Hi, I state that I've been working with other OSs in the past, but I have little to no experience with Android, and sadly no time to actually learn it from the basics ATM.
Long story short:
I have a yet-to-be-rooted Galaxy Tab 3 sm-t110 with Android 4.2.2. It seemed weird to me that it couldn't run PokéGO (which requires 4.4.2).
In fact, it can. I installed the apk with just the System Version unlocked, and it works like a charm(better than some proper 4.4.2 phones I've seen, at least), with the Poke Trainer Account login.
When I try to login with my Google Account (the other possible option), it just gets stuck loading and never goes past that screen.
I suspect Google Account asks for a second check on System Version or Device Name and refuses the T110.
No comment.
So, I'm here to ask if changing one of those strings, or both, would work, and if so, what would be the simplest, fastest and less invasive way to achieve such result?
Thank you
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Hi all,
I made a dumb move and installed the CM11 port for my T320 without backing up my Samsung stock firmware. (I'd post over in the appropriate thread in the development section, but I haven't posted here frequently enough to be allowed over there). I want to go back to the Samsung UI for now because I am having some troubles with CM11 ... my tablet thinks it's a phone, so I'm not getting the tablet features and app versions. Plus something is off with my screen so that some apps (Flipboard, at least) runs everything off the right side and bottom of the screen. Anyway, does anyone have an idea of how to get me back to my Samsung UI? I can't get Kies to talk to my tablet (another thing that cropped up with this CM build) so I can't get that to reflash it for me.
I have downloaded an Odin-flashable Samsung stock firmware from Australia (I'm in the US) so I'm guessing that will work, but I'd rather find an easier option before I give my tablet a globetrotting split identity disorder or something.
Please understand, I've rooted, reflashed, and even unbricked devices before, so I'm not new to this, just made a dumb mistake.
I believe that is the only way to go. The good news is you can install twrp recovery now so it shouldnt be an issue again. Bad news is there isnt a flashable stock firmware that I know of yet. Im kinda hoping for cleanrom as he did a hell of a job on the note 3 and knows the system better than most.
fantasticrat said:
Hi all,
I made a dumb move and installed the CM11 port for my T320 without backing up my Samsung stock firmware. (I'd post over in the appropriate thread in the development section, but I haven't posted here frequently enough to be allowed over there). I want to go back to the Samsung UI for now because I am having some troubles with CM11 ... my tablet thinks it's a phone, so I'm not getting the tablet features and app versions. Plus something is off with my screen so that some apps (Flipboard, at least) runs everything off the right side and bottom of the screen. Anyway, does anyone have an idea of how to get me back to my Samsung UI? I can't get Kies to talk to my tablet (another thing that cropped up with this CM build) so I can't get that to reflash it for me.
I have downloaded an Odin-flashable Samsung stock firmware from Australia (I'm in the US) so I'm guessing that will work, but I'd rather find an easier option before I give my tablet a globetrotting split identity disorder or something.
Please understand, I've rooted, reflashed, and even unbricked devices before, so I'm not new to this, just made a dumb mistake.
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I've used Samsung Kies from my PC several time to go back to stock.
When using Kies you may have to switch your connection from MTP to the other option and of course check debug.
I went back and forth from CM11 several time plus I did what you did also except I used the New Zealand version
Here's what I did to restore stock from Kies.
Plug in the tablet, open Kies, and click Tools then Firmware upgrade and initialization. Type in SM-T320, hit okay, then add your serial number.
Basically just follow the steps it asks you and make sure your tablet is in download mode. It will download the stock firmware image and flash it to the device.
My instructions might now be 100% accurate, but that's basically the process I took to restore it to factory.
Hello!
I'd really like to use encryption on my tablet on a custom ROM but am failing spectacularly. Neither on Schischu's Lollipop nor on Schischu's Marshmallow ROM my encryption attempts were successful.
As nobody answered to my posts at all, I am starting to wonder if encryption is used by anybody on our P605. So I'd like to setup this poll to get a rough overview about the use cases of people and understand if it's simply my fault or if this feature is not used and therefore not tested.
Of course, I'd be happy to read some comments below if somebody made it working on a custom ROM (like Schischu's) how this was achieved.
OlafLostViking said:
Hello!
I'd really like to use encryption on my tablet on a custom ROM but am failing spectacularly. Neither on Schischu's Lollipop nor on Schischu's Marshmallow ROM my encryption attempts were successful.
As nobody answered to my posts at all, I am starting to wonder if encryption is used by anybody on our P605. So I'd like to setup this poll to get a rough overview about the use cases of people and understand if it's simply my fault or if this feature is not used and therefore not tested.
Of course, I'd be happy to read some comments below if somebody made it working on a custom ROM (like Schischu's) how this was achieved.
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Hi,
The fault does not lie with you. I havn't checked encryption on the note 10.1 2014 custom roms but I did check it out on the Note 4 forums. And all the custom roms that I've come across there don't support encryption, either because the dev's don't view it as important (because no one uses it) or because it's see as secondary compared to speed and battery life.
