yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fire General] stickfiretv2020:
Modding the Redmi Note 8 Pro — An Adventure

Back in November 2019, Xiaomi sent some of us the Redmi Note 8 Pro through XDA, to play with and mod. The Redmi Note 8 Pro is powered by…

medium.com

"The difference between the two is, in SLA, BootROM performs the checks and in DAA, Download Agent (DA) performs the check. Download Agent is loaded by SP Flash Tool. On devices that implement SLA, you cannot load a DA file without completing the SLA challenge. On devices that implement DAA, the challenge is done by DA and a modified DA file is enough to bypass security (That is, assuming you manage to reverse things or have the BSP)."

I think the above (one of the few places I've seen talking about DAA online) is again not quiet entirely right - Description above indicates DAA is Just normal Secure DA necessity, i.e. less secure than SLA.

SLA is the usage of a Secure DA itself, whilst DAA is preloader and lk.bin signature verification.

Secure DA could contain, in this case Xiaomi Authroisation Request, therefore in this case only SLA needed disabling.

What is interesting is the mention of BSP. fbtool is part of this isn't it?

Given how complicated this is and the number of slight mistakes in terminology use I see everywhere online, I think fbtool really might work on this device and many others for a "fastboot cable" with enough tinkering.

Also notice how the tool is named both datool and fbtool in the same package, google also returns very little about both of these, and DAA now contains only links to mtk-bypass. Suspicious!
[Fire General] stickfiretv2020:
https://csrc.nist.gov/CSRC/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/security-policies/140sp3264.pdf

The above links to the cryptocore usage for X30 chip MT6799W, which sounds like a more complex design than the MT8163V.

"Chaining of secondary public keys, signed by the root-of-trust public key, to permit parts of the system image to be signed by other trusted developers"

Don't we just need a copy of the root-of-trust public key for signing the bootloader image?

"The module remains assigned to the User Role permanently, unless the operator moves the module into one of the special Life Cycle States intended for fualt discovery (Secure Debug and RMA)"

"a) Run a special boot loader that can be flashed to the device

Flash a special boot loader to the device and power up

The boot loader enables RMA state

Set all 1’s for all the platform keys that are stored in OTP

b) Use a PC tool to send command to the device

Send a zeroization command from PC tool to the device

Device firmware interpreters the command and enables RMA state

Set all 1’s for all the platform keys that are stored in OTP"

Wonder how to shift the Life Cycle State? Wonder what PC tool is being referred to there?

I doubt the MT8163 is as secure, can anyone confirm?

Also notice they call it One-Time-Programmable but you seem to be able to set all 1s after the One Time Programming operation! (isn't zeroing setting it to 0 not 1...)

Bit off topic, but too appropriate:
[Fire General] stickfiretv2020:
So close!
[Fire General] douginoz:
Is there a way to identify these devices? I was given a new Fire 7 Gen 9 and updated it to the stock rom 6.3.2.1 I think. Then used the h/w trick of shorting a tiny pin, which worked. It's now running a non-stock rom with TWRP 3.3.1-0. I don't know how to tell if I have an older device or just lucky with the new device.
[Fire General] bvanderford:
Any progress on this option? I have a Fire 7 2019 that appears to be a post-Feb 2020 hardware that I'd like to have running LineageOS. It currently has stock 7.3.2.2. I'm comfortable with arduino/microcontrollers and soldering, so I'd happily volunteer to help with testing.
[Fire General] pf100:
It's unfortunate that the Fire 7 9th gen can't be downgraded. I've done everything I can to slim down the bloat with this tablet, such as fire toolbox, but it's just not enough to make this tablet usable in real life. It is excruciatingly slow trying to do anything with it. The grossly insufficient 1gb ram is full after boot with bloated apps and services before you even try to do anything and it only gets worse from there. The best thing you can do with this tablet is to make it into a digital picture frame or something that requires no intervention. Nowadays, I only use mine to run a ping app to continuously ping google.com during an internet outage to see when my connection is restored while I'm using the hotspot on my phone waiting for my home connection to work again. This tablet is effectively dead for the unfortunate people who own one except for the most desperate of people who can afford to wait a full minute or two or three for a website to load or just an app to open, or to just get it to respond to any user intervention. It's too painful to try to use in any way at all. It's like trying to run Vista on an old grossly underpowered XP office pc. We all know how that went. So, I think I speak for everyone when I say that this tablet is effectively dead until a method is discovered to root it. R.I.P. Fire 7 9th gen. "He's dead, Jim."
[Fire General] fleisch80:
basically to the average owner of these fire tablet 7 gen 9 mustangs,

the only way for the public to tell is knowing if the unit was shipped and sold during the beginning of 2019.

