After I restored my Fire HD 8 (7th) to factory settings, I did NOT log in to my Amazon account.
Just skip, and do not enter your Amazon account information.
After then, it looks like alle the Amazon services are "inactive", so just about a few 150MB of Ram are
used now and 750MB are free, when I Ialso installed Play Store.
The result is a much faster OS, almost like a "clean" Fire Os, which is not loaded
full of bloatware. They are inactive, when you are not logged in with your Amazon account. :good:
This should work on other Fire Tablets too.
If you bought this tablet than obviously you have Amazon account. At one point you will have to log in anyway. It's kind of missing the point to own Amazon tablet.
also how do you skip entering your amazon info?
THERAJ12 said:
also how do you skip entering your amazon info?
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When it gets to that screen and doesn't let you do anything else, just shut the tablet off and turn it back on.
Do you also know of any way to force a backup? It says to leave connected to WiFi on standby and it will backup within 24 hrs...pretty vague. I have no idea if its actually backing up anything
THERAJ12 said:
Do you also know of any way to force a backup? It says to leave connected to WiFi on standby and it will backup within 24 hrs...pretty vague. I have no idea if its actually backing up anything
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Wouldn't you need to register with Amazon to back anything up?
cybersaga said:
Wouldn't you need to register with Amazon to back anything up?
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I'm registered for Main tablet I have a backup
I see. Well, I don't know I only have the one tablet that's not registered. Maybe someone else can help. But you may want to start a new thread for that issue.
cybersaga said:
When it gets to that screen and doesn't let you do anything else, just shut the tablet off and turn it back on.
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so I'm at the welcome screen to pick a language I turned off screen but when I power on it brings me back here
edit - the wifi screen cancellation did the trick
I have a fire HD 8 (7th gen/2017) and I have been unable to skip the registration after a factory reset. I believe I am running the latest version of fire OS. If I try to restart the device at the wifi selection screen or at the registration screen, It makes me start the setup process all over when I restart. Any tips on how I can skip registering my device?
EDIT -
I figured it out, all you need to do is select a wifi network, and put in an incorrect password. After it tries to authenticate, click "cancel" and it will ask you if you want to skip registration.
If you do this, can you use the Kindle Books app (or download the version from Google Play Store) and get it to work?
How significant is the speed boost?
Probably not. If you search for Amazon apps on the play store it will show they are already installed. If you sign into one Amazon app you automatically get signed into them all. Same as if you signed into Google all Google apps work with one sign in.
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Got my new HTC One S from TMo today. Pretty psyched! Getting it all set up and I can't send applications from the Play Store to the phone.
I can install apps just fine from the Play Store on the phone, but I was trying to send them from the Play Store on my PC to the phone. It looks like it's working, says "This app will be downloaded to your device shortly" but it never shows up.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
I'm able to do that but I'm with an unbranded one.
I did encounter such behavior when my phone was on a wifi network which is behind a firewall when the Play store on the phone is not communicating with the internet one.
I'm still waiting for my One S, but I have the same issue with my Desire while beeing connected to wifi. it starts as soon as I enter Google Play on the phone or when I disconnect wifi.
The One S isn't on the supported devices list yet. Could that have anything to do with it?
Never had this issue before...
I know that this is basic stuff but:
Are you sign up to the same account on your HTC and on you PC?
Do you have turn on the syncronistaion on your mobile?
jacakowal said:
I know that this is basic stuff but:
Are you sign up to the same account on your HTC and on you PC?
Do you have turn on the syncronistaion on your mobile?
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Yes thanks - I do have all the basics just fine. And I can buy apps directly on my phone that work fine.
allyn274 said:
The One S isn't on the supported devices list yet. Could that have anything to do with it?
Never had this issue before...
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Since for me on home wifi or cellular data connection all works fine, it got to be something else.
Either some firewall blocking or any other settings.
Did you restarted the phone? background data or any tasker/other rule to block?
issue resolved...
Mods, please close this topic unless you think it might be helpful for anyone else... The issue resolved itself. I'm able to send apps to my phone now.
Thanks!
It didn't work for me at first, but after downloading a few apps manually, it worked from the PC also. I think you just need to make the initial association between the phone and your Google Play account.
Hello everyone.
