Blocking ads on a non-rooted phone - Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)

So I have my SIII and I have yet to root it. Waiting for all the bugs to be ironed out and until I get sick of TW.
Anyways so I want to block ads that come with certain apps. I could do this with a rooted phone no problem. Is there an app out there that would work with the S3? Block ads from apps like Angry Birds (Free), words with friends and so on? I know its only $1 per app but I am cheap so yeah!
Thanks for any help! I did Google it and I couldn't find much.
Cheers!

No, there is not.... That, amongst others, is the reason we root.
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As far as I know your out of luck until you root unless some one makes an unrooted rom with the ad block host files ( or whatever it is that blocks them ) into .it. Could be wrong though.

Thanks for the replies guys! i am just waiting for the bugs to get ironed out with rooting. I have heard some horror stories!

cgardnervt said:
Thanks for the replies guys! i am just waiting for the bugs to get ironed out with rooting. I have heard some horror stories!
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http://android-adblock.com/

crabapples said:
http://android-adblock.com/
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Oh damn thanks! have you tried this out at all yet? Thanks for the link!

That's only for Web browser. Rooting your phone is simple, just adding su. It's when you start flashing roms is when they mess up.
Try this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790104
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cgardnervt said:
Thanks for the replies guys! i am just waiting for the bugs to get ironed out with rooting. I have heard some horror stories!
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I'm not sure what bugs you're talking about, but I can tell you I flashed the rt66 ROM on my very first boot weeks ago & have not had a single problem & I use the hell out of my phone. I did that so I could use free wireless tethering (unlimited data) and also ad block.
I flashed that ROM for 4 of my co-workers also & they all absolutely LOVE the setup.

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OTA Update Question

I still have not accepted any ota's. Should I update? And will I still be able to temp root? Reason I'm wondering to update is because when i talk to other people they have trouble hearing me and they say I sound muffled, and was wondering if i update it will fix that issue. Thanks in advance.
mrjaydee82 said:
I still have not accepted any ota's. Should I update? And will I still be able to temp root? Reason I'm wondering to update is because when i talk to other people they have trouble hearing me and they say I sound muffled, and was wondering if i update it will fix that issue. Thanks in advance.
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I'm not sure about that specific issue, but the OTA has done nothing but help I believe. It significantly boosted my battery life and doesn't close any root holes so nothing negative to worry about.
Same here. I still have root and various fixes were made with the update. But most devs still say not to update. But since HTC will be unlocking the boot loader I said what the hell and just did the updates.
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All of the developers reccomend not accepting the OTA's. However it's your phone, so do as you need too. Just keep in mind that once you update you cannot revert back.
Well, it could complicate attaining root so I simply will not accept an OTA...but with an unlocked bootloader once custom roms come out I won't give a crap about a stock rooted rom...so...given the great things I've heard about these updates I would like to accept them...but I have years of conditioning telling me not to. So I won't. I recommend nobody else does either, but, as previously mentioned--It is your phone.
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Well, it could complicate attaining root so I simply will not accept an OTA...but with an unlocked bootloader once custom roms come out I won't give a crap about a stock rooted rom...so...given the great things I've heard about these updates I would like to accept them...but I have years of conditioning telling me not to. So I won't. I recommend nobody else does either, but, as previously mentioned--It is your phone.
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Same boat.......Must....fight.....urge.
hockeyfamily737 said:
Same boat.......Must....fight.....urge.
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Tell me about it!!!!
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I just took them. and I'm hoping it doesn't kill my ability to unlock if TeamWIN finds a way.
but I was trying to fit a wakelock issue that was killing my battery.
long story short. update didn't work either, it was something to do with battery indicator widgets and my wifi policy set to Never.
*Shrug*
I took them but I'm not taking anymore.
Jeremiah239 said:
I took them but I'm not taking anymore.
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yeah, sure, "I can quit whenever I want"...
daneurysm said:
yeah, sure, "I can quit whenever I want"...
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Haha
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[Q] S-OFF / Rooted, What's everyone doing now?

I just finished Rooting / Rooting my Evo3D and i'm pretty excited to get started.
I've installed Busybox, Wireless Tether, and Titanium Backup so far, what has everyone else done?
truck driver stuff I guess
Making my own cyanogen build.
kthejoker20 said:
Making my own cyanogen build.
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Your exciting me hahaha
If your nice, maybe I'll post it for the community.
My linux box is pooping right now, but should be up soon.
Wanting for roms!
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Anxiously awaiting for ROM's to start appearing... that's pretty much it.
HSadler93 said:
Your exciting me hahaha
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KANG FTW!!!!!!!
Right now I'm REALLY uninstalling bloat for GOOD! finally.
First thing i dif was installed google video chat! lol
Compusmurf said:
Right now I'm REALLY uninstalling bloat for GOOD! finally.
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I love how titanium is like
'Do you want to delete this bloatware crap?'
'Are you sure you want to delete this bloatware crap?'
'positive?'
Yup
I guess we could open new threads to complain again and start threatening to return our phones if the devs don't hurry up and make roms.
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flashing a stock Deodexed w/ bloatware removed, w/ Superuser & Busybox
watching TV
Is that the full root or temp root
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zone23 said:
watching TV
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Proof itself life goes on after root! LOL!
actually I'm drinking a beer listening to the Smashing Pumpkins and watching TV
darkflame said:
First thing i dif was installed google video chat! lol
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Where did you find it? is it in the market?
Um, right now squatting over my toilet seat and then I might watch some tunes while waiting for some roms.
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corybucher said:
Um, right now squatting over my toilet seat and then I might watch some tunes while waiting for some roms.
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I hoping to have something up tomorrow early to bed early to rise. Lets get it done.

ICS updated but want Ginerbread back i think

I waited and waited. Thought about rooting and using a ROM before the official ICS update came from AT&T but just decided to wait. Finally got the update via Kies, excited like a school girl. Initially it was a cool new bit of scenery, and as the OS settled in with me, i found myself disappointed and wanting my gingy back. I've been upgrade for a couple months now i think, and had plenty of time to try to get used to it.
I am finding lots of things that just plain suck.
1 - Text message notification audible alert discontinues after awhile (unknown amount of time), only resolution I've found is to reboot the phone. This sucks because just out of nowhere my text notification tone stops. Everything else like ringtone etc is fine. This is a dealbreaker for me almost. This worked fine on Ginerbread.
2 - new Swype software gives me problems when the word suggestion feature stops working completely. Swype is hard to do without word suggestions at times. Only solution i've found is again, reboot the phone. This sucks. I know, don't use swype, but i WANT to use it. It worked perfectly on Gingerbread.
3 - the widget for Google Voice is super tiny now, and i don't see a way of making it bigger. It's approximately the size of 4 icons, whereas before on Gingerbread it was huge and you could easily read/see your voicemails. Maybe i'm missing something on how to change the widget size, but i see no way of doing it.
4 - my News and Weather widget, which i used for weather and news all the time, since my original Galaxy S, does not display any weather information anymore. Just says "No Weather Information". this worked fine on Gingerbread. I guess different phone OS makes widgets work differently. I just want mine to work as expected. News still comes through fine though.
5 - Unlocking the screen seems more difficult now, usually takes me a couple tries, whereas it seemed really smooth and awesome before the update
6 - Power Saving widget is huge now, takes up half of one screen, whereas before it was just 1 row and you could scroll across. Why make it bigger and take up more room with no additional functionality?
After listing all this out, i'm trying to think of the things i LIKE about ICS update, and i can only think of one, which is the data monitoring/limiting which is kind of a cool feature. I doesn't seem any faster really than before. So overall, i honestly was happier with Gingerbread. 6 things that i find that suck versus one thing i like.
Maybe this is me being picky, but as excited as I was to get ICS, i'm equally disappointed in the upgrade. My wife uses a Galaxy Note and it is available for her phone now, and I told her don't bother with the upgrade.
Anyone have any advice??? experience the same problems? I know i could root, install a custom rom etc, but i really like the touchwiz stuff from samsung and i was really happy with just the stock gingerbread OS, even with all the bloatware, i just disregard all that junk.
I'm having the same problem with text notification I just notice that I get a text it would sound but just about an hour ago it just stopped I would get a text and nothing ringtones works and everyrhing but I think is a ics bug maybe it would get fixed in the new update 4.0.4
