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Is there any way to backup the visual voicemail data in its entirety? I've tried looking for the data files using ASTRO but can't find anything other than the core app.
I also came up dry searching this forum.
Thanks
This may or may not be of use to you, but the best way IMO to do this would be just to use Google Voice for your voicemail needs. All your voicemails are stored on Google's servers, so you won't have to worry about it. But aside from Google Voice, I am pretty sure that as long as you don't delete the voicemails, they will remain there after a ROM flash or whatever you intend on doing.
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This may or may not be of use to you, but the best way IMO to do this would be just to use Google Voice for your voicemail needs. All your voicemails are stored on Google's servers, so you won't have to worry about it. But aside from Google Voice, I am pretty sure that as long as you don't delete the voicemails, they will remain there after a ROM flash or whatever you intend on doing.
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That's a good thought, but I already have over a hundred voicemails on my Hero that I'd like to save without individually emailing to myself. They don't survive my ROM updates, because usually I end up wiping first or else the ROM won't work.
Hmm... is there a way to refresh the Visual Voicemail app? I haven't used it in ages, so I don't remember. If there is, you may be able to refresh the app after a flash and it'll redownload all the voicemails.
Hmm. i'm actually curious if anyone knows how to get back to using sprint vvm cause i used youmail and everything is still forwarded there
apatcas said:
Hmm. i'm actually curious if anyone knows how to get back to using sprint vvm cause i used youmail and everything is still forwarded there
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i believe you dial *38 and it will disable the forwarding...
chavo2005 said:
i believe you dial *38 and it will disable the forwarding...
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thank you... been trying that for a while
Anyone know where the VVM files are stored??
Anyone able to help me out? I want to migrate my old VMMs to a 2.1 ROM, but have no way to transfer them or back them up!
thanks
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Anyone know where the VVM files are stored??
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To my understanding, as a former sprint employee, all voicemail is stored server side at sprint. We would always tell customers that this is no way to back up. Sorry, but I hope that helps.
oktanedroid said:
Anyone able to help me out? I want to migrate my old VMMs to a 2.1 ROM, but have no way to transfer them or back them up!
thanks
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Try using your sound recorder and see if that file is stored locally, should be. About the only way to back up your VM's
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To my understanding, as a former sprint employee, all voicemail is stored server side at sprint. We would always tell customers that this is no way to back up. Sorry, but I hope that helps.
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I am certain the phone stores it locally somewhere. Because when you receive a voicemail, it needs to download to your phone before you can hear it.
Also, if you put the phone in Airplane mode, you can still listen to VMMs, proving it is stored locally.
What are some good locations to look for where these files are stored??
Okay, I finally figured it out.
You need root permissions to find it.
You can find it at:
/data/data/com.coremobility.app.vnotes
The individual voicemail files are stored as AMR files. You can open them with QuickTime player.
AMR (adaptive multi rate):
Compressed audio format developed by Ericsson; used by many 3G cell phones for voice recordings such as MMS messages; incorporates the Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction (ACELP) algorithm, which is designed to efficiently compress human speech audio.
Now it turns out the voicemail data is stored in an SQL database called "vnotes_db".
I used Firefox SQL viewer to open it up. The data fields show voicemail ID #, sender phone #, recipient, guid (?), time sent, time listened to, and some other data.
The voicemail ID is in decimal in the database, but the file numbers are called VN-xxx.AMR, where xxx is the hexadecimal equivalent of voicemail ID.
Does anyone who knows more about computers know of a way I can take this data and automagically convert cryptic filenames to something like "mm/dd/yy hh:mm phone#sender.AMR"?
Thanks
where is the db located on the phone, and do you know how to push the vm's back onto the phone, say after flashing to a new rom?
thanks for your work.
