We just received the newly released US version Mate 10 Pro. I got it for my wife to replace her Axon 7. If it were my phone, I'd root it and use TiBU (assuming there's even a safe method for the US version), but it's her phone and she prefers it not be rooted. Through Google Backup, we got most of her stuff moved over, but all her apps don't have the application data that would also be moved using TiBU, so I'm wondering why the hell Google Backup even bothers.
I also tried the Huawei app "Phone Clone", but it fails after a few seconds, no matter what I do.
Is there a manually way to copy over application data without root? I haven't tried, because I don't want to complicate the situation by randomly copying crap over to the new phone.
So far, I've tried the following:
- Holo Backup (never starts a backup, and only says it'll work with the same device anyway)
- Manually copying /android/data/* over to new phone (starts transferring over windows, but hangs at certain files)
I'm beginning to think I am going to have to root this phone. I really cannot understand why google backup can't backup the application data. Could it be an option I'm missing?
Try Helium. I've not used it as I am rooted and use TiBu
But I've read that it does work.
Flapjack said:
So far, I've tried the following:
- Holo Backup (never starts a backup, and only says it'll work with the same device anyway)
- Manually copying /android/data/* over to new phone (starts transferring over windows, but hangs at certain files)
I'm beginning to think I am going to have to root this phone. I really cannot understand why google backup can't backup the application data. Could it be an option I'm missing?
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i backuped all my data without any problem. the way i did was connected to a computer with hisuite(by huawei). then with debug mode on, everything was backedup, and could be restored later. Even the bluetooth device.
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BTW, what's your model#, build# in aboutme? never seeing a official US version.
cooper2909 said:
i backuped all my data without any problem. the way i did was connected to a computer with hisuite(by huawei). then with debug mode on, everything was backedup, and could be restored later. Even the bluetooth device.
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BTW, what's your model#, build# in aboutme? never seeing a official US version.
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I finally gave up. All the good programs recommended by various sites (ie: super backup) said that without root, I wouldn't get the app data anyway. Some of the apps had export/import functions, so I used those where I could. The rest she'll just have to setup as best as she can.
I attached a screenshot of the about phone section.
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I finally gave up. All the good programs recommended by various sites (ie: super backup) said that without root, I wouldn't get the app data anyway. Some of the apps had export/import functions, so I used those where I could. The rest she'll just have to setup as best as she can.
I attached a screenshot of the about phone section.
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What I mentioned was from Huawei official website. Hisuite
Does the built-in backup app not work? If it exists in the Play store, it might be worth a shot. I used the adb backup command to migrate some stuff from my old phone, but some apps wouldn't backup even after using the Xposed module to force enable backup of apps that do not have the FLAG_ALLOW_BACKUP flag. I got about half of my apps to restore with their data correctly, but that was about as good as I got it.
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What I mentioned was from Huawei official website. Hisuite
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Not sure about HiSuite, but when I setup her phone, around the step that google will restore a cloud backup, "Phone Clone" also came up. It had me also install it on the other phone, then has you scan a bar code. After that, one of the phones will create a hotspot for the other phone to connect to. It looks like they find each other and a transfer starts, but they both failed within a minute or two.
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Does the built-in backup app not work? If it exists in the Play store, it might be worth a shot. I used the adb backup command to migrate some stuff from my old phone, but some apps wouldn't backup even after using the Xposed module to force enable backup of apps that do not have the FLAG_ALLOW_BACKUP flag. I got about half of my apps to restore with their data correctly, but that was about as good as I got it.
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I tried several other backup applications that, at their core, used a series of adb commands. All failed. If you're talking about using an xposed module, does that not require root? If I were going to root, I could just use Titanium Backup, which works for me every time.
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Not sure about HiSuite, but when I setup her phone, around the step that google will restore a cloud backup, "Phone Clone" also came up. It had me also install it on the other phone, then has you scan a bar code. After that, one of the phones will create a hotspot for the other phone to connect to. It looks like they find each other and a transfer starts, but they both failed within a minute or two.
I tried several other backup applications that, at their core, used a series of adb commands. All failed. If you're talking about using an xposed module, does that not require root? If I were going to root, I could just use Titanium Backup, which works for me every time.
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the original system's phone clone, cloud backup was designed for the Chinese version, which flawlessly cloud backup to huawei's server. But apparently won't work for us version. but i did successfully transferred my iphone's data by the scanning bar code.
but if you're backup the current mate 10 pro, recommand to down hisuite from huawei's official site, and backup everything to my computer. that's how i did every times before using rebranding.
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the original system's phone clone, cloud backup was designed for the Chinese version, which flawlessly cloud backup to huawei's server. But apparently won't work for us version. but i did successfully transferred my iphone's data by the scanning bar code.
but if you're backup the current mate 10 pro, recommand to down hisuite from huawei's official site, and backup everything to my computer. that's how i did every times before using rebranding.
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Does that work with different phones, though? Her old phone is an Axon 7. That's where we were trying to get the apps and data from.
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We just received the newly released US version Mate 10 Pro. I got it for my wife to replace her Axon 7. If it were my phone, I'd root it and use TiBU (assuming there's even a safe method for the US version), but it's her phone and she prefers it not be rooted. Through Google Backup, we got most of her stuff moved over, but all her apps don't have the application data that would also be moved using TiBU, so I'm wondering why the hell Google Backup even bothers.
I also tried the Huawei app "Phone Clone", but it fails after a few seconds, no matter what I do.
Is there a manually way to copy over application data without root? I haven't tried, because I don't want to complicate the situation by randomly copying crap over to the new phone.
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Where did you get the US version if it doesn't come out til the 18th?
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Does that work with different phones, though? Her old phone is an Axon 7. That's where we were trying to get the apps and data from.
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that's the transfer step during the mate10 pro setup. from iphone, other android phone by using bar code. not remember exactly. but it did for my iphone.
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that's the transfer step during the mate10 pro setup. from iphone, other android phone by using bar code. not remember exactly. but it did for my iphone.
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Yeah... the bar code method failed every time.
Oh well, she's irritated about losing app data (and app state... having to log back in to everything), but she's so happy with the mate 10 camera, she couldn't care less.
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Where did you get the US version if it doesn't come out til the 18th?
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Just saw this, sorry.
We thought it was the 18th as well. We pre-ordered it and NewEgg very clearly said "pre-order" with a 2/18 release date, but it shipped a few days later.
From what I can tell, it's only available through Best Buy, NewEgg, and B&H for now. Even though all three offered a $150 gift card, I picked NewEgg because they don't charge tax, and I needed a new SSD for my wife's PC.
