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[Xiaomi Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo (China)] powerasp:
nice putting the blame on xiaomi when you yourself did something wrong due to which it got bricked. And if the device is bricked then the device or motherboard will be easily replaced by the service center for free unless and until you have also damaged the outer body or screen of the phone.

So stop giving false reasons and don't try to scare new modders.

Even I bricked my phone last month as I was experimenting with different rom's firmware, so was it my fault for not following normal rules and trying something different or should I just blame some developer or the phone company which you are trying to do. And then I took it to customer care service, they replaced my motherboard in 1 week for free

The company or developers didn't tell you to use custom roms, you did it willfully so stop blaming others for your own fault
[Xiaomi Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo (China)] muppetz:
This is not enough reason for a good proper ROM to install , I agree with a few here who appreciate stock ROM . All custom ROM's have bugs , annoying bugs , need root and magisk for banking apps with modules deprecated often , all ROM's have a short developer mantaining workflow , camera apk also is worst face to stock and so on .

For fun flashing a custom ROM is awesome but for anyone who want using a good and reliable android phone , stock is enough for now .

Like someone said , after stopping updates maybe I'll switch to custom or better I'll sell the phone and get another .

Due security reason till Android 10 it was reasonable fact , custom ROMs were necessary and easy to mantain , update and customisable but now , these days I don't get the point .

All threads , almost all , they are related to custom ROMs which have huge problems and all folks wonder if or when those bugs will be fixed .
[Xiaomi Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo (China)] pooyab:
It's always a personal decision. I tried almost all custom ROMs and currently prefer stock Indonedia, highly debloated by myself. It gives me a balanced experience overall.
[Xiaomi Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo (China)] uradryct:
Topaz is good with battery and performance and I just found one bug:

Using brave browser won't be able to swap from portrait to landscape in full-screen video.

First need to put the phone in landscape and then enter in full-screen or you'll get a black screen.

And if you do wrong, all the problems is just that. Don't get stuck or anything.
[Xiaomi Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo (China)] metaxda:
What kind of 'idle drain' are you getting?

What kernel are you using?
[Xiaomi Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo (China)] uradryct:
0,7% with Melt Kernel

On Kernelsu with ACC, Zygisk, Zygisk next, BBS and Disable Secure Flags.

Without KSU idle drain should be lower
[Xiaomi Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo (China)] metaxda:
I've used BBS before, and I found that to be a battery "drain".

I check my battery drain with FrancoKernel (on different Xiaomi phone),

but I'm still waiting for my F5 unlock from Xiaomi.
[Xiaomi Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo (China)] powerasp:
Dude just flash eliterom lite then, its custom rom based on miui or hyperos. SO all goodies of stock rom with free unlimited original google photos backup
[Xiaomi Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo (China)] metaxda:
Can we flash Android 14 [A14] custom ROMs

on Android 13 [A13] firmware of F5 phone ?

or must we update from A13 to A14 first on the phone,

before flashing any A14-based custom ROMs ?

I'm just wondering if I updated from A13 to A14,

then I have to wait another 7-days for unlocking bootloader.
[Xiaomi Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo (China)] d7F=Dtcddt/:
You should follow maintainer's guide. For example, the firmware of evolution x A14 rom is A13 at first, and switch to A14 in the latest rom(2024.02.17). You should flash the correct firmware or will meet some wired problems like unable to charge. @metaxda
[Xiaomi Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo (China)] metaxda:
I have A13 firmware on my F5 phone.

I want to install A14 crDroid ROM.

So, I wanted to know if I need to flash A14 firmware first,

before getting the A14 crDroid ROM.

However, if I need to wait another 7 days for bootloader, after A14 firmware flash,

then, I will just use the A13 crDroid ROM. I have no issues with that.
[Xiaomi Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo (China)] d7F=Dtcddt/:
flash firmware has no influence on bootloader lock status. It means if you have unlock bootloader, It's still unlock after flash another firmware.

According to crDroid 10.2 changelog here, you should flash A14 firmware first.

Of cource, the most importmant thing is backup your data well.

You can find proper firmware varient here with your region.