if it was made ,shipped and sold from late 2019 -and after it is completely hardware locked down with no chance for anything to work .

if it was made and shipped THE BEGINNING HALF of 2019 , and the first release batches of the unit sold, then it was still made hardware unlocked .

anything specific to the serial id number, no i dont know the specifics of the serials themselves.
[Fire General] ForForkSake:
are we sure they can't be shorted ?
[Fire General] fleisch80:
I can confirm that said 2020 mustang models can not be hardware unlocked ,

Which is what your referring to .

When attempting on the late 2019 and later models , fastboot will actually give you a message also , says something like no access , hardware locked.

Along with the usual shorting and flashing methods ,

They won't work and unless someone on the programming side of things or higher

provides a different method to remove the hardware lock ,

your stuck .

Provided your mustang is late 2019 and on , and not the unlockable

1st production run , early 2019 model .

There's differences , but many don't want to hear it .

if your mustang model was made late 2019 and after , sorry , they were made hardware locked and you can't mod or unlock them., or anything else.

Sucks , I know , I have 2 that I can't mod .

The only mustang that can be unlocked is first production runs made very early

2019.

You have great stuff , but the problem still exists , if a bootloader is hardware locked and

you can't get in to run unauthorized code for unlock and flashing ,

What can be done on a practical consumer level to make something possible.

I'm in no way knocking you ,

sounds like you got what it takes to make something work ,

I just ask these questions like many ,

also because I'm not a dev programming level and so I ask same questions as

most consumers would.

your work sounds great. I also hope someone can crack newer mustangs .

I hate this locked stuff .

I noticed something .

For mustang , to stop it from running even slower , turn off the Bluetooth on it .

I don't know why but it does speed it up and stops lagging .

Doing that along with fire toolkit

Well , makes a difference for sure .

Also , I go in with fire toolkit and disable any Amazon service I can ,

within reason . if it sounds needed , don't disable it .

I then disable freevee , and all the other Amazon stuff .

Its possible to make it run 85 percent ok.

but any little thing will and could weight it down .

Hey , I bet that if we can scrutinize the services files within fire toolkit

and figure a manipulation tactic , it would allow us to manipulate key files.

there has to be certain key services files that could be bypassed within fire toolkit .
[Fire General] fleisch80:
how is everyone doing today
[Fire General] ForForkSake:
dude.. chill

if you need help with this device, i'm on telegram
[Fire General] fleisch80:
thank you .

my fault . I appreciate your concern. I thought you were flairing me.

my mistake.

hope everything is ok with you as well.
[Fire General] ForForkSake:
I was offering to help you as it sounded like a cry for help - I've been in that situation too - death of a parent - only my mum died in a house fire.

Goodluck to you anyway
[Fire General] fleisch80:
thank you .

my fault . I appreciate your concern. I thought you were flairing me.

my mistake.

hope everything is ok with you as well.

thank you for your kind thoughts friend.
[Fire General] fleisch80:
im sorry about your mom . im here also if you ever need to talk.

i didnt mean any disrespect.

hope your ok.

chris.
[Fire General] ForForkSake:
ta bro - all good man

this mustang device would be unusable if I couldn't hardware root. sucks that you have a later locked down version..

as soon as mustang got fire os 7, the device pretty much became a paper weight
[Fire General] fleisch80:
yea. they didnt waste time locking them either, i remember the one i bought was technically on the shelf

not too long after the first releases , but i guess it was still the next production run because out of the box

it was a no go .

thats good you were able to get the first made ones.

