My Verizon asking for root?! - Verizon HTC One (M8)

Has anybody's my Verizon app asked for super user access? Mine did for some reason... Declined of course, but it was still weird
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Close the app, reset the permission in SU, open the Verizon app and if it does it again, take a screen shot and put it up here. I would have to see proof. If Verizon is doing that, then Idk maneeeee, that sounds fuked up.
Edit: you did it! Ahhhh mannnn in on thread of the year....
In b4 NSA
This is all I could find.
http://m.androidcentral.com/my-veri...ash-screen-bug-fixes-and-trio-new-permissions
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Yep, I just updated it from the Play Store, and then it asked WITHOUT me even opening the app.
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BFirebird101 said:
Yep, I just updated it from the Play Store, and then it asked WITHOUT me even opening the app.
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There was a discussion about this in the s4 forums a while back. Just say no, or change the setting supersu to deny if you're really unsure. Personally, I don't care... They won't look at anything anyway.
M8, nuff said.

Who needs the NSA when you have Verizon...
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I'm so used to giving everything root access that I hit okay. Then immediately realized what I just did and freaked out. lol

ihierbal said:
I'm so used to giving everything root access that I hit okay. Then immediately realized what I just did and freaked out. lol
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I'm convinced that they are fishing for the number of rooted devices. It doesn't matter whether you grant it root or not. They want to know who is rooted. If it can ask for SU, it can report back that you have it and are rooted.
What I am more concerned with is why they want to know!

I just updated it from the Play Store, and then it asked WITHOUT me even opening the app.

andrewnelson said:
I just updated it from the Play Store, and then it asked WITHOUT me even opening the app.
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Yep.
I'm going to freeze the app.
I suspect they want to collect data on rooted devices and tethering.
Just disable the app, before it can ask.

tech_head said:
Yep.
I'm going to freeze the app.
I suspect they want to collect data on rooted devices and tethering.
Just disable the app, before it can ask.
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That's what I did day 1! Freeze/Disable ALL verizon bloat ware crap. Why ever have it on there?

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My Verizon App Missing?

I usually check once a week to see if the My Verizon app has been updated, but I cannot find it... I am on Ginger Remix so maybe I can't see it because of that? Can someone with froyo check?
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I am completely stock and havent been able to find it for several days. I am guessing it has been updated in the market as not being available for the Thunderbolt since it did not work on our phone anyway.
Droid-life.com has a working version.
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Thanks for the quick answers guys. I will drop some thanks when I get back to a pc
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phamann said:
I am completely stock and havent been able to find it for several days. I am guessing it has been updated in the market as not being available for the Thunderbolt since it did not work on our phone anyway.
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PM me your email and ill email the working .apk
I'm away from my laptop, or I'd just post it here. If not, ill try n remember to post when I get home.
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I got this from Droid Life before they removed the link.
Only_Zuul said:
I got this from Droid Life before they removed the link.
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There u go sirs. He knocked it out for ya. That is what the android community is all about. Helping others
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Recent change with android market that devs can block certain devices to see their apps.
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Tidbits said:
Recent change with android market that devs can block certain devices to see their apps.
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The salient question is why would Verizon block owners of their flagship phone (okay, maybe the Droid Charge is that now, with the "Droid" branding") from the app at all, let alone for so long. Damn phone's been on the market for 10 weeks now and still no TB-compatible MyVerizon app. Very weird.
Look here at Post #6. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14277108
The release is a verizon apk, however they have not released it because they do not want LTE users usage to be changed by having their current usage easily accessible. It will help them price out the tiered plans that we are getting this summer.
Did you really just post a link to this thread IN this thread?
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distortedloop said:
The salient question is why would Verizon block owners of their flagship phone (okay, maybe the Droid Charge is that now, with the "Droid" branding") from the app at all, let alone for so long. Damn phone's been on the market for 10 weeks now and still no TB-compatible MyVerizon app. Very weird.
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Well its not compatible based on their laziness. So it is easier to hide it because some people don't read.
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necosino said:
Did you really just post a link to this thread IN this thread?
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Hahaha! That's fantastic.
bretfree81 said:
Look here at Post #6. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14277108
The release is a verizon apk, however they have not released it because they do not want LTE users usage to be changed by having their current usage easily accessible. It will help them price out the tiered plans that we are getting this summer.
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Uhm no... Usage is just as easily accessible without the app. The same number of steps as if you are checking on WiFi. From what I have read it works on the other 4G devices but the bolt. If they are doing what you are saying then they should not have theirs working either.
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necosino said:
Did you really just post a link to this thread IN this thread?
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Wow, I've never seen that done before! Thats what he's been waiting over three years to do for his first post?

