I have used Frija to install a couple different versions for CSC (TMO, I'm with Mint) and the USC version but neither remove AT&T bloatware.
What am I missing? Thanks!
Just disable it, especially OTA Updates...
I would prefer it all gone and to be running the universal unlocked android rom.
djphooka said:
I would prefer it all gone and to be running the universal unlocked android rom.
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In even the stock roms, there are CSC config files for each carrier, with profiles for which packages and settings to install.
I'm not sure if you can flash an edited CSC without unlocking the bootloader, etc.
With root you can edit them quite easily.
But I understand it's a lot harder (or impossible) to root the US qualcom variants. But I have Exynos so I never looked into that.
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In even the stock roms, there are CSC config files for each carrier, with profiles for which packages and settings to install.
I'm not sure if you can flash an edited CSC without unlocking the bootloader, etc.
With root you can edit them quite easily.
But I understand it's a lot harder (or impossible) to root the US qualcom variants. But I have Exynos so I never looked into that.
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Snaps are rooting nightmares. Stock can run very well once optimized. I used to blame AT&T (wrong) for the bloatware but the majority of bloatware on my N10+'s are from Samsung.
Thanks Sammy...
I have a AT&T N975U (Pie) and a an unlocked N975U1 (10).
Here's all the AT&T bloatware... that's it.
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Other than the above the debloat lists are nearly identical. In fact I used the exported PD file from the older AT&T N10+ to import to the new one.
Had to add a few new ones for the unlocked variant too. It was a wash.
So much for that hope
Lol, I missed these...
Opps, nonetheless there's plenty of bloatware on the unlocked version. I have no intention of flashing the AT&T firmware to the unlock Pie version. Disabled this bloatware doesn't impact it's operation. Simple not worth the trouble it could cause.
Yeah. I wouldn't say ALL of the ticked items in those screenshots are bloatware.
But certainly brings up a point I didn't think of.
OP could look into the de-bloating tools that run through ADB, as opposed to flashing different ROMs.
Peterepeat87 said:
Yeah. I wouldn't say ALL of the ticked items in those screenshots are bloatware.
But certainly brings up a point I didn't think of.
OP could look into the de-bloating tools that run through ADB, as opposed to flashing different ROMs.
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That's a more conservative approach and the worst that could happen be a factory reset.
The problem with adb edits are you can't do them on the fly. I'm not sure if any of the package disablers run on 12... I'm not crossing that bridge! If so they allow you better control and are very useful for all types of troubleshooting. Without PD my N10+'s be a snail crawling mess.
Samsung should have included one in settings...
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That's a more conservative approach and the worst that could happen be a factory reset.
The problem with adb edits are you can't do them on the fly. I'm not sure if any of the package disablers run on 12... I'm not crossing that bridge! If so they allow you better control and are very useful for all types of troubleshooting. Without PD my N10+'s be a snail crawling mess.
Samsung should have included one in settings...
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Yeah, but you only need to remove the bloatware once (at least per firmware release).
djphookaHave a look at the SamFW FRP tool. It's an automated MTP/ADB tool that can debloat to some extent. I haven't tried the "disable knox" feature though. Not 100% sure what it does.
You could also use it to switch to another CSC if yours is a Multi CSC one.
Peterepeat87 said:
Yeah, but you only need to remove the bloatware once (at least per firmware release).
djphookaHave a look at the SamFW FRP tool. It's an automated MTP/ADB tool that can debloat to some extent. I haven't tried the "disable knox" feature though. Not 100% sure what it does.
You could also use it to switch to another CSC if yours is a Multi CSC one.
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Samsung's have always been the Swiss army knife of UI's. Many of these bloatware lists strip it to nothing though.
If I disabled more than about 80-100 of the 365 or so of the apks that I could disable on the N10+/10 it be a drooling tard. Net gains be negligible.
Some of my disabled apps are occasionally needed. Certain apps like Malwarebytes, Playstore, etc I like to keep on ice. A package disabler gives you more options and tools on a stock Android. Uses almost no resources.
blackhawk said:
Samsung's have always been the Swiss army knife of UI's. Many of these bloatware lists strip it to nothing though.
If I disabled more than about 80-100 of the 365 or so of the apks that I could disable on the N10+/10 it be a drooling tard. Net gains be negligible.
Some of my disabled apps are occasionally needed. Certain apps like Malwarebytes, Playstore, etc I like to keep on ice. A package disabler gives you more options and tools on a stock Android. Uses almost no resources.
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This is true, the level of control is important.
I ran the debloat tool I mentioned earlier, But as I run BeyondRom, it only found one package to remove.
Peterepeat87 said:
This is true, the level of control is important.
I ran the debloat tool I mentioned earlier, But as I run BeyondRom, it only found one package to remove.
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What many don't understand is what's right for one user may be hell for another. Tracking down a needed dependency is many times difficult to do. The names can be deceiving.
It may take minutes, hours, days or months until you realized something isn't right. If it's months later, is it malware, a 3rd party app, corruption or some change you made and forgot about long ago?
A factory reset will fix it but if the root cause isn't found you're likely to repeat the mistake.
Related
This is the first release of Peace (net.howett.android.peace), a Cydia Substrate tweak designed to remove Verizon branding from the stock ROM shipped with the HTC One.
Why should you have to flash an entire custom ROM to remove a couple annoying misfeatures?
Peace v1.1.0 is out.
Requirements
Rooted and potentially bootloader-unlocked HTC One (m7vzw) on 1.10.605.8 (other versions not tested, but should work.)
Cydia Substrate (see note 1)
What it Does
Removes the VZW-"mandated" wifi status notification. As if we couldn't tell from the status indicator, they saw fit to constantly notify us that we are or are not connected to wifi.
Removes the ADB connected notification. This isn't branding, but it IS somewhat annoying.
Replaces the rather ugly, boxy NFC logo with the default Android NFC symbol. This bit is particularly interesting and potentially controversial given that since 4.2, AOSP doesn't even display an NFC icon.
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Replaces the VZW 4Glte/3G indicators with the unbranded LTE/3G indicators included in SystemUI.
becomes
Removes the "GPS One" (compass) and Beats icons from the status bar.
Planned
Remove the wifi suggestion ("Do not use wifi, but please tell me this every time I launch an application") pop-up, if desired.
Remove other bits of branding.
Provide the (potentially out-of-scope) extended power menu
Downloads
Peace 1.1.0
Notes
Due to the kernel-level write protection on /system, Cydia Substrate will not properly install outside of recovery mode. To install Substrate, the following might be required:
Code:
# From a recovery mode shell.
mount /system
# patch the system linker to recognize /vendor/lib
/data/data/com.saurik.substrate/lib/libSubstrateRun.so do_patch
# link the substrate libraries to /system/lib
/data/data/com.saurik.substrate/lib/libSubstrateRun.so do_link
ln -s /system/lib/liblog.so /system/vendor/lib/liblog!.so
ln -s /data/data/com.saurik.substrate/lib/libAndroidBootstrap0.so /system/vendor/lib/liblog.so
Peace is open-source!
(Reserved.)
While were at this wonderful thing I've been waiting for, can you remove the location compass looking icon up in the status bar too?
Can you provide an image of the unbranded LTE/3G logos? Also, can we return to stock by flashing something else if we decide to?
Thanks!
Syn Ack said:
While were at this wonderful thing I've been waiting for, can you remove the location compass looking icon up in the status bar too?
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Good god, absolutely. Beats as well, because it's either on or it's off: we don't need an icon to tell us we turned a feature on. I'll wrap those into the next version.
Frankie1588 said:
Can you provide an image of the unbranded LTE/3G logos? Also, can we return to stock by flashing something else if we decide to?
Thanks!
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Sure, I'll update the first thread with screenshots once I'm home (EDIT: done). The beauty of this being a tweak is that you don't even need to flash it, much less flash back. if you uninstall it via Applications, Cydia Substrate will offer to soft-reboot the system, and you will be totally back to stock! All the modifications Peace makes are done at runtime and will have no lasting effects once it is uninstalled.
