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[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] joymike123:
Hi All,

I have a noob question and I hope gurus out there can help.

How do you all deal with backup/restore of different settings?

I spent a lot of time reading about UC today, and I managed to make it work for installing CABs and folders.

1) TF3D Settings (contacts/mail tab/programs tab)

2) Standard WM6 settings (such as notifications, buttons, menus) <proxml?>

3) Active Sync Partnership Settings (<-- Think you can use SKTOOLS, but haven't tried)

I am aware of PIM Backup, but when I restore from it TF3D cannot detect the restored mail folders.

Thanks in advance.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] dansblackcat:
Hi I'm no guru and I'm keen to see what others have to say in regards to your questions.

I struggle to be able to get most things to back up correctly.

I use PIM back up before I flash a new rom.

I am able to get it to restore my contacts and my messages fine but that's about it. One problem I always find is if I use PIM to restore contacts before using active sync and outlook I get duplicate contacts and birthdays every time. So make sure you sync with your PC before running PIM backup/restore.

I've never been able to get anything like settings, preferences or button settings to restore.

I've also tried sprite backup but never been able to work out what it actually does. It uses about 80mb storage and takes forever yet seems to do nothing.

One thing I have read is that most people recommend not backing up or restoring personal (messages/contacts is ok) settings when using different roms.

I maybe wrong.

I've just created a folder on my SD card with all my favourite programs in it. Nowdays it doesn't take long to get back up and running after flashing to a new rom

Lets wait for some of the higher powers to reply
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] sm8ckd0wn1:
I just got the Fuze and I was wondering the same thing. I already downloaded and installed the .cab file to change my clock and theme. And I was wondering whether or not I should back up my programs, files, contacts, etc.??
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] tyguy:
Restore 101 after flashing

As a ROM flashing junkie I tried several ways how to setup my phone and restore all settings and data within 30 min. or less.

First of all you should know your phone and you should know what you NEED and what's NICE TO HAVE.

Check which apps have to run on the phone (mainly dialers, skins, task managers, g-sensor and backlight apps).

Install your apps which need not to run on the phone on the SD card.

Figure out which apps HAVE to be installed and which one are quiet happy with a "send link to programs". You may wonder how many can be run that way (WeFi, Total Commander, DiamondTV, WVD, SPBOnline, MSLiveSearch, PHM Regedit, HiCalc even SKTools and WK-Task to name a few).

Either understand what UC does and prepare your sdconfig.txt up front or use SASHIMI (very easy to set up! You just copy the cabs to the auto or auto\sc directory). You may import your owner and reg key entries as well but be careful, pending how the ROM is cooked reg entry import can be fatal!

PIM backup using SPB Backup as software and just save on the SD card.

I use SPBBackup because I never ran into any compatibility issues from my Tilt times swapping between winmo 5 and winmo6 and winmo 6 to winmo6.1.

Furthermore SPBBackup creates a self running exe, no need to install any software to restore.

Flash ROM or hard reset

Restore PIM

Install Sashimi

Open Sashimi and install apps (either on device or SD - see above)

Soft reset

Open FileExplorer or TotalCommander go to "SD\Program Files" and send shortcuts to Programs

Assign Programs in Programs Tab under TF3D

Add your custom weather cities.

Set up a simple numeric password and a timeout to 12 h!

This may be very important because winmo has a bug. In case you do not apply a hack, active sync will automatically assign the email password as boot password (enforced security policy). In case you happen to have an alphanumeric password and didn't set a "complex" password under the lock feature you wont be able to unlock your phone after a soft reset because you wont have the capability to enter alphanum. values!!!!

Soft reset

Open active sync and set it up to sync with a server (in case you use a corp. email account).

Soft reset

Done

Some UC allows you to install selectively on SD or device but rather than editing a txt file I copy the apps I need in a directory and let software install it.

