yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] thatsupnow:
Hmmm that's strange for that to even be a thing. I bought a pixel 8 from Bell and skipped right thru everything to turn on USB debugging abd my OEM unlocking wasn't greyed out
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] KingMike67:
Had the same issue with a Rogers one that I got on launch day. I had to do the same thing with my 6 Pro too. I also didn't have a SIM installed in either phone at the time, so that could be it. Glad to know it wasn't just Rogers doing it, so it seems like a Google thing
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] pileot:
Yeah, no sim no wifi brand new phone, but it resolved itself after connecting to wifi. This was for my partners phone... I got my device upgrade last night, with my sim in OEM unlocking was available by the time I got to the menus.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] yanggame:
You need to connect to WiFi to check whether you are allowed to use OEM unlock feature. Applys to every Android phone not Pixel only...
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] thatsupnow:
That's false because I never connected mine to Wi-Fi or cell and my OEM unlock was right there ready to be clicked
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] wangdaning:
Maybe it was connected to wifi before you got your hands on it. It is very true wifi has to connect, and connect to google servers, before you can unlock. I know that because in China I cannot connect to google, I have to use a vpn, and only then will oem unlock be available. It also has to be wifi.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] mruno:
I have not tried this method myself but found it online as I am in the same predicament: https://www.bryanus.com/sim-unlock-hack-for-any-google-pixel-phone/
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] C.Flat:
I got my 8 Pro directly from Google and I couldn't enable OEM unlocking until I connected to wifi, and that was before I transferred my eSiM to it.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] thatsupnow:
Yea maybe it was checked out before it left the factory then powered off and sealed up in the box🤷
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Questions & Answers] Brub4:
Hi,

I haven't used my S5e for a while and decided to crack it out as a travel companion. Unfortunately, upon turning the device on I am greeted with a black screen and red writing: "BOTA: update bootloader fail, Status (Device Error)." I have attached a picture.

I have tried to boot into Odin etc, but the device is not recognised by my PC. Is this a fault/hard brick?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Questions & Answers] iceepyon:
Looks like the MBR of the internal storage of your device has been corrupted. It will need to be rebuilt again
[Introductions] BigWanker:
B-Rad my stage name....wanna be a comedian but it's the 1% of the crowd that gonna hate keeping me from my dream
[Introductions] BigWanker:
I can sing karaoke dead ass sober no problems..
[General Questions and Answers] BigWanker:
So I bought my first Nord one+ model#chp2515..was unaware of the oxygenOS....what do y'all like and dislike in comparison..it's still android ..but a little different from what I can tell so far..
[Google Pixel 8] thatsupnow:
Hey guys just like the title says I'm getting a CTS profile match fail on my P8 using the latest 14.5 PIF module. I had everything setup the same way on my pixel 7 and last I checked it was passing safetynet checks but I didn't check before I wiped the phone and locked bootloader on my P7.

Is this a known issue that I've obviously overlooked?? Any kind of fix or just at the mercy of google?? Thanks guys
[Google Pixel 8] nd2016:
Same here
[Google Pixel 8] Tasneem khan:
Same here on 7 Pro.

Sent from Pixel 7 Pro using ReLabs
[Google Pixel 8] simplepinoi177:
Maybe something with 14.5 is throwing off even the basic CTS profile match (for YASNAC)..maybe try an older version...

Because whether you are getting MEETS_DEVICE_INTEGRITY or not, you should be at least passing CTS profile match (basic integrity)....
[Google Pixel 8] thatsupnow:
Okie I'll try going back to 14

Edit: just went back to 14 and it passes everything.
[Google Pixel 8] thatsupnow:
Another update so the device does pass safetynet but device is not certified. So I guess that means it doesn't work
[Google Pixel 8] simplepinoi177:
no... that sounds about right/is-correct...

passing both MEETS_BASIC_INTEGRITY & MEETS_DEVICE _INTEGRITY is rather in a state of uncertain flux right now... PIF is being updated like every 3-4 days (depending on if there's a weekend in between) being Google will keep blocking the embedded default "fingerprints" included in the module. So if you want more certainty (still a rather precarious situation, though), the seemingly only way for a more stable consistency with it is to find your own "fingerprint" to use.

