yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[OnePlus Nord CE 2] John Scrambler:
Hey,

So, I've been trying to root a One Plus Nord CE2 w/ A.11 for the past couple of days, and have hit a brick wall. When trying to flash the Magisk boot.img to boot, fastboot prints something like "size too large". The patched file is around 100MB and the boot partition only 2MB. Being the noob, I am, I have 2 questions:

1st. Is it wierd that Magisk made the boot file much bigger than the partition it's supposed to go into?

2nd. If not, and "all" I have to do is resize the boot partition, is there a guide to doing this without bricking the phone? 😅

Thanks in advance!
[OnePlus Nord CE 2] V0latyle:
Yes - Magisk doesn't change the size of the boot image, so you're probably using the wrong image

This can be done in TWRP using parted, but I recommend against it due to the risk of accidentally removing a critical partiton, rendering your device unbootable.
[OnePlus Nord CE 2] John Scrambler:
Hey!

First thanks for the quick reply!

I'll try to look for the image somewhere else. I dowloaded the file from Oxygen Installer but have not installed it yet so that may also be the reason the size is different.

1 follow up question, from https://twrp.me/Devices/OnePlus/ I can't find twrp for this phone.

There is an unofficial version here https://xdaforums.com/t/unofficial-twrp-3-6-2_11-0-oneplus-nord-ce-2-5g.4490091/.

If I still needed to mess w/ partitions on this phone, would there be a way to do so w/out using twrp? Like just using adb/fastboot cmds?

Thanks again!
[OnePlus Nord CE 2] V0latyle:
TWRP has an ADB shell you can use, and you can use parted to resize partitions via your command line. More information here

Fastboot can also erase and resize partitions, but not all manufacturers implement these commands in their bootloaders

Either way...If you get something wrong, you'll brick your device, and I mean hard brick. I managed to do this to my Pixel 2 two days ago.

The safest way is to use TWRP itself to resize /system: wipe > advanced options > select /system > resize file system
[OnePlus Nord CE 2] ko_hi:
Oneplus don't have 2MB on boot partition. If I'm not wrong it's almost the same size as recovery which is 100mb

Or it's 32mb 🤔

Also twrp isn't officially on their site because I'm no maintainer. But it's stable enough
[OnePlus Nord CE 2] John Scrambler:
Oh hey, fair enough, thanks! I'll try to use yours from https://xdaforums.com/t/unofficial-twrp-3-6-2_11-0-oneplus-nord-ce-2-5g.4490091/! :D
[OnePlus Nord CE 2] ko_hi:
If you want to update to A12 i know a safe method that works :)

I'm currently awaiting too see if there be any magisk loop issues on it
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] SirRGB:
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*** Disclaimer
I am not responsible for any damage you made to your device
You have been warned

crDroid is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device also attempting to bringing many of the best features existent today

Features:

https://github.com/crdroidandroid/crdroid_features/blob/12.1/README.mkdn

Flashing Instructions:

Pre-installation:

Recovery (https://download.lineageos.org/pdx203)

gapps (http://downloads.codefi.re/jdcteam/javelinanddart/gapps)

Magisk 25.0 or newer for root (after first boot) - (Download from here)

First time installation:

flash latest recovery via fastboot

reboot to recovery

adb sideload path/to/rom.zip

adb sideload path/to/magisk.zip

format data (recommended)

reboot to system

enjoy!

Update installation:

<!-- change according to your needs -->

reboot to recovery

adb sideload path/to/rom.zip

adb sideload path/to/magisk.zip

reboot to system

enjoy!

