yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Android Development] diabolical28:
and to the bajillion differing instructions on how to root/devboot/jf 1.3

u got everyone telling you different things to do... my guess is when you had root there was one topic to do root. one option at a time. now the people who just got root obviously know to use the happynew.zip or the other 2 listed but after u got the ability to root i read about 4 other stickies on what to do next. blindly since people dont clarify i took the risk and did it how i wanted and got stuck in a boot loop. thank god common sense tells me that i should pull the battery and then put back in and vola booted up. then i loaded it into bootloader and then vola saw skate boards.

instead of insults you can take the time and spend it helping other people with your superior expertise hell i wasnt even half way through finishing my phone and took time to help out....

happy holidays.. to you as well
[G1 Android Development] veda_sticks:
I have to agree that figuring out how to get root and the updated stuff is a little confusing. When modified RC 30 first came out, there was just 2 posts you could refer to and after reading it was fairly straight forward. Now those posts seem to have disapeared/modified.

I had to read 3 different topics and 3 different wikis before i kinda new what to do. the instructions being not very clear on where things should be done, terminal in linux or on the phone.

Im not here that often, but IMO the search is awefull, not returning search results for posts i know exist or bringing up tons of unrelevent information. and im not a newb to searching, im an active member over at a mycolgy forum and the search there is awesome and that site is based on the same type of forum as this.

that aside, this is an amazing forum. You all put in a **** load of effort to make things better for all of us. Im well impressed that its only taken 4 months.
[G1 Android Development] d0nkey:
LOL

no, there were still tons of threads on how to do it.. in fact, it was probably WORSE when i was rooting my device.. since there was no structure to the postings at all.

I just took my time and read all the information available to me.. and it was very simple.

and for the record, im not even talking about the posts in the 'hax my phone' threads... im talking about the tons of old threads that all the new rooters are reading now that they have root and asking ridiculous questions that have been answered months ago.

and..

"All of the information is out there but there isn't a very clear path towards it. I don't know if making it easy for any idiot to do is a good thing at this point or not."

There is a good reason that the information is scattered all over the place. RETARDS CANT HIT THE SEARCH BUTTON! If they did a search for it, and read for a little bit before posting questions at random, the information wouldnt be scattered about.

If people dont have time to search and read about something that they are interested in doing, then they should just leave it alone.
[G1 Android Development] d0nkey:
let me also add, that it isn't always about the search button. It just about reading the threads all the way through, then asking questions. Because 99% of the time people's questions have already been asked.

So, if you are new to all this, just read all the posts and you shouldn't have to make a post yourself. ever.
[G1 Android Development] d0nkey:
"Bush and Cheney are hanging out in the oval office one day, and Mr. Bush picks up a paper and reads teh headline: 7 Brazillian men killed in latest attacks.

Bush cant believe what he is reading, he says "7 brazilian men killed wtF!@! We gotta get these sons of b!tch3s"

Then he turns to Cheney and says " How many is a brazilian? "

triple post ftw
[G1 Android Development] smokestack76:
Yeah lets not post on a forum... I hear ya about searching but alot of info on here is from one end to the other.. And isnt this a FORUM???? Who would want to post a question on a forum? Thats just CRAZY!!!

Yeah im bored. Just sick of all the dont post n00b questions....this isnt a forum post LOL
[G1 Android Development] gospeed.racer:
If that is the case, then maybe the posters need to be more responsible with their posts. For example, instead of a new post Koush changed the topic to "How to get Root on ALL G1s - RC30 and RC8+ INCLUDED!! (Updated 1/1/2009)" which is great for the first post. Then, as you read the second you quickly figure out that this stuff is a month old and only the first post and the last page pertain. All it is doing is making things more confusing. A NEW post with the same heading, and a timelined group of questions that are RELEVANT to the topic would have made things MUCH less confusing. And these are the experts, so they can follow it and figure it out.

