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[Google Pixel 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] kfhughes:
It's being reported in other places.

Some Google Pixel phones are being prompted to download the full Android 12 update again.
[Google Pixel 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0latyle:
I'm currently on .003 and still get the update notification even after a clean install.
[Google Pixel 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] eecummings:
During the 11-->12 OTA, I managed to keep root by:

flash boot patched_image, reboot (FAIL)

boot patched_image, reboot (FAIL)

flash boot stock_image, reboot (OK, no root)

boot patched_image, reboot (ok, have root).

Following these steps with the Nov. OTA, the final step seems to silently fail and boot with the stock image (no root).

Is this the expected behavior and I'll have to gain root the hard way?

[ Pixel 5a ]
[Google Pixel 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0latyle:
Yes. There is currently no way to be able to keep your data AND root after upgrading to Android 12....with the exception of booting the patched image for temporary root.
[Google Pixel 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] eecummings:
Thanks. Just to be clear, booting the patched image only worked once, and now fails to gain temporary root. For me, anyway...
[Google Pixel 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0latyle:
Sorry to hear that, no idea why that might be happening.
[Google Pixel 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] hssxda:
Hello All -

Thank you @V0latyle for all your hard work for the community here. I have been running A11 rooted and had been pushing off upgrading to A12 for weeks / months (not sure) until last night I decided what the heck let me try to upgrade. BIG MISTAKE!

I spent hours last night trying to get A12 rooted on my device without a full wipe (which now I know from this thread isn't possible). I sideloaded the A12 OTA with platform tools and I mostly followed the instructions here to try to root it. I spent 3 hours got every error possible from corrupted, no boot image, to endless bootloop all to no avail. I tried patching with both Canary versions and stable versions of Magisk and even tried to do the temp boot into the Magisk patched which didn't work either. Thankfully I was able to rescue my device by using the flashall.bat without -w in an elevated command prompt (must "run as administrator" or doesn't work properly)

Currently I am on A12 without root and I don't want to hassle with clean wipe right now (no time or patience) and not so enthralled with the new look of A12 especially the quicksettings huge tiles.

My question now is what is the best and safest way to "downgrade" back to A11 and then re-root like I had before? I am thinking to just sideload the A11 OTA but figured I would post and ask here first.

Thanks!
[Google Pixel 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] hssxda:
and @V0latyle I am willing to try any other "tricks" or ideas you may have...
[Google Pixel 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0latyle:
The most foolproof way to downgrade would be with the Android Flash Tool. However, downgrading generally requires a wipe. You can try dirty flashing, but again, it's likely you're going to have to wipe your data anyway.

The ideas I had were mainly for upgrading to Android 12 to see if there might be a way for someone to go from A11 > A12 > root without wiping data. So far nothing has worked though.
[Google Pixel 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] hssxda:
What do you recommend trying for dirty flashing? Sideload A11 OTA? or flash the full factory A11 image with flashall.bat and remove -w?
[Google Pixel 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] hssxda:
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[Google Pixel 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] hssxda:
Thanks @V0latyle for all your sage advice. I was forced to do a full wipe to either get root working on Android 12 or to downgrade to Android 11. I went ahead and did a full backup and then wiped and used the Android flash tool to install Android 12 again. Now I have Android 12 with root. However, my safety net doesn't pass. I am going to have to search through the threads to see what I need to do about that... Any links handy?
[Google Pixel 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0latyle:
Again, I recommend you use the Android Flash Tool.

Do not sideload the OTA to downgrade.

Latest Magisk Canary + Universal SafetyNet 2.2.0. It's working for me.
[Google Pixel 5 Guides, News, & Discussion] V0latyle:
I am closing this thread as it is no longer relevant. For rooting instructions or further discussion, please go here.
[Huawei Developers] hazesky:
Any help? written from Venezuela, I bough this Device quite cheaper at 50$ but is super slow.. even that is quadcore i don't know it hangs/freezes i tried already hard-reset, and can't do anything, I donwload custom firmware, 7.1.0 nougat roms, but I cannot flash or do anything because of the Bootloader locked?

