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[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] Ukn89:
I have a USB-C cable with which I can establish a “data connection” with another cell phone. However, the cable does not work with USB Redirector, the S21 Ultra is not displayed. Current Samsung drivers are installed. Is it the cable or is it a security patch from the phone?
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
AFAIK Samsung phones do NOT support Fastboot commands in the same way that other Android phones do.
[General Questions and Answers] Jon3s:
Today i managed to use the flash command. Looks like there are 2 "Layer" of fastboot(D).

custom_twrp-3.7.0_12-1-a14xm if you go from twrp into the fastboot mode you are in the userspace fastboot and fastboot commands work. Still have the problem that i cant do anything with magisk. So stuck with twrp working but cant do anything . Seeing Data etc but cant install anything. Need to learn about custom roms or editing recovery roms. not sure why i cant install magisk. always this boot image is unknown or unsupportet format

I read somewhere, that lineage os recovery has a different way to go to fastboot and therefore it should be eas to use fastboot. Not sure how to install this one. Need to learn about Device Tree overlay or something like this..
[General Questions and Answers] Fooking Rekt:
Samsung phones don't have fastboot, you'll have to flash using Odin or TWRP.
[General Questions and Answers] Jon3s:
i know there is odin, but thats the thing why i try to make it work with fastboot(D), When i flash the unofficial twrp tar i cant install magisk, so i dont have twrp working atm. flash in fastbootD mode out of this flashed twrp recovery.img i cant do anything. flashing the patched magisk rom never can start. always back to twrp. no clue what to do. just have to get somehow to flash twrp without flashing it out of odin as i cant do anything then. not found out why i always get the error with magisk regarding the unknown / unsupported image. phne is clean before i flash twrp, not sure wht boot image magisk dont accept. still looking for a solution.

** i saw before that samsung dont use fastboot but as i could flash the recovery.img i see a possibility to finally make twrp somehow work on my a146p. not sure how can flash when you get finally in the userspace fastboot mode.

**** not sre was the twrp image did that fastboot worked, or to say it differently, it was labeled fastboot mode and for the first time i could execute a command.

in the bootloader i cant do anything : remote - unkown command.
[General Questions and Answers] Fooking Rekt:
Have you tried this TWRP version?

Galaxy A14 (SM-A145 and SM-A146) Custom Kernels and TWRPs

Galaxy A14 ========= A145P A145R 4g Mediatek MT6769 (a14m) Kernel: post #1 TWRP: post #143 & post #164 A145f A145m 4g Exynos 850 (a14) Kernel: post #359 TWRP: post #6 A146B A146M 5g Exynos 1330 (a14x) Android 13 Kernel: post #363 Android 14...

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[General Questions and Answers] V0latyle:
You're making a lot of incorrect assumptions and operating on bad information. Please ensure you have the appropriate knowledge before you start trying to do anything when you don't know what the outcome will be.

A few points:

Bootloader is not and never has been userspace. Bootloader's only function is to "bootstrap" the device by loading a bootable image.

Samsung devices do not have a fastboot mode. You must either flash a custom recovery or patch the stock recovery with this. For the most part TWRP is able to accomplish the operations you need so fastboot mode is redundant and unnecessary.

The bootloader lock prevents flashing and running of custom or modified devices. You should NEVER EVER lock the bootloader unless your device is 100% completely factory stock.

Samsung devices are not seamless (A/B) devices and have a dedicated recovery partition.

Treble simply means the device can use generic system and kernel images, and has nothing to do with A/B

The proper way to install TWRP on a Samsung device is to use Odin to flash the TWRP .tar to the AP slot.

Odin "3.14.4" is a hoax, and you should only use Odin from here
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
Odin uses Fastboot under the hood to flash the firmware or files to a Samsung device.
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
Samsung Android devices have fastbootd. Fastbootd is a daemon that runs on Android devices and allows them to communicate with the fastboot tool. Fastbootd is located in the /system/bin/ directory on Android devices.

Before Android 10, fastboot was implemented in the bootloader. This meant that it was a privileged program that ran with root permissions. With Android 10, fastboot was moved to userspace. This means that it is now a regular program that runs with the same permissions as any other user app.

Android 10+: Fastboot mode now is FastbootD mode.