In any case, i said your experience sounds about right because his "fingerprint" just got banned overnight last night and he's now updated to v14.6 -- which is what you'd need to now pass; for the time being (giving it a couple days until you'd need to update again and/or it gets shut down)
[Google Pixel 8] thatsupnow:
I tried 14.6 and it fails. I'm using 14.4 right now and it passes all checks but device not certified is where I'm at right now. It is what it is
[Samsung Galaxy A90 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Hyoungjin park:
prerequired : twrp running on A90 5G, adb running on PC

기본 준비 사항 : twrp 깔린 A90 5G, adb (플랫폼 툴즈)

here is how to install GSIs on your A90 5G!

여기 A90 5G에 GSI들을 설치하는 방법이 있습니다

//en

//on computer

./adb.exe push {route of system.img) /sdcard/system.img

//(If the computer command succeeds)on A90 5G

dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/by-name/system bs=999999999

//ko

//컴퓨터에서

./adb.exe push {system.img 파일 경로) /sdcard/system.img

//(컴퓨터에서 성공하면)A90 5G 에서

dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/by-name/system bs=999999999

(en)	12L	12	13	14
AOSP by Google	boot	not booting	boot
+GMS by Google	boot	not booting	not boot
MIUI (NipponGSI)	boot (has problems)	not tested	not tested
Pixel (NipponGSI)	not booting (framework crashes)	not booting (framework crashes)	boot	boot (kernel crashes on boot/reboot)
OneUI (NipponGSI)	boot (kernel crashes)	boot (crash on setup)

common problem : first and third camera not works, Android 14 and 12 (except AOSP) has kernel crash on reboot

(ko)	12L	12	13	14
AOSP (구글)	부팅 됨	부팅 안됨	부팅 됨
+GMS (구글)	부팅 됨	부팅 안됨	부팅 안됨
MIUI (NipponGSI)	부팅 됨 (문제 있음)	확인되지 않음	확인되지 않음
Pixel (NipponGSI)	부팅 안됨 (프레임워크 고장)	부팅 안됨 (프레임워크 고장)	부팅 됨	부팅 됨 (부트/재부트 커널 크래쉬)
OneUI (NipponGSI)	boot (kernel crashes)	boot (crash on setup)

일반적 문제 : 1번, 3번 카메라 미작동, Android 14와 12 (AOSP 제외) 재부팅에서 커널 크래쉬

original post : TeraWilf
[Samsung Galaxy A90 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] sagdrdd:
Is it necessary to format data before installing GSI ROM?
[Samsung Galaxy A90 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] sagdrdd:
Previously I tried to install using TWRP many times but it didn't work.

When my phone is in Download Mode, Odin software recognizes the driver but in "fastboot device" it does not recognize the driver.
[Samsung Galaxy A90 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Hyoungjin park:
Yes you need format your data & flash multidisabler-samsung
[Samsung Galaxy A90 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Hyoungjin park:
Force off and boot to regular odin mode
[Samsung Galaxy A90 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] sagdrdd:
Do you have a MIUI GSI link suitable for A90 5G?

I tried many versions on SourceForge but none of them booted
[Samsung Galaxy A90 5G Guides, News, & Discussion] Hyoungjin park:
You should downgrade vendor if 12 vendor is not working
[Huawei P30 Pro Questions & Answers] Te3k:
A friend of mine went to China, and was given a P30 Pro (Chinese local model). She factory-reset it, and used the phone for around a month in China without any issue. On the flight back to Canada, she was on the aircraft Wi-Fi when all of the sudden she lost all Wi-Fi connectivity, and couldn't see anyone's hotspots on the aircraft, which was unusual (because there are always so many). The way she described it, it was like her radios got disabled. So she rebooted the phone. Upon reboot, it prompted her for a text-based password. But she says she had never set up a text-based password; she had only used a pin code since it was originally reset. She's now stuck with a brick, with the only option being to factory reset the phone from recovery, it seems.

Is this typical behaviour? Is this an automatic function when a Chinese P30 Pro leaves China and heads to Canada?

She wants to recover her photos. Would going back to China and connecting to local towers remove this password? Or, is it going to be set now, since it's been triggered?

I haven't attempted any data extraction over USB, but don't anticipate /sdcard will be available so easily, without the device being unlocked first. Does anyone have any ideas or options?

If anyone can even just confirm whether or not this behaviour tends to happen when Chinese phones leave China, that would be great. I haven't been able to dig up any info on this yet, but a lot of her family members are saying this is normal when a phone leaves China, and you have to factory reset to get past the lock. I'm amazed. It's technically feasible of course, and not beyond reason that China would do this, but still! It makes me wonder if airplane mode would have kept the device alive; or else a Faraday bag, just to see how this mechanism works. How bizarre.
[Huawei P30 Pro Questions & Answers] Zxalilh:
I have never heard of anything like that happening. What is the closet you can get to recovering your data? Can you even boot the phone?
[Huawei P30 Pro Questions & Answers] Te3k:
Can boot up to regular lockscreen, where it asks for an alphanumeric passcode that was never set. Only a pin has been set. It never asked for anything other than a pin up until now, even after reboot in China. But since leaving China, now it wants a password.
[Huawei P30 Pro Questions & Answers] Zxalilh:
Could you include a picture of it?
[Huawei P30 Pro Questions & Answers] Te3k:
Sure. Just seems like a normal password prompt. But:

-It never asked for a password before, only a pin.

-Phone's been rebooted multiple times, and only ever needed a pin after reboot.

-My friend swears she never set any password. She received the phone after a fresh wipe, and went through all the initial setup screens herself.

-Losing Wi-Fi all of the sudden when leaving the country seems inexplicable.

Reminder: it's a Chinese domestic market phone, purchased and used in mainland China. Maybe this is some kind of region-lock detection? That means it may be a generic Huawei password that's been set. Just speculating.
[Huawei P30 Pro Questions & Answers] Zxalilh:
I assume you mean you got the phone second hand by "she received the phone after a fresh wipe". The cause of this might be that the phone was stolen and the original owner set a pin through the internet and also the reason why there's a pin on your phone. If you are sure nobody put a pin on the phone, this is likely why it happened.
[Huawei P30 Pro Questions & Answers] Te3k:
Hmm it doesn't seem to be the case. After inquiry, I learned the phone was purchased brand new. My friend's sister held it, but didn't really use it (she's an iPhone girl), so she gave it to my friend who then wiped it and set it up. The original purchaser is verified, so unless someone's lying, it doesn't fit the story.

Furthermore, since it was set up fresh, there isn't any account associated with it to activate something like "find my device" or remote-lock through a Huawei account (and they don't have Google in mainland China, so it's not Google FRP or anything like that). I think that would mean it would have to go through something like a carrier's IMEI blacklist function for it to be the case that this behaviour results from it being reported lost/stolen. But what's odd is I've seen blacklisted phones before, and that function typically takes out cellular, not Wi-Fi, right? The phone was in airplane mode leaving the country when Wi-Fi dropped. Only after a reboot was an alphanumeric password (not a PIN) required to bypass the lock screen (which still has my friend's picture on it--not some stock "this phone is stolen" message).

Of course we can reset the phone through recovery, but then she'll lose all her travel photos, so we're trying to avoid that. But if it was indeed reported stolen and blacklisted at the carrier-level, then the IMEI would remain blocked after a wipe, right? So we can test that.

It gets more interesting. I talked to a bunch of Chinese folks. Multiple independent people say it's actually quite common for Chinese domestic phones leaving China to lock themselves, and require a full wipe. Possibly, this has something to do with surveillance/anti-spying tech. I can't find much info online about this, but then I don't speak Chinese, and that kind of info could simply be locked down in typical CCP fashion.

Anyway, she's headed back to China with the phone (will it unlock itself once registered on a Chinese tower? I doubt it). She's also been invited to go to Huawei shops to talk to them about it. Their local customer service seemed quite open and helpful. But ultimately, she may just have to wipe, and then we'll see what happens next.
[Huawei P30 Pro Questions & Answers] Zxalilh:
Definitely could be that china has some regulations about it. I think unlocking the bootloader when the phone is in china so you can always backup your data with a custom recovery would be another choice to prevent these from happening in the future.
[Shift General] Dean405:
I recently sent my computer back to the factory to have it repaired. When the sent it back, my WM side has a navigation screen that I did not have before. GPS navigation is available from Telenav for a fee.

Anyway, when you go to Tlenav's site, they have the shift on their site as being compatible with their service. They further state that the Shift has a GPS receiver built in. They have a place to sign up for GPS mapping services for this shift.

Has anyone tried this. Does it work ok? Is it worth the fee?
[Shift General] Zhariak:
I tried, but I could only enter US addresses to sign up.

I called the 1-800 number, and they told me that in Canada you have to purchase it from your local cell provider. I baught my Shift unlocked from HTC. So I'm running the american TeleNav software, and not the provider specific versions that (ex Rogers) would put on the device if it was purchased from them.

I am interested in trying it, but after waiting on the phone for 50 minutes to get a User/Pass from Rogers, I hung up thinking im not waiting any longer.
[Shift General] Dean405:
I am in the US, but not sure I want it bad enough to pay for it. I have a Garmin GPS already, so I really don't need it. It would be nice to have it on there though.

Map updates from Garmin are about 70 bucks a year and they come out about every 20 months or so.
[OnePlus Nord 2 5G] dariodamico:
Hi everybody

Can some upload the boot.img for

DN2103_11_F.48 EU to root my device​
[OnePlus Nord 2 5G] Klangerzeuger:
this is the EU version (DN2103) F48

https://gauss-componentotacostmanual-eu.allawnofs.com/remove-06fd075901b8e2d899ab0427a79a2237/component-ota/23/10/12/fc94b6fcb13d4a15b66db69f449705e2.zip
[OnePlus Nord 2 5G] dariodamico:
Thank you brother
[OnePlus Nord 2 5G] dariodamico:
Please I need boot.img for magisk
[OnePlus Nord 2 5G] Klangerzeuger:
You are funny, what do you think is in the zip?

Download and open the zip, the boot.img is there. 🤦🏼‍♂️
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] plbelanger:
I have yet to receive my device yet so I'm wondering if the Touch Diamond plays well with Linux? As in can I transfer music to the device, sync etc? I also have Windows XP setup in Virtualbox so I'm wondering if it will work with that also. Thanks.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Addicteddddd:
it's not the biggest of fans when it comes to linux, but i believe sync solutions are being developed; though none readily available at current.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] butterdori:
Not sure about sync but you should be able to access the 4GB internal storage through disk mode
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] dervish666:
There is a sync solution called SynCE, which works but is a bit fiddly. You can certainly xfer music to the diamond as it appears as a mass storage device. I've had to nuke my Virtualbox install before trying activesync in it so I don't know but I would frankly be rather surprised if it worked, the USB passthrough for VBox isn't perfect.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] akuru:
I suggest you to check FinchSync, its written in Java, so it is platform independent. I haven't tried it though.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] dervish666:
FitchSync doesn't seem to sync with Evolution, Not totally sure about this, haven't properly checked it.

I have been playing with multisync which should be able to sync but for some reason doesn't, no error message or anything, click sync and nothing happens. Have to investigate that.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] foh1981:
I updated the Wiki with an option for syncing the Touch Diamond with Linux. I'm personally using this method for syncing my Diamond with Thunderbird under Ubuntu 8.10. The method is based on Funambol, which has plug-ins for both Evolution and Thunderbird. There's also an Outlook plug-in, meaning that you can sync with Windows too. The obvious benefit is that by using Funambol you can actually sync your phone with several different computers and/or operating systems. It's decentralized (stored on Funambols server), which means that the drawback is a two-step syncing procedure every time you need to sync :) The page and instructions for getting started with myFunambol is here: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Diamond_Sync_Linux

Edit: Oh yeah, another benefit you have by using Funambol is that you can transfer all your contacts from your old phone easily. It's very likely that your old phone has support for SyncML, so if you create an account on myFunambol and sync your old phone and then sync your Diamond you'll have all your contacts on your Diamond! :)

I have also updated the page on using your Diamond as a modem (via Bluetooth) in Linux. You can find the instructions here: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Diamond_Modem_With_Linux

Mass storage mode works out of the box in Ubuntu 8.04+ (possibly other versions too). This means that you can transfer music to the phone. However, you won't get the album art by doing it this way. I haven't looked in to this yet. It's possible you need to sync with Windows Media Player for the music transfering to work 100%. Or maybe it's just a matter of naming the album art right and putting it in the right place. I dunno :)

Edit: If anyone has information regarding the music player in the Diamond, specifically about using album art, it'd be much appreciated :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] foh1981:
I finally took the time to investigate the music player, and it turns out it's really simple to get the album art showing. There's no need to use synchronization from Windows, you just have to put the album art in the same folder as the mp3-files and name the picturefile hTC_AM_AlbumArt.jpg (that's the name the file gets if you use Windows Media Player to sync music to your HTC, it's possible or even likely it's case sensitive). WMP seems to resize the art to 256x256 pixels. You should do the same, and also use a fair amount of compression to keep the file size down. It appears that you can use whatever resolution you want for the file, but it takes longer to load if it's big.

If you are having problems with the playing lists, soft reset the device and remove the file /Application Data/HTC/AudioManager_Eng/AudioManager_Eng.vol on the

main memory

(not the 4GB internal storage). You cannot open the music player after the soft reset or the file will be locked for deletion!

Also, if your music is in disorder you should update the ID3 tag. I'm not sure, but the Touch Diamond probably doesn't read ID3v1.x tags. ID3V2.4 is confirmed to work, and that's also the latest standard for ID3 tags, but most mp3s probably is tagged with v2.3 which most certainly should work too. Try it before you retag your whole music library. Under Linux you can use EasyTag to tag your mp3 files. EasyTag can be found in the Ubuntu 8.10 repository. EasyTag has a function for tagging mp3s with pictures, but this doesn't seem to work on the HTC. It just displays the hTC_AM_AlbumArt.jpg anyway. So if you want different pictures for different songs (ie singles) you should put them in separate folders with different hTC_AM_AlbumArt.jpg
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] klotskop:
Funambol working fine, sync your data well

Look also at dashwire.com working fine on diamond (and his clones)

Both, first time sync trouh a windows machine on avtive sync

specialy if you dont have flat fee internet on your cell

it takes some time on mobile internet end gives you a great bill if you dont have flat fee

PS: Funambol syncs whit thunderbird on linux whit a funambol plugin and lighting from mozilla, fast and no errors
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] iceblade997:
does funambol let you install and remove apps on the phone?

and transferring music / video can be done via the 'disk drive' connecction when connecting to the phone
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] foh1981:
No, it does not. It's not that kind of syncing program. Iit's only focused on personal information, ie calender, tasks and contacts.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] foh1981:
Seems Google Sync ( http://www.google.com/mobile/default/sync.html ) kan be used to sync your Google accounts Calendar and GMail Contacts via ActiveSync on the Diamond (Exchange-mode?). I haven't tried it yet, but if you're already using Google services this should be ideal. Google also has mobile versions of many of their products (for instance Docs, Tasks etc). Please note that you should have a flat rate for internet data, or this would most certainly be rather expensive.
[General Questions and Answers] nanroto:
I am using an application that can check my IP address. Is there any application that blocks from checking my address?
[General Questions and Answers] ApkFiles.com:
The question is not very clear, do you want to hide youur real IP when you visit a site or use a certain app connected to internet ?

Tor indeed might work well for many related things, and there is a browser for mobile too.
[Nothing Phone 2] dfogelstrom:
Hey all,

I'm on 2.0.4 rooted with Magisk, modules running, Substratum & Orange Fox Recovery installed. What is the correct process to update to 2.5 and keep root and hopefully not have to wipe? TIA.
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
It's in my root thread buddy.

A few people have said that they can temp unroot then update then install magisk after OTA, but for me it fails.

In your case I don't know, you can try it but you'll need to flash the stock recovery anyway as it won't update with that installed.

So if it were me.

1. Flash stock recovery.

2. Full unroot and reboot.

3. Install update.

4. Grab patched image and boot it

5. Once in system, open magisk and direct install.

It's up to you, try the temp unroot method first but you'll still need stock recovery to do that.

👍🏼
[Nothing Phone 2] Globus.gd:
I will stick to this thread with my question :)

So if:

- only rooted

- no mod recoveries flased

What is easy update to 2.5.1?

1. In Magisk - uninstall magisk - restore image

2. SWITCH OFF all modules

3. Update OTA or with full image use *#*#682#*#*

4. NOT power off

5. Install magisk from magisk menu to inactive slot (after ota)

6. Reboot

???
[Nothing Phone 2] Gimmly:
I did 2.5.1 update like i did it ever on my Oneplus Devices... I did not unroot or deactivated any Modules!

1. Normaly update Full Image *#*#682#*#* but DONT restart!

2. Open Magisk and tap install to inactive slot (after OTA)

3. Reboot

4. Done

If anything goes wrong, and u dont have root active after that:

1. Extract boot.img from OTA with Pyload dumper

2. Open Magisk and tap install using file to patch

3. Reboot to Bootloader

4. Use "fastboot boot magisk-patched.img"

5. Open Magisk and tap install directly

6. Done