple times)

I still have access to download mode and TWRP recovery but the system won't load.

I did the same install 2 days ago with the same method and files but a different rom (HAVOC) and it worked.

Any idea?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] bis2kt:
I installed Magisk with TWRP and the phone just booted normally... still don't understand what happened and why installing Magisk just fixed it but here's my own answer to the problem in case it could help someone in the same situation.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Albayeah:
Thanks cause i am on the same.. just tried the new lineageOs but missing things i am used to... going to try with lastest magisk soon or later it has to boot.. xD
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] chrisnice906:
U have to flash opt encrypt zip and Mesa rmm bypass zip
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Albayeah:
Hey thanks for your answer, I was flashing opt encrypt, It was already bypassed so that was not needed.

What I was doing wrong is after flashing just wiping and it seems I had to format data for it to work hehe.. :silly: otherwise phone shows as encrypted even it is not..

After formating data it booted right :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] chrisnice906:
What region is your phone and did u have to wait the 7 days? Mine is Puerto rico
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Albayeah:
I have Spain region,

Not sure what you mean about the 7 days wait time.. if you meant to unlock bootloader or/and for the bypass...

What I just did it a long ago with Oreo was bypass the FRP lock but I did not have to flash anything, i had the unlocked toggle OEM from dev. Options, after I rooted, then Pie rolled out and upgraded to Pie versión and rooted normally and I never had any problems..

I dont remember flashing rmm bypass but maybe I done it and I forgot...:confused:

What I can assure you is I never had to wait 7 days for anything.. everything was done on the same evening.

Best regards :)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] chrisnice906:
Ok. Cuz I'm on pie. It was on Oreo but was a dummy and updated to pie. Ugh.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Albayeah:
Are you on Pie, never rooted, and can not see the OEM unlock toggle on dev options?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] chrisnice906:
I can toggle it...yes...but when I go to dl mode, kg keeps saying checking.... OEM lock is off, frp lock is off.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Albayeah:
That is so strange and I never lived it. I've been reading and it seems there is a lot of people like you... :eek:

Maybe a new way to prevent flashing and control people's phones..

I flashed Pie trough Odin, then android 10 with lineageOs and then return pie and rooted again.. never had any strange state... I don't know but maybe it affects on different models.. For me I have a g950F Exynos from europe, hope you find early a solution!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] chrisnice906:
Maybe I can flash Spain variant and wait the 7 days.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Albayeah:
I have May. Security patch, not June.. PHE Stock firm from Sammobile, and I am not updating by the time.. xD

I guess you can not flash with Odin and downgrade to Oreo.. you could try.. seems some people use Heimdall to downgrade but I not tried this my own.

But you made me think why I did not get this prenormal state.. maybe cause my knox was already messed up when I upgraded to pie.. but I ignore it I can only wonder.

It seems some people made it work by changuing the date to Jan-Feb 2019 then unlocking Oem and rebooting.. maybe an old method now but if I was you I would try everything xD
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] chrisnice906:
On pie for the reboot?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Albayeah:
I think yes they are on Pie but not sure cause they are videos can not see right ver.

I don't know if I can send YouTube links here but just search on how to bypass kg status (s8 or all models) and there are several videos doing the same steps with the date and seems it works for them...

You already have the No so you don't loose anything on trying that way
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Albayeah:
I add you a screenshot of one these videos, this one 3 months old, hope it works for you too
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] chrisnice906:
Did not work

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It's already on kg checking. Just rmm is on
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] spawnlives:
If you have both kg and rmm state

Kg state will need to be checking

RMM state will have to show normal or missing

Needs to be in this state to flash non Samsung firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] chrisnice906:
Yep. Even waited 7 days. Still says kg checking and RMM prenormal.

