Hi folks, I apologise in advance as I am totally new to the rooting and modifying android terms but I am looking for some advise if this is the right place or even pointed into the right direction. I recently purchased a Oneplus 9 which as far as I know came CN with Google (as advertised) I was looking to root the device and change the imei, part of of it is me being slightly paranoid and from reading a few peoples opinions on forums this is something they would recommend doing.
Basically I was wondering how would I do the above, why should I or maybe why shouldn’t I
Again, apologies and thanks again for any help
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I am new here and wanted to say hello first to everyone! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
I have questions but like i said im new so not sure where to ask exactly.
I searched the whole forum but from what i've seen my device is not mentioned anywhere or at least the model i am supposed to have. Dont really know anything about these stuff so i hope this is not a really stupid question.
I recently bought and i quote from the site a Gooapple V8 MTK6575 android phone i5 but to be honest i wasnt expecting most of the apps to be in chinese. You are probably saying right now thats naive well i guess you can see what a newbie i am with this whole thing.
My question is how can i have these apps in english and working i guess this device at its best.
I've seen others posting some general info so here it goes:
Version: 6.0 (10A405)
Model Number: MD297ZP
Modem Firmware: 1.00.16
Dont know if that helps in any way but if someone can suggest or point me to the right direction i would very much appreciate it.
Thanks
Tony
For starters, welcome to XDA Developers
Since you are a new member here, I will attempt to point you in the right direction. Try this thread. I think it may get you headed in the right direction. For future reference, and you did state that you searched, there is an extreme emphasis on using Search at XDA before posting.
Good Luck
Thanks shinobisoft!
I found that thread when i was searching and i did read it but it mentions only V5 and not V8 that i have. Maybe they aren't much different. Anyway thanks again and i guess i will post there and find out more.
Cheers
Tony
Hi guys,
Firstly just want to thank anyone and everyone in advance and im sorry if I have posted in the wrong place. Very new to all of this and have just rooted my phone today. I was under the impression I would be able to install kit kat 4.4.2 to my device. (Note 3 build number n9005xxudmj7) but can't quite find out how.
Any info or additional things I should be doing would be great. So far been able to add additional apps to s-pen and multi window, customised a few settings. Any other tricks people know of would be great but mainly would like 4.4.2.
Thanks again.
Anybody have any info??
Best is to read first before asking questions.
Questions belong in Q&A section, not general.
Rooting is a personal choice usually made for a specific purpose, I would recommend anyone just to root to see what happens, since it's a relatively delicate procedure, plus potentially voiding your warranty.
Read, analyse, think, choose and then you are welcome to ask.
I know this is stupid...and i may not get any replies over here...
but still giving it a try...
My budget is around 20k (300$), and i needed a phone which i can give it a future update as well. Since Android L is gonna come too, i would really want it in my phone. I'm currently using Huawei Y 200, and it pretty much sucks...! (NO CUSTOM ROMS MADE FOR IT )
so guys please help me out here!!!!!!!!
Hi there,
I'd recommend asking that question in the off-topic section of XDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/off-topic
Since it doesn't really regard any form of development or needing a phone to be fixed, it is probably best placed there.
You will find lots of keen XDA users who I'm sure will input and tell you what they think.
Good luck!
P.S: I'd go for the Moto G
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Many thanks,
Ghost
I very recently purchased (as in less than a week ago) a Google Pixel (5") from the Google Play store. I would like to root it, but have a few questions that I could only seem to find vague answers to online. Firstly, does the Google Play purchased version of this phone come automatically with an unlocked bootloader? I saw several posts online that this was the case, but the posts are all pretty old (10/2016, about 9 months ago) and nothing really since then. Is there a way to verify/check if the bootloader is unlocked?
Secondly, the phone I got has Android 7.1.2 (build NKG47L). These - posts look to be the most recent info on rooting this phone, but they mention a different build number. Does anyone know if this is still an accurate process?
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Hi everybody,
hopefully I am at the right place here to ask these questions. If not please direct me to the appropriate sub forum.
Currently I have a Chines Clone Phone (maybe iphone 7 plus) here available - looking for several things. It seems the installed Android is working at least for the majority of main functions but it is far from being complete. Now I fear that these kind of phone and system is not very reliable or safe (bloatware, spyware and other sniffing stuff below surface or whatsoever). So my question is: Are these phones and their OSes are generally considered to be safely usable? Or does user need to fear to be infected, spied or similar?
So far I tried to Root the phone and to install custom recovery and custom ROM without any success. The only information I got can be seen in the attached screenshot.
Currently I am checking the methods and files proposed here and here. Does anybody know whethere these are reliable and can be trusted?
Unfortunately I could not find much information at XDA so far - also my clone phone identifying thread here at XDA did not provide much help so far.
Thanks in advance for your support!
Bye
Renth said:
Hi everybody,
hopefully I am at the right place here to ask these questions. If not please direct me to the appropriate sub forum.
Currently I have a Chines Clone Phone (maybe iphone 7 plus) here available - looking for several things. It seems the installed Android is working at least for the majority of main functions but it is far from being complete. Now I fear that these kind of phone and system is not very reliable or safe (bloatware, spyware and other sniffing stuff below surface or whatsoever). So my question is: Are these phones and their OSes are generally considered to be safely usable? Or does user need to fear to be infected, spied or similar?
So far I tried to Root the phone and to install custom recovery and custom ROM without any success. The only information I got can be seen in the attached screenshot.
Currently I am checking the methods and files proposed here and here. Does anybody know whethere these are reliable and can be trusted?
Unfortunately I could not find much information at XDA so far - also my clone phone identifying thread here at XDA did not provide much help so far.
Thanks in advance for your support!
Bye
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XDA has a thread here for cloned devices but unfortunately you have an iPhone clone. This website does not deal with iPhone or iPhone clones(regardless of whether they are android based or not). You'll have to find somewhere else to get your answer.
DO NOT CONTACT ME VIA PM TO RECEIVE HELP, YOU WILL BE IGNORED. KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
Ok, thank you - will try to do so.
Then I will reduce my initial questions to the page and contents regarding MediaTek android systems I mentioned here and here.
Does anybody have any experiences with this stuff/site? Or should I open another thread for this question?
Bye
Renth said:
Ok, thank you - will try to do so.
Then I will reduce my initial questions to the page and contents regarding MediaTek android systems I mentioned here and here.
Does anybody have any experiences with this stuff/site? Or should I open another thread for this question?
Bye
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That site is all about getting paid for ads, the question isn't whether the guide can be trusted, it's a question of whether the files that are linked can be trusted, those files are in other places and just linked in that guide, they probably were not built/developed by whoever wrote the guide. Some of those files may have originated here at XDA are only linked in that guide to bring you here to download.
DO NOT CONTACT ME VIA PM TO RECEIVE HELP, YOU WILL BE IGNORED. KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE