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[Oppo A37 Questions & Answers] neddan:
So the issue goes like this;

I have an oppo A37 and i dont know the specific version of the device (whether A37F, A37M etc..).

one thing i know for sure is that its using MTK chipset under the hood so according to google, it must be A37M.

however where my troubles begin is that the device seems to be hacked in some way. The device starts dialing random numbers (or so i assume and hope:() to somewhere in the middle east as well as upload anonymous data to the internet.

My whatsapp started acting weird after which whatsapp permanently banned my number and i didnt even touch the phone during that period! ( i have a second phone, this one was for business). After this, every single alarm went off for me and i factory reset the phone.

as you would expect the phone still went on with the malicious activity after which i decided a simple factory reset wasnt going to cut it and i needed to do a full flash or at least use custom recovery to wipe it and install a freshly downloaded system img since by this ppint i coulnt trust the integrity of any software loaded onto the device. the phone has 2gb ram plus 16gb storage according to google but mine reports 4gb ram annd 64gb storage.

i am no noob to phone flashing by any means, so i brought out the big guns on this a37 since i knew it was running on mtk underneath.

long story short: i cant flash the firmware on sp flash tool because it says "ERROR: STATUS_UNSUPPORTED_CTRL_CODE (0xC0010004)"

i tried various DA and Auth files, tried editing the scatter to remove some files like lk, tried dumping the firmware on the phone using wwr tool which gives a preloader unsupported format error, and then to add trouble to the mix, it now says its frp locked despite removing accounts while the system was running.

i thought about unlocking the bootloader and using fastboot to flash some twrp or something but now to bypass frp so i can enable oem unlock in developer settings, i cant do that aswell. its like the phone knows every single bypass method possible and blocks it. to give context, any method to bypass gets kicked back to setup. i can for example wriggle my way to browser and start browsing, but once the browser detects am about to download a file it kicks me out which is weird because the OS build number was still old and the tricks should have worked.

fastboot is not accessible and at this point even i am puzzled as to what next to try or an explanation as to what the bananas is going on with the phone.

btw i openned it up to make sure i wasnt just dealing with some cheap clone and sure enough, i found oppo signature hardware underneath. if this is a clone then it absolutely wasnt cheap to make.

my question is A; after reading through my story, what could be happening to the phone i.e can people emply such low level but serious hacks, and how.

B; how can i get out of this mess? i still want the phone since its in very good condition and it would be a waste to give up on it.
[Oppo A37 Questions & Answers] mvikrant97:
If you have the correct flash file for the phone I will help you with the paid flash tool I have.

I won't charge you anything for it. Although I would need remote access to do it.

Thankyou!
[Oppo A37 Questions & Answers] neddan:
i dont know what is the correct flash file because i cant access any genuine information about the device model name/number. all i can confirm is that its not the snapdragon variant of the phone but mtk instead because it is read under MTK_VCOM and it starts download process in sp flash tool.

so how should i proceed in this case? i already downloaded 3 firmware from https://oppostockrom.com/oppo-a37m but gives the error i mentioned.
[Samsung Galaxy S22] Jamesdroid100:
Hi,

Ive seen extensive threads about power optimization causing issues with Spotify etc pausing on Bluetooth. I have a feeling my issue is related to this, however I cannot find Spotify (for instance) in my list of apps to never put to sleep and it's unrestricted. Can anyone help? It's really infuriating.
[Samsung Galaxy S22] blackhawk:
Welcome to XDA

Globe power management never worked right.

Try these Device Care settings (this on Android 9).

View attachment 5989703

When global power management is disabled standby apps in Developer options should look like this:

View attachment 5989701

You will then need to track down the power hogs and deal with each on a case by case basis.

This is how I dealt with it on my N10+'s. They run extremely well.
[Samsung Galaxy S22] Jamesdroid100:
Thanks for the reply, but my issues are with auto pausing/playing media when connected to Bluetooth /android auto devices.

I've gone through all my relevant settings and everything looks the same to yours. I'm completely stumped. I don't know if it's relevant, but my phone also disconnects calls seemingly as and when it wants.

