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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ME20001:
Hello.

I want to ask, if it is theoretically possible to replace a phones bootloader with another one?

How does the bootloader work, and where is it in the memory is it part of the ROM?

It would be also intersting, if it is possible to disable this "Orange state bla device cant be trusted" warning that shows on

every boot, when the bootloader is unlocked, and that adds 5 seconds on the (On some phones) already long boot time.

Regrads
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edufpaz:
Hi @ME20001

To fix this Orange State warning, there is a Orange State Disable that can be run by TWRP or another Custom Recovery.

Look here:

https://xdaforums.com/t/android-ora...ked-and-cant-be-trusted.3801411/post-81587799
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ME20001:
Do you have any idea how the bootloader works? For example, why it is impossible to flash a custom ROM with locked bootloader?

Would it not be possible to just overwrite the stock locked bootloader with a custom one too, especially, if you have a low level flash tool like XTMMiracle?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edufpaz:
I'm not an Android expert. I read a lot and try to learn.

The Bootloader is the participation responsible for booting the system, the recovery or if it finds an error it doesn't start anything, I'm summarizing because it's more complex than that.

Bootloader was developed for this and all manufacturers or developers use it like that, it's from Android project. Who makes any changes is the Root process.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oswald Boelcke:
@ME20001

Welcome to XDA. I hope you'll always get the support you require.

However, prior to your next posting please read the guidances that are stuck on top of every forum 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

and the others. I've moved the thread to Android Q&A as it didn't qualify for development.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Regards

Oswald Boelcke

Senior Moderator
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alecxs:
bootloader is splitted. you're probably asking about second stage in chain of trust, SBL + aboot/lk

read basics here:

https://lineageos.org/engineering/Qualcomm-Firmware

https://alephsecurity.com/2018/01/22/qualcomm-edl-1

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/avb/+/master/README.md#recommended-bootflow
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ME20001:
The Redmi Note 10 Pro (My device) has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G in it.

Thanks for the links, I will see if I get smart out of that. I am with android and modern smartphones still noob

Ok, as far as I have read, the Qualcomm SOC uses EFuses to set some settings. those are the ways most horrible and

nastiest sort of things you can get in touch with, because how they wrote, once broken, no rstore in any way is possible...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alecxs:
please note Orange State Disabler is for mediatek only (and the orange state message you mentioned is untypical for qualcomm)

so it's probably MT6891Z
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ME20001:
Sorry for the confusion, The orange state gets showed on a Mediatek device, not on the Note 10Pro, there I Still wait for the

unlock permission from Xiaomi. Do you know if Mediatek also uses hardware based EFuses for settings like Qualcomm?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alecxs:
Idk but some devices support GSI on locked bootloader with DSU Loader. LineageOS and some other custom ROMs like GrapheneOS support user-settable root of trust, it's possible to re-lock bootloader.

I personally prefer unlocked bootloader, it makes life easier when it comes to data recovery (broken screen etc.)

there exist unlock tools for some non-unlockable devices

https://github.com/bkerler/edl#for-generic-unlocking

https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient#unlock-bootloader

for older mediatek bootless-root method might be interesting
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ME20001:
It seems that Mediatek SOC´s dont have hardware EFuses, that get irreversible blown when they get set, so on Mediatek

it would be probably possible to replace the bootloader of the device, and get the SOC to booting it anyway, if its possible

to reset the Bootlaoder signature memory of the SOC.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] jlawton11:
Sorry I'm new here, not an expert on the protocol, all I know is I have quite a bit to learn. OK I have an Amazon Fire 7 tablet. When I got it the Zoom app was available on the Amazon app store so I installed it, I'm pretty active on Zoom (at least 2 3-hour meetings a week) and the battery on my poor iPhone wasn't keeping up and the screen was too small. (I have since installed Google Play Store too.)

