yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] #YetAnotherPerson:
Hi! I recently got a Honor X7a. Does anyone know how to sideload GSI images using DSU? Bootloader unlock is enabled, but no option for DSU loader. I tried DSU sideloader many times and adb but I keep getting a notification saying installation failed. I might have done something wrong using adb. Not sure.

Device: Honor X7a

Android version:12

GSI image used: Stock GSI from Google/Android developers website

Partition style: A/B

It has been a while since I have been modding android devices so it would be nice if you gave me instructions for doing this using ADB, I did do it using instructions and android developers website but I might have done it wrong

Thanks🙏!
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 5426019:
Hey! I just got the X7a today, how did you unlock the bootloader?

Have you been able to do other things like rooting and installing a custom recovery?

Thanks in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] #YetAnotherPerson:
I could not find any recoveries
[General Questions and Answers] #YetAnotherPerson:
Tap build number 7 times to get developer options, you should see oem unlock, just tap on that

I am not sure if the options come in all firmware versions(global,chinese,etc)

THIS MAY VOID WARRANTY

I have not been able to do anything else yet as we need it's firmware image to get boot.img for rooting
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 5426019:
Oh I see.

Yeah I already had oem unlock enabled but that's as far as I got.... same as you.

You're the only one to even mention the X7a on this forum, so I doubt there's going to be any development for it...

What a shame 😞, damn Huawei and Honor for blocking that possibility 😤
[General Questions and Answers] #YetAnotherPerson:
Guess we made some kind of progress

I got the update url for the recent update with security patch and new apps, here it is:

https://update.hihonorcdn.com/TDS/data/bl/files/v152469/f1/full/update_base.zip

I am pretty sure I have the global version

and not so sure if this has the files for magisk root(I am not doing that right now)
[General Questions and Answers] #YetAnotherPerson:
Hi!

I got the update url for the new update that came a few days ago, here it is :)

https://update.hihonorcdn.com/TDS/data/bl/files/v152469/f1/full/update_base.zip

But I doubt it has boot.img, I am downloading it now as its less than half a gigabyte
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 5426019:
Well that's something at least, let me know what you find about it! Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] #YetAnotherPerson:
I extracted the update files, no boot.img. I may try to dump the firmware using mtk client, but I heard it is risky
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 5426019:
Well it's clear you know way more than me on this 😅. Let me know if you are able to make any progress! 😄
[General Questions and Answers] #YetAnotherPerson:
I got no progress yet in rooting, but I did email XDA and now we got a forum page for the X7A : )

https://xdaforums.com/f/honor-x7a.12735/
[General Questions and Answers] Deleted member 5426019:
Oh thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] claraeg:
Dear All

It is a bit difficult to me and hope to get some help from WINCE 4.20 experts. I had a WAFER-5825JM motherboard with system files. Now this PCB is finished and I got some used another brand with identical specifications and component. But the software freeze after LOADCEPC start extract NK.BIN

Any solution for my case. Find attached the complete system software.

I will be very appreciated
[LG V50 ThinQ Questions & Answers] YB123:
I bought a used phone from verizon and it does not take sim cards. I tried unlocking the bootloader to flash it but got this error:

C:\adb>fastboot devices

LMG8504b7c9054 fastboot

c:\adb>fastboot oem unlock

...

FAILED (remote: Flashing Unlock is not allowed

)

finished. total time: 0.007s

how fix the? pls!

How can I fix this?

Thank you very much
[General Topics] slobodan555:
I'm not a developer - just a dumb user!!!!

Just got hold of a MDA Vario (T-Mobile originally, but I unlocked it as I use O2 network in the UK and VIP in Croatia) which I also upgraded from WM5 to WM6.

MDA Vario has OMAP850-195MHz CPU processor; model type is WIZA200; platform iz PocketPC.

Are these h/w & s/w platforms XDA compatible? If not, which links should I follow for Q&A which are relevant to my device?

Thanks

(Desperate)Dan
[General Topics] jez83uk:
You have a HTC wizard, probably the g4 variety. Start with the stickied topics in the wizard section, and the wizard wiki section, and just keep reading.
[General Topics] slobodan555:
Thanks for the reply. I started following your advice and reading the posts. Not that I understand much yet.

