So.... I just purchased an M20Pro used, in Korea. The seller said that he bought it in China, but just in case he's wrong, the MODEL # is LYA-AL10.
The first thing and the only thing I wanted to do was set the default launcher to Nova, but when I go to "Settings -> Apps -> Default Apps -> Launcher", no other launchers are displayed.
I then thought about rooting, but it seems like you need an unlocked bootloader. Well, reading online, it seems like Chinese Huawei phones allow this by default, but again, my phone does not show this option in the developer settings.
I've tried ADB commands to "fastboot OEM unlock" to no avail (even though ADB recognizes my device, the process hangs), and I've looked online for around 6 hours to no avail.
Can anyone help me? I just want to either set the default launcher, OR root the phone, OR flash the international ROM (stock firmware). Are any of those things possible?
ca12bon said:
So.... I just purchased an M20Pro used, in Korea. The seller said that he bought it in China, but just in case he's wrong, the MODEL # is LYA-AL10.
The first thing and the only thing I wanted to do was set the default launcher to Nova, but when I go to "Settings -> Apps -> Default Apps -> Launcher", no other launchers are displayed.
I then thought about rooting, but it seems like you need an unlocked bootloader. Well, reading online, it seems like Chinese Huawei phones allow this by default, but again, my phone does not show this option in the developer settings.
I've tried ADB commands to "fastboot OEM unlock" to no avail (even though ADB recognizes my device, the process hangs), and I've looked online for around 6 hours to no avail.
Can anyone help me? I just want to either set the default launcher, OR root the phone, OR flash the international ROM (stock firmware). Are any of those things possible?
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Have you downloaded and installed nova yet? Or are you assuming that it's pre-installed?
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Have you downloaded and installed nova yet? Or are you assuming that it's pre-installed?
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I downloaded it from the playstore. I actually have about 10 launchers now just to see if it was just Nova Launcher that wasnt showing up, to no avail
You are not allowed to change Launchers on the al10 model. The reasoning is that Huawei banned it due to third party vendors opening up the phone boxes and installing malware Launchers loaded with ads and spyware. I don't agree with this but this is what they are doing. I think that they are doing this to force Chinese users to use their crummy launcher.... The only way to change Launchers is to root the phone and install third party ROMs.
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You are not allowed to change Launchers on the al10 model. The reasoning is that Huawei banned it due to third party vendors opening up the phone boxes and installing malware Launchers loaded with ads and spyware. I don't agree with this but this is what they are doing. I think that they are doing this to force Chinese users to use their crummy launcher.... The only way to change Launchers is to root the phone and install third party ROMs.
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I was afraid of that, I guess I will have to wait until Huawei decides to provide BL unlock codes Its a pity because the hardware is Perfect.
LYA-al00 can change the luncher al10 seems like the carrier version so I think you been cheated
I have a Huawei Mate 20 Pro, bought in China. LYA-AL00, version 9.1.0. I can't change the home-screen either.
Apart from that, there are many apps I can't use as the the "Accessibility" keeps turning off automatically for all 3rd party apps. This means I can do 0 customization (unless I want to keep turning them back on one by one all the time).
It is highly annoying on an otherwise great phone. If I don't find a solution to this, I'll go back to Samsung with my next phone purchase.
Is there a solution or a working root for this model?
Thank you for any help out there!
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I purchased a UK O2 branded Samsung Galaxy S2 back in April/May. The Build Number for the stock ROM was XWKDD which is what it is still now. The day I received the phone, I rooted it using the technique given by ChainFire.
My phone was working quite happily and my applications were updating in the Android Market. However, since about the time of the new Market (the one with the UI overhaul), many of the applications that are installed on my phone do not appear in My Apps.
When I search for the application in the Market, they show up in the search list as "Installed" but going to the application it says "Your device is not compatible with this item".
I have contacted Google Market Support who have stated that this is down to me gaining root access. They are only happy to help me once I've done a factory reset back to a stock ROM.
It seems strange that applications have become incompatible only since the new Android Market. I do not believe the applications are incompatible, I think it is just the Market just thinking they are. Is there a way around this?
I could unroot my phone but this is a huge hassle as I need my root access to backup/restore my application data (the only real reason why I have root access to begin with).
Any suggestions? TIA
Have you changed the DPI of the screen? I changed mine to 200 and I get a lot of these messages unless I change back to default of 240.
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Have you changed the DPI of the screen? I changed mine to 200 and I get a lot of these messages unless I change back to default of 240.
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You're a star. Yes I did make this change. I've just reverted it and all my applications are appearing in My Apps and it's allowing me to update them all to the latest version. Thanks very much.
I think I'll leave it at 240 DPI now as don't want to keep reverting this when I need to update apps. Plus, some apps don't render well with the 200 DPI setting.
Hey everyone!
With the help of the excellent guides on this forum, I was able to root my Fire HD 6 and install GAPPs. However, I'm relatively new to the Amazon ecosystem, and rooting in general, and I was wondering if I could get some help on a few tasks that would make my experience way better.
First, I need to be able to allow notification access to a few apps I use, but since I'm still using the restricted Amazon settings menu, I can't see how to do it. How do I access the vanilla Android settings menu?
Second, I would love to use a lockscreen like Echo, but when I swipe in, it just shows the Amazon Special Offers lockscreen. How do I disable the Amazon one?
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With the help of the excellent guides on this forum, I was able to root my Fire HD 6 and install GAPPs. However, I'm relatively new to the Amazon ecosystem, and rooting in general, and I was wondering if I could get some help on a few tasks that would make my experience way better.
First, I need to be able to allow notification access to a few apps I use, but since I'm still using the restricted Amazon settings menu, I can't see how to do it. How do I access the vanilla Android settings menu?
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LOL. Welcome to our world, where all roads lead to Amazon settings. Seriously, there's no such thing as a vanilla Android settings menu. I haven't tested latest OS, but on last version Push notifications tended not to work or to be very late--Hangouts didn't work at all. Other kinds of notifications (from Gmail, xda a few others) were pretty good. I'm doubtful anything's changed with this release, but you can try one of the Xposed modules that offer per-app notification settings. Might be something at the Play Store.
Second, I would love to use a lockscreen like Echo, but when I swipe in, it just shows the Amazon Special Offers lockscreen. How do I disable the Amazon one?
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You can disable the ads and get Amazon's stock lockscreen wallpaper. See here. I've tried a few lockscreen apps and Xposed modules, but they either didn't work or made the lockscreen look wrong or behave badly. Maybe you can get something to work after disabling ads.
SuperSU doesn't seem to be working the way it always has on my other devices in the past. After successfully flashing TWRP 2.8.7.0 [6.0] EN (by Sminki *xda* repack) on my Honor 7 with multi-tool and then installing SuperSU via TWRP and gaining root access, I rebooted my phone and immediately Google Play wanted me to update the SuperSU app. I updated the SuperSU app and also installed SuperSU Pro that I had purchased previously on another device. I then installed terminal emulator so I could confirm that I had root access by running the su command. However after running the terminal emulator and attempting to use the su command nothing happened. I didn't get an error that I would expect if root wasn't present such as su not found, it just seems to sit there waiting. It then occurred to me that I hadn't received the usual popup from SuperSU asking me whether I wanted to grant root permission.
From what I have been able to work out I do have root access but for whatever reason SuperSU is not displaying its message asking me to grant or deny access. I have managed to establish that I do have root by going into the SuperSU settings and setting the default access as grant rather than prompt after which terminal emulator is able to use the su command.
Does anyone know how I can get the prompt to work? I would rather have SuperSU prompt me when an app requests root access for security reasons since giving any app that requests root unfettered access probably isn't the best idea.
If your problem has anything to do with SSU Pro then I dont say nothing cause dont use it.
Anyway going the same procedure as you I had, after GPlay update, the problem when trying to open SSU with message "SSU binary cant be found" or sth like this. However my SSU has been working (at least it did look alike) giving prompts.
The solution was SSU cleanup, copying and installing SSU once again. If you check some threads here you will find some kinds of initial problems with SSU are quite common.
It looks like it is H7 speciality ;p. You need to flash B330 twice for 100% and you need to install SSU twice ;p
ps. Also "Draw over other apps" on but it was automatic - at least for me
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If your problem has anything to do with SSU Pro then I dont say nothing cause dont use it.
Anyway going the same procedure as you I had, after GPlay update, the problem when trying to open SSU with message "SSU binary cant be found" or sth like this. However my SSU has been working (at least it did look alike) giving prompts.
