Hi,
can the UMS-feature be bought? I find it extremely annoying that I cannot use the S III as a mass storage device, as I have a 16GB SDCard in it. I know UMS can be activated only if rooting the device, which I try to avoid. So much, that I even would pay for an app to do that...
Plese help.
Thanks
I guess UMS would be possible, but you would only be able to access your external sd-card while UMS is running. It's simply not possible to also mount /data for UMS while android is running.
maklein said:
Hi,
can the UMS-feature be bought? I find it extremely annoying that I cannot use the S III as a mass storage device, as I have a 16GB SDCard in it. I know UMS can be activated only if rooting the device, which I try to avoid. So much, that I even would pay for an app to do that...
Plese help.
Thanks
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No UMS without root privileges..nd why afraid of rooting...no root=no XDA Developers
There is an app, for this, it's called SGS3 Easy UMS and it's in the themes and apps forum.
It is free requires root and it works, yet it's still in beta.
Root your phone, otherwise I do not understand the purpose of people registering on this WebSite.
This website (Especially the Android forums) assume you have rooted your device or you are planning to.
Don't be afraid of the root, it's your friend
I takes like three seconds to root with ODIN. Painless and simple.
Theshawty said:
I takes like three seconds to root with ODIN. Painless and simple.
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And how much pain to unroot?
maklein said:
And how much pain to unroot?
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Little to none.
Just flash a stock firmware with odin and do a factory reset afterwards and you're good to go.
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Google SGS3 Easy UMS It's free.
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i've recently bought SGS and i'd like to root it and upgrade my firmware into gingerbread, which is currently froyo. should i root it now? because i see that rooting makes my warranty void. but if i could guarrantee that rooting won't make my phone unusable, or any bad loss happened to it, i think i will root it and upgrade its firmware. they say rooting has some risk tho.
and if i root my phone and fail, Question:
1. can i bring everything back? 2. but if i couldn't start my phone after rooting failure, is still there a way to fix it?
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all i want is to make my phone a lot faster, have outstanding features, and the one that transfers external memory into internal.. so i have 32gb microSD card, and 16gb internal memory, i will transfer like 20gb external into my internal so it will become 36gb internal memory.. and that would make my phone lot faster. and i don't know much about that superuser, busybox and that voodoo thingy. so like even if i open any game or like viewing the application tab from 1~5tabs there won't be any kind of lag happens. (especially when i minimize the application tab (5 tabs) it's so laggy D.
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i need help
BTW, about my phone,
firmware: 2.2baseband: I9000DXJPBkernel version: 2.6.32.9
[email protected] #1build: FROYO.DXJPE
No Guarrantees. Always. Odin is useful for bringing your phone back to a stock state.
Sent from my unbrickable cappy *bam*
bulletproof1013 said:
No Guarrantees. Always. Odin is useful for bringing your phone back to a stock state.
Sent from my unbrickable cappy *bam*
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so that odin is used to bring the phone back to normal then?
Hi Guys,
Finally our tablet has been rooted, lets just list out the benefits of ROOT. My wishlist is as follows:
1. Ability to take screenshot.
2. Change fonts.
3. WhatsApp. (Success) CLICK HERE
4. Use Xperia Arc Timescape/Launcher, etc.
5. Moving game date to external SD card.
I can use AdFree t oget rid of all the stupid adds that takes cpu-power.
I can use Titanium Backup Pro and it's full power.
Root Explorer
I can get rid of stupid bloat-ware that is filling up precious storage-space.
Hopefully this can lead to maybe an unlocked bootloader to able recovery and custom-roms
To name a few things
Increase battery life with build.prop and sysctl.conf tweaks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159495
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151608
how to move games data to external memory card???
Sent from my Sony Tablet S using xda premium
Think you need to change your signiture from xperiax10.awesome
"Sony Tablet S still NOT rooted !!"
Haha, will change tomorrow..
Will also try changing Fonts, taking Screenshots & moving data to external sd card.