that must hold the value much more also for that.
[Fire General] VelcoreNarthas:
So, I am wondering, has there been any development on this? I have a feeling there hasn't, but I am getting pretty desperate at this point, as there seems to be no way of getting my mustang tablet rooted. If anyone at this point can actually do this now, then please let me know. I'm about ready to throw in the towel at this point with this thing.
[Fire General] fleisch80:
its just not right what amazon does with its devices,

now i cant even use the fire tool to clear and disable the amazon apps,

after 1 day their system force updates and turns everything back on.

talk about not a free country .
[Fire General] VelcoreNarthas:
I know, it really sucks. I've tried using the tool but usually the Amazon bloat gets reenabled one way or another. I've done somethig like this with a 2015 model (Ford) with relatively no issue, but now its become a lot harder. Fire tools does make them slightly more usable though, even if temporary.
[Fire General] fleisch80:
they probably have source code in the firmware updates now to also lock down the fire 7 ver .5 and ver. 7

i cant be sure because my version 5 and version 7 are unlocked and flashed ,

but anyone out there running stock 7inch version 5 and 7,

i wouldnt doubt they could lock them down now using their firmware updates.
[Fire General] klamation:
Sadly, I don't think there will be any progress on it. There's already guides for earlier mustang models, but Amazon's done quite a lot of work to lock down their devices, so if yours wasn't rootable, then it won't be.

However, just to throw this out there, yesterday I came across information on Fire Toolbox, a Windows application that won't root, but can run a lot of adb commands on Amazon devices to debloat/remove built-in apps, add the Play Store and custom launchers, and more. I did it on my 2022 Fire7 and it worked just fine. https://xdaforums.com/t/windows-linux-tool-fire-toolbox-v33-1.3889604/
[Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1  Questions & Answers] Astar007:
Facing song mute issue while i lock my phone screen, song plays but no sound in speaker.. but it only happens when i listen music in loudspeaker. In wireless and wired headphone it works fine.but when i screen record of this isshe and played it , it seems it's working fine...in the video sound comes in lock screen too. But only in screen recording with internal sound. In real i can't hear any music in lock screen.I did hard reset my phone. I use custom rom and facing this issue in every rom. I flash stock rom also but i faced this issue there too. My device is Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1.
[General Questions and Answers] czuczer:
Hi all.

I've read that going to the digital wellbeing settings I should see a schedule option to turn on and off the work profile. But I don't have it. Any ideas why? Or how to get this done?
[Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro (Redmi K30 Pro) Guides, News, &] BlackSoulxxx:
Xiaomi still do not provide official MIUI 12 Android R kernel source code for LMI. But since Xiaomi are using unified kernel base for their devices, I discovered in in their alioth source code (Poco F3/Redmi K40), there are lmi source codes and you can use them as in place of official source code. I've tested it and confirm it works. Enjoy!

https://github.com/MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource/tree/alioth-r-oss

Mi10/Mi10 Pro/Mi10 Ultra/Poco F2 Pro/Redmi K30 Pro (Zoom)/Mi10S/Poco F3/Redmi K40/Mi11i share the same kernel code base, as they use the same Snapdragon 865/870 SoC.

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[Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro (Redmi K30 Pro) Guides, News, &] Lughsen:
Good news for our device.

Thanks for the info.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] czuczer:
Hi all.

I've read that going to the digital wellbeing settings I should see a schedule option to turn on and off the work profile. But I don't have it. Any ideas why? Or how to get this done?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] surre:
hi...

After i tried to update my T-Mobile Vario to high version of WM5, my device worked with out Radio ROM( GSM ROM), not connected by USB with active syn. , when i entered to color screen my computer make beep means conected but when i wana upgrade SPL & WM6 or downgrade to WM5 connection failed..

thnx
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] zabardast_1:
Which is your device,G3 or G4 ? First post the vital data of the phone,like IPL/SPL ? which rom were you exactly trying to flash and how you were trying to flash ? only then its possible to help you out.
[Moto E5 Questions & Answers] Justing Amaya:
Hola, buenas tardes.