The solution was SSU cleanup, copying and installing SSU once again. If you check some threads here you will find some kinds of initial problems with SSU are quite common.
It looks like it is H7 speciality ;p. You need to flash B330 twice for 100% and you need to install SSU twice ;p
ps. Also "Draw over other apps" on but it was automatic - at least for me
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Thanks. Seems to be working now. Also disabling doze altogether on marshmallow seems to have solved a lot of other issues I was having since the marshmallow update and subsequent custom recovery and root install.
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disabling doze altogether on marshmallow
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By "Doze" you mean those switches to kill apps after screen lock or not?
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By "Doze" you mean those switches to kill apps after screen lock or not?
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No I mean Marshmallows built in doze feature. I have the switches you're talking about set to let the app keep running for important apps like SuperSU anyway but they only affect EMUIs own power manager. Doze and EMUIs power manager seem to fight each other anyway and I don't like how doze stops my notifications coming through with some apps and interferes with other apps that I like to leave running all the time like AcDisplay.
I completely disabled doze altogether using "dumpsys deviceidle disable" in terminal emulator or using adb shell. The only problem is that it will be re-enabled after a reboot so I used the universal init.d app to run an init.d script on every boot to disable it again since the honor 7 kernel doesn't natively support init.d. I have all the apps that I had on lollipop (plus some more that I didn't have on lollipop, since I didn't have root when I used lollipop) set up exactly the way they were then and let EMUI handle the power management. I get about the same battery life that I had in lollipop which is fine for me since I charge it fully every night anyway.
I am just in process of developing opinion on that. For sure made one mistake prefering Google Clock over Huawei (and uninstalling the latter) but now even with adequate settings (for example it should have auto-start set by PM Plus add-on for Phone Manager) I am not so sure of my alarms ; ) I have been accustomed to Vanilla Android till now.
Ok. I had to do my lecture on MM Doze & App Standby functions. Also I am newbie on EMUI.
It looks like that many important things (background GPS runnings apps, notifications, alarms) can be double complicated on MM Huawei :/ (not to mention other EMUI problems e.g. with lock screen)
We have clean MM Android with its problems even for Nexus owners, then we have EMUI with its own background / notifications problems.
So 'Ignore optimisations' switch is by Google. You do not use it but maybe know which Google / Huawei apps should have optimizations off? (I have there Android System WebView - why? Google product should have it invisible, Fused Locations - the same, HiSuite ?, HwAps ?)
Anyway people report that it does not help for GPS tracking apps shutdown problems, but it is rather related to EMUI I think.
PS. 1. I do not think Huawei / Google power managers fight in any way. Huawei power manager stricly speaking these are drivers for hardware needed + basic user power handling setup.
What they did on higher level is this "keeps running after screen off" switch but I would not be so sure if this, set one or the other way (and Huawei soft in general), works properly with GCM messages and other wakeups. One should keep in mind that Huawei sells a lot without Google apps at all.
PS.1.b. Some apps need some changes to work properly with Doze. They are not allowed now to do what they like and when they like. And if they have to say sth they must use GCM message , if they have sth important to say they must use GCM high priority message. Android 5.1 API level 22 alarms do not fire now, there are 2 new methods from what I read. And Google could block spamming "high priority messages". So idea & direction is good I think. For not MM updated apps put them in Ignored.
PS2. In my opinion also you should not confuse B330 power handling issues with Doze.
It could be just Huawei optimizing things: taking away fast charging switch because it is on default now, making changes to power handling etc. or not making changes needed so now it could be the problem with Android. People claiming worse battery life for B330 claim mostly best on B320.
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For sure made one mistake prefering Google Clock over Huawei (and uninstalling the latter) but now even with adequate settings (for example it should have auto-start set by PM Plus add-on for Phone Manager) I am not so sure of my alarms ; ) I have been accustomed to Vanilla Android till now.
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What's wrong with the Google clock? And what problems did you have after uninstalling the Huawei clock? I use the Google clock as my main clock app and have had no issues with it on either lollipop or marshmallow even after uninstalling the Huawei clock.
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Ok. I had to do my lecture on MM Doze & App Standby functions. Also I am newbie on EMUI.
It looks like that many important things (background GPS runnings apps, notifications, alarms) can be double complicated on MM Huawei :/ (not to mention other EMUI problems e.g. with lock screen)
We have clean MM Android with its problems even for Nexus owners, then we have EMUI with its own background / notifications problems.
