yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dennyxoo:
really i try everything, flashtool,fastboot,xperia companion. nothing works. but your guide bring my phone back to life. BIG THANKS !

Maybe can u tell me which custom rom i should flash on my phone? i dont really wanna try again this broken crap from this first post and brick my phone again..

i try again, and after this steps:

i cannot Back to TWRP Home screen > Mount.

when again CynagogenRecovery starts...

Back and restart all this process again..

after stock flash via flastool back to stock android and start all again.

end by:

NO, iam in Cynagogen Recovery !!!! WTF ? what is wrong with me or this files??
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Stract:
Yup, I tried 4 twrp and 2 of them got me the Cyanogen recovery.

3 of the 4 didn't work for one reason or another:

- twrp 3.7 and 3.5 got me to cyanogen recovery

- twrp 3.2 from the link on this post: unable to mount storage and didn't have the format data option in the wipe section

- the twrp 3.2 from my Step 2 that I found in other post. Download the recovery.img from the link I posted and only flash that one. With that one I managed to install the android 8

Since we flash twrp to boot, just skip step 11.

Regarding which rom, I don't know. I think it's ok to start with android 8 because we need to merge data and sdcard for anything after Jellybean. So after this step you can try the other roms. This week I'm going to try a Lineage OS rom that I found.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] dennyxoo:
thanks alot. you saved me with your tipps. i think finally it works. This guide from the #1Post is a crap, nothing works as described.

which one? iam looking too for a working LineageOS for the xperia S. last week i flashed my xperia xz1c with a lineageOs and i like it.

have you a link ?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Stract:
The guide is ok. The only problem was the twrp version.

I just searched for lineage os lt26i. I'll probably flash it next saturday. Don't know if everything is going to work but I'll give it a try

https://tweakdroid.com/lineage/sony-xperia-s-lt26i/
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Oldschool297:
I am at this step. What files should i copy? Can someone write the whole command and what to copy. Thanks.

8) UNLOCK BOOTLOADER

In Windows, copy the path to the "flash" folder you unziped earlier.

Open a Windows command prompt : Start menu > Command prompt > Start as administrator

Then type

Code:

cd /d thePathToFlashFolder

(ex: E:\root\djibe Sony Xperia S\djibe\flash)

Type:
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Oldschool297:
I got Windows 8.1 pro, what should i download? https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=240525&sort_by=date&sort_dir=DESC
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Oldschool297:
I have it like this C:\root\djibe\flash what path should i move to this folder the oreo 8.1?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] djibe89:
nAOSProm-8.1.0-b11-nozomi.zip | by millosr for Xperia S

Download GApps, Roms, Kernels, Themes, Firmware, and more. Free file hosting for all Android developers.

androidfilehost.com
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] djibe89:
Open a Windows command.

Enter following command: cd /d C:\root\djibe\flash

Then: fastboot devices

NB. You should upgrade to Windows 10.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Oldschool297:
Thanks, what is the file i should move? i want to try Android 7.1.2/nAOSP as i suspect oreo can get to laggy? If "PSDN:..." is returned, drivers are correctly installed. I only got C:\root\djibe\flash back. But then i had the phone in normal mode. I guess i can get problems with etc snapchat with this stock when they do not allowed rooted phones? Anyway to fix it?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pierfai:
Hi all, first of all thank you for this guide. I have a question. Will this guide work for newer versions of stock firmware? I have a 4.0.4 Xperia S
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] djibe89:
Hi, it should
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Pierfai:
Thank you! It works. Lately I post my experience with this guide, i have found some issues
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rregn:
Bootloader unlock allowed: Yes

If it is set on No, you cannot update your device.

As i understand: the bootloader is the programm which realizes fastboot mode. the locking prevents flash and is located in the bootloader.

If ui have a rooted device, i sould be able to flash the recovery with dd . when i start the recovery, there is no lock against flash the system anymore? Am i right?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] djibe89:
If Bootloader unlock ok, you can go ahead
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rregn:
You missed my poimt: My idea was that im not rely on bootloader, if i use dd on a rooted system!
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] djibe89:
Well, this is not the thread. Sry
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] rregn:
It IS the tread, because a step in

"Xperia S stock to Android 8.1 "
[General Questions and Answers] anfromvn:
Hey guys, I'm using Vsmart Joy2+ from Vsmart.

I want to install a custom gsi rom but it doesn't work. It said that " Image flashed completed" but it didn't boot up but suck in a boot loop.

I have tried to flash vbmeta, magisk, fastboot -w but it didn't work.

Can you guys help me?
[General Questions and Answers] :
1st thing of all things you should do is to add "Vsmart Joy2" to front of this thread's title what will prevent visitors to unnecessarily open this thread for reading.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibo90p:
Hi everybody,

A few days ago, I tried to install some ROMs to my Xperia Z3(D6603). Probably I made some mistakes. And now I can’t open it. I tried holding power button, power button and volume up button, power button and volume down button. It doesn’t open. When I connect it to PC, nothing happens. No vibrations no led no another thing. What should I do?

