Is there anyway to clear android first time app install check?
For instant, some apps detect whether it is the first time "XYZ" app installs on the device or not, or it had uninstalled previously and reinstall again?
Anyone know how to clear those log or temp or something?
Try SD maid. That might help.
olokos said:
Try SD maid. That might help.
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Thank you, but the SD Maid won't help as I tried.
ninetitle said:
Thank you, but the SD Maid won't help as I tried.
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In that case, let us know what are you trying to do anyway as I don't think there's any check in android itself, but your application may do such check.
olokos said:
In that case, let us know what are you trying to do anyway as I don't think there's any check in android itself, but your application may do such check.
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Well, I've been using some apps...
In those apps, sometime they come up with some promotion to earn some coins or code by installing another app as they advertised..
The condition is that those app must be the first time install and run on the device, otherwise it will be ineligible for the redemption.
"those app" I mean, I had once installed before and current uninstall. If I install it again, some mechanism detects that this is not first time and I won't qualify for the promotion.
Thank you for the reply anyway.
ninetitle said:
Well, I've been using some apps...
In those apps, sometime they come up with some promotion to earn some coins or code by installing another app as they advertised..
The condition is that those app must be the first time install and run on the device, otherwise it will be ineligible for the redemption.
"those app" I mean, I had once installed before and current uninstall. If I install it again, some mechanism detects that this is not first time and I won't qualify for the promotion.
Thank you for the reply anyway.
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It might be harder then I've thought then. I'll send you a PM what else can u try to get that.
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just had my Galaxy2 stolen, I had it on the pattern lock...will it wipe after certain attempts or is there a way to wipe it?
hawrai68 said:
just had my Galaxy2 stolen, I had it on the pattern lock...will it wipe after certain attempts or is there a way to wipe it?
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Did you sign up for samsung dive?
No...Can the unlock pattern be by-passed easily?
Try plan b from market.
Plan B from Lookout labs is a find my phone app that you download. AFTER you lose your phone. Thanks to the new Android market, all you have to do is: Login to the Android Market, Find Plan B and Install it. Plan B will start locating your phone using cell towers and GPS. It will email you the location every 10 mins. It works best if you have the GPS enabled already as the app can not do that by it'self.
Plan B will start locating your phone using cell towers and GPS. It will email you the location every 10 mins. It works best if you have the GPS enabled already as the app can’t do that by itself. You can restart the process by texting locate to your number.
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hawrai68 said:
No...Can the unlock pattern be by-passed easily?
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Yeah pretty easily from my experience... Not sure how many people know how to though
Surely flashing a stock rom with repartition will remove it? You don't need the pattern to get in download mode. Sorry to hear about your loss.
norm2002 said:
Surely flashing a stock rom with repartition will remove it? You don't need the pattern to get in download mode. Sorry to hear about your loss.
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They wouldn't even need to repartition... This is the only downside of an unlocked bootloader phone.
Thing is, thieves tend to be the lowest levels of civilisation, so will they know how to get it into download mode? Or how to correctly flash it in ODIN? Or do they even know about the possibility of such modes?
Yes, some thieves are smart, but most ain't.
I just don't want them to access my info...I rather they had to wipe it and keep the damn thing.
Will try the App also...thanks.
i guess you didnt install mobile defense or any tracking app to your phone. that's the first thing that gets installed to my device, automatically actually because its tied to my google account. so i can go to mobiledefense website and track my phone, wipe the phone remotely, etc. sorry for such a loss!
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i guess you didnt install mobile defense or any tracking app to your phone. that's the first thing that gets installed to my device, automatically actually because its tied to my google account. so i can go to mobiledefense website and track my phone, wipe the phone remotely, etc. sorry for such a loss!
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what apps u use mate to do that,i want to do on my phone thanks
turborider said:
what apps u use mate to do that,i want to do on my phone thanks
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I use mobile defense, but I heard they closed off for new users. I don't know, but similar apps exist like where's my Droid or something like that.
Prey project is free iirc.
Lookout is and app that allows you to perform wipes, & locate your device also.
