yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] 306bobby:
​

*** Disclaimer
I am not responsible for any damage you made to your device
You have been warned

crDroid is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device also attempting to bringing many of the best features existent today

Features:

https://github.com/crdroidandroid/crdroid_features/blob/14.0/README.mkdn

Pre-installation:

Recovery is included in ROM zip file

gapps (Download from here)

First time installation:

step 1: Ensure the device has an unlocked bootloader and is running Android 13 or 14

step 2: Reboot into bootloader

adb reboot bootloader

step 3: Flash boot.img and dtbo.img

fastboot flash boot /path/to/boot.img

fastboot flash dtbo /path/to/dtbo.img

step 4: Reboot into recovery (use volume buttons on phone and lock button to select "Reboot Recovery"

step 5: Factory reset, then select Apply Update, Apply over ADB, then on PC run

adb sideload /path/to/ROM.zip

step 6: Reboot recovery and install any addons (gapps, magisk, etc)

Update installation:

step 1: boot phone into normal Android mode

step 2: Download update to phone or adb push from PC

step 3: Open Settings>System>Updater

step 4: Click the hamburger icon on the top right, then Local Update, and apply

step 5: Turn on caffeine or turn off screen lock, and stay on this page until reboot

*NOTICE: IF THE UPDATE DISAPPEARS OVER TIME DURING INSTALL, IT HAS COMPLETED. REBOOT MANUALLY THROUGH POWER MENU*

Sources:

ROM: https://github.com/crdroidandroid

Kernel: kernel url

Download:

ROM 306bobby's BETA build server

Known issues:

HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TEST. Please let me know what you find!

Visit official website @ crDroid.net

crDroid Community Telegram

crDroid Updates Channel

Donate to help our team pay server costs
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] itokurr:
Hey it won't boot up. Tried flashing four the times. Factory reset and everything. Boots up to rom animation before restarting to recovery on its own
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] 306bobby:
Thanks for letting me know. What version of android did you start on first?
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] shairol:
not boot,logo and go to recovery,im on evo14
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] 306bobby:
Thanks for the info, can you enable adb in recovery and do "adb logcat", "adb dmesg", or "adb shell" then "dmesg"? If any of those work, please post the output
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] 306bobby:
If possible, do what I suggested above in post #5
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] itocanas0814:
Started with android 13
[Google Pixel 4a ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] itocanas0814:
Okay will do. Sorry had to create new xda account.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UncleDirtnap:
Wife broke her phone today and flies out in the morning. I ran and grabbed an a14 from a pawn shop, only to find it is frp locked. Samfw fails on step 2. The build is from May of 2023. Am I screwed? Help!

I can get it into test mode just fine if that helps

Thanks-
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UncleDirtnap:
Weird. I was giving up, used a paid service which didn't work at all. I tried samfw again and this time it worked. Mischief managed! Now to get a refund for that pointless license.....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r1pp3d2:
i cant get my note 10 frp bypassed. it fails step 2 but it barely starts and it says fail
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UncleDirtnap:
I'm the blind leading the blind... but my process for what it's worth:

Installed the Samsung drivers from Samsung to cut down on the sketchy software. Rebooted.

Put phone in test mode, plugged into computer and computer opened file browser. Some cables and ports didn't work.

Samfw found phone ,rebooted, then after a minute or so failed with step 2. Restarted phone, restarted computer, no difference.

Installed the least sketchy unlock program.i could find. Paid stuff is against the forum rules, but it didn't work anyway- put it un test mode, it churned for a bit, then failed. Didn't even restart phone- tried 5 or 6 times.

Decided to run sanfw one last time, and it actually worked

Not sure if thay helps you- keep trying maybe?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v3trix:
I have a similar issue on a Samsung A21. Ive installed Samsung USB drivers on my PC and installed SamFW. I cant set the phone into developer or test mode since its screen locked. When i attach SamFW and click 'info' it just sits forever at 'Reading info mode MTP'. My guess is the phone is in USB charging mode, not MTP or developer mode. Is there a way around it?
[OnePlus 12] paperecho:
I've been reading that the overseas variants have something called tango to allow them to run 32bit apps. The us variant does not have this ability. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? I've been using a live wallpaper for years that I can no longer install because it was never upgraded to 64bit.
[OnePlus 12] ricebread195:
I have been using same app that no longer can install in oxygenOS
[OnePlus 12] replica9000:
I also have a couple 32-bit apps I miss having installed.
[OnePlus 12] gentrydeng:
OPPO very dubiously adopted the Trusted List in the initial version of the firmware, so 32-bit apps that are not on the list won't work.

