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[Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 (2021)] monsiu:
Good day maxim. Some Custom ROMS are Read only to save size and make the image file a small size(thats what they say). So when it is read only you can not edit the system files. Most people do not want this and want the ability to edit these files as with the Read Only ROM we can only view but we can not make the system file RW since the ROM is Read Only.

So our options is to follow these steps to make it RW.

Requirements 1. A Linux pc/android phone (WSL/Debain or ubuntu based distributions/Arch based distributions etc.) 2. Downloaded GSI which is read only 3. A bit of linux knowledge setup for termux users (ignore if using linux) 1. Run the below command to setup storage. grant the storage popup if shown.

termux-setup-storage

2. Run the below commands to install prerequisites.

pkg install android-tools e2fsprogs

Now continue with the guide as usual. 1. Open a shell 2. Uncompress the gsi from .xz file and copy it to our new folder Rename gsi's file name to system.img 3. First we resize the image to 4GB to fit our new unshared blocks. if the image is near to 4GB or higher then do 6GB etc. Dont worry we'll reduce it back later

resize2fs system.img 5G

4. Now we finally unshare the blocks!

copy

e2fsck -E unshare_blocks system.img

If it asks you to run a cmd and errors without it. and file size doesnt change then run the cmd and run the above cmd again. There! the same file you copied is now read/write! 5. We need to reduce the file size to the minimum that it can be. Run the following command to resize it to the minimum that it can be.

resize2fs -M system.img

Now enjoy your read/write rom. go flash it the image. (dirty flashing over existing installation will work)

CONTINUATION: Now even when i follow the above steps (without termux cause i have linux Arch) and try to flash back the newly made RW ROM i get the a device that can not even go into recovery and i only go to fastboot. Even the other method in the link above does not work. Yet in my Samsung A23 phone it works beautifully and the ROM becomes RW :)

I am not stuck though and my device is fine since i can go to download mode am just curious why it fails here
[Motorola Moto G52] akuachi:
Hi, i've rooted with magisk and installed twrp on my device is there any way to update it without data loss. and even if data loss is necesary how do i update it?. i was only able to find the stock firmware with the new update but don't know what else to do....
[Google Pixel 6] itsmemario:
Update:

Applying extreme pressure around the front camera made the sensor work again...for some minutes. Damn! :(

Seeing this issue can be on other Pixels as well, for example 4 and 5,

we are dealing with a TMD3719 AMS here, the internet filled with issues and (temp) solutions, which didnt help here,

me having this issue since the latest may update.

I tried so many things, even the thumbs on the corners, soft pressure, read about artistic solutions on older Pixels regarding this matter, dated back to 2020.

This has the look and feel of a very big issue. :(

Did I maybe miss something on the internet?

It sometimes worked after a restart, but usually turned into 0,0cm or is now stuck at 5,0cm.

I de-installed the official "phone by Google", which at least brought back the "activate on lift" and "activate on touch" feature, which also only working for some minutes after a restart.

All other sensors seem to work normal. I had no time for a factory reset yet and read you can manually edit values on a rooted Pixel 6, "to fix stuck values" (?)

What might this all be about? Any reply is highly appreciated!
[Google Pixel 6] itsmemario:
I sent a bug report to google via developer mode.

The txt file: android.frameworks.sensorservice@1.0__ISensorManager_default

(just like some other txt files inside the lshal-debug folder)

reads:

*** command 'lshal debug -E android.frameworks.sensorservice@1.0::ISensorManager/default' failed: exit code 128

???
[Google Pixel 6] itsmemario:
Applying decent pressure around the camera, at some point changed values from 0 to 5 or 5 to 0 in the sensor app.

Applying more pressure while listenign to whatsapp Voice messages, switched sound between speaker and phone-speaker.

I kept applying extreme pressure in the area of the camera and the proximity sensor suddenly is working again.

But only for some minutes.:rolleyes:

Thank you google.:cry:
[Google Pixel 6] itsmemario:
Also the battery slowly bloating at the upper right part. RIght at the position that "revives" the sensor while applying pressure. 2,5 years...

Sensor works when covering it with something BELOW the displayglas.

