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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Renate:
As the only super partition I have access to is a a bit strange, I'd be grateful if some people would try this and post it.

You just need to be rooted and pull a tiny bit (1 MB) of your super partition.

C:\>adb shell
# dd if=/dev/block/by-name/super of=/sdcard/soup count=2048
# ^D
C:\>adb pull sdcard/soup
C:\>lputil soup

Here's mine (backup slots that are identical to main slots are abbreviated):

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[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4] MystaMagoo:
Auto Rotate only allows 90°,left or right.

Upside down is required - 180°

Can be done with an app running in the background and I know it can be 'allowed' in custom roms.

Any command or such to allow 180°rotation or standard rom/phone?

Install an app,activate 180°,uninstall app..............
[General Topics] winpeace:
When I remove device dead.

How to disable or remove realvga?
[General Topics] winpeace:
anyone help
[General Topics] orb3000:
Hope this search helps: http://www.google.com/cse?cx=000825...l+vga&sa=Search&cof=FORID:0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Good luck,
[Asus ROG Phone 7 / 7 Ultimate] Darken3306:
Hi,

I ve recently bought a tencent version of rog phone 7.

Now i m looking for accessories and on the net, i cant find what controller is made for this phone.... I know for the 3 we had rog kunai 3, and rog kunai 5 for the 5th.

But what controller i should find to play like a Switch with my rogphone 7 pls ?

If you have a link or some infos i ll greatly appreciate

Thanks
[Asus ROG Phone 7 / 7 Ultimate] ReCiDiV:
use clips for Xbox or Sony controllers, because there is no one suitable for the 7 rog phone, you can carefully put on the case from the 6 rog phone, but it is very narrow and does not fit 100% on the phone body, because of this you can damage the phone itself and the case. Rog von has long been no longer top-of-the-line for the money, both in terms of firmware and accessories, as well as in the assembly package. After using Rog von 3/5s/6 and currently 6ki, I was thinking about taking the 8th, but without the ability to unlockbootloader I didn’t take it, the next phone is better than some kind of Fold or rm 10 pro. At the moment, Asus is a failure.
[Asus ROG Phone 7 / 7 Ultimate] Darken3306:
Hey, tyvm for answering me. Yes i ve tried Sony controller on 7th and it s working, so i m gonna get the clips i think, Ty for your advice ;)

Regarding RM, i ve one collegue AT work who got RM 9. I m really not convinced of that phone, Many bugs, and the menus suck, i really don t like those phones.
[Android Head-Units] Phameh:
Hey guys, I bought this unit for my girlfriend and it is unbearably slow.

Hoping somone can help me update the firmware / root it so I can remove some unnecessary bloat. View attachment 6111636View attachment 6111639
[Android Head-Units] Phameh:
Sheeeet, none knows?
[Android Head-Units] marchnz:
Enjoy your time at XDA having a read and search. The unit is a very low end device, consider reading up on XDA and either buying a genuine google sanctioned head unit, or if still wanting a hobby/enthusiast level device, research another Chinese origin kanged Android head unit (hint, FYT based.)

I see your posts in the FYT forums, but this unit is not FYT.
[Android Head-Units] Phameh:
Alright thank you, I would still like to root this unit / update it if possible. I understand it's a low end unit but for the cost it's what I could get at the moment.

If I can make it run even slightly better I would be happy with it for now.
[Android Head-Units] Phameh:
The manufacturer sent me this firmware.

Thought I would share.

Link to firmware

I have not tried it yet.
[Android Head-Units] Phameh:
They sent me the wrong one.

Here is the one that works for my device.

Link to firmware

Still looking for a guide that will help me root my device. Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy A12] Miloszex:
Hi!

I have a Samsung A12 (SM-A125F) and i can't find working TWRP for my phone.

Can anyone send working TWRP?

And what are Recommended roms for it?
[Redmi Note 9 Pro (International Model) General and] r4ndomize:
Hello, this is a repost for visibility of the original in Q&A below, as suggested by @IsHacker.

If mods consider the original should be deleted, please do so, thank you!