I dont have root yet, but do we need to flash all of these at once? Ex. I personally LIKE the data logos from vzw, but i want to change everything else.
Other than that, this is what I've been wanting root for
Could you provide more details on what we need to do to install cydia?
Edit: Got it to work! No more wifi nag! Thank you!
Also, +1 for location icon removal
I will flash the next update whenever it comes around
crazyg0od33 said:
I dont have root yet, but do we need to flash all of these at once? Ex. I personally LIKE the data logos from vzw, but i want to change everything else.
Other than that, this is what I've been wanting root for
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Unfortunately, yeah - right now it's all-or-nothing. However, I intend on writing a settings panel for it at some point.
azndan2 said:
Could you provide more details on what we need to do to install cydia?
Edit: Got it to work! No more wifi nag! Thank you!
Also, +1 for location icon removal
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Great! Glad it works.
Syn Ack said:
I will flash the next update whenever it comes around
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Soon! SOOOOOOON! Right now, 1.0.1 removes the gpsone icon (compassy one) and the beats logo. Toying with removing GPS altogether, but it does serve some sort of purpose. Is there anything else you'd like to see removed?
DHowett said:
Soon! SOOOOOOON! Right now, 1.0.1 removes the gpsone icon (compassy one) and the beats logo. Toying with removing GPS altogether, but it does serve some sort of purpose. Is there anything else you'd like to see removed?
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Can't wait for 1.0.1 then
crazyg0od33 said:
I dont have root yet, but do we need to flash all of these at once? Ex. I personally LIKE the data logos from vzw, but i want to change everything else.
Other than that, this is what I've been wanting root for
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Same here. I like the data logos, but want to change the other stuff.
Is it not releasable yet?
Peace v1.1.0 is out. It removes the GPS One (compass) and Beats icons from the status bar.
Frankie1588 said:
Same here. I like the data logos, but want to change the other stuff.
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Alright, since there seems to be a reasonable demand for it - I'm considering a couple options.
I can either make it an all-in-one package with a settings panel (potentially integrated into system settings - that'd be somewhat neat.), or split it into a debranding package and an uncluttering package. Thoughts?
DHowett said:
Peace v1.1.0 is out. It removes the GPS One (compass) and Beats icons from the status bar.
Alright, since there seems to be a reasonable demand for it - I'm considering a couple options.
I can either make it an all-in-one package with a settings panel (potentially integrated into system settings - that'd be somewhat neat.), or split it into a debranding package and an uncluttering package. Thoughts?
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I've got no issues with the stock data logos. I don't see why anyone would, they aren't bad.
So I really like what you've done here. I've been using it, but the only issue I have is that I have to run Substrate every single time I reboot to do these mods. I realize that these changes are all done in memory but damn this sure is annoying.
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I've got no issues with the stock data logos. I don't see why anyone would, they aren't bad.
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Fair enough.
Syn Ack said:
So I really like what you've done here. I've been using it, but the only issue I have is that I have to run Substrate every single time I reboot to do these mods. I realize that these changes are all done in memory but damn this sure is annoying.
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You can make it permanent by running the commands in the first post in a recovery shell. I'll look into making a flashable zip if that makes the one-time setup easier. I'm glad you like it!
I have also noticed that after running this that my WiFi has trouble. It gets stuck in "turning on wifi" mode permanently. It never turns on.
Works perfectly on my Sprint One with Flex360's Stock with Goodies 4.2.2 beta 3. I'm sharing my success with them.
Just curious, can this effect be duplicated with Xposed Framework? I don't know what goes on under the hood, but it would be nice to have all tweaks in one framework, instead of relying on both Xposed and substrate.
Syn Ack said:
I have also noticed that after running this that my WiFi has trouble. It gets stuck in "turning on wifi" mode permanently. It never turns on.
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That's really bizarre: I'll look into it, but I haven't personally run into it. All this turns off is the wifi notification status update (but I wouldn't put it past HTC to have placed something important there )
SlimWadey said:
Works perfectly on my Sprint One with Flex360's Stock with Goodies 4.2.2 beta 3. I'm sharing my success with them.
