yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] Vulkkan:
Talking about root, with the correct firmware (and techniques) there shouldn't be any reason why the phone would be non-root-able. There's no official TWRP for the device and I haven't seen anyone port one for it, so going the TWRP way would most likely cause a brick. But after patching the boot.img from the correct firmware and disabling AVB by flashing the VBMeta (which most people ignore), patched_boot should be flashable in fastbootd if not in fastboot.

Talking about custom ROMs, there are no custom ROMs for the device (just like there aren't for the Infinix Hot 8, Smart 3 Plus, Hot 10 Play, e.t.c), but a lot of people have successfully flashed GSIs. Generic System Images are pure AOSP code that run on Trebllized devices. You can do more research on GSIs yourself.
[General Questions and Answers] Vulkkan:
I did not suggest you do exactly what was done in that video. The method may vary slightly for MTK devices. It'd be more similar to this (for rooting)

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...o7QBegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw1dN51TuGa6a9LA07Nota-q

For flashing GSIs it'd be similar to this

How to install GSIs on dynamic partition devices
[General Questions and Answers] Vulkkan:
'Bricked beyond repair'? A phone is hard-bricked only if it doesn't turn on at all when plugged in, and doesn't show up on the PC or show any sign of life. Else, you'd still be able to recover it.
[General Questions and Answers] Vulkkan:
Alright guys I finally flashed a GSI on my Infinix Smart 5 X657C yesterday. It's Lineage OS 19 (a64 bvS), Android 12 (I'd been on XOS 6.2 Android 10 previously). I got screenshots 😀

View attachment 5642989 View attachment 5642991 View attachment 5642999 View attachment 5643001 View attachment 5643003 View attachment 5643005

to prove that it's possible to root the device, if done correctly. I'm yet to flash phh-Magisk and orange-state disabler anyway (I wasn't sure A12 would even work in the first place)
[General Questions and Answers] shamsaboubkr:
what's the process please

can you write down the steps

but mine isn't X657c
[General Questions and Answers] shamsaboubkr:
Help please! I flashed a gapps zip file using flashify on my infinix smart 5 x657 (Running on lineageos gsi android 12) then the phone just went off. and it not turning on. but it shows the charging indicator light when i connect it to power.

I've tried disconnecting the battery still nothing

what possible solution is there for this?
[General Questions and Answers] Vulkkan:
You will need to provide more info. Firstly, on what Lineage OS build did you flash it (Vanilla or GApps?). What GApps package exactly did you flash? And what was your procedure in details?
[General Questions and Answers] shamsaboubkr:
*Installed it on the vanilla build

*I flashed Bitgapps

*I tried to use flashify app to flash it but as soon as the process started the device just went off
[General Questions and Answers] Vulkkan:
I

*Flashed the vanilla build, booted and ensured that root was working properly

*Downloaded the appropriate Flashify app, as well as the appropriate BitGApps package for your device

*Flashed the BitGApps package using Flashify

Be sure these are the steps you followed.

By the way, have you been able to recover from the brick?
[General Questions and Answers] shamsaboubkr:
Exactly all the steps I took.

And no I have not been able to recover from the brick.

The phone does not turn on neither does it boot into recovery and bootloader but the charging led comes on when I connect to the charger but nothing show on the screen!

I wanted to use Sp flash tool to flash the stock rom back but the device was not detected by the pc

I had usb driver installed

but I forgot to install Vcom driver

could this be the reason why it was not detected by the pc?
[General Questions and Answers] Vulkkan:
Probably. You should try to reinstall the latest version of USB, VCOM & adb drivers (probably MTK Drivers too)

Was developer options & USB debugging enabled before the brick? If not, adb/fastboot commands won't work and SP Flash tool would be your only option. So you'd want to get your PC recognize the device, you could try to remove & reinstall all the USB drivers.

Someone once told me that he had a similar problem (of his device not being recognized by his PC), he waited for the battery to die out, then tried again.

