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I am looking to turn my eris into a pure mp3 player for my daughter. she uses it now for that reason, but it doesn't need the dialer, phone book or anything else like that on it. to me its just wasted space. i am open to suggestions. is there a rom out there that i can use that will do this? i have searched and found nothing.
I'm not 100% sure you can remove phone and dialer stuff without getting force closes on that process. I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure those can't be removed.
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phrite said:
I am looking to turn my eris into a pure mp3 player for my daughter. she uses it now for that reason, but it doesn't need the dialer, phone book or anything else like that on it. to me its just wasted space. i am open to suggestions. is there a rom out there that i can use that will do this? i have searched and found nothing.
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this might be what you're looking for...?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216571
you don't need to remove the dialer, contacts, phone .apk's, but with most launchers giving the option to hide certain programs, you could hide them and those apps would only be accessible when going into Titanium Backup or Manage Apps within the settings. at least that's what i did, just in case i need to activate the old eris in an emergency and need the phone functionality, since all phones can make 911 emergency calls even after deactivation.
EDIT: just happened to be browsing that thread, and saw a few posts from you, so maybe this is old news to you! lol, anyway, hope this helps if not, cheers!
Ya know removing the dialer and stuff wouldn't help you free space anyway because that is stored on the system and your mp3s are on the SD card.
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ecs1984 said:
this might be what you're looking for...?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216571
you don't need to remove the dialer, contacts, phone .apk's, but with most launchers giving the option to hide certain programs, you could hide them and those apps would only be accessible when going into Titanium Backup or Manage Apps within the settings. at least that's what i did, just in case i need to activate the old eris in an emergency and need the phone functionality, since all phones can make 911 emergency calls even after deactivation.
EDIT: just happened to be browsing that thread, and saw a few posts from you, so maybe this is old news to you! lol, anyway, hope this helps if not, cheers!
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That works perfectly, thank you very much. and you guys are all correct on the removal of the phone book and dialer. and everything is already on the sd card, i was just trying to clean / speed things up a bit. i appreciate the response from everyone.
I've been wanting the same thing. But I've decided to make it a home phone that is relatively always plugged in and use sipdroid to set it for inbound and outbound calls. I occasionally use it as an example mp3 player. I may try breaking the ROM apart, but honestly just use a startup disabling app like systemtuner productos or autostarts.. That can literally disable everything from turning on at boot. And other trigger points. Freezing sometimes breaks the ROM depending on what it is.
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I've been asking if workshed wants to make one last ROM for the Eris which encorporates that script into it as well as removing every system app not necessary to making it a wifi enabled music player, but he seems to be busy with his other ROM development. I think I'll be making a thread about it, that way if a dev is interested in making it, they can take it from there. Sort of a dev-shopping thread. I've been meaning to for a little while.
Are there any apps you guys recommend to make this piece of crap os run like an ACTUAL phone?
Atrix 4g running on t-mobile 2.3.6 with cwm recovery.
I use widget locker, GO launcher, and dg alert (for sms notifications).
I thought smartphones were supposed to be, you know, SMART! Why the heck do I need an app to make the phone do something it's supposed to do?
ON my old samsung $15 slide up phone, I would see in large text a message I missed or missed calls.
On this $180 crap, I only get a very very small icon in the top. WTH?
so any apps to make this phone work like an actual phone and make things EASIER??!
-_- Try a custom rom.
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Does flashing ROMs wipe all my data on the phone, and will I be able to use the phone with T-mobile afterwards? (This will be my first rom flash)
Any good roms out there that make the phone act like a real phone, AND still can use wifi, gps, and camera?
I found this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1836674
I know you have it, Lexord, can the still use GPS, bluetooth, and multitouch?
MROM is a good choice. Yes, you lose all data (there are ways to try and save data, but best not go there since you're clearly a n00b).
Why would GPS, bluetooth or multitouch not work?
ravilov said:
MROM is a good choice. Yes, you lose all data (there are ways to try and save data, but best not go there since you're clearly a n00b).
Why would GPS, bluetooth or multitouch not work?
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Sounds good. I will try that than.
Why you ask, like you said, I am clearly a n00b.
Also again when I try to calibrate the phone I have to connect the charger when the phone dies from 0%, the phone boots automatically into CWM recovery and won't show the charge screen, and ruins the whole thing.
