yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dadovvv:
That means we can create full edl rom using unlocktool? Does UnlockTool provide you firehose.elf, programmer.xml and patch0.xml files or only provide u firehose.elf?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
yes it does.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
If you could share the abl.img from the phone with me then I can try to see if I can do something to make the phone bootloader unlockable.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killian07:
hi sir. wanna have? i have the redmagic 9 pro right now, how i can take the abl.img and give it's to u
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
You will need to do a readback from the phone in EDL mode.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killian07:
how, i have unlocktool, can i do it with unlocktool?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
Yes you can do it with Unlock Tool.

If you need help in doing it then I can help you remotely.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killian07:
do u have telegram?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BotchedRPR:
No, you won't. All you'll do is brick it. Secureboot is on, you cannot modify abl
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
Yes I checked it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
Do you have China variant or Global?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BotchedRPR:
I had eea
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
You don't have it anymore?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BotchedRPR:
I sold it for redmi k70 pro because of no bootloader unlock. I have firmware partially dumped though (some files got nuked xd)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
oops
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vanta-Chan:
I can provide a device, but I need guarantees that the data on it won't be wiped until root access can definitely be achieved, since I don't have any spare phones.

Got an Redmagic 9 Pro (NX769J), Europe version (EEA) on Android 14 (REDMAGICOS9.0.8_NX769J_EEA), OEM-Unlock in debug settings allowed but not activated.

Edit:

By the way, I'm not convinced about UnlockTool, seems like an absolute scam.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
Its not a scam at all. It is a legitimate software and I dumped a Chinese Nubia 9 Pro device firmware.

Thanks to @killian07 for allowing me to test it on his device.

It would be great if you could allow me to dump your device firmware because we want to cross flash his device with Global or EU firmware on his Chinese variant.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vanta-Chan:
Ok, what's the next step? If it requires dumping user partitions or wiping the device, I need a weekend to get my files out and back everything up.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
The userdata is not erased.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vanta-Chan:
How should we organize the dump? Communication over Discord? Should I activate "OEM-Unlock" in the debug settings? etc...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
No need to enable OEM unlock.

You need to enable adb so that the device can be booted to EDL mode.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vanta-Chan:
Ok, done, I see this device in EDL mode
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
Install Chimera Tool>> Select Custom Install>> Uncheck all other drivers and just select the Qualcomm drivers and install it.

Let me know.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BotchedRPR:
btw crossflashing global to cn flash hardbricked my phone so pls be cautious
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
Hardbricked means no EDL?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BotchedRPR:
you cannot achieve no edl on modern qualcomm, it is in bootrom (pbl)

it just didn't boot at all, immediately to edl. flashed everything sans modemst
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
You said after cross flash it was hardbricked.

Hardbricked means there is no access to EDL.

How were you able to recover it?

I know EDL can be achieved with volume and power key combination, EDL cable or the test point.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BotchedRPR:
you cannot "hardbrick" a qualcomm per se, you'd need to drill a hole in the SoC to do that xD.

when rebooting, it'd just boot straight to 9008.

i believe that they made crossflash require full ufs provision, for which we do not have the xmls
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
We have the xmls.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BotchedRPR:
provision_{samsung,hynix,etc}.xml?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
I will try it and let you know about it.

I have done similar things on Xiaomi, Nothing, Nokia phones so I will test it and let you know the results.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BotchedRPR:
these guys tried extremely hard to make cn->global converts impossible without the whole factory firmwares

good luck :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vanta-Chan:
Ok, took me a while to setup an isolated windows install, but I got it running, the text in device manager is now "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM3).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
Will you allow me to remotely do it or you have Unlock tool?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vanta-Chan:
I downloaded the Unlock Tool, but I'd need a license for that. With what remote desktop software do you want to access it?

Also, let's do it tomorrow, maybe around 12:00 UTC?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
Okay.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vanta-Chan:
I'm ready
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vanta-Chan:
I followed the instructions here, with the Firehose file from ErdilS but cannot get the QFIL partition manager working / find anything about LBA size.

Spoiler content hidden.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
Will you be able to give me remote access so that I can try with Unlock tool.

Install Ultraviewer and send me ID password over private message.

Download free remote desktop software UltraViewer

Download UltraViewer free to remote support your client or partner from anywhere around the world.

www.ultraviewer.net

CLICK HERE TO MESSAGE ME
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
Thank you @Vanta-Chan for allowing me to remotely readback dump from your device.

We together successfully dumped the EU Nubia 9 Pro Firmware.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vanta-Chan:
Thanks @mvikrant97 for researching this device.

