I just purchased ZTE ZEPHYR from Straight Talk for my grandson (his ended up in the ocean )
it says it supports SD card but I cant move/put apps to it, only manually move pictures
there are apps out there to do this but require phone to be rooted
how should/could I handle this?
KK won't work like that without root. SD card strictly for media, not applications. Might try app 'apps2sd' but probably won't work without root access.
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I purchased two of these ZTE Zephyr Z752C phones for my children. I have also ran into this problem. I have been looking into rooting and flashing, but have not been able to find any files for this phone. I checked the compatibility for the lollipop through upgrade android. Two components were over 100%, but the ram is only at 93% so it says not compatible. I would even be willing to go to an older than kit kat as long as it has the option of the apps to sd. I also have downloaded and tried to override the adb location sets but it did not work. Any information or help would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you in advance.
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Hello all,
let me present my self as a beginner in the world of Android.
It has come an Star A3 to my hands, with Android 4.0 and among all great things of IceCream, few Chinese apps I want to get rid of
the phone is rooted (well, one headache less)
I have flash the recovery 592zn.com_recovery_Star_A3_MT6573.img with Mobileuncle tools (included in the mobile originally) and done a Boot/System/Data/Cache Nandroid backup
Apps I want to eliminate :
Baidu input (and add the standard input keyboard)
own Chinese launcher (I have already install LauncherPro, but I would love to get rid of the Chinese one completely)
UC xxxxx (some Chinese browser)
Root Explorer (Chinese version, to be able to install the English one)
ICS 4.0 (also Chinese version)
a Chinese flash-light
a Chinese dark/light switch screen
a Chinese version of the configuration menu
so, basically to keep a clean Android
so, where I have to look for help on how to do that ??
what short of help / tutorial am I looking for ?
I have installed:
http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html/#ImDisk
to be able to mount the nandroid img files in windows7-x64
but I can't see anything, it ask me to format the unit (?)
similar with Daemon Tools .
any help will be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance.
InTheater
My advice since you're rooted is install Titanium Backup and use it to uninstall everything you don't want. It's a root app that can get rid of virtually anything.
Seeing as you have a nandroid backup, in the unlikely case that the device won't boot at all without one or more of those apps, you can just restore the backup you have.
SifJar said:
My advice since you're rooted is install Titanium Backup and use it to uninstall everything you don't want. It's a root app that can get rid of virtually anything.
Seeing as you have a nandroid backup, in the unlikely case that the device won't boot at all without one or more of those apps, you can just restore the backup you have.
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Beautiful, it works like a charm !!
I have been able to get rid off all Chinese stuff
thanks
Star A3 for dummies
Hello
Ok I have searched for hours (as the video asked) and I cannot find an "android for dummies" guide. I dont know what a "root" is or what "titanium" is... so I may have found the correct forum - but I just don't understand it.
So the problem is this:
I bought a touch screen DualSim Android 2.3 GPS 3G MTK6573 Phone Star A3.
It arrived today BUT it has some chinese programmes on it (that I would like to clear) and I cannot seem to download any additional apps for it.
google.play wont work (apparently it doesnt support the device)
It has a few basic apps - but nothing wild or that I guess can't be re-downloaded again.
What would you recommend I do - do I wipe it and install something new or what. and if so please can someone explain it to me in small "for dummy" steps
I am not sure what else I need to tell you to give you abetter pic, but ideally I'd like this phone to work on the google apps system (or can you point me to where I can get similar apps)
On the "about phone" the
android version is 2.3.5
Kernel version is 2.6.35.7
I would really appreciate any help you can give me
Thanks
My first advice would be to try and achieve root on the phone. This should be relatively easy on a Chinese phone, most don't have great security.
Basically, "root" means to get increased permissions on the phone. There are certain files and actions on the phone that normally you can't do. With root, you can. Think of it as somewhat like logging into a computer as an Administrator rather than a standard user.
"getting root" basically means installing a hack to let apps on your phone do more than they could otherwise e.g. uninstall preinstalled apps.
To "root" your phone, you can use a tool like SuperOneClick or UnlockRoot. For both, you follow a few instructions, plug in your phone and click "Root" in the program, it'll work out the best way to do it for your phone and do it.
Once that is all done, there is a guide here for getting Google Apps (e.g. Play Store) working on unsupported devices: https://senk9.wordpress.com/2010/12...ogle-apps-gapps-on-your-android-device-phone/
Once you get Play Store working, Titanium Backup is an app you can install from there. Using root, it can uninstall any app you want.
Be careful with all this, if you're not you could break your phone.
educated dummy
Thank you so much! - and such a fast reply too!!!
I really apprecate your patience in explaining this all to me.
It sounds relatively straight forward - I will have a look at those progs and link you suggest tomorrow.
Obviously I dont want to break the phone either, then it would be more useless then it is already
Fingers crossed - will let you know how I get on.
Hi all,
Watched the video so I thought I would tag onto this thread instead of starting a new one.
Just bought a cheap star a3 dual sim android phone. This my foray into android phones and I am having some weird issues. Just a first note I have just rooted the phone but these issues where here before and after rooting. The A3 is a htc sensation clone i believe when my other half who has a htc desire tries to call the phone the phone goes straight into answer phone and rejects the call, she is on giff gaff in the uk and i have tried both a 3 network and orange sim and it happens on both. There is some weird chinese security software that I trying get remove but its seems very stubbon. Anyone any ideas. Ps battery life is awfull i only seem to get 6 hours from full to dead without hardly any use. Maybe I have loads running but unsure what I need to keep running.
Please help.
I have the star a3
Google play works perfectly. If you PM me, I am happy to send you the apk file for google play.
since you are rooted, I strongly suggest you get root explorer installed so you can go through and remove all the chinese apps.
Make sure you remove "himarket" its a big battery hog.
To the person who says their calls go straight to voicemail, remember this is a dual sim dual *standby* if you are using 2g or 3g cell data on one sim then the other sim cannot make or receive calls.
Also, there is no ICS for the Star A3, its just a skin on top of Gingerbread to make it look like ICS, if you go to settings, about phone and look, the version number will be 2.3.4 or 2.3.5 which means its gingerbread (if you really do have 4.0.1 ICS I would love to get a copy of the ROM for it!)
Hello,
As crazy as this sounds, is there an SD card image that is bootable similar to CM7 that isn't rooted? I want to use my Nook as a tablet for work but the IT department has an application that verifies that the device isn't rooted before you can get corporate mail. If there isn't an image, does anyone know if there is a way to reset the status on the Nook so that it doesn't show that it's been rooted?
Since I've started using my Nook booted off of the card I can't think of more than a couple times that I've needed root access. And each of those times I could just as easily moved to a different load/card. Being able to power down and swap cards is pretty snazzy. I received my nook as a holiday gift and I've loved running it off the card. I haven't loaded CM7 or anything else into internal memory because I like having the ability to revert back to B&N build if I need to.
My current setup is a Nook Tablet 16Gb running CM7 from SD card.
Mod version CyanogenMod-7.2.0-RC0-acclaim-Team-B
Android version: 2.3.7
Thanks in advance for any help.
Well you could always just boot into your internal ROM and use that at work. The root access you have only is available on your SD ROM so there's no real way for them to tell if you've ever had root access.
Although I don't know how they check in the first place, so that might be a little out of place for me to say.
If I not mistaken this is what you're looking for.
Nikkie
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21275927
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using xda app-developers app
Thank you for the advice.
Solar.Plexus: regrettably that is the crux of the issue. The company uses an app that is on the Google Play store for checking the device and the B&N internal rom doesn't have access to that. The card has access to the Play store but is rooted. It's like a rock and a hard place.
NikkieL: That is pretty much what I have already. I was wondering if there was an image that was complete but wasn't rooted.
Thanks again.
taferguson said:
Thank you for the advice.
Solar.Plexus: regrettably that is the crux of the issue. The company uses an app that is on the Google Play store for checking the device and the B&N internal rom doesn't have access to that. The card has access to the Play store but is rooted. It's like a rock and a hard place.
NikkieL: That is pretty much what I have already. I was wondering if there was an image that was complete but wasn't rooted.
Thanks again.
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Oh, I understand now. You need access to Google Play, but you can't have root.
I don't know if you can unroot a CyanogenMod ROM or not. Haha honestly, this is the only time I've ever seen this requested. Maybe if you remove some binaries and SuperUser completely, but I'm not so sure.
Try the app "voodoo rootkeeper"
Cubanluke88: That worked. I was able to get through the health check of my device. The "UN-Root" button worked like a charm.
I'd just like to provide some info on how this all works.
So the stock OS on the Nook is like most Android devices in that the end user does not have "root access." We have a few tools to allow users to gain root access on the stock OS.
Now, we also have a handful of custom versions of Android (roms). They all, as far as I know, come with root access. This means that upon installing them, whether to internal or booting from an sdcard, you will have root access, i.e. full access to the rom's file system. Developers could, if they so chose, create roms that did not have root access. In fact, back in March, the official CM team added the options in developer options, allowing users to disable root altogether, enable it for Android Debug Bridge mode (ADB) only, enable it for apps only or enable it for both (though I think this is only for CM9 and beyond).
Essentially the OP was asking for a way to have a custom rom (CM7) without root access. The app I suggested disables root access and allows you to toggle it back on when you need it. Its fantastic for stock versions. As many have found out, taking official updates usually removes root access. Voodoo Rootkeeper allows your device to preserve the apps/exploit essential for root access and to restore it when you need it.
^^^ That is the kind of post that helps newbies, like me, learn the ins and outs. Thank you.:good:
Hello, I picked up a Panasonic KX-PRX120 home phone. It comes with Android 4.0. Anyone aware of a generic root for it? I'd like to install "private caller" identification apps.
I too picked up this phone!
I have this device, it runs ICS 4.0.4, feels quite old.
I wanted to updated this to Jelly Bean at least, many popular apps are not available in the store, or simply do not work with it.
No 'Talking Caller ID' app works with it currently, all of them say 'Call from Unknown'.
I'm willing to compile Cyanogenmod from source if necessary (if and when I learn how to do it), but I'd like to create an existing image backup for my device first. Also, I'll need to ensure that the Landline App and DECT 6.0 features from Panasonic would work on my new rom.
Any tips anyone? Or am I looking at the impossible?
I have one too and was amazed to discover that with a clean install when you run all of the updates there is only 12M spare on the internal storage! This is a problem because I use CardDAV to sync my contacts between all my devices and they have to be stored on the internal storage.
I would like to root the phone so that I can mount the SD card to increase the amount of internal storage so that the phone is actually useable.
Just rooted mine.
Option 2 of Root MANY ANDROID (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460) works fine. (post #3774)
rizdroid said:
Just rooted mine.
Option 2 of Root MANY ANDROID (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460) works fine. (post #3774)
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Awesome... please let us know what you do with it... obviously new firmware is no good without it still working as a landline.
Is/was anybody able to install to install a suppported android generation on the Panasonic KX-PRX120G in the last 5 years? I bought one for a few bucks on ebay and don't have any experience with rooting/flashing of Android devices and would need some help. Thanks.
Hi so i need some help and this looked like a good place to start. I bought my girl a phone for Christmas, its the ZTE Atrium (Z793C) through Strait Talk from Walmart. Its a CDMA phone and it runs off the Verizon network. It was a decent prize, ok size screen, so i bought it (not knowing it was a peace of crap), its running Android 4.4.4 KitKat. So heres the problem it has a CD card slot but it only lets you use it for pictures and thats about it. Its only has a gig or so of internal memory. So it didnt take my girl long to fill it up with facebook, games and crap. I have never seen a phone like this, every android phone ive ever had at leat let you put sum part of your apps on the CD card. So i need some help, Im not new to hacking devices you name it ive hacked it and this is not the first phone ive rooted. If it was a sumsung or a Motorola i wouldn't be here. What the heck is a ZTE (crap ill tell ya). So ive tried a couple of apps from the pc and from the phone with no success (iroot,kingo root, kingroot,framroot but the apk i downloaded only had one exploit). IDK maybe i did something wrong. Any kind of help with this problem would be much appreciated.
Please help Somebody gotta have some ideas
Mrn-1977
I also am having the same issues. I use my phone for business and require alot of different applications. Please tell me there is a solution to this problem.
It has been done
If you still want to know, I got the device temp rooted and will be looking into a custom recovery and Tom for permanent root later.
Please can you tell me the best root for my zte atrium?
Right now I discovered a temp root for thr ZTE ATRIUM. It is the only root working right now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/temp-root-public-root-zte-z793c-t3415788
P.S: For the root to last longer keep all the apps you had opened while rooting and open terminal emulator and type SU. Then accept. Feel free to ask questions.
Hi.
I do not know in which sub forum must post this request. please move this request to associated sub forum.
problem about galaxy tab a t285
Please teach, how we can:
1) root
2) unroot
3) how to unlock external sd card for APPs
Thanks
Hi,
I just purchased this tablet. I've search the web but am unable to find a method to root this device. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Galaxy Tab A (2016) SM-T285
venomrat said:
Hi,
I just purchased this tablet. I've search the web but am unable to find a method to root this device. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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I made a similar assuming that I can still root and install custom rom on Samsung device and went ahead with the purchase of the same machine--the cheaper 8 gigs model that came with 7 of those 8 gigs already used by core files, and manufacturer apps which are basically bloatware. I didn't even bother to ask the dealer because I just figured ROOT and problem solved. Unfortunately not. After going through the usual developers sites, I am reading that new Samsung devices are distributed with the Bootloader being locked. Until there is a solution to unlock the bootloader, then I am assuming we can't do anything about this. If not, my questions is: Is there any way to reformat/reinstall or some method of getting those precious memory back? Taking up 7 of the 8 gigs is absurd.
All the apps I've installed have been moved to the external SD. However, the Internal memory still show: Apps 2.9GB, Others: 4.06GB (only showing 550MB thumbdata, DCIM 552MB) which tells me Samsung has installed bloatware that doesn't show up on the cleaning/maintenance apps available in the PlayStore. There must be something that can be done--anyone have a suggestion?
I'm facing the same problem too.
Why would Samsung had such device?
I had actually moved away from Samsung but last month bought this SM-T285 just to play games.
Only manage to keep few games and has the notification "Storage space running out some system functions may not work" permanently lighted.
typical consumer I am...
jkgtan said:
I'm facing the same problem too.
Why would Samsung had such device?
I had actually moved away from Samsung but last month bought this SM-T285 just to play games.
Only manage to keep few games and has the notification "Storage space running out some system functions may not work" permanently lighted.
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So as a typical consumer without an alternative of rooting, I decided to play their game--move the Apps to the SD card using the options in /Settings/Apps --this is the most helpful. Then also using a maintenance/ clean up app to complement Smart Manager is also helpful. Smart Booster is one I use. There are "bloatware" apps Samsung installed on the phone that you can uninstall and disable. This helps to. Using all of the above methods, I was able to retrieve an additional 1Gb back! It's a big deal when dealing with this device.
Please keep nagging Samsung about this-- We want the bootloader unlocked because by locking it up they are essentially slowing down progress--right?
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Post your queries here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/t/galaxy-tab-a
This device cannot be rooted at the moment.
All my methods have been unsuccessful so far due to the locked bootloader and Samsungs root restrictions.
However I have a customized debloated rom available.
If there is something specific you require in this rom post at the link above.
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bking43 said:
So as a typical consumer without an alternative of rooting, I decided to play their game--move the Apps to the SD card using the options in /Settings/Apps --this is the most helpful. Then also using a maintenance/ clean up app to complement Smart Manager is also helpful. Smart Booster is one I use. There are "bloatware" apps Samsung installed on the phone that you can uninstall and disable. This helps to. Using all of the above methods, I was able to retrieve an additional 1Gb back! It's a big deal when dealing with this device.
Please keep nagging Samsung about this-- We want the bootloader unlocked because by locking it up they are essentially slowing down progress--right?
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Not sure why you state this device takes up 7gb of its storage as it doesn't take anywhere near that as stock on the T280.