Thank you very much.

Edit: After pressing power button and volume up together 20-25 minutes, now I can see red led when I plugged in. Also in pc it continuously plugged in and out, so now what should I do?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] tnyynt:
Does anyone know how to change the default HTC Album app landscape orientation when playing video from left handed (270, wheel on right) to right handed (90, wheel on left)?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] losdrivare:
From what I've seen from the screenshots of bepes GNES, you can pre-define screen orientation for applications of your choice. But I've only seen GNES as included in his ROM. If you find a CAB, let me know or post it here (with bepes permission ofc).
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] whitetigerdk:
Hi all.

I wanted to share my experiences with you all.

I have the last couple of days run this rom as my daily driver - and I must say, that this is by far the best I have tried yet.

The rom is very fast and so far all features that I have used have worked perfect right out of the box.

I will link you to the rom and write a short guide to how I made it stable and usefull.

Hope more of you will enjoy running Android 11 (R) on your P20 Lite - Mine is ANE-LX1 hw/eu but this should run on all versions.

First som screenshots from my phone:
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] whitetigerdk:
Links to files:

set-bl-key_TishSerg4pda - https://drivemere.com/drive/ne

TWRP-oreo-smart.img - https://drivemere.com/drive/nf

CAOS R 300I+ ROM - https://drivemere.com/drive/ng

Ekstra:

Netflix apk (this one will work on android 11) - https://drivemere.com/drive/nd

NB: None of these files are created by me so please help support the creators by donating to maintain their work.
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] whitetigerdk:
Guide:

Requirements: Unlocked phone - Guess you alle have this by now.

I started off from EMUI 9.1.0.370.

First off i installed the TWRP from bootloader to ramdisk_recovery.

fastboot flash ramdisk_recovery TWRP-oreo-smart.img

Then boot phone to recovery

(Star phone - in eRecovery choose to reset to factory default - type in "yes" and the phone will boot to TWRP.

In TWRP go to "wipe" -> advanced -> Select Dalwik Cache, Cache, Data and System. Swipe to wipe.

Now go to install -> select img -> choose CAOS image and flash to "system image" - DO NOT REBOOT SYSTEM!

Select wipe -> slide to factory reset.

Now you can boot the phone to the startup-screen.

Set up the phone and go to Play Store. Install the app named Treble Info (just search it)

Look in the app to what kind of "Treble and VNDK" used by your phone - Mine was using VNDK version 28.

This next part is a bit tricky!!

Boot to the recovery (as described above -> eRecovery -> factory default -> TWRP recovery.

Now go to mount - make sure that "system" is selected.

Go to advanced -> File Manager.

Now go to folder system -> system -> system_eks -> apex

You will most likely find som folders named (xxx=something):

xxxx.vndk.27

xxxx.vndk.28

xxxx.vndk.29

xxxx.vndk.current

Since my was using 28 I could chose to enter folder .27 and mark the blue folder in the down right corner

Choose to delete folder.

This will free up approx. 1GB system memory to install apps on the phone.

I hope you will like this rom as much as I have during the last week.

Please leave any feedback..
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] tekehalil:
It has been many years, I haven't uploaded rom. I hope I succeed without any problems. thanks
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
Tried afternoon "caos-v300l-210117-arm64-bvZ.img.xz" ROM, I installed it like any other GSI Treble ROM - flashing extracted .img file from fastboot & factory reset.

Maybe it's an easier way...
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] whitetigerdk:
tried this myself.. wouldn't boot.. but through TWRP there was no problem :)

Might be working for some to flash it directly from fastboot:

fastboot flash system "caos-image-file".img

Anyway -still need the TWRP to delete the files from system folder - som might as well use it when it's available ;)
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
You can simply use root explorer (Solid Explorer etc.) ;)
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] whitetigerdk:
Well.. only if you root the ROM first. This one is not rooted by default. (I prefer it like this) so if you follow my guide - TWRP is the way to do it. 😉

Yes there might be more ways to go there but I wanted to do a simple step-by-step guide easy to follow for beginners. 😃
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
Is that supposed to be a joke? :)

caos-v300l-210110-arm64-bgZ - "Z" means that the ROM is pre-rooted with SuperUser and there's is an option turn on/off root in phone settings.

No comment...:cool:
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] whitetigerdk:
No comment... 😉
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
It's such a waste of time. Have a nice day!
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] whitetigerdk:
Where in settings should this be? Looked all over.. can't seem to find it..

Nevermind - found it.

