2.3.4 ads - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm really not sure what gingerblur did to disable adds but I really miss it. Is there any way to make an update zip to fix the 2.3.4 build that is out to make it ad free.
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There is an app in the Android Market called adfree that does what you want.

CHUI2CH said:
I'm really not sure what gingerblur did to disable adds but I really miss it. Is there any way to make an update zip to fix the 2.3.4 build that is out to make it ad free.
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GingerBlur used a modified HOSTS file to kill ads.
I'm attaching the hosts file in a zip.
Backup your original file and copy this one in its place.
Goes here.
/System/etc/
Don't forget to set the permission. Look at the original to get the proper permissions.
As usual, use at your own risk... yadda yadda.

WiredPirate said:
There is an app in the Android Market called adfree that does what you want.
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FYI, adfree updates the /etc/hosts file for you with the latest and greatest entries... It's an app that got its start here on the forums.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509997
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bigtincan.android.adfree&hl=en

Thanks guys adfree works like a dream
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IM app from Bionix

I tried using the search but it ignores two character words. Anyone have the apk for the IM app in the bionix roms? I installed fusion and would like to have it.
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I'm pretty sure it's just the default IM app out of Cyanogen/Vanilla. I'll post it up tomorrow if nobody has already.
Just a suggestion, if you make a Titanium backup of all your apps, it saves the apps that came pre-installed as well.
Just download bionix, unzip it and take it yourself in the system/app folder. Use adb push or root explorer to copy it to your own system/app after making a nandroid backup.
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weird, I just did that (because I'm a nice guy, so I figured I'd just do it for whoever would want it) but I couldn't find it... probably just didn't look hard enough...
It's not you... it looks like it was removed from Bionix Final. It used to be in the data/app folder, not system/app, but I don't have 1.9.1 anymore to pull it out.
Sorry.
is this the one?
wildklymr said:
is this the one?
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installed ok but when I tried to sign in to AIM, it told me it couldn't read the phone number from my sim card?
Weird, I just extracted it from the rom.
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Lol it's the G1's IM app that T-Mobile made... Google G1 IM.apk
With the info above I found this.after install I got the sim error, but after restart it works for aol and msn at least. Cannot try yahoo.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5405802&postcount=1
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gilbar said:
It's not you... it looks like it was removed from Bionix Final. It used to be in the data/app folder, not system/app, but I don't have 1.9.1 anymore to pull it out.
Sorry.
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Well, I was actually looking in 1.9.1, but if it was in data/app, that's why I couldn't find it.
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is this the one?
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Thanks, works fine on my Sprint Epic 4G, all I.M clients. Saves me from buying Beejive.