But there was one principle issue, the display would only show 4 participants per screen, I would need to swipe left to see the fifth and higher participants, and UNFAILINGLY when I then swiped right again I would lose visibility of ALL the participant videos, and the ONLY way I found to restore it that worked was to sign out and rejoin, which is problematic when you wind up having to do it 10 or 12 times a meeting!

So finally I called the problem into Zoom, they reviewed the session logs and said they found no problems so the problem had to be that I was "attempting to install Zoom on an unsupported OS". EXCUSE ME?? If you folks didn't WANT Zoom to be installed on Amazon's tablets then why the he** did you let them put it on their app store, sounds like time to issue an injunction to me...!

Anyway so Zoom has determined they "don't have to fix" the problem, so what I'm trying to figure out is whether the Zoom problem is likely to be in the "launcher" or something else that I can install a different version of (and maybe you could kind of point me in the right direction here somewhere to find the instructions to do that), or if I CAN'T continue to use the tablet how the heck does one find a tablet that is "sufficiently Android" that Zoom ACTUALLY SUPPORTS THEIR OWN PRODUCT??
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] MonteCristoffOn:
Hi all,

[4 nov 2008] B-Roll, the Bell UI

Some links to see what it looks like :

PointUI Web site (announcement)

Bell UI microsite

A quick view with the Bell UI in action on a Diamond/Touch Pro :

Bell UI Extraction (work in progress...) : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=445026

My screenshots review : Bell UI on my Diamond...

​

[8 nov 2008] Home 2 - Telstra version

Some links to see what it looks like :

PointUI Web site (announcement)

Techworld news

[13 nov 2008] a quick demo video

​

:cool:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] gerazzo:
amazing....
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Caramel:
Loooooooool !!!

My Diamond dont look like this !

Please change your century !
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Lycox:
Yes!!! They're back. Can't wait to test it... :D :D :D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] baallrog:
is this an ui made for a society or something that we can expect to have on our phone one day ?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] itsallsubliminal:
looks like it :D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Archer:
Looks like a step back to me. Why anyone would even consider dumping TF3D for that, I do not know!

What's the deal? It looks 2 years old!

There's not 1 single advantage (that I can see) in the video.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] itsallsubliminal:
go to the site you can kinda play with the ui... its gunna be more intuitive with gesturing if its the same as the simulator. Much better base for customizing
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Vorbeth:
It's all about choice,

I quite like it, although it does look a little dated, TF3D is just a bit over kill for a mobile office.

Seems the B-Roll is targeted more at business users and TF3D is for home users.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Dynomite232:
its canadian some stoner must of did it lol seems aight
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] mugglesquop:
looks like a better format for business use...

wouldnt mind giving it a go when its ready...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] minty1978:
has anyone come across a .cab yet?? :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] doena:
Hey,

Looks nice but requires internet Connection for almost all bubbles :(

also you can only place favorites for contacts and apps.

So I think its a nice looking plugin, but not so usefull

greets doena
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] GuestK00213:
Where can i download pointui for my HTC Diamond?

THX
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Harts@J:
Try the PointUI website: http://www.pointui.com/Home.aspx as mentioned in the 1st message.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] liamhere:
you need home 2

which is not yet out.....you can look but you won't find...yet any how :(

unless someone has a bell diamond and it can then get it off there phone
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] MonteCristoffOn:
New Home 2

Hi all,

For those who want to try the old PointUI 1.02b version, you will find it in this thread

If you want to see the new Home 2, check the screenshots in the first post.

:cool:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] liamhere:
here is the rom....now you need to get PointUI out of it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=445026
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] MonteCristoffOn:
Hum... interesting!

Thanks for this liamhere!

I hope I will have some time to do it soon.

[Edit] I've added this link in the first post and another link of the demo video of the Telstra version of PointUI Home 2.

:cool:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] MonteCristoffOn:
B-Roll screenshots

I've made a little review (only screenshots) of the Bell UI ROM on my Diamond.