[ROM][14.0_r53][marble][OFFICIAL] Evolution X [07/19/24]

Evolution X 9.2 for the POCO F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo [marble] /* * Your warranty is void. Or valid, probably? * * I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, Ebolation X, * thermonuclear war, or the current economic crisis caused...

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[Xiaomi Poco F5 / Redmi Note 12 Turbo (China)] metaxda:
Thank you for confirming :)

Yes,for crDroid v10 , I was going to flash A14 first.

I don't need to backup data, because this is a brand new phone :D

I was worried about flashing A14, because I read there is "different bootloader unlock" procedures for A14.

I didn't realise that if I already had unlocked A13,

then flashing A14 will still keep the bootloader unlocked.
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] rdmelanio:
Hello. Apologies in advance but I tried looking everywhere for the latest guide on installing Windows 11 on my OP 6T. I've spent 3 hours scouring the internet and this forum to no avail.

Please point me in the right direction. The youtube guide is a no for me as I cant follow through the guides there. Please..
[OnePlus 6T  Questions & Answers] henonchschonleinpurp:
Its the exciting Renegade Project mate.

It has its own page: renegade-project.tech with installation guide (just like Lineage OS) & its own forum page forum.renegade-project.tech

It has it telegram handle

Cheers!
[Introductions] triskle:
Hi everyone. I just started delving into the world of phones. I never really was interested in them until about 5 days ago. I had an old Samsung S8 SM-G950F and over the period of about 3 days I managed to root it successfully, I used tutorials from this website, various threads, various youtube videos and after soft bricking my phone I managed to then read about Frija due to other websites not working correctly and tutorials with old advice.

Long story short, it appears this website is the place to be, lots of great people with great advice and now I am currently trying to install NetHunter. Having difficulties with Kali Chroot Manager. I have enough space, it just wont install. So I thought, "Hey, why not sign up, this website has been really useful and it seems that I might be needing some help from here and probably in the future I could help someone else".

Thanks

Triskle.
[Introductions] apophis9283:
Hey! Welcome to XDA! Have you tried downloading the package on PC then using nethunter app to install it? Or are you trying from the app? What's the error?
[Introductions] triskle:
Thanks apophis9283!

I installed the NetHunter Store, downloaded the app, terminal, termux. I recently joined the Kali discord and asked in there for help too. Apparently I successfully installed a rootless version of kali via the terminal. My phone is rooted, I just installed the wrong version of kali (apparently). My actual main problem was that I couldn't install Chroot inside NetHunter.

I got told to uninstall everything to do with Nethunter because what I am apparently required to do, is to somehow create a custom kernel for my SM-G950F (Alynx) and use TWRP to install the NetHunter Module. The advice was not given to me by a senior member, so I don't know how valid the information was. I uninstalled everything to do with NetHunter and now I just have a rooted phone.

I seen this thread here on XDA, and told the people in kali discord about it, I thought I had to do the same procedure. Apparently not. However only one or two people where giving me advice, mainly just one person.

I created a thread here within XDA to give a more detailed explanation.

I appreciate any advice, I know how busy everyone can be.

Thank you.
[Introductions] apophis9283:
Sorry with the holidays and everything. Having two kids and just being busy. Look at this.

Configuring the Kernel - General | Kali Linux Documentation

Kernel Configuration General In section “General Setup”: clear “Local version” set “Default host name” to “kali” select “System V IPC” (CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y) Modules We want to enable modules in Enable Loadable Module Support just in case there are any devices we want to load through the command...

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[Introductions] triskle:
I totally understand, I have to maintain a house for my elderly parents and 18 people are coming to sleepover, it's going to be like the McAlister's house here pretty soon. Thank you for your time and energy to reply to me.

It's much appreciated. I will read this page and begin to comprehend what I need to do.

Thanks once again!!
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] VadKL:
Greetings to all!

I have a Nokia 6.1 Plus phone, I want to flash OxigenOS using the MsmDownloadTool utility instead of the stock firmware. Initially, the atma was installed with a different stock firmware, not OxigenOS. I'm having difficulty installing the Qualcomm 9008 driver on my laptop. Operating system Windows 10 64-bit.