I'm just trying to get some help fixing this storage issue.
[Redmi Note 9 Pro (International Model) General and] IsHacker:
This is normal for this phone. I have a 32 GB external Sdcard where photos are stored. But still I only have 500MB storage left out of 64 GB in the internal storage, even with the SD card. Memory extension has automatically turned off, and when I try to turn it back on, it shows insufficient storage. I'm also on the latest MIUI 14, but I'm rooted with magisk 27.0. I would recommend factory resseting the phone every 3 years. But if you already did, try periodically clearing data of "Google Play Services".

@mods please also delete the other thread.
[Redmi Note 9 Pro (International Model) General and] r4ndomize:
So what you're saying is that even rooted, you cannot manually find/access/delete whatever data is accumulating in Other?

And that a Factory Reset would temporarily fix things?

I mean, I could do it, not a big deal, but I don't wanna bother with that and then 2-3 months later all is back to near full.

Earlier MIUI/Android combos did not have this issue, I am fairly sure the phone used to have plenty of space with the same apps like 1.5-2 years ago.

What if I format the SDcard as internal to extend the storage? It's a half decent card that's not that slow:

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If it dies, I doubt I have anything of much value stored on the phone. All I care is being able to factory reset it properly.

Should I continue the unlocking process? I should be able to in 2 days.

Will resetting the phone get rid of the unlock? Never did it.

And thanks for the answer.

It's crazy that such a common issue doesn't have a real solution. My Windows 11 C:\ partition also accumulates all sorts of stuff, but I know I can dive in it and get rid of stuff like the occasional dmp file or savegames from games I finished years ago, or updates backups.
[Redmi Note 9 Pro (International Model) General and] IsHacker:
Yes you can format it as internal storage, and then migrate all the apps there. Should save a lot of space. You see, the linux filesystem (android is based on linux) is not that easy to understand like windows. You don't know where to look for huge files, even with root. The only thing I know that you have to look in "/data". Sometimes even the slightest change in the smallest of the linux system files can make the device unbootable. The same thing is true even for DESKTOP linux OSes, like Ubuntu. On windows, that isn't the case. It's very flexible. You can delete a lot of files, and your PC will still boot. And well yes, older versions of MIUI/android did consume less space. That's normal too. I also recommend a faster SD card, but your one will STILL do.
[Redmi Note 9 Pro (International Model) General and] HiQual:
When/if you unlock bootloader it will erase your phone data (move your data to, and then remove SD card for safety) and no, factory reset will not relock bootloader.
[Redmi Note 9 Pro (International Model) General and] r4ndomize:
Done a factory reset, and this time I mercilessly went in with the Universal Android Debloater (if I remember the name correctly) and just got rid of everything on "Recommended". It killed some functionality but overall I am pleased, reinstalled Weather app cause I like it and the rest replaced with other things.

It's actually insane how much bloat this got rid of. Can't figure out what was inside those 30GBs. This is after I reinstalled most apps and configured them too.

If this lasts me for 6-12 months I'll be happy I think. No need to unlock anymore and risk bricking. Nor to use the SDcard as internal storage.

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Do custom ROMs like PixelOS, xiaomi.eu, Lineage etc. also exhibit this issue?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmadanas4490:
My car unit firmware not found in xyauto

Yt9216b

Android 10.1

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[Samsung Galaxy A52 5G] Hendrix7:
Sometimes, features are created with best of intentions, but in practice those features turn out to be an annoyance. One such example is remembering the last used camera.

Whoever at Samsung had the idea to launch the last used camera probably thought they do users a favour because "remembering the last used camera" sounds like a feature at first. But just like mandatory pull-to-refresh, the downside only becomes apparent in real-world use. The utility of that "feature" is far outweighted by its downside.

On several occasions I was unable to capture moments because my last used camera was the front camera, so the front camera was launched and I ended up with a useless selfie as the moment I wanted to capture passed by behind the phone.

I could not find any setting to set the default launched camera. "Settings to keep" only has an option to always launch in photo mode, but no option to always launch on the rear camera.