I've gone through the developer options too and nothing is untoward there.
[Samsung Galaxy S22] blackhawk:
Nothing in Developer options other than to monitor the status as I showed you or perhaps running apps may be useful for tracking it down*.

If global power management isn't active it's a 3rd party app, notifications related or a bug maybe.

I use PowerAmp for music. Anything needing an internet connection will use a lot of battery.

Double check all related app's individual settings.

Try temporarily disabling Google play Services and see if that helps.

*Device Care>memory,clear it then wait for the error to occur again and see what's on the top of the list. Sometimes this can be useful for spotting suspects.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bgb11:
I wanted to update my redmi 10C (codename RAIN) to android 13, but I cant find any roms for my model. I looked on xiaomifirmwareupdater and tried xiaomitool v2 with no success on finding correct rom. The only ROMs available for 10C are specificaly for FOG version. Will it work if I update it manually to one of those or am I risking bricking my phone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mino_ali:
Cant u just use ota updates?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mino_ali:
Bro redmi 10c codename is fog not rain
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mino_ali:
And it has firmware in Xiaomifrimwareupdater

Here

XM Firmware Updater

The ultimate script that provides firmware packages for Xiaomi devices.

xiaomifirmwareupdater.com
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mino_ali:
Where did u know ur codename from
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mino_ali:
Ok after a bit of searching looks like there is actually some devices named rain so i think its all about the region of ur device sooo tell me how did u know your codename and what's your device original region
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mino_ali:
U can see thats its fog from here

XM Firmware Updater

The ultimate script that provides firmware packages for Xiaomi devices.

xiaomifirmwareupdater.com

Idk what's happening with ur phone its pretty weird
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bgb11:
xiaomitool showed it when I connected it looking for some roms. It also didnt find any rom when searched through official xiaomi roms. As for OTA updates I once updated it from phone settins to MIU 13.0.5 but it doesnt find any new updates after this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mino_ali:
Sorry bro i have no idea never herd of a device have more than 1 codename
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jirkaon:
Hello,

I can only confirm this. I also have in my hands Redmi 10c with code name RAIN. What I was able to find is that 10c (fog) has no NFC but 10c (rain) has. Otherwise they are the same thing. And no, you cannot flash fog MIUI 14 on rain. I tried every possible MIUI 13 and 14 but with no success. I tried it through the Update app on the phone and also through XiaomiToolsV2 from windows. Nothing worked. Have you got any news on that? Have somebody found the right MIUI for rain model?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] BlockbusterF:
Hello again,

as requested in this Post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=462026

I've made a new WM Wait Cursor in VGA for Diamond. It taked some time to figure out how to replace the ressource in the shellres.192 but now all work fine.

I attach an animated gif, so you can see how my cursor looks like. Of course you can do your own if you like.

I also attach the whole shellres.192 I've tweaked. But this dll is out of my GERMAN ROM!!

So this may not work on your devices!!

If you want this cursor in your system integrate it by yourself or post your english shellres.192.dll here, so I tweak them for you.

Alright,

have fun... :D

fRED

OK, if you want this wait cursor in your system, just copy the shellres.192.dll in you "\windows" directory.

You have to install the nocert.cab (just search it here) before using a modded system dll.

If you just want to integrate the cursor by your own like uniqueboy I added only the BMPs. Than you have to replace the Bitmap ressource 4896...4911. So 16 frames. My cursor has just 4 frames, so 4 bmps. Just use the the Bitmap for 4 frames and all will be good.

fRED
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] benko286:
so how to install this??
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] BlockbusterF:
The cursor animation is placed in the shellres.192.dll.

So, you have to modify this one. You can extract the bmps of the animation of the dll i've posted and integrate it into yours (cause mine is a german one, could coause problem) or you post your english one here, so i can tweak it for you.

You find the shellres.192.dll in "\Windows"

fRED
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] benko286:
i have fond shellers.192.dll.0406 so probably that is what you need??

if it i will post it here as soon as i get activesync working ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] BlockbusterF:
no, I need the exactly the "shellres.192.dll"

you only see this file if you have "show hidden files" activated.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] danny_and_2:
Well happy christmas ! :rolleyes:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] johanromijn:
On what location in the DLL file can I find the waiting icon graphics?

