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Any ROMs Available? Even OEM?

Are there any leads to a Samsung Focus flashable ROM yet? Even an OEM ROM? I'd really like to take my Focus back to 7004 and start over if possible.
Unfortunately, I tried to recover using Windows Phone Support Tool and it destroyed my ability to Unlock again. I was trying to revert back to my 7004 backup, but was not sure how to do it.
Now I'm concerned about not being able to get OEM or Chevron updates. That would bite!

I have been looking for a while, no luck
wish I had the knowledge to make a rom to backup 7004 before upgrading
hopefully some nice person will make a rom (preferably Rogers as less bloatware)

Don't expect a ROM for Focus anytime soon. There's simply no one working on it. I have a bricked device that needs a new ROM flash. Been waiting for months now!

UzEE said:
Don't expect a ROM for Focus anytime soon. There's simply no one working on it. I have a bricked device that needs a new ROM flash. Been waiting for months now!
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I'm hoping there is someone quietly working on it without posting their progress so they are not bombarded with questions and questions about when it will be released.
Please don't take offense if you've already done this, but have you already tried the Windows Phone Support Tool to try to get it going again? From what I saw when I ran it, the tool has the ability to download updates, and MAYBE ROM parts? It's just a thought.

There is no Rom for the Focus, I dont recomend this phone. I got a mine almost 4 month ago and was loaded with another Rom, I wait for a Rom to appear and i lost my hope,, no one is interested on it. So I sell the phone to a very dumb guy. Just resell it.

ASPTHEONE said:
There is no Rom for the Focus, I dont recomend this phone. I got a mine almost 4 month ago and was loaded with another Rom, I wait for a Rom to appear and i lost my hope,, no one is interested on it. So I sell the phone to a very dumb guy. Just resell it.
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How much do you want for it? I'm pretty dumb...

ASPTHEONE said:
There is no Rom for the Focus, I dont recomend this phone. I got a mine almost 4 month ago and was loaded with another Rom, I wait for a Rom to appear and i lost my hope,, no one is interested on it. So I sell the phone to a very dumb guy. Just resell it.
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Would that not make you the dumb one for buying a phone that didn't have a stock rom in the first place? As is stands I think the stock rom is more than smooth enough. Yes there are things lacking and not as many tweakable options as android, but it is still very usable. Just be patient, it will come eventually.
Nobody seems to realize the disasters of Android when they first came out. We are already far ahead with WP7 on a timescale point of view.

Nobody is dumb here, we all just have different expectations from our devices.
Also, along the lines of time frames, WP7 is also ahead of the iPhone when it was released. It too had it's headaches, and correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't we get cut/paste faster? And MultiTasking will be here WAY faster than iPhone got it.
Just be patient, and give it a little time to mature. It's coming along quite nicely, especially lately. And the ATT feet dragging on the update? I'd much rather they took a little extra time than see a bunch of people in these threads with bricked phones, or upgrades that didn't work as planned. That can kill an OS. I think the first Feb update showed them they need to be cautious, and that's exactly what they are doing. No, I don't like to wait, I'm as impatient as the next guy, sometimes more, but it will be worth it in the long run.

UPDATE!​
I was concerned that forcing the NoDo update and then using the Windows Recovery Tool had made my phone unable to receive the March NoDo update from ATT.
Well, I'm happy to say that I just plugged my phone in this morning, and I'm RIGHT NOW updating to the "Samsung update for Windows Phone".
WOOHOO!!!! I thought I was hosed...
Now, the question will be, Can I Unlock It? I doubt it, but at least I'm getting the actual Update from ATT. I'm hoping there is a firmware update included also. I'll let you know.

