yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 4a Questions & Answers] ethical_haquer:
While your in the ".../Downloads/system-tools" directory runthe following in the PowerShell:

dir

This will return a list of folders and directories in that folder. If "Downloads" is not listed, it is not a valid directory.
[Google Pixel 4a Questions & Answers] SomethingTheOrange:
Well, your assumption must be correct. The directory must not be valid. I went and looked up the steps to try and make it valid. I'm still having issues. I put plat form tool on my c drive/Android folder. Then advanced settings to edit the environment variables. Set the location, Im still having issues running adb though
[Google Pixel 4a Questions & Answers] AlexKarimov:
What kind of issues? Is it not recognising your phone? A common problem is not having the right drivers. You need the Google USB driver. There may also be the issue where it recognises the phone in ADB but not fastboot or vice versa.
[Google Pixel 4a Questions & Answers] ethical_haquer:
I believe the OP is trying to enter a specific directory in order to run a command, but he can't find the correct directory:
[Google Pixel 4a Questions & Answers] AlexKarimov:
Ah! I think I see now. If I understand it, there's confusion between the directory and command. The easiest way is to open file explorer, navigate to the directory you want and type cmd in the address bar. This will open a command prompt in the desired directory, no need to CD anything.

After that the commands are simple: fastboot devices, fastboot flashing unlock.

Just to clarify, its FASTboot(one word) and not flash boot
[General Questions and Answers] trtawsif:
Hi, I was trying to downgrade from Custom rom to realme ui but ended up getting stuck in fastboot and no working recovery I flashed custom and stock recovery but didn't work, I tried a method here listed on XDA, but that didn't work as well.Can anyone help me please?
[General Questions and Answers] gsm foyez:
If your phone have bootloader unlocked

Just flash stock firmware by Fastboot mode
[General Questions and Answers] gsm foyez:
In this method you erase important partition

By this command fastboot erase boot && fastboot erase dtbo && fastboot erase recovery && fastboot erase metadata && fastboot erase vbmeta && fastboot erase system && fastboot erase vendor && fastboot erase userdata && fastboot reboot-bootloader

U can write this partition or flash stock firmware your problem will be fix
[General Questions and Answers] trtawsif:
Can you give me a full instructions about installing stock firmware in fastboot mood in realme 5i ?
[General Questions and Answers] gsm foyez:
This Thread will be fix your problem

https://xdaforums.com/t/solved-real...lashing-custom-rom-no-recovery-or-os.4437329/
[Xiaomi Mix Fold 2] z.v.a.a.h.i:
View attachment 5895021

Download link. https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/zizhan/public beta/V14.0.23.4.17.DEV/
[Xiaomi Mix Fold 2] Terminator-XX:
And what are the improvements?
[Xiaomi Mix Fold 2] metalvibe:
Anyone know if you can update back to Stable (when it becomes available) if I switched to Beta without resetting?
[Xiaomi Mix Fold 2] z.v.a.a.h.i:
I tried all versions including 14.0.23.4.25.DEV released today.

the best is the most stable 13.1.22.9.5.DEV

new beta V14.0.23.4.25.DEV https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/zizhan/public beta/V14.0.23.4.25.DEV/
[Xiaomi Mix Fold 2] issa033:
hello this rom have language french because i have rom chinese with module french
[Xiaomi Mix Fold 2] z.v.a.a.h.i:
No
[Xiaomi Mix Fold 2] metalvibe:
Anyone got a guide to update from Stable to Weekly Beta without losing apps/data etc?
[Xiaomi Mix Fold 2] deuse:
Still hoping for a 3rd party rom.
[Xiaomi Mix Fold 2] deuse:
I could flash via the "chose update package" via the settings\ checking for updates.

How did you do it?
[Xiaomi Mix Fold 2] metalvibe:
Did you update from Stable to the Dev? I've tried the same method and it's not working (i.e. Stable > Dev Beta).
[Xiaomi Mix Fold 2] deuse:
I should of said I couldn't flash the dev rom. My mistake.

Tried the update package option. But it doesn't work.

I think I have to use the unlock tool on the pc first.

