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Hey guys,
Been searching for a few days now ive tried several root methods
the ones from playstore like
Kingroot
Kingoroot
Kingoroot desktop
Its a galaxy tab a6 running android 5.1.1
Build number LMY47V.T280XXU0APB6
All of the above say they can root it but they all failed
I have seen posts on forums such as this one offering custom roms for the device so I must assume there is a root somewhere and I just cant find it.
Any help would be extremely apreceated
ilikenoodles321 said:
Hey guys,
Been searching for a few days now ive tried several root methods
the ones from playstore like
Kingroot
Kingoroot
Kingoroot desktop
Its a galaxy tab a6 running android 5.1.1
Build number LMY47V.T280XXU0APB6
All of the above say they can root it but they all failed
I have seen posts on forums such as this one offering custom roms for the device so I must assume there is a root somewhere and I just cant find it.
Any help would be extremely apreceated
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Nope, no root for this device until an exploit is found.
Where is this custom rom you speak of?
I don't remember sorry
Is it likely one will be found a exploit I mean ?
ilikenoodles321 said:
I don't remember sorry
Is it likely one will be found a exploit I mean ?
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I've tried everything possible so far to obtain root.
Hopefully eventually one of the apps like Kingroot will work.
Why the heck Samsung locked the bootloader on this device I have no bloomin idea!
Me either no contactless pay as no cellular so why ?
I got mine direct from Samsung and the bloat is horrific
8gb model and over half of it is unusable and without a root an sd card isent really much help
In essence I have gta sa installed and can't put anything else on its infuriating!
ilikenoodles321 said:
Me either no contactless pay as no cellular so why ?
I got mine direct from Samsung and the bloat is horrific
8gb model and over half of it is unusable and without a root an sd card isent really much help
In essence I have gta sa installed and can't put anything else on its infuriating!
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It's still possible to customize the stock rom.
I have made some modifications to it and flashed no issues.
This means it can at least be debloated.
How would I do that exactly nothing I have tried has worked
Did you try with kingroot desktop?
mihailrusia said:
Did you try with kingroot desktop?
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I did indeed.
mihailrusia said:
Did you try with kingroot desktop?
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Like I said I have already tried all methods.
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ilikenoodles321 said:
How would I do that exactly nothing I have tried has worked
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Tried what?
Like all the things in android to move data and apps they all greyed out.
Cant u download the stock rom for a device modify it on your computer then flash it to your device ?
IS that a thing?
ilikenoodles321 said:
Cant u download the stock rom for a device modify it on your computer then flash it to your device ?
IS that a thing?
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That's what I'm referring to. I have modified the stock rom image and reflashed it.
sweet! is there a guide to doing this im confident I can its just ive never done it before.
ilikenoodles321 said:
sweet! is there a guide to doing this im confident I can its just ive never done it before.
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You're going to need to use Linux, recommend Ubuntu.
ashyx said:
That's what I'm referring to. I have modified the stock rom image and reflashed it.
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ashyx said:
You're going to need to use Linux, recommend Ubuntu.
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I've just bought a SN 280 Tab A6 and I've been looking to root it to be able to take off some of the apps I don't use.
Is there any root, twrp or cusmom ROM for this device?
Thanks
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ilikenoodles321 said:
sweet! is there a guide to doing this im confident I can its just ive never done it before.
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Any news ?
gugas123 said:
I've just bought a SN 280 Tab A6 and I've been looking to root it to be able to take off some of the apps I don't use.
Is there any root, twrp or cusmom ROM for this device?
Thanks
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Any news ?
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Did you even read this thread? :banghead:
ashyx said:
It's still possible to customize the stock rom.
I have made some modifications to it and flashed no issues.
This means it can at least be debloated.
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Hello ashyx
I have the sm-T285m. Yes, I could not root it using the usual programs out there. Any way to inject root into the system image and then reflash it through odin? (as you mentioned you have managed to debloat it-maybe a dumb question as am sure you already looked into it) I recall trying to do such a thing on Huawei Mediapad x2 when there was no root but ran into issues after I accidentally overwrote my entire windows o/s and disk with linux and then gave up (had to extract files from image, add the su then recompile something like that?...from memory over a year back and was only my first and only foray into linux) The odin tar files are separate ones for modem, system, bootloader etc.
Thanks
mac231us said:
Hello ashyx
I have the sm-T285m. Yes, I could not root it using the usual programs out there. Any way to inject root into the system image and then reflash it through odin? (as you mentioned you have managed to debloat it-maybe a dumb question as am sure you already looked into it) I recall trying to do such a thing on Huawei Mediapad x2 when there was no root but ran into issues after I accidentally overwrote my entire windows o/s and disk with linux and then gave up (had to extract files from image, add the su then recompile something like that?...from memory over a year back and was only my first and only foray into linux) The odin tar files are separate ones for modem, system, bootloader etc.
Thanks
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I already tried prerooting the system image.
It wont boot because the boot.img needs to be patched and you can't patch the boot.img on a bootloader locked device.
I even asked Chainfire if there was any other way and he said no.
ashyx said:
I already tried prerooting the system image.
It wont boot because the boot.img needs to be patched and you can't patch the boot.img on a bootloader locked device.
I even asked Chainfire if there was any other way and he said no.
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Thanks Ashyx...you mentioned you managed to debloat it. I tried ext4unpacker (maybe archaic now though recall it worked on 5.0.2) to separate the system.img into components but could not. I am interested in editing system image
(A) change dpi (increase the lcd density to 380 or so to get things bigger),
(B) change system font (put in a preferred ttf font),
(C) remove many unneeded (for me) google apps from the system folder, and
(D) enable mobile data auto on off for mms via the features.xml or others.xml. Do you think these could be done (you already mentioned the debloat).
typically i managed to get all of the above done if rooted.
Any advice appreciated on how to do this unpacking and repacking.
Thanks
does this help? opensouce kernel?
(again maybe preaching to the choir but thought I'd ask-not knowledgeable here but posting if it helps in getting to a semi-rooted type state somehow)
http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=sm-t285
btw i 'managed' to get oem unlock to show as checked permanently...does that mean the bootloader is unlocked now? (cross flashed through odin the 285 on my 285m the system CP file...and reverted back to 285m-no difference though in network as modem was still 285m as was partition and BL-reflashed the BL as well separately for 285m-after all this shows oem unlock checked-when i got the device new it was unchecked)
edit...from what it appears, it means it CAN be unlocked, yes? but not actually unlocked?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67361863&postcount=9
mac231us said:
Thanks Ashyx...you mentioned you managed to debloat it. I tried ext4unpacker (maybe archaic now though recall it worked on 5.0.2) to separate the system.img into components but could not. I am interested in editing system image
(A) change dpi (increase the lcd density to 380 or so to get things bigger),
(B) change system font (put in a preferred ttf font),
(C) remove many unneeded (for me) google apps from the system folder, and
(D) enable mobile data auto on off for mms via the features.xml or others.xml. Do you think these could be done (you already mentioned the debloat).
typically i managed to get all of the above done if rooted.
Any advice appreciated on how to do this unpacking and repacking.
Thanks
does this help? (again maybe preaching to the choir but thought I'd ask-not knowledgeable here but posting if it helps in getting to a semi-rooted type state somehow)
http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=sm-t285
btw i 'managed' to get oem unlock to show as checked permanently...does that mean the bootloader is unlocked now? (cross flashed through odin the 285 on my 285m the system CP file...and reverted back to 285m-no difference though in network as modem was still 285m as was partition and BL-reflashed the BL as well separately for 285m-after all this shows oem unlock checked-when i got the device new it was unchecked)
edit...from what it appears, it means it CAN be unlocked, yes? but not actually unlocked?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67361863&postcount=9
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It wont make any difference. Enabling OEM unlock doesn't unlock the bootloader.
You still wont be able to flash unsigned boot or recovery images.
It will only allow you to flash an unsigned system image.
I use Ubuntu to mount and edit Ext4 images.
You can use the windows or Linux version of simg2img to convert the sparse image to raw then mount in Linux
Tbh Samsung need to provide an unlock for this device like they do for the Chinese devices as there is no reason why this device should have a locked bootloader.