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Agreed. While EMUI does have some of its own features that can be useful a lot of things are twice as complicated as they need to be. I have generally found that just allowing all apps that have notifications you want to receive e.g. twitter set to be allowed to autostart and run in the background as much as they like seems to reduce issues with notifications (still not worked out if it completely stopped any issues), and even then if I want notifications to display correctly on the lockscreen, not only do I need to allow them for each particular app on the lockscreen through the notification manager I still have to use a lockscreen replacement which in my case is AcDisplay. To be honest I have every app set to run on autostart and in the background and I still haven't found that it has much impact on battery life and this seems to solves a lot of these kinds of issues for me. My previous phone (Samsung Galaxy A3) used touchwiz and never had any of these options so I've always assumed that touchwiz/android allowed apps to run when they wanted and access what they wanted within the scope of their permissions and everything always worked fine, admittedly battery life was an issue on that phone but it had a much smaller battery capacity than the Honor 7 and it still lasted me most of a day.
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So 'Ignore optimisations' switch is by Google. You do not use it but maybe know which Google / Huawei apps should have optimizations off? (I have there Android System WebView - why? Google product should have it invisible, Fused Locations - the same, HiSuite ?, HwAps ?)
Anyway people report that it does not help for GPS tracking apps shutdown problems, but it is rather related to EMUI I think.
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I tried messing with the Ignore optimisations switch when I first upgraded to Marshmallow and it didn't seem to make any difference apps were still being afflicted with issues. I asked honor uk exactly what it did and whether it was for doze or not and they didn't know. I'm sure if I spoke Chinese and asked the Chinese customer service they would be able to tell me straight away but I never managed to find out. Even with doze disabled completely on my device I still have it set to ignore optimisations for all apps in case its something to do with EMUI.
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PS. 1. I do not think Huawei / Google power managers fight in any way. Huawei power manager stricly speaking these are drivers for hardware needed + basic user power handling setup.
What they did on higher level is this "keeps running after screen off" switch but I would not be so sure if this, set one or the other way (and Huawei soft in general), works properly with GCM messages and other wakeups. One should keep in mind that Huawei sells a lot without Google apps at all.
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What I meant by fight is that the 2 have their own settings rather than these being integrated with each other. So for example when specify that I want an app to be able to run in the background while the screen is off in an ideal world this would also tell Google's doze that I do not want it to doze that app. otherwise I have to effectively set the same thing twice even though it may be called different things.
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PS.1.b. Some apps need some changes to work properly with Doze. They are not allowed now to do what they like and when they like. And if they have to say sth they must use GCM message , if they have sth important to say they must use GCM high priority message. Android 5.1 API level 22 alarms do not fire now, there are 2 new methods from what I read. And Google could block spamming "high priority messages". So idea & direction is good I think. For not MM updated apps put them in Ignored.
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I like the idea of doze in general and I'm generally a fan of most things that google do with android. If i was running a nexus or an AOSP rom I would definitely leave doze activated and only disable its optimization for apps that either coded with doze in mind or apps which I personally consider to be high priority regardless of whether google agrees such as twitter. I lie to get twitter notification that I have enabled as soon as the tweet they link to is tweeted not at the intervals that doze allows apps to update at. But that's a personal thing rather than an issue with the idea. So for YouTube notifications for example I would be quite happy for doze to run the show.
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PS2. In my opinion also you should not confuse B330 power handling issues with Doze.
It could be just Huawei optimizing things: taking away fast charging switch because it is on default now, making changes to power handling etc. or not making changes needed so now it could be the problem with Android. People claiming worse battery life for B330 claim mostly best on B320.
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My intention has never been to confuse EMUI's power handling with Doze. I have just been trying to simplify the issue for me. as I have already said I generally allow any apps to do what they want both in EMUI's settings and by disabling doze as its simpler that way for me. Battery has never been an issue for me with either lollipop (B180) or marshmallow (B330) for me personally but i'm sure for some people it can be.
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What's wrong with the Google clock? And what problems did you have after uninstalling the Huawei clock? I use the Google clock as my main clock app and have had no issues with it on either lollipop or marshmallow even after uninstalling the Huawei clock.
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nothing wrong, in fact I've chosen it deliberately.
Basically prefer Google apps cause they can be updated and whats more new features are added from time to time, with let's say B330 stock you are left with B330 stock unless and if Huawei pushes sth new.
