yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] Slim K:
It can backup System apps as well, given both phones run the same Android/everything, you can backup settings and every other system app. The thing it won't backup is your internal Storage (your files and such), That you will have to do manually. You can also use Swift Backup, although I haven't tested that personally.

My personal recommendation is the unencrypted method. If your device's Bootloader is already unlocked, having encryption won't stop anyone from stealing your data anyways. (If they have physical access)

Honestly, Phone backups since Android 8 have been made intentionally difficult by Android developers, partly in hopes that devices become more secure, in other parts because only a very small percentage of user are power users. I have read somewhere that only 4% or less of users unlock/root their devices. Whats the use of catering to these small numbers? Food for thought......
[General Questions and Answers] marcoNST:
I have already tested dd to create an image and it works! I also tried Neo Backup and It works smoothly too.

I am gonna test both solutions to the other phone tomorrow and see which one works more smoothly

I am seriously not concerned about encryption because I have almost no sensitive data on my phone (I have learned long ago that smartphones are not tge right place to carry all your personal life), and the few important stuff that I have there are encrypted locally using different methods (from TrueCrypt, to LUKS volumes, as well as one cryFS).

I just wanna have a ready-made backup phone with identical data/settings/apps in case I lose or break one. It seems like dd did the trick.

Thanks again for your help, much appreciated!!
[Google Pixel 7] knosso:
Hello everybody,

just an update on this issue with our pixel 7. It is possible in Davinci resolve to specify the colour space of the clips (HLG Rec2100), the colour space of the timeline (Davinci wide gamut), and the coulour space of the delivery format (Rec 709 gamma 2.2). This way the colours look okish althought not perfect.

One big problem remains the exposure. What is even the point of using 10bit in a recordings if 90% of your pixel are distributed in the upper third anyway?

The normal wheels were not particularly useful, however the HDR ones helped a lot.

Lowering the exposure by 3.0-3.5 stops, pumping everything from the darkest. shadows up to lights by 0.5-1.5 stops, dropping the Highlights and speculars by 0.3-1.0 stops helped a lot. Unfortunately it didn't solve the issue that so many pixels were pushed so high (this hdr really does not have much more dynamic range than SDR). A certain amount of stuff was just too bright regardless of what I did do, there were too many burned pixels.

Take home message is: don't shoot in HDR with a pixel 7. The image is overexposed enough to negate any possible advantage of the 10bits. Until we can have a Log profile or a Cinelike profile, shooting 10bit doesn't make sense on our device.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] zbysogi:
Hi guys, I am looking for some help here. I have xiaomi mi 9 rooted, stock ROM.

My screen got recked 2 weeks ago and I sent it to service to get it repaired. Screen got replaced (original replacement) but as I got the phone back the fingerprint sensor didnt work. Obviously I didnt need it much but as stubborn as I am I had to fix it. So... I found an article online that said:

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And thats what I did. After rebooting the phone no app wanted to turn on the all the widgets were gone. When trying to open any app it says "wait until the phone turns on completly" or sth similar and the worst thing - my storage got encrypted. I turned on TWRP and wiped data and system but that didnt help. The storage shows in TWRP in sdcard folder, it is full of encrypted files:

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and the partition is not 0MB but

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Is it still possible to retrieve this data? I am mainly concern about the lost gallery obviously. I pretty much accepted the loss but wanted to ask you if there is anything I could to to get those files back?

Maybe flash the ROM again?

What would the wipe do? would it delete all the SDcard content? I read somewhere on XDA its the only option for TWPR to ask for a pin code and decrypt the data but I am not sure how would a full wipe help.

On Xiaomi forum people are saying to Format/data partition:

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What does it mean? does it mean the format will erase the external storage but not SDcard as all my files are now on SDcard partition but encrypted? I am so confused by that.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] zbysogi:
anyone? please...

Im going to try flashing same rom as I had before, maybe that will help.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] zbysogi:
So flashing a new ROM didn't help. I'm desperate...
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] dablado:
Maybe trying to flash the stock rom via fastboot with flashing all?