Aregvan said:
Are there any apps you guys recommend to make this piece of crap os run like an ACTUAL phone?
Atrix 4g running on t-mobile 2.3.6 with cwm recovery.
I use widget locker, GO launcher, and dg alert (for sms notifications).
I thought smartphones were supposed to be, you know, SMART! Why the heck do I need an app to make the phone do something it's supposed to do?
ON my old samsung $15 slide up phone, I would see in large text a message I missed or missed calls.
On this $180 crap, I only get a very very small icon in the top. WTH?
so any apps to make this phone work like an actual phone and make things EASIER??!
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When i was on GB i used to have tlf Shell, it is a launcher ,And it's really fast
Your Atrix will seem very different.
victorevo said:
When i was on GB i used to have tlf Shell, it is a launcher ,And it's really fast
Your Atrix will seem very different.
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What shell? I found a TSF shell, what is is tlf?
Just enable the pop up messages im Go SMS. )
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What shell? I found a TSF shell, what is is tlf?
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Jeje. That,i wrote wrong n.n
TSF Shell
Just curious what are other people's reasons for wanting root?
For me it's for wifi tether, ad free, use my backup pro to get some rooted features, get headphone icon to go away when plugged in and see some of the other features that big red took out. Pretty simple dude.
Pretty much for all the same reasons why everyone roots on all android platform phones... I'm assuming
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I want root for command line access to system files, titanium backup, blocking ads, and for making the led notifcations stay on when the screen is on.
imagine your computer was locked down, you couldn't modify your os, if you wanted a certain feature you had to go buy a different computer that had that feature... how many computers would you need in order to get all of the features you wanted? or you could 'root' it and have just one computer but with all of the things you wanted on it... and remove the things you didn't want.
same concept, but on a phone instead of a desktop.
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to get rid of ads, debloat, flash a custom recovery, and flash roms...pretty much the whole reason xda exists.
I know the point of root. Think you missed the point. I asked why do YOU want root. Just seeing other people's similarities and differences
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I know the point of root. Think you missed the point. I asked why do YOU want root. Just seeing other people's similarities and differences
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I just told you why I want root...lol :silly:
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Just curious what are other people's reasons for wanting root?
For me it's for wifi tether, ad free, use my backup pro to get some rooted features, get headphone icon to go away when plugged in and see some of the other features that big red took out. Pretty simple dude.
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You can just disable the headphones icon. just disable its page buddy. It's under settings--->display----->page buddy---->uncheck earphones page.
jellydroid13 said:
You can just disable the headphones icon. just disable its page buddy. It's under settings--->display----->page buddy---->uncheck earphones page.
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But I kind of like the Page buddy. .... I'd like to keep it but get rid of that icon in the notification bar. With the sgs3 it was easy just had to freeze one thing
I got this phone for them multi-window and you can only multi-window a few apps as of right now.
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I got this phone for them multi-window and you can only multi-window a few apps as of right now.
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I think you can do this without root.
I hate the Ongoing WiFi notification and I want to kill it when I have root. Plus ad blocking, native tethering, over clocks, adding my own apps to Multi-Window, turning off the stupid Install mode when I connect it to computer over USB, getting S-Planner back, etc.
I want to get the missing apps back for multiview, I want infinite scrolling on the home screen without having to use a different launcher, I want to take advantage of the extra controls with Tasker and Secure Settings, titanium backup, removing bloat ware, the usual
TB, de-bloat, have more apps compatible with multiwindow, directory bind for moving game data to ext card, get rid of the clutter on the status/notification bar, 180 rotation, change the dpi/tablet mode, change kernels...and just to feed my ROM flash addiction!
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Well guys, we got root. So who's going to make us all these mods we want?
To get rid of junk and adware.
cause it is my damn phone
Sent via quantum entanglement or possibly my Note 2...for sure one of those.
I just like customizing my phone to do what I need it to do... it just turned into a hobby damn og droid started this expensive addiction
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sometimes those awesome apk oni can install in rooted device.. :fingers-crossed:
Do we have a list of deletable apps yet?
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I have straight talk and I know in order to put the phone in usb debugging mode I have to call#9090# but this down work when On straight talk. can I use my co workers sim card to put phone in usb debugging mode. will it stay if I unplug the battery after I put my straight talk sim back in I am new to the samsung phones just trying transfer my nfl ticket to one phone to another through titanium. I dont have username and password so I need to get this done before sunday.
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I have straight talk and I know in order to put the phone in usb debugging mode I have to call#9090# but this down work when On straight talk. can I use my co workers sim card to put phone in usb debugging mode. will it stay if I unplug the battery after I put my straight talk sim back in I am new to the samsung phones just trying transfer my nfl ticket to one phone to another through titanium. I dont have username and password so I need to get this done before sunday.
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You can root it with multiroot just select usb debug and click start in just 5 seconds you will have your Mega rooted. I already test it.
From main menu>settings>more>about device>tap on build number until it says Developers Mode enabled>developers options>usb debugging.
On your PC go to www.kingoapp.com, download their program, open it and follow instructions. This is a safe program and it works.
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I also tried it, but would not worked..
Thank you I was doing some reading and found out how to enable developers options. I really dont know why they try so hard its not like someone is not going to find out thanks again now I do some research on if there is rom support yet. My mega laggs and its annoying maybe removing the bloatware will help
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Thank you I was doing some reading and found out how to enable developers options. I really dont know why they try so hard its not like someone is not going to find out thanks again now I do some research on if there is rom support yet. My mega laggs and its annoying maybe removing the bloatware will help
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Root and debloat with titanium backup.
Be careful what you remove.
There's a thread showing what's safe and what to leave alone. Do a search.
Once I root with the help of internet...
pa49 said:
Root and debloat with titanium backup.
Be careful what you remove.
There's a thread showing what's safe and what to leave alone. Do a search.
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I am having issues trying to find whats safe to remove as bloatware.I cant stand att drive mode. I want my phone to have as little apps as possible. I have my apps I like and that is all I really want. I understand that removal of some bloatware can cause system unstablilty again I tried the search feature I get alot of s3 threads. are the s3 and mega 1527 simular to the bloat can someone point me to the right direction
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I am having issues trying to find whats safe to remove as bloatware.I cant stand att drive mode. I want my phone to have as little apps as possible. I have my apps I like and that is all I really want. I understand that removal of some bloatware can cause system unstablilty again I tried the search feature I get alot of s3 threads. are the s3 and mega 1527 simular to the bloat can someone point me to the right direction
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In the "Root Bounty for i527" thread, there is a list. Be careful because a lot of folks have screwed up their phones.
A good rule of thumb would be to go to the apps manager and see which apps can be turned off. If they can be turned off, then you should be able to delete them with no problems.
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Who bought this phone I mean? It looks like no one seems to care about this phone. Its all over youtube but, everyone seems to be doing the same thing, unboxing it. I was hoping I could get some attention to this phone so I can talk to others. Anyone plan on purchasing this phone? If so, tell me why, if not I also wanna know about that to.
Guess it is still early stage release for this phone, not many ppl got it. Youtube reviewer could get early shipped unit usually.
I got the phone but my mobile data doesn't work with telus and I can't change the apn. I need help. The only Sim I've been able to get work for Data is freedom mobile. I have reception just no data.
I bought an asus rog 5, red magic 6 and the lenovo legion 2 to compare them all since none of the reviewers ever talk about what I am interested in. No reviews I have seen have mentioned that the always on display is broken, or at least it is for me. You can turn it on, but it will only stay on for a few seconds and then it will turn itself off. Which reminds me, they also don't mention that the always on display on the red magic 6 doesnt show notifications. The only phone that has an always on display that works right is the rog 5. Also no matter what I do with the legion 2 it does not work reliably with notifications for anything other than sms. Sometimes notifications work, sometimes they don't. I've tested the legion 2 with tmobile and straight talk in the usa and 5g works with tmobile, so that is something that may be useful to know.
Spyrobuddy said:
I got the phone but my mobile data doesn't work with telus and I can't change the apn. I need help. The only Sim I've been able to get work for Data is freedom mobile. I have reception just no data.
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Ive got Mint mobile here in the states. Im not having any issues, and its $15 a month. Maybe try them?
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I bought an asus rog 5, red magic 6 and the lenovo legion 2 to compare them all since none of the reviewers ever talk about what I am interested in. No reviews I have seen have mentioned that the always on display is broken, or at least it is for me. You can turn it on, but it will only stay on for a few seconds and then it will turn itself off. Which reminds me, they also don't mention that the always on display on the red magic 6 doesnt show notifications. The only phone that has an always on display that works right is the rog 5. Also no matter what I do with the legion 2 it does not work reliably with notifications for anything other than sms. Sometimes notifications work, sometimes they don't. I've tested the legion 2 with tmobile and straight talk in the usa and 5g works with tmobile, so that is something that may be useful to know.
