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[Samsung Galaxy A12] Wish39:
Flashing the preloader back to the phone may fix the brick, give me some time to figure out a process
[Samsung Galaxy A12] Mattinthahack:
how do you exit bprom mode? I've been searching all over the internet can't get into download mode, nothing. Anyone got any tips?
[Samsung Galaxy A12] PrivyetCyka:
thats exactly what the issue is lol when i was flashing things it wanted a preloader and theres 2 different ones inside the stock firmware one is like titan rat and then theres another one and i guess i flashed the wrong one but i have no idea how to flash a preloader being that it cant even be detected , what i really dont understand is am i using sp flash tool to flash since its mediatek or am i using odin...
[Samsung Galaxy A12] Mattinthahack:
To my understanding there is only one preloader.
[Samsung Galaxy A12] PrivyetCyka:
contained within the official firmware there is preloader.img and also preloader_k65v1_64_bsp_titan_rat.bin im assuming i flashed the wrong one but i cant remember which ..i cant get sp flash tool to work at all no matter what i try even tho my drivers are right also so i have no clue at this point lol. ***Edit*** finally got it fixed it, just needed the right preloader and it's working again but back to square one with the root lol
[Samsung Galaxy A12] Mattinthahack:
What is the right preloader??? Please link it to me this phone been dead for at least 2 weeks
[Samsung Galaxy A12] PrivyetCyka:
its just preloader.img inside the stock firmware just download the firmware and extract it
[Samsung Galaxy A12] Mattinthahack:
I want the one you used. I've already extracted the one in the preloader image too but it doesn't work. If yours was for bit 3 can you please upload it for me I'd appreciate it very much buddy
[Samsung Galaxy A12] Humtimo:
Hello, allow me ask, can writing ROM bypass M-kopa?
[Samsung Galaxy A12] ovalbayu588:
after oem snow , wifi no connected , have solution ?
[Samsung Galaxy A12] Professorwhiz:
I have a sm-a125u1 will it work the same?
[Samsung Galaxy A12] edolas:
How do I check which binary is installed?

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy A12] FoxyDrew:
Hey @marioz17 where did you get/how did you make the modded BL file for odin?

I'm trying to do something similar with this phones successor (A136u)

@Boster27
[Samsung Galaxy A12] doggyworld:
Any idea if its possible to unlock bootloader on a125u on binary "s5"?
[Samsung Galaxy A12] HTidwell:
asking same about 5 - could the same process work with an updated modded BL? if so is it hard to create?

alternatively Ive seen a few articles on making your own combination firmware (since I havent seen any higher than 2) but there seems to be disagreement on how and if they are "real" (effective). It seems hard to believe its as simple as just unzipping and rearchiving the boot.img and ap files - given the file size of legit combination files... but willing to try anything.

Thanks in advance for any sage wisdom, hunches, ideas or input you may have. . H
[Samsung Galaxy A12] Jmingels:
Hi, old thread ik im sorry but theres very little information and pretty scattered.

i have a metro/tmobile a125u on lowest binary 3 firmware downgraded with odin. after downgrading, i can succesfully enter brom from test pins. using combination of this guide and https://xdaforums.com/t/sm-a125u-multitool-kit-root-twrp-unlock-unbrick.4470297/ i managed to use mtkclient https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient to what seems succesfully unlock using command

python mtk da seccfg unlock. i put the phone away for now but the result post look indentical to this View attachment 5863681

However, flashing anything in odin reults in non verified image error.... The MTKUnlock program provided in the toolkit just opens and closes and i cant find other NON paid programs to accomplish unlock...

Any ideas? thanks for reading
[Samsung Galaxy A12] sahelkhan022:
i have bootloader file i need for binary 4 possible ? A125U
[Samsung Galaxy A12] sahelkhan022:
very EASY JUST NEED TO FLASH W CANDIAN BROM MODE OEM OPTION DOGLE WILL SHOW
[Samsung Galaxy A12] HSR96:
can you share the rom that you use to flash? i cant find the a125w u4 scatter rom
[Samsung Galaxy A12] sahelkhan022:
you don't need scatter rom bro need to flash bootloader (brom mod) only your device will convert after you can flash on odin
[Xiaomi Mi A3 Questions & Answers] antonio8909:
Hello,

I'd run into an issue while flashing from an Android One stock ROM to a modded one with MIUI. I assume my mistake was installing an old version of Android and resulted into a hard brick.

The phone doesn't make any signal of life. It doesn't boot up but when I plug it into the PC, I see this: QUSB_BULK_CID:XXXX_SN:XXXXXXXX (Where X are numbers).

Is there any way to fix it? I'd try with Mi Flash Tool and Qfil and I didn't manage to fix it.

Thanks a lot in advance.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 Questions & Answers] Eliliyah:
Okay, so it's alive. You're in what's called emergency download mode, or EDL. It's also sometimes called QDL. It can be saved!

Things you will need:

Deep flash cable. (Seriously, do not take the back off your phone. Buy the cable. They're like ten bucks on amazon.)

Qualcomm 9008 drivers

Either XiaoMiFlash or QFIL with QPST. If you go with QFIL, use this link: https://qpsttool.com/qpst-tool-v2-7-104

You need to follow either one of these guides, depending on what you want:

Repackaged A11 stock here: https://c.mi.com/thread-3527044-1-0.html

CC9e Conversion to MIUI 12.5 on A10 here: https://xdaforums.com/t/miui-12-port-10-miui-12-for-mi-a3-stable-weekly-rom.4016457/

Good luck! DM me if you need help.
[Xiaomi Mi A3 Questions & Answers] anwarulislam:
Hi, my Mi A3 device also hard bricked. it doesn't show any signal of life. But, when I plugged into my computer with USB cable I can see the Qualcomm 9008 drivers enabled. Then I flased to stock global rom. flashing was successfull as well. But, still device isn't turning on. now signal yet. Still I can see the driver enabled when I plugin usb.

What should I do?
[Xiaomi Redmi 5A Questions & Answers] ImKaranSharma:
Hello Experts,

I'm facing "Find device storage corrupted. Your device is unsafe now" error is my phone. I want to fix this issue, But I can't unlock my bootloader with Mi unlock tool. Every time I'm trying to unlock the bootloader, Can't Get Info Connect Again error comes. My device verification was successful but still, I'm getting this issue. You can see it in the screenshot. I'm following everything before trying to unlock.

Already Enabled 👇

Enable Developer option

OEM Unlock

USB debugging

Mi account bind permission

fastboot

USB drivers already install

I have the latest version of mi unlock tool. Also, I'm already try the previous version but nothing works

I need help to fix this issue, Can anyone explain to me how to fix this issue. (Find device & bootloader not unlocking)

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[Nintendo Switch Questions & Answers] YoshiTheGamerYT:
This is not a meme, i want to solve the Joy Con Dirft on my Nintendo Switch
[G1 Apps and Games] tim273:
Hello Everyone,

On the Android Market you can dowload Gmote which turns the the G1 into a remote control for Window's or Mac via a client/server type configuration over WiFi. It would be cool to write a similar application for MythTV. I'm not sure how it could be done, but it's cool. I'd try it myself, but I have 2 little kids at home and no spare time :)

Thoughts?

Tim
[G1 Apps and Games] nichos:
I know this thread is REAL old but it's the first hit on google, so I though i'd put in what I found. Mythmote works GREAT!

code.google.com/p/mythmote/

it's available in the market. I had to restart my frontend after enabling the remote.
[Motorola Razr 5G Questions & Answers] omgallthenamesaretaken:
My screen started to delaminate from the protective layer in the hinge area. Literally while I was talking to Motorola, I dropped the damn thing and shattered the back glass, which pretty much eliminated the possibility of getting the screen fixed under warranty as I'd already been having to argue with them about whether the screen issue was caused by "physical damage" (I'm not terribly impressed with the warranty support for such an expensive phone, fwiw).

Anyway, since they wanted 900 to repair it, and I only paid 800 on sale, I just ordered a screen and new back glass from Mobile Defenders.

Unfortunately, while taking it apart, I moved a little too fast and managed to crack the front glass pretty good too, and that doesn't seem to be available from Mobile Defenders, but you can get the glass on eBay for about $50.

In looking at the front glass, it isn't obvious how I'd remove the exterior screen from it in order to move it to a new piece of glass - has anyone performed this repair?
[Motorola Razr 5G Questions & Answers] LormaD:
My first incident, I broke the rear "glass" battery door housing (yeah, real smart, make a phone out of ceramic like glass) and managed to find an OEM replacement. It was super easy to change, and I had some mobile phone adhesive glue (for repairing LED screens on handsets) because the seller forgot to include the adhesive stickers.

I mailed my phone to Motorola, and they received it Monday May 2nd for two issues... I had two pixels go bad (they stay lit white all the time) and making calls, the person (hence, the TX from my Razr) could not hear me (I sounded like the first gen digital phones with bad reception, robotic aqua underwater warble) rendering the phone useless to use.

Motorola states 5 to 7 day turnaround. They received my phone and have not even started to work on it.
[Motorola Razr 5G Questions & Answers] LormaD:
Motorola screwed me...

I love how technical services can void themselves of all obligations and use the "liquid damage" card.

I live in the North, it's cold. Everybody should be made aware that if you live in a cold environment and you go from a warm environment (using your phone indoors, or charging your phone while driving) and going outside, you are exposing your handset to cold. If condensation is liquid damage, then I do not know of any electronic device that you can use in the winter that would be exempt from possible condensation.

I had this discussion with Apple in the past, and they overturned there decision on a laptop and repaired it under warranty being aware that this is a possibility and that it may trigger the water stickers that phone manufactures place inside handsets.

I understood when I purchased my device that the Razr 5g is on the forefront of design and technology. I get it that the rear housing that is made of ceramic can crack if dropped. I know that the foldable screen is subject to many problems, like delamination, pixels going bad etc.. But considering all this, the service offered by Motorola and there lack of customer service (I have called many times, getting line disconnections (their phone system sucks), speaking with third party call center representatives who are clueless, being "not listened too" and replied with generic off topic replies... I don't see how they can offer flagship devices and expect the Diehards (when Motorola was an American Cell Phone Company and Communications Powerhouse) to buy in to the next generation flip.

Incredibly disappointed. I'm going with my plan B. Screw U Moto!
[Motorola Razr 5G Questions & Answers] omgallthenamesaretaken:
I did manage to figure out the disassembly process, but the replacement interior screen I received ended up being defective - the image worked, but it did not detect touch. I reinstalled the old messed up screen, and although it was half whited out from the damage by this point, it could detect touch, so I know the issue was the replacement screen.

Mobile Defenders were kind enough to fully refund me on the price of the replacement screen, at which point I noticed that complete, working Razr 5G phones could be had used for $200 - half what I paid for the replacement screen. Between that and Moto's crummy support and warranty policies, the garbage camera on the phone, and the fact that I hadn't had a security patch or software update since getting the phone and was still stuck on Android 11, I just gave up and got a Pixel 6 Pro.

It's huge, and I hate how huge it is, but it works, it gets updated, and it can stand up to daily use.

I will very likely never buy another Moto device - even trying this one was an experiment.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rahand123:
Hello everyone, I have a problem, I have a Galaxy tab 3 lite (smt113) some days ago I installed linage os for this tablet, but yesterday I rooted my device and after that device not turning on , im put power button but just showing linage os logo , really I'm need help
[Samsung Galaxy A32 4G] PaulinoBaslio:
I would like to know how to enter fastbootd! mode???
[Samsung Galaxy A32 4G] uluruman:
Enable the USB debug mode in the Developer options, install adb (it's the part of Android Studio, or as a separate tool for Linux available in the official repos) and execute "adb reboot bootloader".
[Samsung Galaxy A32 4G] PaulinoBaslio:
This is FastBootd! mode ??View attachment 5593101
[Samsung Galaxy A32 4G] uluruman:
Yes it is. In this mode the phone responds only to the commands of the fastboot CLI tool.
[Samsung Galaxy A32 4G] PaulinoBaslio:
so I can install GSI by the dynamic partitions
[Samsung Galaxy A32 4G] uluruman:
Probably. May be. From my experience it simply doesn't work. It sorta flashes something but may be it just takes forever to complete or it's really just stuck but there's no response whatsoever. Fastboot mode is absolutely minimalistic, it does not report anything, no progress, nothing, and I guess it's intended to be like that, because it boots before anything else and theoretically allows you to flash even the very first bootloader. Anyway, I tried something like fastboot flash system lir-v316-220325-arm64-bvZ.img and the CLI tool reported Sending 'system' and then nothing else happened for the next 15 minutes or so, after which I just hit Ctrl+C, ran fastboot reboot and observed that nothing changed, the old system booted just like it was, so I guess nothing was really flashed, even partially. I don't know really, may be it's unpacked internally only when the image is fully uploaded and I didn't give it enough time, but for that time Odin would already flash the whole set of firmware. What else is to try, besides waiting more time, is converting the image to/from Android sparse format using the img2simg & simg2img tools, and try other partition names, such as "system_root" but I am sure this latter thing is absolutely wrong. The GSI system partition is called system, it just must be called that, system_root is something else (I guess it's the system root of the recovery mode).
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] mkhcb:
Wouldn't it be cool to just download the monthly updates and then flash it without a computer and follow that by flashing root instantly? I miss the good ol' TWRP day. We should all pitch in for a TWRP bounty. What do you folks think about that?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] scott.hart.bti:
Honestly I don't even remember the days of using twrp anymore as it's been so rare on devices the past couple years. I have to admit I do miss the interface/functionality without relying on a computer. I'd be willing to throw in a few bucks.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] mkhcb:
I came from the OnePlus realm and owned the OPO + OP5T. My parents had the OPO and currently have the 7 Pro. I have been beyond spoiled with TWRP.

