Here is the method I discovered for root access. Yes, it requires the HD Station. There is currently no way around that. You have to download and extract pulse.tar in webtop. There is no other way I know of that will work. You can use adb or Android Terminal Emulator instead of ssh, but you are on your own. With those, expect problems with your PATH.
I have surprise for another day now.
Please donate with the "Donate to me" button on the top left of this post, if you are willing. I don't promise anything new in the future. It would just be a thank you for this hack.
Here is a very nicely done pdf with screenshots, done by twospirits.
Instructions with screenshots
Here is a very nice Youtube tutorial:
Youtube tutorial
Requirements:
HD Station
Sprint Photon
HDMI cable that came with HD Station
Monitor or TV with open HDMI port
Wifi connection on the phone
Computer with network access to the phone
Steps:
1. Install Superuser from the Market
2. Install SSHDroid from the Market
3. Open SSHDroid, and make sure it is listening on port 2222
4. Connect Photon to HD Station
5. Connect HDMI to HD Station and TV/Monitor
6. Turn TV/Monitor on
7. Change TV/Monitor input to HDMI
8. Open Firefox in webtop
9. Go to http://higgs.cygnusx-1.org/~edgan/pulse.tar
10. Open it instead of saving
11. Extract pulse.tar to /var/tmp
12. Connect to phone via ssh at ip address mentioned in SSHDroid and port 2222
13. Type /var/tmp/pulse/pa_race
14. Type /var/tmp/pulse/install-su.sh
15. Type rm -rf /var/tmp/pulse*
SSH:
Windows:
http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe
Linux, in terminal window:
ssh -p 2222 [email protected]
Mac, in terminal window:
ssh -p 2222 [email protected]
Thank you bane449!
Thank you PAulyhoffman!
Thank you Brandon15811!
Thank you Yay!
Thank you twospirits!
This is some great work Edgan.
Might see a spike in Dock sales, unknown is working on webtop over hdmi right now so if someone can just "borrow" a dock to root they will still be able to use webtop with out it.
Way to go! Can't wait to try it out! Thanks guys!
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Hmmm should be able to just do this all by ConnectBot as well, eh?
Unrooting should be as simple as deleting /system/bin/su and uninstalling Superuser, right?
For people that have seen the webtop in action before, is it activated immediately upon plugging it in or do you need to plug in the HDMI as well? Why are the keyboard and mouse necessary, are there no on-screen equivalents on webtop?
Awesome job here gentleman cant wait to get this thing rooted
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Is this a permanent root or a temporary one that we'll need to reapply each time we reboot? Great job regardless!
dis39tif said:
Is this a permanent root or a temporary one that we'll need to reapply each time we reboot? Great job regardless!
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Permanent, though as soon as an update comes out, we will have to figure out if it breaks OTA. Once they fix the exploit, it gets even harder.
edgan,
Nice work, enjoyed watching you guys work last night on IRC.
So has anybody installed apps like Titanium Backup that require root?
If so off to get me a dock.
My will power is getting weaker and weaker.. Im trying to hold out for the SGS2 but these threads make it tough.
My question is, does anyone have a custom recovery installed on it? If you can root the system and put a custom recovery on it, then you're good to go.
PAulyhoffman said:
Might see a spike in Dock sales, unknown is working on webtop over hdmi right now so if someone can just "borrow" a dock to root they will still be able to use webtop with out it.
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I see this happening as well.
TS out
WrlsFanatic said:
My question is, does anyone have a custom recovery installed on it? If you can root the system and put a custom recovery on it, then you're good to go.
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Not with a locked bootloader, unfortunately.
This is great!
Now I have a reason to get the HD station. I was waiting for them to to start selling the webtop!!
Wait. Are you saying Photon wont see a CWM recovery due to locked bootloader?
jwischka said:
Not with a locked bootloader, unfortunately.
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mikeyinid said:
Wait. Are you saying Photon wont see a CWM recovery due to locked bootloader?
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You need s-off to flash a recovery afaik, so until the bootloader gets unlocked, we're S.O.L.