If someone had a map of the steps required to downgrade, as well as the steps to achieve a modded RC30 and it were made a sticky, that would likely end many of the questions. I cant speak for everyone, but I dont mind learning- but there is no structure to the method of "learning" you expect of us. Until there is, you will continue to see the questions.
[G1 Android Development] d0nkey:
I can't disagree with that. Now that we have a way to downgrade, there should be a main sticky post that has instructions on how to do it all and some of the other posts should be removed / merged into the new one.

But, im not a mod, nor did i make any of the walkthroughs.. nor did i make any of these hacks.

But my complaint is not that there are questions being asked, thats a given. I just dont want the same questions asked in every single post related to this. Especially the old posts that dont need to be brought up anymore.

A moderator should make a 'general root Q&A' thread, and a thread on 'how to root your device'. Then kill the rest of them.

but, what do i care. im just bored at work and i want to stir the pot
[G1 Android Development] smokestack76:
I agree with ya too :D BUT this is a VERY busy site. There is info on here for every phone out there. Soooo there is going to be alot of traffic and alot of people in a hurry to get a answer to there problem and nooo they arent going to use the search button. Its just something that has to be gotten used to. Going to be like this until this site closes. :eek:
[G1 Android Development] diabolical28:
exactly that u got 2 months or more on a topic that doesnt even apply and this carries over to the wing thread AND everyone else.... you see that little number next to each post here watch this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3113025&postcount=144 takes me to the exact thread and POST if i am referencing ANYTHING but no one seems to use it. so we sift through 300 posts to find outdated info then wonder why people get mad.... and both the searches on this post are not the best. i typed in adb in the build in search because i can exact it to the dream thread " SORRY No matches found" honestly now. we are smart but dont inidate us with a topic hashed to death with things 3 months old and expect everyone to not ask questions...
[G1 Android Development] diabolical28:
well stir the pot or not hopefully this calls attention to how PEOPLE in general post there things. it is not just the dream forums it was a habbit of the rom cooks in the wing as well as im sure many other posts.... like i said before if those editing or modifying threads to include new updates it would be helpful to say forinstance for those downgrading skip these steps and follow from post #87 or copy that little number 87# of that threat into it as a link. :P we do appricate everyones hard work but making it not so clear causes confusion. if you were unsure that you would brick your 400$ phone modifying it with out dated material would you?
[G1 Android Development] Jyveafk:
First time poster.

Got to say, I've found it /really/ easy to get the answers to any problems I've stumbled into, the sticky posts are great, and any bodges have been my mistake not following the posts.

VERY impressive community.
[G1 Android Development] warzchit:
i think you guys are right im one of the guys that just got root last night and i think people should search the forums and google b4 the start looking for easy way out
[ASUS ZenFone 8 Flip] hudsonding404:
I haven't seen any specific roms for the ZenFone 8 flip, Ive found some for the normal ZenFone 8 as well as the ZenFone 7 pro, are these roms safe to use on the 8 flip? If not are there an roms specific for the 8 flip?
[ASUS ZenFone 8 Flip] 滅亡迅雷:
no yet...
[ASUS ZenFone 8 Flip] hudsonding404:
Not yet?
[Xiaomi Pad 6] zmz125000:
fix adaptive refresh rate and adaptive brightness for GSI ROMs

after installation, disable Force FPS in GSI settings.

Add working overlay for Xiaomi Pad 6 Pro (liuqin) by zmz125000 · Pull Request #763 · phhusson/vendor_hardware_overlay

I extracted FrameworksResTarget_Vendor.apk from vendor.img and created overlay with files in the res folder. V14.0.6.0.TMYCNXM Tested with tests.sh. Issue: I flashed the generated overlay apk with ...

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[G1 Android Development] worry:
Let's say I want a write access from my android java program to file system on RC29 device (want to rename some system files from my program).

Assuming I have mounted /system in rw.

What should I do?
[Realme Narzo 30 5G (AKA  Realme 8 5G)] surboneottu:
I accidentally deleted all partitions by trying to restore the stock rom via fastboot. I imagine I can create all partitions with parted (I found a compatible version). Does anyone know or have the original partition table (name of partition, start, size, filesystem type, ...)?