Sources:

ROM: https://github.com/crdroidandroid

Device sources:

local manifest:

https://github.com/SirRGB/local_manifests/blob/main/pdx203/A12crDroid.xml

kernel source:

https://github.com/LineageOS/android_kernel_sony_sm8250

Download:

ROM github

Known issues:

Horizontal grid recents

Qs pulldown lags

Flash in camera app

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[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] SirRGB:
21st Jan 2023
upstream to 8.13
drop misc debugging packages
fix power button location

5th Jan 2023
fix bt audio

4th Jan 2023
fix changelog overlay
enable compact cashed app heaps

27th Dec 2022
Initial ota support
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] itsttime206:
Hello! I am curious as to if notification light works on this ROM or if all lineage problems are also persistent here. Presently I am using lineage on Xperia 1 ii and notification light does not work. I would swap ROMs if so. Thank you!

-Tom
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] SirRGB:
Well it does light up while charging, didnt know it was borked on lineage 20. I assume it worked on 19.1 as well...

I dont know if it works for notifications tho.
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] itsttime206:
Yes, it works flawlessly for charging but not for notification. Please let me know if this works and I'd love to switch Roms! Sadly 19.1 and 20 both did not work, I've used both on multiple devices for months.
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] SirRGB:
Sorry abt that, but I use the official lineage trees, so it is not working...
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] itsttime206:
No worries! Thanks for the prompt responses to my questions! It saves me a lot of headache in swapping just to find out LOL. Thank you!
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] sz26190823:
.- Wiping data... Formatting /data. Formatting /metadata... Data wipe complete. Now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload<filename>".. Supported API:3 Finding update package... Verifying update package. ERROR:recovery: failed to verify whole-file signature Update package verification took 134.6 s(result Y. ERROR:recovery: Signature verification failed ERROR:recovery:error:21 Installing update.. ERROR:recovery: Current SPL:2023-02-05 Target SPL:2023- 01-05 this is considered a downgrade ERROR:recovery: Denying OTA because it's SPL downgrade stall completed with status 1. istallation aborted.
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] SirRGB:
I honestly dont know why that happens, sorry.

What rom are you coming from? You can try to use other custom recoveries such as twrp.
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] sz26190823_:
ues twrp(OrangeFox)，crdroid ready to start。
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] P.U 93:
@SirRGB there is new version of crdroid 9.12 rom do you continue to upgrade it? The current version is very good, but there are 2 problems: there is no call recording and notification light when receiving news. can you fix the notification light showing when a message comes in?
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] SirRGB:
Crdroid doesnt really develop crdroid 8 anymore and I built crdroid 9 already. As for the notification light that should be fixed in v9, so I could pick it into v8, but since it doesnt seem to be maintained anymore idk if it is worth it...

As for call recording it is illegal in some countries, so I wont add anything over crdroid in that regard...
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] P.U 93:
Thank you so much for your great contribution
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] SirRGB:
Im sorry, I dont know how to do that. Im just using the standard lineage trees for the most part.
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] Sash52:
You simply have to install an older recovery dated before 2023-01-05. I took the one from LineageOS:

https://mirror.kumi.systems/lineageos/full/pdx203/20230101/

I flashed boot, recovery, dtbo and vbmeta to get it running.
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] JohnnyNL:
I also have a Xperia 1ii with lineageOS 20 running. since 1 month now.

everything is running fine!

Also mobile payment banking did work for a while, now since last update the Banking updates do not work anymore because of CTS but the rest works like a charm. (also the signaling)

The camara app in LineageOS 20 is simple but works perfectly, occasionally I miss the advanced camera options like diaphragm setting as in the pro app of Sony

I do not need root, I only want to extend the lifetime of my phone with full safety and latest android updates in stead of the 2 years of Sony.

Is there a possibility to run lineage and to bootlock so all CTS issues are solved, but it still has the ability to update OTA and also the major updates?

And did someone get the pro app running in LineageOS 20?
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] SirRGB:
Well Idk if I will update this rom since I already did crd9 builds. Idk how to sign builds either, but I doubt you can lock the bootloader on any rom atm if you dont have the public key of that rom and flash it to the device, which I didnt see anyone doing yet. Im currently not planning to do ota updates, tho it isnt impossible...