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slim1991 said:
I'm having the same problem with text notification I just notice that I get a text it would sound but just about an hour ago it just stopped I would get a text and nothing ringtones works and everyrhing but I think is a ics bug maybe it would get fixed in the new update 4.0.4
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There won't be a 4.0.4 I can almost guarantee it
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Never had the texting problem but I'm definately always having to swipe the lockscreen a couple times to unlock it.
News and weather widget works fine here too.
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I think this was my problem with the notifications not making any sound maybe its the same thing un-check the top look at the photo ^^ I unchecked it and now it gives me sound when I get text
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at&t sucks. bottom line.
Advice, if you want to stick with touchjizz, run a custom one, there are plenty that *should* have those issues taken care of.
But the widget size issue, thats just looks, with a different launcher can change size of widgets.
Lol I called this one. A bunch of people upgrade to stock ICS. Then they complain and want to switch back, mess it up, and start new threads. Hopefully they all learned their lesson about carrier upgrades . I mean even I tried it, just to see what it looked like and how it functioned. Then again I knew how to get back to a custom Rom Before I did it. It's actually not too bad, but there were just too many bugs and battery life was too bad for my taste.
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No problems here. Do a factory reset. Your on warranty don't be scared.
j510 said:
No problems here. Do a factory reset. Your on warranty don't be scared.
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Stop telling people to do that, they could brick their phones
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Thank you for this useful reply/input and picture... I'll give it a try.
slim1991 said:
I think this was my problem with the notifications not making any sound maybe its the same thing un-check the top look at the photo ^^ I unchecked it and now it gives me sound when I get text
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Nick281051 said:
Stop telling people to do that, they could brick their phones
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Were all under warranty. If it does brick Samsung could realize this is very serious and fix it sooner
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Were all under warranty. If it does brick Samsung could realize this is very serious and fix it sooner
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Doesn't matter. Don't encourage people to do something that could brick their phone. Do it to your own not others
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i upgraded to ICS when it got released used for a week and back to GB...GB is smooth then that crappy ICS
Im having alot of these problems plus my samsung keypad freezes and crashes browser freezes
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Nick281051 said:
Doesn't matter. Don't encourage people to do something that could brick their phone. Do it to your own not others
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Did it to my own and my cousins already. No brick + no issues .
j510 said:
Did it to my own and my cousins already. No brick + no issues .
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It isn't 100% on all phones it seems to be random but instead of posting something VERY VERY risky for people not so inclined to troll the forums and find out about the risks of certain actions why not shut up or post what you think will work then link them to a topic showing what bad could happen. You just seem like you want people to brick and make more topics about how they tried to reset and bricked. You also need to think of Google searches that link to this topic and they read it and see you said reset and they do it. It isn't just xda its anyone with the internet don't lead people to a possible brick
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There won't be a 4.0.4 I can almost guarantee it
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Yes there will. Nfc will get enabled
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Yes there will. Nfc will get enabled
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And where are you getting this information?
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johnny_1437 said:
i upgraded to ICS when it got released used for a week and back to GB...GB is smooth then that crappy ICS
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how? what steps did you take and where can i find the download link to gingerbread? did you use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
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how? what steps did you take and where can i find the download link to gingerbread? did you use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
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The only way to go "back" to Gingerbread is to flash UCKH7 straight stock or one of the Gingerbread stock plus root packages in Entropy512's thread. So yes, use that, or one of my guides.

