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[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
One of my Timmkoo players had that issue quite frequently (and randomly) - it happened on my other one much less, I noticed it only really happened after copying new songs to it's storage, scanning for music in HiBy and then playing one of the new songs - it would often get stuck then.

I ended up just getting used to restarting it as soon as I scan for new songs!

By the way - I flashed Mod V6 Beta to the player that had the issue frequently, and it's not had that problem - not yet, anyway.
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
I'm using Pulsar to play M4A music files, because HiByMusic doesn't play them. I customized the theme a little ad added some favorite songs but I haven't tested the issue you mentioned.

I'm not sure if that's because of the ROM (e.g. a dependency issue) or just a bug in the app itself (which likely wouldn't be worth fixing).

Cheers :D
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
I had learned how to years ago (trying to mod an Amazon Fire, not too far off this lol! And I'd been learning about it for my phone, but for years I was too scared to do it - flashing custom recoveries (e.g. TWRP) onto Samsung phones is supposed to trip the Knox Warranty Bit, voiding the warranty and blocking access to several features.

Somehow it didn't happen on mine when I eventually tried it xD
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
Just a quick note @AzureStriker14 - you can also remove the Contacts, Dialer (Phone) and Message APKs from the /app directory. I believe Google Play Services is also placed in that directory, if you need space you can delete that too - of course, Play Store won't work though. (It doesn't work anyway at the moment, but at least it opens)
[General Topics] Munk.3:
nice to know!! my first tablet i modded was an sm-T280 (i think samsung 5.0/lolipop). Its a nice tablet although old, it was also my first. It also lasted all the way till 2020. Which by then lineage os was around to save it for another 2 years. Then it died off in terms of keeping up with modern games.
[General Topics] Munk.3:
Another more experienced dev told me this, Im forwarding it to you:

rcky844 said:

Hi there,

Sorry that you have to wait for so long. I've been off of developing for Android since last summer as I have to diverge more time on my studies.

I've reviewed your thread and found that the SoC for your device is a MT6580. You could absolutely replace the kernel image in a boot image to port a ROM. But in the long run, it wouldn't be possible to provide any more update than that.

The MT6580 is a very old chipset now, and next to no devs are working on this ancient platform. The best piece of advice is to try and mainline this device for something like postmarketOS, and even that hasn't been achieved. I doubt even I could do something like this, it really takes hours, days, months, or even years to come up with a mainline port.

So, your options are rather limited. The easiest course of action could be to port a ROM from the myriad of MT6580 devices, but be aware of the board revision, since they made many variants of the MT6580, back in 2013 all the way up to some time in 2019. As fair as I know, they did officially support Android R on the chipset, but only for the very late batches of the device. Most Chinese manufacturers would never use this batch, as they recycle old chips by taking them off old boards and repackaging them as new.

In conclusion, if it is me, I would drop the device instead. It's not that worth one's life trying to develop for it. However, if you insist on it, try to look for devices with the same chipset and download images of ROMs with the same Android version from those devices. Extract their boot image with a tool like Carliv Image Kitchen and swap out the kernel image. I am afraid that you would need a rather powerful PC and much more experience to accomplish more than the above.

Anyways, thanks for hitting me up as usual.

- Ricky
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
Yeah! I actually did it on two devices, one first just to test it (I wanted to make sure I was doing everything right, as to avoid bricking my phone.

I did it on a Samsung Galaxy S6, flashed TWRP then FloydRom to get One UI 1.0. It worked, so I did it with my main phone, the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (old, I know, but still my favorite Samsung phone to date :D), I upgraded it from the latest stock OS (Android 8 Oreo with Samsung Experience) to FloydRom Q V5 (One UI 2.5). When I realized I could still open apps like Samsung Pay (never actually used that though) and Samsung Health, I wondered if the warranty bit had been tripped.

I rebooted both devices into Download Mode and checked the counter - I was told it was a single bit in the motherboard that could only hold the values 0 (0x0) and 1 (0x1). Instead, however, mine had random hex values - I don't remember exactly what they were, but there were 4 or 5 values after the "0x" - and the code wasn't written in red text. It hasn't affected the device's functionality at all.