Helpppp please <3
[Introductions] Strong.t:
Hello members, Hope you are having a nice day
[Introductions] orb3000:
Hi and welcome aboard, have a good one too!
[General Questions and Answers] paul_wall816:
Mod edit: Thread closed as duplicate of

https://xdaforums.com/t/stock-lollipop-update.4349969/

@paul_wall816 Please review the XDA Forum Rules with special emphasis on rule no. 5 and post only ONCE! Thanks for your cooperation.

Regards

Oswald Boelcke

Senior Moderator

Hello everyone its been a while since I posted in here I just have a question see if anyone can help. I have an LG G Pad 7.0 ATT device it is never been attached ATT just connect with WIFI. This device has android 4 on it and want to upgrade to Android 5 (lollipop) but the device is not wanting to update since its not on Network and I even tried with LG Bridge and LG PC Suite neither of them will force the update. Is there anyway of getting this tablet to update.
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
Updates only get rolled out by OEMs / carriers if they deem it necessary. :)

Upgrading the tablet's Android OS is another story.
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] A Future Pilot:
My sister just moved back to the states, and has a Moto G8 Power that's unlocked, but only allows international GSMs. If I root it and install a custom ROM, can she use a USA SIM card?

Thanks!
[Moto G Power Questions & Answers] arsfr:
You can use T-mobile and AT&T with a international gsm phone but not cdma networks like verizon, boost, US Celluar. i am not sure if you can use cdma networks on a international gsm phone but like i said you can use gsm carriers without rooting/flashing.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] laeed:
Hi guys,

This is my first post and I hope that my question is relevant.

As (probably) many of you, I am very interested in buying the htc touch pro. Nevertheless, I guess that the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 is also a good phone comparatively to the touch pro.

I like the touch pro interface and the Xperia finishing touches. A mix of them would be perfect for me!

Besides, the xperia has been manufactured by htc.

So my question is the following : would it be possible (for experienced persons), to cook a special rom for the xperia based on the htc diamond or touch pro rom ?

Thank you in advance for you answers!

Laeed
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] imatrix:
this forum mainly focuses on HTC devices, but you never know someone may be willing to do so.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mrvanx:
The Xperia is a HTC device hence why it has a forum here ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Raspster:
We are more likly to see a Touch HD cooked onto the experia X1 as it is the same 480x800 screen as the HD. I don't think the touch flo3d on the touch pro will fit the experia X1.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] eXplicit815:
Today's your lucky day!

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/11/06/video-touchflo-3d-demoed-on-sony-ericssons-xperia-x1/
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] freco:
You went too far my friend :D

@laeed

check this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=428351
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] mike_co:
Is it possible to migrate X1 ROM to Touch Pro so Touch Pro can use X1 interface? I'm using TaskFacade but seems it not quite smooth by experience. [Same questions of using Omnia Interface on Touch Pro]
[ASUS ZenFone 8] linkjay:
Hi everybody,

I recently went through the steps and got my Zenfone 8 Sake device hooked up with LineageOS & Magisk. Everything went exactly according to the steps, except for one big hurdle for me. For me, it was that my PC did not have the proper drivers for the phone. Downloading the drivers from Asus' official website below should fix this. I've outlined the complete steps for anybody else who is having the same issue.

At the point of the LineageOS install when you're going to use Fastboot to flash the recovery, your device should be at the bootloader and plugged into your PC via USB. At that point, your PC should have the proper drivers to handle the device. My PC didn't so it would just show this forever:

View attachment 5437611

If you go into the Device Manager, you should also see that Windows 10 is not recognizing your device properly:

View attachment 5437621

Downloading the correct drivers and manually setting them in Windows should fix this problem and allow Fastboot to go ahead with the "flashing" step.

Instructions

Download these official drivers from Asus: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZS590KS/ASUS_Android_USB_drivers_for_Windows_20160331.zip (Look below to see how I got the link)

Extract ZIP to somewhere

Go into the extracted folder -> Windows_XP_VISTA_7_8_8.1 and take note of that Android folder and its path.

Open "Device Manager", find your device in "Other devices", right click on it and select "Update driver"

Select "Browse my computer for drivers"

Input the path that you noted earlier to the Android folder with the drivers.

Select "Next" and it should install the drivers from the path.

Reconnect your device and everything should be working properly!

Look below to see how it should look if properly working.