Xiaomi stores the user id. Even if you flash the the data partition the session still remains.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] zbysogi:
What do you mean by "flashing all"? I did flash the rom via miflash but with keeping the storage. The problem I'm having with is understanding if clean flash deletes all of the encrypted data which is not located in storage but in a folder called sdcard. Is this folder part of the storage partition? Mi9 doesn't have external SD slot.
[Xiaomi Mi 9 Questions & Answers] Oswald Boelcke:
Thread closed on request of OP @zbysogi as he'd created a duplicate thread.

Regards

Oswald Boelcke
[General Questions and Answers] Pouya Rezaei:
Hello friends, I had a calculator vualt program that I had hidden some of my information in. A few days ago when I changed the mobile ROM, I took a backup with the program itself. It gave me some dat files that I saved. Now to restore the dat files to I need the same program, but I can't find it anywhere, can anyone help to extract this format backup?
[General Questions and Answers] Pouya Rezaei:
Yes, there are many in the Google Store, but none of them support this backup and it must be restored only with a backup program.
[General Questions and Answers] Pouya Rezaei:
Can you open the file I have left for me?
[General Questions and Answers] Pouya Rezaei:
Look, my dear friend, my file contains a number of photo and video files that were converted into dat format backups and now cannot be viewed, I want to return the files to their original format.
[General Questions and Answers] Pouya Rezaei:
anyone can help me?
[Android Head-Units] phucpham683979:
Hi all ! Have a nice day

I have Android device for car (details in pics)

Now I need new ROM compatible with my device (Because factory ROM not well)

Thanks all
[Android Head-Units] marchnz:
Wrong forum, read first, post after. There is nothing "wrong" with current firmware that can be "fuxed' with a numerical update

Requested moderator move to Android Head-Units forum
[Android Head-Units] phucpham683979:
Pls help
[Introductions] Mizukichi:
Found this forum from 4pda :)
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] Mizukichi:
Hello guys!

I need help with tcl l49p3cfs.

This bas guy use linux firmware :(

TV+ AppStore can't find any application :(

Can i upgrade this tv from stupid linux to android?

I can't find any firmware for this TV >_<

v8-mt56552-lf1v192.rar - name of firmware.

Maybe anyone know, how make this smart tv work correctly or where i can get firmware for him?
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] stasiof:
https://shorturl.at/ikNP0

Need to unzip, copy PKG file to USB FAT32.

Insert USB in TV.

Unplug TV from power, press and hold TV power button and plug power back.

When flashing start, can release TV power button.
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] Mizukichi:
Which one from 3? 192?
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] stasiof:
Any.....V343 is latest.
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] Mizukichi:
Thank you very much :)
[Philips, Sony, TCL Android TV] Mizukichi:
Not work. Cant upgrade a tv, when i power on tv, i see TCL and nothing happen :(
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] micrors4racer:
Are the programs on Device Update the newest versions?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] diegolaz:
some chefs have access to upload in to the dev update, so they are usually up to date I guess
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] CRCinAU:
I am still looking for people to maintain/add/update the list for Device Update. A few of the original people are no longer able to do this - as it requires testing the application with my ROM for a few days and if stable, adding it to Device Update.

Applications are still being taken for people to do this, however you will need to install, test, confirm functionality before adding things to the index.
[Samsung Galaxy A50 Questions & Answers] waxopy:
Hello,

I recently bought a second hand Samsung Galaxy A50. My issue is that I can't unlock OEM(it's in grey), I can't go to Download mode or bootloader mode, everytime I try to do this my phone just boot normally. I'd like to install clean firmware but I can't.

Someone has any ideas for me?

Thanks !
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] teknixstuff:
Hi! While I was working on my automated Android Installer, I noticed that Odin4 does not flash TWRP correctly. It gives a success, but rebooting into recovery just loads stock recovery, not TWRP. Odin3 does flash TWRP properly, and Odin4 works fine both flashing stock firmware on my A52s, and also flashing TWRP on my Note II (N7100), but just not on my A52s. I have checked the files I'm using are correct for my phone, and they work fine with Odin3, just not Odin4. Here's the arguments I used: odin4.exe -a a52sxq-tiramisu-twrp.img.tar --noreboot. Any ideas how to fix it?
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Simon1511:
Did you reboot into android before trying to reboot into TWRP?