Is there any way to launch on the rear camera every time? Having to pay attention to exit on the rear camera is annoying.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jbarz:
Hi, i know im new to the forum and everything but I had my T-Mobile HTC MDA WWE Wizard Since 06 , it was working great but i Found it last week and even though its kind of beat up . i ordered a Battery (Which i Received Yesterday)It booted , Asking for a Password, So i did a Soft Reset By Pressing the On, Txt , Wifi + The little reset button i Pressed the Send key .And Did a Soft Reset . I did the Regular you know test thing skipped the password and there you go i Get The WM Desktop or W/e and i Noticed that there Was no Backlight! So i was like WHAT THE HECK?!,,, I Went to Settings > System > Backlight , And Did the Maximum Slide thing I Checked And Checked All Boxes and it made no Diffrence. So yeah Here i go now with a 60% Battery Charge now , And i Just Installed ActiveSync 4.5 And i Used the MDA RegEdit thing and Went to The Backlight Settings and Everything seemed ok . Even the The Lock SubFolder. So that wasnt the problem but i was still having fun with my MDA once again With My Prepaid SIM Card Getting Y! Messenger Free for some Odd Reason.. Anyways I Really Wanted to Customize it And i was about to Install an I-Phone Theme Called "ifonz" but it said i needed at least WM6 so here i go I Did the Lokiwiz to Unlock my SIM and CID Thing Did it Successfully , Then Tried to Install A OLD ass Rom : Faria Several Times I think to many times Because it Would get stuck at 99% , And for like the 10nth time i was back in the Recovery thing and i Took my Battery Out [When it always told me] but this time My Phone did Not Boot Anymore not even to the Supposably Three Colored Screen or W/e i couldnt see the colors cuz i didnt have a backlight but i had gotten that before and Successfully Reinstalled an Official ROM from the T-mobile WM Upgrade and me Being a Dumbass Kept on Wanting to Try and try . I dont even know why i kept trying the Same Old Faria ... So now Not Only Do i Have a Phone With No Backlight but a Phone that doesnt even turn on .. I am Willing to Pay For a Solution for this Brick.. I at least Want my Phone back even though i will be able to Use it only Indoors with a Bright Light i will buy another Screen on Ebay for like 30$.. And yeah I Tried To Do the USB Charger Hack and Nothing Happened my USB NON-OEM Charger Had an Extra White Cable But i Only Used The Black and Red With Positive and Negative. Nothing Happened.. Still My Phone won't turn on:(
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jbarz:
A Possible Cause of This may be because i removed this Black Tape Like Thing On The Back of My Phone.. LOL What is that for?? I Don ReCall Putting it there
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] BlackJackN9:
Hello everyone,

I am using samsung note 9. I installed this from superstable ui2.5 v19. The from installation is clean and simple but the issue I face is with magisk.

When I i try to update the magisk through the app after reboot it get stuck in bootloop. I tried installing through twrp but no luck. Once stuck in bootloop I am force to clean install the from.

I am not experienced with rom and magisk. The only reason for installing magisk for me is to run banking application.

can some please help me out?

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] windows4droid:
Patching the boot file via Magisk and then flashing the file via Odin tool
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] BlackJackN9:
Will this work?

Do you have a guide for this?

can you share any resources?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] windows4droid:
Download firmware that matches the baseband on your device

Extract the firmware and delete the .md5 suffix from the AP file

Extract boot file and transfer it to your device

Install the Magisk application then from the first card, choose install, then select boot file

You will find the patch file in the download folder. Copy it to your PC, then use the Odin tool to flash the file.
[Redmi Note 12 4G] Quod Regina:
I know this question has been asked a lot of times on pretty much every forums on the internet, but most of them don't have root access.

I have root access on my phone. Can reboot to the bootloader with TWRP and remove `locksettings.db` (gesture.key doesn't exist) to remove the lockscreen pattern.

However, this does not decrypt the data in /data for user 0. And removing so will prevent me from recovering the data.

I vividly remember my pattern as it involves numbers 1,4,5,6,7,8,9 but the starting numbers are either 1 4 7.

Right now, I'm looking for ways to retrieve my lockscreen pattern through root in twrp since i can't access my userspace phone.

Somehow, this phone can't connect to ADB in TWRP recovery (it must be nixos not properly detecting adb but fastboot works).

Any ideas to just decrease the lockscreen timeout to 10s or 0s? Does sideloading an app even work when the /data is encrypted with File Based Encryption?

