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[Q] UMS/USB mass storage for external SD in TWRP or while booted?

I've searched the forum but for the first time RTFM-ing has failed me. Is there anyway to get the phone into UMS mode either in recovery or while booted?
I've already tried the
Code:
adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk........... android:allowMassStorage="true"
trick (which worked on my last phone but didn't work this time. Also in TWRP 2.6.1.0 the mount usb storage option isn't working.
Any help would be appreciated.

A bit more info...
Just a few more details; I'm running OliverG96's cm-10.1-20130825-UNOFFICIAL-golden ROM from this thread for the i8190n. And the framework mod i tried was this one but it had two line that looked like this
Code:
<storage android:mountPoint="/storage/sdcard0" android:storageDescription="@string/storage_internal" android:primary="true" android:emulated="true" android:mtpReserve="100" />
<storage android:mountPoint="/storage/sdcard1" android:storageDescription="@string/storage_sd_card" android:primary="false" android:removable="false" />
instead of just the one that i expected.

[Q] Does ez-unlock apk really unlock my att n900a note 3 or is it a load of baloni

I used ez-unlock apk and I press unlock then for a quick second it tells says that was easy and a message appears for a second saying your bootloader is successfully unlocked...Idk if that's true or not because Idk any way how to see if it's unlocked or not... someone who might know how should check it out and see if it's true or fake and is just lyeing to me like I think it is...

Where did you get this apk?
With this being the manifest inside the APK. I'm going to say um no. Internet access needed?
Code:
<manifest package="com.mmmeff.ez.unlock" versionCode="3" versionName="1.2">
<uses-permission name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE">
</uses-permission>
<uses-permission name="android.permission.INTERNET">
</uses-permission>
<uses-permission name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE">
</uses-permission>
<uses-sdk minSdkVersion="14" targetSdkVersion="15">
</uses-sdk>
<application icon="resource_id:0x7f020001" label="EZ-Unlock" theme="resource_id:0x7f070000">
<activity screenOrientation="1" label="resource_id:0x7f060003" name=".MainActivity">
<intent-filter>
<action name="android.intent.action.MAIN">
</action>
<category name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER">
</category>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity configChanges="4016" name="com.google.ads.AdActivity">
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>

To my knowledge this was used for galaxy s3 unlocking.
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If you have not rebooted yet you will likely want to revert what you did before rebooting using DD commands. Otherwise you just loaded the aboot zone from a Verizon S3 device to your Note 3. Rebooting could likely result in a dead boot scenario. The app reports success as it's only smart enough to know the file was dumped according to syntax.
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How to edit .XML files in ES explorer.

I am trying to edit /system/etc/mixer_paths.xml. I have a pretty much new N6 with 64GB, and about 55GB free space. I completely wiped the phone, rooted (checked good with Root Checker) and installed N6.ElementalX.3.0 Android version 6.0.1. I have an issue with the N6's speakers being off balance. Through this thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help/speaker-imbalance-solution-t3283067 we have determined that it can be fixed by editing the mixer_paths.xml file. Been trying to edit this file but am unable to save it. I get an error saying "Error occurred when trying to save file. It will not be saved. No enough space!" (yes it said "NO" enough space). I was advised to mount the system directory in order to be able to save the .xml file. I tried these ADB commands in the code section below and it looked like it worked but I still wasn't able to save the .xml file. From the Play sore I installed "Mount /system RO/RW [ROOT]" and got a message saying "You're device may not be rooted or is incompatible!". I tried "Mount system rw" from the Play Store and it acted like it worked but I still can't save the .xml file. USB is set to debugging mode. I am pretty much new to this so please don't use big words.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Code:
Connect your phone to the computer. (Make sure USB debugging is enabled on your phone)
Open CMD/Terminal on your PC.
Windows: CTRL + R, then type cmd.
Ubuntu: CTRL + ALT + T.
Mac: Navigate to /Applications/Utilities/ and double-click on Terminal.
Type this:
adb shell
su
Choose one: (for security mount /system back to RO when finished)
Mount system RW: mount -o rw,remount,rw /system

