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Hi all.. Firstly, so sorry about the generic title.. but as you will see, i have quite a few questions and I wasn't sure what to put.. or even if this needs to be in a different section.. sorry mods..
Anyway, here we go.. (advanced warning.. im not a complete idiot.. but not far off. so go gently)
HTC one sim free from phones4u in the UK.
im on android 4.1.2
software 1.28.401.7
htc sdk api level 5.12
The story so far:
Ive rooted my HTC one as I need to have rSAP working on it for my car (Audi). Also, I found the stock bluetooth stack didn't seem to work with my car either so i installed bluetooth phonebook app v 1.1.4.. this all seems to work well. I used rSAP v2.3.2
Now, I carried out all the above myself with lots of reading and to be perfectly honest, lots of trial and error installing it all. I didn't find it easy and for the life of me, I can't remember the steps.
The issue i have:
1. I keep getting a notification for an OTA update for my phone. I have tried to run it once.. but it did not install. I'm assuming because my phone is rooted. I force stop it, but it comes back every time i reboot.
2. I've noticed any app that requires root access is failing. (not all the time, some of the time) and if I go into SU it tells me the binary files need to be updated. I have two options. Run "normal" or "TWRP/CWM" neither of them work.
If i pick normal. It says installing, then reboots and is basically the same. The other option boots me into the recovery but I can't see any update to be applied.
UPDATE: I have now resolved this. I simply downloaded the latest zip file for SU.. booted into recovery and ran the zip update from there and it worked..
Now, you super clever lot probably think this is fun to mess around with.. but us, dare i say it, older peeps just really want to be able to press a button and it works.. (i know iphone.. but give me some credibility).
What I'd like to achieve:
1. I've ordered an OTG cable and drive today (be here tomorrow) with a view of taking an off device back up of my current data / app setiings etc. I assume this is easy to do?
2. I'd like to unroot and update the phone to the latest updates via the OTA service
3. I'd really like to get the rSAP/Bluetooth working with very little fuss
4. Put all my email accounts data etc back to where it was.
How to do achieve my request:
Over to you guys... just please for my own sanity.. and anyone else that reads this in the future.. make it easy.. just remember.. I'm not R2D2...:laugh:
Thanks so much.......... i will personally thank each and every useful reply..
If you're rooted, I'm guessing you're using a custom recovery? The OTA won't install if you have a custom recovery installed.
1. Yes, no issues there, but unrooted devices can only r/rw on FAT32 devices, and if your drive is NTFS, you need an app that requires root.
2. No need to unroot for OTA
3. Not too sure about this one
4. OTA won't wipe anything unless it specifically says so.
ArmedandDangerous said:
If you're rooted, I'm guessing you're using a custom recovery? The OTA won't install if you have a custom recovery installed.
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Yes correct, I have the TWRP, I believe.
1. Yes, no issues there, but unrooted devices can only r/rw on FAT32 devices, and if your drive is NTFS, you need an app that requires root.
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OK.. so I should be good to go with NTFS format drive. Is this as simple as I think, i.e. plug in the OTG cable and drive and go into the recovery and backup from there?
2. No need to unroot for OTA
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I'm a bit confused with this reply, as I don't seem to be able to complete the OTA update becasue I have custom recovery.. Do I need to remove custom recovery then apply the OTA update? If you could just expand on this please? i.e if i need to remove custom recovery, how do i do it?
Thanks
uktivo said:
Yes correct, I have the TWRP, I believe.
OK.. so I should be good to go with NTFS format drive. Is this as simple as I think, i.e. plug in the OTG cable and drive and go into the recovery and backup from there?
I'm a bit confused with this reply, as I don't seem to be able to complete the OTA update becasue I have custom recovery.. Do I need to remove custom recovery then apply the OTA update? If you could just expand on this please? i.e if i need to remove custom recovery, how do i do it?
Thanks
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Hey,
Because you are rooted, you will not be able to install otas. They may notify you they exist, but you can't install them.
How do you get rid of them?
Well you're on a stock Rom. That Rom will receive otas from your service provider. You can install a custom Rom. It's fun! it gets rid of the notification but that's only like 2% of any advantage you can have from a custom Rom. Plus that ota that's trying to come to your phone is most likely already on a custom Rom, as the devs get leaks and port them way before regular users receive them. You could give it s try?
No idea about the first post.. loving the Audi part though haha!
Sent from my HTC One
ArmedandDangerous said:
How do you get rid of them?
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Pull down the banner from the top of the phone. Click and hold the notification for the update, click app, then pick to force close it. It then goes away until you next re-boot.
uktivo said:
Pull down the banner from the top of the phone. Click and hold the notification for the update, click app, then pick to force close it. It then goes away until you next re-boot.
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Think you're quoting the wrong person
As I said in my earlier post, you can still receive OTAs and apply them even if you are rooted. The part that makes it fail is the custom recovery. You should be able to find the correct stock recovery from one of the threads here on XDA, or if you have ever received an OTA before on your device, the OTA zip file should still be in your internal SD.
Flash the stock recovery over TWRP (make sure to do a nandroid/backup first) and apply the OTA. You will probably lose root, but just root it again the usual way.
Then you can flash a custom recovery, root, etc etc all over again.
About the USB OTG, I believe TWRP always saves the nandroid backups internally, but you can always transfer them off to a USB device through USB OTG if you want. I don't think it natively supports reading from USB OTG while in recovery.
Why have it so complicating?
Hi,
what I don't understand is why your Audi is not recognising your phone properly? I stream music at home via BT to an APT-X receiver plugged into my stereo, and using quite often rental cars of all makes, I simply connect it, punch the PIN into my fone and the One phonebook is available.
Now, as you are already rooted, and of course unlocked, just download and flash a Custom ROM. They are rooted, and some are based on 4.2.2 and work very well.
No need to fuss about with what you are about to do!
Don't forget to backup imortant stuff you want to keep on your SD card, simply copy it over to your computer for future reference. JB 4.2.2 is organising the SD card structure differently, so you copy stuff back to SDcard/0/
Custom ROMs are featuring the latest updates anyway very quickly, so there really is no need whatsoever to wait for an OTA (which you should never ever attempt to flash when rooted/S-off-ed)
Looking forward to see what you are telling me about the Audi BT connection trouble. I never had any!
Audi..bless them, use a strange protocol. The stock Bluetooth stack will connect but will not transfer the contact information. It can be fixed once root is gained. In all honesty Audi really need to look at this problem. My car is an A7 about 5 months old now but I think they may have addressed it on the latest builds..If course, I won't get the upgrade for free will I...
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uktivo said:
Audi..bless them, use a strange protocol. The stock Bluetooth stack will connect but will not transfer the contact information. It can be fixed once root is gained. In all honesty Audi really need to look at this problem. My car is an A7 about 5 months old now but I think they may have addressed it on the latest builds..of course, I won't get the upgrade for free will I...
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Beta
uktivo said:
Audi..bless them, use a strange protocol. The stock Bluetooth stack will connect but will not transfer the contact information. It can be fixed once root is gained. In all honesty Audi really need to look at this problem. My car is an A7 about 5 months old now but I think they may have addressed it on the latest builds..If course, I won't get the upgrade for free will I...
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Yeah, to much Iphones stuff around! hehehe
Try maybe with the Custom ROM in my signature. It worked very well with the Ford Kuga I had last week, music as well as contacts.
Just read up a bit on the different SD card managment google implemented with the multi user stuff.
And I have to say: Audi A7 ???? Nice motor!
Yes , it's a lovely car.. Thanks.. Also; thanks for the info. I will investigate roms..
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Hi all, Sorry I've been away working for the last few weeks so I've not had chance to do any of the above.
I was hoping I could get some easy to follow (trust me, it has to be easy at my age) instructions on the best way to achieve what I want to do. If the step by step instructions could include links ot the downloads i need, that would be fantastic.
Re-cap on what I want to acheive:
My phone right now:
The phone was purchased from Phoes4u (UK) as a sim free unit. I currently have an O2 sim inserted
Android 4.1.2, HTC sense 5, Software 1.28.401.7
HTC SDK API level 5.12
Kernel 3.4.10-gddcfb8croot
When i boot into recovery it tells me:
M7-UL PVT SHIP S_ON RH
HBOOT-1.44.0000
I have added rSAP v2.3.3 to the phone in order for my car to have access. http://www.android-rsap.com/compatibility.html
I have one exchange email, some movies, and basically thats it.
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I would like to update to the latest Jelly Bean and ensure I keep rSAP for my car. If there is a way to back up all my data and movies and simply press a button to re-install it, data, settings for email etc that would be fantastic.
Please help if you can.....
thanks.
Hi guys, thanks for the forum and i hope to become a part of it. I've been under so much stress since yesterday, my galaxy s3 (on EE in the UK) for the first time decided it's data was corrupted yesterday after my battery died, never done this or anything like it before, and it wouldn't let me access the phone itself unless the data was reset.
I had a lot of very precious pictures in my gallery from the weekend, which unfortunately chose not to backup to google+ for the last few days, even though it always has up until recently. All night/day i've been trying to figure out and get software to recover these photos, which i think is possible as i did it a long time ago on a blackberry, but not android yet. I'm just hoping it can be done so the photos aren't forever lost, the other stuff gone doesn't bother me so much.