But as far as I know in subsequent versions of ColorOS firmware, they set the trusted list to wildcard, which means all 32-bit apps will run.

I'm not sure about the OxygenOS policy, maybe the restrictions will be loosened in a subsequent update.
[OnePlus 12] paperecho:
blarg. I just want my HTC Sense Live Wallpaper back.
[OnePlus 12] replica9000:
Out of curiosity, I tried to see if I could get this working on our phone, but I didn't have any luck. /vendor/build.prop has the necessary lines, but getprop doesn't show that. I used magisk to edit /system/build.prop for the necessary lines, getprop showed the right output. After installing the version of magisk for zygote64_32, the phone was still showing 64-bit only. Either I didn't do something right, or we don't have multilib on this phone.
[Asus Zenfone 10] hrsh45:
All new threads in the last 3 days, in Asus forum Zentalk, asking about bootloader; all later disappeared, including mine.

custom.asus.sso.post.page_title

Asus' attitude is unprofessional, instead of answering about their promise, they delete customers' concern instead.

Asus' suppression of free speech is as good as CCP.

a little while ago, our community temporary fixed the unlock tool for Asus (worked on older OS), yet Asus immediately disable it.

Asus' refuse to communicate and recent actions strongly suggest that they have no intention to fulfill their promise,

such untrustworthy business practice is not acceptable in western countries,

therefore i will also take further action (leading to a somewhat different topic so that won't be discussed under this thread).
[Asus Zenfone 10] NisseGurra:
The unlock of bootloader on Asus devices is dead so the devolpment is dead to.
[Asus Zenfone 10] mvikrant97:
The reason

工业和信息化部 国家互联网信息办公室关于进一步规范移动智能终端应用软件预置行为的通告_国务院部门文件_中国政府网

为进一步规范移动智能终端应用软件预置行为，保护用户权益，提升移动互联网应用服务供给水平，构建更加安全、更有活力的产业生态，促进移动互联网持续繁荣发展，根据《中华人民共和国网络安全法》《中华人民共和国个人信息保护法》《中华人民共和国电信条例》，现将有关事项通告如下。

www.gov.cn
[Asus Zenfone 10] V0latyle:
But ASUS is a Taiwanese company, they aren't subject to PRC law...?
[Asus Zenfone 10] mvikrant97:
Indeed they are, this applies to the device manufactured for Chinese users.

Global will support bootloader unlock but don't know when.
[Asus Zenfone 10] hrsh45:
1) "The reason"? Chinese law doesn't force Asus to behave as a disgraceful unprofessional scum, ignore their customers for months & now delete their concern posts.

2) me and others have mentioned in other xda threads, that solutions are easy and shouldn't take long,

even the non-professional community quickly come up with at least 4 solutions:

i) Asus can just check the IMEI whether its non-chinese before unlocking it, or

ii) Give non-chinese customers an option to send it back to local branch, their staff unlock the bootloader then return it, or

iii) [from tdhidfik] They can send an OTA update to every phone with a chinese IMSI that switches to a chinese firmware that can't unlock, then release an unlock tool that works.

iv) [from tdhidfik] Or simply do as Xiaomi is doing, ask for ID when someone from china wants it unlocked (simple to check via IMSI and/or geolocation) and don't ask non-chinese.

3) does the new chinese rule stop foreign bootloader-unlock-allowed companies which also sell in china?

(e.g. motarola, htc, scummy traitor sony)
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
Turns out I was right about PRC law screwing over everyone.

Now we just have to wait for Asus make a system for non-Chinese market devices.
[Asus Zenfone 10] hrsh45:
i wish you could read what you quoted, before congratulating yourself 😂
[Asus Zenfone 10] Missignal_Dev:
Well, I'm not sure if you can read Chinese, but as far as my understanding this regulation is just something about that "the OEMs should allow the user to uninstall/disable most userspace system apps in a normal fashion", with nothing related to the bootloader policies.

As far as I know (I'm Chinese and I'm also active in Chinese Android tinkering/development forums), the Chinese government isn't really making any regulations against the OEMs allowing users to unlock the bootloader of their phones. While some OEM (yeah, I mean Xiaomi) is adding significant restrictions on their bootloader unlocking policies recently, I believe it is more likely a company strategy (a very stupid one) rather than anything to do with government regulations.