SuperSport said:
I'm hoping there is someone quietly working on it without posting their progress so they are not bombarded with questions and questions about when it will be released.
Please don't take offense if you've already done this, but have you already tried the Windows Phone Support Tool to try to get it going again? From what I saw when I ran it, the tool has the ability to download updates, and MAYBE ROM parts? It's just a thought.
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I did try to use the Windows Phone Support Tool, and even disected the code. It still needs signed FFUs from Microsoft to flash to the device. You can't just make it flash your custom ROMs.
It would really be awesome is someone was indeed working on a ROM for Focus right now, because then I would be able to bring my phone back to life. But unfortunately, I've been wating since february and it hasn't happened, and there have been people who have been waiting even longer.
I can't even sell the device to anyone because it doesn't even boot up. Its just a paperweight now. It was a bad decision to buy this phone. Should have gone with the Omnia 7 instead.

UzEE said:
I did try to use the Windows Phone Support Tool, and even disected the code. It still needs signed FFUs from Microsoft to flash to the device. You can't just make it flash your custom ROMs.
It would really be awesome is someone was indeed working on a ROM for Focus right now, because then I would be able to bring my phone back to life. But unfortunately, I've been wating since february and it hasn't happened, and there have been people who have been waiting even longer.
I can't even sell the device to anyone because it doesn't even boot up. Its just a paperweight now. It was a bad decision to buy this phone. Should have gone with the Omnia 7 instead.
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When you tried the Support tool, did it even see the phone? Will your phone even go into Restore Mode (Power/Camera)?
Just throwing ideas out, hoping to stumble across something that makes it light up again...

UzEE said:
I did try to use the Windows Phone Support Tool, and even disected the code. It still needs signed FFUs from Microsoft to flash to the device. You can't just make it flash your custom ROMs.
It would really be awesome is someone was indeed working on a ROM for Focus right now, because then I would be able to bring my phone back to life. But unfortunately, I've been wating since february and it hasn't happened, and there have been people who have been waiting even longer.
I can't even sell the device to anyone because it doesn't even boot up. Its just a paperweight now. It was a bad decision to buy this phone. Should have gone with the Omnia 7 instead.
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I dont understand why you are bashing this phone so badly. I moved from a fuze with win 6.5 plus. I loved the freedom i had with that phone. but, as with any rom and initial release of an op system. there will be bugs. there will be updates. This all takes time. I think this phone is awesome for now. Its very easy to use and is powerful and very fast. The wifi is much faster than what im used to. Just be patient there will be some great improvements to come for this.

The rom posted in the development forum works and is for AT&T Samsung Focus. Read my reply

ASPTHEONE said:
There is no Rom for the Focus, I dont recomend this phone. I got a mine almost 4 month ago and was loaded with another Rom, I wait for a Rom to appear and i lost my hope,, no one is interested on it. So I sell the phone to a very dumb guy. Just resell it.
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Why the hell would I do that?? The phone is near perfect as is.

Try this ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045968
See if it works for you.

Focus Rom
This maybe a true Focus Rom but the person who is saying it works has not or will not say how he used this rom. The upload tool included with the Rom does not work.
If it really does work why not just tell us what you used to flash the phone?
The other ROM 7004 included in the thread is a AT&T Demo ROM so don't use it.

rrmcco said:
This maybe a true Focus Rom but the person who is saying it works has not or will not say how he used this rom. The upload tool included with the Rom does not work.
If it really does work why not just tell us what you used to flash the phone?
The other ROM 7004 included in the thread is a AT&T Demo ROM so don't use it.
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I don't think so. On any of the claims.
He has clearly stated how he did it, the tool as well, but nobody actually verified. Unless someone actually tries those with a Focus, all rest are suppositions. Including mine.
So unless someone actually tries them, I have to say what the original poster (Chinese) said they are:
There are 3 roms posted there now:
-UCKC3
-UCKC3 mod/custom 7004 (no idea what that means)
-AT&T Demo
The last 2 have been posted by me in that order in the Focus UCKC3 rom thread.

does anyone know how to use this? i need an instruction

EnderPsp said:
I don't think so. On any of the claims.
He has clearly stated how he did it, the tool as well, but nobody actually verified. Unless someone actually tries those with a Focus, all rest are suppositions. Including mine.
So unless someone actually tries them, I have to say what the original poster (Chinese) said they are:
There are 3 roms posted there now:
-UCKC3
-UCKC3 mod/custom 7004 (no idea what that means)
-AT&T Demo
The last 2 have been posted by me in that order in the Focus UCKC3 rom thread.
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I have a Samsung Focus and I did try the ROM's mentioned in the Chinese site both are the AT&T ROMS.
The UCKC3 ROM I can not use with the tool to update.