Looks good btw.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] danny_and_2:
Ehm, its in the BASE_DPI_192 if i remember right, if you cook roms. Else i think it's going to be in WINDOWS.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] uniqueboy:
Hi, I have already modded my shellres 192dll, so would you mind just uploading the image files so that I can then place them into the one I already have, If this is the correct procedure, res hack, replace images and then re-sign.:)

Edit: forgot to say very nice job.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] BlockbusterF:
OK, updated the thread, now you can just replace your shellres or integrate in by you own, like uniqueboy asks for it.

Just ask me, if something missunderstanding

fRED
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] NRGZ28:
So you replaced the original round waiting cursor with the ugly colors.... with a square one (with the same ugly colors) ? Wow... Why ?!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Quanni90:
lmao... that was harsh
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] BlockbusterF:
@ NRGZ28

I like it much more than the original. If you don't like it, don't use it and don't post here anymore.

Don't bash the work of other people!

fRED
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] uniqueboy:
Thankyou very much, I will enjoy playing with them.:D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] sunnyboymarcel:
hallo ich bin von Deutschland, bin auch zur Zeit ein Projekten beteiligt, was ich Sie/Dich fragen wollte, ist das mit dem waiting cusor, sehr hilfreiche anleitung, meine Frage: wenn ich Ihre genannte dll öffne, sind da tausende von files, die res hacker garnicht als preview wiedergeben kann...

Ich würde sehr gerne einen neuen waiting cursor erstellen, der jedoch rund ist, ist das möglich? bzw, wird der hintergrund transparent angezeigt , wenn ich diesen auch transparent einstelle ?

Sorry für die vielen fragen, wäre cool wenn Sie icq hätten meine Nummer ist 340083500

ps: sowas wär mein Traum

Ein Link zu einem hochauflösendem Image :
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] NisseDILLIGAF:
Hi ...

I need some help...

Trying to change the wait cursor in shellres.192.dll

When I open up the file with ResHacker and go 'Bitmap->4896->1033' I get a error message :(

'Access violation at address 00402791 in module 'ResHacker.exe'. Write of address 02142000'

What to do?!

I really want to change the boring original wait cursor...

Thanx

/Nisse
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] djmadclass:
if i post some bitmap images, can some one make it for me.

also what size should the bitmap be and can i use 8 frames instead.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] BlockbusterF:
@NisseDILLIGAF

its a little bit complicated. I've get these error messages too. But you can extract the bitmaps correct, just ignore it.

But it is not possible to replace the original bitmaps easyly, first you have to delete the ressource and than you have to create a new one with the same name, but with your image of course.

Hope this helps...

fRED
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] m0nkeyman:
I once had a wait cursor that looked like the one you get on youtube but it it not work with VGA. would look so good on diamond.anyone know where I can find it. have looked everywhere
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] zoolake:
I dont know what this guy is talking about because I dont speak german, but the cursor he has here would be really wicked if someone could set it up. :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Insatiable1:
I was curious so I got a loose translation off the net:

"hello I is of Germany, is also at present projects, which I wanted to ask you/you, is involved with waiting cusor, very helpful guidance, my question: if I open your DLL mentioned, are there thousands of files, which res hacker not when preview can show… I would provide very gladly a new waiting cursor, which is however round, am possible that? and/or, the background transparency is indicated, even if I adjust this transparency? Sorry for the many ask, would be coolly if you icq had my number are 340083500"

Man I agree - if someone can hook up a cab or something to change, this rotating circle is very nice!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] BlockbusterF:
It is NOT POSSIBLE! to add transparency or alpha channel transparency to the original WM Wait Cursor.

If you want round wait cursors install Marshall Wait Cursor. MWC3 will be out soon I believe.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] kwill:
should the wwe shellres.192 file be all we need to get the wait cursor? i placed into windows, restarted and still had the same wait cursor:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] IceMan2005:
HTC Wait cursor

Had a go at this my self. With a htc like logo.

Heres the cab, also changes a few of the taskbar icons.

