yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] TheMystic:
Most instances of bricking are Soft Bricking. So a plea to faze out the term 'Hard Brick' and replace it with a much simpler term: 'Dead' would be better IMO.

A 'Dead' phone is one that doesn't respond to anything and is as good as a paperweight.
[General Topics] TheMystic:
These terms haven't been coined by users. These terms have historically been used by online resources, including XDA, to mean what I mentioned above.
[General Topics] V0latyle:
This is instruction, not debate.
[General Topics] TheMystic:
Then the more appropriate thing to do is to update the Etiquettes Page you linked in OP along with the XDA Forum rules.
[General Topics] ipdev:
Sorry I doubt it will happen, or happen any time soon.

The terms "Soft-Brick" and "Hard-Brick" are not only used here on xda.

They are widely used and found on other forums/message boards.

stack-exchange, reddit, ...

I myself learned the difference and have used the terms for at least a decade, if not more.

I some times forget 2000 is already two decades ago. o_O

Though the years, I have come to read "bricked" as "soft-bricked" since I understand the difference between the two (hard and soft).

My question to you would be..

What would you prefer users to say when referring to soft bricking a device instead?​

---

I am not trying to be argumentative. 🙃

Just if we start demanding that someone stops use a term, we need to give them an alternative term to use. :unsure:

Cheers. :cowboy:
[General Topics] blackhawk:
Just the facts; model, firmware and the problem.

Improper term use makes it harder to read/understand the post and make it less likely the OP will get a solution.

Screws up searches... which don't need to be more fractured than they already are.

Misuse of terms helps to degrade the overall integrity of the site and its usefulness.
[General Topics] ipdev:
To a certain degree. 🙃

If a user posts a thread including "is my phone a brick" it will (should) show up in the search results.

---

If someone would post in the OnePlus 6T thread.

I tried to update Lineage on my phone.

Latest stock OOS, TWRP, blah, blah, everything else.

Now my phone boots to a black screen.

I can not reboot into recovery or bootloader.

The msm tool does not find my device.

Am I screwed?​

Others that may or may not have a hard-bricked device would not find the post (and the answers) if they search for a "bricked" device.

So it would make searching for a way to recover a soft-bricked device more difficult.

Cheers. :cowboy:

PS.

That actually happens to me (sometimes) on my OnePlus 6T.

When something goes wrong, it boots into EDL mode but, if it not connected to a computer at the time EDL mode will not be detected by the computer.

So I have to boot my old MacBook into Win7. Open the msm tool, connect my 6T and manually force reboot into EDL mode via device key combo.

Then I can flash the last stock OOS image to my 6T. 😉​
[General Topics] TheMystic:
There are clearly two terms in use: Soft Brick and Hard Brick.

As I said above, soft brick is what people experience most of the time, and therefore they simply use brick to imply their device is alive, but stuck in a bootloop or boots back to fastboot/ recovery.

It is XDA that appears to change the use of this common terminology, and it still isn't clear whether this is an 'instruction' or a 'guide'. In either case, a Glossary of terms for XDA would be helpful.
[General Topics] simplepinoi177:
I took this (OP post/thread) more as a PSA than an instruction or guide -- but I do not wish to put words in OP/@V0latyle 's mouth....

There's already an "XDA Encyclopedia" that is not really oft used....so I wonder how effective/assistive/utilized a "Glossary of Terms for XDA" might be.......
[General Topics] TheMystic:
This post will get lost as new posts get created. So if XDA wants some terms to be used in ways that is different from general practice, it has to put it up somewhere that people are more likely to find.

And I don't see the point of forcing a change that hardly makes a difference.
[General Topics] ipdev:
I still learn something new about xda almost every day. 🙃

---

Took a look at XDA-developer encyclopedia.

Of course there is thread (fourth in the list) Brick.

Cheers. :cowboy:
[General Topics] TheMystic:
From the link given in the post:

View attachment 5907615
[Touch HD General] hankv2:
hi all,

I'm a lucky owner of a blackstone since 2 days.

I would like to use voip, i installed wm6voip and setupvoip.

I configured correctly all but i still have "no service".

I have a dell x50v with wm6 too and voip work fine on it.

My HD was sell from french sfr.