If you flashed the GApps package on phh-Superuser (rather than Magisk) it's possible there was a compatibility problem. adb/fastboot remains the safest place to flash zips imo [given the device is rooted] because it usually either succeeds or fails. Anyway, you possibly CAN recover the device because it's not hard-bricked (you can tell since it shows the charging indicator light).
[General Questions and Answers] shamsaboubkr:
there no way to access fastboot now

So I tried flashing the whole stock firmware using sp flash tool but i got an error saying Auth file is needed

i searched the web for the phones auth file but there isn't any so i checked youtube and found video on how to bypass authentication and flash the firmware immediately

so i tried the process

whenever i run the command in bypass utility and the process reach "disabling protection" it just stops without disabling protection

but i went ahead to open sp flashtool right away (just as the video suggests if the the auth bypass was successful) and flash the stock firmware but unfortunately i get a "can't open com port" error in the flashtool

[During all these i find it hard f

there no way to access fastboot now

So I tried flashing the whole stock firmware using sp flash tool but i got an error saying Auth file is needed

i searched the web for the phones auth file but there isn't any so i checked youtube and found video on how to bypass authentication and flash the firmware immediately

so i tried the process

whenever i run the command in bypass utility and the process reach "disabling protection" it just stops without disabling protection

but i went ahead to open sp flashtool right away (just as the video suggests) and flash the stock firmware but unfortunately i get a "can't open com port" error in the flashtool

[during these processes i found it hard for the phone to get detected by the pc]
[General Questions and Answers] citrogen:
A

A very big thanks to you for this, VicKrypt 🫡. Thanks to you, I'm running on Lineage OS 19.1 currently.

But I've got an issue with it, the first boot was okay and everything worked fine not until I discovered later that switching the "data access" to the SIM in the second slot keeps making the network crash and reboot... Just like a "network bootloop" 😁. Yet, it was the second SIM I used during the setup process.

I've wiped it, I re-flashed the GSI, and even tried a factory reset, buh all is not working.

It works well when using SIM 1 as data SIM, with no problems, but switching to the other SIM always invites the error.

I'd be grateful for any help 🫡
[General Questions and Answers] buarimusa:
at least drop the ROM link, thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Vulkkan:
Download & try out any ROM of your choice from the link

Android 12 GSI List

I've tried out most of them already, and on multiple devices.

(Remember that the ROM's version should be equal to or higher than your stock.)

(More importantly, you should know the kind of ROM your device requires.)
[General Questions and Answers] xekeigbox:
How did you create or get your boot.img drop link pls
[General Questions and Answers] maraco2212:
Hello everyone

While rooting my Infinix hot 10 lite, the phone stuck at the logo.

I have tried by all possible means to make a new flash of the rom but all the ones that I have tried have not worked for me.

The processor is X657B MTK6721

If anyone has a backup of this Rom or the download link for the Firmware for that model, I would be very grateful.

PS: if, on the other hand, there is some Firmware that works for me to flash this model, I could also try to try it, I have tried using Miracle Box and SPflashtool
[General Questions and Answers] Liebert.:
hey bro how do you do infinix smart 5 custom Rom without Twrp can you tell me? or send your telegram name for more details.I WOULD LIKE A CUSTOM ROM
[General Questions and Answers] Vulkkan:
You'd get it from your stock ROM. Download your stock ROM, making sure it has the exact model number as that of your phone. The boot.img will be found in the downloaded zip.

→ I've lost track of the link to the site I downloaded my stock ROM, but it was on Hovatek. You can try other sites like ...

→ You have to be sure the factory image has the exact same number as your last stock build number!
[General Questions and Answers] Vulkkan:
You have to search online for the specific build that has (last) build number of the phone's stock OS. "X657B MTK6721" isn't the build number.

And after downloading the correct factory image, flash the boot.img to the boot partition in fastboot and your phone should boot up fine (if you didn't corrupt any other partitions in the process of using MiracleBox)
[General Questions and Answers] Vulkkan:
Are you talking about making a custom ROM, or just flashing already-made custom ROMs (GSIs in this case)? For the former, I have no experience in making a custom ROM, you'd have to do some serious research on that.
[General Questions and Answers] Mobile-official:
system-squeak-arm32_binder64-ab-vndklite-gogapps.img.xz

Does it support infinix smart 6 x657B, please help, thank you
[General Questions and Answers] Vulkkan:
Sorry for the late reply. Following the attached screenshot the GSI is supported.
[General Questions and Answers] wiki1919:
It is compatible with my Infinix Smart Pro PR562B.
[General Questions and Answers] LINGGV:
infinix smart 5 x657b wokin fine
[General Questions and Answers] LINGGV:
try search x657b hot 10 lite twrp unofficial. NOTE: R/O SYSTEM ONLY. WORKS ONLY MAGISK_BOOT.IMG. cant r/w
[General Questions and Answers] Ahmlighter12:
I'm trying to flash the boot.img on infinix smart 5 but it keeps showing data too large, pls any help?
[General Questions and Answers] Ogino66:
Mod edit - translated by https://www.deepl.com/translator. Oswald Boelcke, Senior Moderator.

