I saw in a YouTube video someone activating this in the Backup and Restore settings, but it's not in mine anywhere. I even searched via S Finder, which just leads me back to Backup and Restore. Nothing. Any ideas?
Briankbl said:
I saw in a YouTube video someone activating this in the Backup and Restore settings, but it's not in mine anywhere. I even searched via S Finder, which just leads me back to Backup and Restore. Nothing. Any ideas?
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Are you talking about a 4 way boot menu that comes with custom roms?
I.D.F.W.Y.
People are asking this on the youtube comments. It looks like its on the international phone, or your phone may need to be unlocked in order to access the feature. Users with T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon have all said their phone doesn't have it either. I am assuming this is the video you were watching (see around 3:10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPD8Aotsewg
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People are asking this on the youtube comments. It looks like its on the international phone, or your phone may need to be unlocked in order to access the feature. Users with T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon have all said their phone doesn't have it either. I am assuming this is the video you were watching (see around 3:10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPD8Aotsewg
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Thanks. Yeah, that's the video in question. Being on the international version only would make sense, though it's still odd that something useful like that would be limited to only one version of the phone.
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Related
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/09/2...at-allows-factory-resets-with-just-one-click/
Anyone care to elaborate? Wondering if u have to be running TW or just have it on our phone. I use Apex so Im hoping im safe.
The Verge has confirmed it kills an AT&T Galaxy SIII. http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/25/3403928/samsung-touchwiz-reset-vulnerability
F*ck manufacturer skins, whether it's Touchwiz or Sense.
i haven't looked into this but thought i read that it has to do with dialer codes, in which Verizon users will be safe since they are blocked by default.
NuclearEMP said:
i haven't looked into this but thought i read that it has to do with dialer codes, in which Verizon users will be safe since they are blocked by default.
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I just read this:
Our Verizon Galaxy S3 was not reset by the malicious code embedded in a web page, though we were able to trigger a reset using similar code tied to a hyperlink.
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- ooofest
Jaxidian on rootz has confirmed that it doesn't affect asop.
http://rootzwiki.com/index.php?/topic/34484-GS3-Factory-Reset-iFrame-Exploit
I did it on stock routed galaxy s3. Will upload to YouTube later to show it
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This was patched with the OTA pushed out a week or two ago so if you are running stock you're fine.
I did not take the latest OTA that supposedly dumbs down searching on the device.
I plan on sticking with stock-rooted. Is there a way to flash the security fix some other way?
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I did not take the latest OTA that supposedly dumbs down searching on the device.
I plan on sticking with stock-rooted. Is there a way to flash the security fix some other way?
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I did not take the OTA either (did not want the search feature removed and Verizon snoopware installed). I am still on the original F2 (rooted, unlocked), I tested and my phone is vulnerable because it showed my IMEI number when tested. I then found this app (Telstop) which will help prevent a malicious attack via the Samsung vulnerability.
Info on Telstop
Here is what I am wondering.....
When I had a captivate I saw this ROM :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093696&highlight=captivate+touch
Basically it turns the captivate into an iPod touch in a way. The dev took out the phone basically. It will play videos, music, camera works, wifi etc.
The deal is I have an old Infuse sitting in my desk drawer, my 2 year old like to steal my phone (Note 2) and open the gallery and swipe the pictures back and forth,pinch zoom, knows which one is the video player, and the music player. Well she also knows how to delete stuff apparently LOL. What I would like to do is load the infuse up with pics and princess movies and let her play with it (it has an otterbox) that way if she deletes something I won't be scrambling trying to figure it out when I need it and it's gone
I am trying to avoid her making an emergency call which (if I remember right) a cell will do without a sim card in it.
Are there any Roms out there for the Infuse that are similar, or how hard would it be to port something like this?
Thanks
Geeve
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Here is what I am wondering.....
When I had a captivate I saw this ROM :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093696&highlight=captivate+touch
Basically it turns the captivate into an iPod touch in a way. The dev took out the phone basically. It will play videos, music, camera works, wifi etc.
The deal is I have an old Infuse sitting in my desk drawer, my 2 year old like to steal my phone (Note 2) and open the gallery and swipe the pictures back and forth,pinch zoom, knows which one is the video player, and the music player. Well she also knows how to delete stuff apparently LOL. What I would like to do is load the infuse up with pics and princess movies and let her play with it (it has an otterbox) that way if she deletes something I won't be scrambling trying to figure it out when I need it and it's gone
I am trying to avoid her making an emergency call which (if I remember right) a cell will do without a sim card in it.
Are there any Roms out there for the Infuse that are similar, or how hard would it be to port something like this?
Thanks
Geeve
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Probably easiest solution is put the phone into airplane mode. Your two year old would have to get it out of that mode and then know 911, enter,etc. There was another post in the forum for a similar request...do a search, there may be other options too.
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Probably easiest solution is put the phone into airplane mode. Your two year old would have to get it out of that mode and then know 911, enter,etc. There was another post in the forum for a similar request...do a search, there may be other options too.
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This works alright but it kills the wifi so I can't add shortcuts to youtube videos what would happen if I rooted and uninstalled the phone and contacts?
Geeve
geeve420 said:
This works alright but it kills the wifi so I can't add shortcuts to youtube videos what would happen if I rooted and uninstalled the phone and contacts?
Geeve
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You could try but you would probably need to open the ROM and remove the phone.apk and contact.apk from there. My current ROM allows contacts to be disabled and no such option on the phone.
Cool thanks! I may play with it and see what happens. In the meantime I am going to PM the Dev and see if he would mind if I ported (or attempt to anyway LOL)
Geeve
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Cool thanks! I may play with it and see what happens. In the meantime I am going to PM the Dev and see if he would mind if I ported (or attempt to anyway LOL)
Geeve
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You can turn WiFi back on after you go into Airplane mode and the cellular radio will still be disabled.
I also saw this thread over at Rootzwiki that might have a solution for you. I haven't used it so try it at your own risk.
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You can turn WiFi back on after you go into Airplane mode and the cellular radio will still be disabled.
I also saw this thread over at Rootzwiki that might have a solution for you. I haven't used it so try it at your own risk.
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Perfect! Stock Infuse, flashed entropy DD, flashed the zip from that thread and it is exactly what I needed! She can still play with the dialer but if she hits call it will force close. Great find and thank you so much!!!
Geeve
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I recently bought an unlocked Samsung Galaxy s4 off of Craigslist. I checked the phone, made sure it charges, calls, texts, and works with my carrier. Everything was fine until I came home and the demo ads kept popping up whenever I stopped using the phone. I then realized I just got ripped off, and after various attempts of trying to contact the seller, I finally gave up.
Is there anyway to stop the demo ads from popping up? Everything else in the phone works just fine. I just want to get ride of the ads!
PLEASE HELP!
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I recently bought an unlocked Samsung Galaxy s4 off of Craigslist. I checked the phone, made sure it charges, calls, texts, and works with my carrier. Everything was fine until I came home and the demo ads kept popping up whenever I stopped using the phone. I then realized I just got ripped off, and after various attempts of trying to contact the seller, I finally gave up.
Is there anyway to stop the demo ads from popping up? Everything else in the phone works just fine. I just want to get ride of the ads!
PLEASE HELP!
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Sorry, I didn't exactly understand your question... but can you show me an example (screenshot) of how those ads looks like? Because I have no idea what kind of ads you're getting on your GS4... If you're talking about seeing ads in apps downloaded from Play Store then that's normal..
AND YEAH, take a look at this thread, it might help you with solving your problem... :good:
And if all else fails then try Factory Resetting the phone and see if that helps...
haquemistress said:
I recently bought an unlocked Samsung Galaxy s4 off of Craigslist. I checked the phone, made sure it charges, calls, texts, and works with my carrier. Everything was fine until I came home and the demo ads kept popping up whenever I stopped using the phone. I then realized I just got ripped off, and after various attempts of trying to contact the seller, I finally gave up.
Is there anyway to stop the demo ads from popping up? Everything else in the phone works just fine. I just want to get ride of the ads!
PLEASE HELP!
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I got it. You can flash the firmware from sammobile.com for your device.
These generally are display phones and goes to screensaver mode in which samsung ads are played.
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Sami Kabir said:
Sorry, I didn't exactly understand your question... but can you show me an example (screenshot) of how those ads looks like? Because I have no idea what kind of ads you're getting on your GS4... If you're talking about seeing ads in apps downloaded from Play Store then that's normal..
AND YEAH, take a look at this thread, it might help you with solving your problem... :good:
And if all else fails then try Factory Resetting the phone and see if that helps...
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Heres a link of the add that keeps popping up
http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q578/sum227/e32986d25effd7828548d922d17692ad_zps942dda31.jpg
I tried factory resetting the phone, and it didnt work. I visited a lot of verizon stores and they said its a demo phone, and there is no way to remove the add. I paid 400 dollars for the phone, and now I really dont know what to do. Is there really no way to get rid of it? Everything else is fine.
Thanks in advance.
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I got it. You can flash the firmware from sammobile.com for your device.
These generally are display phones and goes to screensaver mode in which samsung ads are played.
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How exactly can I do that? I am a noob when it comes to these things.
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How exactly can I do that? I am a noob when it comes to these things.
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search @xda itself . you can get a detailed method and links.
haquemistress said:
How exactly can I do that? I am a noob when it comes to these things.
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I have owned a Samsung device before I suggest installing the drivers and flashing the stock firmwear through Odin
Use kies for simple driver installing http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
A list of stock firmwares download the correct one for your device http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-stock-firmware/
And the Odin download and form if you have questions on how to use Odin I'll try to answer them or another xda member can http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1738841
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It's in retail mode.
If you go to Playstore and download APK Manager and open the app you will find an installed app called Retail Mode... uninstall and job done! No more demo video!
Good luck .
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saintextreme97 said:
I have owned a Samsung device before I suggest installing the drivers and flashing the stock firmwear through Odin
Use kies for simple driver installing http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
A list of stock firmwares download the correct one for your device http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-stock-firmware/
And the Odin download and form if you have questions on how to use Odin I'll try to answer them or another xda member can http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1738841
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I managed to get rid of the demo screensaver by flashing! Thank you so much! Now that one problem is solved, another has come up. The demo contacts keep showing up, and every time they show up my saved contacts get erased. What can I do to prevent this?
haquemistress said:
I managed to get rid of the demo screensaver by flashing! Thank you so much! Now that one problem is solved, another has come up. The demo contacts keep showing up, and every time they show up my saved contacts get erased. What can I do to prevent this?
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Hmmm I'm not sure try syncing your contacts to google then set the contact list to only display contacts from there
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Hey everyone! So I don't know if I crazy or just blind but how do yoy find all of the downloaded samsung apps in the galaxy essentials app. It popped up and said I had 5 updates but when I went there it just brought me to the home page and I am having to hunt for the apps I have downloaded to update them. Is there not a My Apps page like the playstore? Someone please tell me what I'm missing! Thanks!
Oh and I'm on the Verizon variant of the note edge.
You mean the Galaxy Apps store? They're under purchases.
Weird thing is I don't have an option to see purchases. Where do you view purchases?
Here is what the menu loos like.
you have to sign in first after that you can find the purchase
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you have to sign in first after that you can find the purchase
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I am signed in. You can see my email address that I blocked out. I have tried singing out then back in again and still won't show purchases. I even bought a damn app and still nothing. What the hell.....
Really strange! !!
In my opinion clear data and cash in app manager
Are you rooted?
If yes, try making a nandroid, resetting, and seeing if the store shows the option then?
Which note edge model are you on?
Or perhaps a less extreme option, wipe data for Galaxy Apps in Titanium? or just from settings if you don't have Titanium.
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Really strange! !!
In my opinion clear data and cash in app manager
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I have run through app manager and have no clue what the actually name of the app is. I cleared the widget which clearly wasn't it.
I'm not rooted as I am on Verizon but I think I'm going to do a factory wipe if I can't get this work. Thanks for everyone's assistance.
makavelisk said:
I have run through app manager and have no clue what the actually name of the app is. I cleared the widget which clearly wasn't it.