It's a pretty dangerous game to play without encryption, knowing that the lock screen is so easy by-passable. I was able to flash TWRP and root the note 4 without the device auto wiping user data. So e.g. flashing a custom rom onto the device in order to bypass the lockscreen, and therefore being able to access all the person's personal data and apps is pretty much childsplay for a person that's the least bit into tech.
Sad to hear that, but thank you very much for taking your time to post a reply! :good:
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It's a pretty dangerous game to play without encryption, knowing that the lock screen is so easy by-passable. I was able to flash TWRP and root the note 4 without the device auto wiping user data. So e.g. flashing a custom rom onto the device in order to bypass the lockscreen, and therefore being able to access all the person's personal data and apps is pretty much childsplay for a person that's the least bit into tech.
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Indeed - a mobile device is lost or even stolen quite fast. And since we already use custom ROMs and TWRP it's trivial to just access the data via ADB. *sigh* Well, I'm even thinking about going back to a rooted stock ROM with firewall to increase the safety of my local data.... Let's just hope the custom ROMs will support it eventually.
OlafLostViking said:
Sad to hear that, but thank you very much for taking your time to post a reply! :good:
Indeed - a mobile device is lost or even stolen quite fast. And since we already use custom ROMs and TWRP it's trivial to just access the data via ADB. *sigh* Well, I'm even thinking about going back to a rooted stock ROM with firewall to increase the safety of my local data.... Let's just hope the custom ROMs will support it eventually.
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What are you using a firewall for? Can you link me the firewall your using?
I use xprivacy in combination with a firewall(it's an old one and not available anymore on the app store).
There exists some apps that can wipe your phone automatically if you enter the wrong password to many times, I was using one but I can't find it anymore (locker).
-V
Sure! I am using AFWall+ which makes it easy to select the right processes thanks to the log. And it's not a proxy or so (iptables frontend), so it works on all processes and all connections (WiFi, Cell, Roamin, LAN, VPN).
The firewall in XPrivacy is much more finegrained, as it allows you to block certain IPs/Domains while AFWall+ is blocking the whole network access. So I'd say it depends on your needs and, to be honest, the time you want or can invest into setting up your tablet. I bought XPrivacy and am just downloading the profiles from the net as it takes too much time for me at the moment to find the settings on my own
I have upgraded to Android Lollipop + Root + TWRP.
I would use the full data encryption but it seems that you always have to enter a (long) password each time, when you start or unlocking (!) the Note 10.1 (2014 Edit.)
On my Huawei Mate 7 with Android 5, i can use a Passwort for the start and a pattern for unlocking. So, thats very good and fast, if i have to unlock the smartphone.
Only on my Samsung Note 10.1 there is no pattern methode for unlocking the tablet available.... (the same sh** as in Android 4.4)
While you can change the encryption password to be different from the unlock password (using the CLI), you can also use application like f.ex. Delayed Lock that modify the locking behaviour. I am not letting my phone lock when I am at home (WiFi, not that unuseable GPS/cell from the new Android ), for example. With those two approaches using a good encryption password is no hassle at all
OK so I smashed my s5, am a UDP verizon guy and hooked on the open bootloader, so i searched far and wide for another one with the 15 chipset...which I didn't find but I found a note 4 with it.
I bought it and unlocked it and loaded on a rom I loved. (5.0.1 og5). Well...no sense lying here...I was trying to do some less than kosher things regarding my ex's Facebook account with it. In the process I wasn't smart enough to cross check MD5s (a precaution I learned all too well) and opened an app that has me baffled.
It basically hijacked admin on my device completely. No Antivirus program can touch it, though many detect it. "Unknown sources" in my security folder is stuck permanently enabled, and I can't take over as admin on my own brand new note4.
I have tried flashing twrp and titanium backups to no avail, and also tried the safe stock og5 firmware through Odin but it never completes. I am stuck. I have logcat records and all the tools I would think might help, but I can't get rid of it...it seems to have used root and embedded itself into every facet of the device.
I am willing and ready to do anything including a full unroot and stock rom, I just don't want a locked update. Can anyone help me please?
As of now, no roms break it, only the stubborn malware CM app tries to get rid of it, but only identifies it as "suspicious file". My user admin and unknown sources are both locked, and a gaggle of bizarre log events happen constantly, forcing my device into crazy lag. As soon as it happened I received a couple random number-link blank text messages, but I never opened them. I don't have the numbers saved as I've flashed the phone like 30 times since trying to rid myself of this. Aside from the lag and locked unknown sources and admin, and an inability to clear trusted credentials, the phone seems to run normally, though I am scared to use it to log on to pretty much anything. The malware didn't come from a text, but from an app that I knowingly permitted thinking it was something else and I feel like a moron for it. It doesn't seem to have a name. It installed as an untitled app and I couldn't delete it with the root system app deleter, because it put a green bar over the check box in the app. I got rid of it with titanium, but to no avail. It still lurks.
