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I got a used phone i537UCUCOC7 android 5.0.1. What do i do to downgrade and can i when security patch?

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I got a used phone i537UCUCOC7 android 5.0.1. What do i do to downgrade and can i when security patch?
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To downgrade to KitKat, download the following file to your PC and extract with 7zip or WinRar: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952608110
Boot your phone into download mode. This is done by powering the phone off, then holding down vol- and power at the same time. Connect the phone to PC with USB. You have to flash all four files with Odin as shown in the following image:
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Please be aware that this process will erase any settings, data, and media saved to your phone's internal storage and restore it to its original factory condition, now on KitKat. This process also takes a long time (at least 5 or 10 minutes) and will cause your phone to reboot on its own, and to boot into stock recovery at least once. It is important you leave your phone alone while it is doing so, and definitely do not disconnect it until it boots into the KitKat setup wizard screen.
To apply the security patch, you will now have to flash two files in stock recovery (vol+ and power). First download and extract this file: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=96042739161891196 it should be named 2400258.cfg. You need to rename it update.zip (yes, this involves changing the file type) and save update.zip to your external SD card (it will not work if it's on internal storage).
Finally, you need to download this file to your external storage and flash in stock recovery: https://www.androidfilehost.com/user/?w=settings-dev-files&flid=37222 Please note this file has already been renamed update.zip. They must both be named update.zip for them to work; since this can be potentially confusing I'd advise you to either save them to different folders, or delete the first one after you're done with it.
Follow these steps and you'll be back on KitKat, with that all important security patch. Good luck :good:

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I will donate beer monet to 1st person who helps fix my phone!

I can't boot to CM Recovery 1.4.
But I can boot to the SPL (Three Skateboards with white Screen)
I have a white G1 specs are:
* 8GB ADATA SD Class 6
* Partioned at: 2GB EXT 2 32MB Swap Rest FAT32
* I am updated on the newest radio and the SPL.
* I am running Cyan 4.0.4
The Scenario:
I was playing COD5 on PS3. I went to Ifap.to on phone while it was on Wifi. So then I was trying to skip through the video and the phone obviously froze up and then it shut off and reboot itself. It never got past the T-Mobile G1 screen.
Then I tried to go to recovery by holding home + power and it doesn't work. So I held down power + camera and it goes to the three skateboards so I know I'm not bricked(not yet) What can be the issue and what would I have to do to fix this.
Please email me or post here whichever is convenient to you.
Thanks,
I WILL DONATE BEER MONEY TO 1ST PERSON WHO HELPS FIX MY DAMN PHONE!!
set up fastboot and fastboot flash one of your nandroids.
http://www.4shared.com/file/136452986/f9d297d5/nandroid-cm41111
if you don't have one (for some unknown reason) here is one i uploaded a while back to help some one who couldn't get their touch screen to work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
there is good thread to get fastboot/adb set up.
to restore you nandroid via fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata data.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
those 3 images are the only ones you will need to restore via fastboot.
i suggest putting them in the folder that has fastboot.exe in it, and cd to that folder.
also since you say you have the new spl, i assume you mean 1.33.2005, then you will need the updated drivers found here (http://sapphire-port-dream.googlecode.com/files/usb_driver_updated.zip)
if you can't get all this set up then i suggest trying to apply the DREAIMG.nbh file in bootloader (screen with the androids)
you can get the DREAIMG.nbh file here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563679). also you can use that guide as a resource to re-root your phone.
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The Scenario:
I went to Ifap.to on phone while it was on Wifi. So then I was trying to skip through the video and the phone obviously froze up and then it shut off and reboot itself.
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Same thing happened to me but I was lucky enough to get into recovery and do a nandroid...givin I had to re-root and reinstall everything.
STAY AWAY FROM IFAP.TO!!!

HTC One (M7): Encryption was interrupted and can't complete (no external SD card)

I've shut my phone off before going to bed a few nights ago, then when i woke up, i turned my phone on and all i after a default lockscreen is this message :
"Encryption was interrupted and can't complete. As a result, the data on your phone is no longer accessible. To resume using your phone , you must perform a factory reset. When you set up your phone after the reset, you'll have an opportunity to restore any data that was backed up to your Google Account."
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( i just borrowed this image from another forum as i cant get a screenshot of mine)
if i stay on this screen i can shut my phone off an on and the volume rocker still works, but the only other option i have is to click the RESET PHONE button.
doing so however only gives me the Android System Recovery mode with the ff options and results i get:
1. reboot : if i choose this, the dead android guy just flashes off and on and i can no longer shut my phone down. have to drain the built in battery to shut it down and try another option.
2. apply update from adb: prompts me to sideload a file.. no idea how to do this.. and i believe usb debugging might be required and i recall my usb debugging mode was off before this issue happened.
3. apply update from external storage : the htc one has a built in sd card (apart from the internal phone storage), and i have no update file on it, nor do i have a way of copying one onto it.
4. wipe data/reset : did so, after which, will need to select reboot option, and will just give same result for option # 1 as above..
5. wipe cache partition : same results as #4.
6. apply update from cache: no idea how to do this either.
i would desperately want to recover my files from the built in external storage. but i'm crossing my fingers anyone can help me get the phone fully functional. factory state will be fine. help please..
Anyone who can help? Thanks