HTC Wait.cab

Hope you like it.

If anyone want I can make them with any loading cursor. Take 16 images 64x64.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] grazi18:
Thanks for your explanation fRED, it worked perfectly!!

:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] triniboi:
hi BlockbusterF, i install your cursor over the origonal shellres.192.dll file!oops well thanks i do like yours but i want to get back the origional...can you help?

touch HD ROM version: 1.14.405.3 (22273) WWE wm6.1
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ronaldsdv:
im stuck in the part where I have to create the new DLL .... I have extracted the bitmaps and the original .rc file but what else can I do?? please help me!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] ronaldsdv:
so I edited my bitmap files ...... I tried GoRC but Im getting an error saying that I can not open the .rc file ??? any ideas

????
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] TheRem:
in WM6.5 shellres dll... i've noticed that the wait cursor files are transparent BMPs... how do i make a transparent bmp? or can i just use PNGs instead?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ok nevermind... i got it all figured out... i used GIMP to convert my png files to transparent bmps. ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] r04d5t3r:
I know it's a bit old thread.. but thanks TheRem, I finally figured the way to put my PNGs into shellres.192.dll... :D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Z80-Man:
Hi !

I'd actually prefer to modify the cursor bitmaps in shell32dll, rather than using an additional program such as WMC, even if I intend to try it anyway.

I still think the more background apps you run, the slower your system becomes ! ;)

I'l try to use reshacker, though Im' not experimented at all with it.

It would be very nice if anybody could drop a straightforward how-to or a link to a simple and efficient (i.e. working ! :D) way to unsign shellres32.dll, replace the cursor bitmaps into it, then sign it back ! ;)

My ROM is a french version (and I intend to keep it so), so I won't be able to use an already modified file, are they're barely available in french, of course ! ;)

Just one last word :

Well...

Although the original wait cursor is actually a little vintage-looking (if not ugly, but it's still a matter of taste), the spinning colors aren't the problem.

The real problem is the ugly grey square surrounding !

Though discrete enough on a traditional Windows Mobile white background, it appears totally awful on a nice TF3D black bakground !

Just imagine how after having customized your HD with a cooked ROM with Manila 2.1, mainly black theme, nice taskbar and TF3D tab icons, analog clock, background on all tabs and so on...

... You end up with this light grey square, looking like an ugly wart in the face of your phone ! :D

So this old school wait cursor must absolutely be changed at all cost. ;)

But as Windows Mobile 6.1 doesn't allow to use transparency for it, then you have to cheat in order to hide the square shape, or design your cursor so it occupies all the available room and has no border or background left.

So even if BlockbusterF's square cursor may look close to the original, it's actually a world away from it, and is actually really nice. ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps] Z80-Man:
All done (I had a slight problem when wanting to sign back the dll because of outdated certs, but it's solved too), along with a nice new "square Windows" start logo from M6Silver (thanks to him, too) to match the whole thing ! :)

It's really better-looking when the cursor occupies all the available room in the square area.

Nice job, Fred, your valuable information helped me a lot !:cool:
[Linux] ZG_DEV:
I have 2 disks (1SSD, 1HDD)

SSD has windows installed in it

HDD has data

I took about 64 GB to make a partition from this disk

I installed Ubuntu 22.10 and everything went good

Today, I managed to install Manjaro Gnome instead of Ubuntu

After I finished, the laptop does not boot , only boots into GRUB Rescue.

Tried to check files in those disks, it says "Unknown format" while Manjaro was installed in an EXT4, and windows maybe EXT4 or NTFS, idk

I had another Linux OS, called parrot security

I checked the disks, found that Manjaro is installed and windows, but still cannot boot, it only boots into that fricking GRUB

What should I do !!!!

Note that I don't want to lose data/files at all in those disks
[Linux] DrScrad:
So which drive did you install Linux to? The SSD or the HDD?

The reason I ask is because I've been running the same kind of system with two SSD and on one of the SSD, I use strictly for the installation and operating of the systems themselves.. and on the bigger but separate SSD is where I also keep everything I would consider "data" or "storage"..

