yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Asus ZenFone Max M1 Questions & Answers] aCs_ND:
Problem becomes more problematic

Am bumping this up as this problem is becoming an unmitigated disaster.

Contacted ASUS customer care with the problem as detailed in OP.

Their support rep gave a solution which involved going back to a previous version of the image. Reason he gave was that the image I had flashed after d/loading from their website was a beta version and not stable.

Followed the process.

End result ? Now the device is asking for a password which feature ( password security ) I did not activate at all.

I will appreciate if someone can help me fix this mess.

TIA
[Asus ZenFone Max M1 Questions & Answers] aCs_ND:
ASUS OTA updates corrupting device software & hardware both

*****Problem Solved*****

The problem not just with the software but also the hardware was caused by ASUS OTA updates.

Problem #1

The device got corrupted. Whether it was corrupted or whether it was just an erroneous error message is a matter of enquiry/research. Neither am I interested nor do I have the time to waste any further on this disaster.

Problem #2

The mic stopped working. This was remedied solely by rolling back to a prior version as advised by the customer care rep of ASUS.

Long story short which is still quite long ( apologies for being long winded )

After applying firmware rollback as advised by ASUS call center rep, the device got stuck at asking for a PIN/Password.

Given my illiteracy of technical issues, I did not have the foresight to do a simple factory data reset and move on.

So, I wrote to ASUS customer care. The incompetent people at ASUS customer care asked me to go to a different version of the firmware. That did not solve the problem. They then responded that I have to get a PAID service done to remedy the problems which would include service charges both for software and hardware issues SEPARATELY.

I gave up in disgust and decided I would purchase a new handset.

As luck would have it, Youtube referred me to a video on the issue.

Following the process shown in the video I was able to remedy the device corrupted error message.

Now I inserted a SIM card in the phone to see if it was working. It was still not working properly.

Then I googled for mic related issues. I came across links which suggested that mic functionality in these devices had been messed up by OTA updates.

So, I decided to go back to the firmware dowgrade.

I installed the downgrade firmware.

I did a factory data reset.

I activated the device.

The device is now functional.

Learnings from this disaster:

ASUS personnel are either grossly incompetent

OR

the company i.e. ASUS is running it's business in an unethical way.

Resources used to solve the problem:

Firmware applied to get the device functional

UL-ASUS_X00T-WW-16.2017.1912.060.999-user

Link: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/...272.532609309.1588748286-143972924.1567247258

Youtube video link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfFt0eKDFfU

For the moderators of the forum:

Can you kindly amend the subject of the thread to " ASUS OTA updates corrupting device software & hardware both". Thanks for your help.
[Moto G8 (Moto G Fast) Guides, News, & Discussion] arkansawdave74:
I have a Boost Mobile Moto G8 Fast xt 2045-3. I also have a Moto G7 Power. When I got the Fast a couple of weeks ago I tried the 3 amp charger from the Power on it and watched the amperage with the Ampere app. (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gombosdev.ampere). The kernel in the stock Boost OS wouldn't let it charge above about 1800 mAh. I rooted the other day and installed the latest RETUS OS. Tonight I accidentally plugged them in backwards and saw the Fast hit almost 2700 mAh. I didn't think to tell you guys until later, but later I got a screenshot of it at around 2300 mAh. I also got a picture of the output of both of the Motorola's chargers in case anyone wants to get a 3 amp adaptive charger and start turbocharging.

EDIT: It seems it doesn't Turbo Charge until you flash the Magisk patched kernel to root it, so it may do that on the Boost OS as well, but I'm not about to download and install the Boost system again.
[Moto G8 (Moto G Fast) Guides, News, & Discussion] clau_la2:
yes it have turbo power just doesnt include these charger, I already used old charger from moto G7 and when I plugged it on G8 popup show Turbopower connected Charging rapidly
[Moto G8 (Moto G Fast) Guides, News, & Discussion] Nico100g:
Yes, the G8 supports 15W charging. I do not know why Motorola writes on their pages (which is why others copy this information) about charging only 10W. Maybe because of the included charger? However, on the description pages of their chargers, Motorola mentions 15W charging support for the G8, for example here:

https://www.motorola.com/us/motorola-turbopower-45w-wall-charger-with-5-amp-e-marked-usb-c-cable/p

In FAQ:
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Saggy2121:
As the title suggests - is it possible to have 2 cameras installed?

