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Hello i need sprint bloatwares for the epic 4g in order 4 me to upgade to froyo help!

Hey hello i need all sprint bloatware in order for me to upgrade my epic 4g for a friend an the phone cant connect to the computer it cant find it im using drop box an it works but now its asking for all the other bloat wares that been deleted on the phone to be on there to upgrade to froyo. I found asphalt 5 an it went through fine you have to place it in the system/ apps push the app in there if you guys going through what im going through u have to push the app in the sd card go to system/ app an paste it in there when i did that an rebooted to the samsung system recovery screen i don't have clock work its all stock. Now my phone didnt ask for asphalt 5 no more now it want sprintzone apk lol all the bloatwares help me out thanks

Why don't you wait for a sec to cool up a froyo Ron and keep root rather than using the ota and losing root
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skndeep102 said:
why don't you wait for a sec to cool up a froyo ron and keep root rather than using the ota and losing root
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im going to reroot it with the z4root app that not the issue i want to put a cook up rom on here but my phone cant connect to my pc so i been using dropbox i only can get stock rom for now until i can get my phone to connect to my pc it cant never find it i even bought 3 different usb an i install the samsung drivers an they dont want to install on my computer

why are you making multiple threads about the same thing?

Yeah man...just use Odin and go back to stock D118...fairly easy.

@ luvjones305
I would've expected someone who has been here almost a year to know how to search or at least not to spam the forum with reposts.

The "official update" will probably suck anyways. I would just wait until one of the developers has a ROM ready. I'm sure it wont be long

uh huh
first of all yea i signed up a year ago it don't mean im on here 24 hours like i don't have a life an if you cant help don't post nothing on here go cry some were else an i already search through here

It is physically painful to read your posts, I mean come on "yea"? Seriously? And that wouldn't even be such a big deal if you weren't a total prick to everyone, whether they were legitimately trying to help you or not. I am hard pressed to think of anyone who is anywhere near as big a prick as you manage to come across as (assuming you're actually not a total prick when not protected by the anonymity of the "interwebs").

Who's pitching in? I need a cold one now.

boborone said:
Who's pitching in? I need a cold one now.
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Looks like you're a long way from home buddy.

063_XOBX said:
Looks like you're a long way from home buddy.
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Huh? This is 42nd and Carlton right?

As in this is the Epic forum and your sig says you have a Captivate.

063_XOBX said:
As in this is the Epic forum and your sig says you have a Captivate.
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So that means the forums are segregated now? Gotta stay with your own kind and can't look at what's going on with other devices? I'm all over the sgs family, nexus boys, general, android and ot. It's kinda nice seeing dev from all over. Integration is good.

I don't deny that, just trying to avoid the off chance someone flashes a Rom not for their Galaxy S variant and has a "DOH!"moment

Haha hell no man. I've already spent the 2 bucks at radio shack for my jig. Only had to use it once. I mostly just trawl the themes and apps for other sgs's but I love watching people loose their minds when an ota hits like the op here. Lots of craziness in general for yall right now.

You should see the n1 now. 2.3 dropping for those guys and they have one thread about it, over 150 posts, and only two people on stock to pick it up. That's how it should be.
Edit nvm, they got 3

I gotta go check that out now.
boborone said:
You should see the n1 now. 2.3 dropping for those guys and they have one thread about it, over 150 posts, and only two people on stock to pick it up. That's how it should be.
Edit nvm, they got 3
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063_XOBX said:
As in this is the Epic forum and your sig says you have a Captivate.
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Lol that's like telling someone who owns a mercury sable to stay off the ford taurus forums
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BWFBezerk said:
Lol that's like telling someone who owns a mercury sable to stay off the ford taurus forums
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I like waffles

Why are some of the Inc dev's leaving XDA?

Ok. So i have been away from the form for a couple of weeks (family emergency) and I noticed that some of the dev's are packing up and going to different forums JoelZ9614, ihtfp69. What did I miss?

I'm kinda wondering that too tbh

devs should just ignore the crap and keep doing what they do.

Stuff like this makes me want to stay with CM even more. CM is my first love for custom ROMs and my favorite so far due to it's speed and features and open source model. Since they packed up quietly it just would make you speculate.
I like looking at the front page of Inc development to see what's new. We'll still be seeing new ROM on xda, just from fewer devs.

davwman said:
devs should just ignore the crap and keep doing what they do.
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They are doing what they do, just decided to do it elsewhere. A few things have happened on xda that ticked a lot of people off.
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im staying right here. doesnt matter who leaves, who stays. people need to grow the hell up and grow some thicker skin. this childish behavior HAS to stop for the good of the community. we will implode if all our devs leave. its like a joke to them. were not in third grade anymore guys. grow up, seriously......

...What exactly has happened on XDA that we're unaware of? Other than some of the people who use roms being totally immature, they will just follow to the other forums and spam that up. What's the point?

TheWhiteBandito said:
...What exactly has happened on XDA that we're unaware of? Other than some of the people who use roms being totally immature, they will just follow to the other forums and spam that up. What's the point?
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some stupid infighting like a family has.

This is funny I just nutted up on someone today for being a crybaby deuche
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watt9493 said:
some stupid infighting like a family has.
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Figures. All good things must come to an end I suppose :/

TheWhiteBandito said:
Figures. All good things must come to an end I suppose :/
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hop[efully its just a phase. wtf guys. what has become of this....

watt9493 said:
hop[efully its just a phase. wtf guys. what has become of this....
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About as well said as it gets
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donnyp1 said:
About as well said as it gets
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thank you. this was the best phone i ever had. one cause of development and two cause of service. now im regretting it for more then one reason.

watt9493 said:
thank you. this was the best phone i ever had. one cause of development and two cause of service. now im regretting it for more then one reason.
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Dont, the phone is still awesone, and imo the 2-3 best devs still here.
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watt9493 said:
hop[efully its just a phase. wtf guys. what has become of this....
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It will blow over, the forums here haven't had a real blow up in awhile now, so it was just a matter of time really.
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I thought I would stick with this phone way past my contract because of the development but I might have to second guess that if the developers become too hard to locate . Like they say " There is a beginning to every end "

donnyp1 said:
Dont, the phone is still awesone, and imo the 2-3 best devs still here.
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It will blow over, the forums here haven't had a real blow up in awhile now, so it was just a matter of time really.
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if i could get my hardware fixed id be okay, but i digress. and i hope it blows over, cause i need someone to learn from!

I liked the way xda had everything in one big forum.
Now theres going to be all these different forums for the same purpose.
*sigh
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Now its wildstang! [email protected]#$!
Change roms like I change underwear.

the children need to leave and problem would be solved. I cant believe the dinc forum has become this.

[Q] spy apps/software??

I know similar questions have been asked before and information won't be easy to obtain from anyone regarding this but I know so many poeple have the knowledge to answer. I obviously don't want to use a subscription service but here is my dilemma.
Yes I am trying to spy, however I own both devices and pay for the entire bill just granting the phone for use as is to my current girlfriend, I'm not accusing her of cheating however she is hiding something and its all within the texts she deletes, those texts are transmitted to and from the device I allow her to use, just looking for any options I have aside from shelling out hundreds or thousands on something that can be easily accomplished, however if the information is sensitive I don't want it uploaded to the web, just more of a forward type of thing I suppose but definately hidden from her view, she isn't tech savvy, but our evos are both rooted and custom Rom etc. If anyone could help me with this, that would be super. App / software / source / service doesn't matter to me.

cool story bro, get a new girlfriend and leave the spying to the spy's. if you do not trust her, let her go.

popper668 said:
cool story bro, get a new girlfriend and leave the spying to the spy's. if you do not trust her, let her go.
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Yeah man what he said
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You can use app called total SMS control..does everything you ask plus record calls...then sent to ur email...clever app
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Do yourself a favor, follow this guys instructions
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cool story bro, get a new girlfriend and leave the spying to the spy's. if you do not trust her, let her go.
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To everyone that replied except for don. Your replies were 100% worthless, unless you are replying to someone with helpful information you shouldn't reply at all that just makes you look worse people asking dumb questions. And thanks to you don I will check that out. And if anyone else has anything useful but don't want to share it publicly feel free to message by email I look forward to hearing.

if somehow...
you could tap into carrier IQ! Sorry bro...had to! I would also use sms control...neat little tool.

If you have access to the gmail account that is used with the phone you could install Google Voice. I noticed the other day that it saves a copy of my texts even though I had flashed multiple Roms since.

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If you have access to the gmail account that is used with the phone you could install Google Voice. I noticed the other day that it saves a copy of my texts even though I had flashed multiple Roms since.
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+1 and you can just tell her its a better vm app lol.
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Those replies were good.
First, you need to get help with your own problems of control and paranoia and forget about attempting illegal and immoral invasions of privacy.
Second, you should let that girl go. One day you might be healthy enough for an adult relationship, but not today.
smedley76 said:
To everyone that replied except for don. Your replies were 100% worthless, unless you are replying to someone with helpful information you shouldn't reply at all that just makes you look worse people asking dumb questions. And thanks to you don I will check that out. And if anyone else has anything useful but don't want to share it publicly feel free to message by email I look forward to hearing.
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Unreasnbl said:
Those replies were good.
First, you need to get help with your own problems of control and paranoia and forget about attempting illegal and immoral invasions of privacy.
Second, you should let that girl go. One day you might be healthy enough for an adult relationship, but not today.
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ROFLMAOF!!!! You nailed it though. In a very honest, serious way, too.
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Nick N said:
If you have access to the gmail account that is used with the phone you could install Google Voice. I noticed the other day that it saves a copy of my texts even though I had flashed multiple Roms since.
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huh?
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Hit the nail on the head. If you know she is cheating get rid of her. Why would you want to put yourself through that BS only to get mad at her for something you already know. Once a cheat always a cheat. What are you going to do anyways after you confirm and confront?
This ocean is too big to worry about one little fish.

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You could find yourself in legal troubles if you go thorough with this
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nlghtcrawler said:
You could find yourself in legal troubles if you go thorough with this
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Could he? He does own the phones and the contract is in his name. Should be able to do whatever he wants with the phone he's "lent" out, right?
A buddy of mine suspected his wife was cheating and she wouldn't admit to it. He decided to sift through her emails. He found she was, had proof, divorced her and is now happily married to a faithful woman. Just sayin.....had he not done that he would be far worse off. There's definately better ways to do it.....but every relationship and every person is different right?

That's weird, I thought he was asking for help with finding an app. Guess I missed the part where he asked for a bunch of relationship advice....
Hold on a sec, lemme put on my flame suit

Once there are trust issues there will always be trust issues.
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Honestly i agree with everyone who said no, but if you have one of the three main cellphone companies (Sprint, Verizion,AT&T) you can log in online and read the sent messages.

recneps5 said:
Honestly i agree with everyone who said no, but if you have one of the three main cellphone companies (Sprint, Verizion,AT&T) you can log in online and read the sent messages.
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No, you cant. Sprint does not make those available online.

[Tutorial] How to change Build Number (((ROM NAME)))

Hey guys from the help of my very good friend Azuzu I am creating a little tutorial on how to change the ROM Name or Build Number on your T989.
This might work on other devices but I have only tested it on the T989.
If you follow this guide you agree that you are doing thing on your own and you take full responsibility for any damage that may come to your device.
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Prerequisites:
Rooted - With SU Permissions
RootExplorer is recommended for file browsing with SU permissions.
Android SDK Installed - Google how to install it
Samsung Drivers - Check other posts or just google them
USB Debugging Enabled
Notepad++
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Once you have all the pre's done go to command prompt and type the follow:
adb pull system/build.prop
>It will save your build.prop and now find it and open it with Notepadd++
> Edit line 4 "ro.build.display.id="
Make it what ever u want it to be: ro.build.display.id=Name Ahhh
Then click save...
Mount your phone to the computer and place the build.prop in the sdcard.
Unount and open RootExplorer
Find the file and click and hold until you get to copy.
Copy it and put it in the system folder. If done right it should ask you to overwrite it.
Then go back to command prompt and do the following
adb shell
su
//You should be asked for permissions by your phone Hit allow
# mount -o,remount /system
# chmod 0755 /system/build.prop
# reboot
Dont put the hash or the space after it. Just the text.
Once you reboot go to about and you should see what ever name you changed it to.

Why would you want to do this unless you want to take credit for someone elses work? Just curious
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Tutorial how to kang lol
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djtheraven said:
Why would you want to do this unless you want to take credit for someone elses work? Just curious
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stock ROM users like may.want to change their ROM name. Some may just want something different. Who said anything about taking credit for some one else`s work.
If you don't like it don't or agree with it then that's you.
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djtheraven said:
Why would you want to do this unless you want to take credit for someone elses work? Just curious
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+1
And you know you can just edit build prop on your phone through root explorer?
Seems to be less hassle....
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Tnallen said:
+1
And you know you can just edit build prop on your phone through root explorer?
Seems to be less hassle....
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Hmm cool didnt think about that.
so +1 huh.
I guess all of you believe everyone wants to steal everyones work lol.
Groupy cheerleaders i see lol...

roketteere said:
Hmm cool didnt think about that.
so +1 huh.
I guess all of you believe everyone wants to steal everyones work lol.
Groupy cheerleaders i see lol...
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There's only 2 people that would do this, someone trying put their name on someone elses work OR someone wanting to lie to people into believing they're running something other than what's installed.