EnderPsp said:
I don't think so. On any of the claims.
He has clearly stated how he did it, the tool as well, but nobody actually verified. Unless someone actually tries those with a Focus, all rest are suppositions. Including mine.
So unless someone actually tries them, I have to say what the original poster (Chinese) said they are:
There are 3 roms posted there now:
-UCKC3
-UCKC3 mod/custom 7004 (no idea what that means)
-AT&T Demo
The last 2 have been posted by me in that order in the Focus UCKC3 rom thread.
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I am not 100% sure but i believe he stated the tool worked for him. But I had already posted this comment.
I'm not here to say bad things, I just had not sean a coment on how he was able to use the ROM, and was hoping somebody would say how they did it. And yes he did.

Nova Smart and Nova/Nova Plus question

Since there is nothing for the Nova Smart out there..
There are no TWRP, no ROMs, no Root methods.
I wanted to ask: can I use the files that are made for Nova/Nova Plus for rooting and installing twrp?
My phone model is Diego-L01, I can't find anything online on it..
(I have already unlocked bootloader)

scionae said:
Since there is nothing for the Nova Smart out there..
There are no TWRP, no ROMs, no Root methods.
I wanted to ask: can I use the files that are made for Nova/Nova Plus for rooting and installing twrp?
My phone model is Diego-L01, I can't find anything online on it..
(I have already unlocked bootloader)
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Hi there!
Unfortunately, you can't use Nova's TWRP nor the ROMs made for it. Yes, you can try them, but the result will be a bricked phone (sometimes it can really be hard bricked), so there's no point to even try that unless you really want to brick your phone.
It might be called "Huawei Nova Smart", but it doesn't mean that you can use stuff from Huawei Nova just because is called Nova. It has different chipset etc. Same goes for Huawei Nova 2.

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Hi there!
Unfortunately, you can't use Nova's TWRP nor the ROMs made for it. Yes, you can try them, but the result will be a bricked phone (sometimes it can really be hard bricked), so there's no point to even try that unless you really want to brick your phone.
It might be called "Huawei Nova Smart", but it doesn't mean that you can use stuff from Huawei Nova just because is called Nova. It has different chipset etc. Same goes for Huawei Nova 2.
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So there is nothing to be done with this phone huh? What a shame...

scionae said:
So there is nothing to be done with this phone huh? What a shame...
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Of course it can have TWRP, LineageOS and other goodies, but someone must be willing to do them.
In my opinion, the chance for getting TWRP is quite low though. It doesn't look like it's a popular phone and right now it doesn't even have a XDA subforum. Also, it's one year old phone. It's just my opinion though, it doesn't mean that someone won't work on that phone, it's just that I doubt that it'll happen anytime soon.
As an advice, next time you'll buy a phone make sure to check whether it has XDA support or not, if you really care about that. I've did the same mistake like two times and I won't repeat it again.

#Henkate said:
Of course it can have TWRP, LineageOS and other goodies, but someone must be willing to do them.
In my opinion, the chance for getting TWRP is quite low though. It doesn't look like it's a popular phone and right now it doesn't even have a XDA subforum. Also, it's one year old phone. It's just my opinion though, it doesn't mean that someone won't work on that phone, it's just that I doubt that it'll happen anytime soon.
As an advice, next time you'll buy a phone make sure to check whether it has XDA support or not, if you really care about that. I've did the same mistake like two times and I won't repeat it again.
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Well to be honest, someone should at least make a way to root this phone, I mean come on there are more stuff for my 5 years old phone that for this? <-<

