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[TOOL] Backup TA for Mac OS X [v1.4][2015-05-13]

Backup TA for Sony Xperia™ (Mac OS X version)
With this app you can backup and restore the TA partition of your device.
This can be useful, for example, when you want to unlock your bootloader and not lose your DRM keys and most importantly, your warranty. Before unlocking your bootloader, backup your TA with this app and you will be able to restore it to a factory state (locked bootloader, DRM keys intact, etc).
The app is based on TA Backup v9.10 by DevShaft (thanks !), which can be found here.
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Thanks a lot for bringing this to Mac OS X and make it open source as well! Will have a look at the source and your work at a later time.

Stuck on requesting root on the first try, successful in the second time.

stanley321 said:
Stuck on requesting root on the first try, successful in the second time.
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Did SuperSU ask you to grant permissions to "shell" when it hanged ?

limiter121 said:
Did SuperSU ask you to grant permissions to "shell" when it hanged ?
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I have granted SU permission to shell, so it won't prompt anyway.
The app is then not responding and I have to force close it.

stanley321 said:
I have granted SU permission to shell, so it won't prompt anyway.
The app is then not responding and I have to force close it.
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Yeah, the app will appear to hang but it actually waits for adb to work it's magic.
Is there any chance you could send me a copy of the system log ?
To do so, open the Console app, enter "Backup TA" in the search field in the top right corner (to filter the logs) and make sure that "All Messages" is selected in the Log list (sidebar) on the left side of the window. At this point there should be lots of messages from Backup TA shown. You can now go to File -> Save a copy as... and send that file to me so I can look at what went wrong.
Thanks :fingers-crossed: !

limiter121 said:
Yeah, the app will appear to hang but it actually waits for adb to work it's magic.
Is there any chance you could send me a copy of the system log ?
To do so, open the Console app, enter "Backup TA" in the search field in the top right corner (to filter the logs) and make sure that "All Messages" is selected in the Log list (sidebar) on the left side of the window. At this point there should be lots of messages from Backup TA shown. You can now go to File -> Save a copy as... and send that file to me so I can look at what went wrong.
Thanks :fingers-crossed: !
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Tried but nothing show up after the search!?
So I think it is just a case that I'm too hurry to check the app and closed it earlier than I should while it is working.

stanley321 said:
Tried but nothing show up after the search!?
So I think it is just a case that I'm too hurry to check the app and closed it earlier than I should while it is working.
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Try selecting system.log in the sidebar and then search for Backup TA, it should work.
Anyway, I'll implement a better way to get logs from the app soon

limiter121 said:
Try selecting system.log in the sidebar and then search for Backup TA, it should work.
Anyway, I'll implement a better way to get logs from the app soon
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I find it but can't get it up here...
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Looking at it, I think I just closed it too early. Nothing wrong with your part!

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I find it but can't get it up here...
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Looking at it, I think I just closed it too early. Nothing wrong with your part!
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Too bad about the log, but thanks a lot for testing and helping

limiter121 said:
Too bad about the log, but thanks a lot for testing and helping
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Checking the timestamp, maybe you should add a message to ask the user to wait for at least a minute to prevent nervous users like me from closing it too early.
Sorry for being new to this TA thing, I don't know how long I should expect.

stanley321 said:
Checking the timestamp, maybe you should add a message to ask the user to wait for at least a minute to prevent nervous users like me from closing it too early.
Sorry for being new to this TA thing, I don't know how long I should expect.
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No problem, will add it in the next version

Thanks for bringing this in a simple form to MacOS
Already backup up, but did another backup and did the test; all seemed well.

New version 1.1 (2) available !
Download it here.
Changelog :
Added better log handling. You can now see the log files using Help -> Open logs folder
UI does not lock (beachball) anymore during lengthy backup/restore operations

limiter121 said:
New version 1.1 (2) available !
Download it here.
Changelog :
Added better log handling. You can now see the log files using Help -> Open logs folder
UI does not lock (beachball) anymore during lengthy backup/restore operations
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make it for linux please :angel:
thanks

imen27 said:
make it for linux please :angel:
thanks
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I will take a look, but don't get your hopes up

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I will take a look, but don't get your hopes up
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sounds great,many thanks

New version available
New version 1.1.1 (3) available !
Download it here.
Changelog:
Enabled verbose logging (for tracking down issues)

Big update
New version 1.2 (4) available !
Download it here.
Changelog:
Added auto-update support
Improved reliability (by using bundled BusyBox commands)
Bug fixes

limiter121 said:
New version 1.2 (4) available !
Download it here.
Changelog:
Added auto-update support
Improved reliability (by using bundled BusyBox commands)
Bug fixes
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Thanks, mate. I think it worked. Just one question: is it normal that a 2MB TA partition gets zipped into few KB? Something like 77KB. Are those sizes (for both TA partition and zip file) normal?

Message preview in notification/status bar missing after Marshmallow update

I no longer get previews of my text messages scrolling through my status bar since I updated to android 6.0.1 via ota update (stock rom). In Messages > More > Settings > Notifications the option "Preview Messages" is On. Pop-up notifications is off, I don't like those but I do like getting a preview in my status bar. Is this feature gone? I also poked around in the advanced notification settings and didn't find a setting for it.
even this issue happens for other apps such as whatsapp, telegram and ...

I think it has to do something with overlay permissions, try searching it in settings...
These settings enable apps like FB Messenger to appear on your screen as a "bubble".
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sorry misread

Thanks for your answering, but i have changed this setting before this.
The problem is existing until now

I have the same problem. After android update I no longer can see message preview on top of the scren. Before an update, whenever I was getting a text, app/game I was using, was 'shrinking' on top of the screen and I saw who sent a message and what was in it. Now I only see an envelope on top of the screen and that's it. It's incredibly annoying cause before I knew if I had to respond to a text immediately or if it could wait. Now I need to swipe the screen from the top to see who texted me. Any advice?

Nothing
It seems there is not any solution to this annoying problem, i surf all the internet but nothing found.

If you want you can get preview to be written in status bar like in 4.4 kitkat, i did that to my phone, no heads up, but i can see preview

Thats great
Oh yes, i absolutly want that, please tell me how its possible,
Best regards

vahidme said:
Oh yes, i absolutly want that, please tell me how its possible,
Best regards
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Install adb and samsung drivers on your pc first tell me when you are done

Done
Ragazzza said:
Install adb and samsung drivers on your pc first tell me when you are done
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Hi dear Ragazzza, i have installed both two software on my pc, now what should have i do?
and one more question, my phone is not rooted, and i dont wana even to root it to solve this problem, is rootnig necessary?
is this way safe? it will not harm my phone?
Best Regards

vahidme said:
Hi dear Ragazzza, i have installed both two software on my pc, now what should have i do?
and one more question, my phone is not rooted, and i dont wana even to root it to solve this problem, is rootnig necessary?
is this way safe? it will not harm my phone?
Best Regards
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Hey man, no you don't need root (i think) you can try it is just 1 minute job.
Now that you have done that connect your phone to a pc using a cable, run CMD as administrator on your PC, and type adb devices
There should be some sort of numbers and next to them "device"
After you can see your device just type
adb shell settings put global heads_up_notifications_enabled 0
wait 10 seconds and restart phone
Edit: this may not work on marshmallow but you can try

Ragazzza said:
Hey man, no you don't need root (i think) you can try it is just 1 minute job.
Now that you have done that connect your phone to a pc using a cable, run CMD as administrator on your PC, and type adb devices
There should be some sort of numbers and next to them "device"
After you can see your device just type
adb shell settings put global heads_up_notifications_enabled 0
wait 10 seconds and restart phone
Edit: this may not work on marshmallow but you can try
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I have done all things but there is not some sort of numbers and next to them "device" on cmd window!
can u give a link of adb software plz? i have installed it but i think that version not works properly!

I succesfully done what you said to me,
But nothing has changed
There is not any message preview on statusbar

vahidme said:
I succesfully done what you said to me,
But nothing has changed
There is not any message preview on statusbar
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Ah sorry man, it is than only for Lollipop
You can roll back to Lollipop, it is faster and battery frindly

Oh thank you, but in lolipop by default this option works peroperly and doesnt need to type this code on cmd and the other steps,
Is there a safe way to back to lolipop? Without bootloop problem? Can u help me in this way?

vahidme said:
Oh thank you, but in lolipop by default this option works peroperly and doesnt need to type this code on cmd and the other steps,
Is there a safe way to back to lolipop? Without bootloop problem? Can u help me in this way?
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Well it is reeeally easy unless you are on J500H version, if you have J500H model you can't downgrade, so what model do you have?

Oh regretfully my phone model is j500h,
So there is not any way to downgrade to lolipop?

vahidme said:
Oh regretfully my phone model is j500h,
So there is not any way to downgrade to lolipop?
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no man sorry :/

vahidme said:
I no longer get previews of my text messages scrolling through my status bar since I updated to android 6.0.1 via ota update (stock rom). In Messages > More > Settings > Notifications the option "Preview Messages" is On. Pop-up notifications is off, I don't like those but I do like getting a preview in my status bar. Is this feature gone? I also poked around in the advanced notification settings and didn't find a setting for it.
even this issue happens for other apps such as whatsapp, telegram and ...
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6.0.1 Marshmallow uses Headsup notifications instead of the ones Lollipop uses.
if you found this useful hit that "thanks" button

SpamMachine said:
6.0.1 Marshmallow uses Headsup notifications instead of the ones Lollipop uses.
if you found this useful hit that "thanks" button
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What? The Lollipop also uses heads up notifications, it is just that they are expandable on Marshmallow

Ragazzza said:
What? The Lollipop also uses heads up notifications, it is just that they are expandable on Marshmallow
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I don't have heads up notifications on my Lollipop rom that I ported from J5108.

Phoenix OS x86 v2.5.3 Released

Link: http://bbs.phoenixstudio.org/en/showthread.php?tid=8161

anyone know how to update Google play services on this build? I keep getting error -501
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jdodger08 said:
anyone know how to update Google play services on this build? I keep getting error -501
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okay simple fix
- Download the latest version of Google Play Services from APK Mirror
(I would put link but I am new to this forum and it won't let me)
- Make sure the version number is xx.x.xx (030-xxxxxxxxx)
- Install

to fix grub menu not showing up on uefi systems
open cmd as admin and type:
bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\PhoenixOS\Boot\grubx64.efi
Reboot
you can thank me later
Regards

Sorry for the question but i'd want to ask if there is any app to update the system to newer version.
If yes I haven't it so please gimme the apk

ScardracS said:
Sorry for the question but i'd want to ask if there is any app to update the system to newer version.
If yes I haven't it so please gimme the apk
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It's built in, you don't need to install anything. Open settings, you sh see an option to update PhoenixOS, just make sure you're connected to the internet.

lfom said:
It's built in, you don't need to install anything. Open settings, you sh see an option to update PhoenixOS, just make sure you're connected to the internet.
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This evening i'll watch again, many thanks

Another question: how i can set the launcher for seeing apps by name and not by installation time?

How to hide sim panel in s8 oreo

Hide dual sim manager in quick setting of s8 oreo

see thread

Anyone, please?

I tried asking this questions earlier but sadly no one responded..
Sad part of forum actually.. ppl will reply for some waste things but not for something important..
I guess for dual sim it will be there... try disabling one sim it will be gone...

solved

I don't see that on my device... maybe badges or grouping notifications?

Its in dual sim model ,when we insert 2 sim its shows in quick settings

Bump, I need it too

Maybe our hero crayonyes could save as again with an update of the previous app?
crayonyes said:
try this.
install, reboot.
to uninstall : go to settings > apps > uninstall aaa.quicksetting.hidesimpanel
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MimKoRn said:
Maybe our hero crayonyes could save as again with an update of the previous app?
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sadly for oreo we cannot just install overlay apk anymore to make it work.
options are:
1. install overlay apk (and reboot) then do some adb things to cmd overlay enable it (need plug to pc)
2. have samsung theme that hide this panel.
3. use substratum (and paid andromeda) and have some subs dev to make this hide sim panel (need plug to pc)
i hate oreo for this. maybe just me, but oreo sucks compared to easy theming in rootless nougat.
edit: here's reference to option 1: (need to edit bat file and change apk name)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76109441&postcount=4357

aaa.quicksettings.hidepanel is not present in sytem apps?
it means applying this overlay to non system app is useless

karan68 said:
aaa.quicksettings.hidepanel is not present in sytem apps?
it means applying this overlay to non system app is useless
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as i said you cannot just install overlay and expect it to work,
do as the reference link I posted.

crayonyes said:
as i said you cannot just install overlay and expect it to work,
do as the reference link I posted.
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Thanks man it works perfectly using cmd.
Its even works fine when we reboot no probl.:good:

karan68 said:
Thanks man it works perfectly using cmd.
Its even works fine when we reboot no probl.:good:
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Can you please share your exact steps, i am kind new to andriod.

MedoooMedooo said:
Can you please share your exact steps, i am kind new to andriod.
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just install the sim hide apk basically its a layer theme then reboot device,then using adb apply the layer you installed.

karan68 said:
just install the sim hide apk basically its a layer theme then reboot device,then using adb apply the layer you installed.
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Thanks, i downloaded adb tools on my windows and test adb devices commend on cmd and it works perfectly.
Now i need to know which commend i have to type to apply the layer or i need to do something else?

you need aaa.quicksetting.hidesimpanel.apk and then
Refer to this post how they apply layers in oreo https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76109441&postcount=4357

karan68 said:
you need aaa.quicksetting.hidesimpanel.apk and then
Refer to this post how they apply layers in oreo https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76109441&postcount=4357
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i followed all steps but notification is still there, maybe i made something wrong

nicholas64 said:
i followed all steps but notification is still there, maybe i made something wrong
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probably missing something
here's the screenshot

karan68 said:
probably missing something
here's the screenshot
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i have got note 8, maybe it does not work for this reason

Disable automatic OTA Updates without Root?

Hey i had two Fire HD 10 2019 (9th Gen) Devices.
With one i was playing around, using it casually. I used Amazon Fire toolbox for some personalization, mostly debloating and running it on Nova launcher but as an passionate Android User i wanted Root of curse. Well long story short this Device updated to FireOS 7.3.1.1 because i was not careful enough. But i still have the second (never used or turned on) Device with the not-updated firmware.
Now according to this Post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=81211523&postcount=228 it is somehow possible to gain root even if its only temporary (that would be enough for me atm and very nice if accomplishable) but i am actually a bit scared to turn it on and disable OTA with ADB because firstly i am not sure if that is a permanent fix or if i have to apply the command every time i turn the phone on (could possibly be done with tasker or something somilar?) and secondly if the update could be faster than me blocking it (maybe i'm to paranoid right now but i want to make sure i get root on that device and really dont want to miss my chance for it because of OTA updates.
Also i tried to root it but without sucess (well i didn't know there was another hard button combination when the white triangle was showing so i was really close away from the finish line it feels like) then i went to sleep and the next morning i had the new update applied.. really unfortunate. Well thatswhy i want to make a better job with the second device!
Thanks in advance for any help! Have a wonderful day and excuse any typings

M4XXX said:
Hey i had two Fire HD 10 2019 (9th Gen) Devices.
With one i was playing around, using it casually. I used Amazon Fire toolbox for some personalization, mostly debloating and running it on Nova launcher but as an passionate Android User i wanted Root of curse. Well long story short this Device updated to FireOS 7.3.1.1 because i was not careful enough. But i still have the second (never used or turned on) Device with the not-updated firmware.
Now according to this Post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=81211523&postcount=228 it is somehow possible to gain root even if its only temporary (that would be enough for me atm and very nice if accomplishable) but i am actually a bit scared to turn it on and disable OTA with ADB because firstly i am not sure if that is a permanent fix or if i have to apply the command every time i turn the phone on (could possibly be done with tasker or something somilar?) and secondly if the update could be faster than me blocking it (maybe i'm to paranoid right now but i want to make sure i get root on that device and really dont want to miss my chance for it because of OTA updates.
Also i tried to root it but without sucess (well i didn't know there was another hard button combination when the white triangle was showing so i was really close away from the finish line it feels like) then i went to sleep and the next morning i had the new update applied.. really unfortunate. Well thatswhy i want to make a better job with the second device!
Thanks in advance for any help! Have a wonderful day and excuse any typings
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Try it to use NoRoot Firewall (VPN firewall) from Google Play, enable Stat on Boot, create VPN connection, select APPS tab, find DeviceSoftwareOTA app from list and set the check box to X (deny any internet access) on Wi-Fi and mobile data
Check boxes:
√ = Allow from internet access
X = Deny from internet access

@Supersonic27543 @dr_docdoc @diplomatic @DB126
Can somebody please confirm this? I can not trust this dude anymore regarding his latest posts. I think he is a troll in some sort..
I was thinking about adb shell pm hide but yeah as i said i have the concerns mentioned above.

M4XXX said:
@Supersonic27543 @dr_docdoc @diplomatic @DB126
Can somebody please confirm this? I can not trust this dude anymore regarding his latest posts. I think he is a troll in some sort..
I was thinking about adb shell pm hide but yeah as i said i have the concerns mentioned above.
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I simply followed this post (below), and so far . . . no updates. As the OP suggests, others have suggested to him this *MAY NOT* be permanent. However, as the OP also reports, he had another device for 7 months with no update or even check for update. On all seven of my Fire HD 10 2019 devices, no update has occurred or even been checked - just the same:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=81095517&postcount=147
As for the adb shell stuff, that is beyond my current understanding. Learning about the bootless root that @diplomatic put together, I'm wondering that perhaps there is a script method that can be loaded after boot to ensure OTA is disabled every time. But then again, I'm not aware if it would still be considered permanent or what could re-enable the OTA (as the OP to post 147 above had said in the following post 149).

dr_docdoc said:
I simply followed this post (below), and so far . . . no updates. As the OP suggests, others have suggested to him this *MAY NOT* be permanent. However, as the OP also reports, he had another device for 7 months with no update or even check for update. On all seven of my Fire HD 10 2019 devices, no update has occurred or even been checked - just the same:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=81095517&postcount=147
As for the adb shell stuff, that is beyond my current understanding. Learning about the bootless root that @diplomatic put together, I'm wondering that perhaps there is a script method that can be loaded after boot to ensure OTA is disabled every time. But then again, I'm not aware if it would still be considered permanent or what could re-enable the OTA (as the OP to post 147 above had said in the following post 149).
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Thank you very much for the help. I know I can not speed things up, from a development standpoint but I also wanted to use it until there is a viable root option available

M4XXX said:
Thank you very much for the help. I know I can not speed things up, from a development standpoint but I also wanted to use it until there is a viable root option available
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Yo - I think you missed it!
This sucka HAS BEEN ROOTED!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/fire-hd10-2019-t3979343/post81211523#post81211523

dr_docdoc said:
Yo - I think you missed it!
This sucka HAS BEEN ROOTED!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/fire-hd10-2019-t3979343/post81211523#post81211523
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I've seen that Post and i was REALLY excited about it but i couldn't get it to work.. Could you eventually guide me on the way?

Need help with Step 9 !?!?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79626434&postcount=135
I am stuck at Part 9 !!
when i restart at this point nothing happens and when i start init.d scripts support app and "run scripts now"" i get the following execution results:
Code:
[COLOR="Red"]Can't aquire root privileges (date)[/COLOR]
[B]Executing scripts from /storage/emulated/0/init.d (date)[/B]
suboot.sh
[COLOR="red"]/storage/emulated/0/init.d/suboot.sh[121]: ./mtk-su: No such File or Directory[/COLOR]
In Magisk Manager i see that Magisk is not installed (and i can't without TWRP, right?)
I'm just stuck at this Point. I have read in some other Forum that there is a button combination that i can press while seeing that white triangle when trying to enter recovery mode to actually be able to enter it. and yeah from there on it would be easy i guess to install magisk and maybe init.d will recognize it then?
Thanks for helping

I got it to work! Thanks to the incredible help of @dr_docdoc :good:
I picked arm64. By changing to arm it worked
Very happy about it. thanks again!

I guess no luck when you are on 7.3.1.1?

BXM500 said:
I guess no luck when you are on 7.3.1.1?
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not for now as far as I know it. my other device isn't working either

x

Try this:
Code:
adb shell pm disable-user com.amazon.device.software.ota
adb shell pm disable-user com.amazon.device.software.ota.override
adb shell pm disable-user com.amazon.kindle.otter.oobe.forced.ota
adb shell pm disable-user com.amazon.settings.systemupdates
Remove Amazon's crappy and stubborn Fire launcher (you must have another launcher installed before you do this):
Code:
adb shell pm disable-user com.amazon.firelauncher