Where to Find Drivers Yourself

Search up Zenfone 8 on Google and go to the official page. This one: https://www.asus.com/us/Mobile/Phones/ZenFone/Zenfone-8/

Go to Support then Driver & Tools

Select the OS. As of this posting, the latest OS support is Windows 8.1. Not sure if this is a problem, but it worked just fine for me on Windows 10!

Download the USB driver listed there: "ASUS_Android_USB_drivers_for_Windows"

This is how it should look once you have your drivers setup properly for the device:

View attachment 5437631

Hope this helps some people!!! Happy modding!
[ASUS ZenFone 8] amders:
thanks... stuck on waiting for any devices also.. lucky for me to see your thread
[Samsung Galaxy A30s Questions & Answers] Dhario1321:
Hi Guys...

I installed an application called Brelo, which promises the loan, the problem is that the application in question behaved like a virus, and now it takes over my device, disabled all administrators and enabled only itself as an administrator. Result: I can't uninstall or disable it, oh, it also disabled the USB, in short: I don't know what to do...!

Help..!!!
[Samsung Galaxy A30s Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
English only please.

"I installed an application called Brelo, which promises the loan, the problem is that the application in question behaved like a virus, and now it takes over my device, disabled all administrators and enabled only itself as an administrator. Result: I can't uninstall or disable it, oh, it also disabled the USB, in short: I don't know what to do...!"

Which OS?

For Android 9 and above, factory reset. Reset all passwords especially for your Google account.

Never install unknown apps...
[Samsung Galaxy A30s Questions & Answers] Dhario1321:
Hi Blackhawk...!

Sorry for writing in Portuguese. Thanks for answering. The App became the only Device Administrator, disabled USB and Format Factory. Android 11.
[Samsung Galaxy A30s Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
So you're locked out of doing a factory reset?

Can you access factory reset on the boot menu, if so do it from there. I doubt the malware has/can lock that option.

That's a nasty critter...
[Samsung Galaxy A30s Questions & Answers] Dhario1321:
impossible too : / help me guy..!!!!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy A30s Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
You know how to access the boot menu on that phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] countessdracula:
Hi everyone!

Re: Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 SM-T505 10.4 LTE 2020 What is the prospect for Custom ROM?

It's only my second post. I bought the above tablet, and I wanted to ask you what would be the prospect for availability of a Custom ROM for this device? I see that people are working on Lineage OS for the wifi version:

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-sm-t500-samsung-galaxy-tab-a7-10-4-2020-lineageos-18-1.4295985/

Considering that this tablet came out only last year, is it a question of patience, and a Custom ROM would definitely be made available in due course? Or it depends? What is the likelihood?

How long does one need to wait, on average?

I ask this, everyone, because I thought if a Custom ROM may never be available for this tablet, then I might as well sell it since I don't use it.

I recently managed to install e foundation Custom ROM onto Moto G4, and now feel that is the only way that would feel comfortable.

Please advise. Am eagerly awaiting your answer.

Thank you in advance, everyone!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] countessdracula:
Any thoughts?

Is it likely then that there won't be any Custom ROMs for Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 SM-T505 10.4 LTE 2020, even if I waited for, say, another 6 months? Or a year?

Are Custom ROMS rarer for tablets? Is it more difficult to make LTE tablets function as phones?

In short, shall I give up already and sell this tablet?

Please advise, my very experienced friends!

Thank you in advance.

CD
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] mrk33:
maybe sm-t500 roms work on sm-t505, becouse the only difference is lte support
[LG G Pad 7 Questions & Answers] paul_wall816:
Hello its been awhile since I been on here I have a LG G Pad 7.0 it still on Android 4 and I want to update it to Android 5 (lollipop) but its not doing through phone because not tied to a network. I have tried LG Bridge and LG PC Suite and neither of them will force the update. Anyway of getting the update. If it does come down to it I guess putting a custom lollipop rom wouldn't be so bad.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] nonsence:
hey everyone, i'm kinda new here, been reading stuff for a while but now that i got a tytn 2 (kaiser wm6.1 rom) and started mucking around with installing new programs i think i broke something

the built in wm6.1 rom that my device came with also has htc home v2.1 builtin

i manually installed htc home customizer 1.0, also tried uninstall/reinstall/reset

not sure what caused it, but now the htc home today screen section is completely blank. it takes up space but shows nothing. resetting themes, settings, soft reset, etc did not work.

i tried twice to download and install htc home 2.1 from an online download. installed on device and also on sd card, but each time i did it the device would go into an endless rebooting loop. it would reset, load up to the today screen, reset, etc etc.

so as far as uninstalling the rom htc home version, i dont think i can do it. plus the rom version seems to have a higher build number then the 2.1 version i see floating around the net.

fyi, i did have htc home and htc customizer working at some point. i used the default htcc themes. but at some point, after a software reset, poof it no longer shows

any suggestions on how to fix this?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] MasterGeek:
HTC Home on WM6.1

My problem is not exactly the same as yours, but I think we're dealing with the same stuff in software and ROM.

My Tilt came from AT&T with only WM6. I had to upgrade it myself to 6.1. When I did, HTC Home came built-in, just like for you. I also downloaded HTC home customizer and installed it...at that point, everything worked fine. The problems started when I was trying to get the music tab to show up on HTC Home. So anyways, even though I already had the built-in Home, I tried to install it again from the cab file HTC Home 2.1. The installation finished, and it told me it had to restart. It did, but then went broke...like yours, my Tilt went into endless rebooting cycles.

However, I have a REALLY serious problem. Mine still won't turn on correctly. So can you tell me how to get rid of HTC Home 2.1, or whatever I need to do, so that my device will run properly again?

I think the solution for you may be to reinstall windows mobile 6.1 from a file online. (You could probably use the same one I did, except I just have to find it again...)

But at this point, I can't even do that, because my phone doesn't even get to the today screen where I can click on stuff. Activesync doesn't work either. HELP?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] nonsence:
hard reset

i had to do a hard reset to fix the issue with the rebooting cycle.

right now i'm working on using the manila 2d today screen interface. it looks nice, works good but makes it impossible to add other plugins to the today screen.

i was using the mToday tool to switch between manila and htc home today screens but since htc home is now being a ***** i'm gonna see what i can do with manila to make it better for me.

also using pointui, flash touch flo cube and freestyl.

but if anyone has a quick fix for this htc home issue please post me somethin. i know there are better today screens out there, but simplisity is nice sometimes.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emin00:
Bonjour à tous, tout d’abord je m’excuse si je ne suis pas dans la bonne section, j’aimerais savoir s’il existe une méthode pour faire un point de test sur mon Xz2, j’ai oublié mon code PIN et lorsque je branche le téléphone sur le PC il n’est pas reconnu, je voudrais installer le téléphone sur mon PC et le pilote SOMC FLASH DEVICE est pas installé, J’aimerais donc savoir s’il y a une sorte de pic comme dans cette vidéo

à 1 minute et 30 secondes, je remercie tous ceux qui m’aideront à passer une bonne soirée.
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Accessories] thejacer87:
Having a tough time knowing what are proper replacements screens for this phone.

On amazon and aliexpress there seem to be so many variations. with frame - no frame - coloured frames. some seem to have fingerprint and some don't.

I cracked the glass and need to replace it, that's it.

can someone help point me in the right direction on what to buy please

Thanks

PS, im in canada so i need it to ship here obviously

edit:

i just watched a video and it looks like i will need some glue AND a back cover adhesive...

man they sure make these phones way to hard to repair... cheaper to buy new phones at this point
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Accessories] Lexyo14:
There's a reddit post

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mi9T/comments/10548xo
[Sony Xperia XZ3 Questions & Answers] lafrii:
CCiao A Tutti,ho comprato uno xz3 su eBay dall'Inghilterra ed è veramente una bomba di telefono ma,già per iniziare il telefono sullo sfondo bianco ci sono immagini pubblicitarie che non si possono cancellare,ho provato a fare un hard reset,ma nulla non sparIscono. Qualcuno può aiutarmi? Se serve allegherò delle foto del problema.grazie in anticipo

MOD EDIT: Pubblica solo in inglese secondo le REGOLE DEL FORUM o almeno aggiungi una traduzione inglese sotto la tua lingua straniera (ad esempio Google Translator), traduzione aggiunta di seguito:

