[Q] Titanium Backup Pro not restoring accounts, passwords, etc. topic

I recently flashed CM12 onto my phone and upgraded to Titanium Backup Pro to backup my apps and data (I also did a Clockwork Mod backup in case of emergency). Everything seemed to go fine until at the end of the restore from TB Pro a system message came up asking if I wanted to change the default messaging app. I couldn't get rid of this message (or get back to TB Pro) no matter how many times I tapped either yes or no on the system message so (reluctanly) I rebooted the phone. I opened TB Pro and found a log which said the restore was complete. I then found that it had restored all the apps but not all the linked accounts, passwords or system settings (it has restored some app settings, like Pocket Informant and Nova even though with Nova I still had to choose to use it rather than the Google option to use it the first time).

I know some people reflash their OS every night so I assume you don't usually have to reconfigure half the phone manually! I'm guessing the stuck message interfered with the restore in some way and so this was just bad luck. Anyone know if there was any reason for the persistent error message about messaging app or if there is anything I could have done to prevent this happening within TB Pro or in general?

[FIX]Repair White Screen, Bootloop, Soft Brick etc. the quick & dirty way topic

Most guides suggest reflashing stock rom for this, however that means you would have to re-root your device and also install a new recovery again. Any other data on your system will get lost as well.

I had a white screen problem with my SGA+ and according to a post about Indian and Chinese SGA+ phones, I needed to flash a European stock rom first before I was able to use certain roms (e.g. kk) at all. Because of various reasons Odin was not an option, so I had to use heimdall. With heimdall all partitions are flashed in sequence and you can choose which ones you want to flash. In other words, you can flash a partial stock without touching anything that would be flashed by your custom rom anyway.

Tested with a Chinese SGA+
This will flash all partitions that are not affected by custom roms and rooting.

Requirements:
heimdall --- (google for it. XDA's spam filter prevented me from posting the link, lol)
stock rom --- If your phone is an Indian or Chinese SGA+, choose an S7500XX rom. Mine was S7500XXNB1_S7500OXXNA1_XSK. Getting a relatively new rom is also not a bad idea.
zip, tar capable archive manager

Tutorial:
1. Unzip your stock rom.
2. Rename the xx.tar.md5 file to xx.tar.
3. Untar / extract the tar file.
4. Open a terminal and move to the extracted directory.
5. Put your SGA+ in download mode (turn your phone off and boot with Power+Volume down+Home pressed).
6. Connect your USB cable.
7. Check your partitions with heimdall (as root on Linux systems)

Code:

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heimdall print-pit

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This step should be optional, but it's always good to be on the safe side. Check if the partition names and image names correspond with the following table:

Code:

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  partition    image
  HIDDEN      hidden.img.ext4
  APPSBL      appsbl
  OEMSBL      oemsbl
  QCSBL        qcsbl.mbn
  CFG_DATA    qcsblhd_cfgdata.mbn

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8. Flash all five partitions with heimdall (as root on Linux systems)

Code:

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heimdall flash --HIDDEN hidden.img.ext4 --APPSBL appsbl --OEMSBL oemsbl --QCSBL qcsbl.mbn --CFG_DATA qcsblhd_cfgdata.mbn

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9. Re-flash your custom rom if necessary.

Help: Android TV choices: Razer Forge TV, Nexus Player, etc. topic

I'm looking to upgrade my first or second gen WDTV Live, I'm not sure to what though. I was looking at the Razer Forge TV but that doesn't have a release date yet. The Nexus Player is also a possibility although I'm not strongly considering it because of it's lack of ethernet port. Searching Amazon for "Android TV Box" I see a couple of very highly rated Gbox MX2 and Gbox Q media players. But are those full Android roms instead of the new (hopefully more user friendly (media player specific)) Android TV roms?

I'm most likely only interested in media playback (I don't know much about the Forge TV's pc game streaming). Any recommendations on whether I should go for one of these options or wait 6 months until the Forge TV is out and/or other players are available?

Thanks

I thought about putting this in the Android Stick Computers subforum but I'm really looking for a full media player box with remote...

mate 7 l09 vs note3 n9005 and etc... ? topic

hello dear mt7 users...
I have n9005 and I`d like to change it with mt7,but here I can`t find the gold version, so I must think about l09
something I wana you kindly answer me are these:
1. does mt7 l09 root?
2. after root ,can I update to android 5 in future?
3. can I root it without unlocking BL?
4. is there any english thread which clearly explain how to install official rom , unlock , root , etc for mt7 l09? (if yes, could you please link me?)
I love mt7 design and I hope its battery could give me about 8h screen on.
(I`ve used Samsung flagship from s2 till note3 and I hate note4 now! and I did everything on my Samsung phones, custom rom and custom kernel and ...)

thank you for your help :o

How-to: root, keep and backup DRM keys, etc. topic

By almost popular demand, making this a thread ;)

This is a how-to root, install recovery, backup drm keys, etc. from scratch in a single thread since finding all threads can be daunting. That's basically all the things you generally want to do when you root the phone.