I tried setting it up in mode with mobile driver scanning disabled, with the antivirus turned off. I connected the device to edl mode (I switched the phone to this mode with the command “adb restart edl”, and also connected the wire in the off state with the volume buttons held down). Device Manager showed an unrecognized device. The same driver that I tried to keep in automatic mode and in manual mode - a driver installation error occurred - the driver is not installed. I downloaded the driver itself from the official website, and also tried it from other places.

Translation of messages in the picture: The Windows system detected drivers for this device, but an error occurred while installing these drivers. In Device Manager, the device shows error 10 - the device cannot be used.

Of course, I used the original cable for the phone (the phone is completely new), and tried connecting it to different USB connectors on the laptop. I ran the driver installation as administrator. I tried the adaptive operation with remote drivers of the phone itself and installed ones. I also tried to do this on different operating systems: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

I tried several different methods from YouTube - nothing helped, maybe someone knows how to fix the situation?

Also a big thank you to everyone who responds!

(Sorry for my English)
[Cricket Dream 5G] likwidchz:
Hello! thank you so much for the guide.

Yesterday I read the contents of an entire phone and placed it on one I bricked, this actually finished last night, and this morning it did not boot up unfortunately. I am going to re read the working phone again into a 2nd backup directory and try again. I'll keep you updated.

I'm not sure what could have gone wrong, but my hunch is when it was reading my laptop went to sleep and it could have possibly corrupted the initial read, which case I will just try once more for good measure.

Are there any known good backups I can download? I can try that since its free.

Also, I am not able to actually get my device into factory reset mode, I can hold Vol UP+Power but when I select recovery mode, it drops to the dead android guy with the message "no command" I can get this into fastboot mode also but the fastboot command to enter recovery mode is invalid.

Again, thank you so much for this work, life saver. Again I have a bunch of these phones to read things off of if I need to. Thank you!

Also one more thing, I was not sure what the idea behind installing python was on your machine? I dont see how that is used.
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
MTK client tool requires python to work.
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
Welcome to XDA. You are posting this in wrong thread. Please visit the thread below. Thankyou.

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[Cricket Dream 5G] likwidchz:
Hello MVikrant97, let me number these to track the responses. Can you answer each numbered item?

1 - I backed up one of these phones yesterday that works correctly, and flashed ~50+ gigs to it last night and it didn't boot. It just gets to the cricket logo and stops. Its further than it did last night. Can you think of anything I should try to troubleshoot?

2 - Are there any known good backups I can download? I can try that since its free.

3 - Any reason you can think I am not able to get into factory reset mode on the phone?

I just see no command and the dead android robot.

the MTK app is working so I guess I must have installed python a while ago, thank you for confirming that.

Could you answer all 3 things for me, thanks a ton.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Mikeo31:
Where is the link for the mtk client mod 2.0? As well as possible instruction on removing frp.
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
I'll add the link to the post in few minutes.
[Cricket Dream 5G] likwidchz:
It's actually not too complicated, if you are able to get MTK tool connected to the phone, you just have to format the FRP partition, then factory reset the phone and you should be good.

I bought a lot of phones on ebay that were all of a specific brand and I think 2 - 3 of them had FRP on them after I reset them, and anyway it was pretty simple.

Feel free to look me up in discord with the same nick name. Cheers.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Mikeo31:
Istill didnt find th e link
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
Added download link
[Cricket Dream 5G] Mikeo31:
I keep getting this error when trying to connect.

Preloader - [LIB]: Status: Handshake failed, retrying...

Although it will connect to an Auth Bypass V30 Program. I can dump the preloader and disable the auth with it. so what am I doing wrong with the MTKCLIENT? Thanks
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
You don't need to use auth bypass if you are using mtk client.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Mikeo31:
Well I didn't think so but it just refuses to connect to the mtkclient. Only the auth bypass program. Why is that because I'm not finding the issue. I've been looking for hours. Reading the background page says it is not accepting the handshake. I'm pretty sure it may be a driver issue but can't seem to find one. It looks like it pops into BROM Then almost immediately back out with device manager refreshing every time it does.
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
Have you added filter in libusb software?
[Cricket Dream 5G] Mikeo31:
Yep.

Took it the first time.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Mikeo31:
Somehow got a dm verity corrupt this device can't be trusted and its seems to be in a loop. If I hit the power button it freezes on the android screen. It will boot into Fastboot but I can't seem to get it past that. Please advise.
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
Did you do the backup of stock firmware?
[Cricket Dream 5G] likwidchz:
Hi Mikeo,

I have a handful of these phones for crypto mining and after realizing this tool existed, backed up a working phone and flashed it onto a non working phone.

Couple things to note for you, you need a working phone and a non working phone.

Working phone.

1 --Make a backup of the fully working phone all partitions, and save that in a safe spot.

Non working phone.

1 - Don't flash the super partition, the one that is ~54 gigs or whatever.

2 - If the phone has FRP on it, you also can flash it or not it doesn't matter.

3 - Wait till the flash is complete

4 - Wipe the FRP partition, its 1MB, just zero it out or wipe it.

5 - Boot the phone into recovery mode "dead android logo" then press the right buttons to get the phone to be able to factory reset, then factory reset it.

6 - The phone should now boot up.

A couple gotchas, I realized, probably shooting myself in the foot. The phone has the same mac address as the cloned phone. I also don't know if it cloned the IMEI which would be bad, but I dont know how you retain that info.

Let me know if you get stuck.
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
Please don't flash the security partitions to avoid imei and mac address cloning.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Mikeo31:
Thanks for your help. Its much appreciated.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Mikeo31:
I got a complete dump backup file from a working phone. I'll give it a go and let you know. Thanks again man.
[Cricket Dream 5G] likwidchz:
Good call out, thats what I hosed. Cheers.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Mikeo31:
I cannot get past the dm verity corrupt page. Also it looks like my bootloader is locked again and the fastboot commands. Fastboot flashing unlock or Fastboot oem unlock neither one work. 0
[Cricket Dream 5G] Mikeo31:
I can't get the dm verity to reset and now its saying my bootloader is locked again and every bootloader unlock command is failing. I'm not sure what to do now. I've tried everything I know. Heeeeellllllppppp. Thanks.
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
Did you backup the stock firmware or no?
[Cricket Dream 5G] Mikeo31:
Nope because I was frp locked out. But I do have a stock backup I downloaded.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Blubajan:
Is it possible to an an unlock code for my Moto 5G 2023 model XT2313-4 cell phone?
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
No. You have posted your question in the wrong section.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Blubajan:
Thx for your help. Can you provide me any guidance on where I should ask this question?
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
Refer to this thread and ask your questions over there>>

Motorola G Power 5G 2023 root guide

Currently, RSA does not support XT2311-3 for unknown reason. However, I found a ROM for Tracfone, but the boot works with unlocked version. Download: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=10620683726822053015 MD5 60f8e629cbe7e969923c07538d6c3c7c...

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[Cricket Dream 5G] Blubajan:
Thx again for your help
[Cricket Dream 5G] Sinkarnage:
What title would the Security Partitions bin files be named as?
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
Here is the list but some files may or may not be there for every device.

Mainly IMEI is related to nvdata, nvcfg and nvram, protect1 and protect2 contains sim lock information.

proinfo is for product information, contains device serial number.

1. preloader

2. pgpt

3. nvcfg

4. nvdata

5. protect1

6. protect2

7.secfg

8. sec1

9. proinfo

10. nvram

11. boot_para
[Cricket Dream 5G] Sinkarnage:
When I connect the device in Brom mode, it comes up as "Mediatek USB PORT_V1633" for like a milisecond on libusb filter then converts to "MediaTek Preloader USB VCOM_V1633 (Android)" that stays about 2 seconds.

