yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] BillTheCat:
Ah. So the game is that the ROM footprint consumes 128MB, no matter what's in it? Is it safe to presume that WM is still using RAM for both storage and program execution?

For some reason, I remember on my HX4700 there was much dissatisfaction when WM went to v.5, because we always had the ability to move the system memory between storage space and runtime space. I guess the hardware on the Kaiser is operating differently then.

Please help me make sure I'm understanding this right.

What I need to do is to learn how to cook my own ROM based on a minimalistic starter, so I can pack in what I want to run, getting it out of RAM and off into ROM, right? IOW, I need to figure out how to move TomTom, MobileShell and other such applications that install resident to the device into ROM, freeing up the amount of storage/RAM that I have to work with. Correct?

If so, then one last question. What happens when I build in programs to ROM and then there are updates?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Rudegar:
as of wm5 storage is rom

and application memory is ram
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] kilrah:
No. The Kaiser has 256MB of Flash memory. Part of it will be used as ROM, the exact amount depending on how much software is included in there. Usually 100-150MB, and those are write-protected. The rest is available as read-write storage.

No. From WM5 on (like 3 years ago), file storage isn't done in RAM anymore but in the flash memory as described above. This allowed to prevent the problem where you'd lose all your stuff if your battery went down. Now you can remove the battery indefinitely without losing anything.

RAM is therefore only used for program execution. The Kaiser will have around 50-70MB RAM free after booting depending on your start-up apps, which is WAY enough not to have to worry about it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] BillTheCat:
Yeah, that's what I thought. So, then I'm right in that the thing to do is to maximize RAM by moving resident applications into the ROM to free up RAM, yes?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] kilrah:
You can't do that. Read my post above for more detail, might have missed it as we posted pretty much simultaneously.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] BillTheCat:
Then if I'm reading you right, your feeling seems to suggest that investing a lot of effort in cooking my own ROM isn't necessary; that if I get a 'minimalistic' cooked ROM and install my own applications, it's effectively the same thing? IOW, a smaller footprint ROM will increase room for storage of programs and documents by eliminating some OEM stuff that's perhaps unnecessary, yes?

I guess the things that I could do without are these below:

- Getting Started (A bit late for this now!)

- Windows Live (Do you really need this?)

- Voice Speed Dial (MS Voice Command instead?)

- File Explorer & Zip (Both these are handled by Virtual Explorer)

- Windows Update (If it worked, would we be here?)

However as I don't know how big these things are, I may find that it's a lot of extra effort for not a lot of gain.

Your thoughts?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] kilrah:
Exact. Everything you install will end in Flash memory, whether it's cooked in the ROM or installed later. The only difference is that if cooked it will be in the write-protected part and will still be there when you hard reset, unlike the apps you install later.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] khaytsus:
Here are some numbers, if you're interested.. This is going from a hard reset Tilt stock rom (Although I soft-reset before it installed AT&Ts crap so these numbers are BETTER than the typical stock AT&T Tilt) vs ROMeOS v4.1.

AT&T Stock ROM (hard reset, no AT&T customization)
Storage: 124.91 Program: 101.38
In Use : 10.17 In use : 27.20
Free : 114.74 Free : 74.20

ROMeOS 4.1
Storage: 150.59 Program: 85.32
In use : 3.90 In Use : 29.00
Free : 146.70 Free : 56.32

As for the program ram being down 20M, I think this is because the ROMeOS ROM has dynamic page pool so it adjusts itself as necessary, but I'm not sure. I've personally never had an issue with getting low on program ram. It's certainly nice having 30M more of storage space (not to mention the whole thing being snappier and the interface responds quicker, but enough advertisement for the ROM :) )
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] BillTheCat:
A completely unnecessary concern, when you have SPB backup. :D

I've got my head around this now. Thanks so much, you've been very helpful and I appreciate your effort.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] BillTheCat:
Yes, I understand there is an advantage to a 'cooked' ROM. Does anyone know offhand if the HTC OEM 6.1 ROM has some of the performance 'tweaks' you suggest above, or should I just back up and experiment?