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I have had kg on checking...it's the prenormal on RMM that I am concerned with.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] chrisnice906:
Tried it again and no dice.
[Huawei Developers] justnewsp:
Simple and useful, thank you
[Xiaomi Mi A3 Questions & Answers] dht020:
:confused: Hey, I've tried to flash the zip file from evoluontionx with TWRP. After that my phone boot and turn to SHRP??? So I try to flash the zip file again and do not work. I saw the instruction to flash BUILD.zip and RecoveryInstaller.zip but I could not found both. Can you help me??
[Xiaomi Mi A3 Questions & Answers] cristianodk:
read instructions
[Xiaomi Mi A3 Questions & Answers] Sairagav:
1. Wipe everything except Internal Storage and SD card

2. Flash BUILD.zip

3. DO NOT REBOOT JUST YET

Go back and FORMAT DATA (This is the step you are missing)

Note that you will lose everything in you Internal storage in this step so take backups!

4. Reboot to system.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 Questions & Answers] sunmoon6:
Just wnated to bump this thread as I have similar questions. Is there a step-by-step guide with the commands?
[Remix Mini General] Mr33:
I have remix OS that got no picture via HDMI when the green light is on when the power plug in.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chigz:
Hey This is a Registry tweak so please kindly backup your registry before trying.

As we know that the below two keys at the bottom of Today Screen by default links to Calender and Contacts.

I needed my below contacts key to load Pocket CM for me which i prefer as a contact manager over the default one and i wanted my pictures on hand so i changed the other key which was calender by default to Pocket CM image viewer.

Following are the steps to change the keys:

Use any Registry editor(eg: Regedit) got to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER>>Software>>Microsoft>>Today>>Keys>>

Here there will be two Keys 112 & 113 consisting of Default & Open

So let us Change the Default Contact Key to PocketCM in my case

So the default Contacts key is 112

Make the following changes:

Click on Default & Type "Contacts"

Click on Open & Type "the path of where your program is stored" in my case it is :

Open "\Storage Card\Program files\PocketCM\PocketCM.exe"

Repeat the same steps for the key 113 to change to whatever program you like.

Note: I have not taken this information from anywhere and its whole and sole my efforts and no one else's.

i Hope this information is useful to at least the minimum then i would consider that my efforts have paid

Regards Chigz.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ap0ll0:
well, i think this tweaks knows everyone.

try to use the search function of this forum, you will get many many results...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chigz:
Ohh sorry..

m a newbiee thought this would be useful anyway thanks for atleast viewin it..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dr Puttingham:
Your intentions were good I'm sure. This info IS in the wiki but thanks anyway for sharing ...

but, THIS is a much easier way, IMO. :cool:
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] anigman96:
I am planning to buy a Mi 9T. Is the screen fully visible with polarized sunglasses, both in portrait and landscape mode?

I need to wear sunglasses whenever I go outside, so it would be a deal-breaker for me. Can someone confirm it for me, please?
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] sauliiin:
Just tested. It's OK! Normal. I'm typing wearing them
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] anigman96:
Thanks! Have you checked landscape mode as well?
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] malowz:
with my glasses, the polarizer goes black at 45 degrees angle, so vertical 0º and horizontal 90º works ok.
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] anigman96:
That's great to hear, thanks! I guess I'll be buying it soon.
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] churchino:
You have to consider that not all sunglasses have the same polarized lenses. I own a Mi 9T and with my "all day" polarized sunglasses I see the screen black at 45° but OK at 0° and 90°. With my sports polarized sunglasses in landscape mode the screen is black. :(