I've also used LostPhone(stop sign for app icon)
hawrai68 said:
just had my Galaxy2 stolen, I had it on the pattern lock...will it wipe after certain attempts or is there a way to wipe it?
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Have you rang your network and reported it stolen?
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no one mentioned the first thing to do!
CHANGE YOUR GOOGLE PASSWORD!!
Yes I changed Google password 1st thing..Sim card was not in the phone, did not think network would help.
give the network your ime number and they will block the phone for you.
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I use mobile defense, but I heard they closed off for new users. I don't know, but similar apps exist like where's my Droid or something like that.
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You can use Samsung's solution on SGS2, SamsungDrive . Also lets you track and remote wipe.
bobbysixkiller said:
no one mentioned the first thing to do!
CHANGE YOUR GOOGLE PASSWORD!!
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+1000 change ALL passwords that you saved on the phone (like Yahoo, papal, whatever). Google is the main one.
dk206 said:
Have you rang your network and reported it stolen?
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the network can only stop the activity on the SIM card (phone is irrelevant, and they can't do **** besides deactivating the SIM imho)
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give the network your ime number and they will block the phone for you.
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They MAY block it but only from activating on their network.
OP, I am genuinely sorry for the loss.
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Prey project is free iirc.
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this. up to 3 devices for free. i'd get this first thing on your new phone. try planb for the current phone to see if theres any way to track it.
I may be missing something here, but I was just wondering:
With the ability to sideload apps, what's the point in rooting? What can you do with a root that you can't do via sideloading?
I could understand if the root was permanent and couldn't be removed via a software update, but as I understand it, this is not the case.
So why root? What are the benefits? I'm willing to give it a shot, but before I do, I really need to understand what the upside is. Possibly I'm just not educated enough on the subject, so if anyone has any thoughts- I'd love to hear them.
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I may be missing something here, but I was just wondering:
With the ability to sideload apps, what's the point in rooting? What can you do with a root that you can't do via sideloading?
I could understand if the root was permanent and couldn't be removed via a software update, but as I understand it, this is not the case.
So why root? What are the benefits? I'm willing to give it a shot, but before I do, I really need to understand what the upside is. Possibly I'm just not educated enough on the subject, so if anyone has any thoughts- I'd love to hear them.
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Ability to side load apps doesn't mean we can get all apps to work. For example: android market, 3rd party keyboards, etc... Will not work on this device without root permissions to change what the permissions of the app is itself. I believe the developer who was able to override the n button to take you to a 3rd party home launcher also requires root. You can remove unwanted apps (chess, whatever other lame games were built in) that you wouldn't be able to otherwise.
MOST importantly (at least for me) you can run titanium backup and backup apps+data to avoid losing info and having to re-download everything all over again in the event of a reset.
Okay, good points, thanks for the info.
I'm a little scared to give this a shot but maybe I'll bite the bullet and try it.
The n button app doesn't require root, least not the original. Haven't check it since then as it worked perfectly for me in the first iteration.
Until we can load CM on it, mine will be staying unrooted. Got everything else I needed with sideloading.
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You can sideload everything, but will you be able to receive updates?
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You can sideload everything, but will you be able to receive updates?
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Quite a few of us hope that we can not receive updates. BNs handful of crappy apps really can't benefit from updates and the truncated version of Android they've used doesn't have enough substance to be worth updating. Those of us who have sideloaded this into a modern, useful device often prefer to be left to our own devices (pun intended).
I think he may have meant can you get updates to the apps you sideload. And I'm pretty sure the answer to that is no. But I could be wrong about that.
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I think he may have meant can you get updates to the apps you sideload. And I'm pretty sure the answer to that is no. But I could be wrong about that.
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Ah, you may be correct. If that was the question then what I'm finding is that I'm getting market updates just fine. Some of the apps I have sideloaded from non-market sources are updating too, some might not be but how would I know? The few apps I have needed to copy to the root will not be able to update as far as I know.
My first response incorrectly assumed you meant OTA (over the air) updates of the whole shebang from BN.
You can always update the same way you got the initial program, sideloading. I haven't had any trouble updating my Amazon Market apps though.
I don't have googles market currently.