Has anyone tried to uninstall bloatware and to run a wireless tether solution yet ? Can't wait to receive my photon tomorrow...
e-motion said:
You need s-off to flash a recovery afaik, so until the bootloader gets unlocked, we're S.O.L.
Has anyone tried to uninstall bloatware and to run a wireless tether solution yet ? Can't wait to receive my photon tomorrow...
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Uninstalling <most> bloatware works without root.
Haven't tried a wireless tether.
jwischka said:
Uninstalling <most> bloatware works without root.
Haven't tried a wireless tether.
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I seriouly doubt it truly uninstalls the apps... Without root, you're just hiding them. Check Applications in Settings, they're still there.
Got to say I got the web dock and real like the web dock....just leave the doc on my hdtv and with the phone on it my TV is now INTERNET enabled .....posted from my tv/webdock/phone
mikeyinid said:
Wait. Are you saying Photon wont see a CWM recovery due to locked bootloader?
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I don't see why not. If for some reason you couldn't put CWM on it, it would be the first out of all of the other Moto's with encrypted bootloaders
Free HotSpot??
Is there a free hot spot app that works with the Photon after this root has been applied??
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ANNOUNCING PERMA-TEMP ROOT + HULU FIX!!!!
I've taken the excellent existing information from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159354 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=688054&page=46
See the first link for instructions, etc. Basically just plug your phone into your PC, make sure USB debugging is on, using your phone as charge only, and that HTC Sync isn't running. Then open up the attached zip and run Run_ME_Fr3vo_ROOT + HULU FIX. OH, and I'm not sure if it matters, but have the latest Adobe Flash player installed on your phone before you start (10.3.185.25)
That's it! Your phone should be rooted AND HULU-ready until you reboot.
WHAT I DID: All I did was add a few commands that will delete your lib file from com.adobe.flashplayer, then install a different .lib file with correct permissions. Now, when you go browse Hulu with your stock browser or Dolphin (making sure your settings are set to disable mobile browsing, or set as DESKTOP VIEW, etc), Hulu won't recognize your phone as non-desktop, and you'll be free to watch Hulu all you want!
[Please note: this is my first time doing anything like this, as in first time ever creating a .bat file or doing anything with adb beyond the very basics; please bear that in mind when ripping me apart for being a noob ]
If this was helpful, please let me know with a thanks!
EDIT: Thanks to abe_ahmed09 for reminding me this works with stock browser too!
Unable to test this right now due to no PC access. But dude, no one should rip you apart, you are trying to help the community and I commend you do doing things that a lot of others do not have the ability to do.
Kudos,
Tee Jay
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teejaymarx said:
Unable to test this right now due to no PC access. But dude, no one should rip you apart, you are trying to help the community and I commend you do doing things that a lot of others do not have the ability to do.
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Thanks man that's nice of you to say! I really enjoy XDA because (if I'm diligent) I can learn little by little, ask a few questions here and there, and look back and realize I've made a decent amount of progress!
works great! tried it without updating Flash and that was a no go, but once I updated it works perfectly!
Thanks to you and all of the devs out there for all of their hard work these past couple of weeks!
Thank you it worked
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Perfect man hulu works great
sent from my troll car lol
hey noob,lol
very nice work! thanks for this.
SWEET!
Glad it's working! I'll add emphasis to the fact that you need the latest version of flash for it to work.
Here's a question: are there any other programs out there that have to be tweaked AFTER root in order to work? What I mean is, right now I've got 10 or 20 root apps that work flawlessly after I root. But if there are good apps out there that require additional tweaking after root, perhaps we could incorporate that into the .bat as well
n00b question: is it safe to run this if we already have temp-root?
eltrutgnik said:
n00b question: is it safe to run this if we already have temp-root?
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Should be--I just tried and it was fine.
Worst-case scenario, reboot phone and then run it! Either way, because of the nature of temp-root, it's all pretty "SAFE" at this point
Do I need hulu PlUS to use this? Or is it ad supported?
Overstew said:
Do I need hulu PlUS to use this? Or is it ad supported?
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Oh hell no! Just use the free Dolphin Browser from the market, then go to settings and choose "Desktop" so that websites think you're browsing from a PC/Mac. When you get to HULU, depending on your settings, you may need to click the green arrow to watch the video.