Rooting the Hydrogen One

I've received my phone and contrary to the review sites, it's a very cool and unique device with an incredible screen as well as a huge battery!
As a long time power user who has always rooted his phones, I've gone through and tried to unlock the bootloader but so far to no avail
My hope is to get into fastboot and then OEM unlock the bootloader at least, then get into sideloading Magisk at a minimum and hopefully down the line, get TWRP on there and then a custom ROM such as AEX to give me all the tweaks I'm missing compared to my Oneplus 3T with AEX on it! Look forward to the discussion and hopefully someone with good skills can get hold of the phone to make it happen! Thx

I have enabled Developer Mode and OEM unlock is an option so it's most definitely rootable. But the chances of this phone getting near a big enough user database to get dev's working on it is unlikely. But here's to hoping

RLKirk said:
I have enabled Developer Mode and OEM unlock is an option so it's most definitely rootable. But the chances of this phone getting near a big enough user database to get dev's working on it is unlikely. But here's to hoping
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Yes, the OEM Unlock gives me hope. I haven't been able to get to the fastboot system to try it though. Did you manage to get there? The usual volume up plus power on boot doesn't work.

I don't think this will be a rootable phone, you can get as far as fastboot but it requires a hash-code for unlocking. Unless a third party can decode it Red will not share I have asked. Unfortunately this really sucks because there are definitely some things that could be fixed with a few hacks ie. back light, audio levels, scrolling responsiveness.
<----Bummed

That really sucks that Red won't give us an unlock code. I love the 4V but without root I really can't use the phone as a daily driver. As you say, too many things which could be fixed but won't be without root.

Fingers crossed for someone in the US getting the phone through AT&T et al who is also good at hacking. Otherwise I think I may end up selling the phone at an unfortunate loss

visceralpsyche said:
Fingers crossed for someone in the US getting the phone through AT&T et al who is also good at hacking. Otherwise I think I may end up selling the phone at an unfortunate loss
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Yeah I like the 4V display but that is the only thing the phone has going for it.and it makes it quite boring for me. (I'm used to HTC and Samsung). Also the screen size is a turn off and the huge bezels everywhere. Believe it or not I would rather have the pixel 3 with its horrendous notch. Which is the most upsetting phone edition since apple. I would say this phone would be great with root and roms and if that happens I may give it another go. But for now I think I'm just going to let it go...

Great news! Red has responded to me on Facebook saying they are open to unlocking the bootloader for non-carrier devices (ie those bought directly from Red).
So there's hope!

visceralpsyche said:
Great news! Red has responded to me on Facebook saying they are open to unlocking the bootloader for non-carrier devices (ie those bought directly from Red).
So there's hope!
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Yes, they told me they would do this. But they won't give you a code if you have a carrier phone.

StormCell said:
Yes, they told me they would do this. But they won't give you a code if you have a carrier phone.
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Yes but that's pretty much standard ops for carriers due to their onerous rules. Buy unlocked from Red directly if you plan to root ?

Nice
Thats nice to hear as it s an mandatory point for an loot of user.
Me too after 3 years i want replace my lg g4 white the titanium version.
Another good think i found after request is the phone support aptx hd
h4v.com/faq (thx for censoring any new member from free spech and links)
Yes, Bluetooth™ 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Now i need information about usb 3.1 and quickcharge 3.0 + (is the snapdragon 835 not mandatory this ?) and if it worked in eu band (germany) if i imported it

GaliumOrderatum said:
Now i need information about usb 3.1 and quickcharge 3.0 + (is the snapdragon 835 not mandatory this ?) and if it worked in eu band (germany) if i imported it
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Yes it works fine in the EU. I'm in the Netherlands ?
It has USB-C and QC3.0 as well.

USB-C means 3.1 + ??
Somebody have information about an eu release ?? The damm tax for importing is extrem ......
If i calculate it for the titan version you can buy an V30 ore higher 512 gb micro sd for thats burning money ..............