What I'm getting at is that if reflashing is only going to deliver a nominal performance benefit over the HTC ROM, it's not really worth the effort for me.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] pyraxiate:
Yes and no. Remember, It also adds more storage for you too! This might not be as important to you as it is to me though. The only application i prefer to be installed to my SD card is TomTom, and thats because all of the maps have to be there anyway. I use several MicroSD cards Daily ( have 3 4gb cards ) ( one for videos, one for tomtom, and one for photos/backup cabs/ect ). Being able to have enough ROM open for me to install all of my apps is important to me. Its not just a speed factor, but ive actually run out of ROM space before..... not a fun thing to hunt down whats taking up all your space. Cooked ROMS open up more space by removing all that Garbage from manufacturers ( We call it Bloatware) and makes more room for my stuff to go :D

Also, I dont think any OEM HTC ROMS have Kaisertweek or any other registry modifications. Granted, you could just download a registry editor and a tweek program, having the goodies already there and the junk removed makes for a faster / easier start if you flash as much as some of us do lol.

Just my opinion.
[General Questions and Answers] dedq:
Hello,

I have seen Exi has the ability to change gif providers and turn on NSFW gifs for SwiftKey.

I wanted to ask you where the file containing the gif source for the application is?

I am trying to turn on NSFW gifs for some other application. I have searched android.manifest but no luck.

I would like to change the application gif source as well from Tenor to Giphy.

Thank you in advance!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Takeshiro04:
/*
*Disclaimer
*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* We're not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at us for messing up your device, we will laugh at you.
*/

Introduction

Pitch Black Recovery is a fork of TWRP with many improvements to make your experience better. It's more flexible & easy to use.

Based on TWRP version: 3.4.0

PitchBlack version: 3.0.0

For device: Tissot

Maintainer/Authors build: Takeshiro04

PitchBlack Source Code: https://github.com/PitchBlackRecoveryProject

Device tree: https://github.com/TeamWin/android_device_xiaomi_tissot

PitchBlack Team: @rezaadi0105, @shovon, @manjot.gni, @androiabledroid, sagar

Features

Installation Instructions

From previous version or other recovery

Download the PitchBlack Installer ZIP to your device

Reboot to your current Custom Recovery

Flash the PitchBlack Installer ZIP

The device will automatically reboot into PitchBlack Recovery after installation

Enjoy

From PC

Download PitchBlack Recovery Installer

Extract the PBRP Installer ZIP

Go to Fastboot mode in your device

Hotboot recovery.img

Copy the zip to internal storage

Flash it

Enjoy

Changelog

Downloads

PitchBlack Installer

https://github.com/Takeshiro04/pbrp_device_xiaomi_tissot/releases/tag/1.1

XDA:DevDB Information

PBRP, Tool/Utility for the Xiaomi Mi A1

Contributors

Takeshiro04, nicknitewolf

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: 3.0.0-2

Stable Release Date: 2020-07-29

Created 2020-07-29

Last Updated 2020-12-10[/CODE]
[Xiaomi Mi A1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Takeshiro04:
Bugs have been squashed!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Harvey_Spectar:
Piru sir's recovery ??
[Xiaomi Mi A1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] neonmicky:
Nice work!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Mendibil:
Awesome recovery! Looks really nice, thanks for your work.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] KaaMyA:
Thanks, [MENTION=7890656]Takeshiro04[/MENTION].

I hope this would get an official release soon ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] andheartman:
New generation twrp! ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Takeshiro04:
I wouldn't call it new generation. It's like, TWRP but Redesign and has more features
[Xiaomi Mi A1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] andheartman:
Will there be an update?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] iamgrmm2:
Does this have "twrp survival" like the cosmic dan's twrp? I've just switched from that to this after a long time and after flashing my first rom I had no recovery luckily I hotbooted it and flashed it through fastboot. I'm wondering where is that survival thing placed
[Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ Questions & Answers] DrBytes:
Hi.

I've recently rooted my 975F because I wanted it to do more than what comes in the box and for that to work I needed to do some changes to the kernel. I got the kernel for the d2s off of Samsung, setup the toolchain and the crosscompiling, made my changes to the kernel and finally built the kernel. I've got a shiny Image.gz sitting in my /arch/arm64/boot folder.