CCiao A Tutti,Ho comprato un xz3 su eBay dall'Inghilterra ed è davvero una phone bomb ma,già ad avviare il telefono sullo sfondo bianco ci sono delle immagini pubblicitarie che non si possono cancellare,ho provato a fare un hard reset,ma niente non scompaiono. Qualcuno può aiutarmi? Se necessario allegherò foto del problema.grazie in anticipo
[Sony Xperia XZ3 Questions & Answers] lafrii:
Ciao a tutti, ho comprato un xz3 su eBay dall'Inghilterra ed è davvero una bomba telefonica ma, già per far partire il telefono sullo sfondo bianco ci sono delle immagini pubblicitarie che non si possono cancellare, ho provato a fare un hard reset, ma niente fanno non scomparire. Qualcuno può aiutarmi? Se necessario allego qualche foto del problema. Grazie in anticipo

MOD EDIT: Please post only in English according to the FORUM RULES or at least add an English translation below your foreign language(Google translator for example), translation added below:

Ciao a tutti, ho comprato un xz3 su eBay dall'Inghilterra ed è davvero una bomba telefonica ma, già per far partire il telefono sullo sfondo bianco ci sono delle immagini pubblicitarie che non si possono cancellare, ho provato a fare un hard reset, ma niente fanno non scomparire. Qualcuno può aiutarmi? Se necessario allego qualche foto del problema. Grazie in anticipo
[General Topics] ricocowalsky:
Hi,

I got Infinix X655 phone as a gift. I dont have installed serbian, croatian or bosnian language pack on it. Is there any chance to install complete language pack by myself except Morelocale2 app? How servicing people do it professionally?

Thank you all in advance.
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] sasindu:
Hi,

Just one simple question, iam using a lg g8 sk telecom korean variant. LGE-G820N. On android 11. Is it possible to root this without unlocking bootloader? Just plain root only. Is it possible? I tried two rooting apps with only using phone and using pc also. No success. Any advice?

Thanks
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] AsItLies:
Uhmmmm, no, it's a prerequisite to having root, is an unlocked bootloader. A locked bootloader means the system hasn't been tampered with. Having root gives ability to tamper with system files, thus, you can't have a locked bootloader with root.

cheers
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] sasindu:
Thank you AsltLies.

By the way is there anyone who has successfully unlocked bootloader on LG G820N korean variant?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] vgandoff:
I've searched high and low for this and can not find it. All I am finding is the HTC Audio Manager without album art support. Does anyone know where it is?

It looks like that the Dutty's ROM has HTC AudioManager_1_2-1212.716 that has album art but I cant find the cab for it.

Does it not exist?

Please help.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] hotrod101:
If this is what you are referring to.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=388947

He has a screenshot of Windows media player with Audio manager skin. See in the picture at the top is says "WINDOWS MEDIA". There is no HTC Audio Manager with Album Art as far as I know unless you have Diamond or Touch Pro with Touch flo 3d.

However, you might find something interesting in the Touch Flo 2d forums

Do a search for Touch flo 2d or manila 2d
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] vgandoff:
ok I see. I was taken in by the AudioManager look and not realized it was just a WMP skin.

Thanks for the info. I'll take a look at the manila 2d stuff.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] hotrod101:
Why do you want audiomanager with Album art support anyway when you can use Windows media that already has album cover support. Or S2P with Album cover support, or TCPMP with album cover support or..... There are many to choose from is what I am saying. You don't have to limit yourself to Audiomanager.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] vgandoff:
I like the finger friendly interface of AudioManager. WMP is not finger friendly.

I will check out the rest of the apps that were mentioned.

Thanks
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] guigui42:
As said earlier, you might want to take a look into TouchFlo 2D / Manila...

I just flashed the lastest Garmin ROM with Manila, and it has Audio Manager with Cover Albums. So maybe in the Manila Thread you will find the CAB for this version of Audio Manager (version 2 build 1819.2129, thats what i have).

I also love Audio Manager compared to WMP or CorePlayer, and also it works great with my remote control.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] hotrod101:
I also Use Mort Player for in the car as it has some really nice big finger friendly buttons + Supports album cover as well. Mort Player is also free

edit: for mort player just download skins from the mort player web page to get the skin for car to get the big buttons skin