Btw I'm dual booting WIn11 pro and CachyOS (an arch Linux based distro)
[Linux] ZG_DEV:
HDD

SSD has windows installed into it
[Linux] mvikrant97:
Add windows to the Grub Menu.
[Linux] ZG_DEV:
Bruh

GRUB IS NOT WORKING

I BOOT NORMALLY IT SHOWS ME "grub rescue"
[Linux] DrScrad:
Ok this is what I do in terms of partioning the SSD for the appropriate sizes for you to dual boot Linux and Windows (I'm assuming that's what you're trying to do).. and if you adhere to this partioning scheme, grub will take care of the appropriate boot loading decisions..

Notice the partition scheme I'm using is strictly because I'm using the BTRFS format instead of ext4 for more than one reason..

1. Make sure you're running UEFI instead of MBR

2. Then assuming your ssd is remotely close to the size of my primary one (250Gb). My secondary SSD is 1Tb but I digress. I tend to just split the partition sizes straight down the middle although I know Linux uses about 30% the amount that Windows does.

3. Do make sure that your initial partition is about 500mb - 1Gb and formatted as FAT32 and mounted as /efi/boot

4. Make your next partition for Windows

5. Put your Linux partition after that with whatever format you prefer. I use the BTRFS filesystem as opposed to anything else. And then make a 5-6 gig swap partition at the very end of the partition layout. Reboot and enjoy
[Linux] DrScrad:
If for some reason windows doesn't show up in your grub menu then do the following:

Type:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

And make sure this line is added to the file:

GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false

Now update grub
[Linux] ZG_DEV:
I made all my divisions in that HDD

SSD is too small (128GB) while that HDD has 512GB

Swap, those 2 Linux distros , my data ,all in that HDD

About that 1st point

Bruh I use MBR 💀

Ubuntu 22.10 worked normally in it and discovered windows, but whatever after installation of Manjaro it is in grub rescue rn 😀

+ I didn't get that 3rd point 😀

++About 4th point, windows was installed before any os, and it lives in SSD alone

+++ 5th point : I've already made a 6GB swap 😀

Ok, guys

The problem has beeeeeeen fixed

The problem source was in the bootloader installation path 🙂

The bootloader (when I used Ubuntu), was installed in my HDD, when I installed Manjaro, I didn't Take care the bootloader installation path, I knew later that it has been installed in SSD which caused booting into GRUB Rescue 😀

What I did is just booting into hard disk (from boot options in Settings of laptop itself) installing grub on HDD, update it then done !

I will close this thread, thanks for everyone who helped and who saw this thread!
[Linux] simplepinoi177:
MOD ANNOUNCEMENT​

As per OP's request, thread has been closed.

Regards,

simplepinoi177 FSM (Forum Specific Moderator)
[Redmi Note 10 Pro] Aseen:
If i root my redmi note 10 Pro can i

1. Optimized the battery time?

2. Unroot afterwards and keep those optimizations?

3. Use banking appa ect. after unrooting?
[General Questions and Answers] yucsufS1:
LG G4 STYLUS H540 Bootloader Unlocking?
[OnePlus Nord 2 5G] _FabioTNT:
I flashed the wrong version of twrp, that Is not compatible with oos13, and now the device Is bootlooped. It tries to open recovery and After It reboots

What can i do?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] silv_ch1985:
hello bro...

can you help me with sim tool kit...

my O2 IIs can't access sim tool kit after upgrading in to WM6...

do yo have the software for STK?

thx for solution before...
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] the_apocalypse:
same issue here, i serched the forum and didnt see anyone else with similar issues so hadnt had time to post so i thought it was and issue with my sim,
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] red_hanks:
It's everyones issue. If you upgraded to WM6.1 there is no way you can access or use your SIM TOOL KIT. I have the same issue. Although I can see the menus but if I select them nothing will happen.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] xplode:
if someone want to use the toolkit so badly - use WM2003SE roms - there STK working fine, and remember none of the WM5/6/6.1 roms supposed to work on BA, so the job we do is to make it work, but there are few side effects like the wlan enable issue and STK which we can not solve...
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] silv_ch1985:
ok thanks a lot for the answer...