Sensor wont work when covering it through the display glas.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
Today I saw multiple youtube videos showing how to unlock bootloader of MTK devices without erasing the internal storage. They all provided the same file I linked below. Is this real? I can understand what the script is doing but I'm not sure if it won't erase my data. Can someone try it for me? I've too much data to be able to back up like app data, etc. YT video:
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] NOSS8:
Big doubts about this video:

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1/ Xiaomi 13 pro(NUWA) Qualcomm Soc

2/ Xiaomi 14.0.2.0 TKLIDXM=Redmi Note 10S/Redmi Note 11 SE/POCO M5S (rosemary)

Contact: @mvikrant97
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
Any other way that you know of? I've too much data to lose 😭
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] NOSS8:
As said in the post above contact:

@mvikrant97

You can save photos and videos to a PC or a USB key and the rest with Micloud or Swift Backup.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] IsHacker:
I already tried it. It works, doesn't erase your data and doesn't require developer options to be enabled. It's actually a tool called mtkclient that all those youtubers are using without even mentioning the name of the tool or creator (@bkerler). Better you download it from the original GitHub page (https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient). After installing mtkclient and following the instructions on the page, run python mtk da seccfg unlock, while the phone is in BROM mode.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient what do you think?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] IsHacker:
The zip you attached in the main post (which you got from youtube) is actually mtkclient, but zipped in with python. Those stupid youtubers only care for views, so they don't mention the name of the tool and the original creator.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] NOSS8:
Just that the video is fake but for Github I don't know, I have never had a MediaTek soc device and never will.

But if @IsHacker tells you it works, you can trust it.

And remember that Youtube is not XDA.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
Are you 10000 percent sure it won't delete my data? After using this exploit, can I use twrp fastboot, etc as normal? Or can I only use the tools provided? It provides different method for rooting. Can't I just use the normal method to flash it from recovery or patch boot.img, etc? After unlocking can I flash other images, e.g. boot.img, in fastboot without data erase?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] IsHacker:
Yes, I'm literally 10000000% sure because I have done this on many mtk phones. After unlock the bootloader, yes, you can use fastboot normally to flash images. That won't erase your data too.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] Kirasu2080:
1/ Don't trust anyone and do backup yourself. Nothing's 100%. Even new phone still can have problem without using any software or app. If something you can't lose, buy a new phone and stop crying. Stupid cmd and app can make you lose your phone, not just data.

2/ Mtkclient will not erase data while unlocking if it's working well (with old Mtk chipset)

3/ After unlock bootloader, it'll be same with official unlock. Except sometimes when you restart phone, some warning will show up but can be fixed.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
Well im 14 and my parents are strict so i am supposed to worry LoL
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
Thanks bud.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] IsHacker:
I actually forgot to tell you, if you get any message saying "dm-verity corruption" after unlocking the bootloader, just press the power button and it will boot normally. If it seems annoying just go into fastboot and type fastboot oem cdms.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
Should I flash the disable dm-verity in recovery or is that unnecessary?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] IsHacker:
Are you getting that message? Then yes you have to.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
Okay
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
I fixed it by flashing the stock rom, which thankfully didn't erase my data, but I had to move from miui 12.5.10 to 12.5.5 or something. Now the only problem is that playstore is crashing, but gmail and chrome are working.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
I have a problem, play store got converted to user app, now it won't launch. As result gpay is not working. Other apps like chrome, etc are working though. I know how to flash gapps, but the problem is I can't flash custom recovery because I can't flash vbmeta.img because it results in a bootloop. LOL. Should I try the stock vbmeta image with no dm-verity flag? Any suggestions?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] IsHacker:
You don't need vbmeta.img, just flash twrp and install magisk (root) and then convert playstore to system app.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] IsHacker:
I can give you the vbmeta.img if you need it, but I didn't reply in the other thread because you created alt account, and that isn't allowed.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
Well i was unable to remove dm-verity. I don't know if it is causing the problem but on flashing twrp (using fastboot) it causes a bootloop. I also tried fox recovery. Should I use mtk to flash recovery?
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
Hey yo i'm in stress! Why the heck are you sending me 'miraculous' memes!!!!!!
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] IsHacker:
it's a spam post. Don't reply to these!
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] IsHacker:
try fastboot boot twrp.img then flash no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip. It will disable dm-verity.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] NOSS8:
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[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
It doesn't work. Results in a bootloop. I figured it out but there is another problem. Ican only use mtk to flash the recovery. But it is apparently glitched or i am doing something wrong. It shows dependency problem. Install microsoft c++ v14 redistributable. I installed it and then even rebooted twice but it still shows download c++. Seems like a python pip problem. Tommorow I will try to install a live ubuntu usb, I had it once but i deleted it, and install mtk on it. Wish me luck guys. Plus it is my mom's phone and gpay isn't working which is the main problem. Pray for me. LOL
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] IsHacker:
You can flash it through fastboot using fastboot flash recovery twrp.img, then reboot directly into recovery, not into system. But did you unlock your bootloader using mtkclient (it's called "mtkclient", not just "mtk") first? Because you said it doesn't work...