The guide i'm following (here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705) says it needs to be rooted first, and i can't even get past step 1. I've only ever rooted my old galaxy S1 (which worked back then) but i can't seem to get the S3 to do it. And now my phone also believes there's no sim card in and i get no signal now.
this is the guide i followed: http://www.ibtimes.com/how-root-sam...-jelly-bean-official-firmware-tutorial-975812
though i think i need a newer PDA file to flash my i9305 with. I'm on the EE network running 4.3 jelly. It installed Super SU but root checker says it still isn't rooted.
So have i messed this up? And is there any hope for me getting these pictures back?
Thanks in advance for any help, it's much appreciated.
if you are running on 4.3 then you are not following the right guide to root...
use THIS ONE instead... if it fails to root use the workaround part, i used it and worked....used the workaround to install custom recovery and then flashed chainfire zip from his website and updated SU and worked.
are you still able to boot the phone?
Thanks for the response, tried that guide and still getting no signal on my phone (no mobile connection at all, sim card isn't recognised as being there) and i don't think it's rooted right. Still saying SuperSU has stopped working when i try to open it.
I put the Root_SuperSU.1.02-Busybox.1.21.0.zip on the internal SD and tried that too.
Which is the chainfire zip you're talking about, could you possibly link it? I don't really get what you mean by custom recovery, do you mean it's the same as flashing the Busybox thing from recovery mode?
And yeah it still boots up normally...
use that tutorial to install a custom recovery...then install this SuperSU - http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip?retrieve_file=1 - flash it in custom recovery....after that update app with playstore and should work.
but i suggest you get it to a specialized shop to get your photos back...
Dear All,
Two days before , I brought the HTC One (32 GB Golden) which on digging the Phone identity came to know the Model no 831C, later after goggling it came to know that I belongs to Sprint Carrier.
On inserting the code of Hardware components, I found few test/s were not passed and worked normally, other issues are TV app is not recognizing the server, Double Tap Screen wake/sleep works depending on its mood, vDM Client error pops up often.
Request all the experts here to please help me out with the Solution as to how can I make it work flawlessly.
Regards
Karan Adhikari
karan_adhikari said:
Dear All,
Two days before , I brought the HTC One (32 GB Golden) which on digging the Phone identity came to know the Model no 831C, later after goggling it came to know that I belongs to Sprint Carrier.
On inserting the code of Hardware components, I found few test/s were not passed and worked normally, other issues are TV app is not recognizing the server, Double Tap Screen wake/sleep works depending on its mood, vDM Client error pops up often.
Request all the experts here to please help me out with the Solution as to how can I make it work flawlessly.
Regards
Karan Adhikari
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1) Which tests didn't pass ?
2) Which ROM are you using ?
3) TV app is discontinued by HTC (HTC suggests "Peel Smart Remote")
4) Double Tap Screen Wake works only when you lift up phone and proximity is not blocked (5 seconds cooldown between trying again).
Double tap status bar sleep is buggy on lollipop (this can be different if you have custom kernel)
5) disable vDM client app to prevent popups (you should also disable other sprint apps like HtcSprintService and Self Service SZ)
First of all, thank you for addressing my query & sorry for delay in revert.
Sir, I do know it’s the Sprint phone, as far your concern on below questions, let me try to answer them as below:
1) Which tests didn't pass?
When I run the all functions test by this code (*#*#3424#*#*) in one of the test the error word in green / red appears on screen
2) Which ROM are you using?
I believe it’s the Custom ROM, which would have be provided by Sprint. Software no is 1.54.651.8
3) TV app is discontinued by HTC (HTC suggests "Peel Smart Remote")
No comments, will try to search the PSR on play store.
4) Double Tap Screen Wake works only when you lift up phone and proximity is not blocked (5 seconds cooldown between trying again).
Will strictly follow next time when I do it.
Double tap status bar sleep is buggy on lollipop (this can be different if you have custom kernel)
Its on Android KK 4.4.2
5) disable vDM client app to prevent popups (you should also disable other sprint apps like HtcSprintService and Self Service SZ)
I didn’t find the option to disable vDM app nor did I found other apps of sprint. May I request you to suggest any alternates for it ?
Now, sir my other query is Is it advisable to flash a latest LP rom (i.e Goggle play edition or the rom developed by Bad boys team here) , also it seems that I am S-ON, because when I enter the bootload screen Power + Vol Down key where three android icon at bottom appears , I read LOCKED at the very top of the screen.
Pl. suggest whether it shall be advisable to do it if so request you to suggest the best ROM which shall run flawless in India.