Here is my predicament. My daughter has a TF101 that is OEM with no root/ROM etc. The tablet has been offline for a few months now. We attempted to bring the tablet online last night and of course we forgot the unlock code. The "forgot password" option with her gmail account will not unlock the system as the wireless we had is changed out and the tablet can not contact the google servers.
Can anyone help with a way to unlock the system. Or a way to backup the tablet so I can reload.
Thank you
Tony
Excuse me, but I don't quite understand what you mean. Do you need access to your internet router? or google account? if it's your router you can look it up on any computer connected to it, or reset the router (hold reset button for 15seconds) and set a new password. If it's google then try recovering the password on a physical computer.
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Hello everyone.
Here is my predicament. My daughter has a TF101 that is OEM with no root/ROM etc. The tablet has been offline for a few months now. We attempted to bring the tablet online last night and of course we forgot the unlock code. The "forgot password" option with her gmail account will not unlock the system as the wireless we had is changed out and the tablet can not contact the google servers.
Can anyone help with a way to unlock the system. Or a way to backup the tablet so I can reload.
Thank you
Tony
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Try this, just follow the instructions posted
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.curity.android.screenlockbypass
Thing O Doom said:
Excuse me, but I don't quite understand what you mean. Do you need access to your internet router? or google account? if it's your router you can look it up on any computer connected to it, or reset the router (hold reset button for 15seconds) and set a new password. If it's google then try recovering the password on a physical computer.
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OK. let me see id I can explain this another way. All I get on the logon screen of the transformer is to reset using your gmail account. The tablet is unable to reset as we type the gmail account and password with no results.
Any help would be great.
Tony
baseballfanz said:
Try this, just follow the instructions posted
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.curity.android.screenlockbypass
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I am unable to log onto the system therefore unable to install any apps from market.
Any other thoughts.
Tony
tsman said:
I am unable to log onto the system therefore unable to install any apps from market.
Any other thoughts.
Tony
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Can you access the Play Store from a PC? This method require you use a PC.
You can install app to your tf from your PC, just log into the Play Store with the same google account as your tf.
Find the app, click install, choose the device and it will auto install to your device. After this app installed, choose another app, any app and do the same. If it work your lock screen will be bypass. Backup your stuffs, do a factory reset to get rid of the lock code
From what I'm reading he can't unlock the tablet due to too many attempts. He also can't unlock it with the google account because it can't access his wireless router. That would also make him unable to install the app to bypass the screenlock. I'm not sure if there is any other way to get around it. unless you take the tablet to somewhere else that you had used wifi and hope they haven't also changed their wireless. Other than that a factory wipe is all I can think of.
Can you just set the SSID and password on the wifi router to a known good value that the TF is looking for? In other words, make your current wifi mimic the old one?
ADB might be a option too, although I bet that is a slim chance.
Hi All,
I've been doing a lot of searching and reading on the forums but haven't found an solution to my problem.
I've been tgrying to unlock the boot-loader of my tablet for days. I downloaded and installed v8 of the
ASUS unlock tool.
Everytime I try to use it, I get to the "Google Account Verification" step it says:
"Your password is not valid"
I know I've entered the correct password. I've actually signed out of my google accounts from the tablet
and then signed back in just to make sure I wasn't fat-fingering it over and over.
Here're the details:
ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T
Android Version 4.2.1
Kernel Version 3.1.10-gb1a9af5
Build number: JOP40D.US_epad-10.6.1.14.10.20130801
As far as I know, the tablet is absolutely stock (I bought it on e-bay)
If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it.
I want to unlock, the install TWRP via fast-boot on the way to trying a couple of custom roms.
My search-foo is relatively weak so if I've missed an obvious thread, please forgive me.
atTHANKSvance!
Simeon
You don't have 2-step verification activ on your Google account, do you?
If yes, you need to disable it for this procedure.
berndblb said:
You don't have 2-step verification activ on your Google account, do you?
If yes, you need to disable it for this procedure.
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Brilliant!
You have almost certainly diagnosed my problem....
It's late here, but I'll turn off 2-factor authentication and try again in the morning.
I'll post again with my results.
That was my problem..
I didn't actually need to deactivate 2-step authentication. Google will generate an application specific password for those programs that can't handle the 2 step process. I generated one for the unlock tool and it unlocked on the first try.
That was it...
Instead of deactivating 2-step auth, I generated a new app specfic password for the unlock tool. I put it in and it worked the first time.