Has anyone read about Dirty Cow yet?
http://www.xda-developers.com/9-yea...-dirty-cow-can-root-every-version-of-android/
I read over on the V20 forums that one developer was able to get it to root his Note 7 that he refused to return. Surely it can work on the Note 5!?
jellybear456 said:
Has anyone read about Dirty Cow yet?
http://www.xda-developers.com/9-yea...-dirty-cow-can-root-every-version-of-android/
I read over on the V20 forums that one developer was able to get it to root his Note 7 that he refused to return. Surely it can work on the Note 5!?
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I've said earlier if someone could compile it for me I would give it a try, I am no developer so I really don't know what I'm doing when I comes to that but I know enough to find my way through cmd an adb
Surely since no one has written a reply someone must be working on this, I'm pretty techy but I am in no way shape or form a dev but I am down to help, test or give input where I can.
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dpwguenther said:
I've said earlier if someone could compile it for me I would give it a try, I am no developer so I really don't know what I'm doing when I comes to that but I know enough to find my way through cmd an adb
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Message me good sir.
Also the biggest problem is SELINUX is set in bootloader.
Now that it's been proven drammer can flip the memory on the note 5 (tested myself with their test app) we should be able to set SELinux to passive with the right knowhow and then root with dirty cow.
Unfortunately I am not a dev nor do I know how to code android but this all looks promising. Hopefully all the devs haven't moved on from this device (like I'm sure most of us will when our contracts are up).
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Jspex said:
Now that it's been proven drammer can flip the memory on the note 5 (tested myself with their test app) we should be able to set SELinux to passive with the right knowhow and then root with dirty cow.
Unfortunately I am not a dev nor do I know how to code android but this all looks promising. Hopefully all the devs haven't moved on from this device (like I'm sure most of us will when our contracts are up).
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We can already set SELINUX to permissive. The problem is the bootloader sets the kernel to enforcing on everyboot.
TechNyne66 said:
We can already set SELINUX to permissive. The problem is the bootloader sets the kernel to enforcing on everyboot.
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We cannot set SELINUX in MM..? All the dirtyc0w scripts work fine to get run-as or farm on system of the phone as long as you compile with arm64-v8a. But SELINUX makes dirtyc0w completely useless when trying to drop to root shell...
straby187 said:
We cannot set SELINUX in MM..? All the dirtyc0w scripts work fine to get run-as or farm on system of the phone as long as you compile with arm64-v8a. But SELINUX makes dirtyc0w completely useless when trying to drop to root shell...
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We can't do anything with MM. I can try to compile whatever if you can get me the files.
If you are still on lollipop with eng kernel tether root. Can you try to pull boot pull boot and recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/security/farm-root-recovery-image-pulling-t3490089
I can already flash boot and recovery but the att crap that no one seams to understand WILL lock the phone out untill you do a full odin. However maybe some way can work as we haven't tried all but a simple flash of custom recovery to the recovery portion will not work.
What about rowhammer
TechNyne66 said:
I can already flash boot and recovery but the att crap that no one seams to understand WILL lock the phone out untill you do a full odin. However maybe some way can work as we haven't tried all but a simple flash of custom recovery to the recovery portion will not work.
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i was asking if you could pull the original recovery from the phone, not flash it. I just wanted to get a look at it...
straby187 said:
i was asking if you could pull the original recovery from the phone, not flash it. I just wanted to get a look at it...
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Yes we already have stock recovery. If you want to message me in the morning I can send it to you.
how is it looking for this new method, I feel like we are really close.
killernos said:
how is it looking for this new method, I feel like we are really close.
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I can't get a single thing to work. Seams like KEXEC is out best bet and we need to focus all efforts on this. All we need is a custom kernel with kexec support and I can test to see if it will load. I have tried and tried for hours on hours to get a kernel to compile with no success.