Maybe I should have done it before lol!
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
Hi @Munk.3,

Thank you so much for sharing this! There's some really useful advice there - however I'm afraid I'm not willing to give up on this device. Even if it ends up being just me working on it! :D I'mma ekeep at it -- because we've made a lot of progress so far, and Jayden has come up with a sort-of breakthrough with regards to ADB commands - they aren't available for USB, but he has found a way to execute shell commands locally on the device. This means we're now able to reboot to recovery mode, fastboot mode, etc. - which is great!

Also - recovery mode has the "Apply Update from ADB" option, which means you can access ADB on a PC in Sideload mode - not much you can do there though other than flash zips.
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
I've tried flashing TWRP to the device, I've found two images for the MT6580 - the device boots up fine with these flashed however it fails to boot into recovery mode.

I couldn't find any TWRP images for this chipset that support Android 4.4.2 - the earliest I could find was Android 5.1 (which doesn't work).

I know it's possible to create TWRP images, however, that either requires a) a lot of time (which I don't have right now), b) ADB debugging enabled, or c) the boot.img or recovery.img files. I tried the last option, but that doesn't work, says it's missing values in the build.prop file in both images - I don't have time to figure out editing the images right now.

Cheers :D
[General Topics] Munk.3:
i already kow about sideload mode but nice!!

(also im not saying give up...im also quite busy rn so i just cant commit you know : } )
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
You're always one step ahead of me, aren't you @Munk.3 😅
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
Sure, oh I definitely get what you mean. I've got tons of uni work to get through, this is only something I can work on in the very few minutes of spare time that I have available.

BUT! I'm pretty certain with enough effort we can get this to work. Either through a ROM port or fixing the existing one.

Cheers, and don't work too hard :D
[General Topics] AzureStriker14:
Is there any way I can help? I don't know much about this type of thing, but I'd love to learn!
[General Topics] nc0_media:
Hello there,

I‘m new on XDA, i‘m sorry if I do something wrong in this thread haha.

I followed all the instructions and tried to flash the mod onto my Q5 and it complety bricks the device. Dunno what went wrong but its not booting anymore, no boot logo, display not even lighting up. Got the green checkmark, flashing seemed fine but after that the device seems completly dead :(

Tried to flash it again, SP just crashes without any error message or something. Can Windows 11 or my MTK Drivers be the problem? If yes could you send me your Mediatek Drivers

Anyway I can fix this dead device?

Connecting with USB still works as I get the windows sound but only for about 10 seconds, then it disconnects, afterwards connecting again in a kind of loop
[General Topics] Munk.3:
most likely its soft brick....

when this happens jsut be sure to use reset pin and flash the stock firmware.

so in simple terms:

1) use reset pin (make sure its not turning on & do not plug it in untill your ready to use sp flash tools!! The part where you said you get windows sound but its in loop is prime indicator that you did something wrong.so try to reread thread closely...)

2) flash stock firmware with sp flash tools

It seems like you probably missed a step or something. Also im on windows 10. but 11 should work. as for mtk drivers try:

Download MTK USB All Drivers for Windows (Official MediaTek Drivers)

Download the latest version of MTK USB All Drivers (MediaTek Driver) to connect any MediaTek Device with the Windows Computer.

androidmtk.com

also i know this post is alot be really make sure to go through everything. because everything is fine on my side (i got Q5). Your also lucky, i havent been logging on lately but somehow saw this email notif....anyway ill be here for assistance.

Attached is stock firmware. (try watching youtube video on how to use spflash tools)
[General Topics] Munk.3:
I dont think so but appreciate it : )...
[General Topics] Armandzeee:
Giga Bump
[General Topics] stonegrey:
This is some great work guys.

I've managed to flash the image file created by munk.3 and it works well.

