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Phone info setup as a device administrator

Hello,
I have had my phone for a while now, but today was the first time since I got the phone that I looked at the device administrators area (settings / security / device administrators) and I noticed that there was an item called "Phone Info" that was activated by default and after reading about what it is supposed to do, I decided to deactivate it, but I was unable to do so. My questions therfore are:
1.) what is the purpose of this item?
2.) why can I not deactivate it?
3.) is it normal for it to be activated by default?
4.) if is not needed than how do I get rid of it?
In case it helps, my phone is rooted and I am still running the stock 4.1.2 ROM that came with the phone.
A few days ago I tried out the "All In One" 4.3 Stock ROM from Thunder Stick, but it was not working for me to well so I restored my nandroid backup of my original stock ROM so I am not sure If the other ROM has anything to do with it or not or if the setting has always been like that, but as I said before, I just noticed it today and would like to know what it is and how to deactivate it if I can.
Thanks for any and all replies,
Mtcell

Can you post a screenshot?

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Here is another one that shows the permissions dialog and where I should be able to deactivate it, but pressing the deactivate button has no effect.

That is weird. I am checking my s3 now but this is all it shows on my optimus G. Maybe it is a Samsung thing?
-Whiplashh
"I think a ducks opinion of me is heavily influenced by whether I have bread or not."

Edit: here is what my s3 shows under those settings, but remember, my s3 isn't activated. Maybe it is just the activation stuff?
-Whiplashh
"I think a ducks opinion of me is heavily influenced by whether I have bread or not."

Thanks for the reply. After doing some research I have discovered that it is part of some corporate security thing that sprint has on some of the newer s3's (see the attached screenshot) Anyway, I have frozen the app since there is no way to disable it. That will work for now until I change my stock ROM in a few weeks.
If anyone else has this app setup as a device administrator and wants to disable it than you can use the pro version of titanium backup or the free version of sd maid to freeze the app like I have done. Note, your phone must be rooted to use these apps.

[Q] Pie + Dual Window BUG. Has anyone else experienced it?

I've searched on the forum but I surprisingly didn't find anything. So here's the picture of what happens.
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Anyone knows how to fix this?
EDIT: Image wasn't working when I viewed the thread so here's the clickable link http://imgur.com/VK7NdOm

try using a different method / application to remove the soft keys?

kp_q said:
try using a different method / application to remove the soft keys?
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I've tried both PIE support from play store and g3 tweakbox, same problem, the selection window below stops where the softkeys are " supposed " to be, don't know how to solve it

what software and device version do you have?

kp_q said:
what software and device version do you have?
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D855 version and 4.4.2 rooted

v10e,f,g,etc? first, try reinstalling dual window. apk with titanium backup, and if that doesn't work, and if it means that much, try upgrading software. you'll be able to stay on KK. otherwise, may as well go to LP. it works well and there is one click root + twrp

kp_q said:
v10e,f,g,etc? first, try reinstalling dual window. apk with titanium backup, and if that doesn't work, and if it means that much, try upgrading software. you'll be able to stay on KK. otherwise, may as well go to LP. it works well and there is one click root + twrp
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v10g eur, thanks I will try that! I really don't want to go lollipop I've only heard complaints about it, killing batteries etc

quite the opposite for me; I had a 9000 mah zero lemon battery on my g3 in KK days, now on LP I use the normal battery because battery life is good enough. create a nandroid, move it to your external sd card, clean upgrade to LP with LG flash tool 2014. if you don't like it, just restore to the backup and it's like nothing changed

up.
anyone encountered this?