Rooted Devices Blacklisted from Google Movies.

Google has recently responded to a unhappy customer that was unable to view his rented movie "March of The Penguins" and has responded with a response that will effect almost everyone here.
http://fromnerdstonoobs.blog.com/2011/07/13/google-blacklists-rooted-devices-on-google-movies/
ThEiiNoCeNT said:
Google has recently responded to a unhappy customer that was unable to view his rented movie "March of The Penguins" and has responded with a response that will effect almost everyone here.
http://fromnerdstonoobs.blog.com/2011/07/13/google-blacklists-rooted-devices-on-google-movies/
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As he said though just rename su to mu. Though I can kind of understand where Google is coming from seeing as I have had about four cease and assist letters for movie piracy.
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mudknot2005 said:
As he said though just rename su to mu. Though I can kind of understand where Google is coming from seeing as I have had about four cease and assist letters for movie piracy.
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Hmmm So we need a SU/MU toggle. ;D
Nice, maybe its time to make something.
What good does renaming it do.if Google Movies doesn't even show in the new version of Market? Is there a different version than the one I linked to?
mudknot2005 said:
As he said though just rename su to mu. Though I can kind of understand where Google is coming from seeing as I have had about four cease and assist letters for movie piracy.
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Love getting those LOL. I have 3 in my collection.
Wow! Am I ever glad my Inspire is purely stock and unrooted! I had been thinking about rooting it. Not now, though. I feel fortunate to be one of very few people who have not rooted their Android phone.
MartyLK said:
Wow! Am I ever glad my Inspire is purely stock and unrooted! I had been thinking about rooting it. Not now, though. I feel fortunate to be one of very few people who have not rooted their Android phone.
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You are missing out on the fun mate
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You are missing out on the fun mate
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Deffinitley missing out on the fun. After playing around with my rooted inspire I could care less about being able to access Google movies.
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mudknot2005 said:
As he said though just rename su to mu. Though I can kind of understand where Google is coming from seeing as I have had about four cease and assist letters for movie piracy.
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I see what you're saying, but if this were truly the case shouldn't Google be doing anything they can to provide media content in a legal manner to all of their customers? Yes, I've rooted my phone, and I would have gladly used the Google Movie service, but since they won't let me, I guess I know how I'll continue to get my movies... If anything this move pushes users back to piracy.
Lmao really? So because I have Google movies (which cost) your happy U didn't root? I have 87 movies between three sd cards but I have zero idea where I got them . Stock? Never again
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Wow! Am I ever glad my Inspire is purely stock and unrooted! I had been thinking about rooting it. Not now, though. I feel fortunate to be one of very few people who have not rooted their Android phone.
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Wow! Am I ever glad my Inspire is purely customized and rooted! I had think about Google movies. Not now though. I feel fortune to be one of the rooted people who don't have to pay for overpriced movies on their Android phone.
Torrentz for the win!
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Well gee. I guess I will just have to use my rooted XP PC laptop to rent movies now....
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Wow! Am I ever glad my Inspire is purely stock and unrooted! I had been thinking about rooting it. Not now, though. I feel fortunate to be one of very few people who have not rooted their Android phone.
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Sarcasm? Am I right
The movies tab shows up on my GF's rooted Infuse (Infused 1.5).
Movies showed up for me as well... forget which device... but all of mine are rooted.
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Maybe it's build related ?
Movies don't show up on rooted inspire using coredroid. But shows up on stock flyer. Doesn't bother me one bit though. Torrentz is king.
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cwhitney24 said:
Deffinitley missing out on the fun. After playing around with my rooted inspire I could care less about being able to access Google movies.
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Definitely! especially since they refuse to actually update the inspire to the newest versions anyway, screw 'em.