Check the first post!

:cool:
[Google Pixel 6] Prince raymond#:
I want to change IMEI number for tanzania uses
[Google Pixel 6] nutzfreelance:
its a crime in most countries to change IMEI and that is a banned topic on xda last i heard
[Google Pixel 6] TNSMANI:
MOD ACTION:

Thread closed since changing IMEI is illegal and is not encouraged on XDA.
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] Ishan jadiyaa:
I used twrp to flash stable is 11 on my one plus 7t but after installing magic zip my device went to qualcomm crash dump and them I tried alot to bring my is back through different partition but my secondary partition went on loop to twrp then I tried with stucked qualcomm partition and flash recovery. Img on boot and after that my device is starting with black screen.. Please help
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] HueyT:
Msmtool:

https://xdaforums.com/t/op7t-oos-11...l-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.3994835/
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] Ishan jadiyaa:
My device is no with no is installed I tried alot but it only says error then I switched twrp with orange fox recovery but here also same problem.. What should I do
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] HueyT:
Need to hold buttons to get into EDL mode with msmtool
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rehorur:
Hi,

I wanted to hard reset my OnePlus 8, as i do times to times to clean the phone (it's the first time on this one). But this time the simple manipulation that i did many times on my op5t, went bad... just after holding power and volume down key, it goes in fastboot mode (same that the picture) and it's written this :

PRODUCT_NAME - kona

VARIANT - SM8 UFS

BOOTLOADER VERSION -

BASEBAND VERSION -

SERIAL NUMBER - (numbers and letters)

SECURE BOOT - yes

DEVICE STATE - locked

and the menu at the top scroll on its own between START/POWER OFF/SHOW BARCODE/RECOVERY MODE/RESTART BOOTLOADER, as if i was holding volume key.

When i hold volume donw or power key, it makes scroll stop but that's all. I try some things, as hold power button for a minute but it did nothing...

what can i do, except wait until the battery goes down to 0% ?

Thank you for you're help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joke19:
I found this

https://xdaforums.com/t/op8-oos-21aa-ba-da-unbrick-tool-to-restore-your-device-to-oxygenos.4085877/

Or look and ask here around

https://xdaforums.com/c/oneplus-8.10349/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rehorur:
Hey thx for reply. During the night i checked my op8 and it didn't auto scroll anymore. I selected start, press power and it worked... I don't know how.

I'll try again hard reset later and hope it'll work just fine this time
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.rrajesh92:
Same happened to me today on my OP8 I tried everything but it was just scrolling and if I press down volume key it stops but can't select with power key... luckily after some 1 hr it stopped automatically and I was able to select with the power key...I'm currently on oos12...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] James wick:
Way 1. Restart Your Android Device

When a situation like the one you are in suddenly comes up, many users forget this basic yet very effective solution. Rebooting your Android device can actually really help you fix many minor issues on your phone. It can fix your phone that is stuck in Fastboot mode as well and there is no harm in giving it a try as it will not have any adverse effects.

Rebooting most phones is as easy as pressing and holding down the Power button. When your phone powers off, press and hold down the Power key again and your phone will turn on. You should now be out of Fastboot mode.

Regards,

J Wick
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bombino79:
Hello,

My Nokia 9 pureview stucks in fastboot mode "androidOne screen" 3 days now, I've tried all the solution I've found on the net but nothing happens. I can't get to any recovery menu, I really appreciate your help to get out of this mode which I believe I entered accidentally.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bombino79:
No one seems to care !!!!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sado0og:
last night i got this problem , did u fix it ??

and how
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bombino79:
Hi,

No, I couldn't fix it. I tried and I tried and nothing unfortunately.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abouazzaoui:
any luck? same issue here for my S23 Clone
[OnePlus 8 Questions & Answers] Rehorur:
Hi,