ANDROID PHONE:

XIAOME REDMI NOTE 12 (Tapas) rooted with Magisk using MIUI rom

Currently, I am thinking that it's close to impossible to recover the data. I also don't wanna do a factory reset. That's gonna break my authenticator for my online accounts.

{Mod edit: Inappropriate language edited. Review rule no. 2 of the Forum Rules! Oswald Boelcke, Senior Moderator}
[Redmi Note 12 4G] Quod Regina:
UPDATE:

I wiped the dalvik cache and co. while keeping only `locksettings.db`.

So far, it was able to regenerate the lockscreen at start up of the phone.

Of course I still don't know the password.

This seems to be the source code related to the lock db file: https://cs.android.com/android/plat.../server/locksettings/LockSettingsStorage.java

I just need to find a way to get rid of the timeout so that I can bruteforce my patterns.

But then again, I am not sure if my data will get decrypted.

I still have my data saved at /data/media (i haven't backed it up yet)

Anything related to *.key files no longer exists.
[Redmi Note 12 4G] Quod Regina:
Bruteforcing aside, I think I have the keys for the FBE.

Probs inside `/data/misc/vold/user_keys/ce/0/current/` for the CE.

I am basing it on https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/encryption/file-based.

Apparently, FBE uses screen lock for the encryption key (if i understood correctly) https://cs.android.com/android/plat...er/locksettings/SyntheticPasswordManager.java
[Redmi Note 12 4G] Quod Regina:
**Does `twrp decrypt <pass>` bypass android's gatekeeper timeout limit?**

I found [2] which uses the decrypt method for pattern locks [1] however on [2] it says that there's a timeout of 10 seconds per decryption.

However, isn't the android's FBE that uses Gatekeeper incrementally increases the timeout for ever wrong attempts [3]?

I don't need technical help, just answering this XY question is enough because I'll be developing (or using someone else's) bruteforce script for my phone.

If the answer to my question is no, then I just give up and suck it up.

[1] https://github.com/TeamWin/android_bootable_recovery/blob/android-12.1/gui/patternpassword.cpp

[2] https://android.stackexchange.com/q...android-security-pattern-through-twrp-via-adb

[3] https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/239499/gatekeeper-timeout-twrp-vs-lockscreen
[Redmi Note 12 4G] Quod Regina:
I was thinking of using TWRP to decrypt `/data/media` but it seems like there's an issue: https://xdaforums.com/t/orange-fox-decrypting-data.4433351/post-86759957

TWRP can't decrypt my MIUI 13 and Android 12 data...
[Redmi Note 12 4G] Quod Regina:
but it seems like twrp should be able to decrypt it now? i installed twrp back in october 2023
[Redmi Note 12 4G] DarthJabba9:
If you can't remember your lockscreen password/pin/pattern, then you will not be able to recover the data (otherwise, Android security would essentially be useless). Being rooted (or not rooted) is of no consequence on this issue.

If your recovery doesn't provide adb access, then find one that does (or if the adb problem is with your nixos, then you could borrow a Windows laptop).

Failing all this, your options are:

(1) remember your password/pin/pattern, or

(2) factory reset (losing all your data in the process)
[Redmi Note 12 4G] Quod Regina:
Update: I am able to actually use ADB on recovery, turns out my usb port is broken on one side.

Does this provide any chances? I used `twrp decrypt <pass>` to decrypt the data by entering my pin every 10 seconds but it was still not able to decrypt the data.
[Redmi Note 12 4G] DarthJabba9:
The only chance it offers is the opportunity to run "twrp decrypt" as many times as you want. But, in reality, this is not much different from trying to decrypt from the recovery gui.
[Redmi Note 12 4G] Quod Regina:
I plan to look for ways to just get rid of the Gatekeeper timeout, if ever that exists.

I am not sure if installing a new ROM is a viable choice as that may change the cryptographic keys and I wouldn't want to risk that.

Aside from that as my last resort, I feel like I've entered the correct PATTERN in the lock screen. Are there any chances that the lock screen wouldn't continue because the decryption key has already changed when I renamed `/data/system/locksettings.db` into a backup file, added a new random pattern during startup after going to the settings to see if I can access the files (but were not able to) on my home screen, and renamed the backup file back to its original name.