Just for some producers ROM's there are sometimes apps good enough and also interconnected on some levels with launcher / lock screen / power management that it is better to leave them & even make use of them.
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Even with doze disabled completely on my device I still have it set to ignore optimisations for all apps in case its something to do with EMUI.
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Rather strange for me what you're doing.
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What I meant by fight is that the 2 have their own settings rather than these being integrated with each other. So for example when specify that I want an app to be able to run in the background while the screen is off in an ideal world this would also tell Google's doze that I do not want it to doze that app. otherwise I have to effectively set the same thing twice even though it may be called different things.
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It cant be integrated, it is Google licensed system. Doze & App standby these are powerfull, long-term features.
This EMUI function is just easy switch to kill sth after screen off. Not sure of it
Also not sure of this auto-start PM Plus utility It is not only auto-start on system start but also start on events. Powerfull mess with many apps without granular controls.
However I use both ;p
edit. ok, it looks you're right about Doze. I.e. Huawei Doze problem. Here for Mate 8:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64827731&postcount=15
Not solved as I see (but no time to read everything)
So Paul @paulobrien solution is with his ROM, your solution is to shut down Doze, I would prefer Doze properly working on (rooted) stock solution
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The solution was SSU cleanup, copying and installing SSU once again. If you check some threads here you will find some kinds of initial problems with SSU are quite common.
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I have the same problem on my tablet Huawei MediaPad T1 8.0 Pro.
Please explain exactly what supposed to mean is "SSU cleanup, copying and installing SSU once again".
If one makes SSU cleanup then root access will flee for good and installing SSU again encounter the stark barrier, right?
If of course by "cleanup" you mean SuperSU's SETTINGS -> CLEANUP -> Reinstall (?)
@ioy
Do you have EMUI 4.0 on your tablet?
Some tips & tricks work between some Huawei models but for sure not each on everyone...
Anyway I made (in SSU) cleanup for full unroot (if I remember correctly :/) and by "copying & installing" I mean H7 procedure to copy and install via TWRP.
So full unroot and full root once again and in my case it solved my problem.
@adxuser, and what is EMUI 4.0 and how to check if it is on the tablet?
Where to learn about these tip & tricks?
I do not have TWRP because I wanted to have warranty still intact so not unlocked bootloader, and that's why I have unrooted with KingRooot and afterwards switched to SuperSU with SuperSume.
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How to use cleanup options in SuperSu, there're several ones intended for switching to another su application - all of them work the way they need TWRP or maybe it is possible to switchin the system (booted)?
@ioy
what is EMUI 4.0 and how to check if it is on the tablet?
Where to learn about these tip & tricks?
I do not have TWRP because I wanted to have warranty still intact so not unlocked bootloader, and that's why I have unrooted with KingRooot and afterwards switched to SuperSU with SuperSume.
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Emotion^^ User Interfece - Huawei visual & control overlay over Android.
For your http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_mediapad_t1_8_0-6705.php 4.3 not upgradeble Android it is probably 2.0? (settings > about).
Tips & tricks those are some common to EMUI solutions - working on many Huawei models. They are nowhere together to be found, you have to search in all Huawei models if you are looking for sth. special. Anyway as you probably understand from JellyBean EMUI no.x to MM EMUI no.4.0 (or 4.1) that is a long way (some common things could even work however).
And also I am not a root specialist but if you have a locked bootloader SSU will never work so make a full cleanup and do not try again
Maybe this KingRoot will work but search for info on that.
ps. in most "normal" countries unlocked bootloader hasn't got anything to warranty.
Yes, KingRoot worked normally, prompt popup windows worked neatly.
However, Huawei itself warns if you unlock the bootloader then they will not help you anymore in case of trouble. And as you maybe know already, Huawei official assistance is needed in doing unlocking bootloader, it is done through their site and first this terrible warning is displayed... (presumably they register phone's IMEI, serial number and these data is then spread to warranty service outposts worldwide)
Yes, they can track and they probably track a lot more easily
Regarding warranty it may and it vary from continent/country to continent/country but local (e.g. european) regulations take effect on that matter.
So Huawei China can even track what I did with the phone yesterday at 6pm but when I am able to relock the phone (even with status relocked) and it could be seen that it is malfunctioning because of hardware failure then I am talking to Huawei in Europe and I am totally not interested what Huawei China has to say.