UPDATE:
i was able to just once to get access to the /data/data/com.coremobility.app.vnotes on my phone. within that, there are a couple of folders, one titled "files" and one titled "databases". i copied those to my computer, changed and updated the rom on my phone, and was able to copy those folders back and got my old vvm on my phone.
i used droid explorer to get them off my phone, but i am having some trouble accessing the /data folder with it now, so i will probably have to use adb to push the files.
hope this helps anyone looking to do this.
help with /data/data/com.coremobility.app.vnotes please
I'm try to copy all the voicemails to my computer so i can reflash my phone but i hvaen't been able to copy the files in /data/data/com.coremobility.app.vnotes
i've been able to copy files /data/data and i get the some folders transfered to my computer but not /data/data/com.coremobility.app.vnotes
help with /data/data/com.coremobility.app.vnotes
sorry didn't mean to hit submit....
here is what i've tried.
adb shell
su
i get
#
now i tried
mount -o remount,rw -t ( to be honest not really sure what this mean)
than tried
chmod 777 /data/data
chmod 777 /data/data/com.coremobility.app.vnotes/files
chmod 777 /data/data/com.coremobility.app.vnotes/database
( I think this is supposed to give me permission)
than i did
exit
exit (so went back to )
C:android/tools
from here i did
adb pull /data/data/com.coremobility.app.vnotes c:\voice
and i get filed to copy /data/data/com.coremobility.app.vnotes/files/blah.AMR to c:voice permission denied.
I would really appreciate any help. just trying to learn.... thanks
anyway, i found an easier way to back up vvm's. you do need an app from the market that you will have to pay for called root explorer. it allows you to browse your phone and copy/cut/paste files and folders, including the elusive /data/data folder.
all i did before loading up a new rom was to navigate to the /data/data/ folder and copy the /com.coremobility.app.vnotes folder onto my sdcard. i had a /backups folder so i just copied it there.
flashed a new rom, reinstalled root explorer, navigated back to the /data/data folder and then deleted /com.coremobility.app.vnotes off the phone. copied the backup from my sdcard to the /data/data folder on the phone. rebooted, and all of my old vvm's are on my "new" phone.
do not delete the backup off your sdcard until you verify they are all there. sometimes, you might have to copy each folder (there are four with com.coremobility.app.vnotes) one at a time to the right location.
i was using droid explorer initially to try, but i lost access to the /data/ folder on my phone. droid explorer is a great program to use while explorer the phone from windows, but i think it's still a little buggy.
good luck.
You don't need to pay for Root explorer.
There are two ways you can get VVMs off your handset:
1. Forward them to your email. Open each VVM you want to forward, hit menu, forward, and enter your email. It then sends to your email as a WAV attachment.
2. Tarball the entire directory and pull it off. Using adb shell, create a tarball of /data/data/com.coremobility.app.vnotes/* to /sdcard/whateveryouwant.tar then adb pull it off to your local drive. Inside are AMR files which are playable by Quicktime, and VLC player, and several other media players.
Won't Titanium Backup work? It stores the app and data. It's free! Just a thought.
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Is there a surefire way to download maps so the transformer does not need to be wifi/tethered to run this as a stand alone GPS?
I ran across this, anyone used it?
Brut Google Maps 4.6.0.4686-brut17
Not tried that one you mention but this one works great.
Cheers. Just tried that and found it very good. Even has a map with local bus route overlays.
Free appof the day today at Amazon is Gaia GPS.
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Free appof the day today at Amazon is Gaia GPS.
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I couldn't find a way to tell it to download the maps in full only small squares.
I had downloaded it on my droid x and it worked great. But it won't download maps to the transformer... My apologies.
Another way..
lightfire said:
Is there a surefire way to download maps so the transformer does not need to be wifi/tethered to run this as a stand alone GPS?
I ran across this, anyone used it?
Brut Google Maps 4.6.0.4686-brut17
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Hi, You dont say if you have an android phone, BUT if you had a rooted HTC Desire. (am sure it would work with any other htc that has car panel). (my sig says the one im using).
You could do the following;
Either Download a free app from the android market called "OntheflyBackup" run the app and you will now have the "Navigation app" and the "CarHomeLauncher app" and backups of all your other programs so its a win win situation. Or if your winrar savvie just extract the files from a Rom.
Now;
1, Run "Carpanel" app on the phone.
2 Select Get More, and download the maps you want (wifi enabled for speed)
3, Open the sd card either through data link or removing the card from the phone. Look in the folder ".data" you will see a folder "navigator"
4, Now copy this folder to a new ".data" folder on the "Internal" Sd card you acn see in the file explorer on the transformer. It must be in this one and Not the external Sd card.
5, Copy the "Navigation app" and the "CarHomeLauncher app" to downloads or any other folder on the card. placed in the Transformer.
6, On the Transformer, install the two apps and then run "Navigation". The car panel Wont look the same as on the phone It dosnt have the get more button, But will allow you to Navigate to anywhere on the maps you have selected.
Ive tried this from the UK to a area in Germany and it worked for me.
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Hi, You dont say if you have an android phone, BUT if you had a rooted HTC Desire. (am sure it would work with any other htc that has car panel). (my sig says the one im using).
You could do the following;
Either Download a free app from the android market called "OntheflyBackup" run the app and you will now have the "Navigation app" and the "CarHomeLauncher app" and backups of all your other programs so its a win win situation. Or if your winrar savvie just extract the files from a Rom.
Now;
1, Run "Carpanel" app on the phone.
2 Select Get More, and download the maps you want (wifi enabled for speed)
3, Open the sd card either through data link or removing the card from the phone. Look in the folder ".data" you will see a folder "navigator"
4, Now copy this folder to a new ".data" folder on the "Internal" Sd card you acn see in the file explorer on the transformer. It must be in this one and Not the external Sd card.
5, Copy the "Navigation app" and the "CarHomeLauncher app" to downloads or any other folder on the card. placed in the Transformer.
6, On the Transformer, install the two apps and then run "Navigation". The car panel Wont look the same as on the phone It dosnt have the get more button, But will allow you to Navigate to anywhere on the maps you have selected.
Ive tried this from the UK to a area in Germany and it worked for me.
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Thanks,
Unfortunately I have symbian phone - hope to get an android phone soon, but just don't use anything but email and calender as far as a "smart phone". And right now I have 15/month unlimited data plan. If I switch to a "smart phone" then ATT will hit me for large data plan.
Oruxmaps enables you to view online maps from many sources including Google Maps.
It will also let you define a location and surrounding area and it will then cache all the Google Maps tiles (or any other service's tiles) to your SD card. You can even define several zoom levels to store for each area.
It does a lot more than just that and is free on the market.
When I'm transferring media files over to my phone it has around 2gbs of space left. However when i transfer anymore media files it gives me an error:
PHONE ISN'T RESPONDING
Your device isn't responding. Please disconnect it,rstart it, then try again.
To see if theres's more information about this error, click Web Help.
Error Code
C00D124D
The only fix for this is to delete some videos in order to sync more which is a b****h seeing how i have 2gb space left. Has anyone also encountered this problem? is there a fix for it?
Bumpppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
I haven't seen any other reports of that error.
Did you try clicking Web Help?
Did you try searching for that error code and/or error message?
If that doesn't work, you might need to hard-reset the phone. It sucks, but if something is messed up, that's the easiest way to recover.
The thing is i have games which i want to keep the saved games, and its annoying reinstalling everything.
Is it possible to back it up and hard reset it and afterwards use the backup?
Is that possible? Yes, sure (assuming the phone can be backed up, and your weird error doesn't et in the way).
Will it fix anything? Probably not. If you restore a backup after hard-resetting the phone, it's like you never did the hard reset. That's not going to help if there's a problem to fix!
