yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] sleepchild:
root guide nokia ta-1218 and other mtk phones:

- basically all you need is to get mtkclient from https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient

- there are setup instructions for diferent os in the readme file.

- also if you read the readme file you will find that it shows all that you need to root your phone:

1)) DOWNLOAD/ INSTALL PREQUISITES:

a) For Windows:

- get 7zip if you dont have it: https://www.7-zip.org/download.html

- install mtk usb drivers: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=2188818919693776285

- install python 3.9 or newer: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-390/

- install usbdk: https://github.com/daynix/UsbDk/releases/

- install git: https://git-scm.com/downloads

- also generic usb drivers may be helpful if you face problems : https://www.xda-developers.com/download-android-usb-drivers/

, or do search online.

b) For debian Linux:

- run: sudo apt install python3 git libusb-1.0-0 python3-pip

c) For arch linux:

- run: (sudo) pacman -S python python-pip git libusb

d) ON your nokia 1218 install magisk because you will need it later:

https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/download/v25.2/

or get latest version if it is avalable.

2) BUILD MTKCLIENT:

- for linux open shell and run:

git clone https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient
cd mtkclient
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
python3 setup.py build
python3 setup.py install

- for windows open command line and run:

git clone https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient
cd mtkclient
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

3) ROOT PHONE:

- open cmd/ shell and cd to mtkclient folder then run:

python mtk_gui

a)

- turn off phone. (remove battery to be sure. then return battery)

- hold volume down and connect usb;

- check top right corner to see if it says 'phone detected'

- if not, you may have a driver related issue

- if it does but nothing else happens, remove cable, hold volume down and connect cable again.

b)

- under 'read partition' tab tick boot(32mb) and vbmeta(8mb)

- click 'read partition(s)' button towards the right and choose folder where file will be copied.

- when its done, reboot the phone (its safe to do a battery pull)

- install magisk

- copy boot.img and vbmeta to phone

- open magisk, click install and select boot.img then next

- take note of where file is and copy to pc

c)

- turn off phone, run mtkclient

- under 'flash tools' tab select unlock bootloader

- then under 'write partition' tab find boot and click on 'set' then choose the patched file.

- boot should now be ticked (tickable)

- click on 'write partition(s)' button

- when its done. remove cable, reboot phone.

d)

- open magisk and goto install

- select direct install and 'lets go'.

- wait for it to finish then reboot.

YOU GOT ROOT!!

BUT PLEASE DO NOT UPDATE MAGISK EVER; THAT CAN CAUSE ISSUES;

. thanks.
[Android Head-Units] jeebob:
I have a PODOFO A1394UP, but honestly its disappointing in terms of firmware. Does anyone know of any updated firmware for the device? because I bought it from a 3rd party seller, PODOFO as the manufacturers are refusing to support and provide updated firmware because I didn't buy from them direct.

Does anyone have the same issues I have with the firmware:

a) rear view camera only works just after boot

b) radio is extremely unreliable in signal

I just want to try a different firmware version and see if it behaves any better, but it seems impossible to find it.

The unit is an 82227L I believe?
[Android Head-Units] marchnz:
https://xdaforums.com/search/70473740/?q=8227l&o=relevance

Based on I believe 8227
[MX Player] Fovaxus:
Most of the time if you have many embedded subtitles of different languages, their names are mostly just "full" or "forced" and it's impossible to know in advance in what language each one of these subtitles are:

View attachment 6030915

There is the only way to find it out: checking information about video file, where language is specified in info about subtitle stream:

View attachment 6030916

What I'm proposing

is to display language of subtitle stream near to its name in subtitle selection menu, such as "Full, English", "Forced, French". Not just name of subtitle stream.
[General Questions and Answers] olover01:
Hello everyone,

I'm sorry if this will be a duplicate thread, but I haven't found a solution to my problem.

In my OnePlus Nord (see system screen below)View attachment 6030921

running BlissRom v 16.9 suddenly, after working smoothly for about two months, the GPay stopped working today. I haven't done any modifications, the Google Wallet is updated to the latest version. Google Wallet prompts the following message View attachment 6030920

Now, I would have thought that I must have done something wrong, but my friend running the following device on YAAP ROM happens to occured the same problem just at the same time as me. Here are the device specs:

View attachment 6030922View attachment 6030923

Based off these facts, and the coincidence of both devices working (preciously flawlessly for about two months) suddenly stopping, I judge that Google must have done something about checking SeLinux or the SafetyNet check, which I do pass.

Any help would be appreciated, for more details, tag me.

Thank y'all!
[General Questions and Answers] Fooking Rekt:
GitHub - chiteroman/PlayIntegrityFix: Fix Play Integrity (and SafetyNet) verdicts.

Fix Play Integrity (and SafetyNet) verdicts. Contribute to chiteroman/PlayIntegrityFix development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com
[General Questions and Answers] James_Watson:
Has your OnePlus Nord been rooted?
[General Questions and Answers] olover01:
No, it hasn't. Just running a custom rom. Both of the phones.
[General Questions and Answers] olover01:
Does this work without rooting?
[General Questions and Answers] olover01:
Oh. Thanks for the info, though I don't really understand what to do with it 😅 I'm not an Android/Linux pro, I can do basic stuff concerning flashing roms, rooting and so on, but is there a way to continue using GPay with no root on a custom ROM?

I heard more people are experiencing this problem over here:

Resolved - Google wallet stopped working/Device doesn't meet security requirements

Hi everyone, I am using POCO F3 (Alioth), with xiaomi.eu rom, not rooted. Today, I paid for my lunch using my phone without issue. Around 30 minutes later, when I was trying to pay for another purchase, google wallet told me I can't because my device doesn't meet security requirements. What I...

xiaomi.eu
[General Questions and Answers] Fooking Rekt:
No
[General Questions and Answers] olover01:
Damn, do you think there will be a fix for this without root?

In case of rooting (I don't remember and that's why I'm asking), do you lose your data, or are they intact?
[General Questions and Answers] Fooking Rekt:
As long as your bootloader is already unlocked, no data will be lost
[General Questions and Answers] olover01:
Oh perfect. So I just root (if you could point the me to the right and easiest direction, I'll be infinitely obliged), and continue with what you posted above?
[General Questions and Answers] Fooking Rekt:
No clue how to root OnePlus phones. I'm assuming it's the general "patch boot.img in Magisk, then flash in fastboot" method.
[General Questions and Answers] olover01:
Alright. Is it cool to pull my boot.img through adb?
[General Questions and Answers] Fooking Rekt:
Should be fine yes
[Samsung Galaxy A23 5G] Eastwood3000:
OEM lock is hidden on my A23 5G TracFone , Is there any way to fix this in developer options? And is it mandatory to have it unlocked in order to root my phone?
[Samsung Galaxy A23 5G] Rajarshi Khatua:
There are several methods to consider, and it's important to note that this process involves trial and error:

1. Remove your SIM card and restart.

2. Turn on mobile data and restart.

3. Perform a factory reset on your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy A23 5G] Eastwood3000:
Thank You kindly, I will try the options.
[Samsung Galaxy A23 5G] TimmyDSI:
any luck?
[Samsung Galaxy A23 5G] Eastwood3000:
Unfortunately not. Thank you for checking though.
[Samsung Galaxy A23 5G] itzParsaYC:
get carrier unlock.
[Samsung Galaxy A23 5G] itzParsaYC:
Also change the title. when i readed title i was thinking the hidden bootloader is beautiful or not :)
[Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Questions & Answers] tazhuts:
Windows detects my device without problem through ADB but when I connect it in fastboot mode, nothing happens.

Not drivers issues.. I have tried with W7 32/64 bits, W10 32/64 bits, Ubuntu 21 and nothing, it does NOT detect it.

If I put myself more clearly, when you connect something to the computer, it sounds, it does something, it recognizes it even if I don't install it, but that is not the case, it only recognizes ADB and I would like to unlock it to change the ROM for another one.

Thank you and sorry for the english.. I use a translator..
[Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Questions & Answers] tazhuts:
No one? Any idea...?
[General Questions and Answers] Flexmaen:
Is there any keyboard app, where I can freely move and arrange the keys?
[General Questions and Answers] EllieCat:
I believe so. Ones such as SwiftKey and GBoard. You can also reprogram the physical keyboard itself. There are also official addons for specific OS
[General Questions and Answers] Flexmaen:
Can you give me any clue on how to move and add GBoard Buttons as you like?