There's a script in /vendor that runs on every boot and checks if the recovery partition is the stock one, and if it isn't it flashes the stock recovery automatically.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] teknixstuff:
Nope, I held volume up and power while odin was flashing, and it always enters TWRP when I've used Odin3, but it always enters stock recovery when I've used Odin4.
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] Simon1511:
Where did you get Odin4 from in the first place? As far as I'm aware only the Linux version of Odin4 was "released" (leaked).
[Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G] teknixstuff:
Some random google drive link in a youtube video. Although I found the issue in the end. I'd just made a typo with the file path in my script, and Odin4 doesn't check the file even exists before flashing it. You can close the thread now. Sorry I keep having threads, only to find it was a simple mistake.
[Redmi 9C Questions & Answers] Miks Terleckis:
Hello XDA People, I'm trying to flash TWRP on my Redmi 9C from this thread here: https://xdaforums.com/t/shared-twrp-for-redmi-9c.4507715/page-2, about a week back I flashed TWRP on my Redmi Note 11, and it was easy, however, my Redmi 9c will just not nudge at all, I've tried a lot of methods, I even flashed it with vmboot, which booted me into TWRP, however after I reboot to os, and then boot back to recovery, it's back to stock xiaomi recovery, I've tried everything, but nothing works, no wonder why xiaomi threw redmi 9c like an orphan out of its update club, can anyone help here?
[Redmi 9C Questions & Answers] Miks Terleckis:
Just figured out how to flash TWRP, you need to open cmd in your ADB folder on your pc as usual, you also need to make sure you have a custom recovery zip file on your phone before you perform this operation, power off your phone, then reboot your phone to fastboot via holding power and volume down, then type in "fastboot devices" (remove the"") in your cmd, that will check if your device is connected to the pc in fastboot, then type in "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", after that has completed, type in "fastboot reboot recovery", then your phone should reboot, and you should see the TWRP logo, now you have sucesfully installed TWRP, note that the next steps in this message will be for people who are on android 10, as there is no other custom recoveries that support android 11 for Redmi 9c, so only do these next steps if your Redmi 9c has android 10, you can flash another custom recovery with the TWRP, in this case, I flashed OFRP with the TWRP, now click on the install button in the TWRP menu, then click on the OFRP zip file you put on your phone earlier, then swipe to flash it, after that, you will be rebooted to OFRP interface, now reboot your phone to os, then power it off, then boot your phone into recovery mode again via holding power buttow and volume up button for 6 seconds, then you should see OFRP logo again, which will confirm that you have permanently flashed OFRP to your device. (mods can go ahead and close this thread if they wish to.)
[Red Magic 8 pro] lloyd1006:
Previously I had unlocked the bootloader and flashed a custom ROM. Later on, I decided to go back with stock rom and relock the bootloader. However, I'm unable to pass the SafetyNet CTS profile match and some apps like McDonald's are no longer working. Please advise.
[Red Magic 8 pro] helluk:
Has anyone found a solution?
[Red Magic 8 pro] NguyenThoai:
đây nè bạn

CTS profile match fail with stock rom and locked bootloader

Previously I had unlocked the bootloader and flashed a custom ROM. Later on, I decided to go back with stock rom and relock the bootloader. However, I'm unable to pass the SafetyNet CTS profile match and some apps like McDonald's are no longer...

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[Red Magic 8 pro] helluk:
So you want to say that it is impossible to do a complete unroot (relock bootloader), because it remains cts profile fail?

somehow i don't think everyone after unroot has such problems, am i wrong?
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] foobar66:
There is something I do not understand.