Just curious, can this effect be duplicated with Xposed Framework? I don't know what goes on under the hood, but it would be nice to have all tweaks in one framework, instead of relying on both Xposed and substrate.
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Glad it works! It could likely be duplicated via Xposed, but I personally prefer substrate. I might look into this in the future.
Any one has a issues with battery life after applying this? I installed this mod and xposed frameworks about the same time. Just trying to isolate the issue.
HTC One s-off
I am having some trouble rooting my Note 8.0, using the following thread's directions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2291839
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The best Note 8.0 rooter
Saferoot.zip Look for it in the forums. It is simple and does not require Odin. Just connect to USB and run the batch file.
gooberdude said:
Saferoot.zip Look for it in the forums. It is simple and does not require Odin. Just connect to USB and run the batch file.
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Just did it.
Can I put a custom ROM on this thing now? I'd really like to try PAC ROM. I definitely want 4.4.2 on it.
ITworksLLC said:
Just did it.
Can I put a custom ROM on this thing now? I'd really like to try PAC ROM. I definitely want 4.4.2 on it.
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Nope! A no go with custom ROMs.
ATT Note 8.0 has locked boot loader and will brick if you install an unsigned ROM.
This is very disappointing... So I'm stuck?
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ITworksLLC said:
This is very disappointing... So I'm stuck?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I467 using Tapatalk
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IMO the samsung ROM is good. Just a wee behind. One thing you have on your side is rooting.
Once rooted, you can use framework mods to enhance the features.
I tested Civato's ROM and Kernel. Found it good but lacks supporting 64GB SD cards with Exfat.
Had way too many issues with Fat32 to call it worth while. Speed was good, but I realized after letting myself get use to the OEM ROM, there was not much difference.
If anything I recommend getting Solid Explorer Pro and Titanium Backup Pro..., they are worth their price on Google.
I removed all the apps that I can get on Google Play most of them are Google apps, but there is a few that you can obtain.
Once I removed all the Google apps... kept play store, I installed what I wanted. Don't bother with Google Music Player, it will run even when you reboot.
I kept Samsung Keyboard, and found it better than SwiftKey and Swipe Keyboard. As it has quite a bit of features you would not expect in a stock keyboard.
Setup my voice and language to be Ivona UK Welsh English, it is the best sounding of the English language. Google is setup to be the voice recognition.
My Samsung voice will be Ivona, and any Google voice in Google Now will be Google.
I setup a number of things with the framework mods, so it will take some time booting to completely load HD Widgets, if you choose to go that route.
Once ATT releases 4.4.3 in April, I may hold off until Xposed Framework gets a major overhall for 4.4.x.
I recommend the non framework version of Ghost Hide Root, with plugin. There is a framework version, but it does not work well with Samsung ROM.
Startup manager also is a good framework app, but there is a paid app that goes even further... I kept the Xposed app because it was smaller.
Don't bother with Power / battery apps... they tend to hog memory, and don't do much better than having your tablet do power saving mode when browsing or reading.
I keep WIFI and Power save mode on all the time. Yet to find a real issue with speed. Able to watch streamed movies and Miracast without hicups.
Oh by the way... I dropped Greenify as well.. seems to take up a lot of memory. I just stop some apps that allow not to be started during boot. Be careful, as some are part of the OS. I stopped All email apps, this way when I am wanting email I just open them. Also you can manually sync if you chose to. Though it can be annoying if you open mail for the first part of the day and find 40 emails waiting. On vibrate or notification sound it can be a bit annoying.
I need root note 4 5.0.1
Baseband n910vvru2b0g5
Please help me
hoangthanh892005 said:
I need root note 4 5.0.1
Baseband n910vvru2b0g5
Please help me
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Good luck with permanent root.
edjahman said:
Good luck with permanent root.
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What permanent root
How to use permanent root
Help me please
Share me a link
So my note 4 can't be root
Read the forums! NO!
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Read the forums! NO!
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Can you share me a link about my phone
I don't understand
Help me please
hoangthanh892005 said:
Can you share me a link about my phone
I don't understand
Help me please
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There currently is no root for the Verizon retail Note 4, but there is a Yemen team who is working on it. Everyone here is patiently, if not anxiously, waiting for news on whether they'll release it to us or not. Some are understandably somewhat skeptical as to whether it's real or not, or if it is real the realistic likelihood that we'll actually get it, considering how many times we've heard about true root for this thing and were disappointed. As to how to help you with your phone, without actually specifying what you need/want help with, we can't actually help you much. What is it you need help with?
will4958 said:
There currently is no root for the Verizon retail Note 4, but there is a Yemen team who is working on it. Everyone here is patiently, if not anxiously, waiting for news on whether they'll release it to us or not. Some are understandably somewhat skeptical as to whether it's real or not, or if it is real the realistic likelihood that we'll actually get it, considering how many times we've heard about true root for this thing and were disappointed. As to how to help you with your phone, without actually specifying what you need/want help with, we can't actually help you much. What is it you need help with?
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I need root my note 4
These are parameters
I was looking on google for days but found nothing
please guide me how to root
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I need root my note 4
These are parameters
I was looking on google for days but found nothing
please guide me how to root
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Sorry, my friend, but as I mentioned earlier there is no current root method for the Verizon retail version of the Note 4. It's just not happening yet. As wonderful as the phone is, it can not be rooted at this point. There is a temporary root, but it disappears after reboot, so it's not really all that useful, something that many of us who have been a while have come to realize. Unless you have a developer version of the phone, which you can only get a full price, and Verizon doesn't sell (neither does any other Verizon retailer, for that matter), you can't root the phone. There is no root method, no link, that anyone here can share with because it's just not possible. Be patient, as the rest of us are trying to be, and we may hopefully have something soon, emphasis on hopefully. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it's just something we've had to live with. I've only had mine since last November, and as much as I'd like to have root, I found ways around it and can still do some of the things that usually require root. For instance, I use FoxFi for my mobile hot spot, which only costs just a little over $7, and I use Helium to back up my apps and their data. I will be honest, though, I would love to get rid of those dang adds. :cyclops:
will4958 said:
Sorry, my friend, ...... I would love to get rid of those dang adds. :cyclops:
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I just erase all the services of samsung
it makes my phone fast out of battery
there are too many garbage apps , the app runs in the background
can you guide me fix it
hoangthanh892005 said:
I just erase all the services of samsung
it makes my phone fast out of battery
there are too many garbage apps , the app runs in the background
can you guide me fix it
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Search the forums here for a program called Debloater. It's for Windows and lets you block whichever apps you want on your phone. I used it on mine when I wanted to block automatic updates, but others here use it to block many other apps also. If you go into Settings and then Application Manager on the phone, you can disable the app in question, but the best solution would be to just use the Debloater app for Windows I mentioned to block the apps. It's easy to use, just open the program, plug in your phone, make sure it's set to 'mass storage' (or whatever it says), and wait for the program to detect it. After that, select the app(s) you want to block and click the appropriate button. That's it. Oh, and since you mentioned your battery being drained quickly, I have to ask if your GPS, Wi-Fi, or bluetooth are turned on. If they are, turn them off, unless you actually need them, and that'll save a lot of battery juice. Hope this helps you out, trust me, after having every Android I've ever owned be rooted, I can feel your pain. And remember, you're not alone here. Maybe someone here should start a support group so we can begin to cope with all the false promises of root we've had to endure.:silly:
will4958 said:
Search the forums here for a program called Debloater. It's for Windows and lets you block whichever apps you want on your phone. I used it on mine when I wanted to block automatic updates, but others here use it to block many other apps also. If you go into Settings and then Application Manager on the phone, you can disable the app in question, but the best solution would be to just use the Debloater app for Windows I mentioned to block the apps. It's easy to use, just open the program, plug in your phone, make sure it's set to 'mass storage' (or whatever it says), and wait for the program to detect it. After that, select the app(s) you want to block and click the appropriate button. That's it. Oh, and since you mentioned your battery being drained quickly, I have to ask if your GPS, Wi-Fi, or bluetooth are turned on. If they are, turn them off, unless you actually need them, and that'll save a lot of battery juice. Hope this helps you out, trust me, after having every Android I've ever owned be rooted, I can feel your pain. And remember, you're not alone here. Maybe someone here should start a support group so we can begin to cope with all the false promises of root we've had to endure.:silly:
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I will try it
Thank u very much Will
Can you tell me that you disable any underground applications by debloater ?
Look in the Debloater thread!
I have a global variant OnePlus 9 pro. It seems that my phone may not have the full features that T-Mobile has to offer with their variant of the phone. I'm also noticing that with the new Google dialer that's been implemented, I'm unable to get the visual voicemail working (see picture for what it prompts). I guess the question here really is, would the T-Mobile firmware resolve issues like this or is this more of a sim card/carrier issue?
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The regular tmobile variant doesn't even give you vvm via the dialer (op dialer) because you get to use their crappy vvm app where you are asked to pay for additional services.
If you want vvm, download their app.
craznazn said:
The regular tmobile variant doesn't even give you vvm via the dialer (op dialer) because you get to use their crappy vvm app where you are asked to pay for additional services.
If you want vvm, download their app.
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I've seen threads on reddit and other forums where people had the native visual voicemail working and it was fully functional. I would imagine that there should be a fix for this. Their vvm app is trash so I'm not planning on doing that.
ilikepie___ said:
I've seen threads on reddit and other forums where people had the native visual voicemail working and it was fully functional. I would imagine that there should be a fix for this. Their vvm app is trash so I'm not planning on doing that.
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They probably used Magisk mods/fingerprint changes to make the Google Dialer work fully on their phones. Iirc, changing the fingerprint to a Pixel device not only "unlocks" visual voicemail within the Google Dialer, as well as transcription (if you pay for it, that is), but also call screening. However, as I mentioned in the thread detailing how to do that (here), it creates a lot of unintentional side effects. Also, as I mentioned, there IS a difference between VVM (which is free and simply allows you to listen to voicemails without actually dialing into your VM) and transcribed voicemails (which is the voicemail-to-text feature). Either CAN be accessed without T-Mobile's proprietary software, but the latter must be added to your monthly bill to actually work.
GuyInDogSuit said:
They probably used Magisk mods/fingerprint changes to make the Google Dialer work fully on their phones. Iirc, changing the fingerprint to a Pixel device not only "unlocks" visual voicemail within the Google Dialer, as well as transcription (if you pay for it, that is), but also call screening. However, as I mentioned in the thread detailing how to do that (here), it creates a lot of unintentional side effects. Also, as I mentioned, there IS a difference between VVM (which is free and simply allows you to listen to voicemails without actually dialing into your VM) and transcribed voicemails (which is the voicemail-to-text feature). Either CAN be accessed without T-Mobile's proprietary software, but the latter must be added to your monthly bill to actually work.
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Would something like this be a viable root method with the additional mods that are added in this guideline? I don't want to cause unnecessary system app problems nor brick the device. It seems that the OnePlus 9 pro has the google dialer installed out of the box, mine being the global edition straight from OnePlus
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Would something like this be a viable root method with the additional mods that are added in this guideline? I don't want to cause unnecessary system app problems nor brick the device. It seems that the OnePlus 9 pro has the google dialer installed out of the box, mine being the global edition straight from OnePlus
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Well, if you use any kernels or Magisk modules geared at specific devices (such as this one) you might run into some problems due to the device's fingerprint. Nothing potentially bricking or the like. Kernels and modules won't flash/install. They'll simply stop at the device validation and exit. With modules, the good thing is a lot of them aren't device-specific (with the exception of some geared at Samsung or OP devices, for example), and even if you run into problems with those, they're easily removed via recovery. Kernels, on the other hand, are a different beast. Any issue with those requires flashing the original boot.img (which will remove root, btw).
The only major issue I ran into with this mod, on my 7T, was with updating the ROM (via Oxygen Updater, anyway) and the kernel (for example, EX Kernel, which balks when it sees the device fingerprint, and cancels the flashing process). There might be ways to bypass these restrictions, but I wasn't able to find any, so I ended up having to revert the fingerprint changes to flash those, then re-do the fingerprints and Dialer setup again. This was on OOS 10, by the way. So with 9 Pro and OOS 11, the conditions might differ. YMMV.
Why did you unlock your bootloader? I did unlock bootloader and install custom ROM for every Android device that I have ever owned. However, surprisingly I am fairly satisfied with newest MIUI on Poco F3 and I am considering to keep it. Currently, the only thing I am missing is a firewall. I am also worried that custom ROMs often have bugs + there might be problems with banking apps {Mod edit}.
I'm in the same boat actually. Been using it stock for a couple of weeks, and not sure am I up to jumping through hoops when there's nothing actually wrong just yet.
Currently not really worth it
If you want an AOSP rom, yeah sure, unlock it
other than that, it is not really worth it to unlock
In my case, I unlocked to install xiaomi.eu just for MIUI launcher with gestures, huge difference compared to poco launcher.
all custom roms that i've tested pass safetynet, which means banking apps would work fine.. i use aosp bcs i feel like miui for poco is unpolished compared to the actual miui and aosp.. xiaomi.eu is a good choice for those who still want miui features, but hate the bugs and 'unpolishness' of miui for poco
Personally I unlock to root my phone, for adblock and limiting my battery charge.
Adblocking first of all. Also couldn't stand MIUI, especially after coming from a Pixel. I broke that, so got this phone only to save money on hardware. I also like to tinker with things, so even when it can be problematic getting banking apps to work with things like xposed installed these days, it feels like an accomplishment when it finally works.
Where I live, we can use an app as an official driving licence. And it really doesn't like root, but since it's made in cooperation with the police, it felt like beating the police when I finally made it work
But yes, stock ROMs today have many of those features, we had to install custom ROMs for before. It is of cause a good thing for the normal consumer, but also kinda sad to see the communities behind things like xposed is only kept alive by a few dedicated persons
When I got this phone, I thought I won't unlock it and just use pure stock. After a few weeks, I feel like I don't even own the phone without adblock and magisk modules.
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Personally I unlock to root my phone, for adblock and limiting my battery charge.
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I second this. I unlock just to root my phone. Initially, I want a custom rom but I went back to stock MIUI still.
By the way, what app or module are you using for your battery?
anjeu67 said:
I second this. I unlock just to root my phone. Initially, I want a custom rom but I went back to stock MIUI still.
By the way, what app or module are you using for your battery?
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Good ol ACC with the AccA app
Too much bloat on the stock ROM running arrow 12.1 I will never go back to stock so much more snappier stock feels slow after you run arrow
I was able to remove about every bloatware with https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater and it's pretty good now, I miss AdAway and yeah one day I'll unlock/root just for this... But even with stock ROM (currently MIUI Global 13.0.2) + debloat, it's still a pretty good experience.
Seeing that most of people reason to unlock devices is to get rid of those ads - I thought about doing the same. Until now all my devices were unlocked and rooted for the sake of adfree experience - and now I found a better solution. Just use some Private DNS provider. In my case I'm using https://adguard-dns.io/en/welcome.html
You just need to join the BETA (service is free of charge as of now) and you can set up private DNS both in your device or internet router - from now on all the analytics/ads bloat is filtered and you won't see any ads. Running it since April - no issues so far.
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Seeing that most of people reason to unlock devices is to get rid of those ads - I thought about doing the same. Until now all my devices were unlocked and rooted for the sake of adfree experience - and now I found a better solution. Just use some Private DNS provider. In my case I'm using https://adguard-dns.io/en/welcome.html
You just need to join the BETA (service is free of charge as of now) and you can set up private DNS both in your device or internet router - from now on all the analytics/ads bloat is filtered and you won't see any ads. Running it since April - no issues so far.
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I recommend https://nextdns.io/