There's a new thread on h4vuser for rooting stuff. So if you are interested in rooting please comment there where Red staff can see it ??
https://h4vuser.net/t/rooting-unlocking-bootloader/5972

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Yes it works fine in the EU. I'm in the Netherlands
It has USB-C and QC3.0 as well.
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works fine in belgium to

Hi, how i find this option , unlock OEM

visceralpsyche said:
Great news! Red has responded to me on Facebook saying they are open to unlocking the bootloader for non-carrier devices (ie those bought directly from Red).
So there's hope!
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Did you ever get that unlock code?

No, they went radio silent
I've posted at h4vuser.net several times but no one seems interested. I love the H4V but can't use it as a daily driver without being in charge of my own device.

I have successfully unlocked my bootloader but im not a developer so i dont know how to compile a TWRP for it but but if any one does know how i really would like to assist in getting this device rooted i have been trying since they day it was released

What was your method to unlock the bootloader?

Community development strength

You're a power user. Can the Xiaomi Mi Play keep up? Rate this thread to express how "healthy" the development scene is for the Xiaomi Mi Play. A higher rating indicates available root methods, kernels, and custom ROMs.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

my experience getting root
I followed the root guide on this site and got root very easy. Its a zingger boi! Yes with full control this guy is what you paid for, the hardware is so nice wide open. I expect guides to pop up soon since its been on sale so much often. If not then ill post one lol. NO do not try anything unless you can build your own rom without needing to ask how. DONT try to root if you are a casual user. Guides will be soon ...

litmus4to said:
I followed the root guide on this site and got root very easy. Its a zingger boi! Yes with full control this guy is what you paid for, the hardware is so nice wide open. I expect guides to pop up soon since its been on sale so much often. If not then ill post one lol. NO do not try anything unless you can build your own rom without needing to ask how. DONT try to root if you are a casual user. Guides will be soon ...
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Where is the root guide can you give me a link?
Sent from my MI A2 Lite using Tapatalk

litmus4to said:
I followed the root guide on this site and got root very easy. Its a zingger boi! Yes with full control this guy is what you paid for, the hardware is so nice wide open. I expect guides to pop up soon since its been on sale so much often. If not then ill post one lol. NO do not try anything unless you can build your own rom without needing to ask how. DONT try to root if you are a casual user. Guides will be soon ...
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Can you give me the link for the root guide that you are talking about?

Sorry Guys i hit a lucky steak and in an attempt to Get back i have a Clue!
I had it!! If i stopped at root and didnt push ahead to TWRP i woulda had it still!!.
Have you setup an account with Xiaomi ? Thats step one to get permission to unlock your bootloader. Ill give you a hint to help fill the hours of the countdown clock from application to unlocking the BL. I didnt already know this but, its what got me headed in the right direction . An article that stated "The Mi Play aka Redmi Note 7 Pro" i wasnt aware Xiaomi was fond of renaming products for different markets . Get your account going so you can get the bootloader unlocked and after i get it right this time ill post a walkthrough. Good luck good fellows!
Dont go use that systems software on this site(Redmi Note 7 ).. Its not working well as is. Its just a start to get your system rooted after you unlock BL ..both are almost identical except for processors ..And those are even made on the same line so to speak. Go slow and dont get ahead of yourself.. If all you got is me then im gonna do just that...Go slow and take my time.
ABOUT THE ROOT GUIDE. I SIMPLY FOLLOWED THE ONE ON THESE FORUMS (i know thats a maze) IT GOT ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. NOT MUCH LUCK WITH MAGISK SYSTEMLESS ROOT.

Example with other Xiaomi
There are a lot of these mediatek phones that are so close to being twins well ,except for screen size. .. Anyway guys im sayin that its not long of a wait. There are alot of views about this phone on this site. And if you really wanna risk bricking your phone ill let you know if i ever get anywhere within the next couple days i have off. I found conflicting loadouts so i dont wanna toot my horn till i come up with something.

just hoping for a stock android rom soon ,i dont like mui roms ,

You are so right my Dude!
Seriously Miui feels like the big brother version on andriod. Honestly its creepier then Google.. Perhaps a custom cleaned up version would work for you .What do you think?

Xc
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Any ex "hybrid rom concept edition" (Xperia Z Ultra uses) interested in development?

Any ex "hybrid rom concept edition" (Xperia Z Ultra uses) interested in development?
Is anyone interested?
What's more important for you guys, security or speed?
If there fans of my work and this amazing device let me know.
I am doing cyber security now, so if you want something really amazing I need a motivation to spend my free time doing that. And I will need to get myself a second device with locked bootloader for starters.

Doom Slayer said:
Is anyone interested?
What's more important for you guys, security or speed?
If there fans of my work and this amazing device let me know.
I am doing cyber security now, so if you want something really amazing I need a motivation to spend my free time doing that. And I will need to get myself a second device with locked bootloader for starters.
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Any new rom's a good one mate
Why do you need a device with a locked bootloader?

Doom Slayer said:
Is anyone interested?
What's more important for you guys, security or speed?
If there fans of my work and this amazing device let me know.
I am doing cyber security now, so if you want something really amazing I need a motivation to spend my free time doing that. And I will need to get myself a second device with locked bootloader for starters.
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I don't know ur work , but im really interested to see what r u able to do with this phone , I will be here to test anything , and from my pov I think speed is better

Beetle84 said:
Any new rom's a good one mate
Why do you need a device with a locked bootloader?
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Few reasons, one is that I need to see what can be done with locked one. I managed to port Z3's concept rom to Zu, made it 400mb and it was able to run with Locked Bootloader.
Second reason, is that I can't really afford to brick it right now. I think of switching to black from chrome for a while
I need some crazy idea to motivate myself.
I was able to live with GAAps-free phone for a year, but Nanodroid didn't support new Maps v2 api.
Plus removing Google really improves battery life.
Personally, I am all crazy about Cyber Security and I got pissed when phone lags. Also I believe that most of "innovations" are softeare, that are easy to port.
I posted Google free rom with clear instructions how to install Nanodroid but it's not intersting.

Doom Slayer said:
Is anyone interested?
What's more important for you guys, security or speed?
If there fans of my work and this amazing device let me know.
I am doing cyber security now, so if you want something really amazing I need a motivation to spend my free time doing that. And I will need to get myself a second device with locked bootloader for starters.
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I'm definitely interested .

speed is the better

wow cant wait im still using your Hybrid rom concept edition v2 i love it plus im also on locked boot loader

any news for your project ?

Any update my z ultra is hungry for a new rom

@Doom Slayer, about what can be done with still locked bootloader - you may check following post:
Android PIE VerifiedBoot Bypass: sony xperia XZ1c locked bootloader permanently rooted
I like your [GUIDE] Z Ultra and Z1 HARD BRICK RECOVERY thread.
Do you think it could be made working with XZp/XZ1/XZ1c phones too?
Hardbrick recovery would be very useful for yoshino phones (managed to brick two already).

@j4nn, that's looks promising. Great work! Too bad I don't have any locked device. But I will keep that information in mind.
About hardbrick recovery, you should try contacting @the_laser, as he was the guy who developed software in the first place.

About the rom development, I am still thinking of a concept itself.
Most likely it would be ultra-debloated

Doom Slayer said:
About hardbrick recovery, you should try contacting @the_laser, as he was the guy who developed software in the first place.
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Unfortunately it seems he is not active on xda anymore, for more than a year - mentioning him has no effect, his account is displayed as "disabled". I did not try a pm though.
Do you by any chance know what might have happen with him? Or any good way for contact?

j4nn said:
Unfortunately it seems he is not active on xda anymore, for more than a year - mentioning him has no effect, his account is displayed as "disabled". I did not try a pm though.
Do you by any chance know what might have happen with him? Or any good way for contact?
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I will pm you.