I not find anything useful yet. Only thing I found is something like "Multiling O Keyboard" or JBK2-Keyboard but they won't run on newer Android versions.
[General Questions and Answers] EllieCat:
What android version do you have? GBoard does have a functionality to change the language of your choice.

Change your keyboard theme, sound, or vibration - Android - Gboard Help

You can change how Gboard looks, sounds, and vibrates. Important: If your device's vibration settings are turned off, your Gboard's vibration settings will be overridden.

support.google.com
[General Questions and Answers] Fooking Rekt:
If you happen to have a Samsung phone, use Key's Café in Goodlock
[General Questions and Answers] Flexmaen:
Android 13. But I do not want to chose one of the preset keyboard layouts, I want to change the position of the buttons itself.

The Problem with Gboard is: If you enable the Umlautes (ä,ö,ü) it will move the last row of keys, which just is stupid because it does break the logik of the standard keyboard (see attached image).

I did find Keyboard Designer, which works well. Only downside is that you lose the Swiftkey functionality.
[General Questions and Answers] EllieCat:
On Apple you can hold down the keys and it will have the option to use the Umlautes. Example ë ö ü ä ï
[General Questions and Answers] Flexmaen:
I know, but this wasn't the question since it just delays the typing experience.
[General Questions and Answers] EllieCat:
What I recommend is for you to practice with the keyboard with the umlauts line texting and searching.
[General Questions and Answers] Flexmaen:
I don't see any point in practicing a broken keyboard layout.

If it makes any sense to deal with a different keyboard layout, then something like Neo which can be more efficient.

However as I said Keyboard Designer can fix things if Google doesn't.

Don't know if there is a solution if you want to use SwiftKey, however.
[General Questions and Answers] EllieCat:
It depends how how you feel with it. It doesn’t hurt to try new layouts.
[General Questions and Answers] Flexmaen:
Yes, unless they are broken. ;)

Like in my example the same layout is different on the Tablet. So it's clearly a bug. I mean, this layout isn't different because someone thought about it, it's different because no one cared.
[Device Repair] Shany_94:
Hello, I have a problem with this completely dead Asus Rog Phone 2. I performed continuity tests with a multimeter and found that all the capacitors marked in red are not functional (they don't beep), except for the last one marked in blue. I suspect there is a short somewhere in the VPH line. Before replacing the power IC, I was wondering if you could give me some guidance or advice on how to proceed. Thank you very much.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] STraver:
I've found GoodNotes to be handy on the iPad and would like something similar for my P8P. Looking on Play there are a bunch of note apps but it's not clear whether they work with a capacitive stylus and how useful they are. Many require a subscription which I resist because I don't plan to use this often on my P8P but would like to have the option. Any suggestions that someone has found useful? Thank you!!
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] jljtgr:
My go-to notes app for Android has mostly been Microsoft OneNote. It has full support for hardware(wacom?) stylus layers, but I don't see why it wouldn't work okay for a capacitive pen. It just won't switch automatically because it can't tell your stylus from a finger? And I have no idea how palm rejection would work.

The Samsung SPen or other brand's dedicated hardware tell Android something specific about the pen hovering and OneNote among others can switch to Ink mode automatically. Since the Pixels don't have a dedicated hardware layer, the best you can do is capacitive which is the same as your finger and you would have to switch to Ink mode manually.

OneNote should be free across all platforms and can sync on all platforms. So in theory, you can download it on your iPad and have the same notes collection. It works very well on Android and Windows, at least.

PS. Are capacitive pens actually worth using on Android? I looked at a few of them, thought they looked bad and bought an Android eink tablet with a hardware sensor stylus.
[Google Pixel 8 Pro] Utini:
Obsidian with the drawing plugin? ExcaliDraw
[General Topics] xylopopz1991:
Hi,

I had my S21 Ultra 5g rooted remotely by some powerful malicious malware and I was wondering if there were a way to sandbox the USB connection point in a way that only permits data to be sent from computer to android device. My concern is that with the device being rooted by a malicious actor, that the "download" mode could be a spoof pre-programmed into the device to give the impression that the flash was successful and actually fails to flash the firmware but says that it worked.