To remind you, you need to run python mtk da seccfg unlock in the mtkclient folder, or ./mtk da seccfg unlock (for linux) to unlock the bootloader.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
Yeeahh. If i boot into recovery the pc makes connected disconnected sound continuosly and the screen is black. If i release the keys it goes into a bootloop unless I go back into fastboot and flash both stock images of vbmeta and recovery. If I add disable dm-verity flag it also results in a bootloop. I'm gonna create a bootable live usb of ubuntu and try mtk client from there.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] IsHacker:
Are you flashing stock vbmeta like this?

fastboot flash vbmeta --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta.img
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
Yesss
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] IsHacker:
Then flash the vbmeta from your exact MIUI version (e.g 12.0.21) like I showed. I think you are flashing different vbmeta.
[Redmi Note 8 Pro Questions & Answers] GL1TCH2928:
Solved.
[Redmi 9A Questions & Answers] newor:
So I am trying to unbrick my hardbricked redmi 9A phone with SPFT on linux using this guide, red some threads and followed a configuration required for arch linux but no luck. Looking at SPFT log, right after it detected my phone it, disconnected due to Connect BROM failed: STATUS_ERR(-1073676287) and it just stopped doing its stuff. I haven't found any helpful information online.
[Redmi 9A Questions & Answers] IsHacker:
You will need windows. Nobody cares for us linux users! You can refer to this guide:

[How to guide] Redmi 9A [Dandelion] - Flashing with SP Flash Tool in BROM mode.

[How to guide] Redmi 9A [Dandelion] - Flashing with SP Flash Tool in BROM mode. 1.Please don't use Format all + Download in any circumstances in the SP Flash Tool. You have been warned! If you get any error while flashing or have any doubts...

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[Redmi 9A Questions & Answers] newor:
Ok thanks
[Moto G7 Plus Questions & Answers] isaqi_veras:
Hello, I'm from the old days of the Moto G2 (Titan), after a while I never rooted a device again, I currently have a G7 plus with the CRdroid rom, I would like to know which applications or modules are currently using, when I tried to use swap ram or greenify my device restarted all the time, I'm looking for a way to increase my RAM memory and suspend the apps currently
[Moto G7 Plus Questions & Answers] KamDaTechDude:
i think motorola has a ram boosting option somewhere in settings bc my friend wanted to boost the ram n we ttryed swap apps n greenify but we looked around in the settings n found a ram boosting option idk if its for all models tho
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] mshtob:
i know it's an Android 13+ feature but the android 13+ roms I've tried never had this and it would be very useful to me so i had to ask
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] Zxalilh:
Probably not. It only works with "all" phones that have the hardware to support it.
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] mshtob:
yeah that makes sense I just wanted to make sure
[Android Head-Units] kowallosu:
Good morning,

I have a problem with the FM radio on the radio. At a stop everything is ok, but when I drive the radio loses frequencies and the sound quality drops. I have the antenna and GPS hooked up. After unplugging the GPS there is the same problem. The radio is plug and play and I actually have no idea what could be wrong.

I wanted to adjust the FM Sensitivity, but I don't have this option.

I can't deal with the settings of this radio. I can't go into the advanced options. The radio only has "factory" settings and the password 000000 matches there - but the FM Radio setting is missing. The seller Junsun France does not want to tell me how to enter the advanced options.

