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[General Questions and Answers] himseslf:
I've got a very cool tiny fairly-smart phone that I've used for traveling, running on OS 4.0.4 . Heavily use whatsapp to contact friends, family, locals on it, but I just found out that around November (2021), WA is going to up their minimum to OS 4.1, so I'll lose it unless I toss this phone and swap the account to a newer phone.

-Does anyone have any clue as to any upgrade OS available for this venerable device?? -There's no OS ugrade available from the manufacturer (THL), unfortunately.

Seems like a massive waste to throw away the phone, in that it does the job, the camera is actually acceptable, Waze and its GPS makes for a good road trip worldwide (of course, covid for now is shutting that down), mini-opera fits OK as a browser, have watched youtube in small airports,-and it's also incredibly sturdy...

Not even sure if I'm one of the remaining few to have one running (got a "new" clone battery from aliexpress, but, heck, it's a clone phone that sings when you turn it on [THL==Technology Happy Life], so that worked out fine ;-).

Just in case, I'm copying the full Droid Info details below here (check out those 2013 specs!! ;-).

Hope someone can help out on this! -No need to get to a very new OS - it doesn't have much space, -even 4.1 is good enough...

-Hmmm, as a thought, -any way to hack it's play service interface to fool apps (let's say WA) to think it's 4.1 ??

Thanks for your help and time!!

DEVICE

Model: CJ ThL (bird77_a_cu_ics2)

Manufacturer: ThL

Baseband Version: MAUI.11AMD.W12.22.SP.V7, 2012/08/20 16:40

RIL Version: mtk gemini ril 1.0

Build Number: CJ-ThL.121008.6577.COM.EN

Build Fingerprint: ThL/bird77_a_cu_ics2/bird77_a_cu_ics2:4.0.4/IMM76D/1349688250:user/test-keys

Bootloader: unknown

Java VM: Dalvik 1.6.0

OS Version: Ice Cream Sandwich MR1 (4.0.4)

SDK: 15

DISPLAY

Resolution: HD, 720x1280 pixels

Software Density: 320 dpi (xhdpi)

Refresh Rate: 48.44 Hz

PROCESSOR

CPU Architecture: ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l)

Board: bird77_a_cu_ics2

Chipset: MT6577

Cores: 2

Clock Speed: 250 MHz - 1001 MHz

Instruction Sets: armeabi-v7a, armeabi

CPU Features: swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp thumbee neon vfpv3

CPU Governor: hybrid

Kernel Version: 3.0.13

Kernel Architecture: armv7l

GRAPHICS

Renderer: PowerVR SGX 531

Vendor: Imagination Technologies

OpenGL Version: OpenGL ES 2.0

RAM

Total: 970 MB

Java Heap: 64 MB

STORAGE

Internal: 2 GB

External: 14.7 GB

PRIMARY CAMERA

Resolution: 8 MP

Flash: Yes

Video Resolution: null

Supported Resolutions:

Image:

640x480

1280x960

1600x1200

2048x1536

2560x1920

3264x2448

Video:

SECONDARY CAMERA

Resolution: 3.1 MP

Video Resolution: null

Supported Resolutions:

Image:

320x240

640x480

1024x768

1280x960

1600x1200

2048x1536

Video:

FEATURES

Bluetooth: Yes

Bluetooth LE: Unknown

GPS: Yes

NFC: No

USB Accessory: Yes

WiFi: Yes

WiFi Direct: Yes

BATTERY

Technology: Li-ion

Health: Good

SENSORS

AMI304 Orientation sensor

ADXL345 3-axis Accelerometer

CM3623 Proximity Sensor

CM3623 Light Sensor

Created by Droid Info
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
Why not ask OEM whether an upgrade is available or not?
[General Questions and Answers] himseslf:
Sorry, -my fault for being vague:

There is no upgrade from the manufacturer (OEM) available... -I'll try to edit my post up there w that info
[Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atomicLab:
I seem to be having issue with copying text. Before, I just hold and drag the pen or finger on text to copy, now that doesn't work. Any solutions? Thanks.
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] yot2703:
This is Mi 9T Pro but i ain't sure which version is that.

So basically i have an issue that the phone won't boot after my dad updated the device.

I tried to flash the ROM but apparently i flashed the wrong rom and by accident i even locked the bootloader.

The phone's state is Locked

I can't boot to ROM

I try to unlock it with Mi Unlock Tool but it ask to add account to MIUI Settings and ofc it's unaccassable.

I try to unlock it from fastboot and no success.

If anyone can help me with a solution, I'll be very grateful.
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] zgfg:
Unfortunately, you have to look (and pay for his help) for somebody with EDL account
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] weakNPCdotCom:
This Guide is intended for OP7 Pro Devices that are already running Android 11 after the May 2021 TMO OTA.

DO NOT flash the provided boot image if your device has not been updated to android 11.

REQUIREMENTS

Before proceeding, you must make sure your GM1915 bootloader has been unlocked, and you have the required tools installed on your PC.

For additional information, please see section 1 of the TMO OP7 Pro Unlock/TWRP Thread

Please Note: TWRP is not compatible with Android 11 on the GM1915 at this time. Do not attempt to install it.​

Thanks to @justencase6 for providing a copy of the 11.0.1.2 OTA package.

INSTRUCTIONS

MAKE SURE you flash the correct boot image. Only flash the boot image of the OOS version you are running or you will have boot issues.

Install the latest Magisk Manager on your device if it is not already installed.

Download the patched boot image that matches your current OOS version from below.

Copy the downloaded image to your fastboot directory.

To make things a little easier, you can rename this file to "boot.img"

Reboot your device to the bootloader using the advanced reboot menu or

adb reboot bootloader

Confirm your device is detected by fastboot :

fastboot devices

Flash the patched boot image to the boot partition :

fastboot flash boot_a magisk-patched-OOS-11.0-boot.img
fastboot flash boot_b magisk-patched-OOS-11.0-boot.img

Reboot device :

fastboot reboot

Your device should now be rooted. Run Magisk Manager and confirm the installation status. You should see the following under "Magisk"

Installed: 23.0 (23000) A/B: Yes
Ramdisk: Yes SAR: Yes

DOWNLOADS

11.0.1.2

magisk-patched-OOS-11.0.1.2-boot.img

MD5: bad8c767748e49e818d8b5ab698ed6f8

11.0.1.3

magisk_patched-boot-11.0.1.3.img

MD5: 26864b63727bba2c64ac929838d11f08

11.0.1.4

magisk-patched-boot-11.0.1.4.img

MD5: 0e6767c739b9cbf9e99562d01472d9c0

11.0.1.5

Due to problems updating and 11.0.1.5 being an incremental update, this image is not available

11.0.1.6

magisk_patched_boot_11.0.1.6.img

MD5: 765319532315e6a7a442b7bdaf2dfa57

stock_boot_11.0.1.6.img

MD5: eed8d7a8e338400f5b57fea41aae5a73

11.0.1.7

Incremetal Update - No Boot Image Available

11.0.1.8

magisk_patched_boot_11.0.1.8.img

MD5: bb820d2cde0f6dae11fc32d233aecf60

stock_boot_11.0.1.8.img

MD5: ffddf17538204f85ee98e1f805a4e103

I will continue to release these for future OTA's. I don't monitor TMO release dates, I just wait for the OTA notification on my phone so it may take longer for me to find out there is an update.

Feel free to PM me when a new update is pushed out.​
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] stuntora:
Thanks for this very helpful thread. can you please provide me with both stock boot.img and patched boot image for European GM1913 running OS 11.0.1.1 GM21BA ? I have the stock image but won't boot if patched with latest magisk I've been trying for days (Also Tried Canary)
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] weakNPCdotCom:
Im sorry but I only work with T-Mobile devices. I don't have any other firmware on hand and I do not have any way of testing things for other devices. How are you patching the boot image?
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] stuntora:
extracted the boot.img from payload.bin with python.

patched the extracted img with the latest magisk 23.0

flash the patched img with fastboot to both slots a and b

fastboot reboot aaaaaaaaand voila a nice bootloop

***********

solution

adb reboot bootloader

reflash stock img to slots a and b

fastboot reboot aaaaaaaaand voila a nice phone with no root hahaha
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] weakNPCdotCom:
does the device boot normally if you flash the unmodified boot image that you extracted?

are you using Magisk Manager to patch the boot image?
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] stuntora:
yes, absolutely, the phone boots normally if reflashed with the unmodified boot image. and also yes I use Magisk Manager to select and patch the aforementioned image that can be found in the download folder.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] weakNPCdotCom:
after a little searching, I have found some other people reporting bootloops with magisk that are caused by incompatible modules being installed.