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Just saw this, sorry.
We thought it was the 18th as well. We pre-ordered it and NewEgg very clearly said "pre-order" with a 2/18 release date, but it shipped a few days later.
From what I can tell, it's only available through Best Buy, NewEgg, and B&H for now. Even though all three offered a $150 gift card, I picked NewEgg because they don't charge tax, and I needed a new SSD for my wife's PC.
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Not a bad idea. I chose Best buy cause I work there (no discount) but I can get free gas with the gift card. Buy mobil gas cards. :3
leo72793 said:
Not a bad idea. I chose Best buy cause I work there (no discount) but I can get free gas with the gift card. Buy mobil gas cards. :3
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I guess I should've considered Best Buy, as NewEgg reports to Colorado all online purchases through them now... grubby-ass politicians want it all.
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I tried several other backup applications that, at their core, used a series of adb commands. All failed. If you're talking about using an xposed module, does that not require root? If I were going to root, I could just use Titanium Backup, which works for me every time.
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My source device is rooted, but my Mate 10 isn't.
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My source device is rooted, but my Mate 10 isn't.
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Same with hers (Axon 7). I could take TiBU backups all day long... but not restore them.
Looks like Magisk will now work with the Kirin 970. Still no TWRP, though. If it were my phone, I'd be all over it. I just want her **** to work, though.
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Just saw this, sorry.
We thought it was the 18th as well. We pre-ordered it and NewEgg very clearly said "pre-order" with a 2/18 release date, but it shipped a few days later.
From what I can tell, it's only available through Best Buy, NewEgg, and B&H for now. Even though all three offered a $150 gift card, I picked NewEgg because they don't charge tax, and I needed a new SSD for my wife's PC.
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Awesome - I ordered from Best Buy - picking up on Sunday. I noticed that Newegg now shows as "in stock", nothing about pre-order, i just don't have a use for the Gift Card. And the 6% back in rewards negated the tax difference.
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Awesome - I ordered from Best Buy - picking up on Sunday. I noticed that Newegg now shows as "in stock", nothing about pre-order, i just don't have a use for the Gift Card. And the 6% back in rewards negated the tax difference.
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im just hoping my pre-order is inventoried soon so i DONT have to go there on my day off
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I can't decide. I've watched youtube videos of both of them and they both look impressive. The nook tablet being $150 cheaper than the galaxy tab is very nice. But I'm hesitating because last summer I bought a nook color and wasn't all that impressed with it even after rooting it. The overall performance didn't meet my expectations. It's sluggish, N64oid doesn't work on the latest cyanogenmod for it, the internet browser crashes, I keep losing my wi-fi connection, etc. In the youtube videos I watched the rooted nook tablet looks like it fixed all of these issues. But I'm still not sure. I don't wanna make the same mistake again. I want a full android experience. Even if it means spending the extra money on the galaxy tab. What should I do?
The Nook Tablet is MUCH faster than the Nook Color (I had one), but I don't have N64oid, so I don't know the performance of running that.
To be honest, if you want PURE Android OS experience WITHOUT the hassle of sideloading GoLauncher, preventing OTA updates, etc..etc.., then get the Galaxy Tab 7 Plus. But if cost is important and you don't mind fiddling with the above, then go with the Nook.
I had the Nook Tablet since it came out and I spent more time trying to get it to work as a pure Android tablet than actually enjoying it, such as sideloading app, figuring out why certain apps doesn't work, etc.. and NOW I got the dreaded 1.41 update.
I am still trying to figure out this 1.4.1 update. When I revert back to 1.4.0, in order to use the NT, I had to turn on Wifi and register. Afterwards, I tried to sideload GoLauncher because I need to download Android Market app in order to get Titanium Backup (TB). TB is required to prevent the OTA update. However, before I get to downloading TB, I received the freakin OTA update again!!
I just want an Android tablet that I can use AND cheap, but apparently the headache of all the above made me not really enjoying the Tablet. So I am putting up my NT for sale and buying the Galaxy 7.0 Plus OR Galaxy Note, whenever it comes out here in the USA
The above is just my experience, so your mileage may vary.
the dilema is simple if you have the money go for the galaxy tab if someday the nook tablet gets the bootloader finally unlocked then u could sell your galaxy tablet and go for the nook tablet and get some bucks back to you , but if you get to love and need the whole (camera + other addons) experience then stick with the galaxy
That was actually very helpful. It does sound like a hassle/headache. Thanks.
lavero.burgos said:
the dilema is simple if you have the money go for the galaxy tab if someday the nook tablet gets the bootloader finally unlocked then u could sell your galaxy tablet and go for the nook tablet and get some bucks back to you , but if you get to love and need the whole (camera + other addons) experience then stick with the galaxy
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I am fine with no camera, but I think the final straw was when I am trying to go back to 1.4.0 AND stop the OTA from happening again. Twice I tried the method I posted above, TWICE I get the OTA update before I can prevent it.
I know CM7 will come in when the bootloader is unlocked, but it probably will be months away before it becomes stable on the Tablet.
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Bryon15 said:
That was actually very helpful. It does sound like a hassle/headache. Thanks.
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Don't forget to hit the "Thanks" button.
Hey guys, who should I sell my nook color too? And how much can I expect to get for it?
Try Amazon.com. Search for the "Nook Color" and when it show up, look at the right side, there is a button that state "Sell yours here".
I avoid eBay because of the scammers and Paypal HOLD your money for 2-4 weeks before releasing it to you. If the buyer "complaint" about your item, valid or not, then Paypal hold it even longer.
Not sure the going price for the NC nowadays.
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Hey guys, who should I sell my nook color too? And how much can I expect to get for it?
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why will you sell your nook color? it has cm7 and MIUI support. Is not that great as it looks?
lavero.burgos said:
why will you sell your nook color? it has cm7 and MIUI support. Is not that great as it looks?
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Because I need the funds for the samsung galaxy tab 7.0 plus. I wouldn't need both. Especially when the nook color wouldn't get used once I have the galaxy tab.
Check Craigslist
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Hey guys, who should I sell my nook color too? And how much can I expect to get for it?
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In excellent condition, about $120 (unless you have extra accessories). Remember that B&N refurbs with a standard 1-year warranty are $149.
lanwarrior said:
I am fine with no camera, but I think the final straw was when I am trying to go back to 1.4.0 AND stop the OTA from happening again. Twice I tried the method I posted above, TWICE I get the OTA update before I can prevent it.
I know CM7 will come in when the bootloader is unlocked, but it probably will be months away before it becomes stable on the Tablet.