I also don't want the malware to infect any OS I connect the device to because the malware is definitely capable of doing something like this, I've flashed my device twice already and each time reinfection and consequently being re-rooted happens each time, wether it's through another mode of transmission or what I've described above I am not certain but I would like to know if it is in fact possible to sandbox this connection in a way that prevents transmission of malicious files to my otherwise clean OS. Thanks for your insights. Ive attached relevant images of my issue and of files/processes i cant remove. There are several more but not included.View attachment 6030963View attachment 6030964View attachment 6030967View attachment 6030966View attachment 6030968View attachment 6030965
[Moto G Stylus 5G] jcl972:
i have a moto g stylus 5g 2023 anyone working on this phone?
[Moto G Stylus 5G] DragonFire1024:
I am :) EDIT: working on the Moto G 5G 2023 XT2313 (not the stylus). I think the codename is pnangn. Very very new device so not 100% sure of codename.
[Moto G Stylus 5G] jcl972:
sorry i kept quoting you
[Moto G Stylus 5G] jcl972:
do you know anything about the stylas 5g 2023 (code name anything)
[Moto G Stylus 5G] jcl972:
when i hit your link i get 404 Not Found​
[Moto G Stylus 5G] DragonFire1024:
sorry no. It took me a while to figure out it wasn't a stylus version only because there is no stylus lol Both the stylus and non-stylus were released in May of 2023 so they're still very fairly new. I have had quite a hard time finding much of anything in terms of development for these devices because i can't find a lot of the source codes and nobody has built much of anything for them yet. but I did manage to root mine install a generic system image (GSI) and was able to make /system RW (writable). In my opinion the stock firmware, mine was from T-Mobile, sucks really bad and they put a lot of junk on there that doesn't need to be on it. Nonetheless even with all the junk on it, the phone is pretty decent and is pretty fast much to my surprise.
[Moto G Stylus 5G] Jerithchaos:
Anyone got a working frp solution for the 2023 variant. Xt2315-1 is the model number. No voice commands
[Moto G Stylus 5G] DragonFire1024:
XT2313 (pnangn) here. so I have been experimenting with this variant of Moto G 5G and I will be honest. M9otorola stopped making really bad ass phones a long time ago...until recently at least, and in my opinion. They, for lack of better terms, just started to get very boring. This is the first bufget Moto phone I have used in a long time. I nener liked the Moto line, mostly because the US always gets the crap end of the stick when it come to phones. there's always the "US variant" and then the device the rest of the world gets. With that said this is a great phone. Memory is pretty blazing and plenty of storage. Bootloader is unlockable. Magisk seems to work as well as could be expected but have yet to be able to pass safety net. Stock rom is complete garbage and in my opinion filled with a bunch of crap apps that are unnessary. Unfortunately Play store does download about 16 apps that are "included". I recommend immediately installing a GSI, generic system image, once rooted. I have tested out two so far, one from google's officialy repository and built by then and the other a custom ROM, Evolution X available for free here on github. You have to choose another Android 13 ROM or higher or the image won't boot. Unfortunately device is too new for an actual custom ROM as one does not exist.

TWRP does not exist, but the source code to build it does. Also on Github. Custom ROM device tree/source also available. Going to play around with them in the coming weeks. Will take some time, I work a lot and need to download the AOSP source code or Lineage.

I also requested a new section be added to XDA for this device so I can post my work on it so far if anyone is interested in it.
[Moto G Stylus 5G] jcl972:
i definitely am interested in all you got. i forgot how to root my phone plus i have a moto and am used to samsung
[Moto G Stylus 5G] DragonFire1024:
Well I've tried so far three different GSI roma. So far my favorite one is the first one, Evolution X. That one has a lot of cool themes and features that I didn't know Android could even do. Perhaps my favorite feature is the clear theme and I don't mean clearing cache. I mean the theme is actually 'clear'. After trying two other ones I went straight back to that ROM. The other two I tried, SparkOS and RisingOS, didn't seem too different from each other and really didn't notice anything you need about them. Plus there were also a couple of little anomalies with the setting of application that was really annoying. You would click on certain settings and it would take you to the beginning of settings. I will get some screenshots when I get home from work. I work overnight so it won't be until sometime in the morning but pretty neat stuff.

