yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SideSkroll:
Hi guys, not sure if this is the correct sub-forum to ask this but as it is a very GENERAL question I think it's fine.

Short and to the point:

I want to sync the DCIM folder of my current phone to the DCIM folder on a Pixel 1 (unlimited backup)

I know there are a gazillion apps that can do that, but I would like the setup to meet the following criteria:

- Sync on command (no background services draining the battery/producing heat 24/7)

- Sync ONLY new/different files from what is already on the OG Pixel (no dupes/replacing files)

- KEEP THE METADATA INTACT!! This one is a MUST. I speak from experience, sadly... (AT LEAST the "Last Modified" data)

- Delete the source file after successful transfer. (This one is not "a must" since I can simply run "free up space" on the phone afterwards... But it would be nice.)

The ideal result would be:

Get home, turn on the Pixel 1, push a button on my CURRENT phone, wait for the images/videos to appear on GPHOTOS, turn off the Pixel 1 and carry on with my day.

Is this possible? Do I need to make some compromises on some of the bullet points? In my (admittedly) ignorance on the matter I don't see anything "difficult" or "impossible" in what I want to do... And if there's no such an app someone should create it 😁

Anyway, if anyone knows how to accomplish my goal. (Which app/apps and which settings would I need to select). Please share, any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Renate:
Is a desktop involved here or just two phones?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SideSkroll:
Just 2 phones. But I have no problem in getting into a threesome with a PC 😁

As long as the end result is seamless and invisible to the user I have no problems setting something up.

I just don't want to do 100 things just to upload a bunch of media...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Renate:
adbsync /hscu /s C:\MyPhotos sdcard/DCIM/Camera /d123cheap456
adbsync /ascu /s C:\MyPhotos sdcard/DCIM/Camera /d987pixel654

The /d numbers are the serial numbers so that you sync in the right direction.

You can do this sequentially with them both plugged in or separately.

adbsync.exe is in my sig.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SideSkroll:
Oh yeah... I've used adbsync before. Worked great for extracting a bunch of photos preserving their metadata.

I was hoping for a more "elegant" ("factory") solution though ..

Like I said, getting home, launching an app, pressing a button and go about my day.

No physical connections.... Cause at that point I could just pull/push media 😁

Thanks anyway!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Istarth:
Hi !!

Is there anyway to make rss hub to download images ?? since all I can see where I should see an image is just a red cross ... I really would like to be able to see also the images ...

Please let me know if anyone knows how to do it.

If there is no solution... Where can I find any alternative rss soft ??

TY !!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] chasist:
rss hub sure is suck,thats why many chef remove it in their cooked roms

try spb insight,highly recommended <not freeware though>
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Istarth:
really ty for the answer !! that soft is much better ! but ! I miss 2 things from rss hub ...

1 - RSS Hub has an icon notify that u can see when there are new articles ... so u can easily know when to take a look ... like with sms/mms ... and just pressing the icon u go directly to rss hub ...

spb insight auto-download too ... but u never get any notify about it ...

2 - This is less important ... u cannot uso groups/categories to sort all ...

Is there anyway to resolve at least point 1 ??

TY !!!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] chasist:
rsshub do not download image automatically

it just download text

for it to download image u must have internet connection active when reading articles (it download image when u open article)or else u got that red cross

yes u right there is no notification on spb insight but i use it with secondtoday as today plugin

its really great after u map manila softkey with secondtoday and u can see there new articles floating on the screen,.it is very nice
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Istarth:
TY for the answer ... anyway I normally use just manila ... nad as u said Using secondtoday and spb plugin I can know if there are new articles ... but the idea is not to check secondtoday ... and be able to know same as with rss hub or a sms/mms/mail ....

By the way with active internet connection I cannot see any image ... just header image and not for every article .... content images are not visible with or without internet .... :(

TY for the help any new ideas for a clear and active notify for spb insight or a way to make rss hub to download images ??