Thanks again!!
snevel said:
Brilliant!
You have almost certainly diagnosed my problem....
It's late here, but I'll turn off 2-factor authentication and try again in the morning.
I'll post again with my results.
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Thanks but it's just experience....
snevel said:
That was my problem..
I didn't actually need to deactivate 2-step authentication. Google will generate an application specific password for those programs that can't handle the 2 step process. I generated one for the unlock tool and it unlocked on the first try.
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I actually didn't have 2-step authentication activated...BUT...after reading this, I tried generating an app specific password for the Update tool, and worked for me. Thanks for the tip.
Here's another solution: (I couldn't get any of the above solutions to work)
After 20 minutes thrashing around in the jungle of Google settings I discovered that in the Google "Less secure apps" page of the account settings it says "Some apps and devices use less secure sign-in technology, which makes your account more vulnerable. You can turn off access for these apps, which we recommend, or turn on access if you want to use them despite the risks." So I changed the "Access for less secure apps" on that page to "Turn on" and - bingo ! - the Unlock app on my Asus tf700t accepted the Google account password that it had previously been rejecting and went on to unlock the tablet. Then I went back to the "Less secure apps" page of the account settings and changed it back to "Turn off", i.e. I restored it to the more secure setting.
Verily the Asus/Android/Google world moves in mysterious ways.
pacman65 said:
Here's another solution: (I couldn't get any of the above solutions to work)
After 20 minutes thrashing around in the jungle of Google settings I discovered that in the Google "Less secure apps" page of the account settings it says "Some apps and devices use less secure sign-in technology, which makes your account more vulnerable. You can turn off access for these apps, which we recommend, or turn on access if you want to use them despite the risks." So I changed the "Access for less secure apps" on that page to "Turn on" and - bingo ! - the Unlock app on my Asus tf700t accepted the Google account password that it had previously been rejecting and went on to unlock the tablet. Then I went back to the "Less secure apps" page of the account settings and changed it back to "Turn off", i.e. I restored it to the more secure setting.
Verily the Asus/Android/Google world moves in mysterious ways.
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I have tried this as well and I cannot get my tablet to unlock. I have verified it is registered within ASUS' systems, I have verified I do not have 2 factor authentication and I have less secure access on.
Does anyone have any other ideas how to get passed this Google Password issue?
Joe
Yes. Factory reset the tablet, setup wifi but no Google account, run the app, it'll work now
berndblb said:
Yes. Factory reset the tablet, setup wifi but no Google account, run the app, it'll work now
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I found that once I deleted my Google account on the tablet I was able to complete the bootloader unlock.
Thanks for the assistance.
JoeArech said:
I found that once I deleted my Google account on the tablet I was able to complete the bootloader unlock.
Thanks for the assistance.
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Been banging my head against the wall for a while on this one.
That worked perfectly... and without having to factory reset. Thanks!!!
charlygordon said:
Been banging my head against the wall for a while on this one.
That worked perfectly... and without having to factory reset. Thanks!!!
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I've been trying to unlock mine for over 2 years. V7 unlock installed, removed account, ran unlock tool, VIOLA! Success!
Now, what seems to be the best ROM to use is what I have to figure out next...... is there a solid KK or Lollipop ROM?
Does anybody else have a problem with the screen timeout settings? It seems to remain the same 10-15 seconds no matter what I put it on. Even if I set it to 10 minutes
Good for your battery life! ?
Are you talking about the lock screen or the normal display after you unlock it. There is no way to change the timeout of the lock screen.
I get that too. It times out no matter what time I set it!
This is driving me crazy!!
joshlee80 said:
I get that too. It times out no matter what time I set it!
This is driving me crazy!!
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Might have something to do with face recognition. (Smart Stay) try messing with those settings too. I receive mine today so ill look into it too.
I'm having the same issue. Spent all night messing with every setting to no avail. Incredibly frustrating.
think its about smart stay, or did you use any battery saver that comes with the phone?
Does the same thing with smart stay on or off (unless you're staring right at the screen in good lighting), no battery saving modes used. On the phone with Samsung right now
[email protected] said:
Does the same thing with smart stay on or off (unless you're staring right at the screen in good lighting), no battery saving modes used. On the phone with Samsung right now
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Please let me know? I would like to find out what Samsung says!