So sometimes there are some commom myths and you should check (in a proper way ) what are the possibilities.
And you have cited wrong model, this one is Huawei MediaPad T1 PRO LTE:
http://www.gsmchoice.com/en/catalogue/huawei/mediapadt18.0lte/Huawei-MediaPad-T1-8.0-LTE.html
It has 4.4.4 Android version, and Emotion UI version 2.3, so what are these tips & tricks for this?
Please try to provide any clue, about those tips& tricks in respect of popup windows, as as I can see usual popups for any application are not present in this Huawei model... Apparently something must block them in a regular manner...
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And you have cited wrong model, this one is Huawei MediaPad T1 PRO LTE:
http://www.gsmchoice.com/en/catalogue/huawei/mediapadt18.0lte/Huawei-MediaPad-T1-8.0-LTE.html
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Quite possibly. Just a quick look.
As you probably understand we are on H7 subforum and I am not interested in other devices with its variants.
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It has 4.4.4 Android version, and Emotion UI version 2.3, so what are these tips & tricks for this?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66946525&postcount=12
Allright, how is it possible to switch off / disable this EMUI? What to freeze without bricking the phone? Presumably indeed this blocks popup windows itself and at all it seems providing no gain, plain Android is better and there are many apps on PlayStore with genius functions and full user's control, so please which system or internal memory apks are responsible for this EMUI and one normally can freeze them thus freeing the 'core' Android system from this dubious attraction?
Finally got my oppo find x purchased from China, let me know if you guys have question about using in US.
What service provider are you using it on? Any issue? Does Android auto work fine? Do you know if you can use the face recognition to access apps since there is no fingerprint sensor?
I also had one imported from China. I'm on att. I don't know any app that supports the face id right now. None of the bank apps support it, Google play doesn't, lastpass doesn't. So you'll have to type in the password every time.
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I also had one imported from China. I'm on att. I don't know any app that supports the face id right now. None of the bank apps support it, Google play doesn't, lastpass doesn't. So you'll have to type in the password every time.
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How is the service on at&t? Just curious are running china rom or global one?
I'm on Tmobile, face unlocked does not work with any apps. Mine is Chinese rom, Google play store installed by my own, no apps crash found now. And I tested Verizon yesterday, it's not working, no signal at all unless turn on the lte only mode, seems Verizon has not approve the device on their network yet.
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How is the service on at&t? Just curious are running china rom or global one?
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I haven't encountered any problem so far with at&t. It is China rom, but I'm running Nova launcher after disabling the stock launcher.
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I haven't encountered any problem so far with at&t. It is China rom, but I'm running Nova launcher after disabling the stock launcher.
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Hi, how did you disable the stock launcher and get Nova running? Don't you need an Oppo ID for that? Without a Chinese number this doesn't seem to work. Under default apps - home screen apps nothing is shown for me .
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Hi, how did you disable the stock launcher and get Nova running? Don't you need an Oppo ID for that? Without a Chinese number this doesn't seem to work. Under default apps - home screen apps nothing is shown for me .
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1. Install Nova launcher or whatever launcher you like on your phone. Go to phone settings, disable gesture control and use navigation buttons instead.
2. Enable USB debugging on your phone. Download and unzip ADB. Instructions can be found here.
3. Go to the root directory of ADB on your computer. Open Command Prompt, or Terminal on OSX or Linux.
4. Connect your phone to computer using USB.
5. Type the following in the command prompt
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adb shell pm disable-user com.oppo.launcher
. Remember only do this after you have other 3rd party launchers installed.
6. The default gesture control will not work properly anymore. You can use navigation buttons. Or if you want to use gesture, go to phone settings, choose the one where swiping from bottom left is back and swiping from bottom right is recent apps.
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1. Install Nova launcher or whatever launcher you like on your phone. Go to phone settings, disable gesture control and use navigation buttons instead.
2. Enable USB debugging on your phone. Download and unzip ADB. Instructions can be found here.
3. Go to the root directory of ADB on your computer. Open Command Prompt, or Terminal on OSX or Linux.
4. Connect your phone to computer using USB.
5. Type the following in the command prompt . Remember only do this after you have other 3rd party launchers installed.
6. The default gesture control will not work properly anymore. You can use navigation buttons. Or if you want to use gesture, go to phone settings, choose the one where swiping from bottom left is back and swiping from bottom right is recent apps.
