Hi guys. Didn't transfer the pictures off my old phone first thing and now I'm wondering is there a way to copy them across now without it making a new modified date. My new P7P is rooted so wondering if that's any good to me.
I use Google photos but it's annoying having to download stuff to the phone in order to send via WhatsApp etc.
Android phones can be looked at as USB flash drives. You can simply connect your phone to a computer, click and drag the pictures to your computer and then click and drag them from your computer to your P7P.
Both root and apps are irrelevant for this, kind sir.
Bxperiaz3 said:
... now I'm wondering is there a way to copy them across now without it making a new modified date. ...
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NippleSauce said:
Android phones can be looked at as USB flash drives. You can simply connect your phone to a computer, click and drag the pictures to your computer and then click and drag them from your computer to your P7P.
Both root and apps are irrelevant for this, kind sir.
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@NippleSauce, this might make it have a "new modified date" though...which is what I imagine he's trying to go against -- or he probably would have done the obvious of simply copy/pasting....
May I ask why you specifically need them without a "modified date"?
Whether copying/pasting using a computer or downloading from Google Photos, I'm pretty sure the "date taken" or original date created is still preserved in its metadata. I know Windows can sort it by that; i'm unsure if Android 13 stock file explorer can/would, but I'm sure other file explorers can....
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@NippleSauce, this might make it have a "new modified date" though...which is what I imagine he's trying to go against -- or he probably would have done the obvious of simply copy/pasting....
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The time and date are baked into the photo file. So, copying and pasting it would not alter those settings unless the user had disabled date and time stamps in his previous phone's settings (if that was even an option on their previous phone, of course).
NippleSauce said:
The time and date are baked into the photo file. So, copying and pasting it would not alter those settings unless the user had disabled date and time stamps in his previous phone's settings (if that was even an option on their previous phone, of course).
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I'm thinking OP doesn't want a "new modified/creation date", like copying & pasting a file -- the new file will have a new "date created" instead of the original which should be the same as when the photo was taken; although I don't know why it would matter to OP so much because, as you said, the "date taken" time & date is "baked" in it....
I can only imagine it has something to do with sorting....
simplepinoi177 said:
I'm thinking OP doesn't want a "new modified/creation date", like copying & pasting a file -- the new file will have a new "date created" instead of the original which should be the same as when the photo was taken; although I don't know why it would matter to OP so much because, as you said, the "date taken" time & date is "baked" in it....
I can only imagine it has something to do with sorting....
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The file modified date should also stay the same, only the create date might be new. Shouldn't make a differnce for most sorting, works fine in Google Photos at least.
Every time I copy data to a new phone I do this in two possible ways:
1. directly from Android to Android with the app Total Commander combined with its Wifi Plugin (links go to Playstore)....
You then then simply copy over Wifi (either using an existing connection to a mutual network or creating a "Wifi direct " network). This method preserves the file dates.....
2. using a PC (which I also use as device backup) via ADB. To make things simpler I use also Total Commander (or Double Commander) together with an ADB plugin. Here also file dates are preserved and its via USB cable, transfer speeds are quite a bit higher this way.....
PS both methods do not require root to work !
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so I sync yesterday and notice 3 folders with characters not normally allowed. one contains all "?" while another has / and ?. when I try to delete, system can't since they contain these characters. and I can't find them using total command. any help?
You need to provide more infomation so we can help you .
Which version are you using (WM 6, 6.5, 6.5.3 etc.)? Where are the folders located? Do they contain files?
Sorry. Runninng WM6.5 stock verizon ROM with TF3D 2.0 on my Imagio. And they don't contain any files. I can open, but when I go to delete, it says files cannot contain the following symbols blah blah blah. And I can't seem to find them using TC.
anyone got anything?
Hi Jerry,
JerryA said:
anyone got anything?
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Are the folders on the SD card ? My suggestions below:
1) If they are, try deleting them from the Windows PC side via an ActiveSync connection or in "Disk drive mode".
2) Try renaming the folders with 'proper characters' and then delete.
3) If in "disk drive mode", try removing them via DOS command. You may want to do a "dir /X" to see the 8.3 short file/folder name and remove them.
Regards.
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Hi Jerry,
JerryA said:
anyone got anything?
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Are the folders on the SD card ? My suggestions below:
1) If they are, try deleting them from the Windows PC side via an ActiveSync connection or in "Disk drive mode".
2) Try renaming the folders with 'proper characters' and then delete.