Sent from my "rooted" Sony Tablet S using xda premium
i was thrilled to be able to uninstall sony's crapware with titanium. was smiling ear to ear, actually, still am..
would also like to find out how to use the ext. sd card for more than media transfer as well
gimp1045 said:
i was thrilled to be able to uninstall sony's crapware with titanium. was smiling ear to ear, actually, still am..
would also like to find out how to use the ext. sd card for more than media transfer as well
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Like to see this also.
haenraets said:
Like to see this also.
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You can do this using Root Explorer.
Navigate to; system/ create a new folder called app.old.
Then navigate to system/app and pull all of the system apps that you don't want, move them into app.old folder you just made.
By doing that they are then uninstalled, freeing up valuable space. You could always copy them to your SDCARD then onto your PC, I wouldn't delete them as they may be needed again.
I'd like to post a "Tweak you Sony Tablet S" thread at some stage with a custom homescreen theme and system tweaks.
Yep, looking forward to getting rid of all the Sony junk off it!
Root's failed for me though, been on XDA for a while, but not got my 10 posts yet to report it in the dev forum!
I think we can now look for a way to use the microUSB port as micro HDMI. I read some where that it can be done if we have root access!
gimp1045 said:
i was thrilled to be able to uninstall sony's crapware with titanium. was smiling ear to ear, actually, still am..
would also like to find out how to use the ext. sd card for more than media transfer as well
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haenraets said:
Like to see this also.
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Same here, specially the using the ext. sd card part!
I hope to see some Custom ROMs !!!!
Do note, if ICS comes behind the corner tomorrow (not that it will, but whatever), I'll prefer that above root. For all Root has to offer right now. A good custom rom might turn me over ;p
HKboy92 said:
Do note, if ICS comes behind the corner tomorrow (not that it will, but whatever), I'll prefer that above root. For all Root has to offer right now. A good custom rom might turn me over ;p
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Having root available changes the game.
If ICS OTA update removes the root (which is very likely to happen), then it will be possible to figure out manual update to ICS, which saves root rights.
I've seen it happenning on HTC View, where expoit was only available for GB, and then there was a way to update to HC and still have root rights. Not thru OTA though.
NNe00 said:
Same here, specially the using the ext. sd card part!
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will link2SD work? Going to try it now if I dont fall asleep
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ps3taker said:
will link2SD work? Going to try it now if I dont fall asleep
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link2sd shows internal/external built in memories and does not look at the physical sd card - so I could not make it work. maybe someone will do an extra script to mount physical sd instead of built-in one and not as sdcard2 - I saw a post about it for rooted tranformer or similar honecomb but cannot find it again yet - good night
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I hope to see some Custom ROMs !!!!
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can y'all please do some research......
ROOT IS NOT UNLOCKING BOOTLOADER
TO INSTALL CUSTOM ROM / CUSTOM RECOVERY NEEDS UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER
Yes root is great and it probably helps but its a separate issue to getting custom roms
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
so with this root, can i store games on the external SD card and play it off the external SD card?
Allright, so we got root now! I really enjoy it, since I had struggles with some bloody sony software...
But! What would make me really happy is an unlocked boot loader... So maybe someone who can post in the devs section can copy my post! But I'd like to pledge 15 dollar for the one who can unlock the boot loader
Maybe this is the way to speed things up, and we can run custom roms! So we don't need sony's ICS update. And we won't lose root when it is coming
Greetz!
so i got the s3 two nights ago (eep!:highfive
and i want to transfer all my game data (ie, saves) over from my Desire Z.
contacts, sms, photos etc arent a problem.
its just the games! well, not just any games, the kairosoft ones. i dont want too lose all my hard work on those little things!!
anyone able to help?
neither device is rooted
Desire Z is running 2.3.3 (stock)
S3 is running 4.0.4
i tried using a program via pc called "wondershare mobilego for android" but it didnt transfer the saved games. same with "moborobo" (it has the option, but only for rooted devices!)
i also tried transferring via sd card, and that didnt work either D=
i was told mybackup pro would work - fail
i've seen many people suggest titanium backup in my searches - however i have heard that it will only back up game data if the device is rooted
i am happy to root the s3 if needed to install the data (providing i can find a simple guide XD - i like to think i am pretty tech savvy, but this is just something i havent done yet!)
i've searched for hours already and from my understanding, both (?) devices have to be rooted.
however, i have seen (unless i misunderstood) that if i root my Desire Z to do the backup, i will lose my data anyway (before i backup that is).
is this true? or am i understanding this wrong?
p.s sorry if i posted in the wrong forum. wasn't sure which one :/
You have to root.
Root Desire, install TiBackup, backup any apps you need.
Root S3, install TiBackup, tranfer microSD from Desire to S3 (in which the backups are on) and restore through TiBackup.
Simplest way I know of, and you don't lose data from rooting.
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Good Q
i need know the same thing!! but whit a G note and a s3 ;P
gagdude said:
You have to root.
Root Desire, install TiBackup, backup any apps you need.
Root S3, install TiBackup, tranfer microSD from Desire to S3 (in which the backups are on) and restore through TiBackup.
Simplest way I know of, and you don't lose data from rooting.
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according to (sorry cant post links yet)
wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Desire_Z:_Rooting
and
wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Vision:_CyanogenMod
i will lose my data
or am i missing something?
[sorry, new to the whole rooting/flashing etc so trying to figure it all out ]
Titanium backup usually backups your apps to the external sd card. Anything on there is safe from rooting or fully wiping in recovery. Installing custom roms on it will not delete anything on it.
If you want to be extra safe, I would copy the titanium backup folder from your external sd card to your computer, so you have another copy of it in case something happens.
vx117 said:
Titanium backup usually backups your apps to the external sd card. Anything on there is safe from rooting or fully wiping in recovery. Installing custom roms on it will not delete anything on it.
If you want to be extra safe, I would copy the titanium backup folder from your external sd card to your computer, so you have another copy of it in case something happens.
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Thanks for clarifying
However it is my understanding that you need to root your phone in order for Titanium to be able to back up your game saves
So. My question is... does rooting cause you too lose data because that would defeat the purpose for me
No rooting will not cause loss of data.
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All Rooting does is modify a few system files and if you didn't know it was Rooted you'd never notice the difference, and to put it simply everyone who's scared to Root can end up losing years worth of data when they get their new phone so you have to balance the tiny negatives with the huge positives.
NIMBAH said:
No rooting will not cause loss of data.
Sent from my E15i using xda premium
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Michael_P said:
All Rooting does is modify a few system files and if you didn't know it was Rooted you'd never notice the difference, and to put it simply everyone who's scared to Root can end up losing years worth of data when they get their new phone so you have to balance the tiny negatives with the huge positives.
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ok, so to recap...
(sorry guys, just want to make sure i've got it straight in my head before i do anything!! i'm not ignorant, i swear )
i can root my desire z using this method: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Desire_Z:_Rooting
(can someone confirm if i need to downgrade my firmware? across various tuts i've read they all say something different - or nothing at all! currently running 2.3.3)
install Titanium Backup and backup all my game saves
THEN
root my S3 (still need to google an easy to understand method, but if you know a simple one let me know )
install Titanium and restore my game saves :fingers-crossed:
AND in this process, i won't lose my data?
NOTE: neither device has and ANY modification, both are completely stock at this point in time.
p.s i had someone mention to me that i need to unlock my bootloader to root the device, and unlocking the bootloader will cause data loss. is this true?
Anyone able to confirm above post???
Would really like to get my games transferred if it's possible
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Hello, when I bought this phone it had THREE (three. co.uk) firmware (with 3 logo when booting, and their app installed).
The phone was also ALREADY rooted - it had superuser app, smartcare app, and I checked it with "Root checker" app - yes, it had root access.
I, for stupid reasons, decided to flash another stock firmware from sammobile and everything went fine, however, after flashing this other stock firmware it didn't have Superuser app, and "Root checker" app didn't find root access as well. Why is that? Is my phone not rooted anymore?
Edit:
Question 2.
Three firmware took only 20MB of space and this new stock firmware from sammobile (has even less apps, no games etc) but is taking up 42.89MB of memory after clean install! Any idea why it takes that much more?
P.S. Both are 2.3.6 Gingerbreads
You have to re-root your device. After flashing new firmwares the root is going away.
Android-fany said:
You have to re-root your device. After flashing new firmwares the root is going away.
