Sorry to be a noob to this all.. and I know this is most likely the wrong place to post this thread (this forum is huge btw)
Can someone help me.. Complete noob here, I just got myself the new GS5 and have made the switch from Apple to Android now, I only have a macbook pro and have no idea how I can root my galaxy s5 with the macbook? Can anyone help?
I am an Australian user.. who has the latest SGS 5, SM-G900I that is locked to Optus (network).
I have the latest macbook pro late 2013 edition with os x mavericks on it.
I've worked out some basics.. like I have Samsung Kies now working on the mac to do file transfer etc..
I have the developers option menu open on my GS device with USB debugging ticked..
But that's as much as I can do.. I don't know how or what program to use on my mac to perform the rooting and or what kind of rooting I need to do??
I'm not to good with terminal? or inputting commands into terminal.. complete noob with that
Can someone here.. please, please help me out and point me in the right direction.. I've looked all over google.. most info I have found though is for the GS4 or older version of android etc.
And like I said earlier.. I am overwhelmed by this forum site as it is huge and I don't know where to begin to look?
I would also like to know.. I've seen screenshots of in videos of where people have 4 + apps in their "app draw" including an internet browser..
Mine has come pre loaded with only 3 main apps in the "app draw".. these are, phone, contacts & messages + the apps button.
How can I edit/ add or remove apps in and out of that bottom app draw area, I am yet to find that option anywhere on this phone??
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Hi,
I just purchased a new HTC Touch HD phone T8285.
I have realised that it has come pre-loaded with a lot of Telstra configuration. I am not a Telstra customer and I would like to start with a clean phone in the factory shipped state.
I am in Australia and currently have a contract through Virgin (Optus)
Can anyone advise how I can reset the phone configuration so that all reference to Telstra is removed and that the standard factory settings are in place for Australia.
Any help is appreciated
Scott
Hi, welcome to XDA! You would need to flash a chef's cooked rom (must have HardSpl 1st). Check out the Blackstone section of this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=453
Also, read the Sticky's!
How do I determine which one of these posts is relevant to my HTC Touch HD...?
When I search for this there are a lot of listings.....can you point me to one that might be specific for my device and location
Apologies as I am new at this....
Thanks
Scott
Welcome to forums
here you´ll learn how to flash a new ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=505377
Hope it helped,
scott56hannah said:
How do I determine which one of these posts is relevant to my HTC Touch HD...?
When I search for this there are a lot of listings.....can you point me to one that might be specific for my device and location
Scott
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Scott, just click the http link in my above post and then do your search
Thanks for that I can see those instructions and will attempt to follow them...
A further question should I attempt to first use the following ROM upgrade link from HTC to see if it resolves my problem. Rather then using the previous reset instructions...
http://www.htc.com/www/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=179&cat=2&dl_id=533
Or will this simple return me to the current state with the Telstra settings in place ?
Thanks
Scott
Hi,
Before I work use the post above to re-install the ROM on my HTC Touch HD....could I confirm the following...
- will the re-install of this mean that I will not be able to take updates to the ROM from HTC in the future
- will this process work for me as an Australia mobile phone user ?
- does the install include all the Windows Mobile operating system on the phone ready to use
Once again thanks for you help......I am new to this and want to make sure that I don't stuff the phone that have
Thanks
Scott
scott56hannah said:
Hi,
Before I work use the post above to re-install the ROM on my HTC Touch HD....could I confirm the following...
- will the re-install of this mean that I will not be able to take updates to the ROM from HTC in the future
- will this process work for me as an Australia mobile phone user ?
- does the install include all the Windows Mobile operating system on the phone ready to use
Once again thanks for you help......I am new to this and want to make sure that I don't stuff the phone that have
Thanks
Scott
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- You can make any update in the future, cooked ROM´s from XDA are much better than any "official" version
- It should work
- Yes
Social Web - Remove Telstra Wap Redirections ?
HI,
Dont know if anyone can help ... I have been searching the forums, but cant find this anywhere, so apologies if it is answered somewhere else.