They used smart tutor to access my phone and looked at all the settings. Said they would call me back when they have a solution. Didn't ever verbally confirm it as an issue, not holding out much hope
[email protected] said:
They used smart tutor to access my phone and looked at all the settings. Said they would call me back when they have a solution. Didn't ever verbally confirm it as an issue, not holding out much hope
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just for your info, I did spoke to Samsung as well and I reset the phone as they told me to. They are thinking there is something contradiction between your old backup data and current. It actaully fixed the issue but now I found a dead pixel.... shoot. Now I will have to go to T-mobile for the replacement phone. Hope they accept it.
So did they just have you do a factory reset? Sorry to hear about the dead pixel what a bummer. Anything you could tell me about what they had you do would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
I'm glad its not just me, I'm going to factory reset to see what happens. I've been using a Stay Alive app in the meantime
Installed the T-Mobile software update, made no difference. So far the only thing that seems to work for me is a factory reset and to set it up as a new device; restoring any devices through Google seems to result in the same issue. Restoring data from devices linked to Samsung account (which I have to if I log into Samsung account while setting up for some reason) doesn't seem to matter one way or the other.
Mine is working for now going to start installing my apps and hope it continues to do so
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Installed the T-Mobile software update, made no difference. So far the only thing that seems to work for me is a factory reset and to set it up as a new device; restoring any devices through Google seems to result in the same issue. Restoring data from devices linked to Samsung account (which I have to if I log into Samsung account while setting up for some reason) doesn't seem to matter one way or the other.
Mine is working for now going to start installing my apps and hope it continues to do so
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Hi, Thanks for the info. So which one did have an impact? Google backup or Samsung Cloud? I only restored phone number and picture from google and didn't even try Samsung cloud.
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Hi, Thanks for the info. So which one did have an impact? Google backup or Samsung Cloud? I only restored phone number and picture from google and didn't even try Samsung cloud.
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Samsung cloud seems to have no effect. Restoring app data (can add Google accounts etc. just do not restore data from any other devices when prompted) from any devices linked to my Google account causes the issue eveytime. Set up as a new device and manually selected apps to install from my list of apps in play store and all is well.
Hope this helps
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Samsung cloud seems to have no effect. Restoring app data (can add Google accounts etc. just do not restore data from any other devices when prompted) from any devices linked to my Google account causes the issue eveytime. Set up as a new device and manually selected apps to install from my list of apps in play store and all is well.
Hope this helps
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Thanks a lot! it helps! I am getting a warranty exchange for the dead pixel. You cannot get this exchange from Samsung directly but from the service provider.
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Samsung cloud seems to have no effect. Restoring app data (can add Google accounts etc. just do not restore data from any other devices when prompted) from any devices linked to my Google account causes the issue eveytime. Set up as a new device and manually selected apps to install from my list of apps in play store and all is well.
Hope this helps
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Thank you so much, so much help. It worked
I find even playing games my phone goes onto lock mode if I'm not touching screen.
Annoying.
Hello everyone.
I decided to post this question here instead of my specific device's forum because I believe it is an issue of android itself, not my phone.
Since a couple of days ago, there is an annoying popup that appears on every boot, right after I unlock for the first time. The message reads:
No location access
Device location for all apps is
turned off, and you might not be
able to locate your device if it's
lost.
Yes, I'm aware of that, since I keep my location off for privacy and battery concerns, and that popup annoys me because it's an extra step for me to take. I suspect it's generated by Google Play Services, but I can't be sure.
Has anyone else seen it? Any ideas to disable it?
BreadedChicken said:
Hello everyone.
I decided to post this question here instead of my specific device's forum because I believe it is an issue of android itself, not my phone.
Since a couple of days ago, there is an annoying popup that appears on every boot, right after I unlock for the first time. The message reads:
No location access
Device location for all apps is
turned off, and you might not be
able to locate your device if it's
lost.
Yes, I'm aware of that, since I keep my location off for privacy and battery concerns, and that popup annoys me because it's an extra step for me to take. I suspect it's generated by Google Play Services, but I can't be sure.
Has anyone else seen it? Any ideas to disable it?
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I have. And you're right. Its generated by Google Play Services. I got rid of it by disabling a bunch of Google Play Service's services
Freewander10 said:
I have. And you're right. Its generated by Google Play Services. I got rid of it by disabling a bunch of Google Play Service's services
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Thank you very much for your confirmation.