I Made 4.2 Work! (A Few Questions...)

Well, I have successfully booted up 4.2 on my Droid X2. I have been running it since Monday, and it's pretty stable. the only things that aren't working are:
Video Camera
Bluetooth
A few bugs from CM10.
I want to know if you guys want me to finish it up, and try to ready it up for a release this weekend, or if you want me to try to fix bluetooth, and the video camera.
EDIT: I'm going to attempt to fix bluetooth. If it causes too many problems, i'll release it without bluetooth and work on it in my free time. There is a couple stability issues I have patched up, and it seems to be working just fine so far.
EDIT2: I'm taking finals tomorrow then i'll have a good month of tinkering with this ROM. My goal is to get it pretty stable by then end of August (like 8/10 stable).
You should talk to Dragonzkiller. He is also making cm10.1.
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Arbybear said:
You should talk to Dragonzkiller. He is also making cm10.1.
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I don't know how to get in contact with him. He's on XDA for like 5 minutes every week.
He has a twitter account he uses more often. @dragonzkiller.
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Arbybear said:
You should talk to Dragonzkiller. He is also making cm10.1.
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not so much.
I would use his help, but I don't think he would be active enough when I needed him. I may get some help from Hashcode if I run into a problem updating this. I like to go solo with most of my things because people program differently. People use different organization, etc..
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I would use his help, but I don't think he would be active enough when I needed him. I may get some help from Hashcode if I run into a problem updating this. I like to go solo with most of my things because people program differently. People use different organization, etc..
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If you can get help from hashcode, you sir, will be able to get many a thing done.
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Lrs121 said:
If you can get help from hashcode, you sir, will be able to get many a thing done.
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The thing is, he doesn't have an X2, so I'm not sure if it's really different from other devices he's worked with.
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The thing is, he doesn't have an X2, so I'm not sure if it's really different from other devices he's worked with.
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He may not have an x2 but he definitely has some insightthat is somewhat lacking here right now
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He may not have an x2 but he definitely has some insightthat is somewhat lacking here right now
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I would really enjoy his help, but I'm not sure if he will help. I just tried fixing bluetooth and now i'm getting some issues.
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I would really enjoy his help, but I'm not sure if he will help. I just tried fixing bluetooth and now i'm getting some issues.
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True. Bluetooth is really difficult to fix so is the camera. Keep it up though, its good to see someone working on it.
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Nice to hear someone is still working on this thing. If you have a decent build of 4.2.2, I dont see a reason to not release it. Just put all the usual warnings in the post and make it an Alpha. If you do, I'll flash it and test it out. Good work
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True. Bluetooth is really difficult to fix so is the camera. Keep it up though, its good to see someone working on it.
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A lot of people use bluetooth so i'll try to get that working. I'm not sure if i'll take the time for the camera, considering it's been an issue for a while. You can take pictures, you just can't record.
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Nice to hear someone is still working on this thing. If you have a decent build of 4.2.2, I dont see a reason to not release it. Just put all the usual warnings in the post and make it an Alpha. If you do, I'll flash it and test it out. Good work
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I have been working on this since about the time CM10 A2.99999 was released. The first time it didn't even boot, the next time, touch screen didn't work, and i've just been wiping out issues since then. It's pretty stable, has about the same battery life as CM10 A3 but I know of some apps that help it greatly. Right now I can get about a 12 hour battery life. This includes a phone call or 2, texting, some web browsing, and a little bit of gaming during my web design class.
I have it to a point where it can be a daily driver for some. I want it to be a little bit more stable. I'm free today so i'll spend most of my evening working on it. Tomorrow i'll have a little free time.
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I have been working on this since about the time CM10 A2.99999 was released. The first time it didn't even boot, the next time, touch screen didn't work, and i've just been wiping out issues since then. It's pretty stable, has about the same battery life as CM10 A3 but I know of some apps that help it greatly. Right now I can get about a 12 hour battery life. This includes a phone call or 2, texting, some web browsing, and a little bit of gaming during my web design class.
I have it to a point where it can be a daily driver for some. I want it to be a little bit more stable. I'm free today so i'll spend most of my evening working on it. Tomorrow i'll have a little free time.
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Sounds like you got most of the kinks worked out. And you're right about the camera. It may never be fixed since you cant use certain things that Jelly Bean needs. Again, good work. Sounds like you put a lot of effort into this. :good:
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Sounds like you got most of the kinks worked out. And you're right about the camera. It may never be fixed since you cant use certain things that Jelly Bean needs. Again, good work. Sounds like you put a lot of effort into this. :good:
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I have put a lot of effort in. Theres a few more things i'm going to fix before i push out the ROM. I never thought this phone would see 4.2.
I wanted 4.2, and no one did it, so I learned how to do this myself.
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I have put a lot of effort in. Theres a few more things i'm going to fix before i push out the ROM. I never thought this phone would see 4.2.
I wanted 4.2, and no one did it, so I learned how to do this myself.
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Thats what people SHOULD do. I bet you learned a lot by building your own ROM too. Next thing you know, you'll start making apps.
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Thats what people SHOULD do. I bet you learned a lot by building your own ROM too. Next thing you know, you'll start making apps.
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I have already made apps. Learning how to make apps helped me pick this up easier. Once I get my new phone i'll try to make a custom ROM.
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I have already made apps. Learning how to make apps helped me pick this up easier. Once I get my new phone i'll try to make a custom ROM.
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Nice.
I can't wait to flash this!

Security Updates With Safe strap

My brother has this phone, so bear with me.
I helped him root it and installed safestrap. There is a custom ROM, but I have no idea what it is.
He calls me and says there is a security update.
Can he take it without losing root or any issue really at all?
Sorry if it's been asked thousands of times. I'm on the One for HTC.
Any devs?
The security update could be the upgrade croon nc5 to ng6. I wouldn't recommend taking it because it is buggy. There are ways to root after upgrading to ng6. IMO stay on nc5
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My brother has this phone, so bear with me.
I helped him root it and installed safestrap. There is a custom ROM, but I have no idea what it is.
He calls me and says there is a security update.
Can he take it without losing root or any issue really at all?
Sorry if it's been asked thousands of times. I'm on the One for HTC.
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Rule number one...never, ever, ever, under any circumstances, ever, take the update if you want to keep root/flashing ROMs, etc....ever.
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Rule number one...never, ever, ever, under any circumstances, ever, take the update if you want to keep root/flashing ROMs, etc....ever.
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Yeah. Same thing for my HTC, but is there an alternative?
If an OTA comes out, devs usually have a safe version.
If it's nothing, I'll tell him not to worry about it.
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Yeah. Same thing for my HTC, but is there an alternative?
If an OTA comes out, devs usually have a safe version.
If it's nothing, I'll tell him not to worry about it.
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If he is happy with his phone, I would tell him to just leave well enough alone.
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