Some Chinese OEMs, such as Motorola and OnePlus, are still allowing their users the freedom to unlock the bootloader of their devices freely today; other overseas OEMs like Samsung and Sony, are neither adding any further restrictions to the bootloader unlocking policies in the Chinese market.

Also as some other people mentioned, ASUS is a Taiwan based company, and they while maybe their ROG Phones has a piece of market share in the Mainland, the ZenFone series has a near zero market share, so I don't think it would be a reason to change the global bootloader unlocking policy vigorously even if the Chinese government makes some regulations against it.
[Asus Zenfone 10] Missignal_Dev:
As a Chinese I can tell you that, as far as I know, there is so far no governmental regulations made by the Chinese government against bootloader unlocking for customer devices. Any OEMs depriving the user's freedom to have some control on their devices are making such stupid decisions on their own, not forced by the government.

Or well, if there is one, at least it won't be the one in the link above. The link was just talking about that the OEMs should allow users to freely remove/disable all unnecessary preinstalled apps, with no mention to the bootloader.
[Asus Zenfone 10] electricbug:
Would you at least turn on your hindi translator when you quote some foreign content that you can't read?
[Asus Zenfone 10] Esja:
Very interesting, and thank you for sharing this! I am curious, since you are active within the Chinese-speaking Android development community, do you know if Chinese users have figured out how to unlock the bootloader of ASUS devices without the official method? Because some Chinese-speaking users on Telegram were selling unlock services last year, around October or so.
[Asus Zenfone 10] espionage724:
Or... buy from any other less-hostile OEM and stop encouraging them :p

If nobody is buying their devices because of a locked bootloader, they'll allow unlocks real quick even if it has to be some well-known but not officially advertised method. If nobody cares about a bootloader unlock, then there's criteria that likely comes down to non-flaghship devices not being unlockable for security and ease of OEM development and OTAs. Complaining about it on public forums does nothing useful except confuse people who wouldn't otherwise be interested, likely hence the thread deletes about it. Pixels wouldn't be a thing if Google didn't carry the free unlock policies from Nexus to them. Samsung sells security and can get away without official unlocking.

Devices I buy have to be unlockable or run whatever software I want within reason, or it had better be perfect enough for me not to bother. iPhones and discontinued Android flagships meet that. Nexus 5's are like $50 off eBay in the US if I absolutely had to have the cheapest Android phone. ASUS isn't on any kind of map for me for a phone; they make mostly tolerable desktop motherboards.

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[Asus Zenfone 10] Missignal_Dev:
Sorry but though I've heard about it, I'm not really familiar with that since I don't personally own an ASUS device. If I'll take a random guess, I think maybe they know (or they themselves are) some employees of ASUS who have permission to unlock customer devices.

This has happened before for Xiaomi devices, that eventually it looks like Xiaomi has decided to revoke the permission of most customer service personnel to unlock customer devices. But maybe so far ASUS does not care that much about a few users having their bootloader unlocked in some non-normal way.
[XPERIA X1 General] dnguyen1022:
hello all! I will be a proud owner of the xperia x1 in about 3 days, so I am looking up on stuff I can install once I get my hands on it. A few questions though.

Manila2D on Xperia X1

TouchFlo3D on Xperia X1

Touch HD Manila (TF3D) for X1

TouchFlo3D as Panel Installer

Are all 4 of thse a single thing you have to install all together? Or can it be separately? Whats the difference between the Touch HD Manila(which also is labeled TF3D, I assume its TouchFlo3D?) and TouchFlo3D? Does the panel installer need the TouchFlo3D or the Touch HD Manila? Also what is the difference with these and the Manila2D? Kinda confused hehe.

As for the Touch Utils, I assume you need the TouchFlo stuff to use it? It would be nice if I could get the Touch keyboard..

Oh yeah, the SPB Shell, does it have the same purpose as the Touch stuff? It seems to me they're both some sort of GUI for the phone.

Thanks all!
[XPERIA X1 General] msalmank:
Install only these two;

1. Touch HD Manila (TF3D) for X1

2. TouchFlo3D as Panel Installer

In the order specified. The first one installs TF3D on Xperia... disable it on Today screen, and then install the second one to put it as a panel.
[XPERIA X1 General] dnguyen1022:
What about the touch utils? Are those included with the two that I have to install? Or are those separate?

What about the SPB shell? it seems like it has the same purpose as the TF3D.