I think I may have G3 version as the following shows when I boot the device:

IPL 1.01

SPL 1.06

GSM 01.12.10

OS 10.1.0.811

Not sure which ROM i have and how to find out?

It seems that my device is both SIM and CIM unlocked - I backed Wizard to my PC's c: drive (via a Storage Card).

If I were to upgrade the ROM should the IPL and SPL become 2.x versions and will the GSM and OS also have higher number versions?

If newer versions of IPL, SPL, GSM and OS are desirable which ROM should I upgrade to?

Is upgrading the ROM (done via RUU, I understand) different from upgrading the OS - currently WM6 - to WM6.1? I assume ROM and WMx upgrades are unrelated, unless some ROMs are not supported on a specific WMx version. If WM6.1 is a better and more stable version of the OS where can it be found?

Lots of questions, I know, but that's due entirely to my ignorance, as you can see from my questions. Hopefully, your replies may help me understand better these issues.

Thanks & regards

Dan
[General Topics] Huckleberry88:
You should read the wiki:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Wizard

.. especially these sections of the wiki:

----------------------------------------------------------------

Determining if your Wizard is G3/G4 (Very Important READ FIRST):

* How to determine if your Wizard is a G3 or a G4

CID Unlocking a Wizard:

* CID Unlock your G3 Wizard (Only for Wizards with less than AKU2)

* Easy guide to CID unlock G3 Wizard

* Solution for CID Unlocking G3 Wizard with AKU2 or higher

* CID Unlock your G4 Wizard Hard-SPL

* CID Unlock your G4 Wizard Soft-SPL

Upgrading:

* Brightpoint Update Center

* Available Wizard Versions and Upgrades <- Important

* Available Original Shipped ROM Versions - Which ROM is latest/best for each model?

* List of Wizard-compatible ROMS - for upgrading to Windows Mobile 6 and 6.1. Features, Ratings, Information and Program List

* Unlocking and Upgrading G3 Wizards

* Howto flash a Wizard: Wizard Windows Mobile 6 for newbies

----------------------------------------------------------------

The rest you will find in the forum for the Wizard.

Good luck!
[General Topics] ZED_pt:
Flashing a ROM in your device is just like installing a windows version on your pc.The rom installs the OS so if you install a wm5 ROM you will have wm5 if you install a wm6.1 ROM you will have 6.1.

Listen to the advices above and read all about it and most importante try to understand well before you try anything or you might get a tech-no-logic papperweight for christmas :)
[General Questions and Answers] Canny2010:
I have a 'Redmi Note 9 Pro max' phone. WhatsApp is fully functional, with a chat history of the last 5 years. I got a new Samsung S22 5g phone, and I want to move all my data to that phone. When I checked the WhatsApp chat backup, I saw that the last backup happened on February 7th to my Google Drive. I clicked 'Backup' button to manually take the backup. I got the error message 'Unable to back up messages' after 30 seconds. I tried rebooting the phone several times, changing networks, checking the permissions, etc., but I still got the same message. I verified the backup in my Google Drive, and I saw the backup happened last February 7. My database folder was empty since I cleared the msgstore.db files as part of saving storage space, which I used to do periodically since I know that WhatsApp will create daily local backups in that folder. I noticed that WhatsApp even stopped creating local backups daily, as it is supposed to.

After several attempts to create a new backup, I finally decided to restore the February 7 backup available in my Google Drive to my new phone. I added the Google Drive account to my new phone and installed WhatsApp there. Whatsapp correctly detected the backup in my Google account and began restoring the messages; however, at the end of the restore, it threw an error message saying "unable to restore your chats from this backup," and after that message, Whatsapp displayed a list of other Google accounts to check for other old backups, which I did not have. I skipped the restore and saw that it did not have any chat history. I immediately closed and uninstalled WhatsApp on the new phone, switched back to my old phone, verified the number again, and thankfully, I was able to keep WhatsApp on my old phone without losing any data.

