Whenever you encounter no service or no network signal on your Android smartphone, one of the first things to check is if you have a valid IMEI and Baseband i.e., neither is unknown or blank. You can check IMEI by dialing *#06# and Baseband under Settings > About > Baseband (this might vary on some
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Qualcomm Flash Image Loader (QFIL) is a free tool for flashing Qualcomm-based Android devices. QFIL-flashable firmware come in either Flat or Meta build and require the device in Emergency Download Mode (EDL) / Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 for flashing. What’s the difference between Flat build and Meta build? The difference is in the content of
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In our rudiments of Android software repairs course , we differentiated between custom and stock recovery. A custom recovery on a device with encrypted userdata is synonymous with some issues. Two of which are Internal Storage (0MB) and looping into custom recovery mode after doing a factory reset. What is userdata encryption? Look under Under
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One upon a time, once you stole someone’s Android phone and did a factory reset in recovery mode, it was as good as new and you were good to go. That changed with FRP. So what is FRP? FRP stands for Factory Reset Protection. As the name implies, its a protection / security measure that
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The procedure to root Infinix X627 (Smart 3 Plus) is just like that of the Tecno Spark Go KC1; patching recovery.img instead of boot.img. Root gained via this technique is temporary. Before you proceed, you’ll need the stock recovery.img for your build number (located at Settings > About > Build Number). You can check our
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We’d released a guide on how to root using stock boot.img + Magisk manager. While this has been effective for many devices, some Android Pie users (the focus here is on Mediatek) have still been unable to attain root. There’s the Orange State after you unlock bootloader. The Verity key which needs to be disabled
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