Is there are way just to backup apps and contacts etc?(I know sms can be backed up)
Contacts should already be stored on your WLID, Google, Hotmail, Exchange, Facebook, etc. accounts ("cloud" services). The phone doesn't actually store them locally, except for a cached copy in case it doesn't have data connectivity at some point.
Your list of purchased apps is already known. You can use the Marketplace website to see your purchased apps and re-install them, free. However, the data for those apps will be gone forever unless you manually back up it. This process is not particularly simple using the software available for Samsung, but it can be done. You need to copy the contents of the IsolatedStore directory for each app that you want to back up to a PC. The IsoStore folder is located at \Applications\Data\<GUID_FOR_THE_APP>\Data\IsolatedStore. There will also be an IsolatedStorageSettings file that should be backed up.
You can use WP7 Root Tools to copy your isostore files to a location that they can be removed from the phone, for example by putting them in the WP7 Root Tools IsoStore folder and then using an Isolated Storage Explorer tool (there are several) or by putting them in the Mango Webserver app's IsoStore and using the Webserver (on the phone) and web browser (on the PC) to download the files. As I said, though, the tools for doing this on Samsung aren't great; WP7 Root Tools isn't designed as a backup app and it is tedious to copy multiple files\folders.
Hi ,
I uploaded some pictures on my Gmail Drive yesterday via Laptop.
When I use the Android Google Drive Client on my Gingerbread , I have options of viewing it or making it offline.
Is there any way of downloading the pictures to my SD card ?
Making it offline doesn't help because once I remove the Google Drive App from my Droid , I will no longer be able to view that picture.
I want a permanent download so that my downloaded pictures appear in my gallery even after un-installation of Google Drive.
EDIT: [SOLVED]
Disable encryption via settings, and the files are accessible in the below folder. Thank the man
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The files seem to be in the google docs application folder, which on my system is found in /mnt/sdcard/Android/Data/com.google.android.apps.docs/files/pinned_docs_Files_do_not_edit/*CRAZY FOLDER NUMBER*
However, viewing the files does not work. It seems that this is a feature they have not included (for whatever reason).
Dropbox lets you export files.
You could also try another service called "Box".
KeePassDroid with Google Drive
I was going to create a new thread but in searching found this one. I'll use this one as maybe it applies with certain features not yet being implemented? Or am I overlooking or doing something wrong? I'll keep this simple. I use KeePass V1.x and KeepassDroid to keep my passwords in sync. It works great with DropBox. I have my database stored in the cloud and whenever I make a revision, it syncs across all my devices. Being the Google Whore I am, I was excited to try it with Google Drive. NO GO!
I can access the file and open the database with KeePassDroid without any issues. If I make a change and try to save it I get the following error. /data/data.com.google.android.apps.docs/cache/filecache2/123456789/databasename.kdb.tmp: open failed: EACESS (permissions denied). It won't let me write back to the database like DropBox will.
When I made the file available off-line, it would let me save the file, but it would not save that file back to the cloud. Do you think it's a permission issue on my side, or a limitation right now with Google Drive? Quick side note: I'm using a ported version of ICS but not really having any other issues. But if others are able to write back with a 3rd party app, then maybe it is something to do with the port....just a thought? If anybody has any ideas....Thanks!
RikkKeith said:
I was going to create a new thread but in searching found this one. I'll use this one as maybe it applies with certain features not yet being implemented? Or am I overlooking or doing something wrong? I'll keep this simple. I use KeePass V1.x and KeepassDroid to keep my passwords in sync. It works great with DropBox. I have my database stored in the cloud and whenever I make a revision, it syncs across all my devices. Being the Google Whore I am, I was excited to try it with Google Drive. NO GO!
I can access the file and open the database with KeePassDroid without any issues. If I make a change and try to save it I get the following error. /data/data.com.google.android.apps.docs/cache/filecache2/123456789/databasename.kdb.tmp: open failed: EACESS (permissions denied). It won't let me write back to the database like DropBox will.