Now all my applications have been migrated to my new phone, except WhatsApp. Ultimately, I see that the existing available backup is corrupted, and I don't have any other local backup files either. I took a copy of the msgstore.db.crypt14 file from the new phone while the restore happened from Google Drive. Keeping in mind that my WhatsApp is fully functional on my old phone, I would like to get help with any of the below solutions to migrate my WhatsApp data.

Fix the 'unable to backup messages' issue for creating a new backup to Google Drive or at least a local backup. As mentioned, WhatsApp stopped creating local offline backups.

Recover any of the recent msgstore.db.crypt14 files that I deleted to create free space.

Fix the corrupted crypt14 file, which I have taken a copy of.

Other than the built-in backup and restore method, is there another way to migrate WhatsApp?
[General Questions and Answers] TheLostOne:
Same problem here!

I tried a lot of things and eventually I was successful to some degree.

https://xdaforums.com/t/whatsapp-re...rking-method-april-2022.4426309/post-86686935

These steps worked for me to force upload a .crypt14 backup file to Google Drive. I was able to restore the messages. I had to kill Whatsapp though because the restore process got stuck.

But the messages seem to be all back.

Another problem appeared though. I am unable to create new Backups due to an error.

I am now using Fouad Whatsapp Mod because it has its own backup and restore function which works.

My phone is not rooted so I extracted the Whatsapp key and unencrypted database with WhatsApp Key/Database Extractor.

I have installed the Android Emulator Nox Player, activated Root und installed the Foud Mod. I was able to replace the msgstore.db in /data/data/com.whatsapp/databases/ with my unencrypted backup as descirbed here.

Then I was able to backup everything and copy the backup back to my phone and restore it there whith the Fouad Whatsapp Mod

The backup is located unter Documents/FMBackups/com.whasapp.zip

Thanks also to this post which helped me a lot.

I hope you'll be succesful, too!
[General Questions and Answers] dcsilva:
Hi.

I also have the same problem, and i was hoping you or someone else could help me. Whatsapp got stuck on restoring the backup, so i had to kill it mid restore. The messages are back but now it can't create another backup.

My question is: how do I transfer my messages to Fouad Whatsapp Mod if I can't back them up? Both local and gDrive backups fail. It seems like it doesn't even create the .crypt14 file. Any tips? Thanks in advance
[General Questions and Answers] TheLostOne:
Hi,

I would suggest that you backup your messages with WhatsApp Key/Database Extractor. You can additionally copy your whole Whatsapp folder to your computer to have also a backup of your media.

Here you have a tutorial on how to install Fouad Mod keeping your messages.

Good luck!
[General Questions and Answers] HiJustin:
Hi @Canny2010,

Do you able to resolve the issue?

Im havin the same issue, already researched for few but still have no resolution.

thanks

Justin
[General Questions and Answers] WoKoschekk:
Just to be clear: You can't upload a backup on Google Drive?
[General Questions and Answers] HiJustin:
Keep showing 'unable to backup messages' issue for creating a new backup to Google Drive or local backup. WhatsApp stopped creating local offline backups, no files in folder databases.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] WoKoschekk:
Which version is installed?
[General Questions and Answers] HiJustin:
latest 2.23.7.80
[General Questions and Answers] WoKoschekk:
That's also my installed version but I haven't any problems with it. My suggestions:

- try a higher version or beta

You searched for whatsapp - APKMirror

You searched for whatsapp - APKMirror Free and safe Android APK downloads

www.apkmirror.com

- rename the Whatsapp folder in your internal storage (/internal storage/Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp/) to force the app to create a new one (maybe there is sth messed up with the path/permissions?)

- in case there is still a valid backup on Drive I would also try an older version (s. apkmirror.com)
[General Questions and Answers] HiJustin:
- rename the Whatsapp folder in your internal storage (/internal storage/Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp/) to force the app to create a new one (maybe there is sth messed up with the path/permissions?)

