I'm trying to get rid of the ad-ware/bloatware that seems to stay even when I do a hard reset.
It's not that great of a phone (it was free after rebate at Kmart, after all...), but if someone could help me at least get rid of the annoying pop-up ads, that'd be *great*.
Maybe rooting it would help?
I don't understand how "Cleaner Pro", "AB Pop!", "DU Antivirus", "Eat24 Yelp", "Magzter", "Spider", "Summoners War", etc. keep getting installed. I'm trying to use it as an "Alfred" webcam, and not only do all of these apps slow it down a lot, but it becomes unusable.
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Dougmeister said:
I'm trying to get rid of the ad-ware/bloatware that seems to stay even when I do a hard reset.
It's not that great of a phone (it was free after rebate at Kmart, after all...), but if someone could help me at least get rid of the annoying pop-up ads, that'd be *great*.
Maybe rooting it would help?
I don't understand how "Cleaner Pro", "AB Pop!", "DU Antivirus", "Eat24 Yelp", "Magzter", "Spider", "Summoners War", etc. keep getting installed. I'm trying to use it as an "Alfred" webcam, and not only do all of these apps slow it down a lot, but it becomes unusable.
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You will have to root the device, then you can either remove bloatware and use ad blockers or you can flash a custom ROM if any exist for your model number.
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Thanks for the reply.
Any tips on how to root it?
Is there a simple way (RootKing?) or do I need to take more advanced steps?
Dougmeister said:
Thanks for the reply.
Any tips on how to root it?
Is there a simple way (RootKing?) or do I need to take more advanced steps?
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Honestly, the simplest thing would be to do a Google search for:
"How to root (your model number)"
Of there is a known working root method for your device, that will find it, if you get no good results you'll have to try the various universal rooting PC tools and/or the various universal rooting apps.
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If I Google "how to root X1 Logic", it shows me "Obama phones" that have different menus than mine.
Edit: it still has Android 4.2.2, by the way.
Dougmeister said:
If I Google "how to root X1 Logic", it shows me "Obama phones" that have different menus than mine.
Edit: it still has Android 4.2.2, by the way.
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Is X1 Logic your device name or is it your model number, to find your model number go to system settings>about>model number.
That is where model number usually is in settings on most devices, it may be in a different setting location on your device. Find the model number and use that to do your searches.
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Yes:
Settings > About phone > Model number: LOGIC X1
Settings > About phone > Build number: LOGIC X120140930
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Hello everyone,
I bought this tablet on ebay and it seems that the ROM preinstalled is a test ROM.
I searched the web to find a custom ROM but I couldn't find much info.
I found the way to root the tablet but that's all.
Is there anyone who can indicate me a link to a stock rom or a good custom one?
Thanks for those who will read and help!
What do you mean by TEST ROM?!!! this is ridiculous, I have the tablet and it's working like a charm even I received over air update yesterday, the only odd is that I can't use it as a phone because Lenovo has no license yet for that it's available only in the Chinese version, and I think this will be solved later when they start launching their mobile phones all over the world.
Hello mmis,
Test rom is not the correct terms but I didn't know how to call that !
The problem is that every widget I put on the desktop is loading but never display anything.
The information in "About tablet" are the following :
Model number : IdeaTab A2107A-H
Android Version : 4.0.3
Baseband version : MAUI.11AMD.W11.50.SP.V13, 2012/05/25 01:09
Build number : A2107A-H_S307_120605
If I search for system updates, it doesn't find anything. If I click on firmware update, the settings FC.
I made a factory reset but no luck.
That's why I thought it wasn't a stable version.
As long as you tried the factory reset with no luck, I think in your case its better to get back to Lenovo customer service or your local dealer if it's under warranty, they should be able to help you. it's a new device in the market and it will be difficult to find custom ROM for a while or even someone to give model-specific help. Good Luck
Would you mind linking to the instructions on how to root this thing?
Sure, no problem !
After several hours of search and difficulties to register onto Chinese websites
I managed to find the attached file. I take no credit for the tool because it was developped by someone else (SNARL I guess)
It was missing the superuser apk inside so I put it back and also translate the steps to English.
Here are the steps :
- Connect the tablet in Debug USB mode
- Launch root.bat
- The device will reboot at each of the 3 steps
If you need more info, don't mind to ask!
Here is the link of the original thread :
http://3g.lenovo.com/thread-69003-1-1.html
Fantastic, thank you very much.
LePad Chinese Model A2107A-H
I have a Chinese issue model of the A2107A-H that has the dual sim card cellular feature. I've been trying to get it rooted to get rid of the Chinese apks on it, but normal rooting software has not been successful so far, including the one posted here from SNARL via Ichi go's post. I get a "device not found" error message and in device manager on my PC it indicates that there is no driver installed for the device. I have "debug" turned on and the USB link seems to be working as I can see file folders on the device, but the rooting software will not run. I've tried several of the most well known methods with no luck. Any ideas on this would be appreciated and in particular, if there is a driver I need to have installed to get the rooting software to work??
TIA!!!
Rob
First of all many thanks to you ichi go it was very easy to root this device as instructed, but as the one I have does not have the phone calling capability, I replaced the phone.apk with different one but now the device does not recognize the sim card at all, I tried to push many versions of phone.apk to system folder with no luck, it seems even if I put the apk in the system folder the device will not launch it at all, could you please help me in that.
I've had this tablet for a while and love it. I just got the OTA update and its downloading now.
I'm a also keen on rooting it and inns installing a custom ROM. I guess once its a bit more common, we can expect a dedicated Dev community here on XDA
The update failed to install. I'm not rooted or anything but upon restart it gave a signature verification error.
Any way to fix this?
Edit: got it! was a path error since i had changed the default storage.
but i can't figure out any changes
robh41 said:
I have a Chinese issue model of the A2107A-H that has the dual sim card cellular feature. I've been trying to get it rooted to get rid of the Chinese apks on it, but normal rooting software has not been successful so far, including the one posted here from SNARL via Ichi go's post. I get a "device not found" error message and in device manager on my PC it indicates that there is no driver installed for the device. I have "debug" turned on and the USB link seems to be working as I can see file folders on the device, but the rooting software will not run. I've tried several of the most well known methods with no luck. Any ideas on this would be appreciated and in particular, if there is a driver I need to have installed to get the rooting software to work??
TIA!!!
Rob
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How does your device appear in the device manager? For sure, the adb driver isn't installed. If it's not the case, download android sdk and then the Google USB driver in the extra section.
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First of all many thanks to you ichi go it was very easy to root this device as instructed, but as the one I have does not have the phone calling capability, I replaced the phone.apk with different one but now the device does not recognize the sim card at all, I tried to push many versions of phone.apk to system folder with no luck, it seems even if I put the apk in the system folder the device will not launch it at all, could you please help me in that.
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I didn't try to make phone calls for now with it but I will test and come back to you if I find something interesting.
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FM Tuner - perfect for in-dash?
The in-dash car tablet people should be happy to hear the A2107 has an FM Tuner. It's one of the few tablets that has a radio tuner, and the only modern 7" that I know of. I just ordered one. I will report back.
The Chinese stock rom I installed has the phone ability and that works very well! The problem of this stock rom is that the Google services aren't there. I'm trying to find a way to install the zip file but I need to know the exact path of the recovery partition.
I tried to find it with the cat /proc/emmc command but this partition isn't listed.
If anyone has an idea...
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So I understood that you managed to flash the Chinese stock ROM, am I right?!! please tell me how to do as I am facing serious problems with my device, I managed to root and then I changed the phone.apk (what the hell I was thinking of) and now I have the the error message android.process.acore stopped working and sometimes the sittings force closed, I tried to re root, factory reset and deleting cache of almost everything with no use, even I contacted the Lenovo CS to reinstall the original firmware, I think they will charge me for that :crying:
by the way I don't have contacts anymore (I installed it manually) and the most impressive thing that the device doesn't recognize the SIM card (I cleverly deleted the original one phone.apk :silly and what ever apk I push into the system/app folder and change the permissions it will not install after reboot.
So...what do you think guys?!! any help?
I've confirmed this does work on the A2107-F.
I had some trouble with the ADB driver. I can't post links, so you will have to google it, but I used adb_driver_20110720.zip for the drivers. I forced it to install via Update Driver > Browse my computer > let me pick > have disk > pointed to the android_winusb.inf file > selected the thinkpad option, it was the bottom of the two.
I also had to manually turn the tablet back on after the first reboot, but it went fine after that.
ichi go said:
The Chinese stock rom I installed has the phone ability and that works very well! The problem of this stock rom is that the Google services aren't there. I'm trying to find a way to install the zip file but I need to know the exact path of the recovery partition.
I tried to find it with the cat /proc/emmc command but this partition isn't listed.
If anyone has an idea...
