Okay I've come to conclusion of rooting my phone so I can in install CyanogenMod 10.1. BUT I need your guy's help during the process. Here's some questions I need to ask.
On Q9, what does it mean to add lines on "hosts" file? Do you just rename the hosts file and add lines something like this? "_hosts_"
And for Q10, telling me to follow steps to 3 to 10. Does it mean I have to do it all over again? ..
Sorry for being uneducated about this, lol. I'm a noob and learning.
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So I've done some research... I have to unlock my BL first in order to flash to CM 10.1 ... Funny how unlocking BL for p769 is very difficult. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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I'm not trying to be mean but if you can't follow this rooting method you might not want to try cm-10. Try to root first and get comfortable with it.
The two questions refer to the offline fix method link that's in question 10
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You are correct. You have to flash the Europe version p760 but in my opinion it not worth the hassle. Now about the host, you add those two lines at the end (the bottom)
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kuma82 said:
You are correct. You have to flash the Europe version p760 but in my opinion it not worth the hassle. Now about the host, you add those two lines at the end (the bottom)
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I think I figured it out... So i add these lines here
Under this
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You have to open the host file, with notepad, but! You need to open notepad as an administrator, right click on notepad and run as administrator. You add those two lines inside the host file at the very bottom
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If you just right click on the host file and open with notepad, when you add the two lines at the bottom it won't save.
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kuma82 said:
You have to open the host file, with notepad, but! You need to open notepad as an administrator, right click on notepad and run as administrator. You add those two lines inside the host file at the very bottom
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If you just right click on the host file and open with notepad, when you add the two lines at the bottom it won't save.
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I know about the notepad but what I dont get is when it told me to "Now copy-paste following in "Open File" Box."
I think it's telling me to paste this "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" but paste to what, the Open File Box? What?
And I dont even know where to paste this
"127.0.0.1 csmg.lgmobile.com
127.0.0.1 csmgdl.lgmobile.com ", it said to paste it on the bottom of hosts file ? I opened the file but this showed up..
http://postimg.org/image/98nzl1955/
http://postimg.org/image/412wgksjt/
http://postimg.org/image/z5hnxncsp/
http://postimg.org/image/tvcp6csjt/
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http://postimg.org/image/98nzl1955/
http://postimg.org/image/412wgksjt/
http://postimg.org/image/z5hnxncsp/
http://postimg.org/image/tvcp6csjt/
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I cant view the images?
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geeshiet said:
I cant view the images?
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I can, links work.
Okay now i see it.. for some reason my stock and 3rd party browsers doesnt seem to render the images..
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Thanks for the help kuma.
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I cant view the images?
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I'll upload them to photo bucket later.
But for now do this. Press the window button
Type "notepad"
When notepad pops up, right click it and select "Run as administrator"
Now click the FILE tab (at the top left corner) and select open
Now got to window/system32/drivers/etc
Once inside the area, everything will be blank. At the bottom click the text .txt, it should give you an option to show all , click it
Then you see the host file. Double click on it , then add those two line at the bottom inside (the host file)
Lol, this is only the beginning. But everyone must start somewhere
If you need anymore help, give me a holla
kuma82 said:
I'll upload them to photo bucket later.
But for now do this. Press the window button
Type "notepad"
When notepad pops up, right click it and select "Run as administrator"
Now click the FILE tab (at the top left corner) and select open
Now got to window/system32/drivers/etc
Once inside the area, everything will be blank. At the bottom click the text .txt, it should give you an option to show all , click it
Then you see the host file. Double click on it , then add those two line at the bottom inside (the host file)
Lol, this is only the beginning. But everyone must start somewhere
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No, its okay i see the images perfectly fine now haha.
I think i understand this quite well since i read the whole thing 5 or more times lol.
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geeshiet said:
No, its okay i see the images perfectly fine now haha.
I think i understand this quite well since i read the whole thing 5 or more times lol.