> above approach would caused me lost all the data?
[General Questions and Answers] WoKoschekk:
You should rename it and not delete it. The folder is still there but WhatsApp won't find it. If it works just copy the files from the old to the new created folder.
[General Questions and Answers] HiJustin:
Tried, same. Any tools can recommend? Pay version also OK.
[General Questions and Answers] gio999999:
I have the same problem. did you find a solution? Thank you

ps: without using root
[General Questions and Answers] FrancoisCam:
I have also similar problem. The whatsapp's messages do not seem to be backed up since april 30, 2023. There is no file in database folder. I haven't noticed it until the last weekend. Now, I have already a lot of new messages so I don't want to lost them all. I already try to disconnect from google drive, erase whatsapp cache and exclude videos before back up but none of these solutions work.

I have also tried to erase all data of google play service but there is another problem that blocked this operation (I asked a question about it few days ago but I have no answer untill now). I'm really out of ideas.
[General Questions and Answers] asadparacha:
Help needed!!

I bought a new phone but when i try to restore my whatsapp backup from google drive it starts restoring and gets stuck at 99 percent and the error pops up saying "unable to restore your chats from this back up" and give me two option whether to skip or restore from older backup and theres no going back to previous option..its getting very frustrating.. but my google drive does show my back up in backup folders,i downloaded it from google drive on my PC with a third party app.. but now how to restore that backup from PC to my android phone..all my important stuff is gone..

Can anybody please help!!
[General Questions and Answers] Fooking Rekt:
Do you still have the old phone?
[General Questions and Answers] asadparacha:
No..but i have the backup in my pc which i downloaded from google drive through a third party app and its showing all the media and everything
[General Questions and Answers] asadparacha:
I did try to make a whatsapp folder in com.whatsapp and copied the folder there..tried to restore from local backup but still it says cant restore

Kindly help if you can
[General Questions and Answers] WoKoschekk:
your backup in Google Drive seems to be corrupted. you need the local backup files stored on your old phone
[General Questions and Answers] asadparacha:
I did try to make a whatsapp folder in com.whatsapp and copied the folder there.. but still it says cant restore

Kindly help if you can
[General Questions and Answers] Fooking Rekt:
If it is corrupted there's probably nothing that can be done. A local backup is needed, but as you've said before that you no longer have the phone, that is no longer possible.
[General Questions and Answers] asadparacha:
I did try to make a whatsapp folder in com.whatsapp and copied the folder there..tried to restore from local backup but still it says cant restore

Can anyone help me make that backup work..

Its very important
[General Questions and Answers] asadparacha:
I do have backup downloaded from the google drive..tried to make a local folder and then restore from there but still says cant restore
[General Questions and Answers] Fooking Rekt:
Because it is probably corrupted for whatever reason
[General Questions and Answers] asadparacha:
Is there anyway to make it work??
[General Questions and Answers] WoKoschekk:
no
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] aLoNeDaRk1121:
I tried making Android 7 and 8 Samsung ROM for my J7 Prime G610F with classykitchen and exynoskitchen.

Android 7 has been used quite well.

Let me give you the link of Android 7, even if you want to see the screenshots.

https://xdaforums.com/t/carumos-v1-android-7-rom-for-j7-prime.4556221/

But Android 8 did not happen, it keeps making bootloop (bootlogo, that is, stuck in the part that says powered by Android).

Doesn't boot

I applied to it the same thing I did when building Android 7.

What do you think could be the reason?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] notnoelchannel:
Can you link me kernel source?
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] notnoelchannel:
By the way, as I see j7 prime is up to android 9.0
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] aLoNeDaRk1121:
Bro Rom created with Stock rom using Classy kitchen

rom has stock kernel

that's why i can't

I tried that way on Android 8 but I couldn't

I used the Android 7 version available on this site

Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime Firmware Download SM-G610F TUR Free Download

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[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] aLoNeDaRk1121:
j7 prime remained stock rom until Android 8 then became Android 10 with custom Rom
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] notnoelchannel:
Use this firmware, kernel is inside:

Download Galaxy J7 Prime SM-G610F (TUR) G610FDDS1CTE4 in Samfw - Samsung firmware download

Galaxy J7 Prime SM-G610F (TUR - Turkey) G610FDDS1CTE4 Oreo(Android 8.1.0) samsung firmware download all model, lastest, fast update, completely free and fast speed in Samfw.com ✅

samfw.com
[Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers] aLoNeDaRk1121:
Thanks for your help

I tried it with android 8.1 stock rom that I downloaded from sammobile.

but I will try when you give
[XPERIA X1 General] kirkie:
I am after a program that will let me easily sort out my contacts list. I am wanting to easily put in addresses and different numbers to each contact. Is there such a thing?