I've added an older version of Spotify lite (spotify-lite-1-8-40-53.apk) to the build, but every time I try to login, the Q5 says there is no internet connection even though there is. When I check the apps in the settings, all the ones added to the original build show under the downloaded tab, but Spotify does not. I've checked the permissions and Spotify has full access and can view internet connections.

Its obviously something I've done wrong somewhere, but i don't know what.

Thank you in advance for any help .
[General Topics] AzureStriker14:
Could you post the apk you used so that I can try it? I'm nowhere near as skilled at this as Munk. 3 or NoahDomingues but I can see if it's a problem with your device or the file. I have noticed that if an apk doesn't work, downloading the same app from a different website might work. I've had some apps (Foobar2000) do that.
[General Topics] stonegrey:
there you go,

a link and the file.

Download Spotify Lite 1.8.40.53 for Android | Uptodown.com

spotify-lite.en.uptodown.com
[General Topics] AzureStriker14:
OK, the problem is with the file. I ran into the same issue. If you want, you can try the attached version of Spotify Lite, but I kept getting an "Unfortunately, Spotify Lite has stopped" error so it probably won't work. Sorry I couldn't help more.
[General Topics] Munk.3:
you sill have one last chance (a hackish method, but i may suggest msging noah, or going back in this thread to look for his custom system.img which works well):

my hackish/method is this: remove the default moon-reader or soundrecorder.apk file and rename the spotify.apk to SoundRecorder.apk (the exact name)

Instructions:

Go to \vendor\operator\app

Copy SoundRecorder.apk filename

Delete SoundReorder.apk

Change name of Spotify.apk to SoundRecorder.apk

Place new named file in \vendor\operator\app.apk

====

Some apps dont work when installed as a system/app. For example, magisk, and minecraft need to be installed in vendor/operator/app directory or else it

wont work properly.

For reference: this device is cool for retro emulatorion (mainly snes, nes, etc. However psp emulation is pushing it, and mainly laggy but some games run at 30fps) anyone who wants to test the device to its limits should try 3d car driving emulators (works well at 60fps!!) & minecraft (55-60fps, but no fancy settings, and you'll need an

sd card to store music on.

If storage is almost full on device it really starts to bug on performance.)

once again, Although noah may be busy (and may not answer) i say msg him becasue his system.img has alot of files in vendor\operator\app directory of the system.img.

But regardless, if this didnt fix the unfortunate dialog popup, then your application cannot be installed yet, and I don't have the time to go deeper into modyfing the system.img

(sadly...)

edit: noahs system.img also has a functional wallpaper background i believe. So if anyone gets a black screen as wallpaper his system.img should fix it.
[General Topics] AzureStriker14:
Is there a way to add APKs to the \vendor\operator\app folder through the Mo_tool you provided? I know I can add them in app and priv-app, but I don't see where to install them in the \vendor\operator\app.
[General Topics] Munk.3:
yes you can use the chinese tool. Just go to Modify Permission section of the software. From their you can add the file to the directory.

you have to first travel to the directory, then click on the folder. after this you can hit add file

to put the apk there.
[General Topics] AzureStriker14:
Thanks! Sorry if this was a stupid question.
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
Appreciate the comments @AzureStriker14! I'm not skilled at all to be honest. Just a student with a love for tech! I'm learning as I go most of the time, but I'm nowhere near as good as @Munk.3 (he's the pro).

I got my first smartphone when I was 11 years old. I remember reading about all the mods people were doing, here on XDA, and thinking it was incredibly difficult to do, impossible for me, even. Yet here I am, 5 years later, one of those people modding and tinkering about with these ROMs and devices and whatnot. And it's one heck of a lot of fun! So the truth is, if you want to learn and get into this stuff - it's not nearly as hard as it looks. And once you start getting into modding, it only gets easier the more you learn. Trust me!

And you'll have a lot of fun along the way :D

Cheers! N =)
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
Do the permissions you set in this editing tool carry over once the ROM has flashed to the device? I tried setting chmod of the app directory to 777 (in the vain hope it would make the directory writable on the device, figured it wouldn't work but why not try it lol!) but it didn't work.