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I think he may have meant can you get updates to the apps you sideload. And I'm pretty sure the answer to that is no. But I could be wrong about that.
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If the sideloaded app installs appropriately then updates should not be a problem. It your choice to accept the update or not.
...btw, yes I was referring to app updates, and not OTA.
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If the sideloaded app installs appropriately then updates should not be a problem. It your choice to accept the update or not.
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How do you get updates to sideloaded apps? Do you just download the updated apks and install? I'd imagine that would not be able to save any app data. You could use titanium...but no root!
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...btw, yes I was referring to app updates, and not OTA.
How do you get updates to sideloaded apps? Do you just download the updated apks and install? I'd imagine that would not be able to save any app data. You could use titanium...but no root!
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On unrooted devices I have sideloaded apps with when an update to that program is posted by the developer, a notification is automatically sent out. Granted, that is with Market apps but I have not seen a difference between Google Market apps, AppBrain, Amazon or Android Market. Don't recall ever loading anything from BN Market as I never wanted anything from there. They have a habit of charging for apps that can be had for free on other Markets.
You could always manually login and check each app for an update, too.
I can't even load this application. It starts, then immediately goes to a black screen. Have any of you experienced this?
I've cleared data, uninstalled, and pulled battery. Still doesnt work.
Senorkabob said:
I can't even load this application. It starts, then immediately goes to a black screen. Have any of you experienced this?
I've cleared data, uninstalled, and pulled battery. Still doesnt work.
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Are you using a legitimate copy purchased from the market?....It uses a security check to make sure that you own it on the up & up. If you did purchase it from the market, make sure you're signed into your Google account before you try to open it, so that it can do it's license check. If that doesn't help you, email the developers, they have pretty good support. I've been using the app without issues for a couple of months now.
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Are you using a legitimate copy purchased from the market?....It uses a security check to make sure that you own it on the up & up. If you did purchase it from the market, make sure you're signed into your Google account before you try to open it, so that it can do it's license check. If that doesn't help you, email the developers, they have pretty good support. I've been using the app without issues for a couple of months now.
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Yep, it was purchased. Got it working though, all it took was me reflashing my ROM lol
Thanks!
Senorkabob said:
Yep, it was purchased. Got it working though, all it took was me reflashing my ROM lol
Thanks!
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Glad you got it working. It really makes switching roms a breeze. One piece of advice for you though, take the phone rom "update.zip" and copy it to your computer for safe keeping. It's in /sdcard/bootmanager/phonerom. In the event that you ever have an sd card failure, you need that update.zip to boot back into your phone rom without going through extreme measures to recover your phone.
Well, its come to the time to allow my kid their first, own, smartphone. Actually, I will be passing onto him, one of my older Android phones; old as in running Gingerbread. One of my phones as is its rooted.
Is there some way to block him from installing apps or allowing app updates? Possibly with a password or PIN, that only I would know?
Yea, I know how to stop auto-updates. But, I am sure if the phone asked him to manually approve downloading and installing an update, he would naturally comply and click on "yes" (or "accept" or whatever the prompt says).
I kind-of look at this as being training wheels for a smartphone. By the time he cracks any such password, he'll be ready to go without such restrictions. :angel:
Probably is an app store that does that but google play doesnt. Keep looking, but probably need a child lock of some type
You could root it and delete the google play app
I think you need tot flash an official firmware... And root it afterwards...
What kind of phone do you have?
0mega007 said:
You could root it and delete the google play app
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I think that would stop me, too, from updating and adding new apps.
I don't want to stop it overall. I just want to stop him from doing such (at least until he learns the ins-and-outs).
droidsinfo said:
What kind of phone do you have?
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MOT Droid 3.
WaltA said:
MOT Droid 3.
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Here is a link to the official firm update...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1643521
If you do this everything wil be reseted and you can root it afterwards...
The forum wont let me post on any developer thread so i cant post there, sorry >.<
I want to know if your root files for Bluestacks v0.8.1.3003 can work on the latest one, because downloading another 500MB would take me all night and if i can avoid that itd be better because my internet is so sloooooow >.<
The second thing is, well not completely about the root package but about the latest bluestacks 0.8.xxx, is it normal google play never works and basically just closes in a split second after opening? ever since i upgraded from 0.7.xxx google play simply doesnt work for me, and oddly, so does ADW Launcher (it works but after clicking it for a while it crashes the entire emulator) same goes for chrome and the gmail app... just thought id ask you this because you're the last person making root files for bluestacks and the only seeminly knowledgeable one since the bluestacks developers never reply to anything....
Hi Chakkas,
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I didnt know you could do that lol, im new to this forum in a way i guess so that never crossed my mind haha, Thanks!
Heres me hoping he sees it from your example post haha :laugh:
Chakkas said:
The forum wont let me post on any developer thread so i cant post there, sorry >.<
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No worries, I'm now subscribed to this thread as well, so...
Chakkas said:
I want to know if your root files for Bluestacks v0.8.1.3003 can work on the latest one, because downloading another 500MB would take me all night and if i can avoid that itd be better because my internet is so sloooooow >.<
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Well, haven't tried yet, since I always completely reinstall BlueStacks from anew. I suppose it should work for updates where they changed the emulator, but it's questionable for upgrades where they changed Android, because that would probably be in the rootfs.
So the only thing I can say is: If you're lucky. I would suggest backing up your old 'Root.fs' and 'Data.sparsefs'-directory, so when it doesn't work you can easily put those 2 back to revert.
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The second thing is, well not completely about the root package but about the latest bluestacks 0.8.xxx, is it normal google play never works and basically just closes in a split second after opening? ever since i upgraded from 0.7.xxx google play simply doesnt work for me, and oddly, so does ADW Launcher (it works but after clicking it for a while it crashes the entire emulator) same goes for chrome and the gmail app... just thought id ask you this because you're the last person making root files for bluestacks and the only seeminly knowledgeable one since the bluestacks developers never reply to anything....
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Actually, at this end Google Play Store doesn't crash, nor does ADW (or I wouldn't have added it). I know Play Store didn't work for me in 0.7.x, but that got solved since 0.8. Did you freshly reinstall BlueStacks or have you always upgraded? Because upgrading could always be the culprit, seeing as it will probably not have been made to expect rooted systems...
Theoretically it shouldn't form any of a problem, though, but practice has proven theory wrong many times before... ;p
Anyway, I hope that sufficed for now...
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Well, haven't tried yet, since I always completely reinstall BlueStacks from anew. I suppose it should work for updates where they changed the emulator, but it's questionable for upgrades where they changed Android, because that would probably be in the rootfs.
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I guess its worth it, no point in holding on to the current version of bluestacks if the newer version fixes stuff, and god knows the current version im on has its bugs, so buggy it could make an exterminator go bonkers if i had to be precise.
Nephatiu said:
So the only thing I can say is: If you're lucky. I would suggest backing up your old 'Root.fs' and 'Data.sparsefs'-directory, so when it doesn't work you can easily put those 2 back to revert.
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Ah, so this is where Bluestacks stores all the Android data apps make and the apps themselves and their settings? Whenever i previously tried to root Bluestacks id save the entire \Bluestacks folder in ProgramData as a backup incase things went south, keeping it to just those two files should make things easier...
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Actually, at this end Google Play Store doesn't crash, nor does ADW (or I wouldn't have added it). I know Play Store didn't work for me in 0.7.x, but that got solved since 0.8. Did you freshly reinstall BlueStacks or have you always upgraded? Because upgrading could always be the culprit, seeing as it will probably not have been made to expect rooted systems...
Theoretically it shouldn't form any of a problem, though, but practice has proven theory wrong many times before... ;p
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Weird, we're at like opposite spectrums of it lol, for me 0.7 worked but for you it didnt while with 0.8 it did for you but not me. I wonder if the folks over at Bluestacks made it as a way to prevent users that were previously using the Play Store since companies have to license being able to use Google Play..
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Anyway, I hope that sufficed for now...
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Haha yes much thanks for replying to me, and sorry if any trouble
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No worries, I'm now subscribed to this thread as well, so...
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The forum now doesnt show the message that says im not eligible to post in development threads anymore, success! i can keep my feedback for there from now Once again thanks for the reply lol