Thnks for the tut but wouldnt it be easier to edit the build.prop thru root explorer
Edit my bad for saying that twice didnt see dude above me^

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There's only 2 people that would do this, someone trying put their name on someone elses work OR someone wanting to lie to people into believing they're running something other than what's installed.
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I have stock rooted ROM. I have debloated the ROM myself. I have other tweaks that I'm doing. So tell me what am I stealing? Nothing.
So I renamed it to whatever I want. I also added my own boot screen and themed apps. So you are wrong. I am not stealing anyones work.
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I have stock rooted ROM. I have debloated the ROM myself. I have other tweaks that I'm doing. So tell me what am I stealing? Nothing.
So I renamed it to whatever I want. I also added my own boot screen and themed apps. So you are wrong. I am not stealing anyones work.
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I respect your work.

roketteere said:
I have stock rooted ROM. I have debloated the ROM myself. I have other tweaks that I'm doing. So tell me what am I stealing? Nothing.
So I renamed it to whatever I want. I also added my own boot screen and themed apps. So you are wrong. I am not stealing anyones work.
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That is stealing...you did not build the rom...changing boot animation, uninstalling system apps and tweaking some settings are something everyone could do to any rom... i mean really, any end user could do those things... what kernel source did you compile?did you zip align or deoxed? Did you add bln support? No you just changed a few things and then put your name on it..and anyway you don't even see the info unless you manually go into settings and look it up so no one would see that unless you showed it to them which makes it look even worse.....why would it matter what it was called in the settings?
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That is stealing...you did not build the rom...changing boot animation, uninstalling system apps and tweaking some settings are something everyone could do to any rom... i mean really, any end user could do those things... what kernel source did you compile?did you zip align or deoxed? Did you add bln support? No you just changed a few things and then put your name on it..and anyway you don't even see the info unless you manually go into settings and look it up so no one would see that unless you showed it to them which makes it look even worse.....why would it matter what it was called in the settings?
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Does it matter if I change the dialer??? Absolutely not!
If you had bag with 5 coins and add 1 now you have a bag with 6 coins. Now lets see if the bags are different:
Bag 1 -
1 Bag
5 Coins
0.85LBS
Bag 2-
1 Bag
6 Coins
1.00LBS
So now tell me how these two bags are the same....Oh wait that's right they are not the same anymore.
Ok enough with the silly examples...
Now if you have, or maybe you do, a Honda Civic.
You add RIMs, Radio, New Air Intake, Tints, HIDs, and a new air freshener. And you remove about 100LBS of weight of the body.
Now is that car stock?
Drum rolls someone............................................
Answer = Nope....
So if you put DJIDK's JDM Ride on the back instead of Honda Civic, does that mean you are stealing the work of the Japanese who built the car????
I don't think so. That means you have customized your car to your liking and gave it a name you thought it deserved after you did a bit of changes.
SOooo Lets get back to the Samsung Galaxy S2 T989 - T-Mobile.... Just making sure you remember the phone exactly...Wouldn't wanna steal Samsungs hard work and call it the Sam 989 u know....
So if I want to change and flip the back cover and maybe put pink little hearts as my app icons, then call it Roketteere's Pinked out T9er that does not mean I am stealing anyone's work. Nor does it mean I want to take credit for anything...
If you didn't like my simple tut, which yes I know it can be done faster via rootexplorer.apk (Thanks 2 the 2 guys for the info), then don't read it and post anything negative about it. Unless I intentionally put something to tell everyone to rename all the ROMs and post them on XDA or whatever site as their own no one should be accusing me or anyone else who does this to be doing something wrong.
Well thanks to you my fingers now hurt from typing with a bit of anger...
I hope my keyboard is ok...Hmm :fingers-crossed:
Well Im done with that...Have a good night spirit fingers :silly:

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Does it matter if I change the dialer??? Absolutely not!
If you had bag with 5 coins and add 1 now you have a bag with 6 coins. Now lets see if the bags are different:
Bag 1 -
1 Bag
5 Coins
0.85LBS
Bag 2-
1 Bag
6 Coins
1.00LBS
So now tell me how these two bags are the same....Oh wait that's right they are not the same anymore.
Ok enough with the silly examples...
Now if you have, or maybe you do, a Honda Civic.
You add RIMs, Radio, New Air Intake, Tints, HIDs, and a new air freshener. And you remove about 100LBS of weight of the body.
Now is that car stock?
Drum rolls someone............................................
Answer = Nope....
So if you put DJIDK's JDM Ride on the back instead of Honda Civic, does that mean you are stealing the work of the Japanese who built the car????
I don't think so. That means you have customized your car to your liking and gave it a name you thought it deserved after you did a bit of changes.
SOooo Lets get back to the Samsung Galaxy S2 T989 - T-Mobile.... Just making sure you remember the phone exactly...Wouldn't wanna steal Samsungs hard work and call it the Sam 989 u know....
So if I want to change and flip the back cover and maybe put pink little hearts as my app icons, then call it Roketteere's Pinked out T9er that does not mean I am stealing anyone's work. Nor does it mean I want to take credit for anything...
If you didn't like my simple tut, which yes I know it can be done faster via rootexplorer.apk (Thanks 2 the 2 guys for the info), then don't read it and post anything negative about it. Unless I intentionally put something to tell everyone to rename all the ROMs and post them on XDA or whatever site as their own no one should be accusing me or anyone else who does this to be doing something wrong.
Well thanks to you my fingers now hurt from typing with a bit of anger...
I hope my keyboard is ok...Hmm :fingers-crossed:
Well Im done with that...Have a good night spirit fingers :silly:
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It's not about stock or not you are changing the name...the coins are still not made by you so you would not call them David coins and the Honda civic is still a Honda civic..not made by you either..so you wouldn't call it a David civic...get it
Edit...I'm sure every dev on here would agree...and you still haven't answered me....what's so important about a name, no one is going to see?
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djtheraven said:
It's not about stock or not you are changing the name...the coins are still not made by so you would not call them David coins and the Honda civic is still a Honda civic..not made by you either..so you wouldn't call it a David civic...get it
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If I feel like calling my Chevy Suburban, LoopDogg Suburban and get a custom chrome sign and replacing the suburban sign with it, who the F' cares. Anybody who see it will know the truth. If he would start a thread and claim it, then that will be an issue.
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djtheraven said:
That is stealing...you did not build the rom...changing boot animation, uninstalling system apps and tweaking some settings are something everyone could do to any rom... i mean really, any end user could do those things... what kernel source did you compile?did you zip align or deoxed? Did you add bln support? No you just changed a few things and then put your name on it..and anyway you don't even see the info unless you manually go into settings and look it up so no one would see that unless you showed it to them which makes it look even worse.....why would it matter what it was called in the settings?
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so you think his name is ahhh. There's a reason he put this in general, it's just a little theming is all. It may be pointless but the guy isn't claimingto have built anything and it isn't Rom specific. Name it peter juice or something.

Rasta Rom

unclefrancis said:
so you think his name is ahhh. There's a reason he put this in general, it's just a little theming is all. It may be pointless but the guy isn't claimingto have built anything and it isn't Rom specific. Name it peter juice or something.
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I get it but this is something he should have kept to himself...and it is listed as a tutorial
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djtheraven said:
I get it but this is something he should have kept to himself...and it is listed as a tutorial
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Why keep it to myself. XDA is all about sharing and helping one another. So no I'm not going to keep this to myself. Like the other member said I'm not posting this to claim something that's not mine. I'm claiming to call my phone what ever I decide to call it and if you want to do the same then this is the tutorial for you. If not then move on.
It's like you wanna hijack a perfectly harmless thread and make it about something else then what it literally means. Are you going to bash me if my signature said "Sent from Roketteere's Cool iPad using TT H-Dee"
Is that stealing too?
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roketteere said:
Why keep it to myself. XDA is all about sharing and helping one another. So no I'm not going to keep this to myself. Like the other member said I'm not posting this to claim something that's not mine. I'm claiming to call my phone what ever I decide to call it and if you want to do the same then this is the tutorial for you. If not then move on.
It's like you wanna hijack a perfectly harmless thread and make it about something else then what it literally means. Are you going to bash me if my signature said "Sent from Roketteere's Cool iPad using TT H-Dee"
Is that stealing too?
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I'm gonna let this thread fall so this will be it...yes this forum is about help and this isn't helping anyone...good luck
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djtheraven said:
I'm gonna let this thread fall so this will be it...yes this forum is about help and this isn't helping anyone...good luck
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I posted "Sharing and Helping" I know im not helping lol. Im sharing
Cheers