Cheers, N =)
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
Hi @AzureStriker14! I think so! I'm pretty busy with uni at the minute - but I think if one of us goes over the fundamentals of the project then you're help would be great! I'll need to fill you in - if you're up for that, then sure!
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
Where abouts are you adding the files in the image? I.e.which folder?
[General Topics] AzureStriker14:
I'd love to help! You'll have to fill me in on a lot of stuff though.
[General Topics] AzureStriker14:
I put it in the /app folder.
[General Topics] AzureStriker14:
Sorry, I think you're in the wrong thread. :)
[General Topics] Munk.3:
TBH using the chinese software i dont have hopes for it carrying over the permissions value.(i just never checked...or i forgot) However you can always click on the file to check the permissions it has. so you would have to add the file, then re-open the system.img again to view the value of its permission.
[General Topics] Munk.3:
Also im not a 'pro'. I consider myself an average android enjoyer. My speciality actually lies in python & C# (mainly python nowaday's, since it aligns with my major/work)

But I still appreciate the praise. If anything you contributed alot with your system.img. I use it alot now (though i do get weird random shutdowns/restarts. Im guessing my

timmkoo battery life is starting to deteroirate, because the battery value is way off for me, and such. Plus ive abused my device ALOT). But hey it was just to learn andorid :}
[General Topics] Munk.3:
seems like bot so i reported.
[General Topics] sup ninja:
do you have a discord by chance, would love to chat
[General Topics] sup ninja:
also i am willing to help
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
No, but I can set one up!
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
I just made a Discord server! I'll need to set it up properly, I'm pretty busy so I just did it quickly, but here's the invite link:

Join the Timmkoo Modders Discord Server!

Check out the Timmkoo Modders community on Discord - hang out with 28 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

discord.gg

Cheers!
[General Topics] raza_2010:
Hi can someone help me out please i have flashed full firmware and now my display is showing lines only if somebody have original readback or full fw please attach thanks
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
Hi there,

Would you be able to let provide some more details about what's happening to your device - maybe some photos of the lines that are appearing? That would be very helpful!

Cheers, N =)
[General Topics] raza_2010:
Hi I have attached picture what's is doing before flash it was working fine it got screen lock so for remove I accidently flashed whole firmware instead of just user data since that I am facing this issue.Is Q3E MODEL
[General Topics] Armandzeee:
Redo all the steps to flash the img ,but in flash tool select <format all+download>
[General Topics] raza_2010:
I have tried that format all+ download is still not working flash completes and after turn on player fully turns on but display with lines.
[General Topics] Munk.3:
Never had this problem. so lets try this once again:

on timmkoo press the reset pin at bottom (theoritically you can just power off, but the reset pin is like a hard reset. Consider it an extra safety feature).

Download:

Here is the orginal untouched firmware files post: https://xdaforums.com/t/tmmkoo-q5-q...downloads-first-release-1-5-24.4643981/page-8

or download here directly:

https://xdaforums.com/attachments/mx2-wvga_tm-wv3-22-20230418-rar.6071288/

Steps:

1) Reflash everything one more time format all and load the default firmware files

2) Now once more open sp flash tools, and make sure your in download mode only, Make sure system.img is the only boxed check and flash system.img.

so your basically flashing everything twice.

If this doesnt work then its most likely a screen issue. Dont press the reset pin to hard.
[General Topics] NoahDomingues:
I think you have a broken screen I'm afraid. Try replacing the front glass (that's what I did with mine).

Not likely to be a ROM issue, unless somehow the drivers for the display were corrupted - but i think it's a hardware issue rather than a software problem.

Hope this helps =)
[General Topics] raza_2010:
Well I don't think is a hardware issue just before flash it was fully on but with lock screen and when I flashed rom accidently I flashed whole ROM instead of just user data partition.i am trying to find original stock ROM for Q3E I got 1 in previous page is for Q5.
[General Topics] yourmusicjuice:
Hi did anyone find a solution i keep on trying to flash the apex launcher with apks installed through the system.img but the timkoo keeps on getting stuck on the booting screen please help me ASAP thank you.
[General Topics] AzureStriker14:
I had a similar problem. I was trying to add Tetris to my device but when it turned on, it wouldn't get past the Timmkoo logo. Removing the app from the system.img fixed it. I would try finding out which app is causing the problem by adding one app at a time. If you add an app and it doesn't boot, removing that app from the system.img should fix it.
[General Topics] yourmusicjuice:
Hi yes i tried that but not one of the apps are adding is this a problem that now has developed for all the devices or is it only mine please if its possible forward me an email of you system.img that worked fine so i could try it out!
[General Topics] DeadSilent001:
Hey guys I have a friend with this player and he came to me asking about updating his chrome app. So I began looking into it and found this thread. I am pretty experienced with modi g and if I can help I would love to (that is..if my friend is willing to put his device on the line and risk the chance of bricking it). I've been speed reading through the tread so I think I'm pretty caught up. Just to verify, you are able to install SOME BUT NOT ALL apps. You can reach me at deadsilentsos@gmail.com. if I can help I will just reach out.
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[Android Head-Units] mechanicaf:
Hi...My name is Dimitris and I am a new member to the forum...I ve just bought an Ruancheng A8 (6/128) head unit and It can not be paired with my Samsung a52s to mobile Hotspot at 5G only...At 2.4 G head unit and Samsung paired instantly..I tried with a Xiaomi redmi note and they are paired 2.4 and 5G ...Is it a matter of setting?? Also both phones'S Android Auto via USB searching, searching...Is there an application installed to my head unit for a mirror link?? Seller does not provide much info about that
[Samsung Galaxy A10 Questions & Answers] MyStuffYT:
Device: Samsung A10s A107F

So recently i came across this "smt shell" where you can run commands as system uid 1000 using oneui 5.0 and below. And then i tried installing a downgrade.

But the problem is this downgrade was not like the normal ones. It was a downgrade for a system app

And after i was trying to work around limits. I'm in the final destination and error INSTALL_FAILED_BLOCKED_CROSS_DOWN thrown in

Android 11, OneUI 3.1

View attachment 6039543

There is the photo. I tried using an unofficial known samsung server and the response is this:

View attachment 6039544

(I'm using outdated firmware so it's not really "bad" to use this)
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Skuddle:
I've tried restarting the phone and then looking for something at the bottom of the screen regarding Safe mode, but nothing appears. All I see at the bottom of the screen is the Search field, a microphone icon, and a Google Lens icon. Same if I do a Power Off/Power On.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] p51d007:
Hold the power button and volume up. Once the menu pops up press and HOLD the restart button until the menu item pops up "restart in safe mode?"
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Fishawy:
Restart your phone normally, and as soon as you see the Google logo, press volume down and keep holding it until the phone boots. You will be in Safe Mode.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Skuddle:
@Fishawy

That works. Thanks for the help!

@p51d007

I never get a menu when I power up, regardless if I hold the power and the volume up buttons down while doing so. Did you mean the Google logo?
[OnePlus 11] LoneWolf:
Hello XDA,

I recently got the update yesterday on my Oneplus11 version

CPH2451_14.0.0.201(EX01)

My device is not rooted never has been but is there a way to go back to the previous version? This new Version kinda sucks and the battery drain is insane. My phone usually lasts all day and then some but after the update I'm needing to charge my phone at around 10 am at 18 percent. It was fully charged at 6 and that's when I took it off the charger. Only had Spotify running listening to podcasts and it's already dead. Any help would be awesome thanks
[OnePlus 11] Keinta15:
After leaving it charging for a few hours over 100% everything has stabilized for me and the battery has even been better than before, if I were you I would try that first and let it optimize.

But if you still want to rollback you can follow the instructions from this article on the OnePlus Community
[OnePlus 11] MrSteelX:
Here is the apk. Also oxygen-updater has a full package NA