How to use my Infinix smart5 in an extended way or how to root it

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Comment utiliser mon Infinix smart5 d'une manière prolonger ou comment le rooter
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[General Questions and Answers] ROOT_KB:
hello everyone, can anyone please help me as to where I can download the custom firmware of infinix smart 5 x657 (original) . Found a few sources but the files end up showing " file is corrupt"
[General Questions and Answers] kmp1:
i want to install only the gsi and not root my phone

can you help me?
[General Questions and Answers] YeagerEren:
successfully failed! I actually trying to put lineage os 21 (gsi) on infinix hot 10 play(infinix x688c) but i accidentally boot boot.img of stock rom rather than patched img by magisk it doesn't boot ,i think it stuck in boot but phone is still on , what is exactly happens? actually it is not matter whether the .img is patched or not it should have worked right? ,is it bricked?

is there any other way to gain root access so that i can directly put gsi without flash stock rom?

fun part: they(infinix mobility limited) actually selled it(infinix x688c) as infinix smart 5 there is not much difference in specs between infinix smart 5 and infinix hot 10 play but i think the architecture is different right? but i actually downloaded infinix x688c(infinix hot 10 play) firmware and flashed but it doesn't work in my case, what i have to do?

one more thing how to i check build number from recovery mode
[Android Stick & Console AllWinner based Computers] larrywilson:
room H3 androit 10 https://drive.google.com/file/d/191PDi2biwpchYxly1AXhe3LA5mUlPUNe/view

Phoenix suite https://drive.google.com/file/d/126kO54n9KkvIGrWgRUD7SEByFlCRhnl0/view
[General Questions and Answers] MargeraLV:
Hello! Please Help me - From start i have bootloop problem and cannot go into recovery. After that i flash STOCK rom with Smart phone flash tool ,charged 50 % + , after flash phone only shows start screen logo and nothing happening 30 minutes and more waiting. Also try flash with SD card (update zip) and just error - script aborted. Its possible to any way repair this phone or motherboard is absolutley dead. Right now stock recovery is working after flash. Thanks for any help.
[General Questions and Answers] :
Because Stock Recovery works phone's motherboard is working fine. :)

In Stock Recovery launch ADB Sideload Stock ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] MargeraLV:
Right now try and in ADB sideload - installing and after time just black screen and nothing happening. Try this STOCK roms - https://disk.yandex.ru/d/ve_eDXPLZ9Kss/GSmart Saga S3 Обновления

I am sad. Felling that phone is absolotley dead. Maybe incorrect update ? Hmm
[General Questions and Answers] MargeraLV:
In my Country service is more expensive than this cheap phone. Did you don't know another fix and where can get official stock rom not update? Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] :
Request Stock ROM from OEM / carrier if you can't find it at your own.
[General Topics] jimmaayyy:
if i buy the htc tytn 2 from htc will it already be unlocked so i can insert my tmobile sim or will i have to actually have to unlock it??

please help.thxs
[General Topics] Rudegar:
unlocked

anything else would not make any sense
[General Topics] orb3000:
Welcome to the forum

Please READ the Wiki
[General Topics] jimmaayyy:
so it will be unlocked then??
[Introductions] Dizzee87:
Hi I'm Chris. Rocking a Mi Mix 3 5g with Pixel Experience.
[Introductions] orb3000:
Hello Chris and welcome to XDA!
[OPPO Find X3 Pro] ybounou:
Hi!

I just bought the Chinese edition.

The phone has not yet arrived.

I would like to know

Does it support Arabic Language ?

Is there any way to set Arabic language?

My second question is:

Does the Chinese edition Support Google Apps?

Thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi MIX 4] jrvenge:
Hi all, have a few questions that might seem daft to some but need to get my head around it.