Thanking you in anticipation.
Regards
Karan
Can somebody help me out with this please.. ??
The snapshots of my device are attached hereby, my only query is, and considering the attached images of device can I flash a Custom ROM on to it? Will that be advisable to do so? Are there the chances to Brick the device.
If the answer according to all the Experts here lies in assertive, which ROM is best, since this is a Sprint Device, I have found on the forum that Badboyz rom shall go flawless with any Sprint device, so may I go ahead with it. I am in India presently so wish that all the apps i.e Remote TV, Radio should run properly.
Regards
Karan Adhikari
karan_adhikari said:
The snapshots of my device are attached hereby, my only query is, and considering the attached images of device can I flash a Custom ROM on to it? Will that be advisable to do so? Are there the chances to Brick the device.
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You need to delete the second and third pictures, there is way to much personal information in there.
The "Locked" at the top of the screen in the bootloader means that the bootloader is locked. If you look directly underneath it you'll see that it says "S-Off". To flash custom recoveries or roms or anything, you need the bootloader unlocked. You can do this using HTCDev, or since you're soff, you can unlock it via adb.
Once you're bootloader is unlocked, you should be set for everything. Flash a custom recovery like Captain Throwback's custom TWRP, get root if you don't have it already, update your firmware, etc. The bad boys xda page has most of this stuff in it.
Note: Your phone is supercid, so you're not limited to just sprint roms.
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Also, just wondering what exactly were the tests that failed when you did *#*#3424#*#* ?
Thanks a lot sir, I am grateful to you, I have followed you instruction of deleting the images.
Now, last night I did the Factory Hard reset (P+V-DN keys), it went fine, except the data was erased which I never wanted to be backed up though I was haunting of loosing the Sim Lock, but all went fine.
I have my registration on HTCDEV too, and the process of obtaining the TOKENID should go without any hassles.
Now in pursuant to your advise below, will it still be mandatory to unlock the bootloader ? or I may follow the process of wipe/data and then immediately flash the BB's Rom ?
Further, I stand corrected that all the function tests are passed normally, it was my mistake of not placing the Handset on the plain surface while performing one of the test.
Finally, why the model no in phone identity says 831C, and not M8 - May I request your views on this please?
Thanking you once again for addressing, all you guys are rocking, I am here on this forum since 2008, and needless to say "A Proud Member"
All my Best wishes to MEMBERS.
With Regards
K.B. Adhikari
ssantos132 said:
You need to delete the second and third pictures, there is way to much personal information in there.
The "Locked" at the top of the screen in the bootloader means that the bootloader is locked. If you look directly underneath it you'll see that it says "S-Off". To flash custom recoveries or roms or anything, you need the bootloader unlocked. You can do this using HTCDev, or since you're soff, you can unlock it via adb.
Once you're bootloader is unlocked, you should be set for everything. Flash a custom recovery like Captain Throwback's custom TWRP, get root if you don't have it already, update your firmware, etc. The bad boys xda page has most of this stuff in it.
Note: Your phone is supercid, so you're not limited to just sprint roms.
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Also, just wondering what exactly were the tests that failed when you did *#*#3424#*#* ?
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karan_adhikari said:
I have my registration on HTCDEV too, and the process of obtaining the TOKENID should go without any hassles.
Now in pursuant to your advise below, will it still be mandatory to unlock the bootloader ? or I may follow the process of wipe/data and then immediately flash the BB's Rom ?
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Yes, you still need to unlock the bootloader. After that you need to flash a custom recovery.
After doing these two you will be able to flash a custom rom, just make sure you follow all the instructions on the BB rom page
ssantos132 said:
Yes, you still need to unlock the bootloader. After that you need to flash a custom recovery.
After doing these two you will be able to flash a custom rom, just make sure you follow all the instructions on the BB rom page
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Thanks once again. I am planing to adopt the process of unlocking the bootloader , via HTCDEV and then for flashing the custom Rom, shall seek your guidance hope you won't mind if I bother you for it.
Best Wishes
Karan
Hi ssantos132,
I found there is a SuperSU app preinstalled on my Handset, which prompts me to Grant access when I try to install some other apps from PS- goggle, is my device rooted, because I have found in this link (http://blog.laptopmag.com/root-htc-one-m8), wherein lastly the SuperSU app gets installed automatically.
Pl. guide.
Thanks
Yeah, it looks like you already have root. Try downloading a root checker app from the play store if you want to make sure.
ssantos132 said:
Yeah, it looks like you already have root. Try downloading a root checker app from the play store if you want to make sure.