I hope we get closer to truly unlocked bootloader and root.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BotchedRPR:
You will not get unlocked bootloader. Ever, probably. Unless the engineering abl leaks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vanta-Chan:
Let's not be pessimistic, maybe we can get someone into Nubia's dev team? ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
Yes getting Engineering abl can do the magic.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dadovvv:
Did u try now to flash on china version? Boot fine?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
Not yet. Waiting for the reponse from the XDA user.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BotchedRPR:
Good luck :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gdaddy3315:
Ya know I have an original china red magic 9pro. Only china updates. Haven't tried any of the commands
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mvikrant97:
Redmagic 9 Pro Engineering ABL.

I have managed it to get from a Chinese Website and the link no longer opens up now. I have managed to download the files though.

Anyone up for testing it?

It no longer works and shows the following message.

Anyone available to test it with me over a remote session?

One of my friend from (Secret app :LOL::LOL:) has tested it on his customers device and has confirmed that it works.

@Vanta-Chan @killian07

Those who would like to join the bootloader unlock thread can join in

Redmagic 9 Pro Bootloader Unlock

A very big thankyou to @Oswald Boelcke @MikeChannon and all the other admins involved in taking a favourable decision to create device specific forum for this device. -- Thread Redmagic 9 Pro Bootloader Unlock. (I always recommend you to backup...

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vanta-Chan:
If it creates issues with Safety Net, I'll hold off with testing for now, I'd have to backup my files and next week I don't have much time, so I'd also appreciate if someone else could help confirm this.

Edit:

Literally some employee leaked the ABL according to the Telegram groupchat ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BotchedRPR:
Yep :D Have fun everyone!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abomajedff:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flashing unlock

...

FAILED (remote: unknown command)

finished. total time: 0.003s

Bootloader unlock failed redmagic 9 pro
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] GTzeroH:
I was at my friends house one day and apparently he was in the middle of flashing his ROM. He said something about downgrading to WM 2003 and using that kernel to run android, and i dont think it was a HTC device. It sounds like an intresting idea. I dont really know how to do anything with my rom, so i was wondering if thier is some type of way to access and modify it. Thanks.
[Android Head-Units] BinPa:
Hello,

I have this MCU version:

023055dGS-Q5-K-HDJC-221111G

Is possible tu update?

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] gldev:
I'm looking for a reliable and actively developed tool to create a system image of an Android smartphone or tablet, possibly without root rights being required.

I would need something that works in the same way as tools like Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image, which read the filesystem and create an image excluding free space.

I hope someone can help me with this. Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
To extract the system.img of an Android device root access is mandatory.

If rooted you can extract the system.img excluding unused space via ADB command

adb exec-out dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system of=C:\system-raw.img bs=sparse
[General Questions and Answers] gldev:
I have an old Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 SM-T311 with Android 4.4.2 that I would like to upgrade: does Samsung's Odin tool, not have some specific function to create system images without requiring root rights ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avikarn81:
The Google Keyboard on Android 13 defaults to the 'Dynamic Color' theme, featuring a colored background on the keyboard. My application has device owner rights. How can I programmatically change the keyboard theme to the 'Default' theme without requiring device root options? Are there any Managed Config options available for the Google Keyboard that facilitate this?

I contacted the mobile manufacturer, and they indicated that there should be a solution, pointing out that the SOTI MDM app has already implemented it in their application.
[General Questions and Answers] funkyirishman:
Hi

Using Dolphin browser on my phone on unrooted phone on android 14

everytime I close and reopen it I get a blank tab opening. Removed it and reinstall it but same issue. Clean cache but can't get into location of any files etc

did male ware scan but nothing as thought it was browser hijack

I like this browser but this is getting annoying and anyway of fixing it

cheers
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] Free_Frag:
Using OTG-HDMI, I revived a P20 Pro with a dead display on TV.

I removed the unlocking, so unlocking the device was simplified.

I turned on USB debugging in developer settings. BUT is Hisuite still asking you to turn it on? WTF???

However, I made a mistake:

I turned on the display pointer location option.

However, I only see the overlay of this feature on TV. If I close the display, the overlay and the lock screen (with the clock and a small padlock) are visible, however, if I open the device (two spaces), only the overlay remains and a dark screen under the gray position display bar. However, the values don't change even if I fiddle with the mouse or keyboard....

Also, what was even more strange when I saw the display was that I couldn't find an option for landscape (quasi computer imitation) mode. Also, it didn't show the notification bar.

My question is, is there a way to remove the pointer location overlay?
[HTC Excalibur] ammarr:
Hi,

Is it possible for someone to export their following reg keys? I seem to have messed up my font settings..