I have my Mix 4 and its obviously running the CN Rom. It is littered with bugs and there are many features that do not work or just missing, to the point where i could not use it as my daily driver in its current form.

Ive been reading up on flashing the EU Odin rom, and see alot of the issues are already fixed in it.

So after 4 hours of faffing i have managed to request a bootloader unlock. and i understand this will be a full wipe and reinstall.

This is my first question 8 days wait!

1: how do I keep an eye on the time left?

2: I have what i think are all the files ready to go to flash, but i understand this is done through fastboot?

3: So no OTA updates after this i would have to keep reflashing manually.?

4: I here something about TWRP that would enable this, but dont quite understand the process, or where do the updates then come from?

5: Are there any security issues like running Banking applications after unlocking, as i think it plays with security issues.

Hope someone with better understanding can help.
[Xiaomi Mi MIX 4] SanHelios:
Hi...

1) I use my calendar to see when the time is right to resume the unlocking process

2) there's tutorial for this ...

[ROM][MIUI][odin] Xiaomi.eu ROM for Xiaomi MIX 4

How to install Xiaomi.eu ROM for Xiaomi MIX 4 We will release fastboot ROM versions until TWRP for odin is released Steps to install xiaomi.eu ROM for first time from China ROM (All your data and files on internal storage will be deleted!) -...

xdaforums.com

3) yes... no OTAs from within the system, but ...

4) with TWRP you can flash the updates. You need to check,if the update-files are marked 'fastboot' or 'recovery'(TWRP)

5) Can't answer that one.

Good Luck.
[Xiaomi Mi MIX 4] jrvenge:
Ok thanks for your help, still deciding to take the plunge or not, expensive bit of kit. Awhile to decide i guess.
[Xiaomi Mi MIX 4] jrvenge:
so sorry another question, if we do this one withough twrp, can we just updat or is it a complete flash again?
[Xiaomi Mi MIX 4] SanHelios:
Updating through TWRP should leave your apps and data intact.

Edit:It was way to early to answer the question... without twrp, only fastboot is possible as far as i know. When i used fastboot, i made a complete clean flash.
[Xiaomi Mi MIX 4] jrvenge:
So once you have done it through fastboot you can use TWRP thereafter, thats cool.

I believe a CN to EU is a data wipe anyway.
[Xiaomi Mi MIX 4] SanHelios:
If you have TWRP available...
[Xiaomi Mi MIX 4] jrvenge:
Ok guys managed to unlock my phone and flash the rom, all seemed ok untill it started updating my apps, and then gets stuck on app 8 of 144 and just will never progress?.

It seems i have somehow flashed a slightly older rom, so going to reflash with the latest, but i dont want to do fastboot again as i have to keep manually updating, is there a twrp yet?
[Xiaomi Mi MIX 4] SanHelios:
Did you follow ALL instructions of the tutorial? How exactly did you proceed?
[Xiaomi Mi MIX 4] jrvenge:
I think I accidentally tried to restore a google backup from my old phone, guess there was an app it didnt like, anyway reflashed to 21.9.8 and all is going well, amazing improvement over the original. very pleased.

Been having a play and only found 1 issue as yet, when you lock an open app in recents, you can still swipe it away?.
[Xiaomi Mi MIX 4] ipnface:
Does google pay nfc work? And banking apps?
[Xiaomi Mi MIX 4] jrvenge:
All work ok for me.
[Xiaomi Mi MIX 4] ipnface:
Thanks for replying. Did you have to do anything special like Magisk hide to hide that you rooted the phone?
[Xiaomi Mi MIX 4] jrvenge:
Im not rooted, just running custom rom. I have no need to root.
[Xiaomi Mi MIX 4] ferid:
What if I want to go from EU to CN? Bought the phone. It came with EU rom. But I would like to install the official rom.
[General Topics] pdagenius:
Moderators - please can we set up a forum for the Samsung Omnia i900?

There are posts creeping in now and it would be great to relocate them too a common forum.

Thank you :)
[General Topics] Rudegar:
moderators dont have the power to make new forums

only the admin does that

your best bet is to ask here

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=263

that being the forum for such threads

i would not hold my breath though this forum only got htc made

devices forums
[General Topics] orb3000:
Please read this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=424920

And this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=420077

And you will see what happened with other people asking for same thing
[General Topics] pdagenius:
Thanks for the heads up on this.
[General Topics] Black93300ZX:
There are plenty of Omnia forums out there, just search on Google for "Samsung Omnia forum". :O Who'da thought it'd be that easy?
[General Topics] -PiLoT-:
theres one at winmodevelopers.freeforums.org
[General Topics] asctony:
Here is another good site for the Omnia i900:

http://www.samsung-omnia.org/index.php
[General Topics] keywill:
support!i think so!!
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] aygul12345:
Hi!

Where can I get the native dailer of Xiaomi?

Why? To test the native call recorder functionality.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] veimus:
Probably you will have to change ROM to one with standard Xiaomi native dialer (xiaomi.eu, China ROM)* not sure if there is another way.

* - unlocked bootloader is mandatory.

Or try to use some call recording app ?
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] lebigmac:
Stock Indonesia MIUI has native call recording option (y)
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] Sathelp:
Here is a copy from my 11 ultra, EU ROM, Here
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] king of demons:
How to install on another device?
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] Sathelp:
Just install the app. It is a Xiaomi system app, so unless you have Google dialler you may not be able to. Someone asked, I just exported mine and put it on my mega page for download.
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] lebigmac:
Thanks for your upload.

From my earlier experiments I remember I got the Indonesian Xiaomi Messaging app to work on another Xiaomi device running MIUI global but I had difficulties getting the Indonesian Xiaomi dialer app to work.

It would be great if others could install it on their non-Indonesian stock Xiaomi devices too. Downloading full Indonesian MIUI firmware only to get the call recording option is a waste of bandwidth...
[Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra] Sathelp:
I use the custom Xiaomi EU ROM and just extracted it using APK Extractor. I don't have root or access to system files, so cannot show it installed. Just try it. If it won't install, don't use use it. However, having memory issues, I use the EU ROM because of this app to record calls. If you are using global or EEA, your best bet is to use the EU ROM unless you love Google apps.
[Sony Cross-Device General] nlra:
Okay, after taking a closer look, I see a little bit more clearly what's going on here...

First I noticed the kernel version & timestamp was identical to the one from SO-02K firmware 47.2.B.5.38, not from G8441 firmware 47.2.A.11.228. So I looked at the "system" image, and found it was actually identical to SO-02K as well.

It looks like what they did was somehow flash a "oem" partition image that is heavily modified, and which contains a custom config.prop that causes the firmware to report that it is G8441 version 47.2.A.11.228 even though it isn't. I guess this is possible because "oem" image is not signature-checked??

Diabolical!
[Sony Cross-Device General] braveheartleo:
Thanks for looking into this. It piqued my interest at first, but you got this sorted out.

What I think they did was to modify a Pie-flashed oem.sin from a firmware that can run temproot. Then they flashed the rest of the SO-02K Pie images except for the oem image to keep the changes in place. You can make permanent changes to /oem because it is not checked in the Android verified boot chain.

This way you achieve the goal of masking the unit as something else via prop edits. This is a fraudulent practice of certain online sellers.
[Sony Cross-Device General] nlra:
I thought the same thing at first, but if you look at the firmware history log, in its "former life" before refurbishment, it sure looks to me like it ran several Pie-based SO-02K ROMs right up until "fs_version" reflected the change to the fake-o G8441 software. And as you hint at, there is no known vuln that can be exploited to gain temproot on Yoshino when you are running any stock build of Pie...you have to downgrade to Oreo for that.

So, yes, I think we are on the same page here that they modified "oem" partition, and got away with doing so because neither bootloader, kernel, nor Android system sigchecks the contents. But I'm still not 100% clear how they modified it to begin with. The firmware history log would suggest that the phone was upgraded to latest SO-02K release of Pie first, and THEN the modified oem partition was flashed on AFTER that.
[Sony Cross-Device General] braveheartleo:
Yes you're right. The firmware history log tells otherwise.

Flashing the oem image via flash mode requires a sin file that passes sigcheck, so stock, unmodified images only. Flashing images via fastboot mode is a no-go for locked bootloaders.

So there is still that mystery on how they were able to edit the props in /oem on Pie. Perhaps they know of a different temproot exploit on Pie that is not made public yet?