I have a lockscreen set below:

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When I put down the phone for 30 seconds (screen off) and then slightly move the phone (without picking it up), I do not see the lockscreen but rather the screen below:

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Is this also a lock screen or something different? Is it possinble to turn it off?
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] fijasko:
@foobar66

it's just an always on display. go to settings/display/lock screen/always show time and info and turn it off.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] foobar66:
Thanks ... but that setting is turned OFF on my phone, so I don't understand why I still see the second screen in the pictures which I posted. When I press power button my screen is black. When I pick up the phone I get the lockscreen (as expected). But when I just move the phone lying down by an inch I see this other screen.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] yanggame:
Same lock screen just different visual effect and it triggers when phone thinks you're going to use it.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] fijasko:
lift to check phone, also turned off?
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] foobar66:
No that is still ON ... I will check and see what happens when I set that to OFF
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] fijasko:
once that's turned off, you shouldn't see the AOD anymore
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] foobar66:
Indeed that works ... thanks !!
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] KeithSJS:
Hello,

I am looking for straightforward and definitive information on installing TWRP on an A20e; information that means I will not waste ages trying to get something to work that could never actually work.

I looked at this https://xdaforums.com/t/guide-twrp-and-root-for-a20e-a202f-updated.4384841/ but from my brief scan, it looks as if it doesn't cover all details / steps/ eventualities.

https://twrp.me/samsung/samsunggalaxya20e.html also suggests it's not so straightforward:

'If you wish to install TWRP without rooting, there are numerous pitfalls to consider. For example, a stock device is protected by Android Verified Boot. This is implemented as a vbmeta partition that contains cryptographic digests for verifying the integrity of boot.img, recovery.img and other partitions/images. Flashing TWRP without first flashing a vbmeta image with verity disabled will render your device unable to boot.'

I have tried previously to flash TWRP and run up against problems, I'd like to have the information to do it right this time. If anyone can point me towards clear information I'd be very grateful.

Thanks in advance,

Keith
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LegendOcta:
I've done this a long time ago and my memory is a bit vague, but you should probably unlock bootloader and flash the TWRP image using Odin (Windows)/heimdall(*nix)
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] KeithSJS:
Thanks but yes I did 'everything' (including unlocking bootloader) and it didn't work :(
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LegendOcta:
After unlocking bootloader, then going to download mode, and flashing TWRP, in which step did you encounter an issue? I'd only be able to help if you provide enough details..
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] KeithSJS:
I can't remember exactly but it is on the blue download screen i.e. after attempting to flash TWRP there will be a screen with different information; the problems / errors (from what I can remember) are:

1) Custom binary blocked by frp

2) Something about vbmeta

3) Possibly something about a footer

If it helps I can go through the process and post the screen contents? But, given the information on the official TWRP website, it seems that you can't just flash TWRP using Odin (or Heimdall) and expect to work i.e. it is pointless to try (as I have discovered)?
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LegendOcta:
Hi, I'm sorry but I have no idea why those errors are being caused. Is your device FRP locked or something?

Might be worth it to try installing the latest stock firmware using Odin before installing TWRP, if that works.

and btw I have a Galaxy Jean 2 (A202K / Korean localized variant), it's an identical device but there might be minor differences in the bootloader.
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] KeithSJS:
I'm assuming that yes it's FRP locked given that there's a custom binary blocked by FRP message.
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LegendOcta:
I did some research and it seems like the developer mode/oem unlock on your device got deactivated.

If you can enter stock android right now, boot and ensure both developer mode and oem unlock is enable properly.

If they are also try reinstalling stock firmware via Odin and enabling those two modes.

This might help I guess : https://xdaforums.com/t/custom-binary-blocked-by-frp-lock-how-i-fixed-it-without-data-loss.3581010/
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] KeithSJS:
Thanks for the reply, really appreciated but I did have developed mode and OEM unlock set up.

I am unsure what the QK1 file referred to does, there's no explanation in that post or the post containing the file?

And, I am still uncertain how any of that gets round the Official TWRP information I quoted above? Or do I just need to root the phone?
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LegendOcta:
Hi, sorry for the late reply. I'm not sure what you mean by the QK1 file.

You don't have to root the phone, you just have to install TWRP via Odin, and now because that doesn't work I'm recommending you to try reinstalling the stock firmware.

As it is bootloader unlocked right now, as far as I know it should work right after flashing TWRP via Odin/heimdall.. Are you sure you selected the TWRP .img.tar file as 'AP' in Odin?
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] KeithSJS:
'QB1' is referred to in the link you posted but it looks as if it's been replaced by a later version, QK1 (see the koop1955 thread also referred to in that thread).