Note on full restore:

SPB Backup and other programs as well do have a "restore after ROM upgrade" function where you may restore ALL programs and settings to the phone. Even though there is a feature "do not overwrite existing settings" and "do not restore password" in a lot of cases this restore simply fails. I assume that this is based on the different cores of winmo the chefs use and I ran into too many problems as in "wrong password" or hangs on certain applications that I do a PIM backup/restore ONLY.
[Realme 9i] tig_22:
How to fix the touchscreen not work???
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] ipilcher:
I desperately need to get my work profile working on my new OnePlus Nord N200 5G (dre), and I've just discovered that it is apparently impossible to create a new work profile on LineageOS 19.1. It seems, however, that a work profile set up on 18.1 will continue to work after a dirty flash to 19.1. Thus, I'm hoping that I can install 18.1 on my device, setup of the work profile, and immediately dirty flash 19.1. I won't really need a fully functional build of 18.1; just something that will boot up and allow me to create the work profile before I dirty-flash 19.1.

In order to do this, I need to build LineageOS 18.1 for this device. Unfortunately, only 19.1 has ever been supported.

I have a build environment that is currently building 19.1, just as a test. I also have the most recent Android 11 vendor firmware, from which I should be able to extract any required proprietary files.

I'm really missing 2 things:

The list of proprietary files that I should extract from the vendor's firmware. (I have the 19.1 list, but I assume that it won't work.)

What other files do I need to create/edit to add the device to the 18.1 build tree.

Is there a guide somewhere that walks through the process?
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] SomeRandomGuy:
Ah, @ipilcher I was hoping someone smarter than me would answer your question. It would do so much for all the Android forks, and Android in general. I've asked the same question to several devs on IRC and they all basically say "no, no easy way to explain it...". My kingdom for a guide that doesn't involve the School of Hard Knocks all the way through.

So in full disclosure, as of today, I haven't managed to build a ROM on an unsupported phone- but I have done full builds from source with LOS and Calyx (with bootloader relocking on the latter) using existing projects.

But... I would assume from others that have gotten the AOSP "Generic Stock Images" to run on various random phones that there isn't really that much you /need/ for what you want to do; you don't need a functioning modem, fingerprint sensor, camera, GPS, notification LED, battery management, etc.

From what I understand, if your vendor follows android specs, all that would be in one of the vendor partitions anyway. From the builds I've done (mostly Motorola and OnePlus devices) the proprietary files (in "stock" LOS) are sourced from a few different places, possibly from generic chipset support (the same tree is used for multiple devices by a manufacturer and/or chipset). One LOS 18.1 build had a whole bunch of (proprietary) files in it that weren't even in the stock rom image! If you are sourcing from stock firmware (OTA off OP site or one of the MSM images here) I'd assume that half the partition is spyware or manufacturer test/calibration tools, and the other half are the drivers you want for a fully functional phone- which, luckily, it seems you can fall short of without failure, so you can probably be pretty lax about picking.

The bootloader chain seems to have a lot of drama between Android 11, 12, and 13 (requiring flashing other partitions outside of the normal system ones)- I've never had a N200 to play with to know if it is high drama, too.

Hey, at least you're using a OnePlus with QC chipset, so EDL can bail you out of pretty much anything you do wrong. I hard-bricked a $500 Pixel and learned how absolutely hideous Google support is- never buying one of those again.

Hope that helps.
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] ipilcher:
I just wanted to close this out and thank you for your response.

Fortunately, the issue that was driving me to try to build 18.1 for this device (https://gitlab.com/LineageOS/issues/android/-/issues/4983) has been diagnosed, and I was able to work around it.

Of course, I just realized that my wife's new Moto G 5G is an XT2213-3, not an XT2113-3, so maybe I'll revisit this subject some day.
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] SomeRandomGuy:
Welllp... at the risk of being accused of insufficent RTFMing, I did stumble across this article the other day that nicely outlined a few things that I didn't know:

https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-how-t...roid-device-for-n00b-easiest-methods.1801690/

It isn't exactly "build your own device tree on top of AOSP" which I think is what you wanted and I certainly still do... but it might help someone else who finds /this/ thread with the same question. It also ends with the wonderful quote "This thread is 10 yo. Leave it alone. things have changed" - which is pretty solid advice IMHO.