Can't find a definite guild
[Xiaomi Mix Fold 2] z.v.a.a.h.i:
New beta V14.0.23.6.8.DEV

XM Firmware Updater

The ultimate script that provides firmware packages for Xiaomi devices.

xiaomifirmwareupdater.com
[Xiaomi Mix Fold 2] deuse:
Hi.

How would I get from normal branch to beta branch?

Or is there another way to flash it?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] blacktime2:
I have to replace my friend's s20 5G camera (european version).

So I ordered a new one corresponding to the phone's serial number : G981/DS (the camera is meant to work both for G980F and G981B). I replaced it but got the "camera failure" message. The old camera still works though (with dots, that's why I'm replacing it), so not a motherboard problem.

Looking deeper, I found that serial number on the old camera is G986B, corresponding to a ...s20+...in a s20 5G. You get the point, the serial number don't match, and I don't know what camera to order.

For reference, the G986B camera (s20+) comes in a different metal shell, which won't fit into the phone. So I cannot just order a s20+ camera.

Is there a way to "adapt" the software to this new "uncompatible" camera ? Or do I need to order another one ? If so, which serial number ?

That's a lot of questions I reckon. I just can't figure it out. Thank you for your help !
[Android TV General] amigotxvoce:
Alguem sabe como trocar a rom desse aparelho,ou fazer backp pois a que veio nele é muito ruim.

Mod translation: Does anyone know how to change the device's ROM, or make a backup because the one that came with it is very bad.
[Android TV General] Badger50:
Greetings. As a friendly reminder, we ask all members to please post in English as stipulated by XDA Rule #4:

Spoiler content hidden.

Thank you for your cooperation, and have a pleasant day.
[Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra] erencanylmaz75:
View attachment 5895065

Xiaomi is a Chinese smartphone manufacturer. It sells affordable smartphones compared to its competitors. For this reason, many users prefer Xiaomi smartphones. However, we need to point out that the brand has some shortcomings. The most important of these is that it doesn’t care about GPL licenses. The kernel source of many Xiaomi smartphones has not yet been released.

I don’t know why no one has made content about it. This is quite important, kernel resources are required for developers to prepare custom ROMs and kernels. Xiaomi has to abide by the GPL licenses. So it should release kernel sources.

Kernel Sources Unreleased Models:

Redmi Note 11 / NFC (spes/spesn)

Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G / Redmi Note 11E Pro (veux)

Xiaomi 12T (plato)

Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra (diting)

Redmi Note 12 4G (tapaz/topaz)

Redmi Note 12 5G (sunstone)

Redmi Note 12 Pro 4G (sweet_k6a)

Redmi Note 12S (sea)

Redmi K60 / POCO F5 Pro (mondrian)

Redmi K60E (rembrandt)

Xiaomi 12 Pro Dimensity Edition (daumier)

The Redmi Note 11 series was launched in January 2022. The kernel sources of smartphones such as Redmi Note 11, Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G have not been released yet. In addition, the kernel sources of the Xiaomi 12T family have not been released.

Xiaomi 12T and Xiaomi 12T Pro are among the super mid-range smartphones. They have powerful SOCs, excellent AMOLED displays, and quality camera sensors. Especially Xiaomi 12T Pro’s 200MP HP1 camera sensor allows you to get great photos.

At the time, Xiaomi released the kernel source code of the Mi A1 quite late, and this came to the fore. You can see news about it in many places like XDA. And now, the source codes of the models listed above have not been released for a long time.

It’s embarrassing. Many people demand that the kernel resources of smartphones be released quickly. We recommend Xiaomi to be fast and want developers to be able to make custom ROMs and kernels.
[Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra] erencanylmaz75:
The kernel source code of the Xiaomi 12T series has not been released for a long time. That's why nobody develops ROMs. In addition, the source code of Xiaomi 12 Pro Dimensity Edition was uploaded and deleted. It has not been released on models such as the Redmi K60. Why is the source code of the Xiaomi 12T series not yet released? Xiaomi has to release them. It must comply with the GPL licenses.View attachment 5895097
[Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra] NOSS8:
That of the 12 pro ZEUS is more than 1 year old and nothing.