Just for your information.. :)
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] anigman96:
Thanks for the info. I ordered the phone already and will get it tomorrow. I hope it works, but if not, based on your info, I guess I can try to buy another pair of sunglasses that work well with it.
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] churchino:
What I can tell you for sure is that in any case you will not be disappointed with the Mi 9t. The phone is a excellent device. I've been using it now for a year and never regretted the purchase.
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] anigman96:
Yeah, I've been thinking of buying it for months. My current phone is still completely fine. It's Mi A2. However it is polarized in portrait mode and I have to wear sunglasses for the next six months outside due to eye surgery, so it's unusable. I finally found an excuse to buy the 9T. It still seems the best value for money, even though it's a year old phone.
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] anigman96:
I got the phone, it is polarized at 45 degrees, so it's fine. Thanks for the help guys.
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] Morgan512:
I am planning to buy a Tomahawk Neuralyzers Is the screen fully visible with polarized sunglasses, both in portrait and landscape mode?
[Redmi K20 / Xiaomi Mi 9T Questions & Answers] anigman96:
Yeah, the screen is fully visible. Only at a 45 degree angle on one side it gets dark.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GHOST2711:
My phone is with the Redmi Note 8 Pro ENG Firmware (Engineering Rom) ROM BY FIRMWARE.GSM-SOCIAL.COM and it has the bootloader lock that I must do to open it and return to the stock rom?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] beginner148:
you didn't select clean all instead of clean all and lock now you have to go to service center or get help from someone who have an authorized service account.

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if you can't unlock with mi account (or no mi account at all) then you have to use authorized xiaomi account to fully unlock and reset it.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] AD FOX:
Try flashing fastboot firmware it should go just fine
[Samsung Gear Sport] govenderryan@gmail.com:
Hi Guys,

I have recently gotten a Samsung Gear Sport, however the watch refuses to power on. I've tried all the tricks regarding rebooting and charging etc. When placed on the dock, the light turns red to indicate charging and has been doing so for many hours. Yet I still cannot power on the device. Any other ideas or suggestions?

Best regards,
[Samsung Gear Sport] bollicine:
Have you fix it? You can charge the battery externally and then use the dock . The problem is battery trainer, i Think for a hardware problem or for firmware version
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] graywoulf1:
The other day I had to restore my phone from an older backup after I accidentally deleted the home screen. Now, when I tap the home button from a different screen, it turns off the screen and locks it. I can't find any way to reset the home button back to being just a home button. I would appreciate some help on this for sure. Thank in advance.
[Lenovo Z5 Pro GT ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] fifa518:
Is this rom for lenovo Z5 PRO GT(snap dragon 855) or Z5s( SOC I dont know)? I noticed that your title is Z5s but information is for Z5 PRO GT. That confused me. PLZ tell , many thanks
[Lenovo Z5 Pro GT ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] imfuzzyyy:
this thread is so confusing is this for z5 pro gt? or Z5S? this can brick our devices because of this confusion
[Lenovo Z5 Pro GT ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] merser2005:
Thread is for Lenovo Z5s, i'm sorry for confusing, we havent our theme for threads.
[Lenovo Z5 Pro GT ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] BoNt3k:
No...thread is for GT PRO bro...i just ****ed my GT Pro phone :(

My Lenovo is Bricked now after installing Qflash Updater by TWRP

Now not powering on, no any reaction total dead.....

PLEASE DELETE THIS THREAD FROM THIS PART FORUM

[IMG="PROOF"]https://zapodaj.net/images/a8dc5db6af2b4.jpg[/IMG]

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I managed to recover by Qfil and back Lionage 17.1...
[Lenovo Z5 Pro GT ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] aboagog:
Please help after flashing Firmware Q Updater, the screen doesn't work the phone turn on when connected to pc I can here the connected sound but the screen is always black

The boot is unlocked and was rooted and TWRP is installed

Please help
[Lenovo Z5 Pro GT ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Milasiva:
The same issue with me, this thread is misleading.

I can revive my bricked phone using this :

https://xdaforums.com/z5-pro-gt/how-to/guide-unbrick-guide-lenovo-z5-pro-gt-t3915945

1. Charge your phone until full.

2. Download all necessary drivers & tools.

3. Connect the USB... if the QPST detect the port you need to hold the power button until the port is lost.

4. Hold + - button until the QPST detect it again, click download quickly to flash.
[Lenovo Z5 Pro GT ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] DevHacks:
I really need some help guys. My phone start booting in the bootloader . I tried flashing other roms but still booting in bootloader . My phone is unlocked bootloader twrp 3.4.0.0 . Please help
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] dani31:
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/windowsmobile/

enjoy!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Batsy538:
Anyone no any ROMs or Like any version of TWRP for N960U1 for the snapdragon variant of Note -9?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] BluePhnx:
There isn't any TWRP recovery for n960U1 because of the LOCKED BOOTLOADER!

