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[General Questions and Answers] tom353:
I tried to change the slot, but no luck. It's only possible with an unlocked device.

That's a pity. If it's meant to help average users who just get into a bootloop caused by a faulty update, they're unlikely to have unlocked their device, why would they?

$ ./fastboot getvar current-slot

current-slot: a

Finished. Total time: 0.003s

$ ./fastboot --set-active=b

Setting current slot to 'b' FAILED (remote: 'set_active command is not allowed on locked devices')

fastboot: error: Command failed

$

Also found this: https://www.droidwin.com/fix-failed-remote-slot-change-is-not-allowed-in-lock-state/
[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
too bad. you can backup seccfg, unlock with mtkclient (no fastboot flashing unlock needed) switch slots and restore seccfg. it's a bit dangerous as accidentially booting into android while in unlocked state will make encryption invalid, so make sure you boot into fastboot mode only (maybe use hair tie for volume key?)

unlocking with mtkclient does not factory reset, but do not erase metadata, userdata or md_udc (backup recommended)
[General Questions and Answers] tom353:
Thanks! I'll read more about this, to be sure I understand what I'm doing, then give it a go.

Is there a step to relock with mtkclient at some point, or should I leave it unlocked and boot normally at the end?
[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
as mentioned, do not try to boot in unlocked state you will lose all data. re-lock bootloader by restoring (locked) seccfg first!
[General Questions and Answers] tom353:
Ok, I didn't know that would restore the locked state as well.
[General Questions and Answers] tom353:
I'm delayed by other issues while trying to get a win10 virtualbox running so that I can run mtkclient... Am I right to assume it can run in virtualbox, and doesn't require a non-virtual win OS?
[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
virtalbox requires usb passthrough. why not use native OS all platform supported. or just try the Live DVD V4 provided?
[General Questions and Answers] tom353:
You're right. I think I had seen only Win and Linux, not MacOS. I was probably confused with some other tool I came across in my search!
[General Questions and Answers] tom353:
Actually that was for SP Flash Tool, not mtkclient. So that I can backup seccfg.
[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
mtkclient is replacement for SP Flash Tool, you can backup all partitions at once into directory out (rl = read all)

python3 mtk rl out
[General Questions and Answers] tom353:
Ah, great. Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] tom353:
In following the steps in https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient I'm reading this:

If the device has a vendor interface 0xFF (like LG), make sure to add "blacklist qcaux" to the "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf".

How can I find out whether my device "has a vendor interface 0xFF"?
[General Questions and Answers] alecxs:
check bDeviceClass on lsusb -vv

https://www.beyondlogic.org/usbnutshell/usb5.shtml#DeviceDescriptors
[General Questions and Answers] yazan.xda:
hi... did you succes to fix your problem without loosing your data? will the factory reset fix the problem?
[LG V50 ThinQ Questions & Answers] AMisteryMan:
When I was getting my phone setup for LineageOS, I accideantly followed the instructions while a version behind. I managed to use a dump of partition back-ups to get back to a working system and then successfully get Lineage installed, but ever since I can't get cell service with my SIM. It just is stuck forever searching for a network. My IMEI appears to be intact, but I don't know. I saw someone else around that time who solved this problem but can't find their thread anymore.
[Android Head-Units] zachariostevens:
Anyone have luck with getting android auto to work on your roadanvi units? I cannot get it working.
[Android Head-Units] Mr.TT_NZ:
I see similar questions frequently here.

With 8g / 128g your unit has absolutely sufficient resources to run all the apps you would need by itself so just load the apps directly on the unit and put away your phone. Why anyone in your situation wants Android Auto escapes me.
[Android Head-Units] zachariostevens:
Internet.no matter how you swing it, you have to connect your radio to the internet to use all those apps, plus it's much more snappier to use all those apps when they are being accessed through Android auto vs just adding the apps to the radio and using them. Also call audio is horrible over Bluetooth for some reason.
[Android Head-Units] zachariostevens:
I've been doing the phone Hotspot thing for a while but that is still relatively a few more clicks than I would like to do when getting in my car. I would like to get in May car plug in my phone, and just use it, not plug it in, turn on Hotspot click on radio, make sure it connects to Hotspot, then run Spotify then go home and then run Google maps.
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
Do you not have Autolink (or Tlink) preinstalled to connect your phone to Android Auto?
[Android Head-Units] zachariostevens:
So I do but autolink just gets stuck on the connecting message. There have been a. Few times were it briefly went all the way through to Android auto but it closes like 5 seconds later.
[Android Head-Units] CyberSwede:
Well if i was you would i first try to unbind Autolink to your phone (and the same on the headunit) then reconnect everything again be sure to have bluetooth and WiFi activated when u do this. If the same problem still occur.