if you had modules installed previously, you can remove them using adb shell.

adb wait-for-device shell magisk --remove-modules

It's not clear if you need to have magisk on the device first or not, but I would try this method to remove any installed modules, flash the patched boot image again, and see if that helps.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Ju5t3nC4s3:
I have had twrp working with 11 from day one they released it for TMO. And I also found that if you have a boot loop you probably need to format,do to keys. Plus a nice lil trick is to disable DM Variety. Also have had root on 11 TMO but haven't been testing in 11 all my testing needs requir lowest firmware posable for exploits.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] weakNPCdotCom:
Can you provide a link or some context to help the rest of us get twrp working?
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] weakNPCdotCom:
yeah, i dont believe you lol. TWRP for OOS 11 was only released for guacamole last week, and it still doesnt work for the GM1915
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Ju5t3nC4s3:
So how do u think I pulled the OTA 11 tmobile version, been away for a bit. I'll find the copy I have been using.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Ju5t3nC4s3:
A way to get twrp and not loose it, wile in twrp android 10 going to 11.flash the 11 package right after flash the latest twrp check if in A or B then reboot recovery do the same to the other slot.the stock packs have there own recovery this will help maintain twrp.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Ju5t3nC4s3:
If this is not enough prof then message me
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] weakNPCdotCom:
11.0.1.3 boot image has been added to OP
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] weakNPCdotCom:
oh, you are decrypted. I would rather not have to do that. also, you are running GM21AA but TMO is GM31CB.

In Nebrassy's repo we are one of a few that aren't supported

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[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Ju5t3nC4s3:
This is a gm1915, it still has the sim lock on it. I just been able to change from 18831 to 18821. Use *#391# to switch to India.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Ju5t3nC4s3:
Also I know how to generate the qr code to decrypt in the *#*#5646#*#* just need imei to generate the code
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MarkyXhe:
who can explain me step by step please i did not understand correctly i downloaded the file 11.0.1.3 and i dont know what to do next
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MarkyXhe:
Which fastboot directory are you talking about?
[OnePlus 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Morgane3D:
Thank you for this guide.

Can you make an OTA Update patched for Tmobile ? GM1915 :)
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] Remnimaat:
Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone might be able to provide some assistance to help me solve my problem here. Basically I was attempting to flash havoc os to my oneplus 7 pro and I think I wiped both the a/b partitions by accident as now it’s stuck in boot loop.

basically it will constantly boot loop where it goes to the unlocked boot loader warning and then reboots. If I attempt to boot to recovery, it will flash with the twrp screen for 1-2 seconds and then reboot. Will boot to fast boot mode but cannot enable usb debugging.. any help would be greatly appreciated, and If anyone needs me to clarify anything I will do my best but its been a week or two since it happened and I can’t seem to find a working solution anywhere. Thank you.
[OnePlus 7 Pro Questions & Answers] bmg002:
I know this is an older post, but as a thought, when you go to the fastboot menu, if you wait, does it reboot there too?

If so, I think this may be your power button acting up. I had that problem with my phone. I could boot to fastboot or recovery, but couldn't stay in them long enough to do anything. First time it happened, I took the phone apart and disconnected the power button and I was able to get it to boot up successfully. Next time it happened, I just hit the power button multiple times until it started booting up properly.

If this is not the case for you, I would try to fastboot boot the latest version of TWRP rather than from the recovery process (holding down buttons and hoping it boots). I've read that on some devices (with older versions of TWRP), it was recommended to fastboot TWRP rather than flash for better compatibility.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] ross.taylor:
Firstly - hello all! What a great forum, I've gone from knowing nothing about Windows Mobile to having a fully customised Raphael in about 48 hours!

But: I have a set of Motorola S9 Bluetooth headphones which work excellently (although I haven't yet made or received a call using them). I also have a Sony a2dp Bluetooth headunit which also works excellently.

However .... As a matter of course I use the one touch power button to lock/standby, and when I press play/pause on either bluetooth device it automatically unlocks the phone.

When I'm driving this isn't such an issue as I will be ordering a Brodit Car Cradle very soon. But when I have the handset in my pocket using the S9 having it unlocked is a recipe for unwanted screen presses. I use the Touch Media Player (I know it's not the best but it seems to work OK for what I want) and the handset switches to the Music screen automatically (as well as unlocking) whenever I press play/pause. So theoretically it's pretty likely that it's only the media player that will get messed with, but you never know...