Necesito alguien que me ayude, Mi Moto e5 está prendido pero tiene la pantalla negra, he probado con varios tutoriales de Youtube pero nada. Aunque lo conecto para cargar la pantalla no se enciende y lleva más de un día en ese estado.

Necesito una ayuda urgente.

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(Translation in English)

Hello, good afternoon.

I need someone to help me, my Moto e5 is on but has a black screen, I have tried several Youtube tutorials but nothing. Although I connect it to load the screen it does not turn on and it has been in that state for more than a day.

I need help, urgently.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Freesoul007:
CherishOS is an AOSP based rom focusing on Unique and Smooth UI with handy features. CherishOS is a reborn of pie based Dot-ExtendedOS.

* Your warranty is now void.

* We are not responsible for anything that may happen to your phone by installing any custom ROMs and/or kernels.

* You do it at your own risk and take the responsibility upon yourself and you are not to blame us or XDA and its respected developers.

CLEAN FLASH :

-Reboot to recovery

-Take Backup (Not Necessary)

-Flash your firmware(If required)

-Reboot To Recovery

-Flash the ROM

-Flash Gapps

-Flash magisk (optional)

-Format Data

-Reboot

Download Gapps ROM

Download Vanilla ROM

-Lineage OS

-AOSP

-MSM Xtended

-Pixel Experience

-Extended UI

-CrDroid ROM

-DotOS

-OctaviOS

-Others, I forgot to mention

Based on Android 11.0

Whats working?

Wifi

RIL

Mobile data

GPS

Camera

Flashlight

Camcorder

Bluetooth

FMRadio

Fingerprint reader

Face unlock

NFC

Lights

Sound / vibration

Known issues

Nothing yet

You tell me

CherishOS Source

Kernel Source

Telegram Group

REPORTING BUGS!

As soon as the problem occurs, take a logcat!

for more READ THIS[/CENTER]

CherishOS for Xiaomi Mi 9

Device: Cepheus

Maintainer: Mehdi Aka freesoul007

Build Type: Official

ROM Kernel: Linux 4.14

ROM Firmware Required: Not required. Included in build

Based On: AOSP

Android OS version: 11

Security patch level: Jully 2021

Build author:

ROM Developer: Freesoul007

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: 2.7.5

SELinux Status: Enforcing

Release Date: 2021-07-17/QUOTE]
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] santysk8r:
great, thanks to the developer ....

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[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] qosmicqoala:
thx dev. your other rom pixelplusui pls update 2021-05-22 not 2021-06-17 thx.

so good rom dev. ı clean install.

again thx.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Freesoul007:
Ok thx
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] tran33:
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No Fod for mi 9.

how to fix? Dev
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] tran33:
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Apn bug
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] santysk8r:
It doesn't have the smartpixels option :(
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] 雪獒2021:
一种Hello, I flashed it in today and found that the mobile network is not available, but it can be used wifi Network, is it that I haven't set it up? Can you teach me please? I am from China. Does this issue have anything to do with the network in my area? Has anyone else encountered the same problem? Is it okay to ask the developer to reply as soon as possible? Thank you!
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] RealNBB:
Have you checked the APN settings? Is it empty?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Freesoul007:
did you came from MIUI?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] tran33:
Yes. With fomat data
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] 雪獒2021:
一些Hi hello, I checked Yours,It is empty, what should I do? thank you for your help!
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] RealNBB:
You have to add the APN settings manually according your provider.

Like here for example...but as i said...settings for YOUR provider:

China Unicom APN Settings for Android and iPhone 2023 - 3G 4G 5G LTE Internet Setting

Learn China Unicom APN Settings for Android and iPhone 2023. This Internet Settings for China Unicom is suitable for 3G, 4G and 5G.

www.internetsettings.org
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] 雪獒2021:
一起去Sir, thank you very much for your patience, I will try it now, I hope I can succeed! 😄
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] 雪獒2021:
生Sir, thank you for your advice, I have swiped in and it is running well, I have a gratitude, can you make the "settings" multilingual, such as "Chinese". I am from China, do not understand English, the characters in the settings I don’t understand, many functions are not available, I hope you will turn English into Chinese when you update!
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] 雪獒2021:
先生，谢谢您的指教，我刷了进去，运行良好，不擅长，不能把“设置”多语言，比如“中文”。我是中国人，不懂英文，里的字我不懂，很多功能都用不了，希望你更新的时候把英文变成中文！
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] PhasrX:
Hey, your rom looks nice!

