Restoring backup - what went wrong?

Hello,

today I managed to brick my device and restore it to working state, and I wonder at what point I made an error.

So here's what I did:

1. Had stock lollipop 30b


2. Rooted using oneclick root+recovery


3. Installed twrp using autorec


4. Xposed etc. and used it for a while without problem


5. Decided to flash something new


6. AOSPA 5.1.1 seemed like a good choice


7. Flashed bootstack, that was mentioned in aospa thread, system and gapps


8. Wow, that was smooth, but I needed my apps next day so I decided to restore my stock backup


9. Restored backup and ended up with phone in 9006 mode

Later I did some stupid moves that made whole situation worse, but that's not the point.

I backed up and restored everything that twrp allowed me to, so not only system and data, but also boot, efs, modem, recovery, sns etc. Could this be the cause? I didn't change bootstack, because I thought, that I had the needed one (autorec puts kk bootstack, right? and aosp roms also require this).

What should I do to avoid such problems in the future? I'll probably flash a lot, trying to find best possible rom for me, so it's neccesary to now whatto avoid.

And tip for future newbies like I was: if you can enter download mode, then use it, flash tool won't wipe your device data when you're using normal flash. When you've got normal working system to begin with then you can tinker further.
(Also there seems to be no way to recover from demigod critical error, even though it says it enters recovery. Then it's only this method with shorting capacitors on motherboard (fix real hardbrick)).

Cheers,
Marmelada

Wrong location when using high accuracy

I'm running stock 5.1.1 on the LMY48M build and when I have high accuracy enabled in location settings, it shows that I'm in Houston, TX. I'm on the other end of the country in Michigan though. If I go to Google Maps, it shows my correct location. It also shows the correct location if I switch to Device Only in location settings. But in Google Now and Chronus, with high accuracy enabled it shows Texas. Has anyone experienced this before? I've searched all over and couldn't find any information.
E: Also, I'm on Verizon.

How to fix Acer Liquid E2 after flashing the wrong Preloader?

Hi..
I Have a problem with my Acer Liquid E2 Dual Sim..
Before this, my problem is the phone was stuck in the Ace green logo (Bootloop) and i tried to flash it using SP flash tool, and it flashed succesful until the green circle, but my device gotten even worse, now when i turn on the power, it just vibrate once and continue in blank screen only..and when i try to connect it to the pc, it recognize with a vibrate and blue led turning on, but in the device manager, it detects as MTK USB Port, the is no MTK Preloader or any driver except the mtk usb port :(

I already googled it, and it seems because i flashed the wrong preloader (it means i used the wrong firmware in the spflashtool), but i downloaded it from the global acer download, And another information i get that my device is in a condition where it enters the low-layer download interface of the MT65xx device (AFAIK).. Thats why it only detects as MTK USB Port. So what to do now? I have tried using SPFlashTool to Dwonload only the preloader checked using from two different rom, but no success both? :( already tried any different version spflashtool
Every time i tried to download the preloader to the device using spflashtool it just shows "dram failed"
like this
"BROM ERROR : S_FT_ENABLE_DRAM_FAIL (4032)

[EMI] Enable DRAM Failed!"

Does anyone knows how to fix it :(

Bought N6, after a week back to a Note 3. What is wrong with me??

When Amazon dropped the price of the N6 to 9 I figured now was the time to finally buy one. I have had my Note 3 since March 2014. Well after using the N6 for about a week I am sending it back.

How is it that Samsung and their Spen (even though I might use it like once a month) have such a hold on me?
Anyone else leave this device only to come back?

Unfortunately I cannot get a Note 4 or 5 because I am on Att and I have to have root. I won't go without it.

Note 3 No Network / Wrong Serial Number .

Problem:Rooted the phone and due to some issues but somehow it became unrooted so I tried to root again but this time it failed during odin downloading mode halfway. so I unplug and was not able to boot up the phone. So i download and install the stock firmware from sammobile and manage to get the phone to startup . But the next issue is that the imei is gone and serial number's wrong with no network .

Did a bit of researched and I managed to write my own imei in through a thread I've found here . But my serial number is still different from what I've checked from the back of my phone and the network is still not up . I've check my ESN n MEID number is some random numbers or just 000000000 , tried to search for how to recover but to no avail.

I've tried doing imei repairs using GSII_repair and tried to follow some threads on things like deleting efs folders etc BUT I am not able to find the nv_data file even after rooting so decided to drop the method .