Bigwaverider said:
I am trying to edit /system/etc/mixer_paths.xml. I have a pretty much new N6 with 64GB, and about 55GB free space. I completely wiped the phone, rooted (checked good with Root Checker) and installed N6.ElementalX.3.0 Android version 6.0.1. I have an issue with the N6's speakers being off balance. Through this thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help/speaker-imbalance-solution-t3283067 we have determined that it can be fixed by editing the mixer_paths.xml file. Been trying to edit this file but am unable to save it. I get an error saying "Error occurred when trying to save file. It will not be saved. No enough space!" (yes it said "NO" enough space). I was advised to mount the system directory in order to be able to save the .xml file. I tried these ADB commands in the code section below and it looked like it worked but I still wasn't able to save the .xml file. From the Play sore I installed "Mount /system RO/RW [ROOT]" and got a message saying "You're device may not be rooted or is incompatible!". I tried "Mount system rw" from the Play Store and it acted like it worked but I still can't save the .xml file. USB is set to debugging mode. I am pretty much new to this so please don't use big words.
Code:
Connect your phone to the computer. (Make sure USB debugging is enabled on your phone)
Open CMD/Terminal on your PC.
Windows: CTRL + R, then type cmd.
Ubuntu: CTRL + ALT + T.
Mac: Navigate to /Applications/Utilities/ and double-click on Terminal.
Type this:
adb shell
su
Choose one: (for security mount /system back to RO when finished)
Mount system RW: mount -o rw,remount,rw /system
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Click to collapse
i had a same problem on elementalx kernel. you wont be able to modify /system. So i flashed another kernel and it worked.
try another custom kernel and edit.

Bigwaverider said:
I am trying to edit /system/etc/mixer_paths.xml. I have a pretty much new N6 with 64GB, and about 55GB free space. I completely wiped the phone, rooted (checked good with Root Checker) and installed N6.ElementalX.3.0 Android version 6.0.1. I have an issue with the N6's speakers being off balance. Through this thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/help/speaker-imbalance-solution-t3283067 we have determined that it can be fixed by editing the mixer_paths.xml file. Been trying to edit this file but am unable to save it. I get an error saying "Error occurred when trying to save file. It will not be saved. No enough space!" (yes it said "NO" enough space). I was advised to mount the system directory in order to be able to save the .xml file. I tried these ADB commands in the code section below and it looked like it worked but I still wasn't able to save the .xml file. From the Play sore I installed "Mount /system RO/RW [ROOT]" and got a message saying "You're device may not be rooted or is incompatible!". I tried "Mount system rw" from the Play Store and it acted like it worked but I still can't save the .xml file. USB is set to debugging mode. I am pretty much new to this so please don't use big words.
Code:
Connect your phone to the computer. (Make sure USB debugging is enabled on your phone)
Open CMD/Terminal on your PC.
Windows: CTRL + R, then type cmd.
Ubuntu: CTRL + ALT + T.
Mac: Navigate to /Applications/Utilities/ and double-click on Terminal.
Type this:
adb shell
su
Choose one: (for security mount /system back to RO when finished)
Mount system RW: mount -o rw,remount,rw /system
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
To be honest I wouldnt use that root explorer. It has gone to hell over the years. Now you say you rooted the device how did you root the device? Not all root methods are equal.
As for the not enough space error that is because there isnt. Understand that the OS is devided into different partitions. Each partition contains what the OS needs to run. The system partition has been being filled almost to the max by google as of late. The reason for the error I am guessing is that it is also trying to save a backup of the file as well as the new edited file.
Could also try and free up some room on the system partition by removing some things that you either dont use, or can be installed in the data partition. (where user installed apps are stored) Normally people move most google apps to the data partition. I run a custom AOSP based rom so I have never seen this issue myself.

Mahalo guys for the help. Brother Eun-Hjzjined solved the issue for me.
Eun-Hjzjined said:
OK. Download the attached file. Rename it (remove the .zip) its not actually zipped.
Boot into TWRP, mount system, go to advanced and open file manager.
Copy this .XML to /system/etc and then chmod the XML to 0644.
Reboot to system.
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I was able to solve the speaker imbalance problem and even figured out how to boost the headphone volume.
I changed these two settings from 84 to 90 (they are about one "phone page" down). Now my headphones are much louder. I just tried this a few minutes ago and played an audio file for like a minute so I can't say I have tested it thoroughly. However the difference is amazing. 90 seems good but I am afraid of going higher.
Code:
<ctl name="Voip Dtx Mode" value="0" />
<ctl name="TTY Mode" value="OFF" />
<ctl name="LINEOUT1 Volume" value="0" />
<ctl name="LINEOUT2 Volume" value="0" />
<ctl name="LINEOUT3 Volume" value="0" />
<ctl name="LINEOUT4 Volume" value="0" />
<ctl name="HPHL Volume" value="20" />
<ctl name="HPHR Volume" value="20" />
[COLOR="Red"] <ctl name="RX1 Digital Volume" value="90" />
<ctl name="RX2 Digital Volume" value="90" />[/COLOR]
<ctl name="RX3 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX4 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX5 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX6 Digital Volume" value="84" />
<ctl name="RX7 Digital Volume" value="84" />
[/CODE]

I've made a flashable zip [attached to your other thread] and posted it in a new thread in general.