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Wow, you bought all 3, thats awesome. The 3 you mentioned were the ones I was thinking about too, those and the ZTE Axon 30 Pro, because origianlly it was thought to have an under display camera and a 6.92" screen. Really, when it comes down to it, as long as its a flagship phone, whichever one has the bigger screen, thats who ill go with, hence why I bought the Legion Duel 2. I did really want the Rog 5 though but, I went with screen size. I havent had any issues with notifications though, at least none that ive noticed, im still getting used to this phone.
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Wow, you bought all 3, thats awesome. The 3 you mentioned were the ones I was thinking about too, those and the ZTE Axon 30 Pro, because origianlly it was thought to have an under display camera and a 6.92" screen. Really, when it comes down to it, as long as its a flagship phone, whichever one has the bigger screen, thats who ill go with, hence why I bought the Legion Duel 2. I did really want the Rog 5 though but, I went with screen size. I havent had any issues with notifications though, at least none that ive noticed, im still getting used to this phone.
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Do you have the chinese rom or the global one? Mine is chinese. Of the three phones I wanted the red magic 6 to be the best because it feels the best when I hold it, but the battery life is terrible, the screen is dim and the software overall is not anywhere near the same league as the rog which easily has the best options and features. I am keeping the legion 2 though because I think it has potential with a few updates and it does have the biggest screen. Scrolling also is smoother even though the red magic 6 and rog 5 have all the same specs and either the same or better refresh rates. I use Firefox as a test to see how smooth a phone is when it comes to slowly scrolling. It is terrible on most phones for some reason, so if a phone scrolls smooth in Firefox then it is easily noticeable.
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Do you have the chinese rom or the global one? Mine is chinese. Of the three phones I wanted the red magic 6 to be the best because it feels the best when I hold it, but the battery life is terrible, the screen is dim and the software overall is not anywhere near the same league as the rog which easily has the best options and features. I am keeping the legion 2 though because I think it has potential with a few updates and it does have the biggest screen. Scrolling also is smoother even though the red magic 6 and rog 5 have all the same specs and either the same or better refresh rates. I use Firefox as a test to see how smooth a phone is when it comes to slowly scrolling. It is terrible on most phones for some reason, so if a phone scrolls smooth in Firefox then it is easily noticeable.
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Ive got the Chinese rom but, I gotta be honest, im on the edge of switching back to my 12 Pro Max. I love the customization of android, and unless I start removing apps via ADB I dont think im going to keep the phone. I mean, iPhone has little to no customization but you expect that. When it comes to android, I expect to be able to make my phone the way I want and because of the way Lenovo has the rom set up, I cant seem to do much of anything. I cant fully run Nova Launcher, use Google contacts or Google phone. Lenovo locks everything down so much that it takes all the fun out of it. How do you feel about Legion UI?
I was able to install contacts and google phone with no problem once I installed the play store. Actually I wasn't able to receive calls until I installed google phone. I'm used to these kind of problems with using purely Chinese phones though so its just something I work around I suppose. I've read that the global rom can be flashed on this phone which would fix all of the google issues, but no one has actually tried it that I know of: https://www.getdroidtips.com/lenovo-legion-2-pro-firmware-flash-file/
If you want a proper phone though the Rog 5 with the global rom is the way to go. Everything just works and it is incredibly customizable.
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I was able to install contacts and google phone with no problem once I installed the play store. Actually I wasn't able to receive calls until I installed google phone. I'm used to these kind of problems with using purely Chinese phones though so its just something I work around I suppose. I've read that the global rom can be flashed on this phone which would fix all of the google issues, but no one has actually tried it that I know of: https://www.getdroidtips.com/lenovo-legion-2-pro-firmware-flash-file/
If you want a proper phone though the Rog 5 with the global rom is the way to go. Everything just works and it is incredibly customizable.
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That would be a thought, instead of just returning the phone. My only issue with that is it takes longer to get updates with the global rom. Do you have global running on your phone or are you using stock?