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can someone show me where to get the rom?
in the chinese forum, i cant register, because lenovo login is buggy for me. maybe because of location,,
mmis said:
So I understood that you managed to flash the Chinese stock ROM, am I right?!! please tell me how to do as I am facing serious problems with my device, I managed to root and then I changed the phone.apk (what the hell I was thinking of) and now I have the the error message android.process.acore stopped working and sometimes the sittings force closed, I tried to re root, factory reset and deleting cache of almost everything with no use, even I contacted the Lenovo CS to reinstall the original firmware, I think they will charge me for that :crying:
by the way I don't have contacts anymore (I installed it manually) and the most impressive thing that the device doesn't recognize the SIM card (I cleverly deleted the original one phone.apk :silly and what ever apk I push into the system/app folder and change the permissions it will not install after reboot.
So...what do you think guys?!! any help?
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Hi mmis,
I will upload tonight (if i have the time to) all the needed files to install the Chinese ROM (tools and procedure included).
Btw, I managed to install all the Google services and all is working well! The only thing is that the OS can only be put in English. All other languages are Chinese variants.
Hi I just flash tablet with a chinesse rom A2107A_H_S121_120525 and right now the device don't turning on anymore. The flashing is still possible. So I need a stock rom please
Does anybody know how to change the MAC address on a VZW M8 running 5.0? Or on a phone running 5.0 in general? I'd appreciate any help you can give me.
I'm trying to change my phone's MAC address so that I can spoof a "Nintendo Zone" hotspot and get some of the freebie-goodies for my 3DS from home using my phone as a hotspot. The process is pretty straight forward (Make a hotspot, name it "attwifi", change the MAC to something Nintendo uses, get goodies.), but I'm having trouble getting the MAC address changed. Most tutorials have you use a terminal emulator with busybox to change it via command, or a hex editor to change the MAC address in a specific file, but I've not had any luck with either approach. Even the apps on the Play Store seem to fail. My guess is that it has something to do with Lollipop likely changing how MAC addresses are stored and used.
I've tried just about everything I could find, and am running out of ideas as well as ways to phrase the question to google to try looking this up myself. If anybody could tell me how to do this, or give me some pointers, that'd be great.
Also, in case it needs to be said: I am rooted, and unlocked with busybox installed. I've got the stock rom still, with TWRP if any of that matters.
Also, also. I realize this is a repost of my question in the HTC M8 VZW forum, and apologize for that. I'd have deleted the previous, but I can't seem to find out how. Either way, I figure this issue probably has less to do the the HTC M8 phone itself, and more so with Lollipop 5.0 as a whole, making this a better forum to ask in. Hope that isn't a problem.
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Apps...
LittleCatman said:
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Try using ChamelMac from the google play. Or you can search for MAC Spoofer android ans see what you get.
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Try using ChamelMac from the google play. Or you can search for MAC Spoofer android ans see what you get.
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I've already tried about a dozen different MAC Spoofers on the Play Store, but none of them actually seem to work. I'm pretty sure something with 5.0 has changed the way MAC addresses are used.
LittleCatman said:
I've already tried about a dozen different MAC Spoofers on the Play Store, but none of them actually seem to work. I'm pretty sure something with 5.0 has changed the way MAC addresses are used.
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have you tried Chainfire's "Pry-Fi" app on google play?
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have you tried Chainfire's "Pry-Fi" app on google play?
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I recommend not using Pry-Fi by chainfire. After first use on a Nexus 5 running rooted stock ROM v5.1.1, it permanently broke Wi-Fi functions (setting would not turn on). After extensive web research and troubleshooting, I had to reflash the ROM and wipe the device to get it working again.
If you do install Pry-Fi, I warn app users to get a full backup and know how to restore before installing.
Chainfire has done great work in the community, but Pry-Fi app is no longer great.
fleece said:
I recommend not using Pry-Fi by chainfire. After first use on a Nexus 5 running rooted stock ROM v5.1.1, it permanently broke Wi-Fi functions (setting would not turn on). After extensive web research and troubleshooting, I had to reflash the ROM and wipe the device to get it working again.
If you do install Pry-Fi, I warn app users to get a full backup and know how to restore before installing.
Chainfire has done great work in the community, but Pry-Fi app is no longer great.
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well people should backup before doing anything anyway. for me, i used pryfi no problems at all.
yes , cm12 not work..