Can someone help me ?

sorry for my bad english
[Touch HD General] hankv2:
anyone to help me ??

What about voip on the hd ??
[Touch HD General] 6Fg8:
have a look here

this one works on HD.
[Touch HD General] cobrawnl:
Not for me! gives the same problem as the wm voipcab (sound from the rear speaker, and low volume)
[Touch HD General] jacare:
Try this one:

Fring!

Works very well on my HD! :)
[Touch HD General] cobrawnl:
Tnx! but if i use fring. fring servers will be a proxy for my voip. I dont like that thing!
[Touch HD General] WALTERPAVESIHTC:
I have a different approach. I load WMWIFIRouter on HD, which creates a Wlan and connect a Netgear Skype Handy to this Wlan.

I knoe it a different way but... just a suggestion.
[Touch HD General] cobrawnl:
Wow wow Wow!:P

i dont get realy what youre meaning. But i think you mean that you are using WMWIFIRouter on your mobile phone to share your 3G internet with your laptop via wifi... and youre using then a sip client at your laptop ...

Great sollution! But i dont want to need my laptop for making a phonecall to my asterisk server:P
[Touch HD General] jacare:
Only if you use skype or msn.

I am almost sure that Fring servers

will not

be a proxy if you use SIP.
[Touch HD General] cobrawnl:
Hmm, Never mind! I dont like fring.. Have you ever tried the buildin WM6VOIP.cab?

if you see that! you dont ever never jever go back to fring!
[Touch HD General] jacare:
I know what you mean..... And yes i've tried :)

But I can't find a way of putting WM6VOIP.cab working with the normal Earpiece.... Just like Fring do.... :(
[Touch HD General] cobrawnl:
hmm you need the speakerswitch ... pm me your mail adress.. i will send it to you;)
[Touch HD General] Eraser85:
Ok so... I've been using VoIP for a while on the HD and those are my findings:

1) WM6VOIP.CAB messes things up with GPS, eg. you will no longer be able to use GPS nor uninstal voip.cab.. so if you want your HD fully functional (as before the installation of the cab).. you have to Hard Reset!

2) My operator (Wind - Italy) blocks VOIP on their HSDPA/3G line therefore forcing you to use WiFi BUT if you use WIFI normally when the phone turns the display off to save power it also disables WiFi.. ending the call. You have to use then Advanced Config to disable this behaviour (always on mode for WiFi)..

I made also different tests and tried different programs and at the end of the day I found the voip experience with WinMo to be very unpleasant at the point where you gladly pay a bit more to make phone calls the traditional way.. (do not forget that you have a consistent lag while speaking in VOIP)..
[Touch HD General] cobrawnl:
Hi Eraser85,

There is a solution for the GPS problem with wm6voip.cab ;) there is no hard reset required..

for your 3g problem:

Have you tried to uncheck the checkbox "This connections connects with a proxy server" in your connection settings..

That will help a lot when youre trying to call via 3g;)

the lag issue is a very little problem. When a call is for free i dont have any problems with that;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LesterDMolester:
I really need help to build TWRP for the RK3318 SOC running Android 11-12, I'm new to this so I need some help with it, please if possible let me know.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Peezzied:
Hey guys,

I need some help with my phone. I tried to install twrp recovery on it, but I messed up.

Here's what I did: I unlocked the bootloader using "fastboot unlock" and then I flashed the twrp image using "fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.7.0_11-0-RMX1941.img". Then I tried to boot into twrp using "fastboot boot twrp-3.7.0_11-0-RMX1941.img", but it didn't work.

I should lock the bootloader again, so I stupidly ran "fastboot lock" without doing any research. Then I selected "recovery" from the bootloaders options, hoping it would boot into twrp. But instead, it showed me a message saying "the current image have been destroyed and cannot boot..." And now it won't boot at all.😭

Additionally, I can enter the recovery mode nonetheless, the error is still showing up and I'm unable to connect my phone to my PC using cable either anymore, so no fastboot.

Here's my hypothesis: I think this is just a soft-brick however, is there a way out?

Specifications: Realme C2, Mediatek (I don't know which MediaTek it is)

Did I brick my phone? Is there any way to fix this? Please help me out, I'm desperate.