When I made the file available off-line, it would let me save the file, but it would not save that file back to the cloud. Do you think it's a permission issue on my side, or a limitation right now with Google Drive? Quick side note: I'm using a ported version of ICS but not really having any other issues. But if others are able to write back with a 3rd party app, then maybe it is something to do with the port....just a thought? If anybody has any ideas....Thanks!
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It *seems* to me like a limitation with their software. The fact that you can't even use the files outside of google drive/docs despite them being there indicates that either the files are encrypted, or in some other non-standard format. Uploading probably doesn't work because the file you put there are in the wrong format for the software to use them.
I switched back to Dropbox (which I never REALLY left) because of this. As a way to move files to your phone (like .zips to flash), Google drive falls short.
BK553 said:
I switched back to Dropbox (which I never REALLY left) because of this. As a way to move files to your phone (like .zips to flash), Google drive falls short.
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Send them clear, direct feedback. Maybe they'll change it. After all, the product was just launched
Same here. I suspect G will change over time .
BK553 said:
I switched back to Dropbox (which I never REALLY left) because of this. As a way to move files to your phone (like .zips to flash), Google drive falls short.
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Glad to see this thread. First thing I did was try to copy a file to my SD Card from Gdrive. Just keeps trying to open them. Only option I had was send to Dropbox from Gdrive and export from there. Kind of a waste of time.
Just wait and see what features they add on. Its still very early.
Is your phone rooted? Using ES file explorer, and having the "up to root" toggle enabled, if I went to the root directory /mnt/sdcard/download directory all of the 4 files I synced with google drive were able to be copied using ES file explorer without any problem at all.
It's a bit annoying, but for now it works for me!
Cirkustanz said:
Is your phone rooted? Using ES file explorer, and having the "up to root" toggle enabled, if I went to the root directory /mnt/sdcard/download directory all of the 4 files I synced with google drive were able to be copied using ES file explorer without any problem at all.
It's a bit annoying, but for now it works for me!
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I could copy them no problem. The problem is, copied or not, they're unviewable.
Are you sure you are looking in the folder I mentioned, or are you looking in the folder that does not require root access? There is a link to those files in the directory that doesn't require root but even the thumbnail doesn't appear there.
Shrug, I pulled photos and a pc executable from that folder and copied it onto my SD card using the move option in ES file explorer which allowed me to email them to a friend.
How to enable Google Driver on my phone ?, i have download from Google Play but it's display not available in my country, hmm
When I went to the drive.google site after I installed the PC application it gave me a url to download the mobile app. I made sure "install non-market applications" was selected in my phone settings, opened up that site in my phone's browser, and installed it.
So I seem to have managed to get files from google drive onto my phone and tablet. I use an app called officesuite pro. I've got it on my prim and sgs2. It is a paid app but it connects to remote servers, google docs(drive), dropbox etc. If you access your files through there, you can copy the file, doc, zip whatever is on your google drive, and paste it to a local drive. All intact and usable.
This is crazy. As soon as my Drive was ready I transferred all my DB files to it thinking I'm all Google, so lets use it! Yeah, I can't access any of my files. With DB I could just long press a name, and download. Guess it's back to DB until Drive can do it too. Nice otherwise.
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Are you sure you are looking in the folder I mentioned, or are you looking in the folder that does not require root access? There is a link to those files in the directory that doesn't require root but even the thumbnail doesn't appear there.
Shrug, I pulled photos and a pc executable from that folder and copied it onto my SD card using the move option in ES file explorer which allowed me to email them to a friend.
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The folder you said was:
/mnt/sdcard/download , right?
I have the folder ( with a capital "D" though), except there are none of the files I made offline with drive in it.
stevemacer said:
So I seem to have managed to get files from google drive onto my phone and tablet. I use an app called officesuite pro. I've got it on my prim and sgs2. It is a paid app but it connects to remote servers, google docs(drive), dropbox etc. If you access your files through there, you can copy the file, doc, zip whatever is on your google drive, and paste it to a local drive. All intact and usable.