So my question is: Is there any way of stopping it from unlocking like this without introducing extra locking/unlocking complications?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] WildFireOne:
hi

im using the Jabra BT3030, that uses A2DP aswel, on my touch pro and my phone stays locked when i start stop use the voice dailing, changing volume or song.

the phone turns on that is true, are u sure u are using the lock function

to realy lock ure phone u have to press and hold the end call button for 2 seconds(lower right button). if that button is not set to lock u can change that in ure phone settings under settings>long press end key there u can chose lock device

i hope this helps, let me know

WildFire
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] aBE-One:
Yeah, I'm using SonyEricsson HBH-DS980, and for me too the phone only turns on upon play/pause etc., but does not unlock.

Have you guys had any problems with receiving/making call using your headests? I have a problem that after a few minutes into a call my headset disconnects, although BT stays on, and I have to restart the headset to re-acquire BT-lock. And it keeps doing this every few minutes. Highly annoying - renders my headset completely useless for phone calls (luckily it still rocks for listening to music).
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] rb14:
Mine does the same. Both with my HBH-DS970 and with my HTC BT headphones. I tried the long-press end key lock which works, but prevents me from changing tracks using the HTC headset, yet the volume control works. Weird huh?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] ross.taylor:
I haven't tried the long end key press to lock the device. But thats because I use that for switching on vibrate mode.

Anyone got any other suggestions?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] dmsr66:
I'm using the motorola S9 too, and my TP doesn't unlock when I press play/pause.

Note that I've installed Answerkeydisabler and Advanced Config Tool and played with locking/screen-off, and may have activate some options leading to this behaviour...
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] WildFireOne:
ross

u can always set the long key to "always display the quick list" so u can chose to lock ure device or set ure vibrate ringer

also u can just use the volume keys to change ure ringer to vibrate/sound to
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] ross.taylor:
I am now using the quick list so it sort of solves the problem. But it still seems a little awkward compared to just pressing the power button once and not having the a2dp commands reactivating it.

Are we saying that this cant be done?
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] ross.taylor:
Any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dc_all:
Hi everyone.

I just got my Note 8 and it is a beast!

my phone prior to this was actually an Xperia Z1 (yep, the one from 2013), which has LineageOS 7.1 (Nougat) loaded onto it. I loved that rom, so much I actually put the same LineageOS version on my ASUS tablet too. So I'm pretty used to the trebuchet launcher and Nougat system in general.

the previous owner of my Note8 had pretty much installed all the updates up till late last year, so It's got the 9 Pie update installed. Android 9, combined with the One UI launcher, and topped with annoying "Bixby???" button I keep accidentally pressing, is all a little too crazy for me, coming from LOs Nougat.

with my scouring of forums, I've seen a few people suggest that staying on Oreo is better for battery life / performance / usability compared to the Pie update.

Compared to my Z1, this thing is a speed demon, it certainly isn't slow... but I do notice that the battery seems to drain a bit even when the phone is left in standby, and considering it's a fresh factory reset OS with almost no user apps installed, I'm a little concerned to see it's using 3gb of memory on just bloat and background services.

So pretty much I've been looking into the custom rom situation for the Note8.

My main priority is debloating and stability. I've seen the popular Hades and Deluxe roms, but they look almost more like they are adding features and customization, rather than stripping the useless bloat. Also they seem to be pushing even newer android versions now.

I've seen that TeamEXYKings put out a few light roms, even ones supporting nougat. which I'm interested in trying, anyone have any thoughts on these? It looks like support has dropped for them.

Points I understand so far.... (correct me if I'm wrong)

*Currently, I can't flash because my KG state is in Prenormal, still waiting the 7 days with simcard and phone staying on.

*Exynos has an unlocked bootloader, snapdragon doesn't. It seems to be a common opinion that Booatloader can't be downgraded, so therefore I won't be able to roll back an oreo or nougat rom? yet I've seen some people claim they were able to after they unlocked the bootloader (very confused)?

*Most Roms take away Spen functionality? I do need this, but only for the pressure sensetivity in my art apps, I don't care too much about the drawing on notes/screenshots/off screen/ring shortcut. Will I still get the basic funcationality of my Spen on a custom rom?

*Seems there are some Galaxy S8 roms that have Note 8 functionality and vice-versa.. should I consider these? are there any drawbacks/bugs to consider?

sorry for the long post I'm open to anyone's thoughts and suggestion, cheers!