Ah well, if it wasn't a challenge, there would be no reward, eh?
[Sony Xperia 5 Questions & Answers] SBEP:
I just want to know if people will want this. VOTE GUYS ITS OK TO VOTE its a poll after all
[Sony Xperia 5 Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
Too small for me but I find it refreshing from the current Samsung junk. Expandable storage, solid cams without mega mp bs hype, not excessively heavy with a large battery, HQ audio with a 3.5mm jack.

The spec I don't like is 8gb of ram; while that's probably enough 12gb is better and carries no liability other than a small cost. It helps extend the usable service life.

My weapon if choice remains the Samsung N10+ N975U/1. Since that release Samsung has done nothing but disappoint. Maybe in the near future Sony can fill that void.

Sony...

That said all the Sony audiovisual equipment including an pricey cam from the mid 2000's were junk. I know, I had the service manuals, I tore multiple devices apart and tried* to do recalibrations on some. Sony's laptops seemed to have better build quality and design. Back then Sony had a bad attitude from the top down. My experiences with them were amazingly pathetically bad on their part. Mind you I talk to a Teterboro VP at one point and was issued a refund check for a poorly manufactured 200 disc CD player. Try dong that...

Perhaps they are the same, better or maybe worse now.

On the other hand I only have good things to say about Canon Pro gear and especially Denon Electronics. Grade AAA products, support and service. A lot of bang for the buck.

*platter was out of spec, unsemitrical because the master mold was as well. Sony knew this.

It was impossible to calibrate all of the CD trays because this. Therefore it would scratch most of the CDs. Ever polish out 120+ CD and HDCDs? It takes days to do.
[Sony Xperia 5 Questions & Answers] SBEP:
You went little off tracks, i was only interested in SONY smartphones, but to your point on other sony devices, i have an uncle who bought everything that had sony logo on them, if he would have found sneakers with sony logo he would have bought them :D my point on my uncle story is, he was that satisfied with sony products, from PC`s, sound decks, play stations, video cams, but not phones, that time sony was not a big player in the phone market, im talking bout time when Nokia ruled the world.

As for the Sony`s smartphone department, they used to put out a compact version of their flagship device, like all the Z5c, Xc, XZ1c, XZ2c, but from then on, they stopped, they think now if you made your phone thinner thats some how compact, not to mention taller, so tall in fact that you could not reach top of the screen even if you had two thumbs.

Now there are some "compact" phones out there (i have to stress that everything over 5.2 inches i dont consider compact), that i could live with, like Samsung S10e, or Asus zenfone 9, but they always lack an option i want/need, S10e its the closest to have everything (SD card slot, headphone jack) but i live somewhere in Europe, and try finding a version with SDchip, good luck :D Zenfone 9 has no SD card slot (i need that for work, its a must have) if Iphone 13 mini ran on Android instead of IOS and had SD card slot, i would have grab that sucker, and this poll would have been not existent.

And therefor this poll, since Sony used to make compact phones, mb just mb, they would hear their customers, take the Xperia 5 IV (which hits all the points except one the size) and make it just max 5.2 inch, and there you go, everyone is happy :D
[Realme GT 2 Pro] TorstenH:
Directly on first usage of my Realme GT2 Pro I've seen that the gyroscope was not calibrated.

View attachment 5767139

This may also affect the level bar of the camera app.

Preform the following steps to calibrate the gyroscope:

1. Enter "*#899#" in dialer

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2. Select manual test

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3. Select tab "device debugging" and menu entry "sensor self-test and calibration"

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4. Put phone on a flat, leveled surface and select gyroscope. Don't move device and select accelerometer.

Don't mess around with the magnetic field sensor - keep it untouched.

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5. Leave the app via back button/gesture to save the changes.
[Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) Questions & Answers] omarq8:
hello guys i have a problem with my j7 prime e: error mount sdcard how to solve that problem
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] paultje_007:
Well, that's just it. I want to learn how to replace icons within a DLL file with my own custom Icons.

What software to use, or how to do this, anybody?

Because I want to put .ico files below into the attached HTCvolumeControl.dll file.

Please help.