Works in Full Screen too!!
...of course, if you're talking about Hulu-plus-only videos---then yes, you'd of course need Plus to view those videos just as you would elsewhere.
EDIT: Reading over your comment again I guess I need to clarify further: nothing here is "ad supported" because there are no apps, etc that I've provided. ALL MY HULU FIX DOES IS SWAP OUT A FILE IN YOUR ADOBE APP FOLDER THAT TRICKS HULU INTO THINKING YOU'RE A COMPUTER. But note that you'll still need a BROWSER that enables you to browse like a computer.
Were these points unclear to anyone else?
Works after updating flash to 10.3.
panamaniac said:
Oh hell no! Just use the free Dolphin Browser from the market, then go to settings and choose "Desktop" so that websites think you're browsing from a PC/Mac. When you get to HULU, depending on your settings, you may need to click the green arrow to watch the video.
Works in Full Screen too!!
...of course, if you're talking about Hulu-plus-only videos---then yes, you'd of course need Plus to view those videos just as you would elsewhere.
EDIT: Reading over your comment again I guess I need to clarify further: nothing here is "ad supported" because there are no apps, etc that I've provided. ALL MY HULU FIX DOES IS SWAP OUT A FILE IN YOUR ADOBE APP FOLDER THAT TRICKS HULU INTO THINKING YOU'RE A COMPUTER. But note that you'll still need a BROWSER that enables you to browse like a computer.
Were these points unclear to anyone else?
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To add to that you don't need dolphin. Just use stock browser press menu options and disable mobile browsing
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abe_ahmed09 said:
To add to that you don't need dolphin. Just use stock browser press menu options and disable mobile browsing
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Oh whoops, good call! I'll add that in!!
works great thanks :]
panamaniac said:
Should be--I just tried and it was fine.
Worst-case scenario, reboot phone and then run it! Either way, because of the nature of temp-root, it's all pretty "SAFE" at this point
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So just to be safe I rebooted my phone, to lose root, and ran your .bat script. After i ran the script I opened up terminal and type in "su" and is said permission denied. So I didnt have root, i ended up using one of the other .bat script from the forums and running your .bat script after. Everything worked like a charm after that thanks for putting this together. =] Great job
eltrutgnik said:
So just to be safe I rebooted my phone, to lose root, and ran your .bat script. After i ran the script I opened up terminal and type in "su" and is said permission denied. So I didnt have root, i ended up using one of the other .bat script from the forums and running your .bat script after. Everything worked like a charm after that thanks for putting this together. =] Great job
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Awesome, Great to hear it! Ya, not sure why the root method in my OP isn't working for you...different people have posted different results with the same root method! Anyway glad it's working, and as you discovered, there should be no problem running this on a rooted phone
Now I've tweaked it further so it'll overclock your phone to 1.8 GHz! I might make a new thread for that...
Root is working but hulu does show up and starts to play then I get a message telling me its not supported on this platform. I updated flash and mobile mode has been disabled.
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works great for me and oc sweet. im using skyfire
thanks
Would downloading the .apk from an outside source provide the same results? Also, would AT&T be onto this?
I sideloaded the app because I like the Bluetooth pan tethering capability... Was able to set up a working ad-hoc network but not able to get Bluetooth tethering working.
I prefer the phone's built in wireless tethering as it's a true access point
Just delete tetheringmanager2.apk from /system/app to use the phone's built in tethering.
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V3nomous said:
I prefer the phone's built in wireless tethering as it's a true access point
Just delete tetheringmanager2.apk from /system/app to use the phone's built in tethering.
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+1 or if you dont want to delete the file just rename it to tetheringmanager2.ap
On cm7 wireless tethering works perfectly. I hadn't ever tried it until it recently got enabled. I tethered my captivate to it that didn't have a similar card in it just to test it out. I got really good download and upload speeds on the Cappy wifi tethered too.
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Alright ill try removing that file, would freezing it give the same results?
Also, I dont wanna get caught by AT&T, ive heard about people getting letters, etc.
Built-in wi-fi hotspot is better becuse it is a true wi-fi AP. Wireless Tether app only gives you adhoc network that a lot of devices, like Android tablet, are not compatible with.
You get caught regardless what app you use. AT&T judge you by the amount of data you use and what's in those data. They could care less what tethering app you use.
CollegeProfesor said:
Alright ill try removing that file, would freezing it give the same results?
Also, I dont wanna get caught by AT&T, ive heard about people getting letters, etc.
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Freezing it with TiBU is similar to removing in that it will not run, but it is still there incase you need it for something later on.
Good luck with avoiding the letter...
Don
dlwoodjr said:
Freezing it with TiBU is similar to removing in that it will not run, but it is still there incase you need it for something later on.
Good luck with avoiding the letter...
Don
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Well if im going to run into problems with AT&T im not going to bother.
Thanks though
How do you rename it?
adb shell
cd /system/app
mv TetheringManager2.apk TatheringManager2.ap
mv: can't rename 'TheringManager2.apk': Read-only file system
Before adb shell:
Code:
adb remount
Fluffster said:
How do you rename it?
adb shell
cd /system/app
mv TetheringManager2.apk TatheringManager2.ap
mv: can't rename 'TheringManager2.apk': Read-only file system
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Or find it with Root Explorer...long press...go down to Rename.
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tylerdurdin said:
Or find it with Root Explorer...long press...go down to Rename.
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I don't think you read my whole message. This could not be done as it was claiming "READ ONLY" file system.
I also tried this with Root Explorer with the same results, it can not do it. I assume I need to do this from CWM or something else. If someone can help point me in the right direction as to how to do this, that would be awesome.
I did find a fix (temporary) for this using System Tuner, go under apps/system then click TetheringManager and FREEZE it, once you do that you can Wifi Tether with no problem, perm fix? Dont know.. But that is working right now.
Fluffster said:
I don't think you read my whole message. This could not be done as it was claiming "READ ONLY" file system.
I also tried this with Root Explorer with the same results, it can not do it. I assume I need to do this from CWM or something else. If someone can help point me in the right direction as to how to do this, that would be awesome.
I did find a fix (temporary) for this using System Tuner, go under apps/system then click TetheringManager and FREEZE it, once you do that you can Wifi Tether with no problem, perm fix? Dont know.. But that is working right now.
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Adb remount
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Fluffster said:
I don't think you read my whole message. This could not be done as it was claiming "READ ONLY" file system.
I also tried this with Root Explorer with the same results, it can not do it. I assume I need to do this from CWM or something else. If someone can help point me in the right direction as to how to do this, that would be awesome.
I did find a fix (temporary) for this using System Tuner, go under apps/system then click TetheringManager and FREEZE it, once you do that you can Wifi Tether with no problem, perm fix? Dont know.. But that is working right now.
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In Root Explorer, when in /system/app, click the button at the top that says "Switch to R/W." Then rename it.
Entropy512 said:
Before adb shell:
Code:
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That did the trick.. Thanks
Hey everybody, I think that this question is going to pop up more often since yesterday (April 17) Time Warner Cable released updated version of their app that now allows you to stream live tv on your ICS device.
The problem is that they implemented a mechanism that checks if your tablet/phone was rooted, if it was they show you message that the app is not supported on rooted devices.
Is there a way to work around this? I would not mind unrooting my TP to test this app. How can this be achieved?
Thanks for any tips!
kml.krk said:
Hey everybody, I think that this question is going to pop up more often since yesterday (April 17) Time Warner Cable released updated version of their app that now allows you to stream live tv on your ICS device.
The problem is that they implemented a mechanism that checks if your tablet/phone was rooted, if it was they show you message that the app is not supported on rooted devices.
Is there a way to work around this? I would not mind unrooting my TP to test this app. How can this be achieved?
Thanks for any tips!
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Same problem with Sky which I would like to use.
Try to set the root permissions to adb only in the settings. Its probably on adb and apps. Let me kw if it works cuz I might get the app then.
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Try the app permissions denied in the market and see if you can disable the root check.