Order & Chaos for Infuse

Has anyone successfully installed Order & Chaos on the Infuse? Seeing as the Infuse is such a close cousin to the Galaxy S phones and most of those phones officially support O&C, it seems like it should work fine on the Infuse but I haven't seen any threads about it.
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Has anyone successfully installed Order & Chaos on the Infuse? Seeing as the Infuse is such a close cousin to the Galaxy S phones and most of those phones officially support O&C, it seems like it should work fine on the Infuse but I haven't seen any threads about it.
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Wats that
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WeezyFBaby17 said:
Wats that
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+1
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it appears to be one of those high quality game loft games. they code games for the hardware and they may check the build.prop for compatability, so even a compatible device might not play the game if they havent added the device to there supported list. if it is in the market it may work if it is gameloft website only you may need to register the phone number and claim what carrier you have, they haven't really been supporting att devices for some reason, i didnt have much success downloading there games by anyones instruction but others claim it works. good luck, let us know your results!
i hate that they have all the checks because anyone with root and chianfire 3d can run games for other chipsets just fine. why not detect the gpu and cpu and have one universal install that has coding for several different api's? would it make the game that much bigger?
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftMMHM&feature=search_result
it appears to be WoW for cell phones. not my cup of tea so im not gonna be a guinnea pig for the $7 price tag.
Dani897 said:
it appears to be WoW for cell phones.
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lol @ WoW
dude you werent kidding! look at the screenshots..
*shakes head*
Yeah, it basically is WoW for your phone. I've been playing it for a couple of months on an old iPhone 3GS, an HTC Inspire and on my ASUS Transformer. If an MMORPG is your cup of tea, I can't recommend Order and Chaos enough.
Anywho, Order & Chaos is not officially supported on the Transformer but I was able to get it to work by rooting it, downloading the game cache manually, and using Titanium Backup to install an "all devices" version of the game. I haven't rooted the Infuse yet and I was hoping there would be a way to install Order & Chaos without rooting but it sounds like rooting might be the only way.
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Yeah, it basically is WoW for your phone. I've been playing it for a couple of months on an old iPhone 3GS, an HTC Inspire and on my ASUS Transformer. If an MMORPG is your cup of tea, I can't recommend Order and Chaos enough.
Anywho, Order & Chaos is not officially supported on the Transformer but I was able to get it to work by rooting it, downloading the game cache manually, and using Titanium Backup to install an "all devices" version of the game. I haven't rooted the Infuse yet and I was hoping there would be a way to install Order & Chaos without rooting but it sounds like rooting might be the only way.
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How would I install this on my rooted infuse?
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nash2000 said:
How would I install this on my rooted infuse?
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If you're up to try it, follow the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159975
Download the cache file referenced there and unzip it to /gameloft/games . Then PM me your email address and I'll send you the download link to the Titanium Backup backup of the game (I would post it here but I think it's considered warez). Then you unpack the TiBu backup to /TitaniumBackup , open TiBu, and restore the game from there.
Edit: I should mention that I don't know of this will actually work on the Infuse but this is how it worked on the Transformer.
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deanhatescoffee said:
Has anyone successfully installed Order & Chaos on the Infuse? Seeing as the Infuse is such a close cousin to the Galaxy S phones and most of those phones officially support O&C, it seems like it should work fine on the Infuse but I haven't seen any threads about it.
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try this apk it bypasses supported phones.
zeus408 said:
try this apk it bypasses supported phones.
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Worked great, took a little bit to download and set up but seems to be fun. I believe I was granted 30 days of trial time...do you know what the cost will be afterwards?
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nash2000 said:
Worked great, took a little bit to download and set up but seems to be fun. I believe I was granted 30 days of trial time...do you know what the cost will be afterwards?
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im glad to help really? mine says i have subscription till November and yes it will only be like 4 bucks a year for gamer tags.
zeus408 said:
im glad to help really? mine says i have subscription till November and yes it will only be like 4 bucks a year for gamer tags.
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Yea, mine says it'll be up on august 17th.
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nash2000 said:
Worked great, took a little bit to download and set up but seems to be fun. I believe I was granted 30 days of trial time...do you know what the cost will be afterwards?
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From the marketplace itself:
** FREE 3-MONTH SUBSCRIPTION GRANTED at your first log in! You can then renew your allegiance for only $0.99/month, $1.99 for 3 months or $2.99 for 6 months! **
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From the marketplace itself:
** FREE 3-MONTH SUBSCRIPTION GRANTED at your first log in! You can then renew your allegiance for only $0.99/month, $1.99 for 3 months or $2.99 for 6 months! **
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Where do you see it in the market? Ice searched and it doesnt come up with anything. I downloaded it from the link about.
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nash2000 said:
Where do you see it in the market? Ice searched and it doesnt come up with anything. I downloaded it from the link about.
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with branding and market keys you won't see every app. use http://market.android.com to see all the apps. apps will push to the phone, or you can get the site from the phone if you change the useragent in the browser.
It is incompatible with the Infuse. I was looking at it yesterday and the market through the browser said it was a no go. I was disappointed, honestly.
zeus408 said:
try this apk it bypasses supported phones.
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Worked great. I could've sworn I had already tried this but maybe it was a slightly different .apk.
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It is incompatible with the Infuse. I was looking at it yesterday and the market through the browser said it was a no go. I was disappointed, honestly.
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It's not officially supported, but it works just fine. I don't understand why Gameloft does this with some of their games - they make their games available only for specific devices - but Order & Chaos definitely works with the Infuse. Use the .apk that zeus408 provided (I think it was the 9th post in this thread).
Downloaded and plays fine on my infuse but wont download on my buddies motorolla droid. I used the same apk as I did on my phone.
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zeus408 said:
try this apk it bypasses supported phones.
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Nice, thanks...
Weird, just downloaded this on my work pc, then e-mailed it to my gmail. In the e-mail, next to the attachment, when viewing on my phone, there is an "Install" button right there in the e-mail, which acted just like .apk installer. Is that a feature of APK installer, or what? Either way, that's pretty damn cool...
nash2000 said:
Downloaded and plays fine on my infuse but wont download on my buddies motorolla droid. I used the same apk as I did on my phone.
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Quick solution: Tell your buddy to get a phone that doesn't suck horse c#(k.