Eun-Hjzjined said:
I've made a flashable zip [attached to your other thread] and posted it in a new thread in general.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You're the man Eun-Hjzjined!!

Moto X Dev Edition stuck in fastboot, cant flash any images

Ok so I have a moto x dev edition (2013) with verizon. I had the bootloader unlocked on android 4.4.4 then relocked the bootloader and updated to 5.1 recently. I decided I wanted my root permissions again so i unlocked the bootloader and rooted on 5.1. I then downloaded 2 conflicting emoji switching apps from the play store which caused every app that uses the keyboard (which had emojis) to crash. I went to settings and clicked reset but it would then crash. So i went into fastboot mode and tried to follow the same steps which i used to reset and lock the bootloader before. http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/noob-guide-unroot-relock-bootloader-vzw-t2571786 This was what i followed. I got an error on some of the first few steps but i continued entering the commands anyway (being the complete idiot that i am). So at the end i realized i couldn't boot into anything. (Normal powerup, recovery, factory, or BP Tools). When i power it off and turn it back on it says
downgraded security version
update gpt_main version failed
Failed to hab check for gpt_backup: 0x35
CID Read Failure
Invalid CID status 0x69
CustomerID error. Contact Dealer: 0xdead
That last part scared me.
So anyway i found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYjzD9WZum0 where the guy had the same problem (although its in spanish). I followed the steps he took which were as far as i can tell, in case you don't want to watch the video, to enter the bootloader by way of pressing the volume down key during boot. He circled that in red so I assume its important. Then he went onto RSD Lite and selected an xml filed called Repair_Boot.xml which when i opened with notepad contained this.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<flashing>
<header>
<phone_model model="Motorola" />
<software_version version="Flash Boot" />
<interfaces>
<interface name="AP" />
</interfaces>
</header>
<steps interface="AP">
<step operation="oem" var="fb_mode_set" />
<step operation="flash" partition="partition" filename="gpt.bin" />
<step operation="flash" partition="motoboot" filename="motoboot.img" />
<step operation="oem" var="fb_mode_clear" />
</steps>
</flashing>
When i tried flashing the gpt.bin partition and motoboot.img previously it didn't work and it gave me the error message:
downgraded security version
update gpt_main version failed
preflash validation failed for GPT
But anyway i couldnt even get my phone to pop up in the RSD Lite program. I restarted, ran in administrator mode and used different usb cables and ports on my laptop, as well as an entirely different computer. I installed ADB drivers too and tried different versions of the RSD program. My laptop usually told me USB device not recognized a few times but the phone does appear in device manager as 'Mot Single ADB Interface' under 'ADB Interface'
So yeah thats about it. I assume the main priority would be to get the RSD program to recognize my device. Sorry this was so long but i figure better too much detail than too little.

There are many of us in the same boat. I'll try to keep you updated if I find a solution.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/moto-x-qa/moto-x-dev-edition-stuck-fastboot-t3457945
Issue was resolved here for anyone with a similar issue.