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Yeah I had to read it several times, this is my only phone
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Yeah I had to read it several times, this is my only phone
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Same goes for me! Lol.. hm, should i do this instead since i can unlock my bootloader?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277639
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When you click on notepad you have tip open that file. So you paste the Windows address in the open file section to get to the hosts file then you paste the two strings at the bottom of the hosts file.
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Same goes for me! Lol.. hm, should i do this instead since i can unlock my bootloader?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277639
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No, if it's your only phone. I don't recommend it. I lot of stuff can go wrong and, if you have to install the fastboot driver and etc.
Think of it like this, changing the host file is like a grain of sand, BUT installing the omap drive and flashing in fastboot (if something goes wrong) is a huge BOULDER. get my point. Master this first and do a lot more reading before doing anything else. Look at all the threads in the help section. Several things can go wrong, and you have to be prepared for all of them. :sly:
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I haven't seen anything on this in the threads, but It's possible to check md5 sums with ES file explorer. I download things directly to my phone, long press file, choose properties from the menu, press check sums, select md5, let it do work!
Yep, Astro and Root Explorer do that as well.
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Yep, Astro and Root Explorer do that as well.
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I've always seen post for programs to use on windows, but never on my phone.
Thanks for the added info!
There are multiple apps in the store for md5's.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fab.md5
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I've always seen post for programs to use on windows, but never on my phone.
Thanks for the added info!
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No problem! I always thought it was easier to check on my phone, since my ROM/HBOOT/radio downloads are all done on my phone.
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Thanks. Honestly I was too lazy to check in the past but now that I know this I'll do it.
Nice to know thanks. I always used hash Droid but never new you could check with es
I use it a lot when flashing ROMs and radios, all you have to so I long press on the file, select properties and then show checksum.
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Hey guys, I wrote an article over on our site that shows a quick walkthrough on how to display full desktop websites permanently on Chrome for Android Mobile so that you don't have to visit the mobile site, then hit "request desktop site" button any more. Considering Chrome is an awesome browser with full sync, and works very well on Jelly Bean, this might be of use to all of you. I know I was sick of having to constantly click the button.
Article: How To – Permanently Have Desktop Mode on Chrome Mobile for Android
Rooted device Instructions:
Copy the chrome-command-line.txt file attached to the post, then paste it into /data/local/ making sure to set the permissions to 755 and to remove the '.txt' file extension.
Flashable .zip, for the lazy:
You should know how to use this by now. Grab the attached ChromeDE.zip provided by XDA user djmcnz and flash away! (Thanks!) You can also drop him a thanks by visiting a post of his later in this thread.
ADB Instructions (for non-rooted devices):
Place the chrome-command-line.txt file in the root directory of your PC and rename it to 'chrome-command-line', then make sure your device is connected to your computer. When connected, issue this command:
Code:
adb push /chrome-command-line /data/local/chrome-command-line
You can also set the path on your computer where the file is located by replacing the first '/chrome-command-line' with the file location.
Cheers! Hopefully we'll see a better implementation of this in the upcoming 4.2 release.
Very useful. Instructions were clear and precise, Nice one!
thank you very well apreciated is there any chance you can write 1 on how to make it more stable?
b3ava said:
thank you very well apreciated is there any chance you can write 1 on how to make it more stable?
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Thanks guys, glad I could help. Wish I knew how to make it more stable! It seems that it runs much better on Jelly Bean, but us ICS users are still stuck with it being really slow and buggy
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I am stuck trying to figure out what "set permissions to 755" means...
it seems in the video you just tick different boxes, how does that relate to 755??
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bunnybash said:
I am stuck trying to figure out what "set permissions to 755" means...
it seems in the video you just tick different boxes, how does that relate to 755??
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I'm using solid explorer off of the market (a free file manager) which allows you to set the permissions of a file. In solid explorer, they are set by ticking the correct boxes, whereas in other applications they are typed in by number..
