Hello! I am running a Samsung S6 Active. I am posting this here because the S6 Active forum gets only a few posts per day and my question can be applied to this device as well.
I am curious if it is possible to take a package in an update file for the S6, and inject it into the update file for the S6A. I have absolutely no access to root with this device. The main reason I wish to do this is due to an error by Samsung where the Camera App for the S6A is one major version behind the standard S6, and I would like to update the camera app. If it is possible, I would be okay with resetting my device for the modification. However, since I do not know if it is possible, I'm asking first.
Any ideas?
EDIT: I mean update files. Sorry for the confusion.
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Hello,
I have used xda for years (never making an account) because all i ever did was read the forums on how to root devices.
Over the years I have successfully rooted over 10 devices of mine, ranging from the SGT2 to the SGN2.
But I haven't rooted my newest device, SGT3 which I was very excited to root when I got it, but nothing
was released at the time and I just forgot to do it. Now almost a whole year later I want to root my device.
But I am having an issue and I believe that it is all being caused by this mystery app 'KNOX'. I have done some research
on this app and from what I found is that it is a new security app for all the Samsung products 4.3.3 and above.
I say mystery app because from everywhere I have read you are able to open the app, but the thing is, I can't.
I don't even see the app when I open my 'all apps' button. But I go into the settings and to App Manager and i see that I have
KNOX installed, I can't uninstall or clear data or cache. It's all greyed out, another thing is I am running 4.2.2,
so I don't understand why I even have the app.
I have gotten frustrated trying and trying to root my device, I give up. I have hit a digital wall that I can't seem to hack my way around or through,
so could someone with a little more knowledge help me out, or just say it's impossible.
Thank You for any help!
- Dalton
P.S. - This is my first post and I wasn't entirely sure where to put this so XDA Assist sounded good, don't hate me if its not where it should be. :\
Are you saying you have the galaxy tab 3 8.0?
If so this method should work just fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525630
Knox is present on 4.2.2 and up. However the Knox flagged boot loader and container isn't present until 4.3 and up.
Good luck!
Hello there!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvvejToiWrY
So I've recently heard that the Samsung Keyboard used in almost all Galaxy Sx phones runs with system rights, meaning we could use this to actually uninstall the shi..y bloatware preinstalled on our phones.
I'm not sure how this would affect Knox tho, if anyone's better informed about this please tell me here
I hope I'm posting this in the right forum here since it's kind of an Android Development request and not a general question. Depends on how you guys see that tho.
Anyways, just my idea here! Would be great if it doesn't trigger Knox and we could actually achieve something like this without rooting or modifying much on the system.
Thanks for reading!
EpicLPer said:
Hello there!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvvejToiWrY
So I've recently heard that the Samsung Keyboard used in almost all Galaxy Sx phones runs with system rights, meaning we could use this to actually uninstall the shi..y bloatware preinstalled on our phones.
I'm not sure how this would affect Knox tho, if anyone's better informed about this please tell me here
I hope I'm posting this in the right forum here since it's kind of an Android Development request and not a general question. Depends on how you guys see that tho.
Anyways, just my idea here! Would be great if it doesn't trigger Knox and we could actually achieve something like this without rooting or modifying much on the system.
Thanks for reading!
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Wrong section mate. Post it in Q And A. It is possible to exploit the vulnerability BUT you should understand what the vulnerability is in the first place. Pre installed Swiftkey keyboard can accept unencrypted updates. This means if the update is spoofed and malicious we may get access to all the permissions the keyboard has and hence retrieve call logs and other data. I don't think it'll have the permission to delete a preinstalled apks.
Siddheshpatil said:
Wrong section mate. Post it in Q And A. It is possible to exploit the vulnerability BUT you should understand what the vulnerability is in the first place. Pre installed Swiftkey keyboard can accept unencrypted updates. This means if the update is spoofed and malicious we may get access to all the permissions the keyboard has and hence retrieve call logs and other data. I don't think it'll have the permission to delete a preinstalled apks.
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From what I've read the keyboard does run with system rights. And yes I know how the exploit and bug works, I'm just not a programer myself to test it.
Anyone else notice that the My Places widget is gone with Android N? Frustrating as I was using the location based settings a lot between work, home, car,etc... Would not have done the upgrade yet had I known!