Building stable/CM-13 for N00Bs

Given how hard it is to find build instructions around here and once you find some that work and are easy to follow you realize they are buried at least on page 9 or later..
I thought I'll make a thread that guides the user in a simple step by step manner from setting up a VM to finishing the CM 13 build.
A thread that will provide all the needed information in the very first post and where thinking is only optional while following the instructions.
But don't worry I will also include some explanations as far as I think to understand the whole matter myself.
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So lets start first we need to have a machine on which we want to compile. The CM guide https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Build_for_oneplus3 is not wrong as far as I could tell but it omits crucial steps.
For example it does not tell you where to get the required openjdk-7-jdk as well as some other thinks I will elaborate later on.
The easiest way to get a machine ready to build CM is to download a image of http://bbqlinux.org/
So Step 1.) download https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbqlinux/files/x86_64/bbqlinux-2016.06.19-x86_64-mate.iso/download and install it. It comes with all the pre requirements for building cm13 already installed and it even contain vmware tools (and possibly other VM integration) out of the box.
It has all the right java version android studio, all the libraries and even the repo tool installed.
You can almost right away start with step 2 you only need to config git,y taping the following two commands in a terminal window
Code:
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global user.name "me"
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The Step 2.) is getting a copy of CM sources on the machine.
Create a folder where you want the sources to reside for example ~/Android/cm-13.0 but really it can be any folder you have write permissions to. Than you cd into that folder and initialize the source repository.
Code:
repo init -u https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b stable/cm-13.0-ZNH5Y
This will prepare you for obtaining the sources of a stable build marked as ZNH5Y if you want an other build just go to https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android and browse through the available brunches so for example to build the latest nightly you would use: "-b cm-13.0" instead of "-b stable/cm-13.0-ZNH5Y"
This call creates a hidden sub folder inside your current directory ".repo"
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Now we are set up to download the generic cm-13 sources but first we need to add customizations for our specific device. This is done by adding a *.xml file to "./.repo/local_manifests" the default name is roomservice.xml but the cm guide says the name does not meter so you could call it whatever.xml and it should work also.
So Step 3.) add roomservice.xml to "./.repo/local_manifests/", a working one is
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manifest>
<project name="CyanogenMod/android_device_oppo_common" path="device/oppo/common" remote="github" />
<project name="CyanogenMod/android_device_qcom_common" path="device/qcom/common" remote="github" />
<project name="TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_oneplus" path="vendor/oneplus" remote="github" />
<project name="CyanogenMod/android_device_oneplus_oneplus3" path="device/oneplus/oneplus3" remote="github" />
<project name="CyanogenMod/android_kernel_oneplus_msm8996" path="kernel/oneplus/msm8996" remote="github" />
<project name="CyanogenMod/android_vendor_nxp-nfc_opensource_Nfc" path="vendor/nxp-nfc/opensource/Nfc" remote="github" />
<project name="CyanogenMod/android_vendor_nxp-nfc_opensource_frameworks" path="vendor/nxp-nfc/opensource/frameworks" remote="github" />
<project name="CyanogenMod/android_vendor_nxp-nfc_opensource_libnfc-nci" path="vendor/nxp-nfc/opensource/libnfc-nci" remote="github" />
</manifest>
With the file in place we can download the sources, just execute
Code:
repo sync
An alternative to creating a local manifest would be, after you have synced without a own local_manifest file, to run
Code:
source build/envsetup.sh
breakfast oneplus3
This should build a similar roomservice.xml on its own. Ho weever this would be missing some key files namely TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_oneplus this repo provides OEM blobs which are required for CM to build.
The CM guide advises you how to get those blobs from a phone that already runs CM13 but that is IMHO very not elegant as you have to flush your device with some one else CM build only to get a few files which you can easily download of the internet.
You can run "repo sync" without a roomservice.xml than the "breakfast oneplus3" as described above, don't forget envsetup, and once it finished downloading he additional repositories you can add the following line to the created ./.repo/local_manifests/roomservice.xml
Code:
<project name="TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_oneplus" path="vendor/oneplus" remote="github" />
and resync the repo by executing
Code:
repo sync --force-sync
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Now after the sync we have all we need to build CM on our HDD, and we can start the build process.
if you want to speed up later build processes you can add "export USE_CCACHE=1" to your ~/.bashrc file, for example using "nano ~/.bashrc" and than executing "prebuilts/misc/linux-x86/ccache/ccache -M 50G" after having synced your repo, you don't have to re do it after each sync later.
So Step 4.) type the following commands in your terminal window
Code:
source build/envsetup.sh
brunch oneplus3
If you have a problem with the build (eider it fails or it builds but the binary does not work) possibly after changing some source files or repositories, you should run "make clobber" just before running "brunch oneplus3"
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And that is it once it finishes you should have a cm-13 zip ready to be flashed.

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Waoh thank you. I've got quite a potentially fast machine for building at home and always wanted to try this out. Very helpful.
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I have improved the guide a bit removing some unnecessary things and adding soem explenations and alternatives to spep 3

Hello ! I'm trying to build cm14.0 with official sources and TheMuppets vendor, but I get an error at the begining of the build. Anyone has an idea (this is my first build, please be patient). Here is da output
after brunching, in the attached log.txt. I use jdk 1.8.