OP, report back what you have tried

Apps have hard time getting location data

Hey guys I have just flashed LOS 18.1 on my Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro, I have been using LOS 17 for about a year without problems.
I wanted to upgrade to Android 12, but that did not really go according to plan, so I'm still at A11, but now on LOS 18.1.
But I have noticed that the GPS is not really working well on my phone now. Gmaps sometimes works, and other apps that would like to know where I am don't work.
I tried changing the access right to the apps and reinstalling them, but that does not seams to help.
GSP is working on the devices, as this screenshot is showing.
So I think there is something wrong with the OS.
I have only installed OpenGapps version pico, is there something I'm missing now, thereover it is not working?
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krakert said:
Hey guys I have just flashed LOS 18.1 on my Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro, I have been using LOS 17 for about a year without problems.
I wanted to upgrade to Android 12, but that did not really go according to plan, so I'm still at A11, but now on LOS 18.1.
But I have noticed that the GPS is not really working well on my phone now. Gmaps sometimes works, and other apps that would like to know where I am don't work.
I tried changing the access right to the apps and reinstalling them, but that does not seams to help.
GSP is working on the devices, as this screenshot is showing.
So I think there is something wrong with the OS.
I have only installed OpenGapps version pico, is there something I'm missing now, thereover it is not working?
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Using a phone indoors with GApps you will most of the time not get "gps" location, but network based location. Google knows from the WiFinetworks, where you are. Maybe you disabled something, like wifi scanning or data permission form play services?

I never had a problem with GPS in my house.
But yesterday I got a LOS update, and all is working fine now, so there was something in the OS

Question 70GB system space

Hi. Anyone know why latest OneUi 5.0 takes 70GB system storage?
I believe that system should take about 10-15GB like clear Android 13 (Mi9T Pro - 12GB, MiPad 5 - 16GB), but not 70.
Anyone know what is happening in the system directories?
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Mine says 39gb so I think both are wrong

I have mine at 106GB, wiping cache didn't do anything.

Mine is extremely debloated, I wonder if that has anything to do with mine being so low comparatively...

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Mine is extremely debloated, I wonder if that has anything to do with mine being so low comparatively...
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I have the standard A13 ROM from Samsung (not debloated) and it's 40GB.

~63 Gb after the last uodate

19 gb after december update
everyone with more than 25 gb sistem files please try file guardian GL module to clear old android sistem files

AndrOmega said:
guardian GL module
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Is it a magisk module?

goodlock module is it

Nevermind

Tempus Fugit

I trust the OS. As long as I have a lot of free space, I don't care how much the system takes.

Is there another vesy to remove old system files? Why are they there, short of a system recovery?

annson08 said:
I have mine at 106GB, wiping cache didn't do anything.
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I tried cleaning my internal storage a while ago and noticed my system storage increased to 110GB, lmao.

Update on this: I did a factory reset to see if it'll do anything.
From 111GB, it went down to 38GB, but after completely restoring all my apps, files and everything, it went back up to 58GB. Not bad considering I freed up 50GB+.
I suspect the reason my system files bloated like that is because I have a habit of flashing roms without wiping, especially when the beta came out.

[Mi10T Pro] App selection stopped working. I am looking for help

Hello
This is my first post so please be understanding.
I have been using the phone from the beginning as a regular user. I haven't made any modifications or changes to it (like root change etc.)
Recently, the official update of MIUI to version 13.0.8 appeared and after that the application selection stopped working. I had no problems with the phone before.
For example: An attempt to open a pdf file brought up a window with a list of various applications that handled the file. The same thing happened with other files or URLs. I have several browsers, so depending on what I wanted to open the Internet address with, I indicated the right choice.
Now the window shows up, but trying to tap the three dots immediately brings up a random app, each time a different one, no additional window pops up. No list of any apps expands.
I thought that maybe the problem will solve itself after resetting the phone. I set everything up again, did not restore any backups. Unfortunately, the problem is the same. I don't have any default settings.
What can be done? The problem is very irritating. I have no idea.
Apart from this problem, everything else works fine.
I will appreciate any help or suggestions
Screenshots are in Polish, if necessary I can translate.
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Hello, I suffered from the same bug for a long time until I found the culprit.
You just have to uninstal updates of the Xiaomi Mi Browser (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mi.globalbrowser). Sadly it can't be easily uninstalled. Maybe it can be done with ADB, but I have not tried yet. Remember to disable automatic updates from the PlayStore to avoid it to update. This will cause the bug again.
I also suffer other bugs like an ugly and forced dark mode when the battery is below 40%. I was always tempted to install a custom ROM, but the stock camera features (manual focus, lens distortion correction, 108 MPX, zoom...) are important for me.

Thanks for the help. This solved part of the problem. Now I have a choice when opening files but still no choice when opening URLs.
Maybe someone else?