Will a factory reset reset password unlock?

ok my poor x girlfriend's 13 year old son had a heart attack now he in a coma.. so sad 13 years old i dont get it?? well its not looking good at all they are taking him off the machine that helps him breath tomarrow... she got him a tmobile gs3 for xmas.. and she wants to go in his phone.. but he has that pass code to unlock screen if i factory reset it in stock recovery will that un do it? i feel so bad for her she lost the father of her son to drugs he od.. now this thanks

I'm having a hard time believing this story. For all we know, your a thirteen year old kid who has found/stolen an s3 that has a pass code on it and trying to find a way to use the phone.
Whether your story is true or not, there's only one way to find out if doing a factory reset from the stock recovery will work, right?
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Da Kine said:
I'm having a hard time believing this story. For all we know, your a thirteen year old kid who has found/stolen an s3 that has a pass code on it and trying to find a way to use the phone.
Whether your story is true or not, there's only one way to find out if doing a factory reset from the stock recovery will work, right?
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bro im 32 year old man and would NEVER make up a story like that..

I can kinda see where his skepticism is coming from tbh. I know Ive had a few occasions where someone one would try to get help with something questionable by telling me some crazy, hardly believable story (some pretty out there too!).
Most times folks will just post their question and explain later if asked, so when we see a story like yours it does cause some to wonder about the legitimacy. Call it being gun shy I guess, but we just don't want to see the knowledge we share be used for immoral, illegal, or malicious purposes. (Yes, people do try to "trick" us, on occasion).
Considering your level of activity on xda, it does make it easier to trust you though. But try to understand that when you say you would never make up a story like that, there are plenty who would, and all we have to differentiate and decide is your username and our intuition!
And since you'd figure it out eventually anyway, yes a factory reset, from stock recovery, will reset the device to an oob state, including any passwords and other security measures. It'll also wipe internal sdcard where pictures and other personally important data are often stored.
Sorry to hear about all of that btw. Will keep you in our prayers. Take care.
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I don't know why you would post about a personal death but yes when you factory reset and go back to stock it erases all of your current data.

P.Mobile said:
bro im 32 year old man and would NEVER make up a story like that..
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Like I said, your story may or may not be true. Your post seems like some kid wrote it. Seriously, a 32 year old calling people on the internet "bro".
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To be fair, lots of people on xda, older and younger, use "bro".
And I agree with the questioning of posting about any personal tragedy, as I have seen people use it as a cover of sorts or to entice an answer by tugging on the heart strings, but I have also seen people legitimately post these things, both as an outlet, and in anticipation of being asked why they are trying to do a certain thing.
I'm not making a call here either way as there really is no way to know. But it would be more suspicious to me if it were from a day old account with only one post.
I'm not trying to argue, defend or attack any of you btw. Just felt it was a point worth mentioning is all.
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thanks for anyone that answerd back.. lil man passed away at 12:38 pm today.. R.I.P Jacob.. please say a prayer for my x she is going threw so much rite now.. im not gonna say anything to the few users that what to talk ishh ill let that go... u got that.. MUTTS HERE U GO.... https://www.facebook.com/praysforjake?hc_location=timeline

I'm sorry to hear that. He's in a better place now, no more suffering.
As for getting into the phone as Doc said you can get rid of the password but all the data will get wiped as well.
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TheLastSidekick said:
I'm sorry to hear that. He's in a better place now, no more suffering.
As for getting into the phone as Doc said you can get rid of the password but all the data will get wiped as well.
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Thanks.. im going over to see her in a bit... he loved his gs3.. so she wants to keep it as her phone now..thanks again boss

So sorry to hear about your loss. I can't even imagine...
There are never any words good enough.
I know it's probably not the time to work on it but when you are ready to, there are a few threads I've seen here on xda that can help you bypass that lock. Not sure how intensive they are but they are there. In case you want to try and save any pictures or something...
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thanks for anyone that answerd back.. lil man passed away at 12:38 pm today.. R.I.P Jacob.. please say a prayer for my x she is going threw so much rite now.. im not gonna say anything to the few users that what to talk ishh ill let that go... u got that.. MUTTS HERE U GO.... https://www.facebook.com/praysforjake?hc_location=timeline
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I owe you an apology. I wasn't saying you were lying, its just that the thread is a little suspicious to me and there's people out there that will go to any extent to get what they want. Sorry for the loss and sorry for jumping to conclusions.
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