I have my tablet for my newphew, and i want to update his one, because storage data is very limited. The new marsmellow appearently allows apps to function on SD card FINALLY aswell.
However tried searching around here for a bit but couldnt find much on it. The device is already rooted.
Is marsmellow possible or not?
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Dumb question of the moment.
Upgraded to 1.0.561_r1. Previously had root (yes, I'm a dope), that of course broke it. Still have the apps that I installed when I had root and the Play Store, but I did have to uninstall that because ... of course ... didn't work! Pretty sure I still have CWM Recovery on there though, but no good way to get to it.
So, assuming that there isn't a root yet out there for this new version, which I doubt there is, am I looking at needing to downgrade using the micro USB "connect to PC" method?
Thanks!
Hi folks,
I've had my Z2 stolen a few days ago and I'm going to get a Z1 compact to replace it. Sad story I know
Now I have a simple enough quesiton. The device itself comes with Android 4.3 and 16 GB of internal storage.
One thing that bothered me on Z2 was that I couldn't move the apps to the SD card, but with Android 4.3 I can.
When I get the Z1c next week I plan to root it, after taking a backup of the TA partition of course, but then I wonder will I be able to move the apps to SD storage and are there any issues with this?
It's my first 4.4 device that will be rooted, I was reluctant to root the Z2 since there was no way to backup the DRM keys, so I'm not aware of any limitations or drawbacks of upgrading to the latest version of Android.
I don't mind staying on 4.3 if that's the advice from the community
Thanks!
daxdax89 said:
go kitkat
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Thanks mate!
Should I root first, or let the phone update itself first?
And last question - is there an app or hack for KitKat to easily move applications and data to SD card?
I used to do it with Titanium Backup Pro, but I'm not sure that option exists anymore.
crótach said:
Thanks mate!
Should I root first, or let the phone update itself first?
And last question - is there an app or hack for KitKat to easily move applications and data to SD card?
I used to do it with Titanium Backup Pro, but I'm not sure that option exists anymore.
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Theres an Xposed module to enable the old behaviour of the external Memory Access. It's called HandleExternalStorage
[Q] Can I update my rooted, unlocked bootlocker Nexus > 4.4.4 to 5.0.2 without a PC?
and without losing data?
First of all, apologies in advance if this has been discussed/answered before, I searched the Nexus 7 2013 threads but my understanding of how Android works is so limited I decided to ask my question directly in hopes that someone will be kind enough to dumb things down for me.
I rooted my Nexus 7 a few months ago because I lost about 10,000 music presets for the music creation app I use and ,while it was a long shot, I was desperate enough to see if I could somehow recover the files. I did by some miracle locate the dumped files but everyone of them had a new numerical name and I would have had to have renamed them all by hand; which I did not do. Ha!
Recently, I got the over air update for 5.0 but because I was rooted and I know next to nothing, I was unable to update.
This week, I've recieved the over air update for 5.0.2 and I'm holding on to it in hopes that I can get it up and running.
So the questions I have are:
1) can I get the update in the current state my tablet is in without using a PC and without losing data?
I don't have a problem backing everything up if there's a chance it will get lost but I have a lot of music stuff on my tablet and it will take a long time to cloud it.
I do have a hand me down Mac book pro and I have seen that there may be a way to use a Mac with an Android for this but it sounds like a huge headache; if not, I'd be all for it.
2) If it's not gonna happen in the above manner, I have no problem unrooting (and unbootlockering ? if needed?) my device in order to update. If that the way to go, can I do that without a PC and without losing data? Am I being a super pain?
3) How do I do either?
I am new to Android, and a ludite in general, so if anyone has the saintly patience to walk me thru it like you would your grandma, I would be grateful.
I used Towelroot to root. I unlocked the Bootlocker without knowing why I would want to because I'm a compulsive idoit.
I've been on this forum for roughly a week looking through articles and I'm seriously confused at this.
I have a Samsung Verizon note 4 on Lollipop
Baseband N910VVRU2BOG5
I'm trying to either downgrade it, root it, etc. Everything I've tried just sends me in circles. I get theres no perma-root method, but can I do anything at this point?
DikStarrbuck said:
I've been on this forum for roughly a week looking through articles and I'm seriously confused at this.
I have a Samsung Verizon note 4 on Lollipop
Baseband N910VVRU2BOG5
I'm trying to either downgrade it, root it, etc. Everything I've tried just sends me in circles. I get theres no perma-root method, but can I do anything at this point?
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It depends on what you want to do, as there are ways around doing certain things that usually require a rooted device. For instance, if you want to back up your apps and their data, there's an app called Helium that works on non-rooted devices.
will4958 said:
It depends on what you want to do, as there are ways around doing certain things that usually require a rooted device. For instance, if you want to back up your apps and their data, there's an app called Helium that works on non-rooted devices.
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Right now, what I really want to do is 'block' mock locations check. But I cannot figure out how to downgrade my phone, if its even possible. And I cant root my phone. I have tried Kingroot, but it said my phone wasnt rootable yet. But I read somewhere I can downgrade my phone to a rootable OS, but that didnt work either, so I dunno what I can do.
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Right now, what I really want to do is 'block' mock locations check. But I cannot figure out how to downgrade my phone, if its even possible. And I cant root my phone. I have tried Kingroot, but it said my phone wasnt rootable yet. But I read somewhere I can downgrade my phone to a rootable OS, but that didnt work either, so I dunno what I can do.
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Unfortunately, unless you updated to a version of Lollipop using one of the safe update options mentioned in one of the threads, you can't downgrade to a previous version. There is a program called Debloater, I believe, that will block any app you want on your phone, but you still can't uninstall said app. All the program does is essentially disable the blocked app from running. For instance, when I didn't want my phone automatically checking for system updates, I would use Debloater to block the two apps on the phone that are required for it to perform those automatic checks. All you do is start Debloater on your computer, plug your phone into a USB port, set the phone to 'Media Device', and wait for the program to recognize the device. Once it does, just select the app(s) you want to block. Just out of curiosity, though, what version of Lollipop are you currently running? If you're on 5.0.1, I can understand why you don't want to stay there. I was on it for a little while, but only as a pit stop on my way to 5.1.1. I can say with assurance that after running my phone on 5.1.1 for at least a couple weeks or more, it runs very smoothly, even better than it did on 4.4.4, which was supposed to be better than 5.0.1 as far as performance goes. My battery lasts about as long as it did on Kit Kat, and I haven't experienced any crazy overheating issues.
Hello all,
Not sure this has been asked yet. I did a search and didn't find anything so please excuse me if I'm asking an answered question. My 8.4" SM-T700 still runs on 4.4 Kitkat. Originally there were external sdcard restrictions where writing to external sd card was locked and one needed to root and download an third party app in order to regain full access. Is this also the case on 5.0.2 Lollipop? I'm thinking of doing an update (finally), but want to know if I'll face the same issues with the external SD on 5.0.2.
All help greatly appreciated.
Regards
Hi.
I had been running stock kitkat on my 10.5" for 18 months and i just updated to lollipop, With kitkat i had to used the kitkat microsd fix to enable write/delete but since i updated to lollipop i have not had an problems writing or deleting files on my microsd, so that`s my experience.
John.
Thanks Tinderbox! Much appreciated.
The fix still works on lollipop 5.0.2