Try Tlink 1.95 (im not sure it will work for your headunit but its worth give it a try) to activate it must you be online (WiFi hotspot or similar) in the settings of Tlink can you choose several settings like autoconnect on wireless/wired and so on and it will autostart Android Auto.

Check your Autolink settings also and see if you have it set to autoconnect and if its a activated version.

Here is a link to Tlink 1.95

Easyupload.io - Upload Files and Share Them Easily

Uplaod files easily and share them with your friends and colleagues. File upload solution for everyone. Upload big files and get a link to share effortlesly.

easyupload.io
[Android Head-Units] Alfarroba:
In the 4/32 version only one of the usb ports is good for android auto
[Android Head-Units] zachariostevens:
I wonder if that's the same issue then, both for my Porta register a connection but it just doesn't translate to android auto
[Android Head-Units] zachariostevens:
UPDATE: Finally got android auto to work. its very glitchy sadly. My process was to uninstal the various Link apps, uninstall android auto, uninstall head unit reloaded.

Then reinstall Android Auto, Autolink, and head unit reloaded. Android auto will still give the "auto no longer available on android devices" message and autolink will never say connected but as long as I open all 3 apps then plug in my phone, it will start the android auto interface. As I said before, its still very laggy, almost unusable at times and I've still not able to play any music. Anytime i press play, it plays for 5 seconds and shuts off, this has been an issue outside of android auto as well.
[Advantage X7510 General] cktlcmd:
The 16 GB Micro SD on the X7510...does it work ???

If yes, any comment as to speed especially on watching videos and playing music. I have my X7510 setup that all my necessary files and programs were installed in my Flash Disk, so the only thing that is going in the Micro SD card is music and videos.

It is also cheap now... at Amazon it only cost 63 USD.
[Advantage X7510 General] Newbie11:
I have had some troubles with Sandisk 16 micro SDHC (via a converter to mini, of course), purchased about a month ago. After two weeks of joy it just decided to disappear all files on it. Yesterday I have got a replacement, will see what happens.

The user manual say SD card, not going into details, so SDHC may be a problem, although SDHC for X7510 is mentioned most everywhere else.

If you got some hard facts, pls. let me know too, and vice versa.

Cheers.
[Advantage X7510 General] cktlcmd:
Thanks for the update. I will be purchasing one soon.

Do you use WM5torage? Because on my X7510, that software does not work properly. Does not matter what version I use. It might be the culprit on yours.
[Advantage X7510 General] Newbie11:
Nope, I use either the regular ActiveSynch or connect using that second option

(settings/connections/USB to PC/ Disk Drive). I am quite unhappy with both, in fact - the first is too slow and fails unpredictably when large volume are copied, the second shows only the Flash Disk and tends to mess up the HTC when you disconnect.

So I have decided today to try out the nueMassStorage:

http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/page/nueMassStorage.aspx

Anything to be aware of re the SDHC card?
[Advantage X7510 General] cktlcmd:
Let us know how the nueMassStorage application works on your X7510.

From my experience with my SDHC card, NEVER format it using your computer. Use a compatible card reader or if ever you get WM5torage to work properly, use that with the micro SDHC card in the X7510.

There is another option, SOFTICK CARD EXPORT: http://www.softick.com/pocket-pc/cardexport2/

It's not free though.
[Advantage X7510 General] al-djazair:
Hi all,

I use my X7510 since a few weeks with a 16GB MicroSD with MiniSD adaptor.

I use it everyday with iGO 8 navigator installed from the SD card and I have no problems.

I'm waiting feedbacks about nueMassStorage also to see if we can have direct access to SD card from the PC.
[Advantage X7510 General] Newbie11:
Thanks for the tips. Re SOFTICK CARD EXPORT: I have used it with my now defunct TREO 650, and it is not very speedy. So I shall skip it for now.