Needing a computer to flash and update + keep flash is a pain in the butt... Plus the uninstall Magisk, update, then flash method has never worked for me and 2x I lost all my data + pictures.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] scott.hart.bti:
Haha I hear ya. I know there were a few devs over in the OnePlus forums that were fantastic with bringing twrp functionality to those devices. I'm wondering if anyone on the OnePlus 10 is working on it yet. Can't be that much different once someone gets it working and posts the source code (obviously the device source would be different), but beyond that should be similar. I've really been getting the itch to start playing around with things again lately. Need to find a decent rig to setup with Ubuntu before that can happen.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] mkhcb:
Well if you want to lose the inactive dev title, I 100% will support that 😉. I know many people would appreciate it!
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Grifello:
i'd certainly spend my money for a twrp!

I hate adb and hate having to connect my pixel (or any other phone) to a pc for install whatever i want
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] cpufrost:
TWRP was a thing when phones had SD card slots. It still would be nice, however, just not as handy as it were then. ;-)
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] MysteryIII:
I'm coming straight from S5 and can say even with Source Code available it's really hard to see functional updates.

Aroma Installer support was lost for about 5 years. Then an interested developer finally came up and fixed it but didn't want to maintain it, but still it became official ipdate for device tree not unofficial. However the next two updates after it (as far as I know there haven't been more) by an official maintainer skipped all the fixes he did (Aroma Installer support is just the most important). So TWRP for S5 is back to be bugged like for last 5 years and I don't expect it to get fixed ever again.

So no: even if source is available, you can't expect to have good TWRP support.

I'm quite shocked about the S20 development: It's a flagship phone only 2 years old but Stock based development is down to one ROM and one kernel actively maintained, Vanilla Android (based) ROM is not there only LOS based (okay this is Vanilla based in the end, but itself modified and all the ROMs start from this one) and as this one is still not bug free, all depending ROMs are not bug free.

Back in the active days of S5 you had 3-5 Stock ROMs active, AOSP, AOKP and than Cyanogen (based) ROMs available, quite a lot. And Samsung was always hated for their undocumented changes that gave developers quite the headache and reverse engineering was needed a lot. I think GSI should make development easier compared to S5 or has Custom Android development gone down at all?
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] iRhyiku:
Huh? My Samsungs and Oneplus had TWRP, it's not rare just not on Pixel
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Question: Has any Android 12 device had TWRP made for it yet? Last I had heard, several months back, anyway - none had. Anyone wanting to tackle TWRP for any specific Android 12 device would first have to tackle getting it to work on any Android 12 device in general.

But maybe by now, someone has made it for Android 12 in general and I just haven't heard about it, who knows. I used it some on my Pixel 1, but I really haven't missed it.

Edit: There are several TWRP-related threads in this section, and here's some news I shared a month after I got my Pixel 6 Pro:

[General] TWRP 3.6.0 major parts rewritten from scratch to support Google's Android 11 changes, so they are hopeful for a much quicker Android 12 release

So it took them quite a while to get Android 11 support in general.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] mkhcb:
Use a USB C to USB A dongle. Works like a charm and also works in TWRP.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] RetroTech07:
TWRP is still being worked on from what I just checked, but they have no ETA when it'll be finished. There's a status page on Zulip with more info, but I'm not signing up for it.

TWRP 3.6.1 Released

TWRP 3.6.1 is out now for most currently supported devices.

twrp.me
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] cpufrost:
True, I forgot about those. I even have a 128GB tiny Sandisk USB drive that is USB C native that does work so there's that.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] exocetdj:
yes

namely the fold 3 - however with samsung devices, encryption needs to be disabled for TWRP to work and be able to access the data partition and thus make and store nand backups of userdata etc.

Firstly it transpred that disabling encryption broke a whole range of samsung and google things such as samsung Dex mode and even downloading attachments from gmail.

Then it transpired that data backups were not being sucecssful (although system partition backups were still possible)

In the end it wasn't worth it and the Dev moved over to pixel 6 pro lol
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] DanielF50:
It was only officially ported to Android 11 in November 2021, so I doubt there's any official A12 builds yet.

I think reliance on TWRP has dwindled over the past few years due to slow releases, dev's releasing ROM's that are flashable with fastboot, kernels being flashable while online, and most root mods moving towards systemless Magisk modules.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Dataman100:
I mainly used TWRP to do an image backup of my phone before doing anything "dangerous". I really hate having to 🤞 before each monthly update in the hopes something doesn't go wrong that will cause me to have to wipe my phone. With TWRP, I could do an image backup, screw something up, and be back up and running right where I was in a matter of minutes.

Am I missing something here? Is there another way to do a full image backup and restore it quickly? I have Titanium Backup but using that to backup each individual app and it's data, transfer that backup off the phone, then if I have to wipe the phone, I have to copy everything back, then do a restore of each app, will take literally hours!

What's the quickest way to do an image backup if not TWRP?

Thanks,

Dave
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] roirraW "edor" ehT:
There has "always" (very, very long time) been a way to do image backups manually using ADB, however, it's unreliable - the only reason TWRP or other recoveries were slightly more reliable was that they could "verify" the backup and ensure that what it sees in the partition is indeed what is backed up.

With the ADB commands, you might not find out your backup isn't good until you restore it, and that's no help.

I still found TWRP backups to be hit and miss, at least six years ago when I was still using it.

I switched to Swift Backup and I don't even backup locally as most of my 512 GB of space is filled with music. I have it backup to my Google Drive directly. It's slower to restore stuff from the cloud, but at least they aren't taking up precious space, and I know wiping the phone won't cause me to lose my backups.

FYI, you can set up cloud backups in Titanium Backup as well, or tell it to do that manually. In TB's case, the cloud backups don't replace the local backups, but I have used them before just in case I have to wipe. I've been away from Titanium Backup long enough that I don't recall if TB restores could be done from the cloud, however (unlike Swift Backup, which can restore directly from the cloud). TB's method is probably closer to your manual copy the files back method, so only slightly an improvement as you can schedule the TB cloud backups to happen automatically.
[Google Pixel 6 Pro] Dataman100:
Thanks! Yeah, I was aware of all those options. It's still a very manually intensive and time consuming process with either Swift or TB to the cloud.

I came to the P6P from an LG V30s which had TWRP. Right before any major update, (OS, Magisk, etc). I'd do a quick full image backup to the SD card. It took about 20 mins max. Then I'd perform whatever update task, and if it boot looped, or soft bricked, I'd immediately reboot into TWRP and restore. I remember having to do that at least twice on the LG. Each time the backup restored properly and I was up and running again in 20 mins or less. There's no current backup/restore process for the Pixel that even comes close. Titanium even lets you restore individual apps/data from a TWRP backup image. You don't have to restore the entire thing. Which I'd done several times on the LG.

It's a shame. One of the reasons I chose the P6P was because I thought with it's popularity, it wouldn't take long for TWRP to be available. It may not be as valuable or necessary as it was in the past for it's flashing functions, but it certainly would be very useful, (to me anyway) for it's image backup function.

I'd definitely chip in for a TWRP bounty. For the backup alone.