Forgive me - it's been 10 years since I last worked with Android ROMs.. a lot has happened since then..
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] luka_bubi:
This might be a weird beginner question. But in description of rom image i find the AOSP sounds were replaced with Q Google ones. But I can not find any one of them. No notification, ringtone, alarm sounds present on the phone. Why is that? Where can I find them?

I used caos-v300l-210117-arm64-bgZ-lite.img using fastboot install over stock 9.1.0.374.

Sure, I could use 3rd party apps for that, but I hate to use them.
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] whitetigerdk:
I actually had the same.. no alarm sound or ringtones.. I just uploaded some mp3's to the phone and use those.. (ringtone is CTU phone from the serie "24"..)
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
Everything can be found in "audio"folder. Go root/system/product/media/audio , you can copy sounds to the int.storage using root explorer (e.g. Solid explorer) .
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] luka_bubi:
Thank you, that worked!
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] stunteur:
rom link is no longer working help plz!
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] luka_bubi:
[OFFICIAL] AOSP Q Mod // CAOS <= official tread by author

CAOS TrebleGSI <= latest version on SourceForge
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] stunteur:
Whats agz bgz bzg lite bvz lite avz on the download section
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
an explanation can be found here
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
CAOS v313 is out, changelog and download here
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] luka_bubi:
Does anyone else has a problem with v313 and NFC tile on quick settings. It does not turn on NFC and if I turn NFC using settings it is still marked as the NFC is off. The NFC works, tested with credit cards and NFC tags.
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
CAOS v313+ is out,

Changelog

Download
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
v314 is out https://github.com/eremitein/treble-patches/wiki/CAOS11-Project#changes
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] stunteur:
a bit confusing but got it thanks
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
- download 'arm64' only, not "-lite" variant

- running EMUI 8 download a = a-only variant

- running EMUI 9.1 download b = a/b variant

- "Z" means that the ROM is pre-rooted with SuperUser and there's is an option turn on/off root in phone settings

- the others should be clear
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] stunteur:
Got it thanks king
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] stunteur:
will it work by any chance work on P20 Lite ANE-LX1
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] stunteur:
yes its up there sorry
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] whitetigerdk:
This whole thread is about the P20 Line (ANE-LX1)..
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] whitetigerdk:
Just came upon one little bug? today.. was connecting a speaker to mini-jack.. no sound.. sound still came from phone speaker.. anyone else having same issue?
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
audio jack works for me , wireless also works...
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] whitetigerdk:
Thank you. Wireless works fine here too.. will try experimenting a little with more speakers..
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
Try to change settings in Phh Treble > Misc features > Audio
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
Hello guys I am preparing my phone to installé this rom, can you just tell me if there is nfc ? Or if I have to install a patch before first boot ?
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
It is not necessary, look here

NFC
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
The link you sent is on another rom forum page, is that normal ?
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
You can choose to not do what i suggest, it's your choice.
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
Mmmm OK but I don't understand. If I dont flash the file, I won't have NFC ?
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] luka_bubi:
When @-Alf- suggest you read something that it is worth reading something, as it contains the answer to your question.

To answer: after flashing CAOS you will not have NFC. At least I do not have it. I did not try the patch @-Alf- suggested. Maybe today if I find the time.

Otherwise CAOS is really great, I am using it as daily phone. It is very stable and Android 11 is way better than EMUI 9.1. I only miss better camera than the one included. If somebody can suggest how to unlock the full potential of the camera hardware, I would be grateful.
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
Hello whats that for? i don t see where we use it
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
Ok thank you but english is not my motherr tang so if it is not clearly explaimed it is difficult to understand correctly

sorry for disturbing
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
My English is not better than yours :) .
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
No chance on Kirin, try "Footej Camera 2" , IMO the best solution.
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] luka_bubi:
As can be seen English is not my first language either. As is probably true for most of us. Therefor sometimes we all sound harsh, rude or impolite, when we do not mean that but just try to communicate. And sometimes it is just too early in the morning for me ... ;)

Back on topic - if I understand correctly you can apply the NFC patch at any time, but have to do it using TWRP and after that you have to do a complete factory reset?

(I hate my banking application, as it is really pain in the ass to reinstall it)
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] luka_bubi:
:rolleyes::rolleyes:o_Oo_O:(:(

Thank you, after a quick test it is great. Way better than the CAOS stock one.
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
Please where is the root toggle?
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
I don't find...
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] whitetigerdk:
Settings -> Phh Treble -> Other: SuperUser toggle 😉
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
Thank you for your answer

last question, As I accidentally destroyed the stock erecovery by flashing twrp on it, if I want to go back stock one day what Can I do?
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
Simply flash eRecovery_ramdisk in TWRP.