To Boot to FastbootD from ADB​

adb devices
adb reboot fastboot

To Boot to FastbootD from Fastboot​

adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot reboot fastboot

To Exit FastbootD via Fastboot Command​

fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot reboot
[General Questions and Answers] Jon3s:
Thanks for your reply. This does not work wit my phone, i can only use flash commands when i use the twrp image where an "extra" fastbootd mode avaiable is out of the app.

Do you know which image magisk is looking for when installing in twrp booted in recovery ?

I try to understand the script, but not really -.- I need just to manage that some custom recovery works and magisk could be installed in recovery mode
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
I don't use Samsung phones: Solely Google Pixel ones.
[General Questions and Answers] Jon3s:
Thanks for this link ! I just stuck as i can not install twrp throug odin, i mean twrp works, but i cant install magisk oder flash anything. it will never boot and just return to recovery mode. pathced rom from magisk must have some unknown images, i checked, and boot.img and vbmeta.img rest ist *.img.lz4, renaming just let odin stop flashin the tar file.i have no clue what to do, just see the possibility to boot over this twrp ( twrp-3.7.0_12-1-a14xm.tar ) build into to special fastbootD mode which was implementet in whatever way. maybe need to try make a own custom recover rom ;) what i think could be a thing is the vbmeta.img i just saw there are ways to buildi by yourself with phyton and not just copy what other have posted, but i am such a noob...

do you maybe know a good version of a custom twrp image ? Thanks anyway for your post
[General Questions and Answers] V0latyle:
I think you need to reflash the entire factory firmware, then ONLY install TWRP. Once you have TWRP installed, you can use it to install Magisk.

Don't patch the AP file in Magisk. Although that's the official instructions, it doesn't seem to work for everyone.
[General Questions and Answers] Fooking Rekt:
That seems to be the alternate method for the few people where it doesn't work (e.g because their device does not have TWRP). Flashing magisk.zip in TWRP and then opening the Magisk app gives you the direct install install option, which is marked as recommended.
[General Questions and Answers] V0latyle:
Shouldn't even have to change the file extension, TWRP since 3.5 should be able to natively install APKs.
[General Questions and Answers] Jon3s:
do you have a good source for unofficial twrp and vbmeta ?

or is there no way around to do it by yourself with the device tree and phyton to geht the key out of vbmeta etc ?

another thing i dont really understand is, the test from treble shows me i have to use ab files, but i cant find boot_a boot_b . and my device is not supporting seamless updates. so is it correct that i have an A only Partition, with recovery ? Because treble say all the roms are for ab but it would not work but my deviice is still supported ? i am so confused and it gets only worse. thanks for the patience to get me at least a bit out of this information jungle.
[General Questions and Answers] V0latyle:
I don't, we unfortunately don't have a section on XDA for this device yet

No idea

I already explained this - the A14 is Treble compliant but is NOT an A/B device. It only has one slot, and does NOT support seamless updates.

Treble and A/B have absolutely nothing to do with each other.

Treble only means that it's a "modular" layout where the vendor specific code is separated from the kernel and system. Treble compliant devices can run a Generic System Image and/or a Generic Kernel Image.

A/B (seamless) updates simply means there's an A slot and a B slot, and the system can update one while running on the other. Samsung does not use this.

The projects in the Treble section are mostly Generic System Images. The way to use these is to flash the image to /system using TWRP, and you'd leave the other partitions alone. I'm using the AOSP+GMS GSI on my SM-T290 with the stock kernel.
[General Questions and Answers] Jon3s:
Got it, thanks !
[General Questions and Answers] whiteb0y5o2uk:
Can you help me I'm noob and flashed magisk.img and now I'm hard bricked now I was stuck in download mode and odin would not flash any firmware always failed at dtbo.img. so if you can explain how to flash with sp flash tool any help would be appreciated device is a146u thanks in advance
[General Questions and Answers] Jon3s:
I have no knowledge about rooting !

Try to get the correct stock Firmware and flash it on your device with the patched Odin versions.

if that for some reason not works, you could try a way around if you can get a custom twrp ( with fastbootd ) file onto your phone, in this build, there is a fastbootd mode integradet which you can start from the twrp app and then flash images ( also have other versions

How to Unlock Bootloader Samsung SM-A146U with Fastboot Method. Read more at: https://mobilewithdrivers.com/download/unlock-bootloader/samsung-sm-a146u

https://xdaforums.com/t/a14-5g-root-avaliable.4560221/page-2

But try this Thread ( have infos about a146u ) : custom a146u - XDA

Stock Firmware : Stock Firmware 146u

Try those patched Odin Versions ( mentioned in this thread above ) : patched Odin version

As far as i saw there is a way to unlock the bootloader for your device.

Hope you get it fixed ( Here you can find alot of guides and useful information about the whole topic : Physwizz Collection )

I hope this will help you in some way !
[General Questions and Answers] DragonFire1024:
SM-A146U here. MTK chipset. When rebooting to recovery and selecting reboot to Bootloader, This phone seems to disagree with your assessment. It does appear this has a fast boot mode.

I have only been able to run one command at the moment that works I have not tried many others though for fear that something may get messed up. But it does have a fast boot mode.

Not entirely sure what I can accomplish with this but if anyone has any ideas I'm open to hear them.
[General Questions and Answers] bjlockie:
I am trying to create a group with a contacts app (not Google).

There are options to store it on gmail, Meet, or Phone Storage (not accessible to all apps).

What is Meet and where is it stored?

For contacts I have the options to store them on gmail, Meet, vnd.sec.contact.phone, primary.sim.account_name, primary.sim2.account_name, and Phone Storage (not accessible...).

I want all my contacts and groups local (non Google) but also accessible by other apps.

It doesn't seem like I have much choice except to use gmail for Contact Groups.

I guess Contacts can be stored on vnd.sec.contact.phone, primary.sim.account_name, or primary.sim2.account_name.
[Google Pixel Fold] bigfire:
This is my first time owning a Pixel phone when a major update came out, and as far as I know, I should be able to get Android 14 now. But when I check for an update, there's nothing since September. When should I expect to see an OTA update for it, and is there any way to kick it without having to reset my phone?
[Google Pixel Fold] bigfire:
I haven't. I was avoiding the beta. Now that it's out, would I just get the official bits if I signed up now, and then abandoned the beta program?
[Google Pixel Fold] bigfire:
Ok. Am I crazy, did the official release of 14 not come out today for the Fold? I'm wondering why the beta would send down beta bits instead of the official release.
[Google Pixel Fold] bigfire:
Has anybody besides myself not gotten it yet?I
[Google Pixel Fold] bigfire:
Thanks! I'm hoping not to use it, but I'm getting antsy. I had a terrible experience with a Samsung Fold where I never got the update, and wound up having to flash and reset the device. I'm ok with waiting, but I worry that there's something wrong that'll make me never get the update. Very surprised it would be this long to make it available to the entire audience. I mean, it's Google. Don't they have CDNs? :-)
[Google Pixel 6] Nayem-Mahfuz:
So there's a app called Shell on my Pixel 6. Now I don't know if it's a actual system app or an app I installed. I used lsposed before and if my memory serves me correct it was called shell or something. Now I have flashed the whole device and factory reset the phone to update since, I didn't want to sideload (I am also getting bad battery life and heat with sim card in. No 5G no lose connection but it wasn't like this before). When I opened the App settings I saw this app as an system app and can't deny it any permission or uninstall it. Can anyone confirm is it an actual system app or something that I should uninstall? Thank you.
[Google Pixel 6] Lughnasadh:
It's an actual system app.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] TPXX:
I went with the google watch 2. I have some ear buds, and if I want to upgrade to pixel buds pro it would be a cheaper buy.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] A.Priori:
watch for sure. I have the fitbit sense so not sure how amazing it will be but we'll see
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] nds850:
Paid a little extra for the LTE watch.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Ultimoose:
Watch was an easy choice. $199 versus $349 value made it simple and those pods sell for only about $150 on amazon as well as I have a pair from last year's release. :)