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Thanks for the tip. Still, might shame to have to jump through such hoops. The other question is: does it work with non-doc files?
BK553 said:
I switched back to Dropbox (which I never REALLY left) because of this. As a way to move files to your phone (like .zips to flash), Google drive falls short.
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same here. disappointing. but i hope they will change it in the future.
Yeah, it works with any type of file, I used it to download a zip. You can do it with jpegs too but you have to make it show unsupported files. Also, another way, probably easier is to log into google drive through your browser, you can download direct from there i've noticed. Just click on the file and it should give you the option to dl. Shame they haven't put this in the app.
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Yeah, it works with any type of file, I used it to download a zip. You can do it with jpegs too but you have to make it show unsupported files. Also, another way, probably easier is to log into google drive through your browser, you can download direct from there i've noticed. Just click on the file and it should give you the option to dl. Shame they haven't put this in the app.
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Funny I was just trying this. It does work, but it renames the file to some long weird label. Have you found a way to keep it the same name?
To be honest, i've not really tried it through the browser but when I download it through officesuite pro, it retains the original file name.
[ROOT][MOD][HOW TO] Disable Presidential Alert Text Messages
After reading this thread on how to remove the severe weather alerts, I took it upon myself to find a way to remove Presidential Alerts, which is not an option in the stock ROM. Sure enough, I found the preferences file that the stock messaging app uses, changed a Boolean value, and profited.
What I used:
- External SD card installed in the phone.
- File explorer with root capability (ES File Explorer in my case; I'm sure Root Explorer works just as well).
- PC with a Text Editor (Wordpad worked best for me). I had seen posts on other threads (don't remember exactly which ones) that stated using text editors on the phone may not be saving files properly, so I went with the tried and true route.
Here are the steps that I used, based on memory. (Assuming root capability is already enabled on the file explorer.) Apologies if I left anything out, since it's been a few days since I did this on my phone.
1. Open the file explorer and navigate to the directory /data/data/com.android.mms/shared_prefs
2. Make a copy of the file com.android.mms_preferences.xml and save that copy to the root of the external SD card.
3. Rename the original file to com.android.mms_preferences.xml.orig. This is backup of the original XML file just in case something goes wrong along the way.
4. Connect the external SD card to the PC by whatever means. (I unmounted/removed the external SD card, and inserted it into a card reader attached to the PC.)
5. Navigate to the disk drive corresponding to the external SD card.
6. Using the text editor, open the file com.android.mms_preferences.xml.
7. Search for the Boolean name #cmas#type##presidential#enabled.
8. Change the value associated with that Boolean from true to false.
9. Save the XML file.
10. Insert the external SD card back into the phone.
11. Copy the file com.android.mms_preferences.xml from the external SD card to the directory /data/data/com.android.mms/shared_prefs (you're overwriting the XML file that's already there - that's OK)
12. Exit the file explorer.
13. Reboot the phone. (Not sure if this is really needed, but it's good practice.)
14. After rebooting, check the Messaging settings and verify that there is no check next to Presidential Alerts.
15. (Optional) If Presidential Alerts are not checked, go back into /data/data/com.android.mms/shared_prefs with the file explorer and delete "com.android.mms_preferences.xml.orig".
Have fun!
Has anyone even received any presidential alerts yet? I hadn't even heard of them till this thread.
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TechSavvy2 said:
Has anyone even received any presidential alerts yet? I hadn't even heard of them till this thread.
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No I havent. And I haven't figured out what it is. Is this going to be spam or is this going to be something important? If it is spam or anything to do with the elections then I want to get rid of it. Who put here? Verizon?