See U !!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] chasist:
sorry no idea for rsshub :(

maybe u can try these freewares alternatives

all the best

rss reader freeware
[General Questions and Answers] NickoAntrax113:
I need help with my mate 50 pro from brand Alps, I bought the cell used and it has a protection privacy password, I have tried so many things to do a hard reset I do it, but that privacy password keeps popping up. Anyone who can help me get rid of this password?
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
I can't provide instructions on removing FRP locks on the Alps Mate 50 Pro: FRP is a security measure to prevent unauthorized access to the phone after a factory reset.

Some manufacturers offer FRP bypass methods through their service centers. But Alps Is Not a Known Smartphone Manufacturer. If you remember where you purchased the phone, check the retailer's website or contact them directly.
[Google Pixel 6] warderrrr:
Pixel 6 bricked after updating to Android 15 Beta 2​

Hi. I'm really hoping someone will be able to help me. I tried to update to the latest beta and my phone is in a really bad state right now. The thing that's most notably bad about it is that I can't even factory reset my phone.

When I try to factory reset it I cant an error:

ERROR: recovery: [libfs_mgr] Unable to enable ext4 verify on /dev/block/platform/147000000.ufs/by-name/metadata because /system/bin/tune2fs is missing

And then other various errors like

Error in /sideload/package.zip (status 1)

First I tried to sideload the update via adb sideload, no luck. Then I tried to restore a factory image, but that didn't work because I didn't unlock the device and there appears to be no way to unlock the device without booting into the OS.

Am I out of luck? In other words do I need to replace my phone?
[Google Pixel 6] mxrcwastaken:
I have the exact same problem... except mine bricked when I was trying to factory reset normally before passing off the phone to a friend. Also just stuck in a constant factory reset cycle. The phone can enter Recovery Mode, Fastboot Mode, and load the Bootloader without issue.

Also tried adb sideload, double checked the latest SDK version, the correct OTA, and still returns

Error in /sideload/package.zip (status 1)

Trying to use fastboot flashing unlock also does not seem to work for me and I can't seem to figure out how to OEM Unlock or enable USB Debugging as I cannot access the settings on the phone normally. Any help is also appreciated.
[Google Pixel 6] mxrcwastaken:
I also could not care less about the data on the phone because I was trying to wipe it in the first place anyways... Any solutions to simply get the photo working in any state would be greatly appreciated!
[Google Pixel 6] warderrrr:
man what are we going to do :(
[Google Pixel 6] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Learn from this. This is going to be a rather expensive lesson for you all.

The lesson: NEVER mess around with your device unless the bootloader is unlocked first. Once you do unlock the bootloader keep it unlocked. Same goes for USB Debugging.

To unlock the bootloader and enable USB Debugging you have to be in Android. Since you guys have borked Android installs you're effectively screwed. You can try to use Google's restore website to try and fix things, but I suspect a shipment to a service center is in your future.
[Google Pixel 6] Legitsu:
fastboot and flash factory images ....
[Google Pixel 6] Lughnasadh:
Can't use fastboot and flash factory images with a locked bootloader.
[Google Pixel 6] Legitsu:
you can reflash the bootloader from fastboot witch should get you back to recovery download the ota image extract the bootloader and flash it from fastboot

can also attempt to switch back to the otherslot and see if recovery works from there

fastboot set_active other
[Google Pixel 6] Lughnasadh:
If your bootloader is locked you can't flash with fastboot. You can't even switch slots with a locked bootloader using fastboot commands.
[Google Pixel 6] cyanogenmodricky:
just the same thing happened to me

unfortunately all the comments are right, nothing can be done when the device remains like this, you have to change the motherboard because there is no other way to fix it, of course if you send it to Google they will fix it for you

only those two solutions exist, good luck and lesson learned
[Google Pixel 6] Lughnasadh:
Update from Google about the factory resetting fiasco...

https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/283220215/issues-after-factory-resetting-pixel-6-devices
[Google Pixel 6] Lughnasadh:
Another update from Google today.