Do let me know what you guys need in order to troubleshoot the problem .

What i am doing wrong ?

Hello,
I searched the forum for hours and hours, some of the things I was able to understand, but a lot I didn't.. Anyway, I have a problem now .. I tried to unlock the bootloader, I found the unlock code, did what had to be done in this tutorial - http://forum.xda-developers.com/xper...cking-t2332900 - but now when i turn on the phone - next happens: Sony logo pass, xperia logo pass and then loading waves are there forever and that's it.. can't boot .. ( am i wrong about boot? new about this so i am not sure if that is correct ).

Here is log when i tried to unlock bootloader:

Code:

---

17/022/2015 12:22:06 - INFO  - Unlocking phone using key ********
17/022/2015 12:22:07 - INFO  - ...
17/022/2015 12:22:07 - INFO  - OKAY [  0.447s]
17/022/2015 12:22:07 - INFO  - finished. total time: 0.447s
17/022/2015 12:22:07 - INFO  - Device will reboot into system now
17/022/2015 12:22:07 - INFO  - Unlock code saved to C:\Users\***\.flashTool\registeredDevices\***\ulcode.txt
17/022/2015 12:22:07 - INFO  - Device disconnected

---

So what i need to do now ? Flash it? ( i flashed once yesterday cuz i had the same problem with waves, also when rooted phone when i wanted to install fonts on the phone.. :( )
So, can i use some other software to flash it? By the default it's 4.2.2, can i download some other software like kitkat or lollipop ?

There are many things that i can't still understand but i am learning and sorry if i did mistake somewhere ( English is not my first language so i am trying to do best :) )

FLashed Wrong ROM (downgraded)

Hello everyone,

I have a XT1079 and I made the mistake of flashing 1069´s ROM. Now I can´t install a custom rom and adb does not recognize my device (it is listed as 1069 with a question mark on the icon in device manager).
Any ideas for help me will be appreciated, thanks a lot. :o

No image wrong image! Cant start phone

Wasup fellas?

Pardon my crappy grammar, im writing on a french keyboard and its not familliar.

I was trying to do the HTC one m8 verizon to full t mobile compatibility change but something went wrong. Im stuck in the white screen and the only thing that works is recovery. I thought i backed it all up but when i went to restore, lo and behold, no file. So here I am. Stuck with the "no image wrong image!" message. It seems that my computer recognizes the phone because when i write "fastboot" in cmd a long list of stuff pops up.

This guy had the same issue; http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2789965

Somebody said "Flash stock rom and its recovery from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2701376 "

But the thread is huge and I dont know what im looking for nor how to install it since my phone doesnt show up in my computer in the way that a USB key does, so i cannot put files in it.

There seem to be other threads on this issue out there but to be honest i cant understand the technical mumbo jumbo. Im not completely computer illiterate but i am new to this whole phone hacking thing. So, in layman terms, what am I to do?

The Wrong Activity Shows Up Android Studio

Can anybody help me. I have developed a quiz app. At the end of the quiz the result activity must show up but the scores activity shows up. The scores activity only shows up when the scores button is selected on the MainActivity.

Quiz.java

Code:

---

package app.mobiledevicesecurity;

import java.util.List;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class Quiz extends Activity
{
    List<Question> questionList;
    int score = 0;
    int qid = 0;
    Question currentQuest;
    TextView txtQuestion, scored;
    Button button1, button2, button3;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_quiz);
        QuizHelper db = new QuizHelper(this);
        questionList = db.getAllQuestions();
        currentQuest = questionList.get(qid);
        txtQuestion = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txtQuestion);

        button1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
        button2 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button2);
        button3 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button3);

        scored = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.score);



        setQuestionView();

        button1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
        {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
              getAnswer(button1.getText().toString());
            }
        });

        button2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
        {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                getAnswer(button2.getText().toString());
            }
        });

        button3.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
        {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                getAnswer(button3.getText().toString());
            }
        });
    }
    public void getAnswer(String AnswerString)
    {
        if (currentQuest.getAnswer().equals(AnswerString))
        {
            score++;
            scored.setText("Score : " + score);
        }
        else
        {

            Intent intent = new Intent(Quiz.this,
                    Result.class);
            Bundle b = new Bundle();
            b.putInt("score", score);
            intent.putExtras(b);
            startActivity(intent);
            finish();