Can you help me?
[LG V60 ThinQ Questions & Answers] vaibhav.z:
I have been using LG V600 (AT&T) from around two years and 5G was not available in India at that time. Now as most telecom companies offer 5G network i tried using several sim cards it doesn't support 5G for Indian Network. Even Volte support was available but i some workaround settings and was able to use VOLTE support with jio sim card. So is there any way i can use the 5G network on my LG V600(ATT) in indian network?

Thanks in Advance
[LG V60 ThinQ Questions & Answers] Zxalilh:
The At&t version of the LG V60 doesn't support any of the bands required to use 5G in India.
[Xiaomi Poco F6 / Redmi Turbo 3] zalnaR:
Is there any solutions for the battery drain in the stock Poco rom?

Xiaomi.EU has way better battery life.

Some people said it is because of the launcher, is it true?
[Xiaomi Poco F6 / Redmi Turbo 3] AntiFanBoy:
I have no issues with battery drain on stock EU Rom. 2 days regular use. Could reach 3 days with less activity. You should be more specific. How long is you battery holding up? What's the battery app showing?
[Xiaomi Poco F6 / Redmi Turbo 3] zalnaR:
4 hours max. I used battery guru I was surprised that there was no deep sleeping... Xiaomi.EU was much better, but then RCS doesn't work.
[Motorola Edge 20 Lite] ForForkSake:
Has anyone tested any GSI's on this device?

I am rooted so have used DSU sideloader to test Android 14 LOS-TD by @AndyYan

the exact version being

lineage-21.0-20240526-UNOFFICIAL-arm64_bgN.img.gz

The only change I made was to enable 5G in treble settings followed by carrier settings.

Worked perfectly.

I plan on testing a few more to satisfy the urge..

Although the beauty of Motorola is we have the latest security updates, mine is currently May - even though it's android 12, I have no real reason to use A13 or A14.
[Motorola Edge 20 Lite] ForForkSake:
Official Android 14 RisingOS confirmed working too, this also includes phh treble settings like LOS.

I think I may even use this as a daily driver, its very pixel like - which plenty of customisation options

https://github.com/ItsLynix/RisingTreble

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[Motorola Edge 20 Lite] ForForkSake:
I used this for a day and it is far less buggy than the more than 10 gsi system images i have tested.

The only fix needed is to get 5G.. By simply installing the mediatek IMS app within phh treble settings and then rebooting.

My current use case is for apps in playstore that tell me they are not compatible with my device.

Install to android 14, backup to sd card with swift backup.. Reboot to android 12 and restore from sd card with swift backup and they obviously work.
[Motorola Edge 20 Lite] tk_industries:
That's good to hear. How is the performance and battery life of it? Since it uses stock kernel i suppose it's the same but with less bloat. Also you mentioned some apps that aren't compatible, is that a con of using GSI's, also which apps don't work? I didn't test any images yet because I don't have enough space on my phone 😭
[General Questions and Answers] BARIO:
Hi all!

[I'm not very experienced, I flashed a few Mediatek phones but it was many years ago...]

I bought this phone: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006359533774.html

I'm looking for a way to root it, and I guess (!) the easiest way is flashing a new ROM on it. Info about the phone:

Chipset:

MT6737M

Build number:

R3703C_SERVO_V1.0_20231215

Custom build version:

alps-mp-p0.mp2-V3.219

I tried have the SP Flash Tool, I can't find a ROM, Download-XML and I found a Scatter file (https://www.mediafire.com/file/85q7gvqggcii838/MT6737M_Android_scatter.rar/file) but I can't get past this.

Any help appreciated - thanks in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] IsHacker:
You are totally wrong. You only need to flash the "boot.img" patched by magisk. To get the unpatched boot.img you can either get it from the stock ROM or pull it from the device using tools such as mtkclient. You will also need to unlock your bootloader, which you can also do using mtkclient (if you can't do it using normal fastboot). Just wanted to say: I have a phone with the exact same SoC (Nokia 3) and I rooted it successfully like this.
[General Questions and Answers] BARIO:
thanks a lot IsHacker. I spent the best part of yesterday and today on this, with no success.