Update 7/19/24

We’ve identified a solution for people experiencing issues after factory resetting your Pixel 6, 6 Pro, or 6a. Please

contact us

via phone or chat for additional support.

https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/283220215/issues-after-factory-resetting-pixel-6-devices
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dreamltetester:
As PawiX does not do ROMs anymore apparently, EvolutionX for S8 is not maintained now... Could someone build the latest version? Device tree: https://github.com/ivanmeler/local_manifests
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] TestaMic:
well i could but you need to remeber that qpr2 is not fixed yet and evo x 9.0 is qpr2.....

let's wait for ivan to push trees then do builds
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] TestaMic:
your wish has been granted, trees have been updated... i will now start compiling
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dreamltetester:
You’re the goat 🫶
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] TestaMic:
i released it, check the xda page, feel free to use it!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dreamltetester:
Nice bro thanks!
[Redmi 9A Questions & Answers] batman.:
Hello,

I've been seeing a lot of videos recently about phones booting up with a coloured eye and I figures out it's called CrDroid. I want to learn how to install these type of things and I have little to no experience. I recently got a new phone (Galaxy a54) but I want to experiment on my old device(Redmi9A). As I said earlier I have no experience and I wouldn't want to break my old device even though I have no pictures or any personal data on it. Anyways, I want to learn about bootloading (don't even know what that means, lol) and everything that comes with that sort of stuff. I'm not rushing things because as I said earlier I got a new device but I would greatly appreciate any kind of tips or guidance. I don't know if it's allowed but I will leave my discord for anyone that wants to help me. I saw that i need to download an app called twrp but i have absolutelyno idea what to do next.(I specifically want to learn things about CrDroid because of the eye on the boot up animation and because I've done my research and I think it's better for me personally) (Last edit. I don't have a sim on my old device which I want to install Crdroid on it.)

disc: lefterak1s_
[Redmi 9A Questions & Answers] Zxalilh:
You should first "unlock" the bootloader. The Redmi 9A has a Mediatek chip which can be unlocked instantly unlike Xiaomi phones with Snapdragon processors which can't be bypassed.

Twrp isn't an "app" but technically a (custom) recovery.

Installing ROMs is a fairly easy process, even if it's your first time doing it.
[Redmi 9A Questions & Answers] batman.:
Yeah I found out on other platforms too that I need to unlock the bootloader on my device.

I read that I need to have an ADB installed on my device. ( I'm not exactly familiar with the terminology of these three letters)

I also read that I need to be running at some point cmd to use that ADB thing. Correct me if I'm wrong but that is on pcs and laptops. I have a laptop which runs on windows 11 but many said that I need to have windows 10.
[Introductions] batman.:
Hi. I don't really know what to type here. I've been on this app for about an hour and I can say that it look very nice and I can understand that there's been a lot of work to make it look like this. I'm sure that I will still be active in the future but the main reason I chose XDR is because I want to learn how to make devices faster and generally mess around a but with them. So I'm open to any sort of tips anyone wants to share with me.
[Samsung Galaxy A21s Questions & Answers] a217m:
how to make twrp v2 read internal storage?
[Samsung Galaxy A21s Questions & Answers] dariuk123:
Go to more>terminal> and write multidisabler
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] info.xlite:
GREETINGS EVERY ONE, MY SAMSUNG S21 ULTRA SM-998B/DS CANT RECIEVE NEW UPDATES, I HAVE TRIED SO MANY WAYS NO WAY, AND ITS STOCK AT ANDRIOD 11, ONE UI 3.1, BASEBAND G99BXXU3AUDA 1 MAY 2021 SECURITY PATCH LEVEL, AND ALSO IT COMES WITH DUAL SIM NO ESIM, I DONT KNOW IF ITS DEMO VERSION OR IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN UPDATE IT TO THE LATEST VERSION
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] windows4droid:
This device got Android 14. Use PC to upgrade your device

Via Odin Tool
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DaniTaromati:
I've managed to find a old Verizon galaxy s7 i used to use that no longer has its SIM card in it, and since i now use a pixel phone, i was wondering if there was any modern day way to root the device, since all guides ive found were either in 2016/17, were on sketchy sites i didnt trust, or had dead links in them that made it impossible to actually follow, along with the software within them being too old to use as well. Any help would be appreciated and thanks in advance!