Regards,

Pallemans
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] GriFolle:
You have just to make simple search on this forum (the white word "search" on top right of the screen) and you'll find the answer...

Anyhow...you can use microangelo (but it's not free) or IcoFX (totally free and very power/useful tool). If you search it on Google it would be the first or the second result I think...download it, install, then click on "tool" and open something like "librarian" or similar.

Good luck ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] cobbs:
have a look here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=437307
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] thardy00:
Hi guys.

I would like to install a clean Android 11 with "adb sideload", but I've encountered a problem. When I rebooted to recovery and tried "adb sideload rom.zip" it gives me this error:

adb: sideload connection failed: device unauthorized.

This adb server's $ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not set

Try 'adb kill-server' if that seems wrong.

Otherwise check for a confirmation dialog on your device.

Same output goes for "adb shell"

I have also tried to see what "adb devices" returns when in recovery and it shows my devices as unauthorized, although when my phone is normally turned on "adb devices" shows my device as authorized. I have tried some solutions found online, but any didn't work (for e.g.: revoking usb debbuging keys).

I don't know if that matters, but my phone is/have:

rooted (but right now I don't have Magisk installed)

unlocked bootloader,

stock recovery.

Any help will be appreciated.
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] Ivan.Adriazola:
Im a n00b but, I would try to decrypt my phone data, Im guessing you have custom recovery, this is easily done, most of the times you just have to set a lockscreen pin, and then go into your custom recovery to decrypt your data, it will ask you for your password, put it and wait, then go into system and remove the lockscreen pin, or leave it or change it for whatever you had before. try the thing you wanna do again, with some luck it will work.

this data decrypting does nothing to your phone that could damage it to my knoledge, if it failed and you feel like it you can even encrypt it again.

If not that, I would try to install the libUSB driver (dont even know if this is posible on not XIAOMI phones) and use the bypass tool, but man, Im guessing you have actually wasted all your options, I dont have your phone and Im nowhere near an expert, this POST actually seems more likely to work for you, but im guessing you already tried it, if you havent, you've not searched long enough to start making your own path to solve the problem.
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] xXx yYy:
In recovery mode ADB isn't working. Take note that ADB Sideload is a special Android run mode you boot into to install a Stock ROM.

adb devices
adb boot sideload
adb sideload <ROM-ZIP>
adb reboot
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] thardy00:
When I'm trying to use the commands when phone is turned on those are my outputs (they are not working properly):

Spoiler content hidden.

I don;t know if that helps, but when I'm rebooting to recovery there's a message that my device is encrypted and I need to type in my PIN code there to continue the process.
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] thardy00:
Hi. I'm using stock recovery.
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] thardy00:
I've tried to boot with twrp recovery, but there I cannot switch the storage to USB OTG, but I've tried some commands from CMD and it seems that when phone is booted with TWRP adb recognizes it as in Recovery mode but I'm still not able to side load anything. Here is the console output:

Spoiler content hidden.

Maybe it would be better to fromat the phone to it's oryginal state with fatboot somehow?
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] xXx yYy:
I was mistaken, pity.

The correct command sequence

would be

adb devices

adb reboot sideload

adb sideload <ZIP-FILE>

adb reboot
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] thardy00:
unfortunatelly same situation happened as earlier. Is there any guide here on XDA which describes how to do a clean installation of stock Android 11 with fastboot?
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] xXx yYy:
Fastboot deals with device's bootloader, not with Android OS: this is done by means of ADB.

Have you ever installed the latest OnePlus USB drivers as provided by Oneplus?
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] thardy00:
I've installed those which are avaibale from CD when you plug your phone to the PC.
[OnePlus 7T Questions & Answers] thardy00:
I think all those issues might be caused by the fact that I had root and magisk installed and I needed to do emergency factory reset (I've forget the PIN code) and that might be the reason of all these problems.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4] Segnale007:
Hello,

My SM-F936N is on latest Samsung Android 12 version and I am experiencing serious wifi speed issues.

As soon as I start to watch a video on YouTube for instance, or I download a couple of apps the internet speed drops from 200mbps to not even 1mbps. All the time.

