My epic has an app that is called keytracer.apk, does anyone know exactly what is does? I'm tempted to remove it, but I don't want to brick my phone.
Before anyone flips out- yes I visited the epic wiki on this forum, and went to apps safe to remove link. the thread publisher doesn't know what it does, so I'm hoping someone else might.
By the way I'm running froyo on a rooted Epic 4g.
Thanks, CB.
Umm idk it doesn't sound very good... I'd delete it it won't brick your phone back it up first
epic
"Traces Keys" - but aside from a smart ass answer, I think it has to do with MultiTouch.
Keytracer.apk
This logs actions completed on your phone to be referenced in case of any catastrophic software errors on the user part. In my experience it made my phone a bit smoother when deleted. Its been on all my Samsung phones but not on any others that I recall, so it may be brand-specific.
Are u using swype keyboard. I believe so u cud c the traces of the keys ur swiping.
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Hi all.
I have just gone play dead space today and my analogue controls no longer work. I've tested on other games as well and making sure the touch analogues are set up in the controls and they are.
I'm guessing I'm going to have to send the phone back to Sony? :'(
Don't panic...did you download any apps recently? What were the last few things you downloaded before the touchpads stopped working? Some apps mess with the game pad that's why I'm asking.
cutthroat31 said:
Don't panic...did you download any apps recently? What were the last few things you downloaded before the touchpads stopped working? Some apps mess with the game pad that's why I'm asking.
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I just restored the phone and lost all my data, and the touch pads are still not working :-(
Looks like its back to Sony. I really dont need this hassle right now as well
Are you can cybanogen mod?
I used the XDA App to post this, what did you use?
Cat_On_Droid said:
Are you can cybanogen mod?
I used the XDA App to post this, what did you use?
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Nah, i am on stock UK 2.3.3 with root. Its broke i know it. Its almost worthless without the touch pads because most xp play games need them :-(
Hi,
I have the same issue. Have you you fixed it? How?
you can use the touchpad tester to be 100% sure there broke the apk is in the themes and apps section just search or type touchpad tester in google
I guess I'm retarded but after hours of searching, bricking, restoring, and trying all over again, I can't figure out how to root my phone. I just want to be able to tether now that sprint has blocked foxfi. Can anyone make a suggestion? SPH-D710
Just use a one click package
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Doesn't that mean you have to start from scratch? i.e. lose all you settings and apps?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMD0pybakeE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Follow this video and you should be fine, qbking makes great videos having to do with E4GT
Thanks so much. yeah, I like his videos. I thought it wouldn't work at first but... I just gotta learn to read better after being up all night! Question, does this reset the phone?
is there some nifty rom that might be better that has tethering enabled? Since I'm going to have to start from scratch anyways....
Btw with a one click no data package you jeep all if your apps and data for those apps. Its best though to wipe clean anyways. Less problems. Blue kuban rom is pretty nice
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Many roms already have the hacked 3g hotspot in them just read the OP of whichever rom you want to make sure. I'm not sure if this resets all data but if your going to switch roms you could try the goodness rom or black rom easily found in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1284
You can also try the re-calked rom
Hello everyone. I am new here so I may have missed what I need so please be gentle if I did.
I am running Team D.I.R.T. Dark Light Rom. I am finding some of my GB apps don't work. First is Sprint Zone. Is there a compatible apk or not yet? Second is Life is Crime. Again says is not compatible even from GPlay. Is there a program I can install that will run my apps in compatibility mode or are they just lost apps?
Sprint zone will not work. As far as life is crime I have no idea. So I would assume they are lost.
If u mix Taco Bell hot sauce, with Ramen noodles, it taste just like poverty.
I know that in ROM's like Cyanogenmod and Deck's Reloaded, there is an app called Spare Parts which has a 'Compatibility Mode' option. You could try that. You could also try to fix permissions from the recovery menu.
Then again, if you can't even install the app to begin with, you may just be out of luck.
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I can install them because I have the apk. They just don't open. I will try Spare Parts to see if that works. Thanks.
Edit: That didn't work. Sprint Zone installs but Life is Crime didn't this time. Oh well maybe Sprint will get this fixed and I will contact the developers of the game for a replacement apk. Thanks for trying.
Crap like Sprint Zone I why I rooted my EVO and installed a custom ROM.
Pariah3000 said:
Crap like Sprint Zone I why I rooted my EVO and installed a custom ROM.
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Yup
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I rooted to remove junk also. For me it was Amazon,Kindle,Google Play and the majority of things put in by HTC and Sprint. Sprint Zone is the most useful of everything pre installed. Is his I manage everything about my account.