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Don't forget to hit the "Thanks" button.
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The 1.4.1 update is 283 MB. You must have a relatively fast connection
After restoring to 1.4.0 via Adam_Outler's method, you could try downloading something very large on your pc (large enough to effect the speed of all the devices on your network) while configuring the nook tablet to be rooted. Really all you need to download onto the Nook Tablet itself to root is the tgps_launcher.apk. Turn off your wifi after downloading it and then root. Continue to keep your wifi off on the NT.
On your pc, download the android central sideloading wonder machine here. Also the titantium backup apk from here. Use the sideloading wonder machine to install titantium backup. You need to have USB debugging enabled on the tablet just like during the rooting process via tgps_launcher. Now you can follow indirect's OTA blocking method here (all while keeping wifi off), and you should be safe.
The only time you will have wifi on is from first registering the device to downloading the tgps_launcher from here.
After the tgps_launcher is installed, there should be no need to turn on wifi until after you get the update block.
xdahgary was the person who suggested using the sideloading wonder machine, so credit goes to him (and indirect who figured out adb install works) for finding a way to sideload without having to use the web browser after the getting access to the development settings menu via tgps_launcher.
Thanks for the information. Didn't know I can download TB instead going to Market. I'll try it out and see how it goes.
My Internet speed is 24 Mbps, but average throughput is about 21 Mbps, so I think it's not that fast. Not sure how my Tablet can attempt to download the update so fast. But with WiFi off, should be no issue.
darkquota said:
The 1.4.1 update is 283 MB. You must have a relatively fast connection
After restoring to 1.4.0 via Adam_Outler's method, you could try downloading something very large on your pc (large enough to effect the speed of all the devices on your network) while configuring the nook tablet to be rooted. Really all you need to download onto the Nook Tablet itself to root is the tgps_launcher.apk. Turn off your wifi after downloading it and then root. Continue to keep your wifi off on the NT.
On your pc, download the android central sideloading wonder machine here. Also the titantium backup apk from here. Use the sideloading wonder machine to install titantium backup. You need to have USB debugging enabled on the tablet just like during the rooting process via tgps_launcher. Now you can follow indirect's OTA blocking method here (all while keeping wifi off), and you should be safe.
The only time you will have wifi on is from first registering the device to downloading the tgps_launcher from here.
After the tgps_launcher is installed, there should be no need to turn on wifi until after you get the update block.
xdahgary was the person who suggested using the sideloading wonder machine, so credit goes to him (and indirect who figured out adb install works) for finding a way to sideload without having to use the web browser after the getting access to the development settings menu via tgps_launcher.
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N64oid, runs beautifully. I play Mario kart 64 on a rather regular basis.
Sent from my BNTV250 using xda premium
Great post, darkquota! You saved me typing all of that!
lanwarrior, let me know if that method worked for you.
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lanwarrior, let me know if that method worked for you.
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I just spent hours trying to get by the first step: going back to 1.4.0.
I followed the link above (AdamOutler's method) and downloaded the file (acclaim-update_stockrecovery.zip). Put it in the SD card and then put the card into the NT. Rebooted NT....nothing happened, just back to NT normal screen.
I tried 4 different SD cards (Kingston, Transcend, SanDisk with varying size, from 4GB to 32GB) and same..nothing.
I viewed the YouTube video instructions and noted the filename that was downloaded is "acclaim-update.zip", no "_stockrecovery" word. So I renamed the file and tried again.... same thing.
So the 1st step failed..so far. I am also preparing for the 2nd step, which is getting the Android Central Sideload wonder and the link for the Mac is DOWN. I don't have a Windows box, so I have to wait till someone posted the link again.
This is what I meant in my post no. 2 above, where it just taking TOO MUCH of MY TIME just to get the NT function as a pure Android OS (I don't care about GPS or Camera). It's not fun going to Fry's Electronics, bought THREE (3) different SD cards and found out none of them works for restoring to 1.4.0, AMONG OTHER THINGS that I have to do to get to pure Android OS.
Not complaining against the NT, nor to the people who helped me with the instructions, but I just want something that doesn't take too much of my time.
read post #82 & #85 in this thread: may be everybody's problem....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402190&page=9
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gwreedak said:
read post #82 & #85 in this thread: may be everybody's problem....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402190&page=9
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Was LITERALLY about to post about that same link...
anyways...i was debating on taking it back as well...i just can't anymore...even with a locked boatloader, i still have, essentially, UNLIMITED storage...sure, i gotta swap out sd cards, but hey wtf...i can have 16gb of TV shows, 8gbs of movies, and 32gb of music...and all of fits in my wallet....no cloud needed, no wifi needed, BUT if want, i got the flix and crackle on there too!!
so in the end....sure we may have a locked bootloader, but we can still use ADW and get most of the apps we want online...it's not as easy, but its still cheaper and slicker...
B&N will either unlock it soon, it is the holiday season people and not everyone is working, or some amazing dev will see that shiny weak spot in the code....patience....
hell, over at the SGSII forum, they have the ICS code for weeks now and still don't have a stable ROM on that beast of phone....patience....
Progress seems to be being made on the bootloader over here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1378886
Nexus S 4G 4.0.3
The remainder are incompatible micro SD cards. My 16GB Sandisk wouldn't work but a 4GB Sandisk did work.
With respect to the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, I'm tempted to turn in my Nook and get this. The frustration level has already exceeded the additional cost. I'd also like a SIP app like Sipdroid or Csipsimple to work on this device but so far I haven't found any. I suspect this wouldn't be an issue on the Galaxy.
gwreedak said:
read post #82 & #85 in this thread: may be everybody's problem....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402190&page=9
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I can't uninstall it, under managing apps it says deviceDefault, I don't see an icon for it, but I'd like it off the phone. I don't remember seeing it when I went thru my phone when I 1st got it. Not sure if it was installed somehow thru another program, weird that some other program can install something to the root to which even I the owner doesn't even have the ability to get to the root. VERY IRRITATING!
does city id expire?
from what I've been reading you can tell it No when the trial ends (14 day supposedly) and asks you if you wanna subscribe, when you click No, it goes away.. This info was off of another phone thread, not a Note.
I saw the same thing today, and also didn't see any way to remove it.
Same here. I don't even see the app on the list except when I go to application settings. I've been reading about it and everyone's giving it bad reviews. I want it off if it's useless
You can't remove it unless you root your phone.
It has 14-day trial (starts when you first dial your phone). At the end of the trial period, you will get a prompt. Make sure you clicked NO button to permernantly disable it. It costs a few dollars per month to continue using it. So, you either purchase the service or disable it.