One would be for work and have its own save folder.

Likewise for private use.

Ideally samsung camera or would it have to be 2 different cameras each with own location?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Bright.Light:
You could use the Work user.

Then use 'Dual Messenger' to have two shortcuts for the camera: one is for the 'regular' user, one is for the 'work user'.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] redoregon:
Open Camera saves to its own directory. Open source, free, good features.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] cobrarx8:
For private pictures, I recommend using the secure folder, where you can shoot pictures with Samsung cam too. Good thing is, no one can access your private folder without fingerprint/pattern/pin.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sakajati:
Here's some goodies from samsung omnia rom:

D3D Driver (Intel XScale Optimized D3DM Software Driver), this should work on most roms/devices. Go here for details & download link:

Samsung Omnia D3D Driver! Grab it while its hot!!

JBlend v.20080605 (Support 3D games): 4shared - asapload

Samsung Omnia Ringtones

GoogleMaps-ms-samsung_omnia: 4shared - asapload

AdobeFlashLite 2.1

RSSReader & Podcasts

Themes/Skins for Samsung Today 2: Black - Silver

The following applications is in development/progress:

Samsung Omnia Today Plugin 2

Samsung Omnia SMPlayer/Touch Player

Samsung Omnia Today Plugins (video preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaoBuL7pMNA).

Download links:

- Original: asapload

- Compressed version/UPX if your device has low storage (Thanks to c0rnholio): rapidshare - megaupload

There are more works to be done, but I uploaded it anyway so you guys can play with it. The Samsung Omnia Today Plugins contains Samsung Today 1 & 2, Samsung Widget with all its related programs.

Install Instructions:

Install AdobeFlashLite 2.1

Install Samsung Omnia SMPlayer/Touch Player

Install Opera 9

Install Samsung Omnia Today Plugins

Put your pictures into \\My Documents\\My Pictures folder on your device (not storage card)

For Kaiser/Other device with screen height 320 Install SJ GrandP_320.cab and Install SJ DCINOBAR.cab to remove the taskbar.

The cab also will create some shortcuts on Programs\Omnia Goodies. My fav is Contents Manager/Media Album, it's better than htc album. Notes: SMPlayer/Touch Player currently can only play 3gp video (maybe few other format too), it needs Emuzed codecs so it can play all other media format, please be patient, I'm working on it.

Tips n Tricks

Hide TaskBar: Install SJ DCINOBAR.cab & Reboot (Thanks to hell_angell)

Change Widget Image Path (Thanks to chigz):

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WidgetIdle]
"photoImagePath"="\\My Docoments\\My Pictures"

Set photoImagePath value to any folder.

more to come ... ;)

and here's some links to samsung omnia rom dump:

[B][U]Thanks to lqh013 (New ROM)[/U][/B]
[url]http://www.megaupload.com/cn/?d=C3SLCWK8[/url]
[url]http://rapidshare.de/files/40319747/i908ZHHH1.zip.html[/url]
[url]http://www.sendspace.com/file/0srtc5[/url]

[B][U]Thanks to P1Tater[/U][/B]
[url]http://rapidshare.com/files/140022971/Omnia_Dump.zip[/url]

[B][U]Thanks to KChauJen[/U][/B]
[url]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HG1C06KI[/url]
[url]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1UK0256K[/url]
[url]http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GC86S466[/url]

[B][U]Thanks to Paul & iazmin (modaco)[/U][/B]
[url]http://content.modaco.net/iazmin/Part00.raw[/url]
[url]http://content.modaco.net/iazmin/Part01.raw[/url]
[url]http://content.modaco.net/iazmin/Part02.raw[/url]

Click here for other cabs
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mbarvian:
this looks great, keep it up sakajati!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] defcomg:
Jblend

This Jblend Is WAY! better than the HTC Diamond

It Supports

JSR72 PIM File Connection

JSR82 Bluetooth Support

JSR135 MMAPI 1.1 Supports x-Amr x-Wav Audio Encoding

JSR184 M3G 1.1

JSR220 SVG Tiny

IT Only lacks fullscreen like jbed if it ran fullscreen id say it it would beat jbed it also fast with cleartype fonts
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
Can we have the today plugin too? :D

I'm using the 'samsung today 1' already, it just has the minor inconvenient of being 320x320 size, hehehhe...