Hey all,
I switched from Iphone 4 to galaxy s 3 and love it. I want to know if there's a way to delete apps that came with the phone ( all the ATT apps)?
also I have the Samsung SGH-I747, what's the difference from the I9300? I see that everywhere when I google samsung galaxy S 3 4.1.1 update? will that work with my phone?
I tried to root my device but it was giving me errors so I unrooted.
I'll definitely try that again soon.
What are good sites for info and "hacks" for this awesome phone?!
Any good App recommendations?
So far I'm impressed with the phone and love it!!!
Steve
dasaint80 said:
Hey all,
I switched from Iphone 4 to galaxy s 3 and love it. I want to know if there's a way to delete apps that came with the phone ( all the ATT apps)?
also I have the Samsung SGH-I747, what's the difference from the I9300? I see that everywhere when I google samsung galaxy S 3 4.1.1 update? will that work with my phone?
I tried to root my device but it was giving me errors so I unrooted.
I'll definitely try that again soon.
What are good sites for info and "hacks" for this awesome phone?!
Any good App recommendations?
So far I'm impressed with the phone and love it!!!
Steve
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Nice move! To remove apps, root the phone and you'll have that power. BUT.... this is the Sprint SPH-L710 forum, not the AT&T. Do not flash anything from here, go to the AT&T thread and read up on what is working over there.
Sorry, Should I move this thread? or will the Mod do it?
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Sorry, Should I move this thread? or will the Mod do it?
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It's kool, we all make mistakes in beginning
Contact a moderator and request the thread to be closed.
Thread moved
FNM
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And to further answer your question no don't flash anything for the i9300 - that's the international version and doing so will brick your phone.
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=)
I switched my iPHONE 4 to the GS3 too!!!! Message me if you figured out to do anything u asked. I'm still trying to learn as well.
I love reading topics like this. Welcome to Android world. Where YOU own your phone! Good luck and remember.. READ! READ! READ!!! Its easy to brick your phone in the beggining. Even I did myself too.. twice! Poor Epic 4g lol
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I too made the switch a couple of months ago. I've since rooted and installed CM10 nightlies and I'm loving it! This phone is such a refreshing change from the iPhone and I'm learning something new all the time.
If I can give some advice. You have a lot more power over the S3 than you did with the iPhone, even with Jailbreaking. Because of this you can really screw the device up if you don't do something correctly, just be sure to read and read and keep reading. Ask questions and then when your sure, read a bit more then take the plunge. Once you get a grasp of things the mystery goes away and it's no big deal but until you've rooted and installed a recovery, then ROM'ed your phone it will seem crazy.
Enjoy it.
Root your phone. Follow Mr Robinson's post under stickies. Then download titanium backup. You should have everything you need there.
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TEAM BAKED ROM Blackbean 5
Ktoonsez KT747 Kernel
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dasaint80 said:
Hey all,
I switched from Iphone 4 to galaxy s 3 and love it. I want to know if there's a way to delete apps that came with the phone ( all the ATT apps)?
also I have the Samsung SGH-I747, what's the difference from the I9300? I see that everywhere when I google samsung galaxy S 3 4.1.1 update? will that work with my phone?
I tried to root my device but it was giving me errors so I unrooted.
I'll definitely try that again soon.
What are good sites for info and "hacks" for this awesome phone?!
Any good App recommendations?
So far I'm impressed with the phone and love it!!!
Steve
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i9300 = international version (quad core, 1gb ram)
i747 = att version (dual core, 2gb ram)
my favoruite apps are flipboard (pre-installed), jetpack joyride, granny smith, subway surf, and nova launcher atm. if you're a redditor, reddit sync is great as well.
for info and hacks, xda is the best.
dasaint80 said:
Hey all,
I switched from Iphone 4 to galaxy s 3 and love it. I want to know if there's a way to delete apps that came with the phone ( all the ATT apps)?
also I have the Samsung SGH-I747, what's the difference from the I9300? I see that everywhere when I google samsung galaxy S 3 4.1.1 update? will that work with my phone?
I tried to root my device but it was giving me errors so I unrooted.
I'll definitely try that again soon.
What are good sites for info and "hacks" for this awesome phone?!
Any good App recommendations?
So far I'm impressed with the phone and love it!!!
Steve
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Welcome to the flash crazy work of Android :silly:
The i9300 is the international version, and the i747 is the AT&T version. You want to make sure you DO NOT cross flash anything from the i9300 onto the i747 and vise versa, you will brick, and brick badly.
For Rooting I wrote this up a while back and should be useful:
Recovery mode:
Hold down Volume Up, Home and then the Power button
Download Mode:
Hold down Volume Down, Home and then power until “Warning!!” message is displayed
Press Volume Up to continue.
Navigating Clockwork Mod Recovery:
Use the Volume Up and Down arrow keys to change the highlighted option and the home key to select an option. The Back soft key works, but will not be lit and will take you back one screen.