You can also revert back to stock firmware using dload method (IMO the best solution).
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
Hmmmm what do I flash in erecovery? Dload can't work as their is no more native stock e recovery am I wrong?
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
Are you trolling me?
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
Lol no I just don't understand.... when I used dload method it was emui native

I really need help. As I didn't correctly install that Rom nothing is working. So I decided to go back stock firmware and restart from the beginning but I don't arrived.... there is no erecovery just twrp.... I tried by fastboot and hisuite but it says not supported device
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
Hmmmm, I'm not sure I fully understand your questions...

If you want revert back to Stock firmware (= EMUI 9.1) , I wrote options in my previous post - use dload method , or reboot into eRecovery and update device using option "Download latest version and recovery" (you need Wi-fi connection) . If you have installed TWRP over eRecovery, Download eRecovery_ramdisk and flash it in TWRP, select Install image and mark eRecovery.

If you have installed TWRP over Recovery, download Recovery

and flash it in TWRP (mark Recovery). Then you can use dload method.
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
THANK YOU SO MUCH is there a way I can donate to you?
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
ROM update released yesterday.

Changelog:

February SPL

• v300m phh patches

• added camera fix for some vndk28-lite devices (now camera works on Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite)

• real fix for HAL3 vendor prop (cam2api option in Phh Settings)

• ContactsProvider from LOS

• added screenshot quick delete button

• extendent mobile network menu

• added options in TrebleApp for autobrightness overlay and disabling logs

• added torch power button gesture

• QS tile for reboot/recovery

• selinux adb rule for some MTK devices

• removed some experimental patches

• reworked system images size

• fix for some banking apps
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] whitetigerdk:
Hi Alf.. Thanks for letting us know.. :) Btw.. Love the profile picture.. was a great TV show back then..
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
My lovely... :)
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] whitetigerdk:
Sorry for late answer .. You can use this after unlock to change the code to " TishSerg4pda " so if you flash stock rom and phone gets locked again - you can unlock again using the code:

'fastboot oem unlock TishSerg4pda' to unlock again

edit: was told that it should be possible to change the code to what ever you want - unfortunately I'm not familiar with how to do so..

I got my phone unlocked with slock method on Telegram - no code provided - so I used this for being able to unlock later.
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
Okay thank you a lot!

For the update procedure, I suppose that we must flash system and wipe cache? I am wrong?
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
Yes, but this update will bring nothing , except torch power button :). (QS tile for reboot/recovery not work).
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] whitetigerdk:
Any suggestion to app to do full backup? Tried in TWRP but it failed in creating backup.. med to do a full nandroid backup - for safe-keeping
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
Okay thanks a lot again. Ill wait for a bigger update.
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
maybe Titanium backup, but there are nuances already on android 10, and this ROM is based on android 11...

and magisk root is recommended :( .
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
For apps I used

I used titanium backup , it works but sometimes it crashes with nonparricular reason or sometimes it freezes . it is almost longer than reinstalling by play store lol but could be interesting to restore data
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
I am facing an issue with the ROM, when I finish a call, the volume control doesn't switch back to ringtone immediately, like if I was still in call for some minutes. It annoying because the notification sound doesn't ring... It seems that it happens mostly when I am phonig with earplugs
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
OK the volume issue happens if I plug my earphones while I am on call..... When the call is finished the volume sound does like if the call was not finished any help?

I m not sure but I think we must unset force headsets switch in treble settings, lol I am answering to myself but I hope it can help if you realized this issue
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] CrystalCase:
I were out of the game in using roms so I dont know if this is common knowledge: Is the device rooted, if I use that rom? Bc I have some apps not working on rooted devices and is there a workaround for this?
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
Sorry to sound rude here, but maybe if you try to read whole thread you would find the answer ...
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Incomtus:
Seems to be a new update today!
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
Changelog:

updated phh treble base

• reverted back apps network restriction option

• fixed media sound policy for A-only (thx HamiDo)

• enabled PiP mode on lowram devices

• updated TrebleApp

• added Go Gapps builds

• and in Gappsed builds added Gboard
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] apexashwin:
Hi

Hi what is the purpose of set-bl-key_TishSerg4pda file you've uploaded? And can i download and use the latest version of caos from sourceforge instead of the one you've uploaded? Does volte work for you? Is the option present?
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
- has nothing to do with ROM flashing

Yes, you can.

it doesn't work, at least for me. I tried some tutorials but no luck.
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] apexashwin:
Hello thanks for your quick reply,

Thank you for your quick reply, i have a problem. When i try to flash the twrp included in the guide it throws a error saying "partition length get error" and is there any other android rom based on 9/10/11 that supports volte? It's really important to me since my carrier supports calls only through volte
[Huawei P20 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] -Alf-:
TWRP is incompatible with your EMUI version, IMO. Try this one

Or, use this guide , without TWRP .

Hard to say, I saw Volte on Havoc 2.4, if I'm not mistaken, and Lineage 15, but both ROM require Oreo.