I wanted to hard reset my OnePlus 8, as i do times to times to clean the phone (it's the first time on this one). But this time the simple manipulation that i did many times on my op5t, went bad...

just after holding power and volume down key, it goes in fastboot mode (same that the picture) and it's written this :

PRODUCT_NAME - kona

VARIANT - SM8 UFS

BOOTLOADER VERSION -

BASEBAND VERSION -

SERIAL NUMBER - (numbers and letters)

SECURE BOOT - yes

DEVICE STATE - locked

and the menu at the top scroll on its own between START/POWER OFF/SHOW BARCODE/RECOVERY MODE/RESTART BOOTLOADER, as if i was holding volume key.

When i hold volume donw or power key, it makes scroll stop but that's all. I try some things, as hold power button for a minute but it did nothing...

what can i do, except wait until the battery goes down to 0% ?

Thank you for you're help
[OnePlus 8 Questions & Answers] passion8059:
Need to find msmtool for that device, try and scroll to power off, plug into usb 2 port and reset that way
[OnePlus 8 Questions & Answers] ryantek:
I was able to shut down by keeping the power button pressed for like 3.5 minutes, weird for that was the only way to get out of it. I am on OS12 with is a mess by the way -Wondering which version of Android you have?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] smrtdrmmr:
The other day I was at a football game where I had to park on a golf course far from the stadium and ended up wandering around for 20 minutes trying to locate the car afterward.

I knew that the iPhone had an app called "Dude, Where's My Car?" which let someone use GPS to tag a specific location and then later use Google Maps to guide them back to the GPS mark, but when I did some searching I couldn't find a WinMo version. So I made one.

This version isn't as sexy as the iPhone app, but it's free, and you can store up to 3 different locations and even name them if you'd like. When you want to locate one, you just click the respective Find button and you will be provided an arrow or compass direction (N, NW, S, SW, E, SE, W, NE) and approximate distance to your destination which will change as you continue to move.

I did some testing and got rid of whatever bugs I could find and everything seems to work. Since I find it useful to have, I wanted to pass it on to the community in case they might be interested as well.

If you find any problems with it, let me know, otherwise enjoy.

UPDATE 3

I finally got around to adding arrow guidance to accompany compass directions for finding a destination. The arrows are a bit finicky, but its partially due to the quality of the gps fix and the amount of fluctuation in the coordinates it gets. I find that the best way to work with it is to travel in one direction for a short distance steadily until a steady arrow appears. Once that happens, turn in the direction of the arrow and keep walking in the direction it had indicated until it changes to reflect the direction you turned. I.e. if you are walking straight and right arrow appears, turn right and keep walking straight until the right arrow changes to an up arrow.

I also updated the source code package for anyone interested in modifying the code. As before, I just ask that you keep its open nature going (GNU style) and if you post a new version of the software with arrows, or a better GPS interface (that uses triangulation as an option), etc. that you link the new software back to this thread and you let me know about it so I can check it out :)

UPDATE 2

As requested, I have attached the source code for the project developed with Visual Studio 08. It's not super clean since I put it together kind of rapidly, but it is decently commented. Anyone is welcome to modify this code and use it for your own personal development. Enjoy and let me know if you have any questions.

UPDATE

Attached a screenshot from my visual studio emulator. It should look the same as on the phone but with longer decimal values for the GPS coords.

Also attached the .cab files for the .NET framework that people were having issues with. I don't know if those will resolve the problems or not, but I developed the phone using the 3.5 compact framework. If you have that, a GPS chip on your phone, and WinMo 6 it should work for you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DeathsArrow:
Downloading, will try it and give you some feedback.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] popdog54:
I'll try this out later. The compass feature is nice, something that nuePark doesn't have.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] smrtdrmmr:
Thanks for pointing me to nuePark. I wish I had located it when I first did my searching, but then I wouldn't have created this. It looks like I unintentionally covered some peoples' requests for naming and multiple locations. Good times.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gbenj:
theres also an app called wm mini gps, or something along those lines. it will let you set a point, then navigate back to it later.