I really appreciate any help you can provide. Ask me freely if you want some further information regarding this.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheMystic:
You have messed it up bad. You should NEVER lock the bootloader without restoring everything back to stock.

An unlocked bootloader allows you the flexibility to try several things to fix a bricked device. By locking it, you have put yourself in deep trouble.

I don't know if MSM tool will be of help here. Try your luck.
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] NoCreativo93:
I have a few years ago my LG g8x from germany (Deu). But i am using it in chile.

From one moment to another i let the mobile network be detected, if it detects the sim card, but does not detect any signal, i only connect vía WiFi.

I dont have much knowledge on the subject, so i turn here for help.

Thanks so much for reading.

Esteban, coquimbo. Chile.
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] mayur82:
Same problem bro whats the solution?
[Google TV General] kateii32:
there is a newer software update release at 19 april for my tcl p735, so my tv didnt recieve it and i`m stuck at 2022 version of software, do anyone have same problem ? how can i install it manually.
[Introductions] eliasone8:
Name:eliaone8

Age:30

Owner small shop repair @ accessories @Phone

New bie technician

Newbie in this furom

Thanks 😊
[General Questions and Answers] mrdlouisd:
I searched all over yesterday to find any info that would help me to try my hand at cooking roms for my Ipaq. I found a thread for Hx2*** series Ipaqs, there was a kitchen included with the rom. But no instructions on usage or anything. When I try to find tutorials on how to use the kitchen, there's just so many different ones.

So my questions, are wm6.1 roms device specific or are they a melting pot of settings to make it work on your device? How would I go about finding out how to use the kitchen included in the release? Better yet how would I make my own kitchen? What about base roms, is a base rom the same across all devices, and just tuned to work with certain devices? Or is it dumped from a certain model and just tuned from there? I ask because there is a wm6.1 for the ipaq I have and hp never went over 5.

I'm not looking for you to spell out huge answers, links to threads are great. I have tried over and over again to revise my searches to no avail. Im thinking my problem is with my older Ipaq. It's what I got and it's what Id like to start on. But its a bit outdated haha.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've beat up google, been around a million sites to no avail. I hope someone can pass a few tidbits of info my way. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] mrdlouisd:
Bump, anyone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Girt:
Hi,

I would love some knowledgable help. Google in general is worthless, but people here seem to actually know what they are talking about.

Does anyone know where the config files for Genshin Impact are stored on Android?

I have a Samsung Tab 6. I increased the graphics... my screen turned black. I can still hear the game running. I can even tap on the black screen and get a response. I'm just not quite good enough to open the Settings and change the graphics on a black screen!

I uninstalled and reinstalled, but that doens't necessariliy clear all the files - it didn't.

Anybody know where the config file is hiding??

TIA,

Girt
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Girt:
No answer? Maybe wrong forum.

Partial answer myself - I unistalled it again. Deleted all the files I could find.

AND THEN I Uninstalled it further from the Play Store - that seemed to do it.

Working fine now, although I had to download the complete thing 3 times now!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] QATech20:
I am trying to upgrade the Android OS on a Rockchip 3288 that is running Android 7.1.2. I was able to get firmware from the manufacturer to upgrade it to android 11 and tried to flash it with RKDevTool but it fails as soon as it gets to "Download Firmware Start". Looking at the log I am seeing "ERROR : DownloadImage-->device did not support directLBA to write gpt". Is this referring to the Rockchip 3288 or the PC I am using to perform the update? In either case is it possible for me to enable support for it?

For reference, I have been trying to flash the firmware with a PC running Windows 10 and have been using RKDevTool 2.71. Also tried using v2.86 but had the same issue.
[Samsung Galaxy A51 Questions & Answers] bossplaya41:
I need help obtaining a Master Unlock Code for my Galaxy A51
[Samsung Galaxy A51 Questions & Answers] Oswald Boelcke:
Hello and good afternoon, @bossplaya41 Welcome to XDA! I hope you'll always get the support you require.