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Hey thanks for this....huge chrome pet peeve of mine...
Can you write a command for FULL screen!!
When i click the download command file (on Nexus)it just opens to a large field with text...nothing downloads.
Suggestion?
thanks
rockky said:
Hey thanks for this....huge chrome pet peeve of mine...
Can you write a command for FULL screen!!
When i click the download command file (on Nexus)it just opens to a large field with text...nothing downloads.
Suggestion?
thanks
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You can just copy the text and paste it into the correct location in a file called "chrome-command-line"
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Thanks very much...got it.
Hey, (cough , hate to push a good thing) do you think you could produce a similar command to enable full screen on chrome mobile?!!
QUOTE=omac_ranger;30213316]You can just copy the text and paste it into the correct location in a file called "chrome-command-line"
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rockky said:
Thanks very much...got it.
Hey, (cough , hate to push a good thing) do you think you could produce a similar command to enable full screen on chrome mobile?!!
QUOTE=omac_ranger;30213316]You can just copy the text and paste it into the correct location in a file called "chrome-command-line"
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Don't think it works that way mate. That one was built into Chrome, just enabled by the file.
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great guide. thanks for this. having to keep requesting desktop had become a bug bear for me
zionwolf said:
great guide. thanks for this. having to keep requesting desktop had become a bug bear for me
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Exactly! Glad I could help!
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Good tip but it can be improved.
You don't need root to write to /data/local/ so in theory this trick will work for everyone, might pay to update the article.
djmcnz said:
Good tip but it can be improved.
You don't need root to write to /data/local/ so in theory this trick will work for everyone, might pay to update the article.
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No? When testing with a Nexus 7 unrooted you cannot navigate to Data/local through Solid Explorer. Naturally I thought it had to be rooted. If you have had success with a different file manager (or pushed it through ADB) then letting me know what worked would be great.
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No? When testing with a Nexus 7 unrooted you cannot navigate to Data/local through Solid Explorer. Naturally I thought it had to be rooted. If you have had success with a different file manager (or pushed it through ADB) then letting me know what worked would be great.
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You'll be able to get to it in a terminal window or adb - not sure what's up with Solid, equally an update.zip will work without root.
/data/local/ is r/w for the local user and shell.
try - echo test > /data/local/test.txt on a non-rooted device, it'll work.
Actually, now that think about it more - Solid probably can't list the contents of / (root) so you can't navigate to sub directories. Can you type a path into Solid? That should work.
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You'll be able to get to it in a terminal window or adb - not sure what's up with Solid, equally an update.zip will work without root.
/data/local/ is r/w for the local user and shell.
try - echo test > /data/local/test.txt on a non-rooted device, it'll work.
Actually, now that think about it more - Solid probably can't list the contents of / (root) so you can't navigate to sub directories. Can you type a path into Solid? That should work.
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I'll definitely test that out and put a guide for newbies on there. Solid displays the root directory, but will not allow you to navigate to a folder inside of it. I was thinking about ease of access for the user, and assumed they wouldn't want to go the adb route. My bad, but thank you for the heads up.
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I'll definitely test that out and put a guide for newbies on there. Solid displays the root directory, but will not allow you to navigate to a folder inside of it. I was thinking about ease of access for the user, and assumed they wouldn't want to go the adb route. My bad, but thank you for the heads up.
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If you want it as easy as possible you could provide an update.zip for those with a custom recovery - that's going to be the simplest way. If you want to do that and need some help let me know.
does what is says on the tin
well spotted and thanks for posting
djmcnz said:
If you want it as easy as possible you could provide an update.zip for those with a custom recovery - that's going to be the simplest way. If you want to do that and need some help let me know.
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Yeah I would love some help with that. I've never tried to compile my own before. I have a few tools bookmarked, but haven't gone through with testing them too thoroughly.
tony_man said:
well spotted and thanks for posting
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No problem. Mind dropping a thanks? Waiting at 99 is a huge pain the arse.
omac_ranger said:
Yeah I would love some help with that. I've never tried to compile my own before. I have a few tools bookmarked, but haven't gone through with testing them too thoroughly.