No or few développement for MediaTeck soc.
[Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra] I.m.Tuga:
Something really strange is that I bought the 12T Pro at launch and it came with the Redmi Pad. This tablet as already the kernel sources available
[Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra] erencanylmaz75:
Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra (DITING) has Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SOC SM8475. Why is the source code of this model not published? That's why no one does ROM development. Xiaomi has to publish this. Why are those of devices like the Redmi Pad being published? What does the Xiaomi 12T Pro lack?

I don't understand that either, why doesn't the 12T Pro have it? I hope Xiaomi hears me and releases the source code.
[Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra] NOSS8:
It was about this.

"'In addition, the source code of Xiaomi 12 Pro Dimensity Edition was uploaded and deleted."

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just LOS for Xiaomi 12.

No development also on Samsung and One plus a soc Snapdragon 8 Gen.:oops:
[Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra] Big Boy:
Does this mean if anyone else release the source for our SoC we can get custom roms?
[Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra] NOSS8:
Nobody apart from Xiaomi can release the source in first and still it must be complete and there is a DEV who is interested in it.
[Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra] Stephanizgo:
Xiaomi 11T (non pro) also unreleased source
[Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra] tze_vitamin:
Sign the petition for kernel release

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

Release kernel scource code for Xiaomi 12T pro/k50 ultra (diting)!!!

chng.it
[Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra] insestito:
DONE! Let's go!
[Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra] moses_dx:
after more than a year and still 500 was too much, unbelievable. I have one of these phones as well, I was getting frustrated because there was no hyperos ota and looked for a custom rom, but pretty much nothing out there, it's such a waste because of the soc it has
[Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra] NOSS8:
All the devices cited by the OP have hyperOS except 1 which is EOL and custom ROMs except for Mediatek Socs.
[Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra] moses_dx:
not mine, still no ota
[Xiaomi 12T Pro / Redmi K50 Ultra] NOSS8:
Which device and which ROM (full name)?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] sammy234:
I need help with flashing Note 20 Ultra SM-N986U my CSC says OYN. I am based in Canada can I use firmware of US? Can I update OTA? I need t download non branded one so I can download updated over the wifi. Is it possible if iI flash with Odin and download a generic one ? Can I update later?

Regards
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] sammy234:
Any body?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Guides, News, & Discu] VU HEO:
the best way is: waiting the services provider push update notice to your phone
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Gary33411:
I am looking for someone to write some flash for the home screen or to decompile the widgets on the Samsung i900 a/k/a the Omnia. The widgets that are preloaded are very limited, otherwise the phone is great! If i cant get this done i might just try the iphone

Thanks

G
[General Topics] mxz55:
Hello,

If a site like AndroidFileHost.com enters a state of abandonment, a risky period begins due to the wealth of (legacy) data shared and linked through it, and its continued use as the #1 mirror for much of the development community.

I noticed the following signs that arouse my suspicion:

- It seems to be no longer possible for new members to gain upload rights, for instance, my application is unreviewed (not denied nor approved) for about 2 months now. I heard the same from some pals. Despite that i pointed to my XDA profile and put a good example of what my first use of that site would be, uploading firmwares. Letters about the approval, as they already have a notice box for, don't get answerred

If it was only that, i wouldn't have begun this discussion as it can be that they are just overloaded when it comes to manpower. But no, that's not just it

- Their site is inoperable very regularly, with the same SQL errors (and subtypes of errors) - indicating they just don't get to fix the causes - on many page loads and refreshes. If you keep hitting F5 the desired page may load, sometimes even after 10 tries, it seems to come in waves and then, during a day their site is affected by these errors, it may as well work for some seconds or minutes.

Example of such error, one that in fact i encountered during log in page loading today (already after their main page was hard to load due to the same type of error):

Warning: PDO::prepare(): SQLSTATE[00000]: No error: PDO constructor was not called in /web/libs/classes/SqlCache.php on line 11

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function execute() on null in /web/libs/classes/SqlCache.php:16 Stack trace: #0 /web/libs/classes/SqlCache.php(40): SqlCache::runSql('SELECT pref_nam...') #1 /web/libs/classes/System.php(1308): SqlCache::getCachedSql('SQL_CACHE_SYSTE...', 'SELECT pref_nam...', 60) #2 /web/libs/classes/System.php(11): System->update() #3 /web/libs/global.inc.php(123): System->__construct('live') #4 /web/user/index.php(3): require_once('/web/libs/globa...') #5 {main} thrown in /web/libs/classes/SqlCache.php on line 16

Despite mailing them with contact form several times during several weeks, to try help them by reporting the SQL errors on page loads as well, they haven't fixed it nor ever responded, just like with the account approval inquiries. I get the strong vibe that simply no one is manning their mail boxes/processes, and again, that the service is abandoned & just kept online indefinitely.