just my 2 cents
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kflipproductions:
you can also do this in google maps.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] smrtdrmmr:
The WM Mini GPS looks pretty cool. Google maps is ok, but only if you save it as a favorite. Not very good for temp stuff, and I'm not sure you can add a mark based on your current location (vs an address, which I know you can). I guess this app fuses the functionality and adds flexibility with naming and multiple spots. Thanks for pointing out both options.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] heatd1:
bug in progam

smrtdrmmr thanx for the program but the prob is

immediately upon install my lil scroll wheel thingy (dont laugh) stop functioning normally instead of scrolling while browsing it activated the call volume function just like I had tapped the lil speaker icon....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] smrtdrmmr:
That's really strange. It definitely didn't do that for me and I had to install/uninstall several times during the testing process. The installer is a generic project type based on the directions I got from MSDN. You might have some conflicting settings or something. Anyone else experience this?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NotATreoFan:
This nice little utility works great on my Tilt. I'm gonna move this thread to Development and Hacking so it can have greater exposure for other devices.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] scotcha12345:
Thanks

Tried it yesterday and it worked great!

Any way to get an arrow / graphic that works similar to a compass would, or is it just easier to have the words: SW / S...etc.

Thanks again!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fredcatsmommy:
I got the following error message once I tried to run it:

GParkS.exe

Exception

at Microsoft.AGL.Common.MISC.HandleAr()

at System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase._SetInfo()

at _System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase.set_MaxLength()

at GParkS.GParkS.InitializeComponent()

at GParkS.GParkS..ctor()

at GParkS.Program.Main()

I am running a custom wm6.1 rom with netcf 3.5
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] loveheels:
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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] loveheels:
download and text
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] smrtdrmmr:
I thought about using an arrow that rotates around, but because the phone's orientation can change relative to the compass direction I thought it might be kind of confusing (I.e. it points left so you turn left and start walking but it keeps pointing left because it wants you to travel West and you have rotated the phone).

It would be possible for me to track the direction that someone is traveling and adjust the arrow accordingly, but again, phone orientation could vary and it's just more complicated to deal with. The compass directions are fixed so it keeps things simple and generic no matter what way you are pointing your phone.

I haven't seen this before either so I did a little research and dug up this thread http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-405749.html which then links here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2430410&postcount=390 I am not sure if this corresponds with my app or not, but you could check your registry setting and see if your problem matches the one described in the thread.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fredcatsmommy:
will do. thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fredcatsmommy:
that wasn't the problem; my registry was fine.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bluemetalaxe:
doesn`t work for me too. I have net fram 3.5 and i get a window with a german text, somthing like: there is a error that can`t be displayed because i have not installed "NETCFv35Messages.DE.wm.cab" ?

I press okay, the app started and i first tried to change for miles to kilometers, now the app crashes completly with a unexpected error (no luck today)

Hope this helps you finding the Bugs.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] duds:
Parking at the Rose Bowl sucks, huh. You get used to it after a few trips. Now I just need a phone with gps :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sean D.:
Any hope of getting some screen shots of this?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ygor909:
sorry for my bad english. the program ask me to install: NETCFv35.Messages.IT.wm.cab but for me is impossible to find this cab. Can you halp me? thank you
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rikkiepikkie:
Hi, make sure you have NETCFv3.5 installed. I you already have and that is probably the case, sinds most new rom's include this, make sure to install the gpark program on the phone's memory (not on SD-card or internal storage). error: NETCFv35.Messages.IT.wm.cab missing is mostly a wrong error massage. It can't lokalise certain file that are located on you phone's memory.

Good luck
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Skumleren^:
Hi bro.

Thanks for this nice little app great job, can't wait to test it tomorrow :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Aegishua:
An excellent idea in my opinion, lets see how well it works xD