Do you remember by any chance which services did you disable to get rid of the popup? I'm betting doing that will screw up google maps and possibly some other gapps, but I'm willing to do it because that popup is sooo annoying.
Thanks.
BreadedChicken said:
Thank you very much for your confirmation.
Do you remember by any chance which services did you disable to get rid of the popup? I'm betting doing that will screw up google maps and possibly some other gapps, but I'm willing to do it because that popup is sooo annoying.
Thanks.
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Disabling them will cripple the device's location services. Though you'll probably still be able to get your location info by using the GPS only.
Here are the services I disabled
com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.gms.locationsharing.service.LocationSharingSettingInjectorService
com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.gms.nearby.connection.service.NearbyConnectionsAsyncService
com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.gms.clearcut.service.ClearcutLoggerService
com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.gms.clearcut.service.PlayLogBrokerService
com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.gms.common.stats.GmsCoreStatsService
com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.location.fused.FusedLocationService
com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.location.internal.PendingIntentCallbackService
com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.location.geocode.GeocodeService
com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.location.network.NetworkLocationService
com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.location.internal.GoogleLocationManagerService
com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.location.geofencer.service.GeofenceProviderService
com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.location.internal.server.GoogleLocationService
com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.location.reporting.service.LocationHistoryInjectorService
com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.location.reporting.service.DispatchingService
com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.gms.mdm.services.NetworkQualityAndroidService
Finding them all might be a bit tedious so here's a backup you can restore using DisableService from the Playstore
Woah, that's mighty cool of you. Thanks! I appreciate it.
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Woah, that's mighty cool of you. Thanks! I appreciate it.
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No problem bro
Freewander10 said:
No problem bro
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Mine still appear after disabling services you mentioned
evildog1 said:
Mine still appear after disabling services you mentioned
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That's weird.
Did you go about disabling them manually? Or by using the DisableService backup?
Freewander10 said:
That's weird.
Did you go about disabling them manually? Or by using the DisableService backup?
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Using backup. I double-checked and they are disabled
On my Note 4 I noticed an auto update a few days ago which I couldn't stop.
Today, my Skype auto logged out and when I tried to log in I couldn't. I entered my password 4 times and I couldn't log in. I tried login into my PC and it was fine so it wasn't a problem with my password.
So I restarted my note 4 and got this "No location access" pop-up. However I was able to login to Skype.
Are these two things connected? It seems weird. And the pop-up is blatantly scaremongering saying if location is disabled the phone cannot be tracked if it's lost.. yeah Google, on yer bike.
evildog1 said:
Using backup. I double-checked and they are disabled
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Okay. Try restoring this backup instead. I'm 100% sure it'll work because thats my current config and I'm pop up free. It seems to have broken the smart lock feature though. But if you don't mind/use that then you should be fine.
citta said:
On my Note 4 I noticed an auto update a few days ago which I couldn't stop.
Today, my Skype auto logged out and when I tried to log in I couldn't. I entered my password 4 times and I couldn't log in. I tried login into my PC and it was fine so it wasn't a problem with my password.
So I restarted my note 4 and got this "No location access" pop-up. However I was able to login to Skype.
Are these two things connected? It seems weird. And the pop-up is blatantly scaremongering saying if location is disabled the phone cannot be tracked if it's lost.. yeah Google, on yer bike.
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I really don't know. Maybe it was just a minor glitch/bug in the app. It does seem weird though. But if you're interested in getting rid of the pop up then check the post above.
I just disabled preference service. And the popup is gone.
Freewander10 said:
Okay. Try restoring this backup instead. I'm 100% sure it'll work because thats my current config and I'm pop up free. It seems to have broken the smart lock feature though. But if you don't mind/use that then you should be fine.
Your backup also not working, annoying popup still come back on boot
I really don't know. Maybe it was just a minor glitch/bug in the app. It does seem weird though. But if you're interested in getting rid of the pop up then check the post above.
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Akmal_hyperion said:
I just disabled preference service. And the popup is gone.
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Thanks it works
Akmal_hyperion said:
I just disabled preference service. And the popup is gone.
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Running the following on boot works for me too. Any idea what else it disables?
Code:
pm disable com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.location.util.PreferenceService;