just in case we need it:

Android version on it is 8.00

Samsung experince version is 9.0

Kernel version is 3.18.71

Knox version is 3.1, API level 25, TIMA 3.3.0

Model number is SM-G930V

Serial will be provided if asked

Hardware version is REV0.6
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] parrots_:
Use this:

Root_Method_Rev_B/11_Bootloader_Using_Combo_Firmware

This is a root method for the s7 and s7 edge on bootloader 11 (B) phones using the combination firmware. I really dont think it will do much but I will post it and maybe someone will do something with it Downloads...

xdaforums.com

I've done it on an S7 and a Verizon S7 Edge and it's worked perfectly. Only issue is that the Android version will be at 6, because American samsung phones have locked bootloaders, requiring bypass methods.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DaniTaromati:
i would have followed that, but that runs into the issue of the files provided not including the pit file that is mentioned in the guide
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] parrots_:
It's there in the combination firmware file I think. Once you unpack it, if there's any extra extension, remove it so that it ends with tar. Then unpack it, and the PIT file should be there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DaniTaromati:
all i see in the tar is a bunch of LZ4 files, with none of them having any extension of .pit or whatever in any of the files (unless im an absolute idiot, heres a image just in case)

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DaniTaromati:
nevermind, i think i might need to look for glasses eventually. so now i guess i just take that file out, put it in the pit menu in odin and rename the file back to .tar.md5 and put it in BL?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] parrots_:
Put the PIT file in the PIT section, the .tar file doesn't have to have the .md5 I think.

Make sure you do the NAND Erase and repartition?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DaniTaromati:
how does this look? also what rom should i copy over once i click start? also how would i install superSU as well with said roms

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DaniTaromati:
just making sure since i dont know if after this is the point of no return
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] parrots_:
You're good to flash, even then you could still reflash after the PIT and NAND erase.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DaniTaromati:
alright, odin says pass and i made sure to follow the settings, do i just power off and back on now or should i push something else to the phone while its still in download mode
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DaniTaromati:
alright i got into the limited android and now i have to wait a while for adb to transfer over the system_g930_tmb image to the device to use with flashfire, although its going to take a loooong time since the file itself is 5 gigs and adb started like 4 minutes ago and is still marked as one percent in the cmd, although in the phone the file is still growing, its at 1350 MiB right now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DaniTaromati:
File finally transferred over and im in safestrap right now, although i dont see any option to use the img file i just transferred over though, only zip, did i somehow miss a step? or should i try to use the one under flashable zips?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DaniTaromati:
ill leave the phone in safestrap mode for the night and wait for a response until morning
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DaniTaromati:
I think im getting the hang of it, but ill tell you the results in a bit
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] parrots_:
My bad, I was on vacation and forgot. Once you're in safestrap, if I remember correctly you don't need to install any images. Move a flashable ZIP over to the phone and flash it. Just follow the directions and you should be fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DaniTaromati:
so i might have flown too close to the sun, and ow i cant seem to boot into recovery nor the main system. is there a way to try and flash the stock os again but with twrp or something so i can just start fresh? i can still boot into download mode
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] parrots_:
I don't think there's a way to keep TWRP, so you're probably gonna have to redo the setup again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] DaniTaromati:
Any particular guide I should use to return to stock?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Guides, News, & Discussi] parrots_:
There's not really a special process, just download the original firmware for your device, load into appropriate slots and flash.
[Nothing Phone 2] ADMJohnny:
Hello, i hope you are well, i got a nothing phone 2 which i was trying to root, i patched the boot.img from the latest full image file, then it stuck on logo, incremetal updates could not be extracted through payload dumper so i decided to reflash the latest full rom, i have a macbook m1 with windows parallels, seems there were no luck with the nothing flasher and qualcomm drivers, found a sh script which i translated it to run on the macbook only changed fastboot to ./fastboot but unfortunately it failed to write some partitions in result harbricking the phone and now its completely not responding to anything not even COM/EDL port available. Yikes, im in a big trouble, and i dont have the knowledge to fix it. Can anyone please help me? I Just want to save the phone no longer want to root it, solutions can be on windows machines too.
[Nothing Phone 2] Zxalilh:
Have you looked at this?
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
So no reaction from the phone at all?