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Thanks a lot for an answer! :good: I'm new and read a lot but never seen this fact.
What about Question 2? My pre-installed firmware took only 20MB of program memory when it was new or after hard reset, and this new stock from Sammobile, it doesn't have all the games and other apps, but takes up 42MB
It may has bigger data.
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It may has bigger data.
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Oh well, that's too bad because Ace has rather small program memory and not all apps can be moved to SD so it will soon start lacking it if I don't limit myself... Anyways, thank you for answers.
Grimes13 said:
Oh well, that's too bad because Ace has rather small program memory and not all apps can be moved to SD so it will soon start lacking it if I don't limit myself... Anyways, thank you for answers.
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You can try to use Link2SD or Cronmod Script
When you bought the phone it was already rooted.. :what:
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I had to do this. Go to Walmart camera section. Buy yourself a sd card reader
for usb. I bought one that can read 6 different sd cards for 10 bucks. Now just
pop that puppy in the computer and move the files you
need to reflash into your recovery. Now put the sd card back in your
phone and reflash.
metropcsmegauser said:
I had to do this. Go to Walmart camera section. Buy yourself a sd card reader
for usb. I bought one that can read 6 different sd cards for 10 bucks. Now just
pop that puppy in the computer and move the files you
need to reflash into your recovery. Now put the sd card back in your
phone and reflash.
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I'm a little confused...what's the fix? And why rooted only? You can have cwm or twrp or another custom recovery without being rooted, and your ext sd card slot doesn't require root? Is there supposed to be recovery files linked here or something? Either the op heading is a little misleading, or some details need to be added cause I'm Def a little confused...or is this just a post about sd card readers? Thanks
Mega
megalomanic14 said:
I'm a little confused...what's the fix? And why rooted only?
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Mega
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Let's consider what means 'root' - as you can read in Wkipedia:
Android rooting is the process of allowing users of smartphones, tablets, and other devices running the Android mobile operating system to attain privileged control (known as "root access") within Android's subsystem.
Rooting is often performed with the goal of overcoming limitations that carriers and hardware manufacturers put on some devices, resulting in the ability to alter or replace system applications and settings, run specialized apps that require administrator-level permissions, or perform other operations that are otherwise inaccessible to a normal Android user.
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(Sorry for long quoting).
That means, without root you can only manage user apps and have not access to /system where are placed most interested things...
So aside of question if this method brings something really new, for successfull meddling in system apps root is a must! And fixing things in Android needs such meddling for sure
metropcsmegauser said:
I had to do this. Go to Walmart camera section. Buy yourself a sd card reader
for usb. I bought one that can read 6 different sd cards for 10 bucks. Now just
pop that puppy in the computer and move the files you
need to reflash into your recovery. Now put the sd card back in your
phone and reflash.
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trurl3 said:
Let's consider what means 'root' - as you can read in Wkipedia:
(Sorry for long quoting).
That means, without root you can only manage user apps and have not access to /system where are placed most interested things...
So aside of question if this method brings something really new, for successfull meddling in system apps root is a must! And fixing things in Android needs such meddling for sure
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Yea I'm well aware of what root access is...I develop roms and kernels, themes and other mods ...my question is about the post...was there suppose to be root packs here or is this just literally about an sd card reader...As the the op is about a fix for all androids which does not exist as they all require different root access files and methods, and most devices other than samsung have no external sd... and response and op have almost no relation to one another? What was the point of the op is what I was asking, not for a quote about root? Thanks:silly:
Mega
Yes, in this point you are right. I think metropcsmegauser a litlle overdone the self advertisements :laugh:
Metromega,
Thanks for posting info. This info could actually be helpful to somebody. The previous posts are probably right about changing title of thread. Current title is an oversell. See you recently joined, welcome aboard and have fun.
Peace
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azpatterson3 said:
Metromega,
Thanks for posting info. This info could actually be helpful to somebody. The previous posts are probably right about changing title of thread. Current title is an oversell. See you recently joined, welcome aboard and have fun.
Peace
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You are right. I hope Metromega and another developer will get good rating here. I am personally see Metromega's all post. He did good..:good: