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I am reposting this question here because this issue doesn't seem to be single device specific but applies to all (Xiaomi) devices, especially recent ones. ---- I am trying to debug an android app using my Redmi S2 phone (android 8.1) but there is a problem. Even though I can enable USB...

I am trying to debug an android app using my Redmi S2 phone (android 8.1) but there is a problem. Even though I can enable USB Debugging in developer options, I am unable to enable "Install via USB" checkbox. It asks for a Xiaomi account which I don't have (and don't want to open). As per this...

The thing is that I'm fed up of some stock adware apps on my Micromax phone and want to disable them for good. So, as per this Android SE answer, I used adb shell to disable the app, but I'm getting the following error: [email protected]:/ $ pm hide com.micromax.trendingapps Error...

I have a rooted 8" KitKat tablet on which I want to install debian on a chroot using linux deploy. According to the guide, one of the first steps is to re-partition the external sdcard into two parts: one 512mb FAT32 partition, and another ext2 partition. Is there a way to re-partition my 32gb...

I've already posted about my phone on forum requests thread, but I don't think it could result in anything considering that its not a very popular model (Micromax Evok Power - Q4260). Its a MediaTEK SoC device (MT6737) with 2GB RAM and Crotex-A53 processor. There are no reliable updates by the...

This post is aimed at beginners running MIUI 7.5.1.0+ on thier MiPad-1. Even rooted users might find this helpful if they haven't done this tweak yet. Last week I was wondering why does my MiPad run so slow compared to many other tablets despite having a WHOPPING 2GB of RAM. So, my research on...

Yesterday, I connected my MiPad to the internet for the first time and noticed a lot of background downloading happening immediately. This is not supposed to be happening since I've disabled automatic update checking and running the latest stable ROM (V7.3.1.0.KXFMIDD) from here. I used the...

There are a plethora of apps on the PlayStore that claim to actually "resize" your eMMC partitions. How well do they work? Can you just install it and change your say internal partition from 500MB to 1GB? To the best of my knowledge, partition tables are kept well hidden and behind lots of...

When I try to reply to any post in this section, I'm directed to a page saying this: So, how long does it take (in terms of time or reputation points) to be able to reply to posts in this section?

There are a plethora of apps on the PlayStore that claim to actually "resize" your eMMC partitions. How well do they work? Can you just install it and change your say internal partition from 500MB to 1GB? To the best of my knowledge, partition tables are kept well hidden and behind lots of...

I want to know that when we flash specific partition images (say system.img, data.img, cache.img, etc.), then how does the software know where exactly to put those partition bytes? For example, if I flash system.img, which CHS/LBA sector will it consider as beginning of that block? If it is...

Be warned: Your Warranty will become void by using this method Last week, my brand new Xiaomi Mi-Pad arrived via Flipkart and no sooner did I have it in my hands, I started installing useful apps like Greenify, ES File Explorer, etc. Two days went by and I was disappointed to learn that it...

This is what I see when I open an xda-developers.com web page:

I want to know that when we flash specific partition images (say system.img, data.img, cache.img, etc.), then how does the software know where exactly to put those partition bytes? For example, if I flash system.img, which CHS/LBA sector will it consider as beginning of that block? If it is...

I've owned an MTK6572 based smart-phone in the past (Karbonn-A35) and found the SPFlashTool and MTKDroidTool extremely useful. The former is used for flashing stock/custom ROMs and the latter for taking backups, viewing partition blocks, rooting and a variety of other stuff. Now, I've got a new...

I happen to know about SP Flash Tool since I recently used it to flash my Karbonn A35 which I had almost bricked entirely. I'd like to know what are some other tools to unbrick non-MTK devices. For example, I have Asus Fonepad 7 which is Intel-atom based. Is there a way to unbrick/flash that...

Last week, I wanted to revive an old phone, Karbonn A35 as the system partition was infected with Ghost Push. Since I couldn't find any online tutorial, I decided to create one myself. Disclaimer: Know and understand each step before doing it. I'm not responsible for any bricked device. Things...

As an experimentation, I'm trying to take a full ROM backup of my Karbonn A35 (a little known MTK based phone) using this method. However, I'm unable to find the "by-name" folder inside /dev/block/platform. There is only one folder there called mtk-msdc.0. This is the output when I run cat...

I'm pretty much a noob when it comes to android development, so please bear with me:silly:. As I understand, stock android is a generic firmware released by Google Inc. and not specific to any particular device. Similarly, CyanogenMod is also a generic firmware. Then what's the difference...

This is a very common scenario: Manufacturer creates a tablet, releases it in the market, but then shies away from providing support or even fixing any issues by providing an OTA update. I'm suffering from one such issue (the last lollipop OTA upgrade in my Asus Fonepad ME175CG broke after...

I'm running ASUS Fonepad 7 (K00Z, with KitKat updates installed). Here is what I already tried: 1. I started the phone in `fastboot` bootloader by pressing the `Power + Vol-up` button, but it has only these five options: - Reboot. - Reboot fastboot. - SDCARD Download. - Factory...

I'm quite a beginner in the android world, so forgive me for any trivialities. I've developed a small android-app using Android-SDK and Eclipse-ADT that maintains information in an sqlite database. Now, there is a simple activity that reads product information from the sqlite db and updates the...