Still, the great gadgets of Omnia are totally worth it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sakajati:
Omnia Ringtones uploaded :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hazeline:
Thanks Alot

Thanks, for putting up the 3D driver!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hamansan:
This is a wonderful.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] domineus:
user interface and keyboard for the win!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] philocritus:
Just post it dude :P
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
The old one? I got it from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=412887
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] philocritus:
thanks twolf :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Invisible Sense:
Hi,

Is it possible to extract the Video editing application?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] htcfanboi:
is it possible for you to extract the main menu application (shorcut launcher) that would be nice
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pinele:
can i use this driver on vga htc Diamond?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahlem:
samsung today 1

Awesome today screen plugin! Any way of resizing it to 240 x 320 size? That is WAY past my skills!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jin187:
Yes, I've tried it myself
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fb401:
thanks for the ringtones and the jblend. looking forward to more goodies.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sakajati:
Google Maps uploaded!

I'm currently working on Samsung Today Plugin 2, just need to resize tons of images inside the module :mad:. Here's some screenshot:

(Preview: Samsung Today Plugin 2 running on HyperDragon III Omnia)

Anyone have omnia? I need your help to capture all UI of samsung today plugin 2. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fb401:
You're much better than me, I've been trying to figure out Today Plugin 1 and the disassembled dll is confusing me at the moment...granted it is 3:40 am where I am so I give up lol.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] liamhere:
wrong thread..sorry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dexxa05:
Read my post :

I have done everything in the first Post
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dexxa05:
Try it :) i think it works but it's small
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] P1Tater:
Time. The only thing I'm lacking. Between work and the family, I'm hard pressed to find the time. I do work on it when I get a break but I need more than an occassional 5 minutes here and there to get it working correctly.

Thank you for your hard work in getting all of this going.:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ap0ll0:
works perfectly on Kaiser, nice work!

any idea to get a kind of weather widget?

notification for missed items (sms, email) only works one time. After ticking "X", it hides in the bar and shows after ticking it again only an "!"...

edit:

the last item (does not matter what it is) always hides after pushing it up...no chance to get it on the screen, expect you put everything on it so that the last item is going up enough :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sev7en:
It rocks for appeal but I do agree: too small at all! :p
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] philocritus:
sorry about that, missed it :(

does it appear on the today plugin list or just doesn't load?

or does it load and doesn't show widgets like twolf's problem?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Oktopouce:
it doesn't appear on today plugin list
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dexxa05:
Doesn't no appear on today plugin list....

Sorry for my english :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] philocritus:
then i discard memory issues...

how many today plugins do you have? there's a limit(I think it's 35...)

windows mobile 6.1?

cf net 3.5?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dexxa05:
Plugin List ( i have 3 :) )

I think CF .Net 3.5 i don't have... i try it :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Oktopouce:
i have wm6.1 and cf .net 3.5 and less than 10 today plugins

i don't think that cf .net 3.5 is the problem
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deonidis:
i install your files,

but in today i dont see samsung widgets

only samsung 1 and 2

....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dexxa05:
What is your phone ???

For me :

It's Not the Today Plugin number ( i have 3 )

It's Not the CF 3.5 it's intalled

It's Not the Sapce after i have installed all files i have 12Mo

I don't know what it's the problem....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
Im actually having the same problem, I have a Touch Dual with the Clean Black rom.

Its wm6.1, without .net 3.5 (im having problems installing the .net cab, it keeps giving an error).

I already had opera installed, maybe thats what I did wrong, I'm uninstalling it and starting the process again.

I dont really undestand why the plugin 3 needs all the others and the SMPlayer/opera extras, it shouldnt... :S
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deonidis:
htc touch Elf

6.1 wm

cf 3.5

new rom essential 1.7,

i try to do everything again
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
Its working now, I uninstalled my current opera and flash lite versions and installed the flash lite from this post and this opera:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=394408

Its working now, thanks.

:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] minty1978:
great work on touchwiz! works fine on my touch dual WM6 (not 6.1!)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] greatbal:
Working great on my Hermes. Just one problem, I can't seem to use Touch Player. I can't play any music file. Keeps giving the error "Cannot play the file. The file is either corrupted or the player does not support the format you are trying to play." The files are just mp3's which WMP and CorePlayer can play. :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dexxa05:
You have do step by step the first page tut's???

For me don't work...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] garsim:
i've the same problem :mad:

:(

why?!?!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dexxa05:
It's normal you don't have a good codec or dll see earlier post...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahlem:
Touch Player . . .

"SMPlayer is called Touch Player (plays audio & video), check my video preview. It needs Emuzed codecs to working properly, I'm working on it."

Earlier Post
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] garsim:
ok..i understand.. thank you!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
the mp3 plyers doesnt work for me also, but i was only insterested in the touchwiz plugin... :D

yes, i did it step-by-step as explained in the first post.

uninstall everything, and do it "by the book" and with the omnia version of flash lite.

;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deonidis:
still nothing

no samsung widgets in today

and this is after hard reset
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bobsbbq:
It seems the ladscape swf file is being used for portrait. The Portrait swf should have a height of 400 px and even go off the screen which is ok as you can scroll up. Or maybe it is not possible to scroll up far enough so he used only the Landscape swf file which is only 240 px. It will be nice if we can adjust the size to at least 320 px.

My Touch player woks but the screen background in off in height and for me width. You can't see the buttons. Will have to do some editing if possible to graphics.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deonidis:
no luck for me

still no samsung widgets

i try everything

....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dexxa05:
Me too

I do a Hard Reset

Install Flash Lite of this Topic

Install Smplayer of this Topic

Install Opera of Twolf Links

Install Today Plugin of This Topic

And Nothing...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Joezhang:
ironically the today plug-in doesn't work on the i780. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] batista70:
Works on my HTC Cruise, same problems with SMPlayer and in Samsung 2 Today the "Comm Manager" doesn't work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bobsbbq:
Yes it does see my screen shots in the previous post and the one in this post.

The main problem is the widget is trying to go to Landscape instead of portrait. I deleted the Lanscape swf file hoping it would switch to the portrait but not luck.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Joezhang:
just tried the widgets - they run - but it's the same problem as with the today screen - there is a long black dead area of the screen (about a third about the available space).

(this is on a i780).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bobsbbq:
Not sure if it is because I have a Samsung device but everything including the Comm manager is working for me. Just have to figure how to make it bigger.

Twolf can you modify the GrandL.swf for me at 320 height and I will try it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] g00ndu:
Attached are the icon files for SMPlayer. You will need to edit a few icon files to make it compatible with i780.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] philocritus:
well imagine you're trying to use the audio widget and it calls the smplayer's plugin and... ups... not there...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bobsbbq:
I don't have software to modify swf files. If someone like Twolf or others can resize the height of this to 320 I think it will work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bobsbbq:
Nothing attached but thats ok I have them in my dump folder anyway. I want to get the height fixed first.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] epismax:
widget plug-in isn't in M4650(i718 WM6.0 KOR) too

Of course, i did step-by-step....