However, prior to your next posting please read the guidances that are stuck on top of every forum like

Note: Questions go in Q&A Forum

If you are posting a Question Thread post it in the Q&A forum. Technical discussion of Android development and hacking. No noobs, please. Device-specific releases should go under the appropriate device forum...

xdaforums.com

and the others. I've moved your thread to

Samsung Galaxy A51 Questions & Answers

Ask your questions about the Samsung Galaxy A51 and get answers from the community! Please be as specific as possible when posting.

xdaforums.com

Thanks for your cooperation!

Regards

Oswald Boelcke

Senior Moderator
[Samsung Galaxy A51 Questions & Answers] mvikrant97:
What's the purpose?
[Samsung Galaxy A51 Questions & Answers] TFang01:
buy an rubberducky from hak5 and choose the script to unlock android devices
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Martin William:
I can not login with 2FA from Microsoft Authenticator although time is correct in my android phone but when I use the authenticator app I can not login to my sites. It display wrong code . How to fix this ?

I tried to set my phone date/time to automatic but problem remain.

I googled and find on the search there is option to sync time inside Microsoft Authenticator but I can not find this option in settings menu
[General Questions and Answers] wiebenik:
someone can build an Wisbar Advance Desktop theme switcher?:confused:

Because i found a few skins they are awesome.... but hard to install.

it would be nice to have a spcific folder fot the theme,s and a handy app to switch a theme easy

my favorite themes are:

http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10617

http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14477

http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13377

someone can do this?
[General Questions and Answers] TheChampJT:
Is this a joke? Have you even installed WAD2 yet?
[General Questions and Answers] Corpsegrinder:
Although Blackice is probably the sickest WAD theme I've ever seen, it was made a long time ago and works like ass on WM6.
[General Questions and Answers] oscarbum:
Champ, don't mock. Maybe the theme switcher that's actually BUILT INTO the program is not good enough. Perhaps there could be a switcher that causes $100 bills to fall out of the phone each time you switch themes.
[General Questions and Answers] TheChampJT:
LOL! We have found a new dev request! Who's funding?
[General Questions and Answers] wiebenik:
funding

me i am thinking allot of people like to have such a small app
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Questions & Answers] ALWA7SH6:
I found the solution

Just changed the usb cable to a usb Type C cable

And worked

You can delete the thread

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S10e Questions & Answers] DaReDeViL:
Thread closed at OP request.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] j120975:
Good afternoon and first off all sorry for my bad English. I have a s20fe and after an update my camera stop working. Mostly the front camera. The main cameras sometimes are working.After some months a new update was there and ooops ,the cameras are perfectly working. But my luck was only a few hours. A new small update,stops the camera again. I m trying to make a downgrade but no luck.My phone have android 13 , binary 4 and when i download android version 12 or 11 every time failure whith odin. Please,any suggestions is accepted.Thank you all .
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
If the bootloader was upgraded too you're boned unless the bootloader is unlocked.

The fifth digit is the significant one. You can roll back to a equal or higher value but not lower.

Trying a factory reset after backing up all critical data is another option. It might work.

Two is the significant digit in my case...

View attachment 5906829
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] j120975:
My version the digit is 4.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
The 5th significant digit of rom you want to load has to be 4 or higher.

I avoid doing firmware upgrades and updates if the device is running fast and stable... I'm still running Pie without issues.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] j120975:
I m sure you have a point there. But the problem is here now ,and i dont know what to do,to make my cams working again
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
Yeah I learned the hard way. Especially true with Samsung products. It can turn into a real digital blood bath.

Clear system cache and cam app data.

Try in safe mode.

Check for updates from Samsung on Playstore and the Galaxy store.

Try a hard reboot (simulates pulling the battery).

Play with it and double check all settings.

It may take a while...

If all that fails try factory reset and don't use SmartSwitch to reload.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] mezacorleehone:
Unfortunately you are fried.

Those who are on Android 13 5.1 April patch.

They are condemned to android 13 permanently through odin.

From April 2023 they will not be able to download medainte odin.

luck.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
If he can't roll it back he'll need to try to find a work around assuming it's not a more mundane cause. An inconvenience... might take hours, days or weeks but eventually you'll likely resolve the issue.

Do what I said in post #7 and go from there... Androids love attention.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] mezacorleehone:
I personally had a weird error.

After an update, the Wi-Fi failed, rather the instability of the signal.

downgrade from android 13 to 12.