Thank you very much
[Realme Narzo 30 5G (AKA  Realme 8 5G)] reniya_aaditiya:
didi you get any solution by mistake i have also done the same
[Realme Narzo 30 5G (AKA  Realme 8 5G)] reniya_aaditiya:
does service centerresolved this
[OnePlus 11] seen_bawl:
hi i flash an boot.img file to my phone but nothing happen except OEM unlock switch from the right to the left is there any fix for it?

and dose it affect anything since my bootloader is unlocked
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amt000:
So, to make it short. Got a new Spark 20 last month and waited 2 weeks to enable the "oem unlocking" option (yes we have to wait 2 weeks on HiOS 13 :)) everything worked fine so far until I unlocked the bootloader with fastboot using my laptop.

Although the rooting went smooth (using magisk patched img and the vbmeta file) the main camera is not auto-focusing anymore (stuck at near focus) the front camera works fine though but the image is very dark in ai-mode especially in dim illumination (gets clear in video mode).

I did't drop or damage the phone so I'm pretty sure it is due the bootloader unlock thingy.

No recent info on similar issue but old posts mentioned relocking the bootloader which I didn't try yet given that my phone is working in orange state now and I don't wanna mess things up further.

Things I tried so far with no luck is to unroot the phone using original boot.img so I rooted it back with magiskpatchedboot.img.

Any guidlines or fixed for this or similar situation?

Tia

Abz
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightinfo10:
Probably Engineer Mode may help. There's a setting that does something about the Camera Focus. Accidentally, I enabled it once then, camera got blurred and no longer focusing. Had to Hard Reset. Then, I again, checked and found, that setting was the culprit. 😕
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amt000:
I can't find this engineer mode anywhere is it accessible from dev settings or has another name maybe?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amt000:
Nevermind I used the secret code but there's no setting for the camera there!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightinfo10:
It's maybe not the main Page. Download any shortcut creator app, then search for Engineer Mode. And Launch it. Turning that "Power Test" setting, stops focusing my camera.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightinfo10:
this setting.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amt000:
No luck finding a shortcut maker that does the trick some shows the activity by are restricted to lauch other dont show it at all.

Which one are you using?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amt000:
I can only access the engineer mode using the code *#*#9646633#*#*

And as shown above there is no setting for the camera.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amt000:
Ok I installed "Activity launcher" and it displayed the engineer mode stuff. There's only a camera actity which launched a camera preview but no settings page for the camera.

Looks like I need another solution.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amt000:
I found this camera test under "SemiAutoMidtest"

It returns "auto focus is fail!"

But no settings can be changed either.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightinfo10:
Sorry, for late reply. Yes, there are many activities from the Engineer Mode. Just go to the main Page. That is, the first one, ignore others. I mean, open the one, I marked in the attached Pic. See it's name and find it. You will see a full list of settings. 😕 I'm not sure, if it will help or not. As Magisk has nothing to do with those. Just trying to let you know about this camera focus setting.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amt000:
Thank you for the follow up I have a different name for the app also different settings my "hardware" page is named "hardware testing" and it lacks all the settings you have. I uploaded some screenies. I hope to find a way to fix this since I have no plans to re-lock and unroot my device.

Thanks again.

P.S. this activity page launched the same thing as entering the *#*#9646633#*#* code on tecno devices.

What made phone do you have btw?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amt000:
Update:

So I decided to do something about it.

Got twrp from

GitHub - SKOCHE/twrp_TECNO-Spark_20

Contribute to SKOCHE/twrp_TECNO-Spark_20 development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

And flashed the latest version

Then booted the phone and camera works!

Only drawback is that I need to erase data and reinstall magisk to re-root the phone. But for now I'm not planning to do so.

P.s. the procedure was breath-taking since twrp is not officially supported on this device yet and the image official language is russian
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightinfo10:
oww... good 👍. And you are correct, I tried the Short code you provided, and I can see all the settings not a few like yours phone. Not Rooted my this phone. But, I will start tricking my system files after finishing my exam next week. Wish me good luck ✨
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amt000:
Patching the TWRP img with magisk and flashing it re-rooted the phone and camera still works. So it seems the culprit was the boot.img file from the stock firmware.