But how do I actually flash it to the device,.. all the info I can digg up is outdated -- or I can't google no good :)

Anyone here that can point me to relevant info or shedd some light?

cheers
[Moto G5S Plus Questions & Answers] tambourne:
Hi I am currently running arrow(vanilla)is build QQ3A.200705.002 which doesn't have volte (jio) enabled. I checked various websites and forums to solve this issue but failed. Please help me find a custom ROM with volte enabled or a way to enable volte.
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers] Appikatla491:
Hi Guys,

I have a strange Volte problem with my Zuk Z2 plus.

I googled about this and also tried to find in XDA forums also but I could not find here too.

So,

My issue with Volte is, the Volte works fine with Airtel Sim. When I use Jio Sim also Volte works and able to receive calls. I can make calls to all networks but the call is getting ended immediately as if there is no Volte working when I'm making calls to any other jio number from the jio number in the phone which is in slot 1.

Now I'm in Pixel experience Rom with Android 10.

Tried AEX with Android 9 and 10 faced same issue.

Can u suggest any solution for this.

Thanks in advance.
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers] Babu_Thakela:
Already faced issue and resolved.

Let me clear you issue is with Calling from Jio to Jio only. :confused:

Call are getting connected successfully from Jio to any other networks but when you call to Jio to Jio the call ends suddenly. Right?

I was also facing same issue when I was on AEX rom 6.3 version. I tried with many other rom but got same issue with other rom.

:fingers-crossed: :fingers-crossed:

So here is solutions I performed on May 2020.

1. I have restored my stock rom backup taken using twrp (taken almost 2 year back).

2. After restoring backup I am able to make call to Jio to Jio aswell. Everything is working fine.

So my main Volte issue resolved.

3. But again the stock rom Performance is worst. So I plan to use new custom rom again.

4. I have flashed AEX 7.3 bars on android 10 along with gapp full stock.

After flashing custom rom Z2 plus is performing well

Please let me know if you still face issue :o

Thank you.
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers] Appikatla491:
Yes, My issues is with jio to jio only. Unfortunately I didn't keep any backup of my stock rom.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] fsw23:
Hello,

i would like to know if someone uses float's mobile agent to synchronize with his diamond.

Actually, i use this software for a while with my sony and nokia mobiles...

Now Outlook seems to be the standard soft for Diamond sync... :confused:

Diamond works fine with Outlook via ActiveSync, but fma seems not to support it.

Thanks for suggestions ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Pharaohnough:
How can we use it if it's not supported :confused:

I used to love FMA (being one of the original ideamongers behind it)

I had forgotten about FMA because I haven't used a Sony Ericsson in years but interestingly enough my name is still on the credits of FMA (just checked now) :p

If it supports the Diamond I would definitely use it because I've always been a fan and it is a great application.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] fsw23:
No need to use or install Outlook, just small soft fma :)

Also, import-export sms and contacts is easy with fma, could be interesting to make it work for diamond...

Would be great !!! ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] anubis.genix:
i'd love to use my diamond with this great tool ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] jiwanshu2003:
Ttitle. I also saw that the Portugal version has the U9 bootloader, so I wonder if it is unlockable, as it's part of Latin America which has Snapdragon phones.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Questions & Answers] supersakis:
Portugal is in Europe. I have a Portuguese S9 (TPH) and it has Exynos. You are probably talking about Brazil, which is in Latin America and they speak a variant of the Portuguese language. However I don't know if the Brazilian version comes with Snapdragon.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] shadow2201:
Is there a way to root the S20 Ultra to allow vanilla Android to be installed on it? I'm new to all this, so I apologize if this has already been asked or is obvious.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] rubel623:
My phone is Chinese variant running miui 11 Android 9 and i installed the anti brick from the mega thread. Now i have an Android 10 update and i downloaded the update for 3 times but Everytime it says update.zip is corrupted during update process. I also tried with choose update package to update manually but same results. How can i overcome this problem?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Hinterecke:
This thread?

Not sure, since it's pretty long ago that i used to flash custom recovery's and roms, but if you have TWRP as your recovery i don think you're able to flash official firmware. Also read something in that thread about Android 10 and Anti Brick not going along very well. My best guess is; get rid of TWRP and Anti Brick by flashing the correct official firmware for your device via Fastboot.

Try and find a very very VERY clear howto. Lots of reading and caution = not bricking your device.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] electrical potato:
pressing the vol - before plugging in, it would show "download mode" for a spit second and go straight to fastboot mode. i cant do anything in fastboot mode since i cant get it to show on "adb devices".

i was just starting to root this V300L30p and managed to flash the h930 to unlock the bootloader. after flashing the unlock bin i waited and held the vol - button as said in the guide but the phone never boot up. i waited 30 mins or so. i tried to get to download mode and reflashed the h930 rom using dual mode LGUP partition dl but it didnt work and i just got "cant open port" i tried refurbish and it also didnt work. i tried master reset and it didnt work in trying to reflash. after a while i just couldnt access the download mode and it just goes too fast to fastboot mode.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] ChazzMatt:
In fastboot mode, is your Bootloader unlocked?

Can you run the getvar command?

What H930 KDZ did you flash? The right one?
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] electrical potato:
just ran get var all command. it says "unlocked_count 1" and "unlocked: yes"

i used H93020d_00_OPEN_EU_OP_0326.kdz when it was available in the first post.

edit: also ran fastboot devices, it showed : ???????????? fastboot

edit 2: ran fastboot devices again and phone turned off. did it again and got : LGH930d794576b fastboot
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] ChazzMatt:
OK if your Bootloader is unlocked and you have fastboot, then you don't need Download mode right now.

Install TWRP, root. Follow Section 6 of the WTF instructions.

Later after you restore modem you can worry about Download mode.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] electrical potato:
thanks man. really eased me up in there.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] electrical potato:
it says that "Requested download size is more than max allowed"
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] ChazzMatt:
See the Section 7 Trouble Shooting Tips.

You're using the TWRP listedto WTF post, right?
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] electrical potato:
tried it on my laptop and it works perfectly
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] ChazzMatt:
That is one of the Trouble Shooting Tips... Try different computer. ;)

Welcome to the Root Club!
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] electrical potato:
another problem arose. now in TWRP. wipe to format data, typed yes, and it returns with red text "failed to mount /system (unknown error 150)". same happens when i try to do a backup.

should i go to advanced wipe and change the file system of /system to others and then back to ext4?

edit: fixed by selecting ext4 in change file system. /system was showing 0mb, after redoing the file system it is now 14mb and able to be backed up
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] CuDem:
I have problem with lg v30.

It is v30 VS996 (maybe). but it was flashed US998 Pie. And now it has an error on camera and fingerprint.

I can not enter download mode to flash stock rom and bootloader is locked.

Please, tell me what should i do.

Thank you.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] TheDannemand:
Try a regular Factory Data Reset from the Settings menu, if you haven't already. If the bootloader is locked and the phone never rooted (which it sounds like) it is unlikely that the actual ROM was corrupted - though or course not impossible.

What happens when you try to enter Download mode?
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] CuDem:
I tried to reset factory in setting and it had no effect. With reset data on recovery, it showed error message.

When i enter the download mode, it show 5 dots.

I have no idea to solve this issue
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] TheDannemand:
Are you saying you have TWRP (custom recovery) on your phone? With BL locked? :confused:

Factory Reset from Settings menu only works with stock recovery, and goes deeper than TWRP wipe.

If you have TWRP, you can use that to re-flash your ROM (as ZIP) and/or to re-flash laf (Download Mode, either as ZIP or as image).