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PetRiLJoe said:
No I havent. And I haven't figured out what it is. Is this going to be spam or is this going to be something important? If it is spam or anything to do with the elections then I want to get rid of it. Who put here? Verizon?
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You decide: http://transition.fcc.gov/pshs/services/eas/
bbeelzebub said:
I don't have kids, don't want them and don't like yours.
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Don't like my kids either, LOL.
EAS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Alert_System
...put into place on January 1, 1997...
EAS is designed to enable the President of the United States to speak to the United States within 10 minutes, but the nationwide federal EAS has never been activated.
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Replaced the old EBS ("...This is only a test...") which also was never used, but had a localized false alarm in 1971: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Broadcast_System#False_alarm_of_1971
I'd like to think EAS is pretty darn hacker and false alarm "resistant", but who knows.
And if it's nukes, gigantic meteors, mega-waves/volcanoes or martians we're all screwed anyway.
AlexDeGruven said:
Same with the severe weather alerts. They are there to tell you things like "There's a tornado coming down your street, take cover NOW!", not "It's going to rain Thursday.
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I live on top of a mountain in NC, and I received a weather alert warning me of flash floods in NY. I promptly disabled the severe weather alerts.
Hope this isn't too much of a dumb question: Does this method work on the T-mobile Galaxy S3? I navigated to the /data folder using ES File Explorer, but it is empty. I did some file searches in case it is located in a different folder, but couldn't find it (the *.xml file referenced in the OP) that way either. Any ideas? (I'm rooted with Wicked JB v3 rom) Any other roms that would get rid of this?
Thanks
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Hope this isn't too much of a dumb question: Does this method work on the T-mobile Galaxy S3? I navigated to the /data folder using ES File Explorer, but it is empty. I did some file searches in case it is located in a different folder, but couldn't find it (the *.xml file referenced in the OP) that way either. Any ideas? (I'm rooted with Wicked JB v3 rom) Any other roms that would get rid of this?
Thanks
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Do you have root explorer enabled in the ES File Explorer settings?
And thanks for the tip, I hate having things that aren't able to be deselected.
Though it doesn't seem to be working for me.
Deleted the original file, and upon reboot the file gets reset to "true". "False" won't stick.
CleanRom 5.5.1
Thanks!
ummduh said:
Do you have root explorer enabled in the ES File Explorer settings?
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That might be it. I've switched to a CM rom for now. I'll switch back to TW and check it sometime.
No more presidential alerts...
Worked like a charm. Just edited it to false right on the phone... Note 2...check is gone... Thanks for the post!
I received an AMBER alert on my phone today.. first time I had ever seen that.
FYI this mod works on the S4 too. Thanks to the OP for figuring it out. I have linked your thread in the Verizon S4 General section.
Easier Way - Pros Only
I wrote something on an easier to way to get this done, but I don't recommend it for newbies. It requires a working use of the vi editor. Hope it helps those old enough to remember how to use the vi editor.
http://www.sirslappy.com/2013/08/how-to-remove-presidential-alerts-on-galaxy-s4-verizon/
blazera said:
[ROOT][MOD][HOW TO] Disable Presidential Alert Text Messages
After reading this thread on how to remove the severe weather alerts, I took it upon myself to find a way to remove Presidential Alerts, which is not an option in the stock ROM. Sure enough, I found the preferences file that the stock messaging app uses, changed a Boolean value, and profited.
What I used:
- External SD card installed in the phone.
- File explorer with root capability (ES File Explorer in my case; I'm sure Root Explorer works just as well).
- PC with a Text Editor (Wordpad worked best for me). I had seen posts on other threads (don't remember exactly which ones) that stated using text editors on the phone may not be saving files properly, so I went with the tried and true route.
Here are the steps that I used, based on memory. (Assuming root capability is already enabled on the file explorer.) Apologies if I left anything out, since it's been a few days since I did this on my phone.