Rootin' and fastbootin' on my Droid razr
kml.krk said:
Hey everybody, I think that this question is going to pop up more often since yesterday (April 17) Time Warner Cable released updated version of their app that now allows you to stream live tv on your ICS device.
The problem is that they implemented a mechanism that checks if your tablet/phone was rooted, if it was they show you message that the app is not supported on rooted devices.
Is there a way to work around this? I would not mind unrooting my TP to test this app. How can this be achieved?
Thanks for any tips!
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There is a patched TWC app that doesn't check for root. I found it in the Galaxy Nexus forums and have the apk for phone. Let me find the post and I'll put it up for everyone.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24975697
Works great for me, no issues what-so-ever.
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I changed the name of superuser.apk. Turned debugging off.
App starts fine. Can look through the guide and everything but black screen when I try to watch Live TV. No matter which channel I change to. I haven't seen this issue in any other thread yet. I just installed cm9 for first time, so its fresh.
edit: of course I found the answer a minute later after this post, after i searched for an hour. of course. i had to change test-keys to something else
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29685497&postcount=419
1) Use Root Explorer or a similar file explorer app to rename Superuser.apk to Su.apk
2) Open build.prop (/system/build.prop) with Root Explorer or a similar file explorer app and rename test-keys to dEris-badass (lol)
3) I left USB Debugging enabled (some need to disable this)
4) Log in and watch some TV =]
** You need a Time Warner subscription.
** You need to be connected to your home network via WiFi.
** I'm using the latest version that is in the Play Store today.
OTA Rootkeeper
Use this app to give temporary unroot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241517
Works with sky and TWC apps, just one click and your done
BIGSimon said:
Use this app to give temporary unroot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241517
Works with sky and TWC apps, just one click and your done
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That's what I use... Works with Flixster too!
Here is the updated Time Warner Cable app for phones and tablets. To get my fix to work you must uninstall any previous twc app you have then install this one. If it denies you live tv because of root just use es file explorer and enable root and system access in settings of es file explorer. Then navigate to system then apps and rename superuser.apk to su.apk and reboot. The tablet version should bypass root checks. To get hdmi working start viewing live tv on your device (must be on home WiFi network) and when it is playing plug in your hdmi cable... Pic is attached to prove it works. I will attach the tablet version too in the next post. Enjoy guys and gals
tablet version
Here is the tablet version.
Asking for credit card and social
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You have to be a time warner cable customer and have a MYtwc login and password account man.
Pskila said:
Asking for credit card and social
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YOU HAVE TO BE A TIME WARNER CABLE CUSTOMER AND HAVE A "MY TWC" account with a username and password! but thanks for the response
No worries...
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i fixed the root check and got hdmi output to work on both the tablet and phone versions of the app. i will post the fixed versions soon
bjcoenen said:
YOU HAVE TO BE A TIME WARNER CABLE CUSTOMER AND HAVE A "MY TWC" account with a username and password! but thanks for the response
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Can we borrow your user info to test out?
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Guys, this is only for TWC users, even if you used his info, it wouldn't work. The app authenticates with your cable modem, so his credentials only work in his house.
I am going to try this! I have been waiting for someone to figure this out.
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Yep, it works!
Does this only work on certain devices? It fails to run for me.
I uninstalled market version, installed this, tried 3 times, rebooted, tried twice, came back here.
Do you know of a copy that would work for me? I don't need the hdmi out.
pinkmillk said:
Does this only work on certain devices? It fails to run for me.
I uninstalled market version, installed this, tried 3 times, rebooted, tried twice, came back here.
Do you know of a copy that would work for me? I don't need the hdmi out.
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Well if you don't need HDMI, just install the one from the play store.
Nexus 7 twc tv
Worked with the Nexus 7 using the phone version, the tablet version crashes.
Thanks
bjcoenen said:
Here is the updated Time Warner Cable app for phones and tablets. To get my fix to work you must uninstall any previous twc app you have then install this one. If it denies you live tv because of root just use es file explorer and enable root and system access in settings of es file explorer. Then navigate to system then apps and rename superuser.apk to su.apk and reboot. The tablet version should bypass root checks. To get hdmi working start viewing live tv on your device (must be on home WiFi network) and when it is playing plug in your hdmi cable... Pic is attached to prove it works. I will attach the tablet version too in the next post. Enjoy guys and gals
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pinkmillk said:
Does this only work on certain devices? It fails to run for me.