- HKLM/System/GDI/SYSFNT/

- HKLM/System/GWE/Menu/BarFnt

- HKLM/System/GWE/Menu/PopFnt

Thanks!
[HTC Excalibur] muzip:
here are the reg files you need
[HTC Excalibur] ammarr:
Thanks a lot!
[OnePlus 12R / OnePlus Ace 3] VelocityGrill:
I tried to add some of my contactless cards to Google Wallet in the initial phone setup, but my OnePlus 12R Genshin Impact Edition shows a message that says "Couldn't finish setup to pay in shops... this phone can't be used to pay in shops. This may be because it is rooted or altered in some other way."

It's a brand new phone, bootloader locked, not rooted, etc., and this error occurred before I installed any apps or made any changes to the phone, so I'm a bit confused about what to do.

View attachment 6080129
[OnePlus 12] alp47470:
Requirements - You need to be rooted and any terminal emulator app

#Steps :-

1. Open any terminal emulator app and pass these commands

For KSU users :-

su

setprop ro.boot.veritymode enforcing

For magisk users :-

su

resetprop ro.boot.veritymode enforcing

2. Now you can flash full rom via system updater app without any issues

Note - This is for those who want to keep updated even after root and prefer to be updated with full rom flash downloaded via Oxygen updater app
[OnePlus 12] Test_subj:
Thank you!

Updating this phone and keeping root has been such a pita.

edit: well now updater fails to extract the update so i guess I'm still stuck.
[LG G8 Questions & Answers] Sunny...:
I want to download official pixel experience rom for LG g8 thinq somebody help me to find the rom I am noob
[General Questions and Answers] Tajemni3man:
tl:dr There is a strange app called -5 on my phone that is draining my battery, should I factory reset my phone?

Hello!

Yesterday I woke up with my phone dead, after a quick charge I noticed that there's a new app in my battery log called -5, it has drained 30% of my battery. I thought that it was a bug, but now that I don't use my phone it appeared again. I am now considering factory ressetting my phone in case it is a malware.

The phone in question is LG G7 Thinq

Also, might this app be a virus on a SD card? Yesterday I was trying to install on my Xperia phone original Messaging and Calendar app with said SD card installed, when my efforts turned out to be fruitless I switched back to the LG and installed said SD card back to it.

I will be very thankful for any feedback!

Regards!

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[General Questions and Answers] EllieCat:
Does the app take up a lot of storage?
[General Questions and Answers] Tajemni3man:
That's the thing that I cannot find it even when I check system apps, the only proof of its existence on my phone is the battery drain log...
[General Questions and Answers] EllieCat:
You can use adb commands to uninstall it.
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
@Tajemni3man

Contact LG Support: They might have insights into hidden system apps or malware targeting LG devices.
[General Questions and Answers] TheMystic:
Better to factory reset.
[General Questions and Answers] Tajemni3man:
I wrote to LG support and they've also advised me to factory reset.

Thank you all for help, I think that this thread can now be archivised.
[General Questions and Answers] Tiege:
I'm hooked up via ADB - but 'adb root' results in 'adbd cannot run as root in production builds'. I can see the files, but not all. I can see packages but can't view the files in the pkg I want. Do I have to root this phone to see the hidden files? Do I have to upgrade the Android version? or ADB version? I've spent 3 days, reading and trying various things.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
The message "adbd cannot run as root in production builds" indicates you're trying to use adb to gain root access on a device that doesn't have it inherently. This happens because production builds (the official builds you get from manufacturers) disable root access by default for security reasons: Granting root access isn't one of its core functionalities on production builds.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] sigfy01:
Hi all,

I just updated my 8T to the latest ROM available on my side of the world (France) > KB2003_14.0.0.301 with Android 14.

But now I'm unable to type and validate the SIM PIN code.

On the screen, when I tap on any number, nothing happens beside the delete icon that appears to delete... well I don't know what because the field remains empty.

And of course even if I type the code and validate, it doesn't work, I tested just in case it was a new "feature" to hide the characters in the field but it just acts as if I didn't type anything.

Only way I (thankfully) found to unblock the situation, is to plug in a bluetooth keyboard and start typing one number and then I'm able to type the rest and unlock.

No issue with the device PIN so far.

My device is usually rooted but I haven't reapplied the patched boot yet after the update.

Anyone had the same issue or an idea to fix this, apart from waiting for an update from Oneplus or wipe the device?

I haven't found a way to do screenshots while SIM is locked, and I don't have another device to film the issue, sorry.

Thanks.
[OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers] sigfy01:
As expected, OnePlus support is unable to provide any useful help.

Only answer I got was to factory reset the phone which would have no effect on the SIM PIN.

Not to mention that I did not forget the code, I just can't fill it in.