Same here - My Samsung Galaxy S6 just updated to Nougat, one of the most important features I use daily - the My Places widget that allowed me to manager shortcuts and settings BY LOCATION is gone. I need that functionality, there is NOTHING in Nougat that makes up for not having this feature. Had I known I would have never let my phone update. In the meantime I located and downloaded "com.sec.android.widgetapp.locationwidget.apk" but it will not install, says "conflicts with a package of the same name". So we know the darn thing is still on the phone - aside from rooting, does anyone have a way to make the install work or make the phone see and use the package that's already there? I was hoping to use the DeBloater by GatesJunior to locate it, but apparently there's no new version for Android 7, and it only sees two packages period. I posted in that original thread to ask if there will be an update.
firstbrick said:
Same here - My Samsung Galaxy S6 just updated to Nougat, one of the most important features I use daily - the My Places widget that allowed me to manager shortcuts and settings BY LOCATION is gone. I need that functionality, there is NOTHING in Nougat that makes up for not having this feature. Had I known I would have never let my phone update. In the meantime I located and downloaded "com.sec.android.widgetapp.locationwidget.apk" but it will not install, says "conflicts with a package of the same name". So we know the darn thing is still on the phone - aside from rooting, does anyone have a way to make the install work or make the phone see and use the package that's already there? I was hoping to use the DeBloater by GatesJunior to locate it, but apparently there's no new version for Android 7, and it only sees two packages period. I posted in that original thread to ask if there will be an update.
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I would just downgrade back to Marshmallow! To many problems with Android N especially certain apps being gone and the damn battery dying super fast again! I went back to Marshmallow and now I have my 8 hour charge back instead of 3 or 4 hours on Nougat!
Hello all... first post! Suffice to say, not usually the phone hacking type...
I have purchased the Samsung Galaxy S8+ from TELUS Mobility here in Canada. I require access to the multi-user function in Android, which Samsung seems to have disabled by default on this phone.
I've looked around and found reference to a bit of text I can enter into a file named build.prop that, apparently, works on the S7 versions of this device. I have found the build.prop file on the S8+ and have tried to access it with a couple of different apps, including the BuildProp editor on the Play Store.
Regardless of what app I use to make the edits, I cannot save the file. I realize that this is a permissions thing and I may need root to make this change, but I am lost when it comes to actually getting root - I don't *think* I want to flash a new ROM or anything like that. I just want to be able to edit and save this single file. Seems simple! Maybe it isn't!
Do you have experience doing what I'm trying to do here? How can I get root without necessarily changing anything else? Is there another option to allow me to edit build.prop without necessarily affecting anything else?
I appreciate any advice or guidance anyone on this forum can offer. Thank you!
You cannot root Snapdragon versions of the phone. You are out of luck as build.prop requires root. If an exploit is found root may be possible, but it is unlikely. Your best bet is to sell the Telus phone and buy an international version with Exynos chip as that has already been rooted. Note that rooting a Samsung device burns the KNOX bit and therefore your device is without warranty of any kind (Samsung checks KNOX bit before honoring warranty).
Hello, fellow hackers! I am the proud owner of a Samsung Galaxy S10 and a Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019 Edition). However, I've been having problems with updating my tablet, and after uninstalling a whole bunch of apps, this has made it where I can install the system updates. Apparently, one or more apps have some sort of bug that affects the OS and causes it to not update.
In my quest to figure this out on my own, I was wondering if there was an OS update log or list somewhere stored on my devices. Since they are not rooted, I would have to pull such a file using ADB, but I can do it. This would be useful for my S10 too, since I am considering installing some of the same apps to it.
I know about logcat, but the output is far too lengthy, and I'm not sure how to get it to focus only on OS updates. What I'm wondering if there is a log or other file which stores information about each time I update my tablet, very much similar to logs stored by Linux or Windows.
Any help on this would be great; I have scoured the web for this, but to no avail. To clear any confusion, no, I am not concerned about when apps are installed and updated, only Android OS updates. This can include minor updates that only update the security of my devices.
I may should point out that during the time that I wasn't able to update, some of my apps hung, even the system UI hung and was unresponsive.
All I want to do is find out about a record of system OS updates. It may help me figure out what went wrong.
Interesting, seems like I posted on this before: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/t510-consistent-lag-and-update-issues.3990799/#post-83194013
Seriously? No one has an answer to my question? Surely there are other logs stored by Android other than what is pulled by adb logcat!
I did discover on my own that there are recovery logs that you can see, but they can't be pulled using adb pull because it says that permission is denied. However, I can view them if I boot to recovery. Would this help me find out what app(s) may have prevented the updates from happening? I'm not sure exactly what I'm looking for.
What, really? Absolutely nothing? Never mind, I'm pretty sure I've solved this problem already.