First of all, is there anyone else that observed what i observe. Secondly, the use of this discussion may as well be that if so, XDA community may want to raise awareness of their data being at risk (abandonment is never good news in that regards), move files if they want to feel safer, or even take the initiative for creating a new main mirror service or naming known alternatives.

Or maybe someone that's close to the site operators can shed some light on what is going on, and if there is any clarity on the situation to be resolved?
[General Topics] traman124:
If AndroidFileHost goes down, pretty much all of the legacy Android roms and tweaks go with it.

Although it seems up and uploads are recent (like 52m ago).
[General Topics] mxz55:
The uploads can be explained because older members still have those rights, and that infrastructure still works (everything does, outside those waves of SQL errors). How it looks like now is how many services look during early abandonment - the operators keep paying for webhosting & domain bills and it stays up on a best-effort basis, while in fact they have lost interest, got different priorities, or don't really care anymore.

Which is a risky situation as they may throw the towel in at any unexpected moment, or when the first less-than-trivial to solve roadblock comes up (no motivation, shutting down will be the easy way). I'm just recounting what past experience of looking at other services entering a state of abandonment tells me. So, if my suspicions are right, i strongly advise everyone to start saving what can be saved (make backups, move stuff, inform hosters of important files that are still active to do so & replace mirror links, etc) even while we hope it's precautions that turn out not to be needed.
[General Topics] traman124:
@mxz55 great points… I’ll remove all my AFH files soon
[General Topics] TechX1991:
Its been having issues for a few years now with SQL errors. Nothing new sadly
[General Topics] traman124:
Oh.....
[General Topics] webhook:
We might need all the filehoarders to download/leech everything from AFH so we can always have an archive of the legacy roms and root.
[General Topics] Network_Pro:
As a matter of fact the site has been significantly better since GPT-3 was released, probably allowing them to patch some things much more easily and cheaply.

Send them some cash buy the Premium yearly plan, if you ask me.
[General Topics] Kuronosu:
Well, their Facebook URL has been taken over by someone else a bit shady...

https://www.facebook.com/androidfilehost

I don't think the site is recovering, unless someone steps in...
[General Topics] mxz55:
I agree, things like that seal the deal. I wonder if there is something this community can do, like if someone knows the site owners personally, we can get them to ask what in their life caused them to lose interest/motivation in AndroidFileHost, or if it's rather time or problems with finances (Many projects rely on donations, yet individualism increases) in which case we can think about a GoFundMe to get them out of the woods for some years.

However, i suspect it's just been put on the backburner as everyone moves on in life, so do the operators of hobby project-sites. But this one has grown to be quite big, and of importance to the Android development scene, a reminder: "Nothing is too big to fail", someone really needs to poll the owners to gauge the risk they will one day lose the last bit of care and let the website disappear or become totally inoperable should technical issues arise, that's how services go down when the owner lost interest: the slightest hiccup that's not a minute fix, causes them to drop the curtains instead.

Maybe some big names in the Android development scene can even make them an offer to take over the site, to avoid it from meeting its demise under owners that no longer care, or have personal circumstances that lead to abandonment. But, most likely people here will remain as passive as the amount of replies have shown, and no one will be really afraid until things actually shut down, then everyone wakes up when it might be too late.
[General Topics] mxz55:
Correction: it's now confirmed that it is totally not possible.. almost 8 months have passed since my own application, and it hasn't been possible to get this status to move:

Just like it hasn't been possible to observe any human activity signs of the site operators. I care less about upload rights than i care about the impeding disaster if the site's abandonment escalates into services being pulled offline, as again, often happens after a certain time of loss of interest from site operators (only keeping things in the air with minimal effort, until one day their 5% care turns to 0% care)

No one from the dev community has taken initiative yet to raise awareness or create an alternative mainstream file hosting service. That's why once it hits us, it will be a disaster, especially for legacy ROM's and materials hosted on it. You see it everywhere, ppl don't react until it is too late and the damage has already been done.
[General Topics] Kuronosu:
There ACTUALLY was SOME activity recently.