3) If in "disk drive mode", try removing them via DOS command. You may want to do a "dir /X" to see the 8.3 short file/folder name and remove them.
Regards.
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* Today is yesterday's tomorrow. Today is also tomorrow's yesterday.
Then is the present the past's future or the present is the future's past. *
No, they aren't on the SD card, they are phone memory. Whenever I try to rename them, I get the same error code, telling me files cannot contain the following..... And as for the last, I don't know anything about DOS, so that would require a level of expertise that I just don't have. I haven't seen any strange behaviour on the phone, and my memory size and usage has not freaked out, nor has my battery life. So what they are or what they are for is beyond me.
The 3 files are names thus:
??????
????Documents
oc????
Very odd.
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No, they aren't on the SD card, they are phone memory. Whenever I try to rename them, I get the same error code, telling me files cannot contain the following..... And as for the last, I don't know anything about DOS, so that would require a level of expertise that I just don't have. I haven't seen any strange behaviour on the phone, and my memory size and usage has not freaked out, nor has my battery life. So what they are or what they are for is beyond me.
The 3 files are names thus:
??????
????Documents
oc????
Very odd.
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Jerry,
My suggestions are only if the files reside on the SD card.
I believe the ? means the available fonts, on your phone, does not have the correct character set to display it properly.
Base on my belief above, try the following:
a) My apology being a new member, I am not allowed to post clickable link. Go to this link : add a http:// in front first
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5869460
b) Download and install the "Droid Sans Font.cab" to your phone in post #9. Alternatively, search for the file, arialuni.ttf, (Arial Unicode MS) first on your Windows PC if not then on the web and copy it to your phone, \Windows\Fonts directly. This is a 22Mb file !
c) Restart your phone and see if those files are showing proper characters.
d) If it does, then go ahead, open it and see what's the content like. Rename the file then delete. Uninstall the "Droid Sans Font.cab" if you wish. Personally, I don't like the font as the characters are rasterised.
Regards.
ugh, too much work. My phone isn't acting up, and even though I don't like uninvited strangers, they aren't eating up resources, and my phone is still functioning properly. I will keep these files you suggested handy in case something does start acting up, and see what happens.
yea, I am lazy when it comes to electronic stuff. Thanks for the info!
If you have SK Tools (or a similar app), try scanning the memory. It sounds like you have corrupted files or a corrupted directory. It may not be causing issues now, but it could cause issues sooner rather than later. You may also think about backing up everything now while you can.
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No, they aren't on the SD card, they are phone memory. Whenever I try to rename them, I get the same error code, telling me files cannot contain the following..... And as for the last, I don't know anything about DOS, so that would require a level of expertise that I just don't have. I haven't seen any strange behaviour on the phone, and my memory size and usage has not freaked out, nor has my battery life. So what they are or what they are for is beyond me.
The 3 files are names thus:
??????
????Documents
oc????
Very odd.
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oh no i have the same problem. but the strange files are on my storage card. i am backing up my storage card them i am going to format.
I have a problem, and it may seem minor and pedantic to care about but that's me.
So, I take all these pictures with my phone and I want them backed up on my computer, naturally. I want to transfer them comfortably, without a USB-cable. Thing is, the created and modified date always get changed with all the methods I've tried. It's very annoying. I have a whole bunch of pics saved up from previous phones etc and I want to be able to sort them in chronological order. I don't want 50 pictures that all have the same date attached.
So far I've tried:
Wifi File Explorer --> Changes date
SwiFTP --> Changes date
Upload to Dropbox --> Changes date
Zip pics and upload archive to dropbox --> Changes date
Please, what other methods could I try?
The only thing that works is plugging in the USB-cable transferring the files from the Removable disk. This is way too inconvenient for my taste.
scp will keep timestamp
or zipping the files, the archive will keep the timestamp as well.
hope could help
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scp will keep timestamp
or zipping the files, the archive will keep the timestamp as well.
hope could help
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Doesnt SCP require usb-cable connected? And I already tried zipping, it didn't work Which is weird cause it does on computers.
Worked with SSHDroid, yay!
Awesome advice, I had never thought about the time stamp thing.
great learning process continues with xda
Hi ,
I uploaded some pictures on my Gmail Drive yesterday via Laptop.
When I use the Android Google Drive Client on my Gingerbread , I have options of viewing it or making it offline.
Is there any way of downloading the pictures to my SD card ?
Making it offline doesn't help because once I remove the Google Drive App from my Droid , I will no longer be able to view that picture.