Thank you for your help!
[XPERIA X1 General] dnguyen1022:
bumpy bump
[Redmi 9 / Poco M2 Questions & Answers] ayon115:
My device is Poco M2 and have been running the stock ROM with latest official MIUI. I am quite familiar with custom ROMs and used them as my daily driver in all of my previous phones. This poco m2 is my only MTK device. Recently I wanted to flash Project Elixir 3.12 and in this process, I made a mistake and bricked the phone. So, to recover the phone, I flashed the latest official stock ROM (MIUI 12.5.7) in Format All + Download mode. I assumed it's a fresh install.

The process went fine. But I noticed that I wasn't able to make calls. Later I found out that my device IMEI was lost. *#06# and phone settings show NO IMEI. I wanted to use custom ROM, now I am using crDroid ROM with Android 14 and it's running great on this phone.

The problem is, I can not make calls and receive calls. In the first few days, the calling was random, meaning sometimes I could make calls and receive calls, most of the time I could not. Every other thing is working, for example, SMS has no problem, SIM network has no problem, Mobile data is running just fine. I mean, everything related to SIM card seems to be working. Only the calling / receiving call is not totally not working now.

I tried to restore the IMEI with ADB method by writing IMEI to /dev/radio/pttycmd1, it did not work. I flashed NVDATA and NVRAM with SP tool, It did not fix the problem as well. IMEI is still unavailable.

So, I tried to restore the IMEI to this poco m2 with SN Write tool and Maui Meta tool. The problem is, that I was not able to connect the phone in VCOM Preloader mode to write the IMEI with those tools. I flashed with phone with SP tool, bypassed the Auth without any problem. But have not been able to connect the phone in VCOM preloader mode once, tried with a few Windows PCs. I know it could be a driver issue, but my phone connects to the PC as an MTK USB Device while switched off, never as MTK VCOM Preloader device. I tried the different key combinations. So I don't know if the SN Write tool or Maui Meta can do the IMEI restore job for my phone.

So, I really want to know from the experts in this forum,

1. How can I connect the phone in MTK VCOM Preloader mode / Meta mode to write IMEI with the SN Tool / Maui Meta tool? Is the any key combination for that mode? I am running Android 14 / crDroid ROM / Poco M2 6/128 variant.

2. Is there any other way to fix my IMEI problem?

Thanks for your help!
[Redmi 9 / Poco M2 Questions & Answers] ayon115:
Update: I have flashed in Engineering ROM. And with engineering ROM, I was able to restore my IMEI number with Modem Meta tool. After writing IMEI number, It showed the correct IMEI with code *#06#. However, next I flashed latest stock ROM in Download mode. Flashing went without problem. After setting up the phone, I see that IMEI written in the previous step is lost.

I don't know what went wrong. Any help?
[Redmi 9 / Poco M2 Questions & Answers] eliethvi:
I had the same problem with my Redmi 9, you have to copy the "cust" file of the engineering rom in the stock firmware folder, NOTE it only works with miui 12.5, if you do that with miui 13 the system does not start, the You must do this process with SPflashtool, so I was able to solve my phone, after doing that you can open the booloader and flash a custom rom without problems
[Redmi 9 / Poco M2 Questions & Answers] idontevenwantaname:
So, you don't need flashing eng rom? Just copy cust file and flash it in stock rom? Will modem meta work with that though?
[Redmi 9 / Poco M2 Questions & Answers] eliethvi:
Don't worry, it's not that simple, you have to do the same process that you did with the eng rom and the mauimeta program, when the device already has the imei, when you go to flash the stock ROM, copy the file, that is so that the stock rom does not do a device integrity check, when you flash the original stock rom it deletes the imei because it is an external modification, when you copy the "cust" file it does not do the check and does not delete the imei that you just inserted into the phone

greetings
[Redmi 9 / Poco M2 Questions & Answers] idontevenwantaname:
Okay, thanks for the explanation.
[OnePlus 11] brmbjn:
where menu for Video Enchamcement Oneplus 11 CPH 2449 OxygenOs 14 ?
[OnePlus 11] ChrisFeiveel84:
Op11 EU model have No Pixel Work Chip and without this No memc

Only the China op11 have it
[General Questions and Answers] imov.uk:
View attachment 6066179View attachment 6066176View attachment 6066177View attachment 6066176View attachment 6066176I can’t find to update the system software / Android version?

Also I have no idea about what the manufacturer name is?