I'm new here. Some may know who I am some may not. I just got my note 5 last week after my v10 took a ****......what's kexec and what's the error when compiling
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MysteryEmotionz said:
I'm new here. Some may know who I am some may not. I just got my note 5 last week after my v10 took a ****......what's kexec and what's the error when compiling
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If you have to ask then compiling a kernel is probably beyond your experience (it's well beyond mine and I work in I T )
dezborders said:
If you have to ask then compiling a kernel is probably beyond your experience (it's well beyond mine and I work in I T )
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You know what your right. I'm just go back into the shadows and continue boot to help. A quick search on xda would have shown you in plenty capable.
PS...When compiling a kernel it normally gives you some kinds of error message so you know where to start lookin
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MysteryEmotionz said:
You know what your right. I'm just go back into the shadows and continue boot to help. A quick search on xda would have shown you in plenty capable.
PS...When compiling a kernel it normally gives you some kinds of error message so you know where to start lookin
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My bad lol no offence intended
So over the last few days Chainfire has released his systemless root method for the new Google Pixel devices. My question is has anybody found a way to bypass the subscription check on the device? A post made by jphillips.hd88 outlined the only method that works for me, which involves installing a third party network refresh application, and then while the network is refreshing you quickly turn on tethering and it skips the check. This works, but I want to know if there is any way to unlock the native wifi tethering feature, especially since we have root now. Any ideas?
Did you try adding the no provisioning line to the build prop and using Wi-Fi tether app?
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Yes sir. No good there.
I just made a guide on how to do it, hope it works for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/root-guide-native-hotspot-t3493286
Unlock bootloader, root, install some sort of file manager with root browsing( I used es file explorer and enabled the root explorer), navigate to /system/build.prop and edit the build.prop by adding this line to the bottom as the very last line " net.tethering.noprovisioning=true " Save the edited build.prop and reboot. This is what worked for me.
gris1016 said:
Unlock bootloader, root, install some sort of file manager with root browsing( I used es file explorer and enabled the root explorer), navigate to /system/build.prop and edit the build.prop by adding this line to the bottom as the very last line " net.tethering.noprovisiioning=true " This is what worked for me.
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I think you spelled provisioning wrong
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I think you spelled provisioning wrong
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I think you are right?
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Thanks
gris1016 said:
Unlock bootloader, root, install some sort of file manager with root browsing( I used es file explorer and enabled the root explorer), navigate to /system/build.prop and edit the build.prop by adding this line to the bottom as the very last line " net.tethering.noprovisioning=true " Save the edited build.prop and reboot. This is what worked for me.
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This did not work for me. I'm running verizon and I tried this method a few different times with no luck.
stuntnmore said:
I just made a guide on how to do it, hope it works for you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/root-guide-native-hotspot-t3493286
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The guide was great, but it did not work for me. The device still checks for a subscription. It looks like I'm still stuck using the flaky work around that barley works until we get a custom rom for now.
Basically the line In the build prop is the way to do the wifi hotspot tethering that way you can use your phones internet on other devices that don't have internet. Also make sure to add the other lone written in the guide. It ensures there is no check for the subscription theoretically. If you need help please let me know. I will be also creating a script soon to do all this for you.
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harritaco said:
The guide was great, but it did not work for me. The device still checks for a subscription. It looks like I'm still stuck using the flaky work around that barley works until we get a custom rom for now.
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Did you follow everything exactly step by step? If you need help with it just let me know. Also what do you have the Verizon or google variant
Yeah. I actually did it twice. I'm on Verizon, but I purchased the device from the Google Store.
gris1016 said:
Unlock bootloader, root, install some sort of file manager with root browsing( I used es file explorer and enabled the root explorer), navigate to /system/build.prop and edit the build.prop by adding this line to the bottom as the very last line " net.tethering.noprovisioning=true " Save the edited build.prop and reboot. This is what worked for me.
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This works perfectly. Thanks!
(Google store bought Pixel, on Verizon network)
DrKoolaid said:
This works perfectly. Thanks!
(Google store bought Pixel, on Verizon network)
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It worked for me. I'm not sure why it didn't work in the past. I followed the instructions and it just didn't take. The only thing I can assume is that Root Explorer didn't save the build.prop or I made a typo. Regardless it is all good now. Thank you.
I found the A1's camera pretty good sometimes, but the stock camera is quite useless, and no other 3rd party app seemed to be able to make good use of the camera.