Do I install the filter on Mediatek Preloader port?
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
Yes install Filter first.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Sinkarnage:
When I hit write partitions, it reads none and doesnt do anything. Is there supposed to be a delay before it Writes or is it not working?
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
As per the log in blue window it seems like it has not able to access your device successfully.

Retry.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Sinkarnage:
OK so I flashed new partitions from another device to a corrupted one and Erased the Userdata like it ask but the corrupt message still appears after powering it on. What am I doing wrong?

Is it because I didnt erase all partitions before writing new ones in?
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
What message do you get?

Share the picture here.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Sinkarnage:
Says Successful but still remains bricked

Edit: I added the Debug Log if that should help
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
Do you have the original backup of the firmware?
[Cricket Dream 5G] Sinkarnage:
I do
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
The firmware backup shall be prior to bricking the device.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Sinkarnage:
I used firmware backup from another device and after writing partitions it still remains the same but the IMEI [via Power+Vol down] is different which proves that the Client is working.

I just cant seem pinpoint the source to this Corruption, I spent hours and hours read/writing partitions from same brand different devices but it all comes back zero 😣
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
You need to have the original security partitions.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Sinkarnage:
I did in fact backed up partitions of the bricked device as it was bricked but still it all comes back the same as any other partition.
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
Did you backed up partition before brick or after bricking it?
[Cricket Dream 5G] Sinkarnage:
After, specifically for this device. Ive backed partitions for 3 other devices that werent bricked and their data matches almost completely
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
I know but the security data will not match so it will not work.

You need to repair the IMEI data first.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Sinkarnage:
The IMEI is now back to its original but Im not grasp how this helps 😞
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
Is your device fixed or are you concerned about the error message at startup?
[Cricket Dream 5G] Sinkarnage:
Im concerned about the Corrupt startup message. Booting in Recovery mode gives the same error. Only Brom and Fastboot [I think] works
[Cricket Dream 5G] Sinkarnage:
Alright so, against my better judgment since I was at my wits end and didnt know what Im supposed to do, I erased all partitions from the device completely which resulted in the phone not booting via Power button [Luckily Brom still works].

And so I ran the Client again and flashed original partitions that I backed up prior from the bricked phone but left out Nvcfg, nvdata, Protect1&2, Seccfg, Sec1, Proinfo, Nvram, Boot_para and Userdata. Boot the phone up and the Corrupt message didn't show and it went straight to AT&T logo and so I was like hallelujah BUT moments after it wouldnt boot into android.

After making this much progress I wasnt about to let this stop me and so I crossed my fingers went through the process of Factory Reset via Recovery Mode and badabing it Boots up to FRP normally now. (The IMEI shows unknown in settings but if I check via Power+Vol down its all there so I won't fret about it.)

Seems the solution was erasing the partitions all along then writing new ones in. What I was doing prior was Writing new partitions over it and that resulted in the headache I got.

I'm so glad the process is over and I won't have to waste hours upon hours with this corruption again 😌
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
I'm glad to know it fixed your problem.

I don't recommend user to erase partitions because they don't tend to have a prior backup and completely mess it up.

Always have a backup.
[Cricket Dream 5G] Sinkarnage:
Update, I debricked multiple devices. And during my Operation fiddling with the partitions I found out that the main source of the problem, in my case the Corrupt message, was the seccfg.bin partition. After I erase that from the bricked devices the Corruption doesnt appear yet when I rewrite that same partition back in it comes up.

So truth be told the solution was to remove the seccfg file (Which I think stands for Security Config).

Bin Files that should remain untouched:

boot_para

nvcfg

nvdata

nvram

proinfo

protect1

protect2

sec1

(I still recommend backing up the seccfg file tho before erasing)
[Cricket Dream 5G] mvikrant97:
ofcourse
[General Questions and Answers] luk4sbr:
How can I identify the manufacturer of this device? I want to put a custom ROM or original clean android

I don't trust the ROM that came with this device because all the technical specifications are changed.

I only know the supposed model Y77 and MTK 6889 processor but I don't know if it has been changed... The GB of RAM and ROM are changed including the Android version which appears to be Android 6... Performance is terrible for a device with 16GB RAM