does it support signature spoofing?

cheers
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Paco10:
I am only obliged to say that it is a fantastic job and congratulate the more than remarkable effort in this incredible ROM .. thank you very much. there is a lot of talent here
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] roberogi:
the sim cannot be activated, in the 2.8 build the keyboard does not appear to put the pin, any solution?, the 2.7.5 is my favorite rom
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Santaklaus2020:
Where is the fingerprint unlock option located?

I searched for it in the settings, but I can't find it ...
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] roberogi:
The keyboard appears to activate the sim?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] roberogi:
no in vanilla, no in gapped rom
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] bioexcel:
Best of all ROMs
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] jankes13:
After the clean installation, unfortunately I am not able to set the fingerprint reader. How to add this option?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] RealNBB:
Wow...a beta cherish os 3.0 is available. That means android 12 for cepheus! Nice! :)
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] 雪獒2021:
你的更新规律是什么？
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] 雪獒2021:
What is the update cycle of Android 12?
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] M0CHIL@:
It happened to me (came from MIUI). I just flash the latest Crdroid rom and after first boot installed CherishOs (clean install). This fix this issue. Maybe the firmware was the problem, but I don't know.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] MoonbowJelly:
After using it for a week it started restarting randomly, sometimes even ending up in a bootloop.

Also I seem to have problems with not being able to change ringtone/alarm/notification sounds. Also ringtone just doesn't work, phone is silent even on highest volume.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Grifello:
I installed 3.1 version on my MI9 last Friday. Till now no problem about random reboot or notification sound or ringtones. Everything seems working ok. Some missing customizations compared to 2.x versions but i'm sure in the future versions they will come! Than i use it as my daily driver. Thanks to the developers!
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] MoonbowJelly:
I did try it out for a bit and it did work, but I'm not a fan of some A12 changes and unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any support for ANXCam on A12 yet
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Grifello:
After dirty flashed Cherish-OS-v3.1-20211110-1417 over Cherish-OS-v3.1-20211103-1049 my phone became unusable. Random reboot every 2 minutes. I had to wipe everything and install a new A12 rom. I hope next versions are going to be more stable than the latest one because i liked so much this rom and its customizations that are more than the other A12 rom
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Grifello:
Maybe the problem is caused by Nova Launcher. After uninstalled it no more random reboots till now
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] gmarondel:
Still having problems with the WiFi-Connection on the latest Cherish-OS-v3.1-20211110. From the beginning of the installation it is hard to connect to my router and stay connected, it means there are on and offs permanently.

I am from Germany and have a 5ghz wifi.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Dev] Grifello:
No issues for me with wifi neither 2.4 ghz nor 5ghz .

Try to change your wifi channel in router settings
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] CZ Eddie:
I've been running Resurrection Remix Android 10 since December.

I think that's the longest I've ever gone on a single ROM flash!

It has Slim Recents but I'm ready for something new.

Does anyone know if any of the new Android 11 ROM's have Slim Recents?

That is my one huge thing, because I absolutely cannot stand stock Android recents.

Omni Recents is "okay" but I love Slim Recents.

Thanks!

rr link:

Resurrection Remix Ten - Browse /crosshatch at SourceForge.net

Free OS for smartphones & tablets based on Android

sourceforge.net
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] Tulsadiver:
What are you referring to (slim recents)? An icon?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] CZ Eddie:
Recents

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[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] Mainscreenturnon:
I agree, Slim Recents is the best. I've avoided roms without it.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] mathew2214:
wish RR would just upstream to AOSP 11
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] STraver:
I am buying a Pixel 4XL on Swappa advertised to be a genuine Google edition which I want so I can unlock the bootloader. Is there a way via IMEI or serial number to verify it's not a Verizon or non-Google edition? Thank you!