Thanks in advance
[XPERIA X1 General] on8a:
Microsoft Outlook with ActiveSync ?
[XPERIA X1 General] kirkie:
But then it will have the whole of my address book which I don't want. I just want to sort out the contacts I already have on my phone now...
[Redmi 9A Questions & Answers] Rares6567:
First of all, Hello 👋!

Ok so, idk why, my Android System use too much battery, I mean, look at the photos. It used like 20% of my battery in ~ 5 Hours? ( I didn't even played so much, I only watched youtube and listen to music (Bluetooth). First time when I had this phone, that wasn't a problem but now.... It's.... A few months ago i had like 12SoT with like 2-3h of playing games, and with ~20% battery left. I want to know if someone have the same problem, if yes, do you know how to solve it? Thanks.

Btw when I m on.... Idk ... Duolingo, it doesn't consume so much, idk what's wrong with that....
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] UltimateGamer83:
It takes whatever is wrong with the stock and throws it out the window. And the scrolling is also buttery smooth on web browsing especially if you install chrome as a third party app. You can add as much Google apps as you want. And have the best experience and for a sound mod I use is James dps magisk with the eq cranked all the way up with the convolver on the very wide setting. It's an amazing experience.

If you go to lineage os website you can download the firmware for lineage os but you have to use the jan beta build recovery to install.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] jaseman:
Do you get the superior call screening that only Pixels get when using Lineage?

It is this feature alone that makes me stay with a Pixel as it is. If this is lost then it's no better than any other phone available today.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] UltimateGamer83:
i seem to have better connection service yes. stock gives me issues when calling people like the phone disconnects. no issues so far.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] _Johnito_:
I think @jaseman is referring to the call SCREENING, not quality (IE the ability to block useless calls). I never installed Lineage on any of my decices and i also wonder myself if you do keep all the "exclusive" features this device has.

For exemple, let's consider the camera app. @UltimateGamer83 can you confirm you have the SAME camera with all Pixel features activated ?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] i42o:
Call screening and Google camera working 100% I've been on lineage since the first build. Super solid
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] i42o:
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[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Pixel86:
So Google Phone works with Mindthegapps along with Lineage 20? I tried it in the past but found that CALL SCREENING could not be activated.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] i42o:
Working for me. Didn't do anything special either. It lets me select male or female voice .. if it doesn't allow you to, it doesn't work
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] djisma86:
how is the battery life with mindthegapps and lineage?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Pixel86:
No battery issues for me.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] djisma86:
better or not than stock?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] gogoffm:
LOS was always better in battery life then Stock roms. Used it on most OP devices I had. Pretty sure on Cheetah is the same.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] UltimateGamer83:
Better than stock. Might stick with lineage os for now on and keep my phone heavily modded.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] i42o:
I have ran this software since November of last year and I can honestly say that the battery life is superb It works really really well.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] gpvecchi:
No Google Wallet, right?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Bitti09:
No 5x lens in the camera app ? or is the screenshot from the normal Pixel 7 ?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] rester555:
Portrait mode is 1x and 2x only then digital zoom.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] _Johnito_:
You just have to check the LOS topic for our device. It says in the OP :

"For some reason, this ROM only needs the Displax SafetyNet Fix and Shamiko (or DenyList) on top of Magisk in order to pass SafetyNet/Play Integrity, which is a nice bonus. As of 11/17, I was able to use GPay with this ROM if you use Magisk, Shamiko, and Displax SafetyNet Fix."

@UltimateGamer83 @i42o thanks, you convinced me to give LOS a try later this week (y)
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] djisma86:
do you recommend installing kirisakura kernel or is stock already good like this?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] i42o:
Works fine

That was in portrait mode. .5 works just fine in regular camera mode