Otherwise it sounds like Download Mode is there, but LGUP isn't picking it up correctly. I suggest starting over with LGUP. People often have the wrong version, since so many are floating around: Uninstall it completely, delete its folders, possibly uninstall USB driver as well. Restart Windows. Now install drivers and LGUP from scratch using the exact versions and installation steps from ChazzMatt's Pie ROM thread linked below:

[US998][STOCK][PIE]LG V30 US998 US99830b_00_0902.KDZ

https://xdaforums.com/lg-v30/development/us998-lg-v30-us998-us99830a000704-kdz-t3952256

If that still doesn't do it, then try different USB port, different cable, even different computer. Some computers are not compatible with LGUP.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] CuDem:
No, my phone bootloader is locked then i can not install TWRP. I tried with your LGuUP you mention above but not successfully.

May i try to flash by fastboot follow this link:

https://androidforums.com/threads/flash-using-fastboot-mode.970254/

thank you
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] TheDannemand:
Thank you for the update.

I wouldn't recommend that procedure you linked. That post is five years old, for a completely different phone (LG G2), using a KDZ extractor from 2014 which probably doesn't work with today's KDZ files.

I still don't see how your Download Mode could have been damaged on an unrooted phone. I think the problem is most likely your PC or your cable.

But that aside, I say it's time to rip off the bandaid: Unlock the bootloader and put TWRP onto the phone. It's easy on US998. Follow the guide linked below.

(WTF...!) LG V30/V30+/V30S Bootloader Unlock & Root Method (With Clear Instructions)

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76584629&postcount=193

LG V30 is one of the most well documented, most rootable, and most supported phones on the planet -- largely thanks to the guy who wrote that guide. So don't look for any other solutions from anywhere else on the internet ;)
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] ChazzMatt:
Thanks for the very kind words. :good:

As we discussed elsewhere, however, he would need Download mode to go back to the early Oreo firmware is he wanted to bootloader unlock and root.

There have been reports of other people losing Download mode when updating to US998 Pie -- but those were people using the TWRP flashable zip. The fix was to flash US998 20e (Oreo) TWRP flashable zip and for some reason that restored Download mode. They could then try again to update to US998 Pie if they really wished. I haven't see that reported flashing with KDZ.

The fingerprint and camera issue is also reminiscent of a V30 that was on LOS-17 (which needs a permissive kernel). Even when going back to stock firmware, you still have to run permissive. The fix for THAT problem is to refurbish to Nougat stock firmware and then update back to newer stock firmware (last Oreo which is very stable or Pie which has some issues).

But he can't do that either until he gets Download mode back.

I really don't have any suggestions.
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] jptV30:
Running this fastboot command and looking at unlock_count and lock_count can be used to determine if the phone was bootloader unlocked before...

fastboot getvar all
[LG V30 Questions & Answers] TheDannemand:
Oh yeah, right. That's a good idea if you don't know whether the phone has been rooted.
[OnePlus Nord Questions & Answers] Tracker31:
Did you think about ACC - Advanced Charging Controler for your phone?

perks:

- idle mode (battery is not charging - power just from cable)

- set max battery level of charging then Idle mode
[OnePlus Nord Questions & Answers] Tracker31:
Just tested and ACCA is working like harm with stock kernel including battery idle prioritizer
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] friedegg03:
Might have already been done, but I was creating a little file store for myself for any animations I might want to use as S2U2 backgrounds or to replace the HTC startup, and thought I'd put it up here as well as a thank you to all the people who taught me how to do it and created animations.

Anyway - the file is pretty big (circa 15mb) and is stored here - http://www.humyo.com/F/5410591-173182029

If anyone has any issue with any of the images I've included, just post and as soon as I see I'll remove them from the zip.

Also, if anyone knows how to make them full screen, that would be most appreciated!

*Addn* Realised that these are designed for a QVGA device, so here's a site that allows you to quickly and easily resize gifs - http://www.smileygenerator.us/t/gifresize/index.php

Resize it by clicking on the scaling factor bit and selecting 2x

The file appears at the bottom so just save it from there and put it on your device.

Hope it's of use to someone!

Chris.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] johanromijn:
File not found!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] friedegg03:
It will be there in 6 minutes...

I realised I'd included some pictures that wouldn't be suitable for under 18s so to speak, so I've just removed it and am currently 3 minutes and 37 seconds away from having the new one uploaded.

give it 5 and try again, should be ok then...