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You can't remove it unless you root your phone.
It has 14-day trial (starts when you first dial your phone). At the end of the trial period, you will get a prompt. Make sure you clicked NO button to permernantly disable it. It costs a few dollars per month to continue using it. So, you either purchase the service or disable it.
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Is there anyway to re-enable this thing or once you opt out, that's it?
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Is there anyway to re-enable this thing or once you opt out, that's it?
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Don't know. Why do you want to pay something like $2/month to use it? I'm pretty sure there is something similar in the app market that do the samething for much less.
foxbat121 said:
Don't know. Why do you want to pay something like $2/month to use it? I'm pretty sure there is something similar in the app market that do the samething for much less.
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I use Mr. Number, so I don't really need the City ID, but I do kinda like where it tells me where the caller is coming from, which makes spotting calls to block easy for me. I wish it was a one time fee only.
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I wish it was a one time fee only.
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That's not gonna happen. AT&T spent all its effort to jam that into your phone so that they can make recurring service charges (as most of its bloatwares do). I agree it is nice thing to have, for free. But I usually don't pick up any phone calls unless I know the number that calls in.
root + titanium backup/root uninstaller. Same as all the att bloat
Yep I rooted my phone using this sites info http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-i717/how-to-unlock-sim-on-your-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717-bellrogerstelus/
Then used this info http://rootgalaxynote.com/galaxy-note-i717/how-to-get-free-wifi-tethering-hotspot-on-att-galaxy-note-sgh-i717/ to get my wifi hotspot activated & used it to remove the CityID stuff as well... Just like KingofKingsB said above, but with the links here, it makes sense of what he posted...
By the way Titanium Backup was the only way I could even find CityID to remove it, tried my other file managers & never could locate it.
Yes, root and uninstall it.
I posted a free app here, it does the same thing as CityID without paying subscription. Enjoy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1550305&highlight=city+id
sweetboy02125 said:
Yes, root and uninstall it.
I posted a free app here, it does the same thing as CityID without paying subscription. Enjoy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1550305&highlight=city+id
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My city ID expired a few days ago. I had emailed this link to myself and dug it out when it I was prompted that it had expired. I havn't noticed any difference in the service now.
Or you can go in and delete the data for CityID which will reset the trial period. Not that you'll want to do it every 10-15 days, but it is an option.
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Or you can go in and delete the data for CityID which will reset the trial period. Not that you'll want to do it every 10-15 days, but it is an option.
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Ha! Does that work? Never thought of it though, interesting. I'd classify this as an exploit, and probably shouldn't be discussed, but still interesting that if it worked.
if it's not deleted it'll take up space so might as well delete instead of just letting it stay dormant on your system. but it's your phone do what you want!!
Yup, tried it myself.
Hello,
I have a couple of problems.
I've been using Litening Rom for months now and I liked using it a lot.
I would like to upgrade to the ICS version of it now.
Here come the problems.
Ever since I rooted the phone, none of my computers recognize my SGS2. I've used clockwork to flash other ROMs on it, but no computer will talk to my phone. Charging via USB obviously works. Switching the phone to USB-tethering, or to debugging don't work either. I've tried installing different drivers, installing Kies etc. but nothing seems to work.
If you have any ideas on how to fix the USB-connection, please let me know.
So the first question basically is: Can I fix my USB connection?
Second problem:
How do I install litening rom ICS without the use of ODIN? Can the odin-compatible image of litening rom 2.0 be converted into a clockwork compatible zip-file?
Third problem:
How do I keep all my data, and program settings, after upgrading to ICS?
I use K-9 mail, the stock SMS app and what's app.
Is there maybe a way to migrate the settings, apps and widgets when upgrading to ICS?
Thanks to all of you.
1. You need to install samsung drivers
2. You can flash Littening rom with odin mobile
3. You can back up what you can with TB, after will set again. Upgrade from GB to ICS need always a full wipe. Good luck
thanks for the quick reply.
1. I have Samsung drivers installed. On the 4 PCs I use, a SGS1 works with the same cable I use for the SGS2. The phone charges, but there is no reaction in Windows. It won't even look for drivers to install as it doesn't realize there is a device.
2. I've seen that option, too, however the free version only does the Kernel and I don't know, what more there is to a ROM.
3. I don't know, what TB means.
Thanks again.
Schwibsi said:
thanks for the quick reply.
1. I have Samsung drivers installed. On the 4 PCs I use, a SGS1 works with the same cable I use for the SGS2. The phone charges, but there is no reaction in Windows. It won't even look for drivers to install as it doesn't realize there is a device.
2. I've seen that option, too, however the free version only does the Kernel and I don't know, what more there is to a ROM.
3. I don't know, what TB means.
Thanks again.
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TB - Titanium Backup. You can search in Google play
Schwibsi said:
thanks for the quick reply.
1. I have Samsung drivers installed. On the 4 PCs I use, a SGS1 works with the same cable I use for the SGS2. The phone charges, but there is no reaction in Windows. It won't even look for drivers to install as it doesn't realize there is a device.
Must use SGS2 cable .
2. I've seen that option, too, however the free version only does the Kernel and I don't know, what more there is to a ROM.
A lot for a very expensive phone the cost of Mobile \odin is peanuts . You probably spend more on texts in a week .
3. I don't know, what TB means.
Basics its Titanium Backup Pro app to backup your apps .
jje
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Schwibsi said:
thanks for the quick reply.
1. I have Samsung drivers installed. On the 4 PCs I use, a SGS1 works with the same cable I use for the SGS2. The phone charges, but there is no reaction in Windows. It won't even look for drivers to install as it doesn't realize there is a device.
2. I've seen that option, too, however the free version only does the Kernel and I don't know, what more there is to a ROM.
3. I don't know, what TB means.
Thanks again.
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1 Try to uninstall and install again samsung drivers, was helpfull for me
2 I`m afraid to flash rom with odin mobile you need to buy it
3 TB is Titanuim Backup app from market, you can back up you apps and sms, call logs from existing rom, then restore to new one. Hope you understand
Schwibsi said:
thanks for the quick reply.
1. I have Samsung drivers installed. On the 4 PCs I use, a SGS1 works with the same cable I use for the SGS2. The phone charges, but there is no reaction in Windows. It won't even look for drivers to install as it doesn't realize there is a device.
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Try entering *#7284# into the dialer. This will bring up a service menu. USB should have PDA selected. If it doesn't, select PDA. If it does, change it to Modem, then back to PDA. After that, try your USB connection again.