I installed:

- mtkclient

- MTK_USB_All_v1.0.8

- MTK-Driver-v5.2307

- libusb-win32-devel-filter-1.2.6.0.exe

- Windows+10_MTK+VCOM+USB+Preloader+Drivers

- SP_Flash_Tool_v5.2316_Win (and also 6.2316)

- adb-setup-1.3.exe

- MT6737M_Android_scatter

The only thing I managed to do was in mtkclient (it connected to the phone only once, tried for several hours):

Port - Device detected :)

Preloader - CPU: MT6737M()

Preloader - HW version: 0x0

Preloader - WDT: 0x10212000

Preloader - Uart: 0x11002000

Preloader - Brom payload addr: 0x100a00

Preloader - DA payload addr: 0x201000

Preloader - CQ_DMA addr: 0x10217c00

Preloader - Var1: 0x28

Preloader - Disabling Watchdog...

Preloader - HW code: 0x335

Preloader - Target config: 0x0

Preloader - SBC enabled: False

Preloader - SLA enabled: False

Preloader - DAA enabled: False

Preloader - SWJTAG enabled: False

Preloader - EPP_PARAM at 0x600 after EMMC_BOOT/SDMMC_BOOT: False

Preloader - Root cert required: False

Preloader - Mem read auth: False

Preloader - Mem write auth: False

Preloader - Cmd 0xC8 blocked: False

Preloader - Get Target info

Preloader - BROM mode detected.

Preloader - HW subcode: 0x8a00

Preloader - HW Ver: 0xca00

Preloader - SW Ver: 0x0

Preloader - ME_ID: 651E9F107C5AAE0C895EEFEDFAE86E11

PLTools - Kamakiri2

PLTools - Loading payload from generic_dump_payload.bin, 0xe4 bytes

PLTools - Kamakiri / DA Run

Kamakiri - Trying kamakiri2..

Kamakiri - Done sending payload...

PLTools - Successfully sent payload: C:\Users\bario\Desktop\MTK-Driver-v5.2307\mtkclient-1.52\mtkclient\payloads\generic_dump_payload.bin

Progress: |██████████████████████████████████████████████████| 100.0% Complete

PLTools - Bootrom dumped as: brom_MT6737M_335.bin

brom_MT6737M_335.bin is exactly 128KB, I placed it here: https://file.io/r2hNP8cI4pg9

I also tried many times to dump the ROM with SP_Flash_Tool_v5.2316 (which I used before), after loading the Scatter File, I tried to download files, but Flash Tool wouldn't download anything (the bytes in the bottom bar always stayed to 0).

The recovery mode of the phone is in Chinese only - I can't read Chinese but Google Translate can, and it seems very thin of options:

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Thanks to anyone willing to help! :)
[General Questions and Answers] IsHacker:
No, you don't need to dump the whole ROM!! You only need the boot.img. In mtkclient, type python mtk r boot boot.img. Then transfer it to the phone from the mtkclient folder, install magisk app and patch it. Now transfer the patched boot.img to the PC and flash it.
[Android Head-Units] do_salah:
Hi guys,

After a lot of back of forth with Junsun after I lost my BMW menu for the android head unit.

I have got the download from them if anyone is interested.

I dont know too much about the versions etc. Maybe other members can assist.

8667Q军灿UI05v1920x720-车模_v4_20240117-1.zip

drive.google.com

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[Android Head-Units] do_salah:
Apologies of the formatting of the pics if not correct. Done from mobile and was a pain in butt lol
[General Questions and Answers] trinity46:
At random intervals my phone says "you got mail" I have only set this sound to go off on two apps, and I have silenced them both and neither of those apps are causing it (Yahoo mail and Messages) no mail, no message. How do I determine what app(s) is/are making a particular sound. The random interval is every minute to about three minutes. Very annoying. Thanks for any help
[General Questions and Answers] trinity46:
Sorry, I have a Moto G Play (2021)
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
Some Android versions offer a notification history feature. This can help you see past notifications, even if they were dismissed quickly. Look for "Notification History" in your Settings menu under Sounds & Notification (or similar depending on your phone's version). If Notification History is available, check it for any recent entries with the "you got mail" sound, even if they don't show a specific app. This might give you a clue.