I uninstalled market version, installed this, tried 3 times, rebooted, tried twice, came back here.
Do you know of a copy that would work for me? I don't need the hdmi out.
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Just uninstall the twc and install root explorer app you can get it at 4shared go into your system folder then app folder find superuser.apk and tap on the mount r/w and long press and rename it to su.apk. Reboot phone install twc app from market and voila twc app works on your rooted device
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Excuse my ignorance but can someone tell me how to get this file on my iPad? Sorry. Not good with this stuff.
flacco11 said:
Excuse my ignorance but can someone tell me how to get this file on my iPad? Sorry. Not good with this stuff.
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HDMI? Not possible.
Android apps don't work on iPads.
You can he jailbroken and have a spoofed twc app.
I cant seem to get this to work.I changed superuser.apk to su.apk and it still gives me rooted device error. i rebooted after changing and even uninstalled, reinstalled the apk you linked. Not sure what i am missing. also, does this only work only on my LAN or can I use over 3g while not home
zcs72 said:
I cant seem to get this to work.I changed superuser.apk to su.apk and it still gives me rooted device error. i rebooted after changing and even uninstalled, reinstalled the apk you linked. Not sure what i am missing. also, does this only work only on my LAN or can I use over 3g while not home
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Only on your home LAN. You have to subscribe to cable and Internet, and be registered for MyServices on timewarnercable.com.
I can't get it to work either.
Sent from over here.
I have both and registered for a TWC ID. Oh well, use over 3g would be awesome. Hopefully I can get it working just the same.
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The app loads and I no longer get the "Not supported on rooted devices" message but live tv still doesn't work.
Toshiba Thrive 1st gen
CM 10 Convoluted Crocodile-U3 ROM
Is there an update?
The app works but there is no video just can show the channels & whats on but no video
OK right now Im running a droid incredible, I got the daughter an iphone and her 4g lte is just sitting here. I want to use it. My phone is s-off rooted and am currently running cm10.1 . I also use titanium back up with root pro, what if anything can I bring to the new phone using tb(sms/mms or call log, apps, pics etc). Will my sd card that I use now have to be formatted or will it just match right up and run perfectly fine? Next thing is this one isn't activated yet and want to root it and stuff before I do activate in case things go wrong and I know it takes time to do it. If I want to run the cm 10.1 rom again on it does youtube, camera camcorder and all that stuff work and wireless tether also be hidden from verizon lol. What are the links to the s-off and rooting procedures so I can do this easily. I have allot more questions but will ask at a later time.
Thank you
kramer56 said:
OK right now Im running a droid incredible, I got the daughter an iphone and her 4g lte is just sitting here. I want to use it. My phone is s-off rooted and am currently running cm10.1 . I also use titanium back up with root pro, what if anything can I bring to the new phone using tb(sms/mms or call log, apps, pics etc). Will my sd card that I use now have to be formatted or will it just match right up and run perfectly fine? Next thing is this one isn't activated yet and want to root it and stuff before I do activate in case things go wrong and I know it takes time to do it. If I want to run the cm 10.1 rom again on it does youtube, camera camcorder and all that stuff work and wireless tether also be hidden from verizon lol. What are the links to the s-off and rooting procedures so I can do this easily. I have allot more questions but will ask at a later time.
Thank you
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I use G Cloud Backup to backup most things like SMS, Contacts, pics. (It doesn't do apps, but all the apps are tied to my google account and restore anyway)
As for rooting and S-OFF u can find all the info you need from this index thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2141322
on CM10.1 youtube works, camera works, camcorder works but isn't perfect when it comes to focusing. IDK about wireless tether.
will titanium work from the sd card being the inc and then moved to the 4g lte? I didn't know I could use google cloud for sms and stuff like that
And is S-off better than temp root? and I like the twrp recovery Im using now, I take it it works well with this phone too.
kramer56 said:
will titanium work from the sd card being the inc and then moved to the 4g lte? I didn't know I could use google cloud for sms and stuff like that
And is S-off better than temp root? and I like the twrp recovery Im using now, I take it it works well with this phone too.