HULU for Atrix now available on Android Market

If you search for HULU in android market and scroll down through the results you will find an official app released by HULU.
It works perfectly!!!
Download now and enjoy!
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way ahead of you
At least I get first post bragging rights.
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Oh happy day. First we get the news about the soon to be unlockable bootloader, then we are on the short list for HULU.
They like us. They really like us.
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goscrewsir said:
Oh happy day. First we get the news about the soon to be unlockable bootloader, then we are on the short list for HULU.
They like us. They really like us.
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naw they are just tired of being talked smack on all the time
Previous thread already exists:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14992282
Cannot get past buffering at first advertisement, reporting possible network error, however network connectivity well established on both wifi and data network. I'm thinking maybe adfree or maybe ad blocker built into gingerblur, anyone with any thoughts or similar experiences?
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If you are running Kenneth Penn's GingerBlur or GreyBlur, replace the "hosts" file with the default one which only contains 1 line for localhost.
You can find it in /system/etc/
You'll probably need to use root explorer to get to it... or adb.
Then reboot and Hulu Plus will work on you Gingerblur Atrix! The downside is ads will show in most free apps... small price to pay.
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I wish this was subscription free.
natekinkead said:
If you are running Kenneth Penn's GingerBlur or GreyBlur, replace the "hosts" file with the default one which only contains 1 line for localhost.
You can find it in /system/etc/
You'll probably need to use root explorer to get to it... or adb.
Then reboot and Hulu Plus will work on you Gingerblur Atrix! The downside is ads will show in most free apps... small price to pay.
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Where can I find the default hosts file?
natekinkead said:
If you are running Kenneth Penn's GingerBlur or GreyBlur, replace the "hosts" file with the default one which only contains 1 line for localhost.
You can find it in /system/etc/
You'll probably need to use root explorer to get to it... or adb.
Then reboot and Hulu Plus will work on you Gingerblur Atrix! The downside is ads will show in most free apps... small price to pay.
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Search for it can't seem to find it I'm using stock rooted and sideload using adfree
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natekinkead said:
If you are running Kenneth Penn's GingerBlur or GreyBlur, replace the "hosts" file with the default one which only contains 1 line for localhost.
You can find it in /system/etc/
You'll probably need to use root explorer to get to it... or adb.
Then reboot and Hulu Plus will work on you Gingerblur Atrix! The downside is ads will show in most free apps... small price to pay.
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Thanks for the help! It seemed everything but the development threads were idle since the BL news! Anyhow I'm glad to have this confirmed so I don't have to waste an afternoon flashing around.
I found my stock hosts file in /etc/
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New Android Market

The new market is much much better looking than the old one.
Here is the link to the .apk file of the market. Just download and install it as any other app.
http://www.multiupload.com/PNTKMUYQUM
If you're having problems after installing it (I did not have any problem) or you don't like it. Goto Settings>>Applications>>from the upper tab choose All App>>go to market app and click on Uninstall updates. This should get you back to the old Market.
Thanks for the link. It takes a sec to get used to, but looks pretty slick.
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Pretty smooth I must say.
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LowQue27 said:
Pretty smooth I must say.
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Oh yeah. Working faster than the old one.
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question : 1. this release of android market stops the update process if installed on stock 2.3.3GB?
2. Android market will auto-update to this new version or it is available only for some countries? I live in Romania for example.
thank you
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The new market is much much better looking than the old one.
Here is the link to the .apk file of the market. Just download and install it as any other app.
http://www.multiupload.com/PNTKMUYQUM
If you're having problems after installing it (I did not have any problem) or you don't like it. Goto Settings>>Applications>>from the upper tab choose All App>>go to market app and click on Uninstall updates. This should get you back to the old Market.
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This update will be rolled out to all countries and has been released in very few countries (I think only some carriers in US and Canada).
Regarding your first question, I don't think so, but you can never be sure until the next update is released.
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I think it cannot break the updates bcoz the market updater is a separate app, not within the vending apk.
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so do you think it is possible to have a problem with market updater ?
Dr.Alani said:
I think it cannot break the updates bcoz the market updater is a separate app, not within the vending apk.
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I don't think it will cause problems.
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Im using Mik_os's CM7, I know I need to flash the gapps to set up an account so I assume Im answering my own question, but with just installing this new market apk, it asked me to set up an account but didnt take me to set up an account just went to the homescreen, do I need to install gapps for cm7 than use this new apk as an updater ?
Works fine, but I see (?) Japanese text in app info tab for some apps (eg. Facebook app). But, my system language settings is english. Will be difficult to know about the app.
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I see the paid apps in local currency.
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the new market is awesome, works in Canada!