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Well thanks for replying. I did that earlier, it says Congratulation your device is rooted. So now when we have concluded that my device is Rooted, the only thing left to be done is, flashing a Custom recovery thru TRWP or CWM right ? Incase if its already been rooted and say if I re-do it, any risk for Device?
Pl. guide.
With Regards
Karan
karan_adhikari said:
Well thanks for replying. I did that earlier, it says Congratulation your device is rooted. So now when we have concluded that my device is Rooted, the only thing left to be done is, flashing a Custom recovery thru TRWP or CWM right ? Incase if its already been rooted and say if I re-do it, any risk for Device?
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Yeah, once the bootloader is unlocked you can flash a custom recovery then a rom. You can't flash a custom recovery through TWRP or CWM though. Download a custom recovery then use fastboot flash recovery recovery recovery.img
Believe me, That is one rare cellphone you have got.
I am having the same and as I tried few roms, without backing up the radio and replaced it with some random one. Now my phone is just a toy to play with.
I ll suggest you to stick with the rom you are having right now, Take a nandroid backup of the rom, radio and everything else. and keep it safe for future. You will never be able to find them online for this particular phone.
If you would like to help me solve my phone's issue, Please upload the radio. My phone is just laying around in my desk as I have no way to get it to work.
karan_adhikari said:
Dear All,
Two days before , I brought the HTC One (32 GB Golden) which on digging the Phone identity came to know the Model no 831C, later after goggling it came to know that I belongs to Sprint Carrier.
On inserting the code of Hardware components, I found few test/s were not passed and worked normally, other issues are TV app is not recognizing the server, Double Tap Screen wake/sleep works depending on its mood, vDM Client error pops up often.
Request all the experts here to please help me out with the Solution as to how can I make it work flawlessly.
Regards
Karan Adhikari
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I know about these devices that are being sold in India. I bought a used phone on OLX having same model number with the exact similar problems. I assume these devices are development only devices which don't run a final version of software. I have noticed that most of the issues in the phone are software related. Using my development expertise, I was able to fix most of the problems and upgrade the firmware to Lollipop, however I have messed up the radio and was unable to restore the radio firmware to anything that actually works (This phones come with a radio version that can't be obtained from any online source). If you can provide the radio image from your device, I will prepare a flashable zip to upgrade the firmware to Lollipop which would include the modem you provide, along with instructions on how to unlock the device and flash it to get going. Probably this would iron out the issues that you are facing with your device.
To grab the radio image from your device, use the following command from "adb shell" or Terminal Emulator
Code:
$ su
# dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p20 of=/sdcard/radio.img
You will find a file in the sdcard (Internal) named radio.img. Please upload it and provide me with a link.
I would advice you not to make any changes to the device until I provide you with clear instructions on how to do so. Trust me, I really had a hard time with this phone.
Well thanks indeed for the time you took for replying, Sir are you from India Since the name sounds such ?
Secondly, I am desperately looking to upgrade the Software to Latest 5.02 Lollipop from present Kitkat, my basic requirement is that any ROM to which I flash should at least contain the Stock FM Radio, wherein it should be able to tune in the Indian Radio Station.
Confusing issues which keep me scratching my head is that I have pre installed SuperSU app in it. Also I re checked it via installing the app Root Checker which indicated that my device is Rooted. However as and when I tried my device to restart it in Recovery mode it starts normally after a while , the SuperSU app is not getting started.
Can you help me through please. Favor me with (1) Do I need to unlock the Bootloader ? (2) Do I need to flash the custom recovery thru TRWP or CWM ? (3) suggest best Rom which will working with FM Radio (4) A Layman's User Guide to carry out all the process.
Thank You once again.
Regards
Karan Adhikari
dhiru1602 said:
I know about these devices that are being sold in India. I bought a used phone on OLX having same model number with the exact similar problems. I assume these devices are development only devices which don't run a final version of software. I have noticed that most of the issues in the phone are software related. Using my development expertise, I was able to fix most of the problems and upgrade the firmware to Lollipop, however I have messed up the radio and was unable to restore the radio firmware to anything that actually works (This phones come with a radio version that can't be obtained from any online source). If you can provide the radio image from your device, I will prepare a flashable zip to upgrade the firmware to Lollipop which would include the modem you provide, along with instructions on how to unlock the device and flash it to get going. Probably this would iron out the issues that you are facing with your device.
To grab the radio image from your device, use the following command from "adb shell" or Terminal Emulator
Code:
$ su
# dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p20 of=/sdcard/radio.img
You will find a file in the sdcard (Internal) named radio.img. Please upload it and provide me with a link.
I would advice you not to make any changes to the device until I provide you with clear instructions on how to do so. Trust me, I really had a hard time with this phone.
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I will try to help you out definitely, once i am out of my confusion, of taking the Nandriod back up, I will try to upload the img file so your problem is hopefully solved
Thanks
gjmptw said:
Believe me, That is one rare cellphone you have got.
I am having the same and as I tried few roms, without backing up the radio and replaced it with some random one. Now my phone is just a toy to play with.
I ll suggest you to stick with the rom you are having right now, Take a nandroid backup of the rom, radio and everything else. and keep it safe for future. You will never be able to find them online for this particular phone.
If you would like to help me solve my phone's issue, Please upload the radio. My phone is just laying around in my desk as I have no way to get it to work.
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(1) Do I need to unlock the Bootloader ?
YEs, you must unlock it. It won't affect the phone's basic functunalities
(2) Do I need to flash the custom recovery thru TRWP or CWM ?
Yes. I recommend twrp.
(3) suggest best Rom which will working with FM Radio
None for the phone we are using A Layman's User Guide to carry out all the process.
Please don't upgrade the rom as it might mess with the boot("radio") . Upload your radio and wait for Dhiru's post.
thanks, where shall I get the Radio file please ?
gjmptw said:
(1) Do I need to unlock the Bootloader ?
YEs, you must unlock it. It won't affect the phone's basic functunalities
(2) Do I need to flash the custom recovery thru TRWP or CWM ?
Yes. I recommend twrp.
(3) suggest best Rom which will working with FM Radio
None for the phone we are using A Layman's User Guide to carry out all the process.
Please don't upgrade the rom as it might mess with the boot("radio") . Upload your radio and wait for Dhiru's post.
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Mr. Dhiru,
Pl intervene and guide me on how do I take the back up and upload the Radio file. So far what I understood is that TWRP toolkit from sites like Rootjunky and follow the youtube video uploaded for it and instal the TWRP and back the radio file and then upload them here for your needful
Pl. guide whether is understanding is correct or not ?
Thanks
karan_adhikari said:
Well thanks indeed for the time you took for replying, Sir are you from India Since the name sounds such ?
Secondly, I am desperately looking to upgrade the Software to Latest 5.02 Lollipop from present Kitkat, my basic requirement is that any ROM to which I flash should at least contain the Stock FM Radio, wherein it should be able to tune in the Indian Radio Station.
Confusing issues which keep me scratching my head is that I have pre installed SuperSU app in it. Also I re checked it via installing the app Root Checker which indicated that my device is Rooted. However as and when I tried my device to restart it in Recovery mode it starts normally after a while , the SuperSU app is not getting started.
Can you help me through please. Favor me with (1) Do I need to unlock the Bootloader ? (2) Do I need to flash the custom recovery thru TRWP or CWM ? (3) suggest best Rom which will working with FM Radio (4) A Layman's User Guide to carry out all the process.
Thank You once again.
Regards
Karan Adhikari
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Required advice pl. help somebody
Pl. advise as on which TWRP img file should I take into consideration for flashing, since my boot loader is old one the firmware no 4096, Software no is 1.54.651.8, and its sprint 831C (HTC ONE m8). I yesterday tried with the the latest 2.80 twrp img file but got stuck on "Entering Recovery" Screen, some how could manage to come back by Power+Vol up and when the screen got black then Vol Down which took me to boot-loader and then came back by reseting phone. Now the phone is working normal.
I am desperately looking to install CWM or TWRP , so that can take an nandroid backup of the system file, and later post it for the experts here to update the firmware and fix other issues......
snaps of device are attached here
Request all experts to kindly guide me here on it.
Thanking you in anticipation
Karan Adhikari
karan_adhikari said:
Mr. Dhiru,
Pl intervene and guide me on how do I take the back up and upload the Radio file. So far what I understood is that TWRP toolkit from sites like Rootjunky and follow the youtube video uploaded for it and instal the TWRP and back the radio file and then upload them here for your needful
Pl. guide whether is understanding is correct or not ?
Thanks
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Hello everyone
I have now finally been able to root my beautiful Sony Xperia Z3 Compact. The bootloader is still locked. I did downgrade the Firmware in order to root the phone. Afterwards I made a backup of the DRM Keys via TA Backup. Additionally I updated the Firmware to 23.0.1.A.5.77. As the bootloader is still locked I did not install any kind of custom ROM and I am yet not planning to do so. The Sony ROM will probably do a good job. (My old phone is a Sony Xperia P which is now running with Root Sony's ROM since 3 years at least)
I am running on KitKat 4.4 and also not planning to change. I have a 64GB SD card in my phone as well.
Now my question:
Can I still use the encryption function or will this interfere or make problems because I have root (Bootloop)?
I am not planning to encrypt the SD card because I do not need encryption on the SD card but encryption for the Android System would be nice.
Thanks for your help guys :good:
Best wishes,
Dicey
No idea guys? Did no one ever try this before?
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No idea guys? Did no one ever try this before?
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I'd like to know this as well.
I tried this today. Left it encrypting and when I came back it said encryption had been interrupted and it then did a factory reset, after which I was unable to enter custom recovery.. As I had chosen to encrypt the SD I was left with an empty SD card too.
Somehow I kept root so I was able to install XZDualRecovery again and then restore from nandroid backup.
There's a thread on androidforums where Samsung owners have reported success with temporarily disabling SuperSU while running the encryption.
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There's a thread on androidforums where Samsung owners have reported success with temporarily disabling SuperSU while running the encryption.
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Anyone tried this method or found another way to achieve root + encryption? It's the only thing keeping me from rooting again.
[Q][ME176CX] Any new news about unlocking bootloader and installing CWM Recovery?
I'm wondering if there are any new news/hacks/exploits/methods to unlock the bootloader on the ASUS Memo Pad 7 (ME176CX) to install ClockworkMod or any other Recovery Menu on it.
I really really need a working Recovery Menu installed, so I can undo critical system changes (eg: Xposed) if the device ends up bootlooping...
EDIT: I googled days long to find a solution, before opening this thread here
GhettoGirl said:
I'm wondering if there are any new news/hacks/exploits/methods to unlock the bootloader on the ASUS Memo Pad 7 (ME176CX) to install ClockworkMod or any other Recovery Menu on it.
I really really need a working Recovery Menu installed, so I can undo critical system changes (eg: Xposed) if the device ends up bootlooping...
EDIT: I googled days long to find a solution, before opening this thread here
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Hi,
do you know of the "temporary cwm" or "temporary recovery method" here? How did you root your device?
And: To get out of a bootloop caused by one of the XPosed-Modules you only need a working adb connection.
Before installing XPosed, check, whether you can connect to your tablet via adb. If yes and you get into a bootloop,
simply open a adb shell and you will be able to edit the filesystem.
And maybe what is tried in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/memo-pad-7/help/asus-memopad-7-me176cx-getting-linux-t3164705
may lead to a way to boot other things than Android on this wonderful tablet - that is may be twpr and cwm are
in reach.
HTH!
Best regards,
tuxic
thanks for the replay
tuxic001 said:
How did you root your device?
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i've rooted my device with ROOT ZenFone, worked like a charm at the first try
tuxic001 said:
do you know of the "temporary cwm" or "temporary recovery method" here?
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i've heard of that temporary recovery method, but i prefer a permanent one which can be accessed with POWER+HOLD VOL-. what are exactly the differences between a temporary and a permanent one, do you need to install this every time you need it? or how i can understand this.
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check, whether you can connect to your tablet via adb. If yes and you get into a bootloop,
simply open a adb shell and you will be able to edit the filesystem
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what i understand about bootloops is, that the device does a full restart after unable to start android, which would disconnect the adb shell. or did i got somethig wrong here?
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And maybe what is tried in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/memo-pad-7/help/asus-memopad-7-me176cx-getting-linux-t3164705
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i know about this, but it's not finished yet. the power button for example cannot be used to confirm for example, which would be useless on-the-go. (how has a keyboard all the time :silly: )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/memo-pad-7/help/how-to-dual-boot-me176cx-part-1-t3183437
sorry for all the questions, but i got this device 2 days ago and i don't know anything whats going on under to hood - and no: i'm not a android/linux noob - i just won't full brick my device
and also, what about a nandroid backup over adb, is there a legit way to archive this?
thanks in advance
EDIT: i tried the temporary recovery, but i'm unable to do any kind of backup. maybe the paths are all incorrect (?)
anyway, i took the risk of a bootloop and installed the xposed framework and succeed
i also found out that i can try to "stop" android before it bootloops again -> adb -d shell stop and do a manually restore over the command line
GhettoGirl said:
thanks for the replay
i've rooted my device with ROOT ZenFone, worked like a charm at the first try
i've heard of that temporary recovery method, but i prefer a permanent one which can be accessed with POWER+HOLD VOL-. what are exactly the differences between a temporary and a permanent one, do you need to install this every time you need it? or how i can understand this.
what i understand about bootloops is, that the device does a full restart after unable to start android, which would disconnect the adb shell. or did i got somethig wrong here?
i know about this, but it's not finished yet. the power button for example cannot be used to confirm for example, which would be useless on-the-go. (how has a keyboard all the time :silly: )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/memo-pad-7/help/how-to-dual-boot-me176cx-part-1-t3183437
sorry for all the questions, but i got this device 2 days ago and i don't know anything whats going on under to hood - and no: i'm not a android/linux noob - i just won't full brick my device
and also, what about a nandroid backup over adb, is there a legit way to archive this?
thanks in advance
EDIT: i tried the temporary recovery, but i'm unable to do any kind of backup. maybe the paths are all incorrect (?)
anyway, i took the risk of a bootloop and installed the xposed framework and succeed
i also found out that i can try to "stop" android before it bootloops again -> adb -d shell stop and do a manually restore over the command line
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Hi GhettoGirl,
(first of all: I am no native English speaker...so some things may sound wrong either technically or otherwise.