The devices I requested, were added/approved. So SOMEONE is, in fact, sporadically having a look at the website/requests...
[General Topics] evildog1:
What's the alternative of androidfilehost? I always get undefined error when trying to upload. I'm a developer since 2016.
[General Topics] lm8lm8:
several things :

1. i discover the situation with that thread

2. im wondering, are they any AFH dev/admins going here?

3. why not save them on archive.org ? i have uploaded several things, from sites now disappeared, up there)

4. any contact with them? they never replied to my emails..

5. what is the situation nowadays?

ty :)
[General Topics] Retrial:
Well, I've reported this at 2022 to a specific thread about AFH which only RCs & Mods have access, so you can't see it. As @Clark Joseph Kent said, even RCs lost the privileges they had in AFH under their new ownership.

Seems AFH is not essential place to host Android stuff etc. anymore. In the past they also deleted some rare Firmwares/Modems & Bootloaders for the old Galaxy S4 which I had uploaded.

They stopped answering emails years ago.

Their site is unusable, full or errors.

You can't upload anything.

See the attachments, these are from one usual day in AFH.

I moved my stuff to MEGA Cloud.
[General Topics] Oswald Boelcke:
Once we had even a let's call it liaison to AFH by our retired moderator @rwilco12 but that's quite some time ago. Below his last respective post to this subject in a similar thread.
[General Topics] rwilco12:
Thank you for tagging me @Oswald Boelcke.

For those of you who don't know me, I used to work for AFH. I was a moderator on XDA and employed by AFH, so naturally, I became the liaison between the two. I also do Android development and have my own site (rwilco12.com) where I host my development files.

Regrettably, I no longer work for AFH and although I know who the current owner is, I have no real influence to effect any changes there. But maybe I can offer some insight into how things got to where they are now.

When AFH was first founded, we would have millions of hits a day. Over time, Google got better and better at making Android what the masses wanted, Google made it more difficult to root your devices (with Samsung adding Knox and making it almost impossible), LG quit making phones, HTC chose to focus on VR, etc. As all of this was going on, the custom development scene started drying up. There are still a few stalwarts but it isn't what it once was (you can even see it here on XDA). AFH went from having millions of users a day to millions a month.

While this was all happening, users were blocking ads and cutting into potential revenue. Very few developers (and even fewer users) were signing up for the Premium AFH service. And adding insult to injury, Google changed its AdSense policies and stopped paying as much for ads.

Then there were the freeloaders, pirates, and perverts. One day, I deleted over 20TB of duplicate files. Every single one of these files was duplicated at least a dozen times and every one of them was a password-protected ZIP. There are group of sites out there that call themselves firmware sites that will give you "free" downloads. Once you download the ZIP, you find a text file that tells you to send them money to get the password. These sites had uploaded so much garbage that our upload servers were backed up for literal months. We had to reset them multiple times to clear the queue and get rid of them. While we were dealing with these freeloaders we were also doing daily purges of users who had uploaded pirated movies, illegal software, and child porn (where possible, we reported them to the appropriate authorities).

When I worked for AFH, it was initially a paid position. It didn't pay a lot but I was fairly compensated for my work. When I left AFH, I hadn't been paid for 3-4 years. I had been doing the work pro bono as a favor to the community that helped me get where I am today.

Now, all that to say, AFH still has the potential to be awesome again. I hope it makes it! But I would also advise caution in figuring out where to host your files. We've seen a lot of file hosts come and go over the years. It's a VERY expensive business and most file hosts aren't interested in helping out the little guy. You'll find that they all have limits on downloads, bandwidth, and even how long they keep files on their servers. I don't know what host is the right host but make sure you know what you're getting into before you jump on board.
[General Topics] Clark Joseph Kent:
Thank you for this information and background. 👍🏽
[General Topics] Retrial:
Thanks a lot for the info.

The current owner of AFH should be as much as clear as you about what limits they have now etc. so users to know.