I have a new HD2 with Telstra. I have managed to remove the locked quicklinks on the home page, and completed a few other incredible tweaks, but I just cannot seems to get the Social Web links to work when connected to WiFi - they will work when connected via Next G.
On WiFi, when I click on the Facebook icon for example, I get redirected to waprd.telstra.com/redirect?target=facebook-g ... and then nothing happens for about a minute. Just a white screen until I get a message saying "Could not connect to the remote server" . Yet, when I am connected via Next G I connect to Facebook immediately.
I have tried to find the xml code to change the URl, but I cannot find it anywhere.
Is anyone else having this problem, and if they did, was there a solution? Overall I am really happy with the phone (now that I seem to have spent about 3 days tweaking it!) and I would really like to get this fixed.
Thanks so much in advance.
Sarah
sarah72 said:
HI,
Dont know if anyone can help ... I have been searching the forums, but cant find this anywhere, so apologies if it is answered somewhere else.
I have a new HD2 with Telstra. I have managed to remove the locked quicklinks on the home page, and completed a few other incredible tweaks, but I just cannot seems to get the Social Web links to work when connected to WiFi - they will work when connected via Next G.
On WiFi, when I click on the Facebook icon for example, I get redirected to waprd.telstra.com/redirect?target=facebook-g ... and then nothing happens for about a minute. Just a white screen until I get a message saying "Could not connect to the remote server" . Yet, when I am connected via Next G I connect to Facebook immediately.
I have tried to find the xml code to change the URl, but I cannot find it anywhere.
Is anyone else having this problem, and if they did, was there a solution? Overall I am really happy with the phone (now that I seem to have spent about 3 days tweaking it!) and I would really like to get this fixed.
Thanks so much in advance.
Sarah
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hi sarah,
just wondering how did u get rid of the quicklinks off the the home screen, im not happy how they can not provide a phone in its original state!!any other important tweaks i should do when i purchase the phone??
waprd.telstra
I'm having the same issues any waprd.telstra sites will not work in a wifi enviroment. While I'm asking does anyone know hoe to changes the icons in the telstra "news and sport" or "social web" screens" ?
Hey Magic3091
Unfortunately most of those items are hard wired into the ROM. And the ROM is written to Telstra's specs. Hence the branding and all the BS
I suggest you try a new ROM to remove all of these. You'll have to do some reading to find out which is best for you.
I only just got my HD, and having seen how much Telstra stuff is there I WILL be ROMing it. I just need to figure out which one. If I rememder I will post which I choose.
Currently the MIRI rom looks like the best - new WinMob6.5 and Touch flo.
Cheers
Boxersox
Okay so I've been looking ALL over this site and have found noting and I am brand new so I'm sorry if I'm posting in the wrong section but I can't figure this out. I just upgraded to Windows 8 and I installed chrome to phone and when I try to send a page it tells me to sign in (when I am already signed in) and I click to sign in and it takes me to a blank white page that says redirecting and just stays there. It's driving me crazy because I can't get it to work. Now I don't know if it is something with Google or with the fact I'm running windows 8 but I guess I'm wondering if this is happening to anyone else or if someone can help me figure this out I'd REALLY appreciate it. Thank you!
Maybe it doesn't work on Win8? Try it on Win7 just to make sure it's not an OS problem... which I doubt.
Just to clear things out... you do have the Android counterpart installed on your phone, correct?
i always thought than internal browser is google chrome)
opera mini is good
opera mobile is better =)
Used this before on my rooted Eris and used had to used google chrome.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
I love firefox all the way
tibag777 said:
i always thought than internal browser is google chrome)
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The stock Android browser is not the same thing as Chrome. 2 different departments at Google. You'd think they would be the same, but they're not.
