Hello everybody
First time poster thanks for the help in advance. Please note I am a total novice when it comes to anything like rooting or unlocking boot but i can follow instruction if you leave them.
I bought my phone from Ali express global launch event. When I received the phone i noticed some basic functionality is missing for example : Gallery, File explorer, CAMERA APP. and so on.
It doesnt make sense, my camera works through whatsapp and such but no dedicated app.
I am starting to think the firmware was faulty. Waited for few updates hoping it will sort itself out, but no luck.
Now I am considering installing stock firmware but I have no idea where to start. I have downloaded few roms "different versions?" but i don't know how install them on my phone. They are on the root of the phone storage but i assume i must root my phone to get fast boot ? because i tried restarting with holding volume down, after language selection i can chose between wipe and reboot no update option.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
If you use the App Drawer view, you may find the missing icons there.
In settings/app-management/app-list you will find all installed apps.
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Only found files in app list but I can't open it. Other apps have options of : open, uninstall, and force stop but not this app. For the other apps like camera and gallery they are not there. Do you think a fresh install of stock ROM will help or no ?
If the apps are not displayed in your app list, the best thing you can do is do a factory reset.
Which firmware version do you have on the GT ?
The GT was in its original packaging and shrink-wrapped when you received it ?
Ya it was brand new. Bought from Realme official store.
I see your firmware is A 16 mine is A13 but when I check for update it says am on the latest version?!
Also my Google backup is greyed out so factory reset will set me back big time.
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Hi,
using the Hisense A5. A family member was using the phone and put in a passcode that they forgot.
I am unable to get far enough into the phone to enable USB Debugging.
I am able to get the phone into recovery mode (using power-on, volume down). which is the "Vision" recovery system.
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I cannot speak or read simplified chinese. Because the Hisense A5 has an eInk screen, I was able to scan the screens and upload it to an OCR site that could convert the image into characters. Then I could use google translate.
Anyway. I chose the first option which is "Recovery".
The screen I get is the following.
Using google translate. I can make out that the first choice is "Reboot", second choice is "Delete user data" and the third choice is "Update system".
I have tried the "Delete user data", and I can seem to make it work. But after the phone reboots, the passcode is still there.
The only other possibility I have is the third option which is "Update System". If I choose that I get the following option.
As you can see, the only thing I am able to do is to get the recovery system to to somehow load the file "update.zip".
I have tried the commercial passcode remover iMyPhone, but it didn't work.
If someone had some ideas, I would really appreaciate them. I am very much stuck right now.
If you don't mind losing data then you can simply reflash your device.
Download the actual chinese Firmware from here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82583733&postcount=28
Follow this guide to re-flash the downloaded Firmware from a microSD
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82575517&postcount=21
Hi JLowe, a very big thank you.
I was able to download the firmware. (Took a few attempts, but I got there in the end), and have it installed.
Right now, I'm trying to work out how to put the phone into debugging and put on some other ROMS. Similar to what others have done.
Hi,
Newbie here so go easy!
Ive been changing the settings on an imported chinese tablet such as boot image, remove bloatware, download apps required, etc and it works great. However, I want to be able to create a full image of one tablet and transfer that to other tablets I buy so I dont have to manually do this every time. Basically a full backup and restore of everything on the tablet.
Can anyone assist on the best process to do this.
Thanks
If device's Android got rooted then you can perform a full NANDroid backup by means of either TWRP or FlashFire. FYI: ROOT is required for mounting all partitions as RW.
TWRP:
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Flashfire:
Full article here:
How to Backup Android Device Completely 2023 (Updated)
If you plan to unlock bootloader or want to flash custom ROM, this guide is for you. In today's article, I will show you how to Backup Android Device
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Hi,
Thanks for the help.
The device is rooted but im struggling to get a TWRP recovery image for this tablet as its a chinese import. However, its a Rockchip RK3288 tablet. Any help with where to find correct version?
Also when I down loaded flash fire its starts up but crashes after a few seconds?
duckett100 said:
Also when I down loaded flash fire its starts up but crashes after a few seconds?
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Do a LOGCAT to get the reason why.
[Tutorial] How To Logcat
Here's how to use logcat: There are two main ways to do a logcat, within android, and through adb. Logcat within android can be done one of two ways, through a Logcat app: Here are two good examples are either: aLogcat or Catlog I prefer...
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Hi, I worked out why flash fire was crashing, but some of the items in the app are greyed out so it doesn't allow a back up. I think its because I still have the standard recovery that came with the tablet instead of something like TWRP. And I cant find one online that will work.
