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[Android Stick & Console Computers General] BigZucc:
Yes, I just downgraded my Mi Box S a few minutes ago after receiving an out of warranty replacement from xiaomi due to the update in question bricking my old box, and similarly my replacement. You will have to downgrade all the way back to android 8 and then update it to the older build of 9.

I doubt you will have much stored on the 5gb internal storage, but you will have to erase it.

This is a long and tedious process that will definitely void your warranty, so proceed with caution.

If you follow the "full recovery" guide here, you will end up back at the device's initial android 8 firmware:

https://androidpctv.com/tutorial-xiaomi-mi-box-restore-unbrick/

A few things that I had to do that were not mentioned in the guide:

- For me, my motherboard shielding looked slightly different, but the pcb layout was the same

- The shielding was not a reliable enough ground point, and I had to solder a wire to bridge to the usb port shielding instead

- I had to plug in both the usb cable and dc power while bridging the contacts

- I had to use v2.2.4 of the AMLogic tool

- If the remote or the onscreen keyboard doesn't work you may need to factory reset via recovery or via settings using a usb keyboard

As long as you make sure "erase bootloader" is not checked, you probably wont lose widevine drm

You probably don't want to connect your box to the internet yet. I haven't because I plan to use netguard to prevent homescreen ads, system update notifications, and spooky xiaomi telemetry from working

Now you can download some ota updates from this thread: https://xdaforums.com/t/official-stock-firmware-thread-mi-box-mdz-16-ab-and-mdz-22-ab.4241475/

I downloaded:

r699

r2231

r3595

and put them on a usb drive to apply via recovery.

Half of those are probably not necessary, but r3595 is the version before the spyware/bricking/external storage problems.

Getting into recovery is as simple as growing two extra limbs to hold the select and back buttons on the remote while plugging in the box (you can probably find better explanations elsewhere)

Pro tip: I had to make sure the TV remote fully disconnected after unplugging the Mi Box S. I chose to remove and reinsert the batteries, but you could also wait 30 seconds or so.

It is important to note that installing r2231 will reboot back into recovery automatically. After this happens you need to apply the update again so it can finish otherwise you will encounter a bootloop and have to start again with the full recovery guide.

When all is said and done, you will have downgraded an entire build of android 9 for the Mi Box S. Worth it for me, but takes a few hours to accomplish and might break your device.
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] pilger:
Hey!

What's your device version? MDZ-22-AB?
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] BigZucc:
yes
[Huawei MatePad Pro (2021)] ald-e:
Hi,

is there now a way to install the Google Play Services and or the Google Playstore on the Matepad Pro 2021?

Thank you and best regards
[Huawei MatePad Pro (2021)] thomascook:
Gspace is working, but the apps installed via gspace are in sandbox so they can't be accessed in OS app drawer, only when opening gspace. For example if you download Gboard as your favorite onscreen keyboard, it's not available for use...
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] Victor Rotivic:
Mod edit - translated by https://www.deepl.com/translator:

First I would like to say that my English is bad and I use a translator to explain the problem.

My son has a tablet model Samsung SM-t 580 and suddenly crashed. My son seeing on the internet changed the rom, putting a Chinese one with binary 6 and the tablet worked again, but this rom cannot be changed because it is binary 6 and no rom from another country has binary 6 or higher .

I need your help, because I already did everything and could not change and the chinese rom has no google apps and crashes a lot.

is there a way to change?

the rom is: T580ZCU6CTF1

thanks

**************************************************************

Primeiro eu gostaria de dizer que o meu Inglês é ruim e eu uso um tradutor para explicar o problema.

Meu filho tem um tablet modelo Samsung SM-t 580 e de repente travou. Meu filho vendo na internet mudou a rom, colocando uma chinesa com binário 6 e o tablet voltou a funcionar, mas esta rom não pode ser alterada, pois é binária 6 e nenhuma rom de outro país tem binário 6 ou superior .

Preciso da sua ajuda, porque já fiz de tudo e não consegui mudar e a rom chinesa não tem google apps e trava muito.

existe uma maneira de mudar?

o rom é: T580ZCU6CTF1

obrigado
[Samsung Galaxy Tab A series Questions & Answers] Oswald Boelcke:
@Victor Rotivic

Please read the guidances that are stuck on top of every forum prior to your next posting like

Note: Questions go in Q&A Forum

If you are posting a Question Thread post it in the Q&A forum. Technical discussion of Android development and hacking. No noobs, please. Device-specific releases should go under the appropriate device forum...

xdaforums.com

I've moved the thread to Q&A.