Oh, I found very interesting point.

i can't see that plugin on the plugin list. but, in WAD2 RC10 Plugin Menu(Plugin-Manage) that plugin is listing.

but...... when i check that plugin to use in WAD2, Nothing Happened....

ps. short english..

ps2. WM 6.0 KOR ROM, No CF3.5
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Joezhang:
Sorry I should have been clearer - I meant in terms of it not displaying properly - same for the widgets (hey a choice of 4 clocks! :confused:). Would be nice if someone could sort that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahlem:
Widget

Not showing up on Mogul either . . .
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
that make sence... :D

I tried it already, its mostly code and when I try to export it, it just doesnt work, I also tried to create a blank swf that calls that swf and forces him to change size, no luck yet... :(

Also, the swf decompiler or imperator fla (the softwares I use to convert the swf back to a FLA) both dont do a very accurate job and come up with very different codes, so its hard to understand wich one is better to change... :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nita69:
touch player

hi,

what kind of audioformat needs the player. everything works find but the player "can not play the file" - its an mp3! can somebody help?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bobsbbq:
Is it just my device or is everyone having the smaller Ladscape version? I think it has something to do with the reconsized screen size. I tried looking in the registry to see if I could manually change a value to Portrait but no luck. The registry is uner Wigitidle
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] twolf:
it works in portrait on mine...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fredisco:
Tested on htc diamond, and it sort of worked but only 20% in upper left was visible, the rest was just black.. a bit cool tho.

I think I will stick to touchflow3d, it's better IMO.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mssmison:
Works great on my touch, I'd like to have a blend of touchwiz and samsung today 2 though.

**edit**

Just noticed that in the contact manager it doesn't allow me to do anything but text message the contact. I would love this to be my default contact manager when it works.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] yrsmart:
Appreciate it. I am to assume you are also working on media album and camera software also?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mikulec:
Are u able to hide the area where are the widgets?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] HRQ.SLV:
Polaris

It's works fine in Touch Cruise (Polaris)!

The player as said before doesn't work.

Great work, many thanks!;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] robertus3d:
You may tray disappear low sistray using todayshrink software!

On my htc cruise work!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lennysh:
Anybody dumped this yet to an nb0 or bin?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dexxa05:
What is your ROM???
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qwho:
wow that touchwiz is sweet. I like the alerts and the easy wallpaper change ability.

Works great on my htc touch on sprint.

Screenshot included
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Joezhang:
I'm starting to get confused - what is touchwiz?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mssmison:
As an update to this, I've found that it will allow me to call someone's work number only, not their personal number...

Also the app is looking for opencontact.exe. Can someone post that?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deonidis:
so ,anybody know why i cant see samsung widgets on

htc touch?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] maxniper:
On today settings i don't have the Samsung Widget plug-in to activate.

I have a Trinity.

What can i do?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xplode:
here is the whole OEMApps folder which contains the omnia goodies

http://rapidshare.com/files/140326258/Omnia-OEMApps.rar
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] maxniper:
I have formated the phone, reinstaled all and nothing :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mssmison:
I had this issue when I didn't have the flash from the first post and net cf 3.5 installed.

check that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bfjosue:
Using and customising widgets on the Samsung

Check this OUT

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/samsu...mising_widgets_on_the_samsung_tocco_f480.html
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] EvgeniyKo:
Maybe you make it for instal on storange card
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] intellax:
is it necessary to install opera 9 to get the today plug-ins to work? or only to get the launch internet button to work? as stated above, doesn't make much sense if opera is required for this to work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] minty1978:
attatched is my screen
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] maxniper:
What phone do you have?

I'm flashing with other rom because i can't see the Today plug Widgets
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] maxniper:
I have all of that but i'm flashing new rom to try ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] uiskibum:
Unless I am missing something you can not get the Samsung Widgets application to run on an 8525 (Hermes 100). Yes i have flash, and yes i have .net 3.5.

If someone has I wold be interested to hear what you did.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] raven-inc:
Got to admit, done everything by the book and only have today pluggins for samsung today 1+2, how exactly do you activate the widgets?????

(Tytn2 by the way, have netcf 3.5 already)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahlem:
Widgets

I have Sprint Mogul and have done evrything by the book also. Even did a hard reset and loaded everything and still no Widgets . . .
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] minty1978:
I am using a Touch Dual (Niki) with a standard HTC WM6 ROM.

All i did was follow the instructions in post 1 and it worked fine first time. remember to soft reset before trying to enable the widgets...

edit: now video attached of operation...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dahlem:
Opera

minty1978 - Which Opera did you load? That seems to be the only variable I can see that would be a difference to everyone . . .