About the formatting of the card: in any case when I have tried to format it (straight from the shop) on X7510, formatting was prevented for some mysterious reason, so I can't do it in any case.

nueMassStorage is a cool one. It created a second "USB to PC" icon, identical to the original one, in the Settings/Connections (well, I wish it were a bit different, but it's not a big deal).

It connects only to the storage card, which was a surprise, otherwise it works perfectly well and when disconnected doesn't cause any hiccups on HTC side.

Another small issue - there was supposed to be a popup that is triggered when you connect the synch cable, but it doesn't work so far.

So for small files I can use the regular synch, and for big ones - nueMassStorage. It means that if I need to load a big file to the flash disk, I'll have to copy it first to the storage card and then move it to the final destination. Not very convenient, but better than nothing.
[Advantage X7510 General] cktlcmd:
It connects only to the Flash Disk for me, although the first time I ran it, it connected to my 16 GB Storage Card; after that, it always shows the flash disk.

You can find the Pop Up if you look in the Windows folder and look for nueStoragePopUp.exe file. You can create a shortcut under Windows/Start Menu/Programs/"to whatever folder you want".

After that you can ran the shortcut and a Pop Up Notification will appear with 3 options.

UPDATE: The Sandisk 16 GB Micro SDHC on a Mini Sandisk Adaptor works great. :) :) :) I love it. :)
[Advantage X7510 General] Newbie11:
Thanks for the tip - created a pop-up in the Resco Today Plugin, it works as prescribed. Still shows only the storage card, though.

I guess it is decided on the dice throw ;-)

Happy New Year!
[Samsung Galaxy A53 5G] DeerDrinksBeer:
I know this phone does not have OEM unlock, though I'm hearing about patching the recovery.img file to reach this goal. I saw a thread about someone managing to get TWRP working on the A53 & some name of custom OS from the XDA forums. Is it really possible to have a custom rom on this phone? If so, how? Provide every single detail how this can be accomplished; if it's secret then maybe try dming me some info or you can ask for my discord. I'd appreciate if there is a way out there + have the given information on how to do it.
[Samsung Galaxy A53 5G] ShaDisNX255:
There are 2 variants of A53 as far as I can tell. The U.S. variant which can't unlock bootloader and the international variant that can. Patching the recovery will only work on those who can unlock their bootloader, so it won't work on U.S. variants.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] docnok63:
First of all and most importantly, I want to say that this is not my work. This is a port of the work done by @abhinavgupta371 and @HELLBOY017 for the OP9RT. I merely made sure there weren't extra or missing files and edited the .bat and .sh files accordingly. I also edited the README.txt and that's exactly what you should do: READ IT BEFORE INSTALLING.

I pass this along so people can make their own Fastboot ROMs. @mauronofrio stopped making them quite a while ago and it's nice to have this tool again. It saves from having to unlock the BL again after a MSM flash. You have to edit the install.bat and install.sh as necessary for the partitions in your device's firmware and then edit the README.txt with your build's information.

WARNING: Most of this script runs in fastbootd. Ensure that your device can get into this mode BEFORE running it. You can do this by:

adb reboot fastboot or

fastboot reboot fastboot

If your device cannot enter fastbootd mode, DO NOT RUN THIS SCRIPT.

There wasn't a full A.14 build available for Global, so I had to make it with A.13. The EU and IN builds are A.14:

EU: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=15664248565197183368

IN: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=15664248565197183429

Global: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=15664248565197183433
[OnePlus 10 Pro] Ph0nysk1nk:
Would this be able to fix a soft brick? Or a bootloop?
[OnePlus 10 Pro] g96818:
get into bootloader and try it. what do you have to lose?
[OnePlus 10 Pro] Ph0nysk1nk:
A lot actually, I'm not bricked. I just always like having a way to fix my phone when things go wrong lol.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] docnok63:
While this shouldn't be the first thing you should use to fix a bootloop, it is a tool to fix both of those things.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] doc411:
thanks you
[OnePlus 10 Pro] zelma83:
Sorry to wrong people.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] Twiggy000b:
Ayyyy! this is a good first step for the device modding :D! Thanks!
[OnePlus 10 Pro] galaxys:
+1 great to see this here!

Cheers
[OnePlus 10 Pro] Devar Bl3nd:
i can't flash with guide :( help me
[OnePlus 10 Pro] docnok63:
Extract all contents to same folder. Open command prompt in that directory. If you want phone/data wiped, run install.bat. If you want data preserved, run upgrade.bat.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] GarnetSunset:
```Failed to boot into userspace fastboot; one or more components might be unbootable.```
[OnePlus 10 Pro] GarnetSunset:
annnd im bricked
[OnePlus 10 Pro] GarnetSunset:
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[OnePlus 10 Pro] Twiggy000b:
Oh dang! What fastboot did you use.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] GarnetSunset:
latest from google official!

same issue on linux aswell
[OnePlus 10 Pro] null0seven:
Fastboot roms by Mauronofrio are made to unbrick a soft bricked phone. But if is a bad bad brick it will not work.

MSM tool is the second to last action to restore a phone.

The last is OnePlus suport team.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] Twiggy000b:
I was under the impression we couldn't use the latest one from Google. Try Google searching fastboot enhance and see if that resolves it.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] GarnetSunset:
we dont have any for OP10P do we :(
[OnePlus 10 Pro] GarnetSunset:
even when trying to enter fastbootd with this it still fails

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[OnePlus 10 Pro] Twiggy000b:
No MSM yet. And damn :/ was you on a14 and tried downgrading?
[OnePlus 10 Pro] GarnetSunset:
nah i was on a10 :( tried upgrade
[OnePlus 10 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
This is exactly what I was afraid was going to start happening. People should use Fastboot Enhance instead of fastboot scripts because it's already booted into fastbootd!
[OnePlus 10 Pro] Twiggy000b:
:/ dang
[OnePlus 10 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
Try reaching out to support and see if you can get them to remote flash. Apparently they were saying that they won't but someone else who messed his up with the Android 13 beta said that he had gotten them to agree but he managed to fix it himself.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] GarnetSunset:
Gotcha, I'll make a service request for it.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] dlads:
Superb mate.

A nice step in the right direction.

👍🏻
[OnePlus 10 Pro] docnok63:
What firmware were you on and what were you trying to flash? Had you ever been in fastbootd before? Was your phone bootable before the script?
[OnePlus 10 Pro] Twiggy000b:
Have mentioned that they were trying to upgrade from A10 I have no idea
[OnePlus 10 Pro] docnok63:
Dude. STOP TROLLING MY THREADS!!! Anyone who has ever booted into fastbootd knows that it waits for the device and the script won't be able to continue without it. Everything below it FAILS because it wasn't booted into fastbootd and NOTHING was flashed. This is so easy to show...
[OnePlus 10 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
I'm not trolling. The fact is that this wouldn't have happened with Fastboot Enhance because it starts and finishes with fastbootd. It doesn't need to reboot during the process which is the point when things go south with fastboot scripts. Exactly what I was concerned was going to happen has happened, I point it out, and now I'm trolling? I should have dropped a post about it here too to begin with when I saw you posted it on both forums and I would have saved this person but I was trying to be respectful of your wish not to be negative in your thread. My only intent was to save people from bricking their phones, that's quite different from a troll.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] docnok63:
The point is that the script is NOT the reason he bricked. NOTHING flashed after the first failure. He doesn't show that in his screenshot does he? He shows the end, but not the beginning of the failures.

While you want to praise FBE all day and night, the fact is that it can hard brick a device because it doesn't remove the -cow files before flashing. You keep failing to mentioning that.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] Twiggy000b:
Oof
[OnePlus 10 Pro] GarnetSunset:
fastboot enhanced did *not* get me into fastbootd
[OnePlus 10 Pro] GarnetSunset:
A10 NE2215, No. And yes! It was on A10.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] docnok63:
Here is the beginning of errors sent by someone else. Notice it errors out. NO FLASHING IS DONE. Brick is NOT caused by the script.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] Twiggy000b:
Any idea if we can downgrade with this? Like I'm on a14 but wanna be on a13
[OnePlus 10 Pro] docnok63:
Did you try to boot into fastbootd with FBE before or after the script?
[OnePlus 10 Pro] GarnetSunset:
It flashed my boot in slot a, which made it not boot, fastbootd fails later down the script, unfortunately, i do NOT mean to be negative.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] docnok63:
You can, but you'd have to build it yourself with the A13 firmware and then use upgrade.bat even though it's a downgrade.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] GarnetSunset:
i only started using fbe after someone here told me to, but, its fastbootd doesnt work at all afaict
[OnePlus 10 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