Anyways, thx for using the rom, enjoy. :)
[Sony Xperia 1 II ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Othe] SirRGB:
[EXTRA] Stock Camera && Cinema Pro && Photo Pro For AOSP

You MUST satisfy following condition: * My Device Tree Based ROM (Not SODP) * A PDX206 (Xperia 5 II ) User Download Link: Stock Camera if (ANDROID_VERSION == 10 && STOCK_VENDOR == 10) Using 52_RHE Cinema Pro [52_RHE] Photo Pro [52_RHE] if...

xdaforums.com

The photo app can be found here, I didnt test it myself...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] captanbirdseye:
Hey all.

When I go backpacking, I will be taking my HTC Touch Diamond with me. I will primarily use this for playing mp3s, and running the odd movie when i am bored.

Any ideas of a good application that will effectively use the GPS? it would be handy to be able to pick out my co-ordinates, as this will keep my mum happy when she wants to know where I am! Also, it could come in handy for finding places that I want to get to (i got lost plenty of times last time!).

Also, what sort of battery would you recommend me getting, I do not want the touch diamond to be any bigger (or much) or much heavier, if possible.

Also, do you have any suggestion of apps or uses for the diamond that will be helpful on my journey?

Also how long do you think playing mp3s will last on the diamond, or should i be looking at a real mp3 player? I will mostly be using this phone in aeroplane mode.

Cheers
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] mugglesquop:
one of the best programs i can recommend you is the OS map viewer. Downloadhere. This is the PC application, which has a option in it to install to a Pocket PC device (Diamond).

UK note: This version is NOT compatible with GB Ordnance Survey maps. To get the correct OS edition, please use the Web / Check for Updates command in Memory-Map Navigator

You need to buy or search google for the maps to go with it.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Sergio PC:
Batts are gonna be your #1 problem.

I suggest you focus on any kind of battery extension.

Maybe a stroll down the Diamond accessory section will shed some light.

Greets.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] mugglesquop:
+1 and lots more to that!

i like the look of these.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Riel:
I recommend you setup TrackMe, so your mom can take a look on a website where you currently are.

it's on xda-devs and free, works really great

For the power you need, you could take this in your backpack:

http://www.wehkamp.nl/w2/Winkelen/K...C=C09&SC=I0A&KAC=IA2&ArtikelNummer=741532#t10

It's in Dutch, but you get an idea, it carries 8000mAh so you could get a few days of GPS-sing without a powersupply :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Davey101:
:D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] majorassface:
LOL, too funny Davey. I'm a Diamond owner too and you hit it pretty close to the mark. I personally wouldn't trust my Diamond out backpacking unless I had an alternative method to charge it every few hours. Even on custom roms and all that i get terrible battery life whenever I decide to use the thing.

I would suggest some type of charger to bring with you like a solar panel or something.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] aRnonymous:
GPS and wifi can be damn useful when backpacking.

you now have a place to store pics, you can check your mail with wifi instead of visiting an internet cafe everyday, and with gps you can find your way in a new city. so just make sure you have all the maps on your diamond

Where are you going?

when backpacking i met a few guys who had backpacks with solar panels in them for ipods and phones.

i searched for those and its not cheap but very useful.

here's the one i saw http://www.voltaicsystems.com/
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Davey101:
Not seen those before, nice. They're not cheap are they?

Or you could go with a big sticker saying 'mug me'. :D

I would go with the official extended battery plus at least 3 spares. The only problem is how to keep them cool, Li-ion batteries will permanently degrade when stored, fully charged, in hot conditions.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] stead:
I bought a backpack last year with a solar panel in, if you go that route make sure you get one with a proper lithium battery pack, the one i had 4 cheap AA rechargable batteries and whatever you charge using them doesn't last very long, the lithium battery ones are a lot better, my orbit phone charge lasts around 50% less when recharging from AA's via the solar panel
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Rudegar:
i use findme along with the findme facebook app works just fine
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] captanbirdseye:
Hey there.