Read up on "Extreme Syndicate Root" thread in the note 9 snapdragon rom section.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] butchieboy:
[emoji849]
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Q & A] Donny8485:
I accidentally deleted some photos. After researching about how to recover, came across a windows 10 app called PhoneRescue for Android. When I attempt recovery through that app, it say's my device is not rooted, do I want to root device.

It also says that the rooting is irreversible. Although, I've seen on many sites (including this site) that unrooting can be done. e.g: https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-unroot-your-phone/

So, has anyone rooted their device through PhoneRescue for Android then gone on to unroot? Or perhaps, rooted using Magicsk, used PhoneRescue for Android, then unrooted using any methods mentioned on link above or other method.

Thanks.
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Q & A] beaverhead:
try this app.diskdigger photo recovery. View attachment 5062389

Verstuurd vanaf mijn OnePlus 7T Pro met Tapatalk
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Q & A] Donny8485:
I tried diskdigger. It only finds cached thumbnails and existing photos. For genuine recovery (deep scan of disk) all programs and apps I've come across need root access.
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Q & A] Lossyx:
If you can't find an app that doesn't required root, you you're out of luck.

Rooting requires and unlocked bootloader which will wipe your entire phone.

And no, rooting is not irreversible.

(Also, the article you linked is very old and does not apply)

What app did you delete them with?

Go to OnePlus gallery, and look through the app, maybe it has a trashbin somewhere.
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Q & A] Donny8485:
Are you sure EVERY rooting process requires unlocked bootloader?

The software company that built the phoneresuce application (which attempts data recovery) is offering to root your device. What would be the point if their rooting process wiped the whole disk?. This would render any data recovery pretty much pointless.

Not really clear. The statement in brackets contradict the statement above.

But if we go by the one in brackets you mean to say if one roots, it cannot be undone (because the article is saying it can be done and you are saying it's very old so it dosen't apply anymore)

It was the Pictures folder which was deleted by mistake. Gallery cannot handle folders as far as I know. I use 'Amaze' the file/folder manager. Funnily enough, the deleted files were showing on Amaze until the other day. If I clicked on the 'Images' link on the right. (which finds all images on your device). The deleted files would show up as thumbnails (at least I can work out what they were), but they all were showing as '0 bytes'. If I clicked on one, it would just show a blank page.

When I enabled google photos sync, deleted files appeared on Google photos too (showing 0 bytes). If I clicked on one a message would appear 'device only'.

For anyone who takes screenshots often, or photos. Just enable something like google photos or take a local backup often and you wouldn't need to rely on recovery apps.
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Q & A] Lossyx:
An unlocked bootloader is a must, yes, and that wipes your data.

And I just meant that the article you linked is old and the tool it refers to is obselete, but yes, rooting can 100% be undone.
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Q & A] jaythenut:
Don't you use Google photos if so there all be on there
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Q & A] Donny8485:
imobie, vendor of 'PhoneRescue for Android' has confirmed their rooting process does not wipe data, but I think their rooting process only works with some phones.

If their rooting doesn't work they recommend we use Kingoroot or iRoot. I read that Kingoroot wipes the drive. Don't know about iRoot.
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Q & A] Donny8485:
Do you guys actually read all posts before replying?
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Q & A] FSadino:
The question is, "Did you read all the answers"?

You are asking and users are answering but it seems you refuse to accept the answers.

Rooting your device WILL WIPE ALL YOUR DATA since it requires unlocked bootloader.

If you are trusting some company that is saying they will root your device without loose your data is up to you! But please don't make users loose their time.