It pops up and tells you to remove the cow files though. Also, I am not advocating that people go use a new tool with zero research into it, there are already threads about using FBE in the 10 Pro area as that's how I found out about it in the first place and adapted it to use for easy conversion between variants on the 9 series. My love of FBE comes from the fact it flashes everything at once without a reboot. Any tool is dangerous in the wrong hands because you're dealing with the partitions on the phone but even someone experienced like myself can have a brick with fastboot because partitions can fail to flash and the script reboots to fastbootd anyway, bricking the device. That's exactly what happened to me the first time I used a script on my 9 and that was also the first time I ever have had a partition refuse to be written to (my first A/B was a Pixel 3 XL and it always flashed correctly but if I don't switch to slot a first when using fastboot, this phone often refuses to flash for some reason and yet I haven't had either slot fail with FBE) so I wasn't expecting to have problems after I verified that both fastboot and fastbootd could communicate with my phone beforehand.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] docnok63:
You are not being negative. I'm trying to avoid this for future flashers. Perhaps the script (which, I said in the original post I didn't make) can be adjusted. A simple attempt at booting into fastbootd first will avoid all problems.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
Then you clearly had something wrong with your drivers or your phone before you started but the whole point is, you didn't brick either because you can't continue without fastbootd.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] docnok63:
There's a pop-up that comes telling you remove them, but then no tool or button to remove them in the app. There's no instructions whatsoever. There's just a cancel button or an "ignore the paragraph I just popped up explaining to you why keeping cow files are bad and press me" Okay button. This is clearly an oversight in the app and there should be a "Remove all cow files" button.

Your experience with someone else's script has NOTHING to do with this script.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] Twiggy000b:
That was me and I apologize I just thought if something had happened in obviously it was a brick or not necessarily brick but you can't flash anything which would make it so it's not bootable it would be more like a soft brick. I figured using FBE might remedy that issue but I was wrong so I apologize. As for any program being bad that is absolutely true and when something is going wrong and you don't have the proper tools I would do anything to try and get my phone working again.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] GarnetSunset:
Can anyone link me to the correct drivers?
[OnePlus 10 Pro] docnok63:
All the drivers you'll ever need:

To install the drivers, ensure that driver signature verification is disabled. Instructions:

How to Disable Driver Signature Verification on 64-Bit Windows 8 or 10 (So That You Can Install Unsigned Drivers)

64-bit versions of Windows 10 and 8 include a "driver signature enforcement" feature.

www.howtogeek.com

OnePlus USB (all purpose/data transfer):

OnePlus-USB-Drivers.zip

drive.google.com

Google USB driver (for fastboot & ADB):

Extract all files to the same directory. Right click on android_winusb.inf and select install

Get the Google USB Driver | Android Studio | Android Developers

The Google USB Driver is required to perform adb debugging on Windows with Google devices.

developer.android.com

Qualcomm drivers (for MSM):

Choose top option (WWAN-DHCP)

Qualcomm_Drivers_Setup.exe

drive.google.com
[OnePlus 10 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
Again, your script just bricked a phone. Full stop, that's exactly what I was concerned about. Sure, FBE has issues if you don't logically think "gee this is something that was important enough to make a pop-up for, maybe I shouldn't just continue on past it," but it doesn't have the track record of bricking phones like fastboot scripts regardless because most people are smart enough to cancel the process and look up what to do.

I checked the script myself. It flashes boot, modem, vendor_boot, vbmeta, vbmeta_system, and vbmeta_vendor and then reboots to go from the bootloader to fastbootd. That's exactly where the brick happens because sometimes crap doesn't flash right (these devices are finicky in fastboot for whatever reason, it is ridiculous how I never managed to brick any of my other phones going all the way back to my HTC Hero in 2009 but my OnePlus has bricked even with manually flashing, then doing the exact same steps again after restoring with an MSM and having exactly the same thing I did before work without issue) and that doesn't seem to happen with FBE which is why it has become my go to tool for flashing now.

I am done arguing this with you, I said my piece, we don't agree, we will never agree, and that's fine. People can see for themselves and decide what they want to do.
[OnePlus 10 Pro] GarnetSunset:
Rebooting into fastboot OKAY [ 0.002s]
< waiting for any device >
fastboot: error: Failed to boot into userspace fastboot; one or more components might be unbootable.
#################################

Even with the goddamn google usb drivers!

And yep yep I applied the drivers manually for bootlaoder interface