I ran JellyWiz for a few days but there were a few things I needed that I couldn't get ( I Know due to the T Mobile Base.) I need the Verizon usage widget to work along with I was missing NFL Mobile... I know I read in the right thread (I have to post here since I have never posted on this site but am rather experienced with Android..) that you can possible change the build. prop to get the verizon apps available in the Play Store.... But my reason for all of this is I REALLY want to keyboard he used in this ROM.... (Stock Hybrid not custom.) I have searched the net high and low looking for what version it is... I tried to extract it from the ROM and installed it but it kept crashing... I am assuming because the build.prop was for 4.0.3 and I am wanting to run it with 4.0.4 Can someone point me in the direction of where to locate a working .APK for 4.0.4 or get me going in the right direction.... Like I said I can pull it from the ROM but am not sure what all I need to change in my ROM to make it work.... Thank YOU for any help..... I am going to go browse through this section and start answering some questions here so I can build my rep up and be able to inquire in a more appropriate location... Thanks Guys and Gals have a gooden!!
Please ignore this... After further flashing I now see that it is all just the stock Samsung keyboard... It had been so long since I set up any emails on my rom that I noticed the "@" and ".com" buttons on JellyWiz and really wanted them on mine... I have them more or less already... The layout is a little different but when typing in an email address field it brings them up automatically..... I do feel very schmucky for this........
Hey guy's I just got a note for Christmas, this is my first android device so I'm still trying to figure everything out. To the question, when I'm on my PC I use the chat program Pidgin so that all of my chat programs are integrated into one. I was curious if there is a similar app for the note? I did some googling and got a ton of hits so I wasn't sure which one would be the best option. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
personally i use IM+... but you may also try imo and ebuddy...
Hi !
I'm writing here today, because I want to install some applications with the ADB mode on my Galaxy Gear Neo 2. I followed many guides but I always have the same problem: I plugged in my watch to the computer and installed ADB drivers. When I write on the CMD "adb", it shows me that it's installed. Then, I write "adb devices" and after a few seconds there's written: "list of devices attached:" and then nothing. I try then with my cell phone (Samsung Galaxy s2) and it appears in the list of devices attached.
Do the ADB not work yet for the Galaxy Gear Neo 2 ? I saw that it was out the 11th of April, and it may be not compatible because he's too much recent.
Thanks for your answers.
P.S: Sorry for my mistakes in English, I'm French !
Hello: you don't connect to the Gear 2 Neo using adb, you use sdb, which is the Samsung Development Bridge (rather than the android development bridge). The files can be found in the wearables SDK image which can be found on the Samsung site (you will need to google, as I'm not allowed to post links yet). You may also need to find the Samsung Tizen USB development drivers, which can also be found using Google. Finally, remember to turn USB Debugging on on your Gear 2 Neo.
Hello, sorry but I can't find the sdb... I searched on google, samsung website etc... It seems like it doesn't exist... Can you be more specific please ?
Thanks
It is part of tizen wearable development.
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Thanks, I've found the tizen sdk for wearable image on the website developer.samsung.com. Sadly, I'm on windows 8 operating system, and the sdk is still not available for windows 8... I tried to download the windows 7 64 bits version, but I don't have any executable...
That happened to me so download the sdk image manually from the same site once downloaded start the installer again where it says advanced add the sdk image file then it will install happy days
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Hyal said:
Thanks, I've found the tizen sdk for wearable image on the website developer.samsung.com. Sadly, I'm on windows 8 operating system, and the sdk is still not available for windows 8... I tried to download the windows 7 64 bits version, but I don't have any executable...
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The Windows 64 bit version runs fine on Windows 8.1 64 bit, you just need to download the installer file..
Download the tizen-wearable-sdk-image-1.0.0b1-windows64.zip and save it to your desktop.
Download the tizen-wearable-sdk-2.2.150_windows64.exe. Run this file. It will tell you the respository is missing. Change the setting to point it instead, to the the file you saved on your desktop. It will install fine. I have the Windows 7 64bit version installed on my Windows 8.1 64 bit machine.
Thanks a lot for all your answers, I've now the Tizen IDE for wearables on my pc ! Just a last thing... I'm not really good in this kind of manipulation yet, and I would be really greatful if you could give me a link for a guide, or just telling me how to put applications (as candy crush or any other app) with the SDK on my Gear Neo 2?