Can I even download and install a custom android 13 rom if I don’t know the brand name model etc ??

Screenshots attached anyway.. I appreciate any help you can give me.

Thanks 🙏

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[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
Updates typically get automatically rolled out by OEM / carrier if they deem it necessary. What you want to perform is an upgrade.

BTW: any custom ROM cannot be installed on any tablet and/or phone. There are two main reasons for this:

1. Hardware compatibility:

Each tablet and/or phone has specific hardware components like processors, chipsets, and sensors that require unique drivers to function properly.

A custom ROM is tailored to work with the specific hardware configurations of a particular tablet and/or phone model. Installing a ROM designed for a different tablet and/or phone on your device will likely result in malfunctions, incompatibility issues, or even bricking your tablet and/or phone.

2. Software optimization:

Custom ROM developers optimize their creations for specific tablet and/or phone models to ensure smooth performance and efficient resource usage.

A generic ROM wouldn't be optimized for your tablet's and/or phone's hardware, leading to potential performance issues, battery drain, and instability.
[General Questions and Answers] imov.uk:
Ok I see…

How do I run an upgrade then?

Currently on Android 12 but want to try Android 13..

Is it possible?

Thanks
[Moto Z3 Play Questions & Answers] CaruzoOnTop:
Is it possible to root Moto Z3 Play without unlocking the bootloader?
[Moto Z3 Play Questions & Answers] UReQ:
nope its not.

you can brick your phone
[Google Pixel 4a 5G ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] 306bobby:
​

*** Disclaimer
I am not responsible for any damage you made to your device
You have been warned

crDroid is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device also attempting to bringing many of the best features existent today

Features:

https://github.com/crdroidandroid/crdroid_features/blob/14.0/README.mkdn

Pre-installation:

Recovery is included in ROM zip file

gapps (Download from here)

First time installation:

step 1: Ensure the device has an unlocked bootloader and is running Android 13 or 14

step 2: Reboot into bootloader

adb reboot bootloader

step 3: Flash boot.img, vendor_boot.img, and dtbo.img

fastboot flash boot /path/to/boot.img

fastboot flash dtbo /path/to/dtbo.img

fastboot flash vendor_boot /path/to/vendor_boot.img

step 4: Reboot into recovery (use volume buttons on phone and lock button to select "Reboot Recovery"

step 5: Factory reset, then select Apply Update, Apply over ADB, then on PC run

adb sideload /path/to/ROM.zip

step 6: Reboot recovery and install any addons (gapps, magisk, etc)

Update installation:

step 1: boot phone into normal Android mode

step 2: Download update to phone or adb push from PC

step 3: Open Settings>System>Updater

step 4: Click the hamburger icon on the top right, then Local Update, and apply

step 5: Turn on caffeine or turn off screen lock, and stay on this page until reboot

*NOTICE: IF THE UPDATE DISAPPEARS OVER TIME DURING INSTALL, IT HAS COMPLETED. REBOOT MANUALLY THROUGH POWER MENU*

Sources:

ROM: https://github.com/crdroidandroid

Kernel: kernel url

Download:

ROM 306bobby's BETA build server

Known issues:

HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TEST. Please let me know what you find!

Visit official website @ crDroid.net

crDroid Community Telegram

crDroid Updates Channel

Donate to help our team pay server costs
[Google Pixel 4a 5G ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] tripLr:
you have an install procedure ?
[Google Pixel 4a 5G ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] 306bobby:
Click to show content. It's in the post
[Google Pixel 4a 5G ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Voodoojonny:
Thank you so much @306bobby ! Just installed and everything seems to work like a charm. It´s fast and stable. And it´s been a long time since a rom for bramble got installed so easy and without any problem! I´m gonna use it for a few days and will give an update!

There are some little cons that (I guess) results in the early development of A14 and A14 itself:

- cbackup does not work (now I give swift a try)

- Google switch is not present atm

- a few features less then on A13 (tbh: A13 CRDroid never worked good for Bramble - this one seems promising)

That´s all for now. Many many thanks! Bramble got the best rom ever back!
[Google Pixel 4a 5G ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] 306bobby:
Swift backup works, it's what I use

Not 100% sure what you mean by Google switch

Yeah Google broke a lot of customization features on A14 unfortunately
[Google Pixel 4a 5G ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] 306bobby:
Could you do me a favor and check matlog for any errors regarding HbmSVManager? I had issues with the 5a, curious if they're still present