I made this guide too for rooting the Spark 20:

[Guide] Rooting Tecno Spark 20 KJ5n + TWRP Custom Recovery

There is a lot of scattered info out there so I decided to write this comprehensive guide after successfully rooting this phone. Step 1 - Enable Developper tools and Unlock the Bootloader 1. Tap “Settings” Menu, then you have to tap “Tecno...

xdaforums.com

Have Phun.
[Shield Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Huzaifa7755:
Have this tablet sitting around and want to use for some gaming, reading and drawing.

What's the best or fastest rom and mods for this tablet? Stock rom? Lineage OS 14.1, 15.1?

I want to have full stylus compatibility and the shield controller compatibility with the tablet best performance.

Any custom kernels with overclock support on stock rom?
[General Topics] wolfgart:
As you know Huawei will launch his new ecosystem in June this year and will entirely avoid ANDROID base escosystem by using a blinded OS like Samsung done with their TizenOS mobile some years ago....

This will mean that we are outside China Mainland can never more buy chinese variants of Huawei product because will be totaly UNUSABLE for us because general .apk files can't more been installed on the devices.

It is worth noting that there are no Android apps in the software system and the home screen only highlights the HarmonyOS native app. This reflects that HarmonyOS NEXT will eliminate Android applications and remain independent throughout.

I can be wrong but this is a suicide move from HUAWEI

..........
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolgatk:
Thank you in advance for your help. I have an old phone that has been in my drawer for a long time, I think I installed a faulty kernel on it years ago and the bootloader was corrupted. The phone switches to fastboot but does not switch to flash mode, when it switches to fastboot, the kernel is not loaded. usb 2 - 3 - 3.1 - 3.2 I tried every port, I tried different cables but it could not enter flash mode. The light is green but no device is detected in windows device manager. I think I have no choice but to install frimware on the motherboard with an external method. Has anyone had this happen to them?
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berni-0815:
Fastboot mode causes the LED to light up blue!

Green is a different mode (flashtool as far as I can remember).

Disconnect the USB cable, switch off the device (to be on the safe side, press Power and Volume Up together until the device vibrates), wait at least 20 seconds, press the Volume Up button and plug in the USB cable.

After a short time, the device switches to fastboot mode and the LED lights up blue.

Then you can flash any image you want to, i.e.

fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolgatk:
I have tried fastboot commands many times, I have tried different kernels and I get the following error.

C:\Users\tolga\Downloads\platform-tools-latest-windows\platform-tools>fastboot flash boot boot.img

Warning: skip copying boot image avb footer (boot partition size: 0, boot image size: 21401600).

Sending 'boot' (20900 KB) OKAY [ 0.524s]

Writing 'boot' FAILED (remote: 'Command not allowed')

fastboot: error: Command failed
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berni-0815:
Looks like your device has a locked bootloader.

You should try to reflash stock ROM with FlashTool and then try to unlock the bootloader as described here.

And then try again to flash a custom ROM.
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolgatk:
That's exactly what I'm trying to do. To install with flashtool the phone should enter flashmode when I press volume down and power button but it doesn't. It only enters fastboot when I press volume up and power key but the kernel is not installed here. When I press the volume down and power key, the screen light is green, so it looks like it has entered flashmode as hardware, but in windows device manager, flashtool does not appear as a device at all.
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berni-0815:
Ok. Then my last advice is to use the original Sony flash tool: Klick
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolgatk:
Even if I use Emma, it wants the phone to enter flashmode. Xperia Companion etc. all want flashmode. Even to open the bootloader you need to enter flashmode. My last resort is to install one of the linux versions of my operating system and try to install software on the phone. If not, I will believe that my motherboard is rubbish.
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berni-0815:
Try Linux, yes. I always use Linux. I don't bother with Windows.