Schwibsi said:
2. I've seen that option, too, however the free version only does the Kernel and I don't know, what more there is to a ROM.
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Please read some of the FAQs and stickies in the I9100 General section. This is a pretty basic question that has been answered over and over and over. Short answer, Kernel is just part of a full ROM.
Schwibsi said:
3. I don't know, what TB means.
Thanks again.
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TB = Titanium Backup. Use it to back up apps and their data.
Thank you guys so much for all the fast replies.
I got the TB = Titanium backup. Thanks
I'll give it a go and see, what happens.
I used CW's backup feature, so worst case, I'll have to go back to the old litening image.
The issue buying from Android market is, that I don't have a private credit card, only the business ones and I can't use it on an app to help cracking my phone.
What is a SGS2 cable?
Is there anything special about it, other than a standard micro-USB cable, that I'm not aware of?
I hadn't tried the *#7284#. It was set to pda. Changed it, restartet, changed it back. Restarted again. No change.
I opened the phone today and had a little look for corroded contacts and cleaned them, but everything looked fine and no change.
I ordered a new USB socket for the phone and will change it, once it arrives. It really looks like a hardware failure to me, if it is the USB socket, we'll know by the weekend.
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What is a SGS2 cable?
Is there anything special about it, other than a standard micro-USB cable, that I'm not aware of?
Its the one that works and one common USB problem is users who use something else .
But yes standard cable may work .
jje
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Hey guys,
the USB-socket was in the mail 20 minutes ago.
I changed it and ... Voila! The USB connection works again.
Obviously the phone is still under warranty and I am considering sending the defective part back to Samsung.
Thank you all for your help.
I'm going to try the Titanium Backup now and then I'm going to get me some ICS
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Hey guys,
the USB-socket was in the mail 20 minutes ago.
I changed it and ... Voila! The USB connection works again.
Obviously the phone is still under warranty and I am considering sending the defective part back to Samsung.
Thank you all for your help.
I'm going to try the Titanium Backup now and then I'm going to get me some ICS
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Make sure you reading careful instructions before, not after. Good luck
Schwibsi said:
Hey guys,
the USB-socket was in the mail 20 minutes ago.
I changed it and ... Voila! The USB connection works again.
Obviously the phone is still under warranty and I am considering sending the defective part back to Samsung.
Thank you all for your help.
I'm going to try the Titanium Backup now and then I'm going to get me some ICS
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I think you voided the warranty when you opened the phone and changed the part yourself... But major props for doing so!
You just might be right, that the warranty is voided, but sending the phone back for repair was not an option.
What are you going to do with no phone for 6 weeks? So, you actually need to buy another one.
Buying and reselling another phone is a bigger drain on the wallet than buying a 15€ spare part and 20 minutes to fix it. Exchanging the part was no biggie. It's just a matter of loosening 9 little screws with an appropriate screw driver and having a credit card handy to open up the phone.... oh and make sure that your wife leaves the vacuum switched off until your successfully put everything back together.
True enough on the vacuum!
or alternatively you could make yourself a nandroid backup from CWM, flash ICS to your device. then restore app/app+data/data only using AppExtractor.
AppExtractor free version only allow us 5 restores per batch, but it works
My opinion, after a cwm backup just flash with Odin. You should still.have all your apps, settings etc.
People say you need to do a wipe beforehand but I flashed ics lpq coming from gb and all worked fine, other than the known ics bugs (scrolling, incompatible apps etc). So I backed up ics with cwm and restored my gb backup.
Sent from my GT-I9100T
The AppExtractor tip was excellent. Took care of my K9-Emails perfectly.
However, on the text messages it didn't really work. Only thing it did was wipe the other messages I had received after the flash. :-(
Can you guys recommend a better app to handle them, where maybe the import would work.
Schwibsi said:
The AppExtractor tip was excellent. Took care of my K9-Emails perfectly.
However, on the text messages it didn't really work. Only thing it did was wipe the other messages I had received after the flash. :-(
Can you guys recommend a better app to handle them, where maybe the import would work.
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yeah sorry, i forgot to mention that, i wish it has some kind of merge function with existing datas.. it'll be awesome
don't worry about it. No problem there.
But it's a bit of a pity, it's not working at all, it just deleted my new messages
and the old ones are also gone.
078gregory said:
1 Try to uninstall and install again samsung drivers, was helpfull for me
2 I`m afraid to flash rom with odin mobile you need to buy it
3 TB is Titanuim Backup app from market, you can back up you apps and sms, call logs from existing rom, then restore to new one. Hope you understand
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Hello everyone,
I might have a big problem.
This morning I booted my HTC One M7 as usual, and when it finished booting it opened a browser tap with a fake whatsapp update. I closed the browser immediately, and five minutes after this, the exact same thing happened. I started thinking how this could happend, and honestly I have no clue. All my apps are from the play store, and I only download documents for school. I haven't even downloaded a new app in the last week, however 15+ of my apps aren't up to date.
I scanned my phone with malwarebytes and it couldn't find anything. I rebooted my phone after the scan, and the problem seems to be gone. I was telling this story to a friend of mine this afternoon, and my mother said that she experienced the same thing, just a couple hours before I experienced it. After further investigation, it wasn't exactly the same. When she opened whatsapp, it asked her to do a weekly back-up of her chats. At first, she closed whatsapp, but when it appeared again, she clicked yes. She wasn't very clear about this, so I don't know if it was a fake menu, or the real deal. I have also scanned her Moto g (2013), and it found no malware.
I don't know if this could be harmfull. Especially because my parents use their phones for mobile banking.
This is a screenshot of my HTC
It could easily have been done through whatsapp. Part of the reason most people have stopped using it. Viruses run rampant I'm just about all of Facebook apps. And no anti virus will find them as they are vastly different then normal viruses.
zelendel said:
It could easily have been done through whatsapp. Part of the reason most people have stopped using it. Viruses run rampant I'm just about all of Facebook apps. And no anti virus will find them as they are vastly different then normal viruses.
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In the Netherlands literally everybody uses it, but it's good to know that this could indeed happen! Should I be worried about this, and what should I do when it returns?
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In the Netherlands literally everybody uses it, but it's good to know that this could indeed happen! Should I be worried about this, and what should I do when it returns?
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Yeah I heard alot of people in Europe use it alot, here in the states almost no one uses it really except for kids. Most have moved to hangouts.
If I was you I would completely back up the device and then wipe everything and reflash the device.
Things like this will not be picked up by so called virus scanners.
I'am afraid that it is something like ShiftyBug (https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2015/11/04/trojanized-adware/). In the article it says that you have to install apps from third parties, but I have almost never done that. I have downloaded popcorntime in the past, but I have deletet it almost 6 months ago.