I have already done exactly what you suggest (re-install stock firmware, and this works fine) and I used Odin to do that.

I will however try again (to flash TWRP) and make sure I select AP.

You haven't however explained the reason for the official TWRP guidance for installing TWRP, are you saying they're just making that up / it's irrelevant???
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LegendOcta:
I'm sorry but I'm not so sure what you mean. On the TWRP official page at <https://twrp.me/samsung/samsunggalaxya20e.html>, the section "Odin Install Method (No Root Required):" is what applies to us here.

If you mean the part saying "Flashing TWRP without first flashing a vbmeta image with verity disabled will render your device unable to boot.", I'm unfortunately not completely sure but upon installing the custom firmware on my phone, I installed some Dm Verity disable zip using TWRP. I think only boot partition is being verified and not recovery, but please try installing with Odin and report back first.
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] KeithSJS:
Ignore this post :)
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] KeithSJS:
Yes, I was talking about the vbmeta information so thanks for clarifying that but...

I did everything properly and got a Pass with Odin when flashing TWRP but upon reboot I get the following message:

'Recovery Error Validating Footer...'

There is more detail but I can't see it because of the camera being in the way.

Then there is a second line of red text which starts with 'VBMETA' followed by a series of numbers.

Will it help if I post a photo of the details? Any suggestions :(
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] KeithSJS:
Anyone, any suggestions?
[Samsung Galaxy A20 Guides, News, & Discussion] LegendOcta:
I'm sorry I wasn't able to give much help, I can't really test on my device either as it just works..

Please check PM as I've shared some links to places where you might get some help from.
[Samsung Galaxy A12] KeithSJS:
Not my proudest moment but... I flashed* stock firmware for model A125F when I should have flashed A127F.

*I am not 100% sure anything was actually flashed though as there was an error message in Odin (this was a while ago so I don't have the details).

I have 2 questions:

1. Is there any easy way to check what has been flashed (if the phone won't boot)?

2. If I did flash the A125F firmware what are the options, if any, to remedy the situation?

Any help much appreciated!

Thanks,

Keith
[Samsung Galaxy A12] meerakbaloch:
Simple Solution , If You In Your Device SM-A125F Write SM-A127F Firmware And Now Your Device Stuck Green Download Mode Break Screen , For This Problem Fixing Just Download ***Link removed by moderator*** And Put Your Device Again Download Mode, Long Press Power+ Volume +- And Cable , If Mobile Power Off Release Power And Press Volume Both Key And USB Cable , Your Device Now go Download Mode And Open SMFW Tool And Go Download Mode Option And Click " Fix Break " Your Device Reboot And On Old befor flashing mode
[Samsung Galaxy A12] KeithSJS:
Okay thanks but I don't know how much to trust the SMFW tool and perhaps I can just flash the correct firmware because I didn't actually flash the A125F firmware? That would be an easier / better step I think.
[Samsung Galaxy A12] meerakbaloch:
Can Now You Share me Your Device Live Status ? Can Share 1 Screen Shot ?
[Samsung Galaxy A12] KeithSJS:
How will that help?
[Samsung Galaxy A12] KeithSJS:
I've just tried to flash the correct firmware and no progress. I did though take a photo of the download screen - please see attached. This is showing before I do anything. The prominent information seems to be 'SVB Fail'.

Any suggestions as to what's going on or how to proceed?
[Samsung Galaxy A12] arsfr:
wrong software. reflash correct software and binary for model.
[Samsung Galaxy A12] KeithSJS:
How do you know it's the wrong software?

How do you know it's the wrong software? I thought I used the correct firmware from samfw i.e. for model A127F?
[Samsung Galaxy A12] arsfr:
I got SVB Fail when I flashed wrong firmware before on my A127F. Just recheck model number and binary number and try again.
[Samsung Galaxy A12] KeithSJS:
Okay, the model number is A12-7F but how do I check the binary number if I can only boot the phone into download mode i.e. no other boot is possible?