TLDR: new phone, not too keen on Android Pie and excessive Samsung bloat. please suggest light and stable rom for note 8.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] stonedpsycho:
Rather than trying to address everything I will stick to what is most important for you, debloating and stability. Both Deluxe and Hades rom let you choose most of what bloatware you want during the Aroma installation, although they vary slightly in what is selectable but if you don't want Bixby for example just don't select it in Aroma. For stability you won't go wrong with a stock based rom.

If you love Lineaage OS you can flash Lineage 17 which is stable, you can find the latest build in the link I will post below, however this will remove the Spen functionality so it is literally just a touch pen and I don't know if the pressure censor works for drawing. You will need to flash Gapps with this to get the Google play store.

https://images.stricted.net/lineageos/greatlte/

I want to make you aware, just in case you don't know, that as soon as you flash TWRP this trips Knox so Samsung Pay will never work again, it breaks other things too like Shealth and Secure Folder but most stock based roms have this patched so they work, just not Samsung Pay.

Another option is to buy a package disabler, which is what I use, so I can disable or enable any app with just a click so then you can stay fully stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] dc_all:
Thanks a bunch for your advice, very helpful.

and thanks for bringing up the knox thing. I have heard that, though I forgot to mention it in my post. I think I'll be fine without those samsung features.

I'll keep a close eye on Hades and Deluxe then. There seems to be the most information about them online and even some video reviews.

I'll look into the newer lineageOS too, it sounds like it will meet my needs, but I would hate to lose some functionality on Spen or camera, so Stock based may be the way to go..

Also I hadn't ever heard of a Package disabler.. definitely going to look into that too.

Another great perk for LOS was the privacy guard, being able to disable apps loading at startup or not allowing them to run in background really extended my battery life. I'll have to look into similar options from 3rd party apps.

thanks again for your help.
[Realme 6 Pro Questions & Answers] stag7824:
I have been trying to install custom ROM in realme 6 pro. I followed a youtube tutorial and installed TWRP. Now when I try to wipe the system, it gives the error "unable to mount '/system_root' (invalid argument) and unable to mount '/vendor' (invalid argument)". I tried changing the system format from ext4 to ext2 and even used decryption zips. Nothing works. I can't even get the stock Recovery back to return to built-in ROM. I tried using the orange fox recovery but still got the same error. When I try to wipe using fastboot, it gives the error: "FAILED (remote: Check device console.)". Can someone please help?
[Realme 6 Pro Questions & Answers] suman_lata:
Maybe same my device problem pls help me..
[Realme 6 Pro Questions & Answers] beaker2:
You will need to reinstall/flash the stock rom.

Then :

1)I flash TWRP with ADB/Fastboot

(2) boot into twrp recovery

(3) reboot to bootloader

(4) ADB/fastboot to flash Disable DM Varity file

(5) reboot into TWRP

(6) wipe/Format Data

(7) rebooted into recovery

(8) Advance/Fix AVB

(9) installed Magisk

(10) reboot to system

Then you will have the stock rom and have root control to debloat which will greatly improve battery usage time and unlike most custom rom everything will still be working.

IMHO using magisk with exposed module gravitybox for its custom features is smoother and quicker than any of the custom roms at this time.
[Realme 6 Pro Questions & Answers] stag7824:
I already tried reinstalling the stock ROM using TWRP and orange fox. But I am getting the same error. Can you please guide me how should I go about it?
[Realme 6 Pro Questions & Answers] oxbowlarry:
You need to use the Real Me Flash tool v1.1.3

https://xdaforums.com/t/tool-rft-re...sh-stock-rom-for-unlocked-bootloader.4144969/
[Realme 6 Pro Questions & Answers] stag7824:
I have tried it already, it did not work
[Realme 6 Pro Questions & Answers] stag7824:
The mobile screen is stuck at realme logo, and the software keeps on waiting. How should I resolve this? Please help
[Realme 6 Pro Questions & Answers] oxbowlarry:
If it is stuck in a bootloop then press and hold the power button and the volume + (not volume- like to go into fastboot) hold the buttons until the phone shuts off , logo goes away. Reboot to bootloader/fastboot then plug it into the computer running the Realme Flash tool. Also make sure you have the device drivers are installed on the computer. Then wait and give it plenty of time it takes awhile and you will feel that it is stuck at several points but just be patient and let it run.