Is there any way to get a good camera app, perhaps the Google camera, or the Samsung note 8 camera app?
U can't, u have to edit the build prop to enable camera HAL either it would not work.
Roykooiman said:
U can't, u have to edit the build prop to enable camera HAL either it would not work.
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In that case, how would you suggest on improving the camera? The camera hardware is itself quite capable, but the software is not upto the mark.
leroyjd123 said:
In that case, how would you suggest on improving the camera? The camera hardware is itself quite capable, but the software is not upto the mark.
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The answer is root lol, why u don't want to root it?
There is actually no root required for editing build.prop. You unlock the bootloader, then you can boot (not flash) the TWRP and mount system with W permissions. Pull the build.prop file, edit it and push it back to its place. Then you need to set the permissions of the file through the shell. As the last thing you can relock the bootloader and have the edited build.prop file without having the root.
Google it and you will find the guide.
I tested it myself. It works.
maross said:
There is actually no root required for editing build.prop. You unlock the bootloader, then you can boot (not flash) the TWRP and mount system with W permissions. Pull the build.prop file, edit it and push it back to its place. Then you need to set the permissions of the file through the shell. As the last thing you can relock the bootloader and have the edited build.prop file without having the root.
Google it and you will find the guide.
I tested it myself. It works.
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Hi, can you post the guide that you are used for A1, because in google are many variants
mqdjo said:
Hi, can you post the guide that you are used for A1, because in google are many variants
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Safer option is to use a Magisk module which does exactly the thing but without having to add the lines into build.prop manually and setting the permissions etc
maross said:
There is actually no root required for editing build.prop. You unlock the bootloader, then you can boot (not flash) the TWRP and mount system with W permissions. Pull the build.prop file, edit it and push it back to its place. Then you need to set the permissions of the file through the shell. As the last thing you can relock the bootloader and have the edited build.prop file without having the root.
Google it and you will find the guide.
I tested it myself. It works.
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What about OTA after that?
mqdjo said:
Hi, can you post the guide that you are used for A1, because in google are many variants
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Google "how to edit build.prop without root mi a1" and pick the guide posted on themefoxx website. I am not allowed to post external links [yet].
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What about OTA after that?
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Does not work. After downloading the proposed update I get installation error at the very beginning. Maybe after restoring the build.prop file the same way as I modified it, it might work.
Once you mount the system as read/write, you can't apply OTA. This is why it's better to use Magisk instead of altering system files directly.
maross said:
There is actually no root required for editing build.prop. You unlock the bootloader, then you can boot (not flash) the TWRP and mount system with W permissions. Pull the build.prop file, edit it and push it back to its place. Then you need to set the permissions of the file through the shell. As the last thing you can relock the bootloader and have the edited build.prop file without having the root.
Google it and you will find the guide.
I tested it myself. It works.
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Hey there!
I just joined XDA for the sole purpose of finding this tutorial that I have seen floating around the web lately. But unfortunately, every website has a different version of how exactly this should be done. Do you know where I can find the exact steps to take in order to edit the build.prop without having to root my phone and without losing the OTA updates?
Cheers!
adrflg said:
Hey there!
I just joined XDA for the sole purpose of finding this tutorial that I have seen floating around the web lately. But unfortunately, every website has a different version of how exactly this should be done. Do you know where I can find the exact steps to take in order to edit the build.prop without having to root my phone and without losing the OTA updates?
Cheers!
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If u edit build.prop means u will break OTA. 100%
just root guys using magisk safetynet pass through.
under magisk hide , chose the apps if you face issue against root, it will open
Rajeev said:
If u edit build.prop means u will break OTA. 100%
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adrflg said:
Hey there!
I just joined XDA for the sole purpose of finding this tutorial that I have seen floating around the web lately. But unfortunately, every website has a different version of how exactly this should be done. Do you know where I can find the exact steps to take in order to edit the build.prop without having to root my phone and without losing the OTA updates?
Cheers!
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Hi,
Rajeev is right. You can edit the build.prop this way. And it is going to work. But you are gonna loose OTA, because you need to mount system with write privileges through TWRP in order to modify system file.
Is it possible to unlock the bootloader, root, make some minor modifications (activation of camera api, copying fm radio apk to system folder, etc), unroot, and finally relock (flashing stock boot.img before, of course) ?
I want to have it unrooted because of bank payments, banks apps and streaming TV apps, but I would like to have proper camera and fm radio... Is it possible??
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erunamor said:
Is it possible to unlock the bootloader, root, make some minor modifications (activation of camera api, copying fm radio apk to system folder, etc), unroot, and finally relock (flashing stock boot.img before, of course) ?
I want to have it unrooted because of bank payments, banks apps and streaming TV apps, but I would like to have proper camera and fm radio... Is it possible??
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Not possible
erunamor said:
Is it possible to unlock the bootloader, root, make some minor modifications (activation of camera api, copying fm radio apk to system folder, etc), unroot, and finally relock (flashing stock boot.img before, of course) ?
I want to have it unrooted because of bank payments, banks apps and streaming TV apps, but I would like to have proper camera and fm radio... Is it possible??
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How about rooting the phone with Magisk and use Magisk Hide to hide root from those apps?
Htf do you think miui camera is useless. I am a photographer. And find it quit usefull and makes full use dual lens. Have you even tried HHT? Never compare two different apps. HDR+ is google's algorithm. You won't get in miui camera. HHT is miui's thing. You won't get in Gcam. Anyways HDR+ is not mandatory, you can get it from any post processing app.
yashgumaste said:
Htf do you think miui camera is useless. I am a photographer. And find it quit usefull and makes full use dual lens. Have you even tried HHT? Never compare two different apps. HDR+ is google's algorithm. You won't get in miui camera. HHT is miui's thing. You won't get in Gcam. Anyways HDR+ is not mandatory, you can get it from any post processing app.
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A1 camera is superb in Day light only. It can't beat Google Camera in very low light. Everyone trying Google Camera here for getting Selfie Portrait mods. That not available in A1 camera .. I am not a photographer. But i can tell as a normal user in low light Google Camera perform really better than A1 camera. May be some 3rd party apps can do that but someone loves Google Camera
Hello!
I wonder if there is a way to use the built-in Files app in the Pixel 2 XL as a file manager? Because I find it really useful when plugging in a USB drive and copying files. I don't know if it has other functionalities but I'm assuming it does (like viewing files). The pic of the app is attached in case u dont know what im talking about.
Jonny93 said:
Hello!
I wonder if there is a way to use the built-in Files app in the Pixel 2 XL as a file manager? Because I find it really useful when plugging in a USB drive and copying files. I don't know if it has other functionalities but I'm assuming it does (like viewing files). The pic of the app is attached in case u dont know what im talking about.
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You could, but it's not going to be as fully functional as a root explorer or similar file manager if you want to edit or move files around. This is actually one of the apps I freeze with TiBu, however, I'm so used to rooting and using root explorer that I'm just not willing to use anything else :good:
Badger50 said:
You could, but it's not going to be as fully functional as a root explorer or similar file manager if you want to edit or move files around. This is actually one of the apps I freeze with TiBu, however, I'm so used to rooting and using root explorer that I'm just not willing to use anything else :good:
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Thanks for the reply. I love rooting, but my brain really hates not having the absolute latest OTA updates so that is the main reason I chose not to root this phone so I'm still on the hunt for a great and simple file manager. Currently using File Manager +.
Jonny93 said:
Thanks for the reply. I love rooting, but my brain really hates not having the absolute latest OTA updates so that is the main reason I chose not to root this phone so I'm still on the hunt for a great and simple file manager. Currently using File Manager +.
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Understood bruh. However, updating with factory images is pretty easy as well with an unlocked bootloader :good:
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Understood bruh. However, updating with factory images is pretty easy as well with an unlocked bootloader :good:
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Yeah it was so easy when I had an LG G4 then it died on me thanks to LG's awesome hardware failures so I bought a Huawei phone, rooted it and couldn't flash factory images cause it needed stock recovery for those, but I think the Pixel 2 can flash stock images through TWRP without problems so I might root it in the future.