Why did the error appear when I installed android 13.

My surprise was that the error continued.

My problem was fixed in the next android 13 security patch.

What do I want to get to with this story?

Why was it not solved if I downgraded the system?

this was on a G781U.

My way of interpreting, is that the files are updated or drivers.

but they cannot be modified.

a solution to your problem of being able to downgrade, I doubt it's possible, there are ways to do it but to restore imei and things like that. but not for day to day.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
User data partition wasn't cleared?

When you mess with the firmware you're playing with fire especially if the device was running well to begin with. Anything can happen...
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] mezacorleehone:
the device booted from 0.

after odin

The wifi problem continued after the downgrade.

My way of imagining or interpreting is,

files with android 13 wifi error, remained intact after restore via odin.

It was resolved with the following update to Android 13.

There may be problems with the camera drivers.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Questions & Answers] blackhawk:
Factory reset to set the user partition values back to their default settings. A 3rd party app or malware can also skew that data. With any major firmware upgrades it's best to do a factory reset.

Upgrades and updates are more trouble than they're worth if the device is running well, fulfilling its mission is my view on it. I use what ever comes in handy. Current load on this N10+ will be 3yo in June. That's what Androids are capable of... I put very little time into system maintenance. It's mostly all play time.
[Galaxy Tab S Android Development] Penguin76:
Hello everyone,

As Android 10 and above seem to be a bit sluggish for this device, I decided to make an Android 9 LineageOS 16.0 build for my soon 9 year old SM-T800 tablet. It seems to be much smoother and stable then Android 10 and even while doing heavy web browsing, watching YouTube in 1080p or using Google Maps navigation in satellite mode, nothing crashed for me. The only issue I found is that the tablet gets a bit hot when actively using it. To sorta mitigate the issue, I recommend rooting the device, installing a kernel manager and limiting the CPU frequency to 1700MHz (where default is 1900MHz). The ROM itself has been very stable to use, only camera video recording and fingerprint scanner are not working as of now.

What works?

Boot

Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

Front and back cameras (photos only)

Video playback

Audio

Sensors

Flash

GPS

Microphone

What doesn't work?

Video recording in camera

Fingerprint scanner

Bluetooth is randomly hanging up when connecting peripherals

Offline charging

You tell me the rest

This build is SELinux Permissive!

Flashing instructions (clean flash):

Ensure you're on the latest Marshmallow firmware for your tablet

Use LATEST OFFICIAL TWRP, or LineageOS recovery (attached with the ROM)

Wipe Data and System partitions from recovery

Flash ROM zip from internal storage, SD Card, USB OTG or ADB sideload

Flash GApps (optional, my recommendation is OpenGApps 9.0 arm pico or nano)

Flash Magisk (optional)

Reboot and voila!

Otherwise, this ROM is good for users who wants better smoothness and stability and doesn't want to downgrade all the way down to Android 7.1.

If anyone wants a build for a model different than chagallwifi, tag me and I can try to build (You'll have to test it yourself!).

Get the builds from here:

MediaFire

MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.

www.mediafire.com

Sources:

AOSP: https://source.android.com/ (the base for everything)

LineageOS: https://github.com/LineageOS (the ROM)

Exynos5420: https://github.com/exynos5420 (Device, kernel and vendor sources)

Screenshots attached below
[Galaxy Tab S Android Development] Penguin76:
Screenshots of the build:
[Galaxy Tab S Android Development] Zakaria2328:
Do you plan on fixing the fingerprint sensor anytime soon? I use it on the LineageOS 17.1 build pretty often
[Galaxy Tab S Android Development] bluess57:
For cpu temperatures/speed limits,

Which cpu govenor in the kernel did you use?

You could build a version with the kernel limiting to 1700Mhz so people need to mess around with root.

I recommend upgrading the thermal pads inside the tablet as well
[Galaxy Tab S Android Development] Penguin76:
The current governor I used is schedutil, I'll try setting it to interactive and limiting the CPU frequency next build
[Galaxy Tab S Android Development] Penguin76:
I currently can't find the cause of the sensor not working. It reaches the fingerprint setup successfully, but holding or sliding my finger on the home button doesn't seem to do anything.