But they are not intended to do so.... )
I started with my ME176CX not long ago and I am still a newbie when it comes Android (haveing some experience in Linux though). Mis012 and cyandro helped me a
LOT to get more understanding and to root my tablet.
I rootet my ME176CX with the temporary cwm/twpr recovery method, which does other wonderful things possible too.
You will find links to its description here (a BIG thank you to cyandro and Mis012) and it is the thread from which I learned
so much:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/memo-pad-7/help/asus-memopad-7-me176cx-1e041a-otg-t3156922
(The title of the thread becomes a little misleading in the meanwhile...)
The base problem (currently) with this tablet is: The bootloader is locked.
This means:
If you power on the tablet roughly the following steps happens:
1) The CPU gets power, erases its own internal RAM and registeres, does some other initializing
and finally executes a super mini mini program, which is often in its own ROM.
2) This little program call UEFI (its kinda "BIOS replacement" -- think of the BIOS screen of PCs when pressing F2/ESC/DEL while booting)
3) The UEFI looks into its configuration and calls the bootloader.
4) Finally boots the Android Linux kernel BUT only a kernel which is cryptographically "signed" by ASUS. Thats why it is called "locked".
By the way: You can get into UEFI, if you attach a powered OTG hub and an USB keyboard to the tablet, power it up and hammering "F2" while
it boots. Be careful! For the first: Dont change anything!
A permanent TWPR/CWM is possible, if the bootloader would boot TWPR/CWM as a kind of "kernle replacement". But since both are not
signed by ASUS...sigh.
The temporary CWM/TWPR method (and now some not-so-sure-knowledge follows) tricks the bootloader (called "fastboot") in thinking, that some
factory maintenance has to be done (like partitioning the EMMC internal flash) and therefore allows to insert a not signed boot image temporarly
into the system and boot that instead of the kernel: And if these "recovery images" are not recovery images as such but say TWPR or cwm, the
system boots into those.
And it feels and act identical (until now I did not find a difference) to a permanent TWPR/CWM recovery ... but it only can be initiated with the help of
a seconde computer (or another Android smartphone/tablet with is rooted and has a Terminal Emulator and adb/fastboot installed.
Bootloops: You are completly right here, GhettoGirl...as long the power is there, it boot loops and boot loops and....
But you already found your way into the system: COOL!
WIth the same temporary twpr/cwm method you can start TWPR and do an Nandroid backup (whole system backup) and put that onto
the external SDcard.
BUT! ATTENTION! I dont know, whether the kind of EMMc flash is important in this process, and I dont know, wheter TWPR currently don't supports
the ME176CX. The locked bootloader may the reason or an incompatible/currently not supported EMMc flash. I did a Nandroid backup but I dont test
to restore it!
I dont understand, why it does not work for you: Of what size are your SDcard?
Another way, which may be better in this moment is to backup all user data with Titanium Backup to the external SDcard. If anything fails: Reflash the last
Lollipop ROM (not the upgrade...the whole thing) with the temporary TWPR/CWM method and then install Titanium backup again and restore all user data.
This way was also NOT tested by me.
May be someone can comment on this? Mis012? Cyandro?
What Mis012, cyandro and me are trying to to do is to insert an UEFI bootmanager in the boot sequence BEFORE the locked bootloader. With this bootmanager
it should be possible to select either another Linux kernel (another non-locked bootloader) to boot a free and open Linux distro of your choice or even things
like Windows...or TWPR/CWM or Cyanogenmod (if one will be available...)
Since this is a work in progress with some real problems to clearify, this is currently not finished.
And: Only questions will lead to answer. Therefore: ASK!
And I have also a question: Do you use Linux or Windows with your PC?
HTH!
Best regards,
tuxic
thanks for the useful info ?
and i'm a pure linux user, i literally don,t know anything about windows
my current distro is opensuse x86_64
GhettoGirl said:
thanks for the useful info
and i'm a pure linux user, i literally don,t know anything about windows
my current distro is opensuse x86_64
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...me too. The only windows here are those made of glass...
Have fun!
tuxic