All the answers here are based on user knowledge and user experience, you accept them or find your way
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Q & A] Donny8485:
You misunderstood and are conflating.

I only meant that he/she has missed the part where I say 'When I enabled google photos sync...'. Read in context, this implies that I enabled Google photos after the folder deletion.

Btw, i'm not blindly trusting 'some company'. I've done my research, and also done a backup using multiple methods.

Still, I refuse to trust companies like Kingo root. Their website has confusing and conflicting info, no physical address, and they haven't replied to my query submitted through the web form.

I've also read on these very forums (that could actually be about King root - two very similar names) that they may be leaking your personal info.

I discovered that there is a rooting app developed by a user on these very forums. Still, I won't be installing without understanding exactly what the procedure does. It'll be good if I can see the code and compile the program myself.
[Realme X2 Questions & Answers] frozenxuan:
A couple months ago I once tried to install Magisk on RMX1991 by following official guide (on non-rooted phones), [Magisk 20.4, stock ROM C14, TWRP 3.3.1-19]. It failed and went into "the current image(boot/recovery) have been destroyed and cannot boot" screen, but I managed to restore to stock ROM and stock recovery. Today, I went for another attempt since new version of stock ROM and TWRP have been released [Magisk 20.4, stock ROM C17, TWRP 3.4.0], it failed and went into the same screen again.

I believed that someone must had installed Magisk on their X2 successfully, what steps did you followed to be able to achieve that?
[Realme X2 Questions & Answers] AldRezaine:
How did you managed to restore the stock after the "the current image(boot/recovery) have been destroyed and cannot boot" screen?
[Realme X2 Questions & Answers] _Monochrome_:
I had exactly the same issue, so I followed this guide:

https://xdaforums.com/realme-x2/how-to/to-stock-rom-howto-t4014773

My phone was bootloader unlocked, with custom recovery flashed, and bootlooped. I downloaded the stock recovery image from the thread above (second post contains dl links), and flashed it using fastboot. I now lost TWRP but got the stock recovery back. I downloaded the latest original rom for my china edition RMX1991, and put it on an sd card (internal storage is also fine)

Latest RMX1991 china:

https://www.realme.com/cn/support/software-update

Latest RMX1993 EU:

https://www.realme.com/eu/support/software-update

Full original rom repo:

https://realmeupdater.com/downloads/archive/

You can't flash these with TWRP, but since we have the original recovery back in place we can now flash it. After installing the rom, do a wipe from recovery and you should be good.

After that, I started experimenting with lineageos again, and indeed confirmed that installing magisk 7.3 or 7.2 cause a bootloop, and using their magisk uninstaller makes the phone usable again.. I'm very interested if someone knows how to get magisk to run properly on the X2
[Realme X2 Questions & Answers] maxs8007:
Steps I followed to get root:

Unlocked bootloader

Flashed twrp

Rebooted device. (this step is important, or else you'll get stuck in bootloop)

Booted back into twrp again.

Flashed latest magisk

Reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 NXT ( J701F Core NXT Exynos 7870] supersonic4433:
Flash Magisk and enable magisk hide . Then Reboot And Enjoy Google Play Store .
[Samsung Galaxy J7 NXT ( J701F Core NXT Exynos 7870] AE_Fahim:
Good advice
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] god2omid:
Which Android 8 or 9 rom is better and more stable for the ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cheavo:
I’ve used all the known Android rom distributions of Android 9 (Pie), and believe me, none of them is really stable. To be honest, they’re not all the same. I mean some of them is much far worst than the others, but still, I can confidently say none of them can be considered as a stable release. The developers are doing a great job; however, they encounter some hardware limitations preventing them from solving some repeatable known crashes and bugs. I haven’t used any Android rom distribution of Android 8 (Oreo), but the most recent stable version I have ever used is the Nougat version, which is unfortunately Android 7.1.2.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferviverus:
I've never used Android 8, but Android 9 (LineageOS) works great (but without some features like GPS and Hotspot)