1. Make sure all Samsung Drivers are installed.
2. Copy CMW_SuperUser_v3.07.zip to your internal SD
3. Reboot your phone into download mode
4. Go into the folder you extracted Odin3 into and run Odin3 v3.04.exe
5. Connect your phone to your computer via USB
6. Click on PDA and in the Open window that pops up navigate to clockworkmod.tar
- Verify that ONLY Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked
7. Click Start.
8. Power off your device and boot into Recovery mode
-To boot into Recovery mode: Hold down Volume Up, Home and then the Power button until you are in Recovery (it should say CWM-based Recovery at the top of the screen)
9. Install CMW_SuperUser_v3.07.zip
10. Reboot
11. Install BusyBox from Google Play Market, grant it SuperUser permissions and it'll walk through the rest.
12. Update Binaries.
- Open the SuperUser app
- Get into settings (the wrench icon in the upper right of the screen)
- Select Su binary under the General section towards the bottom of the list
- Select Update
To remove the bloatware from AT&T, you will need to root, and there are 3 ways that I use to remove that stuff. 1 is to buy Titanium Backup, and "freeze" the apps you don't want to use. They are still installed, but are not visible.
2nd way is to use Titanium Backup, and Backup and/or uninstall the apps. The 3rd way is to get a root explorer application(there are a few good free ones) and go to system/apps, and manually delete them yourself. The easiest way would be to freeze them in TiBu, and the safest. If you mess something up, you can always go back and Un-freeze the app
This SHOULD get you going
Hey! Welcome to the wonderful world of android. You are in for a lot of treats as I'm sure you've seen already. To answer your question about removing the. "bloatware" as we call it, there is one other way other than rooting you can get it off your app drawer and make it easier to ignore. Find the app you want to get rid of. Then press and hold on it until the home screens come up. Drag the icon down to the "app info" icon and drop it there. This will load up the info screen. From here, select the "disable" button and it will be removed from your app drawer. This is an easier way than rooting and it won't void your warranty either! Hope that helps.
Also, check out the amazon app store. It is pretty awesome. Free app every day. You can also customise your phone using zedge.
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NVM I figured it out
I made the same switch
I am going on about 2 weeks now with the GS3. It is a big learning curve so far. As the stock GS3 with touchwiz I am not a fan. I do not like what samsung did to android at all. In particular all of the motion stuff is really stupid and the samsung messaging app is just terrible. I also don't like their default keyboard.
However I rooted it and installed CM10 and I really like that. I am a little torn as I dont know if I should judge this phone based on how it is in stock mode or for everything I can do with it (rooting, roms, etc....). Coming from the iphone I do miss the stability and ease of use. But I do like the bigger screen the LTE and being able to customize more, like what apps open with what actions and what not. All of the sharing options are nice too.
I would say if I was stuck with touchwiz I would probably return the phone and go with another iphone, but being able to use CM10 makes all the difference. I like both OS's and think each has their positives and drawbacks.
I am not trying to start a flame war just giving my opinion after a couple weeks of making the switch.
That's the beauty of android...you don't have to stick with the manufacturers skin.
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kinghorsey said:
That's the beauty of android...you don't have to stick with the manufacturers skin.
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Agree, but I wish it wasn't required to enjoy the phone. sometimes you want something to just work. plus most of the ROM's have at least some issues that wouldnt be found in a release by a major company. Though touch wiz was just as buggy.
McConnellBrewing said:
Agree, but I wish it wasn't required to enjoy the phone. sometimes you want something to just work. plus most of the ROM's have at least some issues that wouldnt be found in a release by a major company. Though touch wiz was just as buggy.
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I made the jump from iPhone less than a month ago and have already tried atleast 7 diffrent roms...
Stock rom worked just fine for me all the time and I do find the motions useful...just disable them if you dont like them... I think like you that both have their pros and cons...but im finding much more pros for the Android than iOS...
Maybe there was something wrong with your phone from the get go...just saying consider taking it back to the store for a new one...cause I never had any bugs in touchwiz when I was running the stock rom...
Not trying to be rude, just giving my opinion...
Sent from AT&T Galaxy S3 SGH-i747, just in case you were wondering...
I came from an iPhone 4 to a Galaxy SII (I777) last year, and now I just got the S3. I understand where your coming from where you like the ease of use of iOS and the stability, but to be honest I wasn't having any trouble or stability issues on the either of my phones with the stock ROM on Touchwiz. With that being said I still flashed a lot of other ROMs because I love tinkering and trying new stuff, I decided to stick with AOKP which is a CM10 AOSP based ROM and I couldn't be happier. I do miss some of the neat features with touchwiz though, like Smartstay and Direct-call.