[Q] Swype 3.0

I have rooted my photon and wondering if anyone knew what to do to get swype 3.0? I know we have to delete the one that came preloaded which I believe we can do rooted right? TIA.
Just google swype beta, register, the rest is history. ;-)
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Djspinister said:
Just google swype beta, register, the rest is history. ;-)
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Except that it isn't, because you have to disable the currently installed Swype in order to install the new one. You can't do that without deleting it, which in turn requires that you be rooted.
jwischka said:
Except that it isn't, because you have to disable the currently installed Swype in order to install the new one. You can't do that without deleting it, which in turn requires that you be rooted.
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Which if you would have read his post you would see that he said his phone is rooted. all he would need to do is delete or rename the swype apk.
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I guess my question is where do I delete the swype file(s) from?
Swype.apk is in system/app
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That worked. Thanks!
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Djspinister said:
Which if you would have read his post you would see that he said his phone is rooted. all he would need to do is delete or rename the swype apk.
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I did read his post. I also read your post. I actually comprehended both of them. My reply was intended to point out that you do, in fact, have to delete the old before you bring in the new, which was entirely missing from your concise list of rock 'n roll.
Questions been answered. Can we please move on
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Oh, just for anyone else doing this you also need to delete libSwypeCore.so from /system.lib
I used root explorer to do this. Swype forceclosed on me when I did a reboot but had not deleted the libswypecore so I'm hoping this was the problem.

Privacy protection for your DX2!