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What I understand is titanium will see your backups no matter. S off is of course the best way to go if your comfortable. TWRP works and is officially supported. You could try the new app carbon to back up your data and re sync it to your new device. And it only takes a second to activate the inc4G cause of the sim card
It's not a glitch this isn't Wreck it Ralph
kramer56 said:
will titanium work from the sd card being the inc and then moved to the 4g lte? I didn't know I could use google cloud for sms and stuff like that
And is S-off better than temp root? and I like the twrp recovery Im using now, I take it it works well with this phone too.
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IDK about titanium, maybe someone with more experience will chime in. I'm just trying to help because I've seen you post a few times, and I know if it were me, I'd at least hope for a response lol.
When I say G Cloud Backup, I mean this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.genie9.gcloudbackup&hl=en
I use it to backup SMS, pics, call logs and some other stuff sometimes. Although I'm still not sure how it would work backing up on one device and restoring on another.
Sorry I couldn't be more help. If it were me, I'd probably just backup the most important stuff to dropbox or something and start fresh on a new phone. Like I said, I'm pretty sure the apps will restore once you login to your google account on the new phone. I've started fresh on this phone before and it gives you the option to restore (always on wi-fi of course so I don't eat up data downloading a bunch of apps). Although I don't think it keeps the app data, just re-downloads the apps associated with your google account.
OK I think the s-off is the way I will go. I am installing g cloud now for mms/sms basically if it works it works. twrp is my recovery of choice also. so now I need to find the links and directions to it all. Thank you guys for your responses.
Oh btw does anyone know if the tether (wireless) is still under the eyes like my og incredible is after I rooted it?
How do you guys update this phone rom? right now I using goomanager app and it has ota for my DINC?
I can also use swype typing right?
umm I only have windows vista 32-bit, so I take it can't do the s-off?
kramer56 said:
OK I think the s-off is the way I will go. I am installing g cloud now for mms/sms basically if it works it works. twrp is my recovery of choice also. so now I need to find the links and directions to it all. Thank you guys for your responses.
Oh btw does anyone know if the tether (wireless) is still under the eyes like my og incredible is after I rooted it?
How do you guys update this phone rom? right now I using goomanager app and it has ota for my DINC?
I can also use swype typing right?
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tethering is working fine for me on cm10.1 M-Snapshot build
awesome, I only have windows vista 32 bit os, how am I going to be able to obtain s-off?
Use a live CD for Ubuntu and run the procedure from there.
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live cd? I am not at all familiar with that. What is itt?
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live cd? I am not at all familiar with that. What is itt?
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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
http://unlimited.io/fireball.htm
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
http://unlimited.io/fireball.htm
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
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So this ubuntu thing, does that actually overwrite my windows or what?
I been on the unlimited site today.
And the live cd will work even if I don't keep it on? what happens t the files from my phone that i downlaod to root it? Are the files linked on the livecd or on my regular desktop?
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So this ubuntu thing, does that actually overwrite my windows or what?
I been on the unlimited site today.
And the live cd will work even if I don't keep it on? what happens t the files from my phone that i downlaod to root it? Are the files linked on the livecd or on my regular desktop?
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NO, when you run it you select try ubuntu alongside windows
doesn't install on your machine, but you can run it from the cd
Just download a "free" Windows 7 upgrade Lol
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kramer56 said:
So this ubuntu thing, does that actually overwrite my windows or what?
I been on the unlimited site today.
And the live cd will work even if I don't keep it on? what happens t the files from my phone that i downlaod to root it? Are the files linked on the livecd or on my regular desktop?
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The files will disappear when you are done. They will download to and live on a virtual RAM disk. Booting from the Ubuntu Live CD and selecting "try" will not affect your installed OS at all. (unless of course you decide to mount that hard drive and erase/modify files on that drive)
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Just download a "free" Windows 7 upgrade Lol
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I have been looking for one but haven't come across it!