Only solution I found to avoid having to bring a blutooth keyboard everywhere I go was to disable SIM lock.
[Samsung Galaxy M32] Havcaaren22:
Hi! I have Samsung M23 5G but there is no forum for this device. So I'm writing here hoping for any advice. After update to One UI 6.0 I noticed that there is no fast charging anymore and charging slow down extremely. First idea that is fault of cable so I tried few new cables, no luck. Then I made factory reset, no luck. Then I bought new charger (original Samsung 25W as previous) no luck. Than I tried charger for Motorola 18W and it charging (not fast) but much quicker then Samsungs. So I have no idea it is damaged usb port in phone, or some fault charging system in phone or if its even possible update to One UI 6.0 broke software fast charging...Any idea guys?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] raymond818:
Does anyone know of a rss reader for tilt where for music i don't have to download first i can just buffer??????
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] XDA Technology:
I made Custom S7 Rom for galaxy Y

It's very beautiful

It's very fast

features

S7 Boot animation

S7 launcher

S7 Settings

S7 wallpaper

S7 Apps

View attachment 6080165

Rom Link : Tap Here

Small review

On YouTube Tap Here
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] Bill720:
@XDA Technology, are you able to provide the kernel source code for this project? It is site policy that source code be furnished, when/where appropriate, for the sake of fostering open and transparent development. Please make sure to get that published within 5 days. Thank you for your contribution.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] XDA Technology:
Yes
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Android Development] Bill720:
Excellent. Looking forward to it!
[CoolPad Note 3 Questions & Answers] amftpd:
My previous phone coolpad note 3 and coolpad 2.5d had no issues with persistent malware(it went after a factory reset)

But when i got a redmi 4x malware was persistent even after factory reset and reflash of stock firmware after physically lending both the phones for a day to my colleague (doing nothing different,no backup/accounts logged in/reinstalling the malware in any way)

Apart from the non unlockable bootloader(coolpad 3 and 2.5d) and unlockable one(redmi4x) is there any security difference that could lead to a physical attack on redmi and not coolpad phones that could be the reason to this situation?

(Im talking about present ones like the bootloader example i gave)

If yes, what is difference?

If no, what all could have been done?

Im pretty sure its an hardware attack but if so, why was it not possible in the coolpad phones?

Opinions:

My guess is that it has something to do with the bootloader/firmware that probably cannot be reversed easily(like getting new parts or so)

If my assumptions is correct what could the attack be?

Also they have "asked"me to avoid oppo and vivo for some reason(probably bootloader), could this be it?(redmi also since its tough to do in newer versions im guessing)
[CoolPad Note 3 Questions & Answers] Oswald Boelcke:
@amftpd Thread closed as duplicate of

Persistent malware issues with Redmi 4X and analysis of security differences with Coolpad 3/2.5d

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[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] kraz01:
Does anyone have any issues with external HD's being connected to the S24U? I have an M.2 drive (1TB, FAT32) that when it's connected, it sometimes will connect but most of the time it won't. I've tried 4 different USB C cables and 2 different M.2 caddy's.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] hand-filer:
Running an ADATA SE 880 1TB. No problems connecting it to any of my devices, S24U included.

I don't think these devices play well with internal SSD's and adapters.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] MrMike2182:
Mine wouldn't notice my 1TB Samsung SSD itself so I gave up.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] xalaros10:
See below video from 09:53 - 10:50 about SSDs.

Crucial X9 Pro... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9WKGXHD

Crucial X10 Pro... https://www.amazon.com//dp/B0C9WGGZT9
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] OnnoJ:
Be sure to have Auto Blocker function switched off...
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] jonboi:
Would be better as exFAT.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] kraz01:
I'll try the exFAT format. Autoblocker is off. It would read the drive every other time. Even on my S9 Plus tablet, it says High-power USB device connected.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] kraz01:
That still doesn't explain why an external drive will not work.
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] malikin:
no problems for me
[Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra] kraz01:
So after a My Files app update, my drive seems to work now.
[General Questions and Answers] drazhar:
Hello There. I havent played around with Odin or Heimdall in years (Galaxy S4). My wife has an A52, and it just fell over, and wont get back up.

It was first restarting every few minutes, then this progressed to not being able to go any further than boot looping after showing the "Samsung Android" screen.

Ive gotten into recovery mode, ive cleared the cache, but it didnt allow me boot up. I want to try and recover the files on the phone.

Is this possible? Has anyone got any links to articles?
[General Questions and Answers] parrots_:
Could be actual hardware damage, but you might as well try flashing the stock firmware.

Odin hasnt really changed much, just more organized. Download the firmware from SamFW, and load them into their appropriate slots (ex. file starting with AP goes in AP slot)

To keep the data, flash HOME_CSC instead of the normal CSC file. Normal one wipes data.