Root?

Do you think this device will get root any time soon?
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pro_granade said:
Do you think this device will get root any time soon?
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you need to give it time my friend. device just launched today for most.
kaos420 said:
you need to give it time my friend. device just launched today for most.
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I think root will be available relatively soon, though-- a week at the very most, is my guess. The ROM seems to have been in the possession of several developers for a few weeks, since many S5 features have been back ported to some custom S4 Touchwiz ROMs.
Check the 'General' section - root has been found ?
^^^^ This. I was so excited to root mine, but now I dont know what to do after its been done :laugh:
I did gain access to Root Explorer though, which I missed.
camdz said:
^^^^ This. I was so excited to root mine, but now I dont know what to do after its been done :laugh:
I did gain access to Root Explorer though, which I missed.
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TiBu-> debloat
Wow... And I told the guy at store that I will wait until root can be done. Seems that I be back tomorrow. Cheers
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kaos420 said:
you need to give it time my friend. device just launched today for most.
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Kaos, you joining us man, or stickign wit the N3?
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Kaos, you joining us man, or stickign wit the N3?
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i love my note 3 i not going any where. lol i need the big screen my s3 was like a ipod nano in my giant hands. but i offer assistance where i see a need. good to see you though buddy.
kaos420 said:
i love my note 3 i not going any where. lol i need the big screen my s3 was like a ipod nano in my giant hands. but i offer assistance where i see a need. good to see you though buddy.
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Ahh i gotcha. Yeah, good to see ya too botha, been a while. I almost grabbed the N3 a couple months back, but using a OtterBox wit it just would have never worked for me lol. Hope all is well man,
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Ahh i gotcha. Yeah, good to see ya too botha, been a while. I almost grabbed the N3 a couple months back, but using a OtterBox wit it just would have never worked for me lol. Hope all is well man,
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yup mine is like a brick with it its otterbox on. i mostly run it with my android army cruzerlite case and a high quality screen protector. hit me up on google+
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yup mine is like a brick with it its otterbox on. i mostly run it with my android army cruzerlite case and a high quality screen protector. hit me up on google+
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Haha that's what I figured lol.... Cool will do man!
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Is the bootloader unlocked?
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is there any reason we shouldnt do a factory reset after rooting right now?
reesedizan said:
Check the 'General' section - root has been found ?
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But it turned out to be just a starchy tuber.
greogory said:
But it turned out to be just a starchy tuber.
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Huh?
Successfully rooted here. Seem to be having some WiFi issues.
Just rooted, no problems here with WiFi!
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Huh?
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It was just a bad pun. I should probably apologize, but...
Xposed + Wanam module work with phone. I love it!
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Drive Activator

Can't believe, after having this M8 for months, I finally finally figured out there was this app to increase ones Google Drive capacity..however, as I am now rooted and unlocked, the app won't let me do as it was intended . Is there anyway around this without contacting HTC?? ???
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gemro311 said:
Can't believe, after having this M8 for months, I finally finally figured out there was this app to increase ones Google Drive capacity..however, as I am now rooted and unlocked, the app won't let me do as it was intended . Is there anyway around this without contacting HTC?? ???
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You can contact them an get your free storage. I did an had no issues....there is also a thread of people doing this where another xda user posted the direct number. All they did was ask for my phone Id a stuff an I was all set 115gigs.

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