Also have a CN (legion 2 pro) 16/512, nice phone but killing issue is:
1) 4G, 5G (voice, volte) not working for incoming calls (the subscriber is not serviced IVR message for caller). Work only outgoing calls.
TELE2 Russia, using slow 3G for calls and data.
2) Google Pay always disappear from default payment method in Tap&Pay option.
Would like to try change CN to Global ROM but still no instruction and support of lenovo ignoring me (usual for lenovo, crap support).
I haven't installed the global rom, if you end up installing it let me know how it goes. There is so little information about this phone that I don't know if it is better or worse. It would at least have all the Google stuff though.
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Also have a CN (legion 2 pro) 16/512, nice phone but killing issue is:
1) 4G, 5G (voice, volte) not working for incoming calls (the subscriber is not serviced IVR message for caller). Work only outgoing calls.
TELE2 Russia, using slow 3G for calls and data.
2) Google Pay always disappear from default payment method in Tap&Pay option.
Would like to try change CN to Global ROM but still no instruction and support of lenovo ignoring me (usual for lenovo, crap support).
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dEFLASH, I saw you on the Lenovo community thread. I perosnally dont use Gpay, so I couldnt tell you anything on that end but, I havent had any issues with making or receving calls. Im on Mint mobile, they run off T-Mobile towers. Have you tried tweeking your APN settings? toliveforever, posted a link to me instructions on how to flash the global rom for the phone if you wanna give that a try.
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I haven't installed the global rom, if you end up installing it let me know how it goes. There is so little information about this phone that I don't know if it is better or worse. It would at least have all the Google stuff though.
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Which method did you use to install Google play services on you phone and what did you do to get Google contacts and phone to work for you?
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dEFLASH, I saw you on the Lenovo community thread. I perosnally dont use Gpay, so I couldnt tell you anything on that end but, I havent had any issues with making or receving calls. Im on Mint mobile, they run off T-Mobile towers. Have you tried tweeking your APN settings? toliveforever, posted a link to me instructions on how to flash the global rom for the phone if you wanna give that a try.
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Tried a change APN, it's working OK with DATA via 4G only, voice still not working for incoming calls.
About a flashing global ROM afraid to get a brick or lost some parts like fingertip scanner or IMEI.
Anyway send me info in PM or just right there, wanna check it.
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Which method did you use to install Google play services on you phone and what did you do to get Google contacts and phone to work for you?
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I just installed the usual google stuff from the apkpure website. I install things in a certain order though, not sure if it makes a difference but I do google account manager, contacts, calendar then playstore. I use the playstore to install gmail, the google phone and google messages. I don't open anything until the playstore and then I just sign into the playstore and it seems to log everything else in that I use afterwards.
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I just installed the usual google stuff from the apkpure website. I install things in a certain order though, not sure if it makes a difference but I do google account manager, contacts, calendar then playstore. I use the playstore to install gmail, the google phone and google messages. I don't open anything until the playstore and then I just sign into the playstore and it seems to log everything else in that I use afterwards.
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So did you sign into your Google account via the phone or did you download the apks first?
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So did you sign into your Google account via the phone or did you download the apks first?
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I don't sign into anything until installing the play store, when you open it you can't go any further without entering your information. I also manually gave permissions to everything in the phone settings and whitelisted things in the lenovo security app afterwards because this phone loves to deny permissions and kill apps in the background. I don't know if you've looked into the built in security app, but you have to set it up or it will kill apps automatically. It also can't be removed with ADB or you lose the ability to change permissions entirely. The stock launcher can't be removed either or you lose gestures.
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I don't sign into anything until installing the play store, when you open it you can't go any further without entering your information. I also manually gave permissions to everything in the phone settings and whitelisted things in the lenovo security app afterwards because this phone loves to deny permissions and kill apps in the background. I don't know if you've looked into the built in security app, but you have to set it up or it will kill apps automatically. It also can't be removed with ADB or you lose the ability to change permissions entirely. The stock launcher can't be removed either or you lose gestures.
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Interesting. So, were you able to get a launcher to work for you or do you just use the stock laucnher?
Phaze1585 said:
Ive got Mint mobile here in the states. Im not having any issues, and its $15 a month. Maybe try them?
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I'm in Canada. Using telus only freedom works. I can Hotspot data from the phone because it has hotspot apn settings but not regular ones. Trying to root but I can't get fastboot to detect it.