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Thank you very much Already found the tutorial. Everything worked fine. ?
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Thank you very much Already found the tutorial. Everything worked fine.
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hi mate.
how is working nova launcher??? Are you able to get the notifications from apps?
zyf2756 said:
Finally got my oppo find x purchased from China, let me know if you guys have question about using in US.
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Hi there,
Could you please extract your theme store and oppo app store apk and share it with me, please...
Thx in advance
I made sure I searched most of the forums (and Google) in order to not make unnecessarily new threads. All the suggestions always point to the same "solution" which doesn't exactly cover the issue.
MIUI is well known for their ads. I read somewhere that Xiaomi is able to sell phones for cheap by forcing Ads all throughout MIUI.
The first thing I do on ANY MIUI phone is make sure I disable all the ads and turn off every setting possible no matter how deep it is buried. It's become so common to me, that I know each extremely buried setting by pure muscle memory.
Here's what I've done.
1: Authorization & Revocation = All DISABLED
2: Manage System App Settings = ALL "receive recommendations" DISABLED
3: Browser app has a hidden Authorization which is not shown in the regular "Authorization & Revocation" menu. = ALSO DISABLED.
4: Device ID and all other hidden ad related options belonging to MIUI and Google = ALL DISABLED.
5: MIUI Account = DISABLED.
6: Any miscellaneous ad related settings = ALL DISABLED.
Here's the problem. (and possible solution/s)
Continues Ads at least once every two days from MUSIC APP and GET APPS. I don't use either of those apps as I have better alternatives.
Solutions that work (but are not actual solutions.)
1: Disable notifications from Music and Get Apps. (Apps still sending ads but they're hidden.)
2: Set region to USA or UK (Get Apps is automatically disabled, so no ads from that. But ads from MUSIC APP still appear.) But this isn't a solution because I lose some MIUI features which are helpful. (Smart Messaging etc.)
I've also disabled data access to both GET APPS as well as MUSIC. The ads still show up. Which means MIUI is using another app or service to push these Ads.
I'm running fully stock MIUI 11.6 Android 10.
Please advise.
If you're rooted with magisk, use adaway. If you arent rooted, use adblock (https://www.xda-developers.com/block-ads-on-android/), or debloat your device using a pc and adb, since using system app uninstaller to remove "unremovable" bloatware will send your device into bootloop after rebooting. So here are the steps -
1. Enable USB debugging in Developer options.
2. Install App Inspector. It will give you a list of apps installed on your device. Navigate to the ones you want to remove (Music and GetApps). Also, remove an app called Quickapps. It has been reported to be spyware, since it has a lot of permissions already enabled and basically is of insignificant value. When you click on an app in App Inspector, it will show some detail like "com.xiaomi.player".
3. Open command prompt (in platform tools folder) on your pc and type adb devices, your device should show up. If it doesn't, you don't have drivers on your pc.
4. Run the following commands-
"adb shell"
"pm uninstall -k --user 0 (the app url from app inspector)" without quotes.
Example for music player "pm uninstall - k --user 0 com.xiaomi.player"
Enter.
It will show success. And your app will be gone for good.
I personally prefer MIUI EU roms. Went from MIUI global to EvolutionX to Havoc and ended up in MIUI EU. No ads, no bloatware, plus a few extra features.
Thank you for taking the time to write a detailed answer. I really mean it, it must have taken quite a lot of time to compose it.
I use this phone primarily for work and banking. So rooting it is out of the question. I understand there are ways around that limitation, but given the possibilities of things getting buggy, I simply just can't take that risk. Even an hour of downtime would be an absolute disaster. I've read a lot about the positives of MIUI European ROM. I only want to know if it is up to date as much as the regular global (India) ROM. If I do commit to flashing, it will have to be a one time thing because I really wouldn't have the time to jump back and forth due to bugs.
As far as uninstall/disable through ADB I'm afraid of getting into that territory too. MIUI is very well known to intentionally break devices that have modifications done to system partition.
For now, I'll try my luck with the Ad Block app you suggested. I have also tried Ad Away (premium trial) with the highest setting of Ad Blocking... It only managed to block ads in browser as well as banner ads in some applications and games.