You could RMA it or maybe @mvikrant97 could help.

So you have a V2 hydra cable?

Without it you're going to be forced to buy one or RMA, you could maybe make one?

But personally I wouldn't.

It may not seem so but the phone will be fixable, I've been in the same situation, black screen no input.

Just make sure, power the phone and hold all buttons whilst connected to a computer, listen for the ding connection.

You can grab the flash tool, but not if you were already on 2.5.3 or above. Anything less and you're in luck.
[Nothing Phone 2] ADMJohnny:
yes, i have tried this without any luck but I tried it on a MacBook with windows parallels
[Nothing Phone 2] ADMJohnny:
I do not have an EDL Cable, should I buy one instead? The phone was disconnecting when connected shown as QUSB Bulk Before Brick, after brick no Connection at all.

The phone was on 2.5.5, is that a problem? How do we RMA?
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
EDL flash tool wont work on anything above 2.5.3 so yes you're out of luck..

Maybe Vikrant could help but I couldn't be sure, officially you need to RMA your device...

For a third party to help you'd need the V2 cable, I'd say just order one because they do come in handy..
[Nothing Phone 2] ADMJohnny:
Thanks i ordered one too, but usually EDL can't be wiped, before on a oneplus I could access EDL when phone died completely, if you know someone to contact to fix it please do not hesitate to send to me thanks a ton!
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
Chap I mentioned earlier maybe could, I tend to send him a donation when he's helped me, he's a good lad
[Nothing Phone 2] mvikrant97:
Once you have the EDL cable then please let me know. I will see if I can fix your phone.
[Nothing Phone 2] theq86:
I don't know if I am a unicorn but using the edl unbrick tool with my device on 2.5.5 did succeed several times. Last time when 2.5.6 OTA could not get installed for weird reasons, I used the tool successfully, then applied all OTAs.

I wouldn't go as far as saying the tool will work no matter what, but it does for me. I also had problems on 2.5.3 directly but not afterwards. If the phone is softbricked right now, you could give it a shot with the unbrick tool. Otherwise @mvikrant97 would need to use the UnlockTool hammer.
[Nothing Phone 2] kpirnie:
EDL tool works for me as well. every time. I use it to come back to stock after being on a custom... yes, I know I don't need to... but I like to because it's cleaner.
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
So edl worked for you whilst on 2.5.5?

That's interesting...
[Nothing Phone 2] theq86:
More interesting is that it works with some devices, but not with all. New report here:https://xdaforums.com/t/unbrick-not...-updated-version.4660223/page-6#post-89571811

Could a moderator merge this thread with the edl thread? no need to diverge here.
[Nothing Phone 2] kpirnie:
aye. the original tool too... the one everyone says bricked their phone.
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
What OS were you on? Just stock 2.5.5? What region you from?

Did you do anything special?

What state was your phone in at that time?

That one worked perfectly for me up until 2.5.3 then it just wouldn't do it. I used to be able to roll back to 2.0.1 then just roll up the updates back to whatever I wanted..

My device is also EEU and was a pre order, wondering if there was a batch that may have caused this.
[Nothing Phone 2] kpirnie:
Was on NM 2.5.5 last, US, did nothing special. Phone was working fine.
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
So 2.5.5, global, phone was booting as expected.

Was your bootloader unlocked?
[Nothing Phone 2] kpirnie:
Yes.

I tend to do that as soon as I get a device ;)
[Nothing Phone 2] dlads:
That's great, thank you.

I find it odd that everyone else is ending up in crash dump mode or a persistent black screen... Myself included yet yours was fine? Baffled by it tbh.

How old is your device? Was it first batch? Like I said mine was a pre order... Wondering if that's got something to do with it.

I know some were made in china and some in India, perhaps there's a variable there we're not seeing?

@mvikrant97 what do you think?