Yeah its going to be really good, I have set up Skype on it as well, although it does lag quiet a bit sometimes unfortunately. I will be going to Malaysia > Cambodia > Laos > Thailand > Myanmar > Indonesia

I am interested in downloading (paying if i have to) maps onto my phone, so if ever needed, i can see where i am. If you can help me source software for this i could be grateful!

As for GPS tracking, I need something ideally that will work well while abroad. By this I mean that I can not afford large data bills (priced at £7 per megabyte while roaming!). I was perhaps looking for something where i could press a button, it would get a fix on the satalite, and send my co-ordinates either via email or sms, most likely sms as i get 10 free a day while abroad. It does not need to be real time tracking, just once a day position update. This will be a massive bonus, as my mum will relax abit more knowing exactly where i am in the world, instead of a vague answer.

As for batteries, I think i dont want to take too much stuff of value, and obviously where i am going its going to be very humid, so i cant have loads of charged batteries. Perhaps I will opt for a usb solar charger, or equivelent.

Many thanks for your help

Gary.
[MX Player] Zain Ul Abdeen:
As a SQA with 2 year experience i found that the developer of Mx Player is Amorist(Lover

Click on Mx Menu> Every feature is perfect according to English language> Now change the language English to urdu > Now again click on Mx menu> See the translation>

i think developer is lover .
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Max0nchik:
Why won't Team Win make TWRP for the pixel 6/7 line? Maybe I don't know something and there are some restrictions? This would really make it easier to create/install firmware and GSI firmware
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] V0latyle:
TWRP is generally of little use on Pixel devices, which do not have a recovery partition. Since the bootloaders are easily unlocked and accept flashing commands, firmware can be flashed via ADB.

Installing GSIs is easy, just flash the system image to /system.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Max0nchik:
I have spent more than 6 days installing Moto UI,OneUI,MIUI. Nothing helped, you need permissive magisk, which can only be installed via TWRP, and if you put it from a task in the system, then it does not want to work... Maybe I'm doing something wrong, if it's not difficult, could you give me instructions on installing GSI?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] V0latyle:
I literally just told you. GSIs come as an image. Flash to /system. Only works if the system partition is bigger than the image. Not sure how to safely resize.

There's also several guides around XDA that can help you. There's also the official Android Source guide.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DevanteWeary:
Kind of wanted to follow up...

If recovery on Pixel isn't that useful (I don't know how much I agree with that. TWRP has saved me multiple times on my Pixel 5 and 2XL in the past), what is everyone doing for backing up/restoring the entire phone image?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] icanrule:
100% agree. Both myself and a friend of mine never try new ROMs because we don't have a perfect backup of the current setup.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mac231us:
Which MIUI gsi did you try? thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Max0nchik:
All a13 on nippon chanel
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mac231us:
Thanks-I got this in hopes of trying some gsi's - returning it sadly ...and this is not related to your efforts but just in general about this device-am not interested in some super security graphene o/s etc....for that I simply take out my google account and don't sync (re-add it once in a while for some update) (and also remove many google apps, and change permissions in all or lock them down) regardless which flavor of android I am on....even the overlooked snooping gboard
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mac231us:
from what I recall on mi max 3, mix 2s etc when trying out gsi, there are other files that need to be flashed to make them boot-not sure how that can be done without a custom recovery
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miustone:
This should fix it without TWRP

fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta_a vbmeta.img

fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta_system_a vbmeta_system.img

Same for the b slot. You will find the needed images in the Factory Images ig.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Max0nchik:
this not work :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motolio:
Absolutely agree. I like to randomly change things and revert... Like all the time. This is the first phone I can't really play with the way I like.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Miustone:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Pixel6/comments/r8ylqf/_/i2u2n0p

This should help u understand. Btw. Lineage OS and some ROMs are coming with own Recoveries since quite a Time. Had Xperias for long without TWRP and it sucked. But TWRP has hard Times with modern Android so...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alecxs:
unlock bootloader, download pre-patched boot image and flash it from fastboot.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BROKEN1981:
Use Pixel Flasher. Can find it on XDA
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HippoMan:
TWRP is never needed solely for flashing, given that we have fastboot and other similar utilities.