The ads in Music and Get Apps aren't classified as ads as they are just recommendations from within the app like "Latest vollywood hits" or "Latest games for you" (through a separate service thread.)
If all else fails I'll have to try EU ROM and hope for the best.
Why not just flash a custom MIUI ROM like EU ? ?
Edit: Oh I see that you're not rooted. Sorry. ??
Use Adguard premium apk you wont see any ads in history again
Alrich said:
1: Disable notifications from Music and Get Apps. (Apps still sending ads but they're hidden.)
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What's the problem in disabling in notifications? I had disabled them a long time ago and never knew poco f1 is gettings ads.
You may try changing custom dns to adguard servers. (no idea if that'll work or not)
Alrich said:
Thank you for taking the time to write a detailed answer. I really mean it, it must have taken quite a lot of time to compose it.
I use this phone primarily for work and banking. So rooting it is out of the question. I understand there are ways around that limitation, but given the possibilities of things getting buggy, I simply just can't take that risk. Even an hour of downtime would be an absolute disaster. I've read a lot about the positives of MIUI European ROM. I only want to know if it is up to date as much as the regular global (India) ROM. If I do commit to flashing, it will have to be a one time thing because I really wouldn't have the time to jump back and forth due to bugs.
As far as uninstall/disable through ADB I'm afraid of getting into that territory too. MIUI is very well known to intentionally break devices that have modifications done to system partition.
For now, I'll try my luck with the Ad Block app you suggested. I have also tried Ad Away (premium trial) with the highest setting of Ad Blocking... It only managed to block ads in browser as well as banner ads in some applications and games.
The ads in Music and Get Apps aren't classified as ads as they are just recommendations from within the app like "Latest vollywood hits" or "Latest games for you" (through a separate service thread.)
If all else fails I'll have to try EU ROM and hope for the best.
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Uninstalling apps through ADB without root has no effect on system partition. It just temporarily uninstalls the apps for current user. They are still in your system partition. If you switch to another user or format your phone your apps will come back. Or you can use ADB commands to install them again. You can also remove Analytics, MSA and MAB which are responsible for Telemetry/ Ads. Only some of the apps cause problems when uninstalled like Security Center so don't remove it ever. If you are still afraid to use commands, you can use Xiaomi ADB and Fastboot Tools. It is a java based software with GUI. So you just need to select the apps and do one click uninstall. MIUI EU is also a good alternative if you are considering to enter the sea of custom roms. It has tons of features, ad free and built-in google apps integration.
Alrich said:
Thank you for taking the time to write a detailed answer. I really mean it, it must have taken quite a lot of time to compose it.
I use this phone primarily for work and banking. So rooting it is out of the question. I understand there are ways around that limitation, but given the possibilities of things getting buggy, I simply just can't take that risk. Even an hour of downtime would be an absolute disaster. I've read a lot about the positives of MIUI European ROM. I only want to know if it is up to date as much as the regular global (India) ROM. If I do commit to flashing, it will have to be a one time thing because I really wouldn't have the time to jump back and forth due to bugs.
As far as uninstall/disable through ADB I'm afraid of getting into that territory too. MIUI is very well known to intentionally break devices that have modifications done to system partition.
For now, I'll try my luck with the Ad Block app you suggested. I have also tried Ad Away (premium trial) with the highest setting of Ad Blocking... It only managed to block ads in browser as well as banner ads in some applications and games.
The ads in Music and Get Apps aren't classified as ads as they are just recommendations from within the app like "Latest vollywood hits" or "Latest games for you" (through a separate service thread.)
If all else fails I'll have to try EU ROM and hope for the best.
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Like one user said, using adb won't do any harm if you do it right. You can easily remove music and get apps applications without messing up your phone. Even rooting isn't that bad, people just give it a bad name. If you know what you're doing, there's no risk. Keep your phone encrypted, and don't give root access to any app since you don't want to use any root apps. MIUI EU can be used, flashed through custom recovery, but it will revert back to stock recovery if you don't flash magisk. Your phone will work fine, but you'll lose custom recovery. So if you run into a problem with that rom, it will be a longer procedure to resurrect your phone. But its a stable rom so that's highly unlikely. I haven't found any bugs in the latest version of MIUI EU till now.
Else, use an app called Blockada to block ads. Its available on XDA labs, is open source so everything is transparent and free.
(I would suggest you to take some time off and use the adb method. That's your best bet.)