And, again "yes", if none of that works, your device has a hardware problem.
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tolgatk:
I installed ubuntu and tried a lot of things with fastboot again but nothing changed. according to the research I did, there are others like me whose phone enters fastboot and does not enter flash mode. the phone does not enter flashmode because the bootloader of the phone crashed. It is necessary to install software via the debug port on the motherboard. Does anyone have any idea about this issue?
[Xperia Z5 Premium Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Berni-0815:
I'm sorry, but I have no idea about that.
[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] 88fingerslukee:
Hey everybody,

I'm running DCD 3.2.6 on a Bell 6800. Radio 3.42.40. I have a 1 GB /month plan with Bell but the issue is that I keep getting billed for data usage anyway. This occurs because my data shows up as "mobile browser", which is the data for the regular non-PDA phones (the crappy browser that comes on their software).

Anyway, they are telling me I have to "upgrade" my software to their version 2.17.666.2. The full exe filename is this:

BellPPC6800RUU_HERCULES_BM_WWE_2.17.666.2_RS_HERCULES_1.59.10A_BM_1.34_Ship.exe

This is obviously a downgrade, as Bell does not support GPS on the Titan. If I don't do this, the billing charges will stay from now on (they have had to wipe them several times for me).

Does anybody know what is going on here and how I can fix it?
[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] joemorin73:
Something isn't right. I'm on the Bell Unlimited and am showing up data as normal. (PS, may want to change your plan while you're at it.) Tell them that normal browsing is impossible on your phone. Something else must be going on with their side.
[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] crashelite:
eh tell them you went to the one they told you to goto and its still charging you :)
[Mogul, XV6800 ROM Development] nuelo:
Bell has made their data usage very specific. They can tell what services you are using and when to a "T". Personally, I don't have a data plan (ripoff. hot spots are everywhere nowadays), am running nueROM3 and have deleted all data connection settings.
[Samsung Galaxy A34] quelziz:
Hello so i installed the update to android 14, but when i try to root it it Just gives me an error "there is an update" from my phone internet provider. Is there any way to downgrade to android 13?
[General Questions and Answers] Oldschool297:
Are there any other models that has side sensors and aluminum frame.
[General Questions and Answers] LeviP:
Hello.

I have used the combination of buttons described in my handheld manual to perform a factory reset. I wanted to do this because I have to do a clean install of a software that stopped working. In my manual it says that the ROM will not be deleted: "Programs installed to ROM at the factory are not affected".

So I used the combination of buttons but instead of getting the "Clean boot now" message I got the "Device is not activated" message.

Now my device will not longer boot into windows mobile 6.5.

Can anyone please tell what happened?

Did the ROM actually get cleared and I have to reinstall the operating system?

I am attaching 2 pictures.

Thank you for all the help. It is a getac PS336.

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[Redmi 9 / Poco M2 Questions & Answers] arx068:
Hello All,

Lately I have started to face following error during pre-requisites for unlocking the bootloader.

1. Mi Unlock tool says that this phone is locked/bind to another device whereas only my Mi Account is registered with this mobile in settings.

2. While trying to add Mi Account in developer options I'm getting error Couldn't Add. Internal error 29001.

Things I have tried to fix it,

1. Updated phone via OTA

2. Removed Mi Account and re-entering it.

I am searching for solution through multiple forums but unable to find any solution for it. Flashing stock Rom through EDL testpoint is not an option for me.
[Redmi 9 / Poco M2 Questions & Answers] qwertyuiop1289:
Unlocking this device can be done with mtkclient as it is using a mediatek soc. No mi unlock needed anymore.
[Redmi 9 / Poco M2 Questions & Answers] arx068:
Looks like it worked and my bootloader is unlocked now. Will this bootloader unlock work like the Mi unlock tool? Can I flash custom recovery? because I did try doing that but I was not able to boot into TWRP.

Sent from M2004J19C using ReLabs
[Redmi 9 / Poco M2 Questions & Answers] qwertyuiop1289:
Everything should work just like you would unlock it with mi unlocker. Note that you may get a message on boot saying that "Your device is corrupt". Just press power button to continue boot.