The main reason for my and many others' usage of TWRP is for nandroid backup/restore capabilities.

Only being able to backup and restore apps in the /data partition (for example, with a utility like SwiftBackup) is far from enough for many of us. It's much more helpful and important to be able to backup and restore /system, /boot, and other system-level partitions, as well ... and nandroid permits this.

TWRP and OrangeFox are the only utilities I know about which offer nandroid backup and restore.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexS2412:
any updates on this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tham.400:
I've been trying to build myself, but different errors keep coming up... I am extremely close to giving up.. And some errors just keep persisting for no apparent reason
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_Anonymous:
No man please 😭

If I knew pixel has no TWRP I would never buy it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tham.400:
I've given up on TWRP, vendor_boot is impossible to function on Pixels so I'm using DSU sideloader as a fix for now, just testing GSI roms
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_Anonymous:
Can you tell me how to install custom rom using DSU side loader? Does it requires root?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tham.400:
You can't install a "custom rom", just a GSI rom that will be very patchy and a little unstable. You need root as well, however I'm not a guide, there's many on this website alone
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_Anonymous:
I watched some tutorial on yotube that don't require root just need bootloader unlocked ? Should I trust me ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HippoMan:
Flashing firmware is not the only use for TWRP. Nandroid backup and restore is extremely useful, and TWRP also offers nandroid, which allows backup and restore of /boot, /system, /data, and pretty much any other partition, as well ... unlike other utilities such as Swift Backup, which only offer backup/restore of apps and maybe a subset of some of the other user data.

It's sad that the Googlefrinchians don't offer a full backup/restore capability for the *entire* Android system, and not just apps and some user data. They could easily implement something like this.

Apple offers that kind of full backup/restore capability for iOS, and I wish that the Googlefrinchians would take a hint from Apple about this, given that TWRP is now so difficult to implement for recent Android versions on so many devices.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexS2412:
they will argue crooked reasons like piracy, that you could restore paid content to ither devices for free and bypass drm. same reason they don't allow backup apps usually
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HippoMan:
Hmm ... but they do allow backup of apps. The native backup/restore facilities of Android can backup and restore apps, and they also do allow programs like Swift Backup.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_Anonymous:
Yeah that's exactly what I am missing , you could make your own partition and dual boot in it , you could install custom rom without PC, you could backup your entire OS , in case if your device stuck in boot loop of soft brick .

You can use many magisk module that requires root , but with TWRP you can use them without root ..

And so much more , every cheap or flagship phone I have used had TWRP support , it's just make me sad they are trying to stop modding community :⁠-⁠\

they also dropped support of accessing system files , data , obb folder , before Android 11 you could manually modify them
[Connected Car] xakcop:
Hi,

I have released a new tool for firmware modifications of Standard-class Gen5 navigation used by Hyundai, KIA and Genesis:

GitHub - rgerganov/gen5fw: Firmware tools for Mobis Gen5 navigation

Firmware tools for Mobis Gen5 navigation. Contribute to rgerganov/gen5fw development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

It is based on a "secret" recovery mechanism which is triggered by holding POWER+MAP or POWER+HOME buttons.

I will publish a blog post with some reverse engineering details soon.

Any feedback welcome!
[Connected Car] xakcop:
I have published a blog post with all of my findings for Gen5: https://xakcop.com/post/hyundai-hack-2/
[Connected Car] Edu-B:
i have tried getting the zip uncompressed haven't been successful any other insights that might help?

how did you calculate the MS DOS date?