Recent content by scary alien

Hey all! :) (someone left the door unlocked, so.... :D) I'm still alive and kicking...using and holding on to my Pixel 4a (still going strong)... Not doing anything Android-related (i.e., not app development or such...just answering the still random emails that I get for my past work) Hope all...

Looks like a security OTA just hit my 6P: I think this is the second OTA I've received (I think the first took me from 6.0 to 6.0.1). Haven't installed it yet but thinking of snagging the update.zip when I get home to see what it contains. Anyone else get this yet? Cheers!

Hey guys, Got a root-related topic (rooting, custom recovery (ClockworkMod, Philz, TWRP, etc.), fastboot, bloatware removal, flashing custom ROMs, hard/soft bricking, etc., etc., etc.)? If so, check out the "Rooting" tab / area and let's place those threads and posts in there, please. You're...

It looks like the factory image for the Nexus 9 (volantis) finally dropped today. See Factory Images for Nexus Devices for the first "Factory Images "volantis" for Nexus 9 (Wi-Fi)" for the "5.0 (LRX21L)" version of Android (get the exact download link for the image at the above site link). Cheers!

No worries! :) :thumbup: I actually don't see too many references to the "fastboot boot <image>" soft-booting option since most folks just use the actual fastboot flash. For example, I usually keep the stock recovery installed on my devices and just soft-boot a custom one when I need to do...

Welcome to our AndroidForums, my1stSmartPhone :). There's two lines referencing the "flash" command in fastboot (I've colored the one you want in red): The non-flashing (what I call "soft booting") of a ROM is done with a fastboot boot <img> command. This will not write the <img> file to the...

Welcome to our AndroidForums, AndroidGuru53 :wavey:! I know there are some devices (not sure about Samsung, though) that allow you to at least disable a few of their "added" (bloaty :p) apps, but hopefully your petition can get some traction with one of the largest Android manufacturers (I'm...

Root Toolkit for Android Change log for the newest version just uploaded: [version 3.4 - 21-October-2014]: - prepare app for Android 5.0 (i.e., Lollipop or 'L') and it's SELinux policies - several minor tweaks and improvements - rename app to Root Toolkit for Android

:) ;) :D No worries :thumbup: -- we all had to start somewhere :). Well, Nandroid backups typically only backup the partitions that might change between backups. The other partitions are presumed to be non-changing and/or flashable from another means and/or source (i.e., a stock / factory...

As I mentioned in this thread: http://androidforums.com/android-lounge/876518-rooting-android-5-0-l-ollipop.html, since the Nexus 6 will come with Android 5.0 (Lollipop) installed, you need to be aware of some additional considerations for rooting your new device: If you plan to root your...

I think you're on to something, Slug--my take is that we're not supposed to like him yet--i.e., his character will change & grow over time (in good and bad ways, I'm sure). Hopefully, we've got years ahead of us for Peter Capaldi to grow on us if he hasn't already (and he has for me).

See this page (dd (Unix)) for elaboration on the dd utility (as a starting point). Can be used for/with partitions and single files--again, be very careful since it does exactly what you ask it to do--without confirmation ;). Yes, and there are other switches/arguments that you can use...

Don't know how many folks are following the imminent release of Android 5.0 (L(ollipop)), but for those folks getting a new Nexus 6 or Nexus 9 or have an older device that will be receiving Android 5.0 (Lollipop) OTA soon, getting root is going to be "interesting". If you've been following...

^^^ :thumbup:, phan9998 :). Yep, dd is one way to do it, but you need to know exactly where/what your recovery partition is called and phan9998 demonstrated one way to find this. (you wouldn't want to save from or flash to the wrong partition (i.e., overwriting your boot image is one good...

I'm sure jhawkkw will soon have his guide updated to incorporate the newest Nexus devices, but wanted to make sure everyone knew about his guide and our Android System Mods, Scripts and Hacks section: [Guide] How to flash a Nexus Factory Image manually Cheers!