I even wiped the cache while keeping the original `locksettings.db`.

Because if adding the new pattern re-encrypted my data, then there's no longer any point in trying to find a vulnerability with Gatekeeper.

Feels like I am delusional at this point.

---

as a side note, twrp decrypt needs at least 10 seconds before the next pin or it fails. I read that on a forum, however that's on a newly formatted phone. I have at least 100 GiB of data, so I assume the decryption should take at least 2-4 minutes for me per pattern, and not 10s.
[Redmi Note 12 4G] DarthJabba9:
I doubt that you could do that (I'm not even aware of any such timeout in recovery mode). But, even if you could get rid of one, I doubt that it would solve your problem. If Android's security were to be so easy to circumvent, then we all should dump Android.

It isn't a viable choice.

I think your actions as described above might very well have trashed the encryption, or, at least, should cause checksum failures.

There is no reason why it should take more than 2 or 3 seconds to decrypt.
[Redmi Note 12 4G] Quod Regina:
Ah, I guess it''s time to give up on it, huh. It was partly my fault for thinking I can easily circumvent my own password lock since I had TWRP installed. I forgot that the encryption was based on the lock screen...

I'll be completely wiping my data and do a full format to use my phone.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BOplaid:
Hi, I have an Xperia Z1, and this is what happens when I turn it on:

Starts with a Sony logo and the Xperia logo down at the bottom, stays like that for a bit.

Then switches to a screen saying "Powered by Android" (the "a" in "android" is obviously lower case because that was how the logo was at the time)

Then switches to a PS3/PSP like screen, purple/blue background, some moving... I guess waves you could call them?

And here comes the main problem: It stays like that for around 2 minutes (which is a lot), then turns off and the LED light at the top turns red, then goes away after a little bit.

I try to turn it on again, but the LED light flashes red three times, which after a bit of research I figured out means that the battery needs charging.

I charge it for a lot of time, and the LED turns red, which indicates that it's charging. After around 30 minutes, the LED turns off.

I try to turn the phone back on WITH IT PLUGGED IN, and the same thing happens, except it looks like it takes a lesser amount of time before it turns itself off. I may be hallucinating though.

By the way, I don't know much about Xperias, so go easy with me. Although I do know a bunch about Android in general (I own 2 Samsungs).

After a day or two, I tried turning it on again and it got past that wave animation, it said "Android™ Is starting... Optimizing app <number>/<some number around 200>".

This has happened to me before when I updated my Samsung, so it's not fully surprising for me.

But the hope wouldn't last long because it turned off just like how it would in the middle of that wave animation while it was optimizing app one-hundred-and-something.

So anyone know what I should do?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omar_ahmed-1:
Don't worry, it's just a "bootloop".

You can fix this by flashing the stock firmware by flashtool (you can download flashtool and your device's model-specific firmware from Xperia stock rom).
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BOplaid:
Wouldn't that erase all data?

Pretty much the main reason why I'm doing this is to recover any data that might be in it.

But I would still appreciate having another working Android.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omar_ahmed-1:
It will if you selected the options in the wipe menu.

Otherwise, it won't erase anything.

Please provide a screen shot before you flash.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BOplaid:
Well I'm not gonna flash it yet, because I think it's the battery.

Just confirm this for me please: Can the Z1 turn on without the battery and just USB power?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omar_ahmed-1:
As far as I know, the battery CAN'T cause the device to bootloop.

Usually NO.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BOplaid:
Doesn't a bootloop mean that the device starts up, but then somewhere in the startup process it turns off and then turns back on?

Well in my case it turns off, but then DOESNT turn itself back on.

Correct me if I'm wrong on what bootloop means though.

Oh and yeah, I agree, a battery problem can't really cause a bootloop as I know it.

And "usually"? Well in what cases will it turn on? Like on certain model numbers or something?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omar_ahmed-1:
I don't really know the exact cases, but it is almost impossible to boot to system without battery.

Right.

Sorry for misunderstanding, this is not a bootloop.

So, the phone turns off while it optimizes the apps right?

I think this is also a software-related problem.

Please tell me when this problem happened, and is your phone rooted?