Thanks!
Hyal said:
Thanks a lot for all your answers, I've now the Tizen IDE for wearables on my pc ! Just a last thing... I'm not really good in this kind of manipulation yet, and I would be really greatful if you could give me a link for a guide, or just telling me how to put applications (as candy crush or any other app) with the SDK on my Gear Neo 2?
Thanks!
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Those are Android apps. Unless you don't mind paying Polaris $5k to convert the apps you want to play nice with tizen...... Then that might be a fruitless endeavor at this current moment.
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If I understand well, there's actually no way to install android games on the Galaxy Gear Neo 2 ?
Hyal said:
Thanks a lot for all your answers, I've now the Tizen IDE for wearables on my pc ! Just a last thing... I'm not really good in this kind of manipulation yet, and I would be really greatful if you could give me a link for a guide, or just telling me how to put applications (as candy crush or any other app) with the SDK on my Gear Neo 2?
Thanks!
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Glad to be of assistance. Good to hear you got it installed ok.
Android apps do not run on Tizen, so the Gear 2 can not run Android games/apps. It 'may' be possible to sideload full version Tizen apps/games, as it was possible to run full version Android apps on the original Galaxy Gear. (ie Candycrush)
You could also try building some of the sample apps/widgets in the SDK (watch, calender, etc) and load them onto the watch, just for practice.
Note: Just for reference, the original Gear was the Galaxy Gear. The Galaxy line all run Android. The new Gears are running Tizen, so they do not carry the Galaxy name. So, the original was Galaxy Gear. The new ones are just Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, and Gear Fit.
Ok thanks a lot ! I see that you have the gear 2 ^^ I'll try to do some practice ! Last thing (don't kill me xD) how do I load the apps when I created it ? And does tizen games exist?
Sideload Custom Sounds
Breach said:
Glad to be of assistance. Good to hear you got it installed ok.
Android apps do not run on Tizen, so the Gear 2 can not run Android games/apps. It 'may' be possible to sideload full version Tizen apps/games, as it was possible to run full version Android apps on the original Galaxy Gear. (ie Candycrush)
You could also try building some of the sample apps/widgets in the SDK (watch, calender, etc) and load them onto the watch, just for practice.
Note: Just for reference, the original Gear was the Galaxy Gear. The Galaxy line all run Android. The new Gears are running Tizen, so they do not carry the Galaxy name. So, the original was Galaxy Gear. The new ones are just Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, and Gear Fit.
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Can i please have some assistance. Its driving me absolutely insane atm. I have the neo. I understand downloading the sdk image and all. Howevere , does anyone know how to just find the hidden partition on the neo? I want to find specifically the notification sounds and ringtones to add my own. I hate the 3 that come with it. I will offer a small reward to anyone who can successfully help me with this.
Thank you ,
EVE
elrod85 said:
Can i please have some assistance. Its driving me absolutely insane atm. I have the neo. I understand downloading the sdk image and all. Howevere , does anyone know how to just find the hidden partition on the neo? I want to find specifically the notification sounds and ringtones to add my own. I hate the 3 that come with it. I will offer a small reward to anyone who can successfully help me with this.
Thank you ,
EVE
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My guess is that those files might not be modifiable until the watch is rooted.
elrod85 said:
Can i please have some assistance. Its driving me absolutely insane atm. I have the neo. I understand downloading the sdk image and all. Howevere , does anyone know how to just find the hidden partition on the neo? I want to find specifically the notification sounds and ringtones to add my own. I hate the 3 that come with it. I will offer a small reward to anyone who can successfully help me with this.
try looking here:
/opt/share/settings/Ringtones
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elrod85 said:
Can i please have some assistance. Its driving me absolutely insane atm. I have the neo. I understand downloading the sdk image and all. Howevere , does anyone know how to just find the hidden partition on the neo? I want to find specifically the notification sounds and ringtones to add my own. I hate the 3 that come with it. I will offer a small reward to anyone who can successfully help me with this.
try this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gfEUT0N4Aw
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