0) Ensure you backed up everything you need (files/apps/pictures/etc) first, these will be lost!
-- FW DOWNGRADE AND INSTALL WITH FLASHTOOL --
1) Downgrade fw to 23.0.A.2.93 (Device D5803) or anything prior to 23.0.1.A.5.77 (december fw)
Global: https://mega.co.nz/#!1RUA0IbT!HhWALw...tjpRzbrjYSH40M (or see http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-c...d5833-t2906706 for more links if this one no longer works)
2) Get and install Flashtool at http://www.flashtool.net/index.php
3) Move the fw into the C:/Flashtool/firmwares directory
4) Open Flashtool, click on the lightning symbol ("flash device"), select "Flashmode" and click on "OK"
5) Just select the name of the fw you downloaded and click on "Flash"
6) Wait for a window to pop up (it may take a few minutes, be patient)
7) Now everything is ready: turn off your phone
8) Push the volume DOWN button, connect the USB cable to your PC while still pushing the volume DOWN button
9) Once the flashing process has started, release the volume button
10) Do not disconnect the USB cable, wait until flash completes (flashtool will indicate when you can unplug).
-- ROOTING W/ EXPLOIT --
11) Enable USB debugging on the phone (Settings => About phone => Click 7 times on Android Build to unlock developer options)
12) Allow mock locations (Settings => Developer Settings)
13) Ensure you have adb drivers installed (http://support.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/pc-companion/ don't use it to update
14) Download rooting tool (http://forum.xda-developers.com/devd...10766&task=get) or latest from http://forum.xda-developers.com/cros...-4322-t3011598
15) Unzip the rooting tool
16) Connect phone to your computer
17) Put phone in airplane mode
18) Run install.bat from the rooting tool (allow USB debugging when asked on the phone every time, also allow root prompt) and follow instructions from the tool
19) You should be rooted now, if you get an error "Device not rooted" trying running the tool once more
-- Backup DRM keys/TA Partition --
20) Get backup ta tool from https://github.com/DevShaft/Backup-TA/releases
21) Unzip it!
22) Ensure phone is still connected (or reconnect it)
23) Run Backup-TA.bat
24) Read the information and follow the instructions given by the tool.
-- Install latest firwmare with root, DRM keys, recovery --
25) Get PRFC from http://forum.xda-developers.com/cros...e-pre-t2859904
26) Get latest fw (https://mega.co.nz/#!AUEg1ayC!UsKs6y...g8zMdkBCFi-X9Q) (currently this is fw 23.0.1.A.5.77)
27) Get latest SuperSU zip http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
28) Get DualRecovery zip (the flashable zip, not the installer one) http://nut.xperia-files.com/?dlid=Wj...hhYmxlLnppcA== (or from http://nut.xperia-files.com/ you want
Z3C-lockeddualrecoveryX.Y.Z-RELEASE.flashable.zip)
29) Start PRFC and add the 3 zip (FTF file is the fw, SuperSU and Recovery)
30) Click "create" - this will take a while
31) Copy resulting "pre-rooted" fw to /sdcard0 on your phone (it means copy flashable.zip from the PRFC directory to the "internal storage" directory of the phone)
32) Get Dual Recovery installer this time, at http://nut.xperia-files.com/download...FsbGVyLnppcA== (or from http://nut.xperia-files.com/ you want
Z3C-lockeddualrecoveryX.Y.Z-RELEASE.installer.zip notice how thats 'installer' this time, not the same file as in 28!)
33) Unzip it
34) Unfortunately the script is a bit buggy here, so first go in the "files" directory then go to File menu of the windows explorer and select "open command prompt..."
35) In the command prompt type "adb shell" then "su" (allow root on the phone if needed) then "mount -oremount,rw /system". That's it, close the prompt window.
36) start install.bat and follow instructions (hit 1 (allow adb/root on the phone as needed)
37) You should be in recovery automatically now. (if not, reboot and when the LED change colors push volume UP repeatedly)
38) Flash the pre-rooted fw (flashable.zip) from the recovery (touch "install") on the phone, then power off the phone (DO NOT REBOOT)
39) To power off, go in the reboot menu (yeah it feels backwards) then you can hit "shutdown". wait for it to shutdown.
40) Unplug USB
41) Open Flashtool and select the non-pre-rooted fw, but DESELECT system: in "EXCLUDE" make sure you check the checkbox next to "SYSTEM"
42) press volume DOWN and plug USB cable while keeping volume DOWN pressed, when flashing starts, stop pressing the volume button
43) After flash is done and when flashtool tells you to, remove USB cable and start the phone
-- Optional, if you need to restore DRM keys (for ex. if you unlocked the bootloader - note that this WILL relock the bootloader)
44) plug USB back in
45) re-enable usb debugging on the phone (Settings => About phone => Click 7 times on Android Build to unlock developer options)
44) Start backup TA again but this time hit restore
45) Congrats and enjoy, you made it to the end! you now have latest + recovery + root and backups of your DRM keys! (and of course all DRM functions enabled)

People who did the hard work/references thanks to them:
@istux (fw list, flashtool how to http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-c...d5833-t2906706)
@xzx0O0 (root exploit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/cros...-4322-t3011598)
@DevShaft (backup ta http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2292598)
@serajr (install .77 fw http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...0&postcount=71)

[Q] Need Help ! with ROMS,.apks, etc. topic

hi i am quite new to this i have a LG G3 (D851) Rooted T-mobile USA i have unlimited Data !

i am looking for a way to bypass tmobile 5GB hotspot limit some kind of App,Rom! something ???
i have tried Wifi tether router By Fabio ! but it does not seem to work

i have read about prime tether ROM but i cannot seem how to install it or make it work i have tried & i cannot chang the APN setting to Ip4 !!! the phone will not allow it !

so i am coming to the XDA Community to ask for your HELP ! thanks