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No worries, I can whip one up in a few minutes when I get home.
In the meantime you can have a look at some here: http://djmcnz.batteryboss.org/GNexus/mods/StockLauncher/v4/
If you want to have a play and look at the script. It will need to be different for you of course, least of all because we'll be mounting /data instead.
I'll send you a PM later on once I'm home (I'm in Europe/CET).
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hello all,
I am looking for app. or any other solution which disable the camera.
Does anyone have such a solution?
Thanks,
htako
You could use Titanium Backup to freeze your cammera app. (Although i suspect it would cause some future force-closes)
If you only want to prevent camera usage for a non-advanced user, you could just hide the camera icon, using samsung´s touchwiz-embeded hide icons feature.
anyhow, why would someone want to disable their camera anyways?
Simple move or delete it from /system/app with something like Root Explorer...
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Hi,
Thanks for the quick reply..
I want to be able to dis/en the camera by application
Is it possible?
Thanks
htako75 said:
Hi,
Thanks for the quick reply..
I want to be able to dis/en the camera by application
Is it possible?
Thanks
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As second poster said, freeze it, but it can be unfreezed...
But it's kinda pointless you do so from software, because other people can easily download and install another camera from play store... unless you can disable it under hardware level...
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Oh, wait a sec, it just reminds me that exynos security problem,
By change /dev/exynos-mem permission, you may be able to prevent any kinda camera applications from running . At least I tried and camera runs, but only get green screen
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"By change /dev/exynos-mem permission, you may be able to prevent any kinda camera applications from running . At least I tried and camera runs, but only get green screen"
I am android newbe... how can i change /dev/exynos-mem permission?
Thanks
htako75 said:
"By change /dev/exynos-mem permission, you may be able to prevent any kinda camera applications from running . At least I tried and camera runs, but only get green screen"
I am android newbe... how can i change /dev/exynos-mem permission?
Thanks
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Use something like Root Explorer or similar file manger, navigate to /dev , there is a file named "exynos-mem" , long press it, choose permission, and uncheck all box
See screenshot
I DO HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, AND TAKE NOTE OF ITS PREVIOUS PERMISSION SETTING IN ORDER TO RESTORE CAMERA FUNCTION , OTHERWISE YOU WILL DISABLE YOUR CAMERA AND WON'T BE RECOVERED EVEN YOU FLASH NEW ROM UNLESS YOU CHANGE IT TO THE RIGHT PERMISSION. AND I AM NOT TAKING ANY RESPONSIBLE ABOUT THIS!!!
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and this is what happen after you change the permission
Both stock and AOSP camera were disabled
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qtwrk said:
and this is what happen after you change the permission
Both stock and AOSP camera were disabled
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Do you familliar with apps that control camera dis/en?
the solution you recommended seems to be irreversible
It shouldn't be irreversible. Go back to the file long press and select the boxes same as last time.
You're only changing permissions, once back to how it was, this will bring the camera app back.
Vengeance
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htako75 said:
Do you familliar with apps that control camera dis/en?
the solution you recommended seems to be irreversible
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vengeance1990 said:
It shouldn't be irreversible. Go back to the file long press and select the boxes same as last time.
You're only changing permissions, once back to how it was, this will bring the camera app back.
Vengeance
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Would you mind to read my words carefully?
I told you to take note, or remember its previous permission setting IN ORDER TO RESTORE the camera
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Im still wondering
Why you want to fully dissable camera??
qtwrk said:
Use something like Root Explorer or similar file manger, navigate to /dev , there is a file named "exynos-mem" , long press it, choose permission, and uncheck all box
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Do i need to instll Root Explorer to SIII and modify the file "exynos-mem"? or should i install Root Explorer on PC and by connecting SIII to PC, modify the file?
Thanks,
htako
htako75 said:
Do i need to instll Root Explorer to SIII and modify the file "exynos-mem"? or should i install Root Explorer on PC and by connecting SIII to PC, modify the file?
Thanks,
htako
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Install it onto your mobile, computer has nothing to do with it.
But you have to be rooted first
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But you have to be rooted first
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Please explain what does it mean to be rooted/ how can i root?
Thaks.
htako75 said:
Please explain what does it mean to be rooted/ how can i root?
Thaks.
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Google it
htako75 said:
Please explain what does it mean to be rooted/ how can i root?
Thaks.
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Faqs and guides posted in General section .
jje
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But you have to be rooted first
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Do i have to root mobile in order to be able navigate to /dev/exynos-mem? cause i don't see any file calling "exynos-mem" under dev?
lol I like how he quoted that dude using ""
if you don't wanna root it, you can view those files inside your phone using your comps file manager, Linux should do this out of the box, on windows you'll probably need ADB. ill let the next guy explain ADB lol
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should i root mobile in order to be able modify :exynos-mem?
Hello!
First, I apologize for my poor english. It's not my mother tongue.
I'm using JB 1.4.2 on Razr i.
There's one thing that's annoying me a lot. I've installed the SNES Emulator SuperGNES and I've found that every single file type that have no app associated is showing SuperGNES icon and associated with it. Example: .log, .db, etc. Even files that have no extension is associated with it. The same problem occur when ZArchiver is installed. I don't know if it's a bug of these two apps or Android's in general. Remembering that this associations are shown only inside Android's native file manager. It's like every "unknown MIME type file" act like being the same.
I only want to understand why it's happening, even if there's no solution...
Thanks in advance!
When we try to open files it's the file explorer fires an activity with the data of file properties any app that has declared to receive intents of that specific type are launched.
In case the app fails to filter what file types it reads that app would be called every time you open a file unless there's a default app to do so.
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goto installed apps and clear the defaults for supergles. i use supergless myself and have had no problems
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When we try to open files it's the file explorer fires an activity with the data of file properties any app that has declared to receive intents of that specific type are launched.
In case the app fails to filter what file types it reads that app would be called every time you open a file unless there's a default app to do so.
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It's like the application telling the system that it can open "anything"... interesting...
So the problem is in app itself. Maybe an mistake made by developer when setting what files it can open.
dmolon said:
It's like the application telling the system that it can open "anything"... interesting...
So the problem is in app itself. Maybe an mistake made by developer when setting what files it can open.
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Yup
they'll fix it
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pikakai said:
goto installed apps and clear the defaults for supergles. i use supergless myself and have had no problems
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He could be right please try it.
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I've already tried to reset defaults, but the option is grayed out...
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I've already tried to reset defaults, but the option is grayed out...
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Then it's the app bug for sure
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I have some pictures and an audio book (in mp3 format) on Google drive that I would like to download to my phone (Galaxy S4). I can't seem to figure out how to do it. I am new to both drive and the Galaxy S4.
Please help.
Can you see the files in the drive app? If so, long press should bring up a menu where download is a choice.
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Can you see the files in the drive app? If so, long press should bring up a menu where download is a choice.
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I found that only downloads the files. I really want to download a whole directory of files with 56 files in it. Sucks if I have to download 56 files one at a time.
oldspook said:
I found that only downloads the files. I really want to download a whole directory of files with 56 files in it. Sucks if I have to download 56 files one at a time.
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True. Never even though about whole directories. My gut tells me there ought to, as the saying goes, be an app for that.
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oldspook said:
I found that only downloads the files. I really want to download a whole directory of files with 56 files in it. Sucks if I have to download 56 files one at a time.
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Found it - ES File Explorer. Might be others but tested this one.
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ES File Explorer, I'll install it and give a try.
Thanks
Astro file manager can help you too. Just multiselect all the files and copy
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