And as courtesy, I've translated your above posts. However, it looks that your translator didn't work correctly. With reference to rule no. 4 of the XDA Forum Rules, please post in English or add at least an English translation to your Portuguese posts. Thanks for your cooperation!

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Regards

Oswald Boelcke

Senior Moderator
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] daniel.eriksson:
Hey guys

I just bought the xperia x1 in sweden.. thought i might provide the rom for you guys if you want it?

Tell me how i go about it.

Phone is fantastic actually.. ive tried many phones, started with the universal, then tytn2, and now x1. love it..

br

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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] knownboyofno:
oh my!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am getting some ppl to tell you how right now.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] muffinman123987:
Wow I want that rom on my tilt. Haha but I have no clue on how to get it out and stuff.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] azazelx:
ok well what you do is unscrew the xperia, get everything out except the NAND chip, desolder it, throw all the useless xperia parts away, take apart a tytn 2, desolder the NAND there, then solder on the Xperia NAND chip, put all the parts of the TYTN 2 back together and then turn on the tytn and volia!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] NikMel:
Connect your device to pc and make sure your activesync is on and connected

First run pdocread -l then replace DSK1 and PartXX with the information you get from your device then follow steps bellow.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] imfloflo:
@NikMel I think you forgot to join some soft to do that where type this command ?console?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] daniel.eriksson:
buddy.. im sorry but tytn2 really is pail in comparison with x1. i have the tytn 2 soon as a bookstand.. i mean only the 800x480 resolution is pure pleasure, mouse and keyboard is also really good.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] daniel.eriksson:
kool. gimme a cpl of hours. i will message you directly with a dl link. ill also send it to some of the famous developers here.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] daniel.eriksson:
hm, i got this:

C:\itsutils>pdocread -l

Copying C:\itsutils\itsutils.dll to WCE:\windows\itsutils.dll

Could not update itsutils.dll to the current version, maybe it is inuse?

try restarting your device, or restart activesync

or maybe your device is application-locked.

i tried the "RemoveSecurity.CAB".. still no use.. ideas?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ravest:
i remember i used cert_SPCS and enableRapi before i managed to dump my rom

try these files
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] daniel.eriksson:
Thanks, now im stuck here:

C:\itsutils>pdocread.exe -l

459.88M (0x1cbe0000) FLASHDR

| 3.12M (0x31f000) Part00

| 4.38M (0x460000) Part01

| 169.25M (0xa940000) Part02

| 283.13M (0x11b20000) Part03

7.61G (0x1e6e80000) DSK7:

| 7.60G (0x1e6a80000) Part00

STRG handles:

handle 8ffaef66 7.60G (0x1e6a80000)

handle efeb877a283.13M (0x11b20000)

handle 6ffa1c1e169.25M (0xa940000)

handle effa1bfa 4.38M (0x460000)

handle 8ffa1946 3.12M (0x31f000)

disk 8ffaef66

0 partitions, 0 binary partitions

customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

disk efeb877a

0 partitions, 0 binary partitions

customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

disk 6ffa1c1e

0 partitions, 0 binary partitions

customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

disk effa1bfa

0 partitions, 0 binary partitions

customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

disk 8ffa1946

0 partitions, 0 binary partitions

customerid=00000000 uniqueid= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

C:\itsutils>pdocread -w -d DSK1 -b 0x800 -p Part00 0 0x31f000 Part00.raw

CopyTFFSToFile(0x0, 0x31f000, Part00.raw)

ERROR: ITReadDisk: outbuf==NULL

- The device is not ready for use.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Topogigi:
there's no need to dump the rom from the device as shipped roms for the X1 are already available in X1 forum
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] daniel.eriksson:
haha.. ok thanks. :p
[General Questions and Answers] cwgzz:
Having some difficulties installing TWRP on my device, any ideas on how to fix this?
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 1890170:
Try to boot into TWRP and then install .ZIP-formatted TWRP via the temporary TWRP session.
[Samsung Galaxy A52 4G] anonymous marbella:
How to put microsd as internal memory in galaxy a52(rooted)? ..

(I have very basic knowledge of modifying android) ..

I appreciate in advance any suggestion or clarification of my problem

(sorry if I misspelled .. I'm using the translator)

Have a great day !!
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Questions] chronicle:
Can I just flash a new S21 5G phone to UK generic FW to get rid of the Three splash screen and issues with the lack of 'VoLTE call' settings switch in the Three firmware? (I don't care about any warranty at this point). Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Questions] super34:
You first need to change CSC to BTU with samkey I think!! I did it with my vodafone s21 5G from VOD to BTU and now I don't have any vodafone apps anymore!!
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] PixelBoot:
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
/

What's AOSP?

AOSP is Android as Google publish without other modifications.

What's Working

:

RIL (Calls, SMS, Data)

Fingerprint

Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

Camera

Camcorder

Video Playback

Audio

Sensors

Flash

LED

GPS

What's Not Working

:

VoLTE

Important Info

:

To flash this rom you need TWRP 3.3.1-0 or newer.

Make sure you have the vendor, radio, & bootloader images installed, from the stock 10.0.0 (QP1A.191005.007.A3, Dec 2019) factory image.

They can be extracted from the factory image on Google's site here.

Instructions

:

If updating from a previous AOSP-11 build, follow the steps below:

If you don't already have them installed, flash the newest vendor, radio, and bootloader images linked above.

Boot into TWRP.

Flash the ROM zip.

Reboot.

Note: if you previously flashed GApps and/or the SU addon, there's no need to flash them again. They will be automatically re-installed during rom zip installation.

If coming from a different ROM:

If you don't already have them installed, flash the newest vendor, radio, and bootloader images linked above. also make sure you have the newest TWRP, linked above.

Boot into TWRP.

Wipe system & data & cache partitions.

Format data.

Flash rom & GApps & SU zips (GApps & SU zips are optional).

Reboot & enjoy.

Downloads

:

Builds:

SourceForge

GApps:

Open GApps

Source

:

AOSP:

platform/manifest

Marlin:

device/google/marlin

device/google/marlin-kernel

vendor/google/sailfish
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] OFFSPRINGER3:
@PixelBoot Thanks for your hard work! Will test this rom
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Carlingo:
Gapps won't install. Tried nano and micro :(
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] cyberon:
Though for a moment this was a AOSP Android 12 rom... 😅
[Google Pixel ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Icarus_Radio:
I can confirm that OpenGapps does not work. I used TWRP 3.6.0 to flash it.
[XPERIA X1 General] arash_:
New Generic RTL Xperia ROM images are officially released;

[I]ROM images[/I]

[B]Customized DE[/B]
http://rapidshare.com/files/155680913/APP_SW_X1i_GENERIC_DE_1213-6439_CDF1215-3303_KOV_R1AA017.image.html

[B]Generic FR[/B]
http://rapidshare.com/files/155700645/APP_SW_X1i_GENERIC_FR_1213-6441_CDF1215-3307_KOV_R1AA017.image.html

[B]Generic IT[/B]
http://rapidshare.com/files/155252393/APP_SW_X1i_GENERIC_IT_1213-6444_CDF1215-3309_KOV_R1AA017.zip.html

[B]Generic SE[/B]
http://rapidshare.com/files/155685806/APP_SW_X1i_GENERIC_SE_1213-2274_CDF1215-3315_KOV_R1AA017.image.html

[B]Customized UK[/B]
http://rapidshare.com/files/154889093/APP_SW_X1i_GENERIC_UK_1213-6450_CDF1215-1832_KOV_R1AA017.zip.html

[B]Customized T-Mobile NL[/B]
http://rapidshare.com/files/155690891/APP_SW_X1i_TMO_NL_1213-2293_CDF1216-0475_KOV_R1AA020.image.html

[B]O2 DE[/B]
http://rapidshare.com/files/155769609/APP_SW_X1i_O2_DE_1213-2272_CDF1215-1634_KOV_R1AA017.image.html

[I]Instructions / Movie / Trouble Shooting[/I]

[B]Working Instructions Guide (Mechanical level) for X1i/X1a[/B]
http://rapidshare.com/files/155696508/Guide_Working_Instructions_Mechanical_X1i.pdf.html

[B]Working Instructions Guide (Mechanical level) for X1i/X1a[/B]
http://rapidshare.com/files/155696939/Guide_Repair_Movies_Mechanical_X1i.pdf.html

[B]Trouble Shooting Guide (Mechanical level) for X1i/X1a[/B]
http://rapidshare.com/files/155697184/Guide_Trouble_Shooting_Mechanical_X1i.zip.html

[B]How to enter bootloader mode on your Xperia:[/B]

0. Make sure your phone battery is fully charged.
1. Turn off your phone.
2. Remove and reinsert the phone battery.
3. Press and hold first the volume down button on the phone and then the phone power button.
4. Continue holding the two buttons (volume down + power button) down until the phone display turns on and displays colored stripes.
5. Release the buttons.
6. Attach the USB-mini cable to the phone and the PC.
7. Take a cold beer :).
[I]Delay a few minutes, or alternativity take a short nap[/I]
8. Follow included instructions.
9. Read again.
...
10. Start playing with your device

I have also attached some technical guides together with mechanical/electrical repair manuals which includes assembly and disassembly hints, I really do hope the community finds them useful. If you are missing something, don't hesitate to PM me or you can mention in this thread what you really are looking for.

It is required that you've got a security unlocked phone (SuperCID with HardSPL) for being able to use the ROM images linked above!

Regards
[XPERIA X1 General] ffffdddd:
thanks a lot
[XPERIA X1 General] arnisv:
arash_ ! Thanx
[XPERIA X1 General] cHarOn99:
awesome, thx for sharing with us :D
[XPERIA X1 General] ffffdddd:
I tried UK IT SE versions, they all stoped at either 10% or 11%.

Now I cant use my phone anymore, it shows a four color screen(red green blue and white),

and says that

KOVS110

SPL-0.72.0000

MicroP1-787

MicroP2-707

Upgrade ROM code error

Please try again

Serial

--

I tried to use RUU to recover the process, but it didn't work, always stops at 10%

I am not an engineer, don't know much about it, could anymore one just tell me how to make my phone work again, I just want the SE system back, I am done with flashing the ROM. thanks
[XPERIA X1 General] arnisv:
the same problem here
[XPERIA X1 General] arnisv:
any ideas how to unlock that cid?
[XPERIA X1 General] arnisv:
Its a happy day again !!! Yipiii

1. Download mtty.exe

2. Disable activesync (connection settings -> uncheck "allow usb connections")

3. Connect your x1 to PC using USB cable.

4. Open mtty, select USB port and click OK.

5. Hit ENTER twice, you should see the "Cmd>" prompt.

6. Type the command "boot"

and its alive again but after restart need mtty to boot again.

so realy need to unlock cid to be god flashed
[XPERIA X1 General] borce_razor:
Very usefull thread. For CID unlocking need's HardSPL. arnisv, does this repair dead phones eg. stuck at tricolour (bootloader) screen ?
[XPERIA X1 General] ffffdddd:
No, it doesn't work on my phone
[XPERIA X1 General] borce_razor:
Try this

MTTY (How to fix a bad ROM flash!) Hi,

I didn't see any post about using MTTY on Kaiser.

If I did a bad ROM flash with my previous device (HTC Universal), I could always fix this by clearing the FAT table with MTTY.

Believe me... if you flash and it stops ad 85% you will be very happy if you can use this tool!

Reason I started this thread is to help out people who are having such a problem with there Kaiser!

This is the correct procedure to get you out of trouble

1. Stop ActiveSync, by Task Manager (press Ctrl + Alt + Delete)
kill two processes rapimgr.exe and wcescomm.exe

2. put your device into the cradle

3. Run mtty and Choose WCEUSBSH001 in 'PORT' (if it doesn't show then you didn't stop all active sync processes above!)

4. type "set 16 0" without the quotes to tell bootloader to boot the OS after reset. (for some devices it can also be "set 14 0")

5. type "task 8" to get your device formatted

6. type "task 0" to ask your device reboot

7. take the device out of the cradle, and manually reset it if it does not do that already.

Incase of an emergency it could be very helpfull I think!

Thank you all for providing the input in this thread so I could make this small user manual!

Happy flashing!

Search for MTTY ver 1[1].42 or other, this is from our forum. It work's on Kaiser, maybe will work on xperia. And I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE DONE WITH THIS:)
[XPERIA X1 General] borce_razor:
Xperia HardSPL thread created
[XPERIA X1 General] Paitor:
What rom is the swedish one? Newer or the same as it was delivered with?

Edit: Im new to windows mobile. What should i look for to check what version i have?
[XPERIA X1 General] Gizmo5148:
As i see it, it's the same as we allready have
[XPERIA X1 General] arnisv:
no it just boots the phone in wm and all works exept can not restart the phone without myyt
[XPERIA X1 General] borce_razor:
If you turn off the phone it can't be booted again without mtty ?
[XPERIA X1 General] arnisv:
yes need help of mtty
[XPERIA X1 General] Jezze_:
How its possible know which version have CID? All swedish version have CID but its able to unlock and after that u can flash to English OS?
[XPERIA X1 General] arnisv:
ok after

Cmd>set 16 0

Cmd>task 14 0

now phone boots without mtty
[XPERIA X1 General] ffffdddd:
Thanks a lot, my phone is working again, although its still in Swedish.
[XPERIA X1 General] Elibl:
thanx a lot zargloub for your work on this :)

i'll try your update

it would be amazing if battery works

then only camera focus and gps and we would have a fully working android :D

do you've knowledge on this?

also thx @neoofoox for uploading

btw multiupload is nice ;)
[XPERIA X1 General] Elibl:
hhmm always getting E:Can't mount /sdcard or Error mounting sdcard in cwm with sdcard formatted ext3 both set as primary and logical but mount as usb storage works...
[XPERIA X1 General] aseteo:
Thanks zargloub for your work on this build and thanks neofoox for the re-upload, i could finally download it to test it out! :D:D

will give feedback ASAP as i am currently studying and classes have officially become hectic
[XPERIA X1 General] Elibl:
also chmod 777 of whole sdcard doesn't change anything for me :(

don't know how to go on :(

am i right with using the kovsimg.nbh and recovery.bat from nand cm7.1 thread? should be or?
[XPERIA X1 General] zargloub:
I am not sure that CWM allows updates.zip on ext3 partitions. Maybe only fat one.

By the way, for the sdcard format to use in Android, i think after tests that ext3 causes problems, because of support of users and rights management. Some applications create files with an user, and other ones try to access this file and are not allowed.

So, finally, for a dayly use, it's easyer to use a fat32 card and to remove it during the boot. Anyway, we do not have to reboot so often ...
[XPERIA X1 General] Elibl:
ah okay got it to install the build you've to use fat32

the ext3 stuff was only for booting android with sdcard insert

now i'm testing... :)
[XPERIA X1 General] zargloub:
Yes, but problèm of permission with ext3, so finally it's better to work with fat32 sdcard and remove it while booting.

I will look at it, but the problem of phone volume of calls destroying ears is the priority for me. Does it works correctly for you or it is my volume button wich does not work any more (it was not working good with windows) ?
[XPERIA X1 General] Elibl:
oh yeah pretty pretty nice everything works for me i'll stay with adwlauncher and agile lock. the turn on of screen only after touching doesn't matter me at all.

Battery looks nice we'll see...

on the x1 i currently installed vol down button is hw failed and doesn't work at all (strange thing for accessing bootloader it works:rolleyes:) but before on the other x1 with alex's build i never had problems with vol buttons during call but i remember the default was very loud :D

still one thing the wifi mac adress is unavailable and for me it's very annoying because the network i'm using is limited on mac adresses and it looks like the android changes mac adress randomly after reboot...

fascinating :D

do you know that there's a 20th november sundream build with full/more language support? would be nice to add...

and... :p if you've accidently time but only if could you explain how to change/export keys for phys-keyboard?

there's no x on your keyboard or i just don't find it:p

just editing the qwerty.kl and replace?

my skills on linux aren't pretty good

again thousands of thanks for your work on this:)

EDIT: here're the links to

post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21529078&postcount=327

and file: https://rapidshare.com/#!download|3...|72869|R~03DE35EC83764C37066B43ED7002511D|0|0
[XPERIA X1 General] zargloub:
No problem to use a more recent package from sun dream. I use this one because i read it was the most stable. But do you have another link (rapidshare is blocked here) to package kernel with it ?

To change the keyboard, it's manualy in arch/arm/mach-msm/board-htckovsky.c . You'll have to recompile kernel or to send me modified file, i'll redo a package for you.

About the volume touch and mac adress, it's strange, because i started from Alex kernel. Maybe the Android in involved.

We'll see with 20th november sundream package and current kernel as soon as i could get it.
[XPERIA X1 General] Elibl:
that would be very nice can you access multiupload? kernel with it.

uploading...

while uploading here is an other link: http://dl.dbank.com/c0olv57z3o

multiupload dosn't work:mad:

file-upload.net... 30 mins left
[XPERIA X1 General] aseteo:
Do i need to task 29 my phone to install or just install as update from sd card?
[XPERIA X1 General] Elibl:
i think format everything in cwm should be enough

but not sdcard;)
[XPERIA X1 General] zargloub:
I just install update from sdcard. No problems.

for the website dbank.com, does not work either after 15Mb.

I'll retry this evening or tomorow.
[XPERIA X1 General] aseteo:
if i update from SD Card, it would replace the current version of the NAND i have (20th November) to the 18th of November one?

Sorry for all the questions, i'm not too sure about reinstalling other than task 29 and do over