After reading about the many ways to be able to send commands from ones computer to their phone in various ways, though not knowing much of how to go about them, I got confused. I was thinking that there should be a app where one can flash a zip file, like Supersu without a computer in order to gain root. Similar to ones custom recovery but just no root. The way that it would work, I thought should be similar to most rooting apps that we have today, for example Kingroot. If we can have such an approach as in a rooting app, there should be a similar type of app although this app is to flash supersu. Have an app where I put my zip file of supersu into. Then the app searches like kingroot for a niche to to its duty. It will find that my phone is compatible and it will then go ahead and flash supersu. If one says that this is useless being that we have root apps, I think not. To all the thousands who are searching for root and cannot get it even from a root app, they definitely would love to have supersu run as a system file. Now, I don't know if what I'm saying makes sense but I would love to find out. I may be showing my ignorance or I'm not. Please tell me what you think or what I need to know. Thank you to all.
Hello,
Try doing a Google search for "How to root (your device model number)" and if there is a known method you should find it in your search results.
To find your model number go to system settings>about phone>model number or look behind the battery. Use that model number for everything you search for about your phone.
You can try posting your question in the forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
Good luck.
Is there an elegant way to disable the ability of a smartphone user to install and uninstall applications?
We have the following situation. Our company purchased smartphones for employees so that they communicate with customers on corporate phones, rather than by personal ones. All they need is a telephone connection, the Viber and corporate mail. As a system administrator, I want to configure the devices for these sevices only. If I make a rooting of the smartphones, can I make some changes that disable ability to install and uninstall apps from files and Google Play? And will I be able to easily turn this ability back on in the future to install some application for user?
Smartphone's model Lenovo A Plus, Android version 5.1.
One way would be to remove package installer app from system partition. I am not sure though, just give it a try
naagdevta said:
One way would be to remove package installer app from system partition. I am not sure though, just give it a try
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Thank you for answer! I must say, I'm new to android, although I have experience in administering FreeBSD (both systems are unix-like). Can you give me a resource from which I could learn about administering and tweaking android?
yurybx said:
Thank you for answer! I must say, I'm new to android, although I have experience in administering FreeBSD (both systems are unix-like). Can you give me a resource from which I could learn about administering and tweaking android?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/go...urce-guides-info-threads-linked-read-t2784527
These guides are mostly for nexus 5 but once you go through them you will get a fair idea about everything. Then you can search things for your specific device model.
naagdevta said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/go...urce-guides-info-threads-linked-read-t2784527
These guides are mostly for nexus 5 but once you go through them you will get a fair idea about everything. Then you can search things for your specific device model.
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Thank you very much!
I began to get acquainted with the process of obtaining root-access, and was surprised when I found out that there are no standard unix files "passwd" and "master.passwd" in the android. This means that I can not set a password for root-access, and the user will be free to use root-access. How to solve this problem? Maybe I need a custom firmware or a special app? But which one exactly?
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I began to get acquainted with the process of obtaining root-access, and was surprised when I found out that there are no standard unix files "passwd" and "master.passwd" in the android. This means that I can not set a password for root-access, and the user will be free to use root-access. How to solve this problem? Maybe I need a custom firmware or a special app? But which one exactly?
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Supersu or magisk, they get automatically installed when you flash their zip file from custom recovery to root the phone. But not all phones have custom recovery or firmware. Mostly it depends on popularity of device, if your phone is popular many developers would be working on it.
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Supersu or magisk, they get automatically installed when you flash their zip file from custom recovery to root the phone. But not all phones have custom recovery or firmware. Mostly it depends on popularity of device, if your phone is popular many developers would be working on it.
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I managed to block the ability to install and uninstall programs by disabling the packageinstaller and daemon installd. Thank you for suggestion!
Not really sure where to post this question. I have an MXQ Box that I installed new firmware on. The package came with Netflix pre-installed, however it is not working. I tried to update the program, however every time i restart the unit it resets to the pre-installed netflix. I found it in the OEM folder, however cannot rename it or delete it. Any idea how to remove it or rename? I also tried to put it into mass storage mode however it does not want to boot into the mode.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Not really sure where to post this question. I have an MXQ Box that I installed new firmware on. The package came with Netflix pre-installed, however it is not working. I tried to update the program, however every time i restart the unit it resets to the pre-installed netflix. I found it in the OEM folder, however cannot rename it or delete it. Any idea how to remove it or rename? I also tried to put it into mass storage mode however it does not want to boot into the mode.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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You need to root the device if you want to remove something that is pre-installed.
There isn't much support for android TV and android TV boxes so there may or may not be a known method for rooting your box. You'll have to search for how to root your specific model number.
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You need to root the device if you want to remove something that is pre-installed.
There isn't much support for android TV and android TV boxes so there may or may not be a known method for rooting your box. You'll have to search for how to root your specific model number.
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Thanks for the advise - i was afraid of that. I cannot root the device as it will cause my other software to stop working. Will just have to use 2 boxes instead - lol.