I'm afraid that if I reflash my device, that it will come back fairly soon. Is it possible that it has spread over my wifi network? Because of the fact that my mother got something similar on the same day.
But how do I know for sure that it is a virus? After I restarted my phone (12 hours ago), it hasn't shown up yet. Am I worried for nothing, or is there a big chances that I'm infected?
Thank you for all your replies!
Dark-shot said:
I'am afraid that it is something like ShiftyBug (https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2015/11/04/trojanized-adware/). In the article it says that you have to install apps from third parties, but I have almost never done that. I have downloaded popcorntime in the past, but I have deletet it almost 6 months ago.
I'm afraid that if I reflash my device, that it will come back fairly soon. Is it possible that it has spread over my wifi network? Because of the fact that my mother got something similar on the same day.
But how do I know for sure that it is a virus? After I restarted my phone (12 hours ago), it hasn't shown up yet. Am I worried for nothing, or is there a big chances that I'm infected?
Thank you for all your replies!
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The key word there is almost. If you reflash the device and it comes back then it maybe something that someopne else downloaded and was shared through your network. As you said your mother also saw it so I would go through her phone as well.
There are many apps out there that do this that are in the play store. So it is all a matter of being careful.
There is a chance. If it is big or not depends on how you use your device. It could also have come from a website someone visited. Im not saying you did but many porn sites are set to infect devices when they visit them.
If it was me. I would just start from scratch with each device and make sure that all the things installed are legit.
You could also run a logcat and try to reproduce it. That would tell you what is causing it.
Doesn't seem dangerous.
JohnColston said:
Doesn't seem dangerous.
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Then you have not been paying attention. Any browser pop that tells you to update an app is 99% an infected apk. It is a common practice for those that take apks and re-package them with malware
After reading more i must admit you are right.... My bad:good:
So I have to flash my phone, aren't there any other options? And if not, how do I reflash The HTC firmware to my phone?
Should I make a back-up before doing this, won't the malware spread again if I instal the back-up on my phone?
Thanks again!
EDIT:
Unfortunately, I still haven't been able to reproduce the problem.
I still haven't been able to reproduce the pop-up.
I do propably know where the problem came from, a friend of mine sent me a older version of soundcloud (the new one can't cache music). I installed that app, decided that it was to old for me and deleted it. The malware must have spread right after the first use. I'm planning on flashing my phone inthe weekend.
EDIT: I can reprodce the pop-up! It's linked to opening the app 'night mode', this app was downloaded in the official play store 2 years ago. Since then it hasn't got a lot of updates though.
Hey,
Time for a little update.
Last weekend, I contacted HTC's customer support due to the fact that I couldn't find my software version. They told me that I should execute a RUU, but they couldn't find the right version, so I had to contact the Dutch customer support (I didn't do this in the first place because the Dutch customer support wasn't open in the weekend).
The next monday (23-11) I contacted the Dutch customer support and asked them for the ROM, and unfortunately due to the regulations they don't publish the ROM's. However, they told me to do a factory reset and that should solve the issue. Unfortunately, it didn't. After the reset, I now get a different Whatsapp pop-up once or twice a day. The pop-up isn't connected to opening an app, like it was before the reset.
A friend of mine experienced the same problem this week on his new Moto X. All the other phones in my home network don't have this problem.
I hope someone will be able to help me!
Thanks in advance!
Dark-shot said:
Hey,
Time for a little update.
Last weekend, I contacted HTC's customer support due to the fact that I couldn't find my software version. They told me that I should execute a RUU, but they couldn't find the right version, so I had to contact the Dutch customer support (I didn't do this in the first place because the Dutch customer support wasn't open in the weekend).
The next monday (23-11) I contacted the Dutch customer support and asked them for the ROM, and unfortunately due to the regulations they don't publish the ROM's. However, they told me to do a factory reset and that should solve the issue. Unfortunately, it didn't. After the reset, I now get a different Whatsapp pop-up once or twice a day. The pop-up isn't connected to opening an app, like it was before the reset.
A friend of mine experienced the same problem this week on his new Moto X. All the other phones in my home network don't have this problem.
I hope someone will be able to help me!
Thanks in advance!
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There's a chance that it might've spread over a certain network.... Is you and your moto x friend uses the same network ?
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There's a chance that it might've spread over a certain network.... Is you and your moto x friend uses the same network ?
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Yes, we both use the wifi network at our high school. But I did the factory reset friday evening, and since then I haven't connected to that network.
It might have spread through that network though.
Dark-shot said:
Yes, we both use the wifi network at our high school. But I did the factory reset friday evening, and since then I haven't connected to that network.
It might have spread through that network though.
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Depending on the malware a factory reset will not remove it. In fact most malware cant be removed that way. You have to flash the whole device to get rid of it.
Dark-shot said:
Yes, we both use the wifi network at our high school. But I did the factory reset friday evening, and since then I haven't connected to that network.
It might have spread through that network though.
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In my opinion after starting all over again as you've already been told, you should do all that you did before and monitor each step with patience and concentration to actually understand what's behind this... This may help out
sdeepb said:
In my opinion after starting all over again as you've already been told, you should do all that you did before and monitor each step with patience and concentration to actually understand what's behind this... This may help out
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As he said. Here is what I would do if I was in your place. Anyone got any extra steps to add feel free to chime in. This would kinda suck for a bit.
You will need a custom recovery. And a bit of time to set up
1. Take everything off device.
2. Format full device in recovery. Not factory reset. Format system, data, internal storage and both caches.
3. Flash complete stock firmware.
4. Get root before rebooting
5. Reboot, do not connect to wifi during set up. Do not restore anything.
6. Get Catlog from the play store and run it.
7. Then continue set up. Wifi and ect. Scan backed up files with a pc virus scan but only return what you really need.
8. When restoring from TIBU install apps fresh from the market and restore data only to apps. (sucks I know but only way to be sure) make sure to delete old back and redo.
Then monitor catlog. This will tell you everything going on. You would be able to figure it out.
Lol... Use adaway or adblocker and such pop up will be gone ... These are the new tricks from those freaking advertisement companies. They are now smart buddy. Even they can access the vibration as the pop up will come phone will get vibrate and users understand this as genuine and click on those ads . You got whatsapp pop some got browser pop up. Hope this will help u ...
Even you can flash moaAB ADBLOCKER from recovery.
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Lol... Use adaway or adblocker and such pop up will be gone ... These are the new tricks from those freaking advertisement companies. They are now smart buddy. Even they can access the vibration as the pop up will come phone will get vibrate and users understand this as genuine and click on those ads . You got whatsapp pop some got browser pop up. Hope this will help u ...
Even you can flash moaAB ADBLOCKER from recovery.
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If you would've read it fully than you'll know that the case is far bigger than what you're thinking it is
I lucked into a sale on a HUAWEI Y538 smartphone at Best Buy the other day, knowing we have no Boost Network around here for the cellphone service. Perfect!
I just wanted it as a nice little media player and access to my LAN, like my KitKat tablet. Nothing terribly fancy. I rooted it with Kingo, hoping to remove that nag cellphone activation every startup. I have to press Accept, then Self Service comes in and I click the no button. In addition as many of you know, Lollipop has a lot of unwanted background apps running . I spent a whole day trying to tame this and the only good news is that I worked out the factory reset.
My real question is if it's possible to remove that startup nag entirely, but either way, to ask if it's possible to downgrade to KitKat or something else? As a WiFi-only media player Lollipop would seem to be quite awful.
I've been on computers for decades but no experience with Android except my happy KitKat tablet. If some kind soul could be persuaded to help me out, well that'd be really cool.
JoeyTablet said:
I lucked into a sale on a HUAWEI Y538 smartphone at Best Buy the other day, knowing we have no Boost Network around here for the cellphone service. Perfect!
I just wanted it as a nice little media player and access to my LAN, like my KitKat tablet. Nothing terribly fancy. I rooted it with Kingo, hoping to remove that nag cellphone activation every startup. I have to press Accept, then Self Service comes in and I click the no button. In addition as many of you know, Lollipop has a lot of unwanted background apps running . I spent a whole day trying to tame this and the only good news is that I worked out the factory reset.
My real question is if it's possible to remove that startup nag entirely, but either way, to ask if it's possible to downgrade to KitKat or something else? As a WiFi-only media player Lollipop would seem to be quite awful.
I've been on computers for decades but no experience with Android except my happy KitKat tablet. If some kind soul could be persuaded to help me out, well that'd be really cool.
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https://www.techmesto.com/unlock-bootloader-huawei-honor/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...how-to-data-off-shell-command-tasker-t3370783
Well I can't thank you enough for trying, but it seems Huawei changed their procedure. I got the 4 informations required and registered with Huawei. Going to the unlock page changes to Chinese and says too much traffic for servers in English. So I emailed Huawei Mobile support and got the following reply:
Dear User,
Huawei Customer Service is pleasure to be at your service,sorry to bring you the trouble,if you want to unlock your phone, you should meet these conditions as follow:
1.Please register your Huawei ID in our official website http://huawei.com/en/ on your phone.
2.Log in your Huawei ID for continuously 14 days.
3.Each Huawei ID should not apply for the unlock code more than twice within half years.If you meet the information,please go to http://emui.huawei.com/en/ and click the 'download'button to login your Huawei ID other than any other third party ID to apply for the unlock code.Please contact us by mail or local service hotline as following if error message appears.
TEL: http://consumer.huawei.com/en/contact-us/index.htm?tag=hotline
Mail: http://consumer.huawei.com/en/contact-us/index.htm?tag=email
Please submit your mobile model, SN, IMEI/MEID and erro message in your e-mail.We also need to know that your phone is rooted, it can be out of the best working state and part of functions may not be able to work normally. In additon, the system is vulnerable to be invaded by viruses once your phone is permitted to unlock. What's more, for the lacking of fully tested, the third party software will not be compatible with your phone. Unlocking will bring unexpected negative impacts and the device will be not normal, and can not be restored, Huawei after-sales service office will not provide warranty service for your rooted phone, and you may bear the cost. So we strongly advise you to think it twice.
If you have any other problems, please send your feedback to us. We will be at your service to help you to solve your problems.
Once again thank you for contacting Huawei device.
Best Regards.
Huawei Device Customer Care Team 3206
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If I 'm reading that right they want me to log in every day for 14 days, which is kind of nuts.
To be fair the phone may possibly be rooted using Kingo (fast boot showed an "unlocked" message which I don't know if that means rooted but probably not boot unlocked), and for all I know that changes some of the information.
So I'm just replying FYI so you know how it went. Maybe I should do factory reset and try again?
Long day I'll go crash and see how it looks in the morning. Thanks for trying!
Joey
Happy here to report a partial solution, 1/2 way there!
If you take out the SIM card inside the phone it only nags once and saves probably 30 seconds of boot-up time. It's a great improvement!
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https://www.techmesto.com/unlock-bootloader-huawei-honor/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...how-to-data-off-shell-command-tasker-t3370783
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I bought the same phone at BB ($10 on sale) to use like you do (unactivated). What you're trying to do is actually super simple. Merely put the device in Airplane mode, then turn back on the wifi (and GPS if you like). You will not be prompted to activate your device. You actually should be doing this anyway as it saves your battery by not having the cell radio constantly trying to talk to the tower.
In case you missed it, there is a firmware update to the phone that can be downloaded via the Emui app on the phone. I'm not sure what all the update affects, but it doesn't impact your ability to use the procedure I described to avoid the constant activation reminder.
I believe this was in response to your question @JoeyTablet
bg260 said:
I believe this was in response to your question @JoeyTablet
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Oops, sorry, yes it was meant for @JoeyTablet
zerozed99 said:
I bought the same phone at BB ($10 on sale) to use like you do (unactivated). What you're trying to do is actually super simple. Merely put the device in Airplane mode, then turn back on the wifi (and GPS if you like). You will not be prompted to activate your device. You actually should be doing this anyway as it saves your battery by not having the cell radio constantly trying to talk to the tower.
In case you missed it, there is a firmware update to the phone that can be downloaded via the Emui app on the phone. I'm not sure what all the update affects, but it doesn't impact your ability to use the procedure I described to avoid the constant activation reminder.
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I believe this was in response to your question @JoeyTablet
Remember, quote or mention the member if you want them to be notified.
zerozed99 said:
I bought the same phone at BB ($10 on sale) to use like you do (unactivated). What you're trying to do is actually super simple. Merely put the device in Airplane mode, then turn back on the wifi (and GPS if you like). You will not be prompted to activate your device. You actually should be doing this anyway as it saves your battery by not having the cell radio constantly trying to talk to the tower.
In case you missed it, there is a firmware update to the phone that can be downloaded via the Emui app on the phone. I'm not sure what all the update affects, but it doesn't impact your ability to use the procedure I described to avoid the constant activation reminder.
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COOL! Perfect it boots and no need to click anything further - and besides it's less stray microwaves. Also to report Huawei replied and said they accept bootloader code requests at: consumer (at) huawei.com. They say to include IMEI and serial numbers in the email. Both can be found in Settings >> about phone or underneath the back cover.
Where to go from here, I'd also like to disable sneaky RAM-stealing apps like Sprint cellphone and some apps I'll never use, such as most Google Play. Add decent firewall and decent media player, and have a good time!
Recommend root method I'm good to go.
JoeyTablet said:
COOL! Perfect it boots and no need to click anything further - and besides it's less stray microwaves. Also to report Huawei replied and said they accept bootloader code requests at: consumer (at) huawei.com. They say to include IMEI and serial numbers in the email. Both can be found in Settings >> about phone or underneath the back cover.
Where to go from here, I'd also like to disable sneaky RAM-stealing apps like Sprint cellphone and some apps I'll never use, such as most Google Play. Add decent firewall and decent media player, and have a good time!
Recommend root method I'm good to go.
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I've read elsewhere (here on XDA) that folks have gotten root using Kingo root (mostly tethered to a Windows PC and not the app version). Note that this root method often requires you to run the rooting program multiple times before it is successful. I'm not a fan of Kingo after being forced to use it to re-root another device (it took well over a dozen times before root took). Also, Kingo doesn't use SuperSu, it installs a Kingo version of SuperSu which CAN be removed (not exactly easily) but users of the Huawei Y538 Union have gotten bootloops trying to remove Kingo's proprietary SuperSu, so not advisable at this time. Even after rooted you are not able to remove the pre-installed bloatware because of the locked bootloader (which is different than the carrier unlock). To be honest, I've pretty much decided to just not root this device and just install an SD card if I need the space...I'd rather do that than risk bricking the device when (for me) there's really no need. I'm going to wait it out and see if anybody can figure a reliable way to deal with the device without bricking before I do anything else.
If you do root using Kingo, you might be able to "freeze" the background apps you don't want using Titanium Backup. I've read that folks haven't had any luck using TB to uninstall the bloatware, but if you're just trying to free ram it *might* work. I believe the risk would be the device expecting certain apps to run, and if unable it might bootloop/brick. Without a custom recovery allowing a nand backup bricking seems like a real possibility.
Please post your results if you unlock your bootloader. It surprises me that they're offering this, as I thought they only supported carrier unlocking. If you're able to figure out how to trim down the bloat please share.
I'm currently using Google's Play Music app for music/podcasts since I've already got 20,000 song's uploaded and since I can't delete that app anyway. Otherwise I'd just use Doubletwist for offline listening.
In case you, or anyone else with this phone is interested, I ended up purchasing a cheap ($5 delivered) case for this thing. Overall I like the case, but if you have any questions about that, let me know.
Yeah that case is perfect. I might have found the same on eBay searching " Huawei Union Y538 Case Innovaa".
As for Kingo ROOT, I have one hit and one miss to report. The KitKAt tablet it worked and I un-rooted after I got my business done. But the Lollipop phone is another story. I run a really tight ship on the Windows end, and Kingo rooted Lollipop, I got some functions involving root accomplished, but it ended at some point (completely offline except for USB tether to PC).
I factory reset the phone and tried again. Kingo downloaded more stuff and my firewall asked for access to PCAccelerator and acdsee.. The former is considered a virus and the second an image viewing app, which I don't use (maybe it's payloaded who knows).
I don't wish to scare anyone nor besmirch Kingo ROOT's reputation if it's a wholesome rooting app, but advise great caution and use a firewall that notifies things like this (I use NetLimiter on PC).
So I await the boot-unlock code and hope I live to tell about it Thanks a million zerozed99! That case is icing on the cake.
For what it's worth, no reply from Hauwei, and yesterday I sent another SOS asking, if not for boot unlock code, even just a stock KitKat ROM for the Y538. We know that model ran KitKat as well as Lollipop.
It just kills me to see this cute little quadcore wasted with all the bloatware taking up valuable RAM and battery power as well.
Ladies & Gentlemen, distinguished colleagues at xda-developers... Please bear with me.
I started coding on Macs in 1981(1981!). I later went on to 5 years formal education in Computer Science at a decent University, and spent the better part of 2 decades volunteering for low and no income people- those were the best years of my life!
Now I'm on the old side, with some heart disease that has four stents in my heart and the no-fun life expectancy that goes with it.
Now, being a reasonably informed geek, I'm seeing some disturbing things I want to air out in "public" if you'll so allow me.
The idea Hauwei will send you a boot unlock code, I don't think it's true. They make it easy to fill out a form with at least four identifying informations, but I have YET to see anyone receive their code! In my case the form advances to a page written in Chinese! I believe this is a spy device and priced to spy on a certain demographic. The almost perfect unlockability and easy bootlock application with no one reporting being sent a code.... there's a reason.
Granted one thing: I've never owned a cellphone nor did I even want cell access from this. Maybe you've noticed the same thing(s) years ago. I just wanted a little quadcore computer to play around with, to access my LAN and play media, and this has me worried the kind of entities that design such forced options.
Oh well, no luck. anyone else going to wait a bit or should I trash this?
Can't tell you how much I'd like Marshmallow and the evil bootloader out of there for something else.
Lollipop is not so bad IMHO except for the lack of privs to access our own SD cards.
If you hold down the volume-down button and press the power button until the phone starts up you can boot into fastboot mode. I've read here in XDA someplace that there are 2 available builds of TWRP custom recovery for the y6, both work on our phone, tho only one of the builds works fully. I have not tried to install either on my y538 yet, but I will, and I'll let you know what I find out.
If you can get the bootloader unlocked, you should be able to flash SuperSU from TWRP.
I suggest you google the xda guide to fastboot. It is not very complicated.
I doubt we can locate any custom ROM for this device. However, if we can get rooted we can backup stock and then remove all the bloatware. ES File Explorer is great in root mode for managing the SD card.
More useful info: I pulled my SIM out before I fired up the phone for the first time, and when I turned on the phone it didn't download any of the extra crapware from Sprint! I have the Virgin version, and I expected all that stuff to download, but it did not. Also, if you look in the App Manager settings, you will see a few apps which shipped on your phone in the Disabled state!! You may wish to enable Lookout or others of the stock disabled apps. Also, without root, you can remove the Sprint ID app here, and disable any of the Google spots you don't want, like Play News or Play Movies.
This is my first Huawei device, though it's my twenty-somethingh Android, and so far I am very pleased with the layout of the settings and of the notifications tray. This is way liveable, and they allow us to disable most of the bloat.
Good luck!