        }
        if (qid < questionList.size()) {
            currentQuest = questionList.get(qid);
            setQuestionView();
        }
        else
        {

            Intent intent = new Intent(Quiz.this,
                    Result.class);
            Bundle b = new Bundle();
            b.putInt("score", score);
            intent.putExtras(b);
            startActivity(intent);
            finish();


        }
    }

    private void setQuestionView()
    {
        txtQuestion.setText(currentQuest.getQuest());
        button1.setText(currentQuest.getOption1());
        button2.setText(currentQuest.getOption2());
        button3.setText(currentQuest.getOption3());
        qid++;
    }
}

---

Result.java

Code:

---

package app.mobiledevicesecurity;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class Result extends Activity {

    private static Button playbtn;
    private static Button menubutton;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_result);
        OnClickPlayButtonListener();
        OnClickMenuButtonListener();
        TextView textResult = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textResult);
        Bundle b = getIntent().getExtras();
        int score = b.getInt("score");
        textResult.setText("You scored" + " " + score + " for the quiz.");

        Intent intent2 = new Intent(Result.this,
              Scores.class);
        Bundle bun = new Bundle();
        bun.putInt("score", score);
        intent2.putExtras(bun);
        startActivity(intent2);
        finish();
    }

    public void OnClickPlayButtonListener() {
        playbtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn);
        playbtn.setOnClickListener(
                new View.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(View v) {
                        Intent intent = new Intent("app.mobiledevicesecurity.Quiz");
                        startActivity(intent);
                    }
                }
        );
    }

    public void OnClickMenuButtonListener() {
        menubutton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.menubtn);
        menubutton.setOnClickListener(
                new View.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(View v) {
                        Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), MainActivity.class);
                        startActivity(intent);
                    }
                }
        );
    }
}

---

Scores.java

Code:

---

package app.mobiledevicesecurity;

import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.content.Intent;

public class Scores extends ActionBarActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_scores);

        TextView txtScore1 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txtScore1);
        Bundle bun = getIntent().getExtras();
        int score = bun.getInt("score");
        txtScore1.setText("score:" + " " + score + " for the quiz.");
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_scores, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
        // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
        // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
        int id = item.getItemId();

        //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
        if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
            return true;
        }

        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}

---

Flashed wrong recovery, now stuck in Odin/Download mode: "Could not do normal boot"

First time venturing into rootin' 'n bootin' Android devices. Hopefully will have a long pleasant journey ahead, but due to a silly oversight, I flashed the wrong recovery file to my device (hangs head in shame). I'm an seasoned coder, but am somewhat new to Android.

Some info:
Model: SM-N910G (SnapDragon)
Device does not want to boot normally, stuck in downloading mode. The screen shows the following:
"Could not do normal boot. ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)" Reactivation lock is "OFF".

[x] device is rooted and was running stock TouchWizard (based on Lollipop 5.0.1)
[x] can't get the phone to enter recovery mode (by pressing PWR+Menu+Volume Up)
[x] device is not recognised in ADB (using "adb devices")
[x] Samsung Kies3 does recognise that there is a device but says it's unsupported
[x] device is recognised in Odin Windows (blue comes up)
[x] device is recognised in Heimdall on OSX (however, I have not used Heimdall for flashing at all yet)
[x] I now have to pull the battery to turn it off
[x] my main computer is a fast MacBook Pro, but have access to older/slower Windows 7 laptops (with only 2GB RAM).

I had the device rooted and working fine except for the fact that I was getting "dm-verity verification failed" errors when trying to make a Nandroid backup. So I tried to reinstall TWRP recovery -- this time rather than going through Odin, I tried it with TWRP Manager (installed on device). I managed to select the wrong recovery file (SM-N910F instead of SM-N910G -- in TWRP Manager this was somewhat unlclear, as I selected the "Galaxy Note 4 INTERNATIONAL version"; my device could be considered "INTERNATIONAL version", I should have been MUCH more careful however).

What is the best course of action to take from here on? I have read a serious number of posts on XDA, but am somewhat unclear about best action to take from here on.

All help will be much appreciated: amazing Karma coming your way to all who can help get this device booting normally!

wrong forum

sorry wrong forum

What can go wrong flashing a modem file from another s6 variant?

So yeah what are some things that could go wrong doing this? I have a phone that has a ton of ROMs available for it, just not my carrier. I'm able to flash ROMs and they seem to work except for mobile data, voice, and SMS.