What is it? Okay, well kenjesse put it best with this description : " Pdroid is an app that lets you modify permissions app by app with out breaking them. You also have the option of "spoofing" the permissions by sending randomly generate data rather than your phones actual sim, meid, phone #, etc.
As the app does not need to run constantly in the back ground it has virtually no impact on battery.
To check out the original thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19570074
On the next page of this thread I have posted the patch zip necessary to install the pdroid app on CM7 for DX2 only!!! I will make patch zips for other roms upon request but it can be done easily by following kenjesse's instructions below. After flashing the zip just download and install pdroid from the play store ......viola! Thanks for stopping by and happy flashing!
Looks like a pretty cool program. I've read other post that reference making changes like this, always wondered how. Wonder if this is one way, I'd assume there are other ways too.
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Disregard this comment.
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Ohschit said:
I've been trying to get this working on my phone for a while but apparently I'm too stupid.
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This would help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357056
[APP] PDroid - The Better Privacy Protection [2012-03-13: Bugfixes in Patch 1.3]
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Just got done installing this and it seems to be working great. I'm running CM7 with no special tweaks other than Moon Shadows wifi fix, following instructions from op here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357056
this is what I did:
1. DL Pdroid Patcher zip to PC (Win7 in my case)
2. Extract Pdroid Patcher exe file and run
3. Browse to update-cm-7.2.0.-RCO-daytona-KANG-public-beta1.zip (cm7 ROM) and select.
4. Click "Patch" (program takes about 2 minutes to create required patch zip file as well as restore file if you choose to uninstall Pdroid later)
5. copy the 2 created zip files (PDroid-v1.31-update-cm-7.2.0-RCO-daytona-KANG-public-beta1.zip & PDroid-RESTORE-update-cm-7.2.0-RCO-daytona-KANG-public-beta1.zip) to your external SD Card
6. Boot in our BSR BACKUP...BACKUP DO A NANDROID BACKUP!!!!
7. Flash the PDroid zip file
8. I did not wipe anything as it is not stated to do so in the OP install instruction... I did flash cm7 reRecovery before I rebooted just to be safe.
9. Reboot your phone, go to market and install Pdroid.
I tested by removing several permissions for my Fox News app which doing thru cm7 causes the app to break, using PDroid the app still worked. Not sure how to test beyond that.
I did notice that the reboot stayed on the cm7 animation for a while before the phone came back up as if a dalvik wipe had been done.
Hope this helps and if you break it it's your fault not mine and remember...BACKUP
You are awesome! Thank you very much for giving this attention, I can't wait to follow the steps you've listed when I get home. Thanks again
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Quick update... there is a setting in the app to display anytime an app request access to private data. With this turned on it shows access being denied to my Fox News app and the app runs fine. This really is an awesome app.
Ohschit said:
You are awesome! Thank you very much for giving this attention, I can't wait to follow the steps you've listed when I get home. Thanks again
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No worries... Let us know if you get it working.
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kenjesse said:
No worries... Let us know if you get it working.
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Worked great! I had a feeling that this was going to be worth it. Your right, it is a cool app!
What is it?
whoa look at that....
king..kranium said:
What is it?
whoa look at that....
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He probably should update the op title. Pdroid is an app that lets you modify permissions app by app with out breaking them. You also have the option of "spoofing" the permissions by sending randomly generate data rather than your phones actual sim, meid, phone #, etc.
As the app dose not need to run constantly in the back ground it has virtually no impact on battery.
I highly recommend it, for what that is worth. Check it out at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19570074
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kenjesse said:
He probably should update the op title. Pdroid is an app that lets you modify permissions app by app with out breaking them. You also have the option of "spoofing" the permissions by sending randomly generate data rather than your phones actual sim, meid, phone #, etc.
As the app dose not need to run constantly in the back ground it has virtually no impact on battery.
I highly recommend it, for what that is worth. Check it out at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19570074
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Beautifully put. Hey, I would update the op title but it's not letting me from the mobile app. I will later when I'm on my laptop.
Hey, how did you spoof the permissions? Don't see that option within the settings. I just see symbols without descriptions (gear, bar graph, check, ect...)?
Just to add, I don't know if it's just in my head or not but I feel like my phone is moving way faster After changing all the permissions that I did.
........and last, I'm going to post the patch zip file for cm7 dx2 when I get home so all anyone needs to do is flash it and download pdroid from the market (Google play (stupid name)....whatever). Okay all done.
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Settings options are:
Check = allow
Graph = random spoof
Gear= set the spoof value
Slashed Circle= block
And then there is a check box in the top right corner to enable notifications for just that app.
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Okay, here are the zips. Just flash the first of the 2 zips in CM7 recovery and then install the Pdroid app. The second zip is just to restore. I'm not responsible if you break your phone...blah blah blah.....THIS IS ONLY FOR CM7DX2 (but if anyone wants I will make zips for any rom on dx2, just ask.)!
View attachment PDroid-v1.32-CM7DX2.zip
View attachment PDroid-RESTORE-CM7DX2.zip
Thanks for the help Kenjesse!
So please help me clarify what setting should I set the apps to? Also do I need to do them one at a time or can I do it by batch?
Okay, what I have been doing is blocking ALL permissions for any given app and then trying to run it. I then look for any error messages and go back and enable only those specific permissions to allow the app to function properly. You'll get a system once you use it a bit. .....and unfortunately there is no batch function. It is a very cool app though once you play with it and definitely enable the function where you can see it blocking and granting permissions. It's pretty cool!
........and someone please tell me how to change the title of this post please
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Ohschit said:
Okay, what I have been doing is blocking ALL permissions for any given app and then trying to run it. I then look for any error messages and go back and enable only those specific permissions to allow the app to function properly. You'll get a system once you use it a bit. .....and unfortunately there is no batch function. It is a very cool app though once you play with it and definitely enable the function where you can see it blocking and granting permissions. It's pretty cool!
........and someone please tell me how to change the title of this post please
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Thanks got it running I will slowly work through my apps and see what all I can dissable without having problems. I love the idea thanks guys!
so the second zip p restore is to get rid of it?
Xb0i said:
so the second zip p restore is to get rid of it?
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Flashing The update zip makes the required changes for the app Pdroid that you get from the market to run properly with the cm7 ROM. IT WILL ONLY WORK IF YOU ARE ON CM7. If you later uninstall Pdroid you flash the restore zip to remove the changes made by the update zip.
I believe it is done this way so the app can work without root permission and therefore doesn't have to run in the background....I could be wrong though and as with any mod you should go to the linked thread above and research it for yourself.
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To edit, go to your 1st post tap anywhere and a popup will appear, select modify, Tap anywhere in the title area and edit.
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kenjesse said:
To edit, go to your 1st post tap anywhere and a popup will appear, select modify, Tap anywhere in the title area and edit.
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Thank you.
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