1. Open the file explorer and navigate to the directory /data/data/com.android.mms/shared_prefs
2. Make a copy of the file com.android.mms_preferences.xml and save that copy to the root of the external SD card.
3. Rename the original file to com.android.mms_preferences.xml.orig. This is backup of the original XML file just in case something goes wrong along the way.
4. Connect the external SD card to the PC by whatever means. (I unmounted/removed the external SD card, and inserted it into a card reader attached to the PC.)
5. Navigate to the disk drive corresponding to the external SD card.
6. Using the text editor, open the file com.android.mms_preferences.xml.
7. Search for the Boolean name #cmas#type##presidential#enabled.
8. Change the value associated with that Boolean from true to false.
9. Save the XML file.
10. Insert the external SD card back into the phone.
11. Copy the file com.android.mms_preferences.xml from the external SD card to the directory /data/data/com.android.mms/shared_prefs (you're overwriting the XML file that's already there - that's OK)
12. Exit the file explorer.
13. Reboot the phone. (Not sure if this is really needed, but it's good practice.)
14. After rebooting, check the Messaging settings and verify that there is no check next to Presidential Alerts.
15. (Optional) If Presidential Alerts are not checked, go back into /data/data/com.android.mms/shared_prefs with the file explorer and delete "com.android.mms_preferences.xml.orig".
Have fun!
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davey6693 said:
On my S7E, I found messaging preferences in
data/data/com.samsung.android.messaging/shared_prefs/com.samsung.android.messaging_preferences.xml
a couple of entries that may or may not help related to the boolean "cmas" variables:
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I expect there will be a lot of variation from firmware to firmware. Would be interesting to know if your method works...
In Lineage 15.1, I found:
/data/data/com.android.messaging/shared_prefs
but there are multiple preference files, none of which contain references to cmas, etws or anything else that seems related to emergency broadcasts. So, although not ideal, freezing cellbroadcastreceiver seems like my only method for now.
Hello all,
Please view my easy method to do this. Thanks
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...root-disable-presidential-alert-text-t3841385
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gbrauen said:
I know this is an old thread but seems to be the most relevant around. Yesterday, the Ontario Provincial Police issued a province-wide Amber Alert for a missing child in Thunder Bay using what would be called a "presidential alert" in the US. We'll probably have to rename it a "Bureaucratic Alert" since the plan in Canada is to use these for everything (!) according to the current thinking of the Canadian regulator (CRTC) without an opt-out.
For more (sorry: new member - can't post links), search for:
- Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2017-91
- Canadian "Alert Ready" FAQ: explains the attempt to rebrand the presidential alerts, highlighting that is the mechanism used.
Running LineageOS 15.1 on a OnePlus 3T, the original method no longer works, as GeTex pointed out above. /data/data/com.android.mms doesn't exist and the prefs file mentioned is not there.
Using Titanium backup, I have frozen CellBroadcastReceiver (com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver) on my phone. Since presidential alerts will be used for everything here (stupid, stupid, stupid), the need to turn these off has arrived.
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Check my method :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...root-disable-presidential-alert-text-t3841385
ihateverizon1 said:
Hello all,
Please view my easy method to do this. Thanks
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...root-disable-presidential-alert-text-t3841385
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Check my method :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...root-disable-presidential-alert-text-t3841385
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Posted in your thread but I'll post here too in case others have run into the same thing I did.
Trying this on my Nexus 5 (Hammerhead D821) and while I can find and edit the file, it looks like the line pertaining to presidential alerts is missing. Should I edit it in and set it to false?
Also, when I rebooted and checked the Emergency Alerts config in the Settings app, the boxes were still checked/active. I saw in another thread that the phone has to be set to airplane mode and a backup file deleted - is that what I'm missing here?
Thanks.
For non-rooted phones could a back up and restore with a changed settings file work? There was one from around here somewhere to enable YouTube dark theme in the months the app supported it, but Google hadn't decided to let you enable it.
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