Thanks in advance, and let me know of any screens hits or logs or tests I can provide to help.
At that point, I would recommend using Samsung's Smart Switch for PC program to do an emergency firmware upgrade & initialization. This will download a full copy of the stock firmware for the device (including a few bits that you won't find in stock firmwares available for download through sites like SamMobile) and will erase everything on the device and restore your phone to stock firmware.
If you are in the US and have a Best Buy nearby, you can see if one of their Samsung reps can perform a factory recovery using their SMART tool (which will do the same thing that Smart Switch's emergency firmware initialization will). Officially, rooted devices are not supported and they may rightfully refuse to do this, but it's worth asking if you don't have a computer to use for Smart Switch or don't want to wait.
You will need to redo the developer conversion, but that's the only thing I can think of that will definitely completely restore your phone to stock and eliminate all traces of whatever you installed.
thanks. that solved my problem and got it back to stock, rid of the malware completely. unfortunately, when i tried to return to the rom i had used, everything fell apart for me :/.
Hello everyone,
I'm new to the whole thing of custom ROMs and ran into problems finding one that has everything I'd like to have... From what I've seen lineageOS would be the first thing I'm looking for, but in the end it doesn't really matter to me
(1) PDroid: is the reason I got into this in the first place, but then I found that the patcher only works with pretty old versions of android (2.x or something). Is there a way to get it into newer ROMs? Or maybe some other program that does similar things?
(2) cryptfs: I did download a zip-file for this with a bunch of files in it - I'm just not sure what to do with it. (My guess would be to install it with TWRP together with the new ROM.)
I already have unlocked my bootloader, put TWRP on the phone and I am currently running some OSwith super-user-permission. Also, I have fastboot and flashtool on my windows PC. If you need more information on the state of my device or what I'm trying to achieve I'll gladly answer of course! It's just that probably I'm not aware of what else could be important to know...
Thank you very much in advance!
hug77 said:
Hello everyone,
I'm new to the whole thing of custom ROMs and ran into problems finding one that has everything I'd like to have... From what I've seen lineageOS would be the first thing I'm looking for, but in the end it doesn't really matter to me
(1) PDroid: is the reason I got into this in the first place, but then I found that the patcher only works with pretty old versions of android (2.x or something). Is there a way to get it into newer ROMs? Or maybe some other program that does similar things?
(2) cryptfs: I did download a zip-file for this with a bunch of files in it - I'm just not sure what to do with it. (My guess would be to install it with TWRP together with the new ROM.)
I already have unlocked my bootloader, put TWRP on the phone and I am currently running some OSwith super-user-permission. Also, I have fastboot and flashtool on my windows PC. If you need more information on the state of my device or what I'm trying to achieve I'll gladly answer of course! It's just that probably I'm not aware of what else could be important to know...
Thank you very much in advance!
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Could you explain a little more why you are using these then maybe I could direct you to an app for a similar purpose. And I have something on the way it just might take a while longer yet
So, my original wishlist originated from a talk by Deviant Ollam at SkyDogCON 2013 (and a few other cons I suppose). You can find it on youtube if you're interested, but I'll describe what my take away was:
PDroid can manage all required permission for all your apps. For example you can replace your actual current location with random coordinates, or even choose any place on earth. A lot of apps that ask for such permissions won't work at all if you just deny them and PDroid seems to work around that. Maybe there's a newer thing that can do the same or similar.
Cryptfs should enable me to have seperate password for unlocking the phone and the disc encryption - so I can have a nice and long password for the encryption and actually use the phone (details in the talk). I noticed that Cryptfs has an app in the appstore that enables this, so I don't need it included with the ROM. Disc encryption is required, though. (Over the weekend I tried to encrypt my phone in its current state and it failed twice, getting hung up in booting - the wiggly blue lines during startup)
For the OS: I don't want too many unnesessary apps pre-installed, just a clean lean thing for performance, I guess.
For PDroid you could try xprivacy on xposed module and for different types of password you could try droid lock on the playstore
Hey could you link me to the stuff you used to root, unlock bootloader and etc.
This is what I used:
Unlocking the bootloader (official Sony step-by-step): https://developer.sonymobile.com/unlockbootloader/
The ROM with Su privileges was taken from this forum: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-m5/development/kernel-stock-marshmallow-kernel-root-t3453072
TWRP: https://twrp.me/site/update/2017/05/19/twrp-3.1.1-0-released.html
Hello everyone.
Quick question regarding A70 - (SM-A705FN Knox secure).
I had this phone on the side and pretty much don't remember any credentials for gmail or unlock pattern.
I'm not that familiar with ROM / recovery and other tools but I've been reading up a bit from what I've found.
Now all of the 'customizations' I found, expect you to be already in the phone and do some settings there, for example in the developer are, etc. but I can not reach this point, since i'm on a fresh setup screen.
(TLDR) Is there a way for me to bypass FRP?
I don't care if it ends up with a custom ROM afterwards as long as I can get the phone to work again. But I would prefer the original stock one with just new user credentials.
Thank you very much.