[SOLVED] Stuck on stock recovery, adb/fastboot/flash from sd wont work

Solved: This thread may be deleted, sry for bothering you.
I wasnt aware of how to get into fastboot from the stock recovery: Turn off device (Hold down VOLUME UP, VOLUME DOWN and POWER at the same time for a few seconds), remove SD card (in case there's a ZIP that will get auto executed) and boot into bootloader (VOLUME DOWN and POWER for a few seconds).
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Hello Community!
I'm stuck on the stock recovery with neither fastboot nor adb recognising my device and flashing from SD card giving me "check cid failed, Invalid operation".
How did it come to this:
Tried out Costum ROMs (Linage & Carbon),
restored old backup with TWRP
thought I'd wanna see the stock ROM,
flashed boot image and stock recovery according to this guide
thought it would be a good idea to reboot
regret the last part cause stuck on recovery.
What does it look like atm:
When I turn on the phone, it will stay in the booting screen for some time (white background, "HTC powered by android"), go black, go booting screen again and then go stock recovery (black background, red rectangle with exclamation mark inside)
So I hold VOLUME UP and press POWER, which gets me here:
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Tried them all, check cid failed, invalid operation.
When connecting to PC, Windows gives me the devices recognition sound, but adb and fastboot act as if no connection:
What else did I try:
Uninstalled HTC drivers, reboot, install HTC sync manager, uninstall sync manager but leave drivers.
tried different ports and cables as well as SD cards
I don't get why it won't flash from SD card. I tried with different TWRPs in zip, rar and img format, named them 0P8BIMG.* and 0P6BIMG.*
When there's no SD card inside it gives me an error, so it does recognize the SD card.
Last but not least about the bootloader: I locked and unlocked the bootloader shortly before this all happened, so I guess the bootloader is unlocked. However after all I'm merely a noob in all of this, so what do I know.
Any unbricking suggestions?

Question Can't install Xiaomi EU ROM - Stuck without a ROM

I've followed the process outlined here. After installing the ZIP, it rebooted, but went back to recovery. When I said reboot system, it said No OS installed.
So, I tried to start over by formatting data and then copying the zip again via ADB Push. Then the trouble starts. After adb push, which takes about 5 minutes, it says
Code:
failed to copy 'xiaomi.eu_multi_HMNote10Pro_V12.5.3.0.RKFMIXM_v12-11.zip' to '/sdcard/xiaomi.eu.zip': write failed: No space left on device
After that, the data partition seems corrupted. Whenever I go to Install, it shows 0 bytes. Upon Googling I found a solution by formatting to ext2 and back to ext4. Then, it shows again as 100000MB. However, adb push every time fails with same problem.
For some weird reason, I can push to /data. But still running into same problem after installing ROM and rebooting, it goes back into recovery.
I also tried to sideload, but then I run into this issue:
Code:
D:\Tools\ROMs>adb sideload xiaomi.eu_multi_HMNote10Pro_V12.5.3.0.RKFMIXM_v12-11.zip
loading: 'xiaomi.eu_multi_HMNote10Pro_V12.5.3.0.RKFMIXM_v12-11.zip'
* cannot read 'xiaomi.eu_multi_HMNote10Pro_V12.5.3.0.RKFMIXM_v12-11.zip' *
So, I'm stuck with a device without any ROM. Any suggestions please?
Did you ask in the MIUI EU forums as well? Since there would be more ppl familiar with these issues than here.
I'm also interested in this since I prefer EU roms. Also you need a specific TWRP version which I believe is still in alpha stage for the 10 Pro since its still a new device. There should be a TWRP thread somewhere here where you can also ask.
I just got my 10 pro and need to wait a few more days to unlock BL, then I will be flashing an EU rom, hence my interest. Hope you find a solution.
Use TWRP from here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/4248449/
fastboot reboot bootloader
fastboot boot TWRP_file_name.img
Format Data, type yes.
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Reboot to recovery.
The internal storage should be visible.
Connect phone to PC and put ROM into phone.
Flash ROM, format data, yes
Reboot to system.
If above not work, make your phone under fastboot mode, Mi-Flash, and flash your stock fastboot MIUI. Don't lock your bootloader.

Question Failed rooting Android 13, unable to flash-all factory image, error in screen shot.

Hello all,
I recently got my motherboard replaced after the pixel 5a died. The problem was covered under the extended warranty. Phone works just fine when I received it back. I tried rooting it using magisk to patch the boot.img file. After fastboot flash boot file.img, my phone would say device is corrupt and unable to start.
I downloaded the factory image from google. Tried using flash-all to completely restart the process. Used latest platform-tools (downloaded today). Bootloader is unlocked. I keep getting this error during the flash-all process and my phone is unable to boot. I'm still able to access fastboot. Where am I going wrong?
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Here is larger screen shot of the entire flash-all process.
The issue is a known bug with latest SDK platform tools. Download and install platform-tools ver 33.x and you'll be fine.
Cheers!
flash stock rom via chrome browser , then patch boot.img and flash again to root , i am in lastest version a13 and root work fine
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The issue is a known bug with latest SDK platform tools. Download and install platform-tools ver 33.x and you'll be fine.
Cheers!
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This is the fix, download platform-tools 34.0.0
Typhus_ said:
The issue is a known bug with latest SDK platform tools. Download and install platform-tools ver 33.x and you'll be fine.
Cheers!
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This was my problem. I used 33 and it worked fine, thanks. Anyone know when it'll get fixed for 34?
when flash patched boot.img and is corrupt!!! Than Patch the recovery.img and flash it to Recovery Partition, you must start the device with Buttons-Combo in Recovery-Mode to start the System with Root!!! think you have no Recovery-Mode on this Method, you must Flash recovery.img new to use Recovery-Mode!!!

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