In regards to building TWRP, well I don't know if it's building right or not because it will go through what seems to be the entire process, without so much as a hitch, but always stalls out or doesn't complete at the very last step. I'm a little rusty I haven't worked from the source in quite a while so I'm going to need to relearn everything. Seems that's the only two device trees that exist right now I thought one happened to be the actual device tree but this is only for recoveries. The earliest day I am seeing in terms of when this thing first appeared was sometime in May of this year and there's not even a kernel source at the moment so everything is so brand new that I'm literally working with crumbs.

Also I managed to get the Moto interactive wallpapers to work on the evolution X GSI. All of them. And then I decided to keep screwing around with stuff and don't realize what caused up but they stopped working. So I'll have a chance to play around with them tomorrow.
[Moto G Stylus 5G] DragonFire1024:
Here is a couple of screenshots of my home screen and the settings app on the Evolution X GSI ROM. The background or the wallpaper in this case is one of the Moto interactive wallpapers. Probably my favorite of the moto wallpapers. It has permissions for gathering stats from the accelerometer so when you move your phone or do certain things that slightly moves. It comes in red or blue. The theme is actually called 'clear' and as part of the dark theme also by far my favorite theme.
[Moto G Stylus 5G] defoj10:
Are there any issues with the GSI rom? Does cellular data, VoLTE, fingerprint scanner all work?
[Moto G Stylus 5G] DragonFire1024:
I do not have a SIM card in this device at the moment so I cannot speak for the the service. I have not encountered any kind of technical issues. At least not that I can recall off the top of my head. It actually works pretty darn good to be honest.

Well I have finally managed to get a TWRP image built but there are some issues. This device does not have a recovery partition so we have to make it into a boot image, otherwise known as recovery ramdisk. So it builds and it boots. But the problem is it just boots to recovery and not the system. And there is a severe lag between the time TWRP loads, and when you press buttons. Very unmanageable because the lag is indeterminate as in it is either long or slow but there's doesn't seem to be a pattern. With that being said I did not test out any of the options that are available in this image because I didn't want to screw up anything or press the wrong button or have it register a press in a part of the screen I didn't press. Going to have to research a bit more on how this is supposed to be done. But not bad for a first build. At least it loads so I know I'm doing something right.
[Moto G Stylus 5G] DragonFire1024:
Woo Hoo. TWRP boots via "fastboot boot boot.img" now. First build , that did not work. From this point, assuming the IMG does indeed work, and since we don't have a recovery partition, we would flash this to the 'recovery-ramdisk'. Pressing the buttons is still severely lagging, though much less than before. I have an SD card in my slot because for some reason twrp says I don't have any internal storage available. So I will have to research that part. Also on Ubunru 18, running 'lsusb' doesn't show the device name, but does have the identifiers (example: 1234:4321) so thats something else I need to figure out too.
[Moto G Stylus 5G] DragonFire1024:
Ok TWRP reads storage. There is a catch. in order fo it to do so, you need to format data by either formatting or repairing data...wipe > advanced > format/repair. once you do that, everything mounts including storage. At this point you would used the advanced settings option to flash the build to recovery-ramdisk, something I have yet to get to. I just want to make sure I am not missing anything in the device tree and makefiles. Both the sources I referenced earlier are quite different from each other. Some of the code is poorly written and some repeats throughout a single file like BoardConfig. If else fails, there is a common tree for out SoC sm4350 but only so much of it is gathereed and not enough of it to do anything for a ROM yet. I have to clean that up too.

Meanwhile, in my mess of USB cables, 2 went bad and were causing all the ports to fail, unless it was a mouse, keyboard or camera. Took me several hours to figure it all out, remove and replace the cables and reinstalled ALL drivers for my USB devices. Since my Linux boots alongside my Windows 10, the problem persisted over there as well so I couldn't do anything until I got that fixed.