I'm not rooted as I am on Verizon but I think I'm going to do a factory wipe if I can't get this work. Thanks for everyone's assistance.
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No need to know the name, you can just drag it up and go to App Info lol
makavelisk said:
I have run through app manager and have no clue what the actually name of the app is. I cleared the widget which clearly wasn't it.
I'm not rooted as I am on Verizon but I think I'm going to do a factory wipe if I can't get this work. Thanks for everyone's assistance.
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Flow this stractuer
That confirmed the main issue. I don't have that app. I only have galaxy essentials from the menu button under the app drawer. Can anyone pull that galaxy app apk and post it to see if I can install it. I have been unable to find it anywhere on samsung website.
It's not in my app drawer or in my app manager.
Search in all app if you don't have it in there something wrong with your Rom!
I'd have to agree. If you don't have that app, there's something SERIOUSLY messed up with your rom.
I attached the apk I pulled from my sprint phone. See if it works. It's supposed to be a system app so I'm not sure how that'll work . . .
(Sorry for the delay. My upload speeds are TERRIBLE (like 42KBps or so))
So after screwing around with this most of the day I eventually reformatted and started from scratch with no success. I read over on a Verizon note 4 that some of them didn't have the galaxy apps on their phone either. Can anyone with a Verizon Edge chime in to see if you have the galaxy app please.
Oh and thanks for everyone helping out and posting. I appreciate the help.
Did the APK from the Sprint Edge work at all?
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Did the APK from the Sprint Edge work at all?
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I tried it but it comes back and just saying not installed. I even searched for it on samsungs website like another note 4 owner recommended using apps.samsung.com but apparently that site refers you to the new s6 so not even that will work. So damn weird. Everything else works fine and I can even update the apps from the essential widget. Thanks again for posting the apk.
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I tried it but it comes back and just saying not installed. I even searched for it on samsungs website like another note 4 owner recommended using apps.samsung.com but apparently that site refers you to the new s6 so not even that will work. So damn weird. Everything else works fine and I can even update the apps from the essential widget. Thanks again for posting the apk.
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Ugh. I'd say your best option would be to root, but then that's not an option for Verizon . . . You could take it to the shop and see what they say about it. There's no reason to NOT have the Galaxy App store. And if Verizon's removing it on purpose, that's ridiculous.
And if you think apk for international model could be useful let me know
Hi all!
So I've been tempted to downgrade to MM to try out the dirtysanta ADB root. I heard there are some issues with internal and external storage, but I figured I'd at least give it a shot.
To get the anti-rollback version, I tried calling the number everyone has been throwing around (*#546368#*987#) but it doesn't seem to work (I have VS987 BTW). Any suggestions?
Thanks!
i know these devs saw this
IndifferentBear said:
i know these devs saw this
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Yeah, I hope they did too. I've been wanting a solution to this for some time.
The fact that this code doesn't work should indicate to you that it isn't version 0. I have the same phone, but it's junk. Bootloader is encrypted with 256bit or similar, meaning it's impossible to modify without the key. Verizon will never unlock it because then you wouldn't have to go through them for hotspot. Trash the phone and get one that actually has root. Sorry.
rocinante1984 said:
The fact that this code doesn't work should indicate to you that it isn't version 0. I have the same phone, but it's junk. Bootloader is encrypted with 256bit or similar, meaning it's impossible to modify without the key. Verizon will never unlock it because then you wouldn't have to go through them for hotspot. Trash the phone and get one that actually has root. Sorry.
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Ahh, alright. That's too bad. Well, thanks for letting me know. I ended up getting a Google Pixel 3 and handing my LG G5 down to someone else. Would've still been nice though.
I will now mark this question as solved. :good:
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My verizone g5 can't seem to connect to my mobile network. So frustrating and I can't find a fix
Dvmlewis said:
My verizone g5 can't seem to connect to my mobile network. So frustrating and I can't find a fix
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Sounds like something that should go under its own topic. I don't think trouble connecting to the mobile network has to do with the anti-rollback version.