The only way to temptation workaround it is to either turn Wi-Fi off and back on or reboot the device.

I am going mental and not sure what to do. I saw few people complaining of the same issue on reddit. But that's that.

Any idea? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4] Segnale007:
Looks like Mac Address randomization is the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4] ron0:
HI,

I see there are different versions SM-F936B, SM-F936B/DS, SM-F936U, SM-F936U1, SM-F936N, SM-F936W

I can buy in europe SM-F936B or SM-F936B/DS, but I need 2 physical sims.

Acording to samsung global website (https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-z-fold4/specs/) there are 3 options:

One Nano SIM and one eSIM

Two Nano SIMs and one eSIM

Two Nano SIMs

So, what is the correct description for each version?
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4] onours:
Affirm own the B and it has 2 sim slots
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4] ron0:
Now I'm more confused. I don't know the difference between SM-F936B and SM-F936B/DS...

Does your B (no ds) also support esim???
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4] onours:
No clue m8, extension B is the only model officially sold in my region. İt has 2 physical sim slots on the same sim tray. No e sim whatsoever. Wish it had a microSD slot instead of 2nd sim but well no phone is perfect...
[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4] Szadzik:
B/DS has 2 physical and eSIM as well. I confirmed that on mine
[OnePlus 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Extreme_Ninja2099:
This is a guide to remove the ugly "Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted" or "The bootloader is unlocked and software integrity cannot be guaranteed" for OP8 Pro.

This message was removed on OOS 12 which was one great thing by OP other than the other broken parts.

So this guide is for OOS 13 not 12 as the message was removed on 12.

But OnePlus brought the message back on OOS 13.

IMPORTANT:

*I am not responsible for bricked devices, damage to your device*

I am here to post my method for anyone who is interested.

The methods have been tested

Prerequisities:

You need a unlocked bootloader

YOU NEED TO HAVE THE STOCK RECOVERY INSTALLED

If you're on a custom ROM that'll be the ROM recovery

This is XDA thread and abl.img is only for the OnePlus 8 Pro, but this method has worked for 8 series devices.

You need to be on OOS 13 and have your bootloader unlocked.

The abl.img doesn't rely on the region so it can be used on any OP8 Pro

The abl.img can be extracted using payload dumper, but download the full zip version.

I have added abl.img from OOS 13 F.10 as this is the newest abl.img that has the message removed and is from @bowow

It is recommended to backup your data before modifying anything on your system

Follow one method and stick to that method

Each method is different where one is for Stock OOS 13 and the other is for OOS 13 based Custom ROMs

Method:

Download the abl.img

Copy and paste the abl.img to platform-tools

If u don't have platform-tools, download the .zip file from download links and extract it

For Stock OOS 13

This method was tested and is from @MeHigh.G

This is for on Stock OOS 13 users

Reboot to bootloader

Type " fastboot devices " to check if your device is connected

Type " fastboot reboot fastboot "

Once booted into Fastbootd Mode, type " fastboot devices " to check if your device is connected

Then type " fastboot flash --slot=all abl abl_filename.img "

Now reboot device and done

For OOS 13 based Custom ROMs

This method was tested by me and it does work

This is for OOS 13 based ROM users

Reboot to recovery

Enter advanced

Enter fastboot

The recovery should now show fastbootd

Type " fastboot devices " to check if your device is connected

Type " fastboot flash --slot=all abl abl_filename.img

Reboot to system and done

Download Links:

SDK Platform Tools (Fastboot Tools) Here

MSMDownloadTool for OP8Pro Here

Bowow's OnePlus Firmware Updates abl section Here

OrangeFox Recovery for OP8+OP8 Pro ext4 erofs

OFox Install instructions Here

OrangeFox Community Telegram

Credits:

@HELLBOY017 For the method and using abl.img to remove the bootloader unlocked message

@MeHigh.G For his method on flashing abl.img on stock OOS 13

@bowow For this F.10 abl.img for OP8 and 8 Pro
[OnePlus 8 Pro  Guides, News, & Discussion] Extreme_Ninja2099:
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