Have no use for it, I'm not giving up my Garmin so I'll gift it or sell it.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] TPXX:
I have a Garmin as well, I'll play with the pixel watch but probably gift it to my son.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] roirraW "edor" ehT:
My wife and I went with the watch. The Pixel Buds Pro have been out for a while, and they'll get discounted again (as they have been already from time to time), so it is tempting to outright buy some, sometime, but we'll see.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Birdsfan:
I went with the Pixel watch though I think I will give it away or sell it at a discount. The watch is small for me, 41mm looks like a girls watch IMHO. I wanted a smart watch that does well with health stats and I like using Google Fit. My Samsung Watch 5 is really nice but it doesn't talk to GF without a third party app. I sipped the Kool-Aid and have been using a Watch Ultra for almost a year, oddly it talks to GF with no problems...I know this rant is completely off topic, I can't wait to get my new Pixel 8 Pro!
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Ultimoose:
I understand this completely. I know it's dumb but the size is one of the reasons I get the Garmin Fenix series in the X model and not one of the smaller running models.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] HipKat:
I already have Pixel Buds Pro, so....
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Morgrain:
Got the LTW watch, was a bit annoyed that Google charged 50 bucks extra compared to last years deal (Pixel Watch LTE without extra charge when pre-ordering). That meant a 250 € price bump in Europe.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] almahix:
I selected the pixel watch.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] CHH2:
Watch. Skipped the LTE version this round as I realized after this past year with the LTE PW1, I rarely step out without my phone in hand.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Appelflap85:
Wifi watch! Was tempted to opt the LTE one, but couldn't really think of why
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] 12paq:
Google Fi offered me $400 off to upgrade to the Pixel 8 Pro 256gb from the Pixel 6 that I have now. So I also bought the Pixel Watch 2 LTE for $399. I financed both interest free for a year. Google Fi also gave me a trade-in value for my Pixel 6 at $90 which is kind of lousy but I don't have the time...

It's also nice that the Pixel Watch 2 LTE is covered under my Google Fi Flex plan so data and calls are covered without any additional SIM cards, accounts or phone numbers. Of course, just like my phone, calls and texts are free and data is metered at $10 a gig on my flex plan. It's nice that I won't have to get a separate SIM card or data and call account for the watch. Evidently Google says you can leave your phone at home and still have cellular connectivity on the watch. So that's going to be cool to check out if indeed that's how it works. Although I have no idea why I would ever need that, my phone is always with me.

It makes me feel better about my Google Fi Flex plan which is great for unlimited calls and texts but the data rates kind of suck. Just hoping I don't use way more mobile data with my new spiffy Pixel Watch 2! Lol

Edit: I just couldn't stand the Pixel Watch 2. It's too small on my wrist and the screen is too small for my eyes. It certainly is a very capable device but I returned it and purchased a Samsung Galaxy 6 watch at 44mm. Fortunately as it is also compatible with Google Fi 4G and LTE and no extra cost.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] denzel09:
Pixel Buds Pro
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] hubono:
Hi

Just double checking

You got the apple watch ultra to talk to Google fit?

Can you please guide me on how. I'm using it too but never thought it would work
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Birdsfan:
I had no issues with setup. Once GF was on my iPhone it synced no problems.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] wangdaning:
Watch, wont even open it, just sell it.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] nolimit78:
I already had the Buds Pro (which are super awesome) but the watch is just a much better value. That blue is chef's kiss.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] aaronc_98:
buds, I like a bigger watch face...
[General Questions and Answers] grigotier:
Hey, does someone know how to inject picture from the gallery, to the live camera ? I have heard that you need to inject in the preview of the default camera

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
One method is to use a third-party app. There are a number of apps available on the Google Play Store that can do this.
[General Questions and Answers] grigotier:
Yes i have differents one, but when i open an app with it, they all get bugs or malfunctions.

There must be an other solution
[General Questions and Answers] grigotier:
up
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] funone64:
Looking at the 3d photos it appears it still uses a physical sim card as well as e -sim.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Birdsfan:
I believe you are correct. I recall seeing something along those same lines.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] randallw:
Looks to be the same as all the other Pixels with 1 physical sim card slot, then there's the eSim capability. I think you can also run just two eSims instead of one physical sim and one eSim.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Morgrain:
Pixel 8 definitely has a sim card (we already have teardowns). Tomorrow we will get a P8 Pro teardown, but it's reasonable to assume that the P8 Pro will also have a sim card (for certainty in Europe, because of the store data).
[Touch HD Accessories] daiash:
is the screen protector that comes in the box any good, or shall i get an alternative?
[Touch HD Accessories] galaxys:
here's a prior thread discussion about better ones: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=447681
[Touch HD Accessories] _Fly_:
In my opinion anything but Invisible Shield. The front cover sucks, it's badly dimensioned.
[G4 General] aoleary:
Hi,

This is an issue that seems to have existed since A10, and honestly, we have no idea where it comes from.

I was doing some testing on A11 and had the "no sensors" issue. I clean flashed a test build, and found that I had 0 sensors (using the My Device app). I then dirty flashed my test build on top of the clean flash I had done (of the same build) and presto, sensors were back...

Why? How? I don't know. But it's something that has been reported before. A dirty flash or two on top of the same build and sensors come back..

This is not ideal of course, but for now it's the best we can offer :-(
[G4 General] ttg:
Reading old threads and experiencing it myself.

So far I didn't see reports from official unlocks. only UsU users.

In my case I got this phone for development and it had latest available Android which was some Android 6.0 upto somewhere in 2016 and ARC == 0.

Rebooting, reflashing (any rom) doesn't help sensors. so I suspect it might be related to some part in how UsU works / init during boot.
[G4 General] aoleary:
It mostly affects usu devices since A10. So something I think during the device bringup of A10 seems to have caused this..

Can you send me a boot log from the /cache partition?
[G4 General] ttg:
Attached.

Though googling I only got to your gist :)

https://gist.github.com/aoleary/37b839c0c6f0b6e0560415c1d441c281

If there's an easy way compiling kernel while keeping same OS, I could try bisecting.
[G4 General] aoleary:
For info, this issue has been fixed on my latest A11/A13 ROMs.
[Redmi Note 10] Prisvx.q:
I want to install a custom ROM on my Redmi 10 Selene device. Is there anyone with experience? Because I just bought my phone, I don't want to brick it right away. I need a custom ROM and custom recovery. Where can I find android 13 miui 14.0.1.0 TKUTRXM
[Redmi Note 10] NOSS8:
No or few development for Xiaomi with Mediatek processors.

Stock rom:

XM Firmware Updater

The ultimate script that provides firmware packages for Xiaomi devices.

xiaomifirmwareupdater.com
[Samsung Galaxy A22 5G] Ittram:
Hi,

I have a A22 5G that died.

I have tried all the boot, reboot and recovery procedures but the phone is dead.

I have taken it parts now and found strange that battery would measure 7volts after a night in charger.

Buttons work, checked with multimeter..

So now i face a situation where i think i might have to remove memory chip from motherboard and buy a reader to recover data from it.

My question is, what memory chip does it have and what reader to buy? I know this will be expensive, but pictures in the phone have "some value to the owner"

I'm after some precious memories.

Or, is there something like a ICSP header somewhere i can just solder some wires and talk directly to the CPU/memory?

Or is there any way to boot just the motherboard and connect USB to computer?
[Samsung Galaxy A22 5G] Ittram:
btw, there is a symptom.

When i connect phone/USB to computer. Windows start playing plugged in - plugged out sounds every few moments.

Windows recognizes something is plugged in, but after a moment kicks it out.
[Samsung Galaxy A22 5G] xdauser1620:
BROM mode? Save partitions first.
[Samsung Galaxy A22 5G] Ittram:
Ok there is some life in it.

I can get it to show up as mediatek usb port (com5) after using MTK auth bypass tool and installed some libusb driver after shorting some pins. (It just cycles found/not found in device manager)

It is not completely dead.SP flash tool wants to load scatter file and i have no idea what that is.

https://xdaforums.com/t/samsung-a22...ective-of-android-versions-installed.4577867/

I suspect this will not bring this phone back to life anyway, but at least there is life/hope in it!
[Samsung Galaxy A22 5G] xdauser1620:
BROM can bring the device back to life but save nvram, partitions so you will not lose SIM number, modem/radio etc. with BROM. IF you want to recover pictures then there is more reason to make a complete backup from the phone state as keys needed to decrypt the storage. BROM is a blankflash it means it can wipe all data so you backup first all the data!
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] abes777:
Why is not it receiving? Phone is new. Stock.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] olafsand:
Stock ui6 is not out yet
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JohnTheFarm3r:
Because OneUI 6 is still in BETA development.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] abes777:
When do we receive?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] JohnTheFarm3r:
Ask Samsung.