What can go wrong flashing a modem file from another s6 variant?

I have a USCC Galaxy S6 (SM-G920R4), and all of the ROMs here don't have any support for it as far as I know. I was able to flash XtreStoLite and everything was working fine with the exception of the mobile data and voice. Is it possible to flash a modem from another device to get this to work? What are some options for getting the mobile data and voice to work?

Stuck on KIES recovery screen after wrong firmware flash

Due to a wrong firmware flash on my GT-I9505 LTE my fhone is stuck on the Kies recovery screen(yellow triangel with two screens) I can get into download mode but Odin dont see the phone because USB debugging is off.

When i connect to KIES and choose initialize and firmware upgrade and y type in Model: GT-I9505 +the correct S/N i get the error : CAN'T INITIALIZE.

Someone who has a solution on this?

Root - What did I do wrong?

So I just bought a Verizon G900V S5 with OC4 installed.

I used this tar (photo) to Odin 3.09 back to NCG. Upon reboot I immediately got the Custom screen, and Custom Device Status in the phone info.
Is everyone getting this, or did I use the wrong tar to downgrade? I'm not too concerned, unless It means I can't update to lolipop using one of the Flashfire threads .

I went ahead and rooted with Toweroot, installed BusyBox, Safestrap, and SU 2.46. Everything went fine, except the custom status.

So should I worry about it?
Can I get rid of the custom status?
Can I still update back to OC5 or higher with Flashfire with the custom status?

Thanks in advance, Eddie

Newb Flashing Gone Wrong?????

Ok .... first attempt flashing with Odin.
Note Edge from Sprint ROM to UK Stock ROM.

Followed the following instructions:

Instructions

Extract (unzip) the firmware file
Download Odin v3.09
Extract Odin ZIP file
Open Odin v.3.09
Reboot Phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait few minutes

And this was the result:

<OSM> N915FYXXU1BOC3_N915FYOXA1BOC3_N915FYXXU1BOB5_HOME. tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> sbl1.mbn
<ID:0/004> rpm.mbn
<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

Soooooooooooooooo still plugged in lol. Next Steps help please!!!!!

Post can be deleted , posted in the wrong section my apologies.

Sorry i posted in the wrong thread .. post can be deleted, sorry again for the inconvenience!

Mistakenly given wrong names to TetheringProvision.apk files

Hi
I'm using samsung s4 at&t version and I was have problem with wifi and tethering

So I decided to make it root and install a new skript

Which contain following procedure
To rename TetheringProvision.apk and TetheringProvision.oden file
To TetheringProvision.abk and TetheringProvision.abk2 but mistakenly I give them the same name

And TetheringProvision.abk2 file disappeared

Now I am worry to do next step

Which is to download new apk file and paste it to
System/app

Should I do it or nor
Orr howww can I restore my apk files back to my origional ones???

Please help me as soon as possiable

[Q] Failing miserably at making a boot animation... WTF am I doing wrong?

HI all,

I am trying to create a boot animation for my N6, it's a family video that lasts 33 seconds.
I used ffmpeg to extract the images, I tried different resolutions (720x400, 720x1280, 960x720, 720x540, 1440x800, and 1440x1080), and frame rates (8, 12 and 30).
The desc.txt looks like this:
720 400 12
p 0 0 part0
p 0 0 part1

Also
1440 1080 8
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1

There's a total of 264 images, with only 1 on the part1 folder.
I also tried 'c' instead of 'p' in the desc.txt. I used jpg and png formats.

If I'm lucky the phone boots w/o showing the animation, other times, it boots, but there is no video at all and I have to boot recovery, remove bootanimation.zip and reboot (permissions are 644 on the file).
Any suggestions?
WTF am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance

Wrong code name on watch causing to fail OTA.

Hello All,

I accidentally deleted the entire system file and corrupted by TRWP back up. I know found myself with with a watch that show a different device.
After failing to install the OTA Zip. you guys are my last hope to get my watch back. I've leaned my lesson and will only stick to rooting my phone LOL.


Error:
Package expect build fingerprint of lge/bass/bass: 5.1/lca44b/2*****:user/release-keys;this device has lge/omni_bass/bass:5.0.2/lrx22g/3 eng/test-key.
E:error executing updater binary in zip 'sdcard/8831116af47f7842164aa7ed8efde2984b355e84.signed-bass-LCA44B-from-LDZ22D.8831116a