Are there any other ways to do a full back up programmatically?
Morning,so i am going to try yet again for some help here with regards my mom's Nokia 1 device running on Android 10 Go. Since she updated her phone to Android 10,she has had cmstant issues with the phone. Since updating it,her messages app will not switch to dark mode at all,i have tried uninstalling it and replacing it with other versions etc but it never has a dark mode option available in the app at all.
Then her Google Chrome would not update at all. I got that sorted after a lot of trial and error,resetting the phone and so on. Now the phone has issues with her wallpapers resetting to the default wallpaper the whole time at random. She also suddenly has an issue with her camera after the recent camera related update. She can take a photo,but is unable to view it from her camera app after taking the photo. She also is unable to delete the photo after taking it.
So,i am wanting to know if anyone has any idea of how to perform a software repair or maybe a way to re-install Android 10 on her phone other than just doing a factory reset which does'nt fix any of her issues anyway. Please,we just want to get the phone working properly,so if anyone knows how we can do that,it would be appreciated.
Thank you
Just like any MTK phone use spflashtool then flash it
U should check Wich model first
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@Hucin44 thank you. Have you tried this with a Nokia 1 or do you know someone that has? I do not want to try this if nobody else has and were successful. Last thing i want is to brick my mom's phone.
U can follow this
Downgrade Nokia 1 TA-1066 from Android 10 Go to Android 8.1 Go
The Nokia 1 recently got the Android 10 update. The update got lot of bugs like SD card losing write permissions, launcher3 not having widgets and shortcuts on top of other bugs in Pie. This has compelled me to look for going back to Android 8.1...
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It's work for more secure if afraid to brick the phone uncheck preloader in spflashtool
Thank you
Well, it's a bit of a long story, so I'll try to be as short as possible.
Last year, and after hours of searching on the internet, I found the solution for "Custom binary blocked by frp lock" on this forum (here and here). Both methods promised to fix the lock without erasing my data, but I decided to try the second one (it consists of reinstalling only the boot image with Odin).
Fortunately it worked for me on the first try, and since this method was not well known on the internet, I decided to make a video tutorial to help those who had the same problem and wanted to keep their data.
The fact is that, unfortunately, this method didn't work for everyone, and in many cases it generated bootloops or black screens of death.
And my question is: does anyone know what could be the cause of this?
I tested it on SM-J710MN and SM-G532M, both running Android Marshmallow, and the bootloops/black screens occurred on devices running Android 6, 7, 8 and (I guess) 9 and 10.
Starting with Android 6 FRP on any such Android device is automatically enabled once a Google account is logged in to a device. The only way to get rid of it is by removing the account from the device into which it has been synced.
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Starting with Android 6 FRP on any such Android device is automatically enabled once a Google account is logged in to a device. The only way to get rid of it is by removing the account from the device into which it has been synced.
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Thanks for answering.
Maybe I did not express myself in the correct way, but actually I was referring to the block that does not even allow to boot the device and only shows words in red, as seen in this image.
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But beyond that my question is about why does the bootloop or black screen happen after flashing the boot.img file? Does it have to do with a different/incompatible version of Android/binary/csc or something like that?
My phone is the CPH2459. I purchased it with the July 5, 2022/2022-07-05 Android Version.
1. I enabled developer mode.
2. I had enabled oem bootloader unlock
3. I had enabled "Disable Updates at startup
4. I has disabled automatic play store updates.
Two days go by and the phone goes behind my back and installs an Android 11 update so now I'm on Android 11 September 9, 2022/2022-09-05 update.
The phone tried to mention that it wanted to start the next update to Android S or some nonsense but I decided to stop right there and factory reset it.
After the reset, I'm still stuck on Android 11 September 9, 2022/2022-09-05 update.
Now tonight I want to try and continue rooting this phone unless there is a way to rollback to original Android 11 July 5, 2022/2022-07-05 Android Version.
What would be my next steps. I have downloaded everything I've been suggested to a usb so I can keep working on this step by step. You guys are awesome for sharing this information. Thank you for what you do.
Absolutely! And thank you. Heading home now so Ill shoot you my info.
Once I get familiar with getting this to run on one os I should be able to save copies and then jump back and forth right? I always wonder if it will be like how samsung and other manufacturers sabotage attempts to downgrade and other such annoyances.
So I would go here?
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Then I would download which one of these stock boot images?
Followed by which Firmware version?
Just want to make sure I'm on track. None of them say US version, so I'm assuming Global version?
I'd like to know if he ever backed up his rom...I could use a copy.
I see. May I send you a pm?