I want a permanent download so that my downloaded pictures appear in my gallery even after un-installation of Google Drive.
EDIT: [SOLVED]
Disable encryption via settings, and the files are accessible in the below folder. Thank the man
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The files seem to be in the google docs application folder, which on my system is found in /mnt/sdcard/Android/Data/com.google.android.apps.docs/files/pinned_docs_Files_do_not_edit/*CRAZY FOLDER NUMBER*
However, viewing the files does not work. It seems that this is a feature they have not included (for whatever reason).
Dropbox lets you export files.
You could also try another service called "Box".
KeePassDroid with Google Drive
I was going to create a new thread but in searching found this one. I'll use this one as maybe it applies with certain features not yet being implemented? Or am I overlooking or doing something wrong? I'll keep this simple. I use KeePass V1.x and KeepassDroid to keep my passwords in sync. It works great with DropBox. I have my database stored in the cloud and whenever I make a revision, it syncs across all my devices. Being the Google Whore I am, I was excited to try it with Google Drive. NO GO!
I can access the file and open the database with KeePassDroid without any issues. If I make a change and try to save it I get the following error. /data/data.com.google.android.apps.docs/cache/filecache2/123456789/databasename.kdb.tmp: open failed: EACESS (permissions denied). It won't let me write back to the database like DropBox will.
When I made the file available off-line, it would let me save the file, but it would not save that file back to the cloud. Do you think it's a permission issue on my side, or a limitation right now with Google Drive? Quick side note: I'm using a ported version of ICS but not really having any other issues. But if others are able to write back with a 3rd party app, then maybe it is something to do with the port....just a thought? If anybody has any ideas....Thanks!
RikkKeith said:
I was going to create a new thread but in searching found this one. I'll use this one as maybe it applies with certain features not yet being implemented? Or am I overlooking or doing something wrong? I'll keep this simple. I use KeePass V1.x and KeepassDroid to keep my passwords in sync. It works great with DropBox. I have my database stored in the cloud and whenever I make a revision, it syncs across all my devices. Being the Google Whore I am, I was excited to try it with Google Drive. NO GO!
I can access the file and open the database with KeePassDroid without any issues. If I make a change and try to save it I get the following error. /data/data.com.google.android.apps.docs/cache/filecache2/123456789/databasename.kdb.tmp: open failed: EACESS (permissions denied). It won't let me write back to the database like DropBox will.
When I made the file available off-line, it would let me save the file, but it would not save that file back to the cloud. Do you think it's a permission issue on my side, or a limitation right now with Google Drive? Quick side note: I'm using a ported version of ICS but not really having any other issues. But if others are able to write back with a 3rd party app, then maybe it is something to do with the port....just a thought? If anybody has any ideas....Thanks!
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It *seems* to me like a limitation with their software. The fact that you can't even use the files outside of google drive/docs despite them being there indicates that either the files are encrypted, or in some other non-standard format. Uploading probably doesn't work because the file you put there are in the wrong format for the software to use them.
I switched back to Dropbox (which I never REALLY left) because of this. As a way to move files to your phone (like .zips to flash), Google drive falls short.
BK553 said:
I switched back to Dropbox (which I never REALLY left) because of this. As a way to move files to your phone (like .zips to flash), Google drive falls short.
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Send them clear, direct feedback. Maybe they'll change it. After all, the product was just launched
Same here. I suspect G will change over time .
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I switched back to Dropbox (which I never REALLY left) because of this. As a way to move files to your phone (like .zips to flash), Google drive falls short.
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Glad to see this thread. First thing I did was try to copy a file to my SD Card from Gdrive. Just keeps trying to open them. Only option I had was send to Dropbox from Gdrive and export from there. Kind of a waste of time.
Just wait and see what features they add on. Its still very early.
Is your phone rooted? Using ES file explorer, and having the "up to root" toggle enabled, if I went to the root directory /mnt/sdcard/download directory all of the 4 files I synced with google drive were able to be copied using ES file explorer without any problem at all.
It's a bit annoying, but for now it works for me!
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Is your phone rooted? Using ES file explorer, and having the "up to root" toggle enabled, if I went to the root directory /mnt/sdcard/download directory all of the 4 files I synced with google drive were able to be copied using ES file explorer without any problem at all.
It's a bit annoying, but for now it works for me!
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I could copy them no problem. The problem is, copied or not, they're unviewable.
Are you sure you are looking in the folder I mentioned, or are you looking in the folder that does not require root access? There is a link to those files in the directory that doesn't require root but even the thumbnail doesn't appear there.
Shrug, I pulled photos and a pc executable from that folder and copied it onto my SD card using the move option in ES file explorer which allowed me to email them to a friend.
How to enable Google Driver on my phone ?, i have download from Google Play but it's display not available in my country, hmm
When I went to the drive.google site after I installed the PC application it gave me a url to download the mobile app. I made sure "install non-market applications" was selected in my phone settings, opened up that site in my phone's browser, and installed it.
So I seem to have managed to get files from google drive onto my phone and tablet. I use an app called officesuite pro. I've got it on my prim and sgs2. It is a paid app but it connects to remote servers, google docs(drive), dropbox etc. If you access your files through there, you can copy the file, doc, zip whatever is on your google drive, and paste it to a local drive. All intact and usable.
This is crazy. As soon as my Drive was ready I transferred all my DB files to it thinking I'm all Google, so lets use it! Yeah, I can't access any of my files. With DB I could just long press a name, and download. Guess it's back to DB until Drive can do it too. Nice otherwise.
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Are you sure you are looking in the folder I mentioned, or are you looking in the folder that does not require root access? There is a link to those files in the directory that doesn't require root but even the thumbnail doesn't appear there.
Shrug, I pulled photos and a pc executable from that folder and copied it onto my SD card using the move option in ES file explorer which allowed me to email them to a friend.
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The folder you said was:
/mnt/sdcard/download , right?
I have the folder ( with a capital "D" though), except there are none of the files I made offline with drive in it.
stevemacer said:
So I seem to have managed to get files from google drive onto my phone and tablet. I use an app called officesuite pro. I've got it on my prim and sgs2. It is a paid app but it connects to remote servers, google docs(drive), dropbox etc. If you access your files through there, you can copy the file, doc, zip whatever is on your google drive, and paste it to a local drive. All intact and usable.
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Thanks for the tip. Still, might shame to have to jump through such hoops. The other question is: does it work with non-doc files?
BK553 said:
I switched back to Dropbox (which I never REALLY left) because of this. As a way to move files to your phone (like .zips to flash), Google drive falls short.
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same here. disappointing. but i hope they will change it in the future.
Yeah, it works with any type of file, I used it to download a zip. You can do it with jpegs too but you have to make it show unsupported files. Also, another way, probably easier is to log into google drive through your browser, you can download direct from there i've noticed. Just click on the file and it should give you the option to dl. Shame they haven't put this in the app.
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Yeah, it works with any type of file, I used it to download a zip. You can do it with jpegs too but you have to make it show unsupported files. Also, another way, probably easier is to log into google drive through your browser, you can download direct from there i've noticed. Just click on the file and it should give you the option to dl. Shame they haven't put this in the app.
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Funny I was just trying this. It does work, but it renames the file to some long weird label. Have you found a way to keep it the same name?
To be honest, i've not really tried it through the browser but when I download it through officesuite pro, it retains the original file name.
[ROOT][MOD][HOW TO] Disable Presidential Alert Text Messages
After reading this thread on how to remove the severe weather alerts, I took it upon myself to find a way to remove Presidential Alerts, which is not an option in the stock ROM. Sure enough, I found the preferences file that the stock messaging app uses, changed a Boolean value, and profited.
What I used:
- External SD card installed in the phone.
- File explorer with root capability (ES File Explorer in my case; I'm sure Root Explorer works just as well).
- PC with a Text Editor (Wordpad worked best for me). I had seen posts on other threads (don't remember exactly which ones) that stated using text editors on the phone may not be saving files properly, so I went with the tried and true route.
Here are the steps that I used, based on memory. (Assuming root capability is already enabled on the file explorer.) Apologies if I left anything out, since it's been a few days since I did this on my phone.
1. Open the file explorer and navigate to the directory /data/data/com.android.mms/shared_prefs
2. Make a copy of the file com.android.mms_preferences.xml and save that copy to the root of the external SD card.
3. Rename the original file to com.android.mms_preferences.xml.orig. This is backup of the original XML file just in case something goes wrong along the way.
4. Connect the external SD card to the PC by whatever means. (I unmounted/removed the external SD card, and inserted it into a card reader attached to the PC.)
5. Navigate to the disk drive corresponding to the external SD card.
6. Using the text editor, open the file com.android.mms_preferences.xml.
7. Search for the Boolean name #cmas#type##presidential#enabled.
8. Change the value associated with that Boolean from true to false.
9. Save the XML file.
10. Insert the external SD card back into the phone.
11. Copy the file com.android.mms_preferences.xml from the external SD card to the directory /data/data/com.android.mms/shared_prefs (you're overwriting the XML file that's already there - that's OK)
12. Exit the file explorer.
13. Reboot the phone. (Not sure if this is really needed, but it's good practice.)
14. After rebooting, check the Messaging settings and verify that there is no check next to Presidential Alerts.
15. (Optional) If Presidential Alerts are not checked, go back into /data/data/com.android.mms/shared_prefs with the file explorer and delete "com.android.mms_preferences.xml.orig".
Have fun!
Has anyone even received any presidential alerts yet? I hadn't even heard of them till this thread.
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TechSavvy2 said:
Has anyone even received any presidential alerts yet? I hadn't even heard of them till this thread.
Sent from my Galaxy S3 using Tapatalk 2
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No I havent. And I haven't figured out what it is. Is this going to be spam or is this going to be something important? If it is spam or anything to do with the elections then I want to get rid of it. Who put here? Verizon?
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PetRiLJoe said:
No I havent. And I haven't figured out what it is. Is this going to be spam or is this going to be something important? If it is spam or anything to do with the elections then I want to get rid of it. Who put here? Verizon?
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2
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You decide: http://transition.fcc.gov/pshs/services/eas/
bbeelzebub said:
I don't have kids, don't want them and don't like yours.
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Don't like my kids either, LOL.
EAS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Alert_System
...put into place on January 1, 1997...
EAS is designed to enable the President of the United States to speak to the United States within 10 minutes, but the nationwide federal EAS has never been activated.
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Replaced the old EBS ("...This is only a test...") which also was never used, but had a localized false alarm in 1971: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Broadcast_System#False_alarm_of_1971
I'd like to think EAS is pretty darn hacker and false alarm "resistant", but who knows.
And if it's nukes, gigantic meteors, mega-waves/volcanoes or martians we're all screwed anyway.
AlexDeGruven said:
Same with the severe weather alerts. They are there to tell you things like "There's a tornado coming down your street, take cover NOW!", not "It's going to rain Thursday.
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I live on top of a mountain in NC, and I received a weather alert warning me of flash floods in NY. I promptly disabled the severe weather alerts.
Hope this isn't too much of a dumb question: Does this method work on the T-mobile Galaxy S3? I navigated to the /data folder using ES File Explorer, but it is empty. I did some file searches in case it is located in a different folder, but couldn't find it (the *.xml file referenced in the OP) that way either. Any ideas? (I'm rooted with Wicked JB v3 rom) Any other roms that would get rid of this?
Thanks
el_mico said:
Hope this isn't too much of a dumb question: Does this method work on the T-mobile Galaxy S3? I navigated to the /data folder using ES File Explorer, but it is empty. I did some file searches in case it is located in a different folder, but couldn't find it (the *.xml file referenced in the OP) that way either. Any ideas? (I'm rooted with Wicked JB v3 rom) Any other roms that would get rid of this?
Thanks
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Do you have root explorer enabled in the ES File Explorer settings?
And thanks for the tip, I hate having things that aren't able to be deselected.
Though it doesn't seem to be working for me.
Deleted the original file, and upon reboot the file gets reset to "true". "False" won't stick.
CleanRom 5.5.1
Thanks!
ummduh said:
Do you have root explorer enabled in the ES File Explorer settings?
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That might be it. I've switched to a CM rom for now. I'll switch back to TW and check it sometime.
No more presidential alerts...
Worked like a charm. Just edited it to false right on the phone... Note 2...check is gone... Thanks for the post!
I received an AMBER alert on my phone today.. first time I had ever seen that.
FYI this mod works on the S4 too. Thanks to the OP for figuring it out. I have linked your thread in the Verizon S4 General section.
Easier Way - Pros Only
I wrote something on an easier to way to get this done, but I don't recommend it for newbies. It requires a working use of the vi editor. Hope it helps those old enough to remember how to use the vi editor.
http://www.sirslappy.com/2013/08/how-to-remove-presidential-alerts-on-galaxy-s4-verizon/
blazera said:
[ROOT][MOD][HOW TO] Disable Presidential Alert Text Messages
After reading this thread on how to remove the severe weather alerts, I took it upon myself to find a way to remove Presidential Alerts, which is not an option in the stock ROM. Sure enough, I found the preferences file that the stock messaging app uses, changed a Boolean value, and profited.
What I used:
- External SD card installed in the phone.
- File explorer with root capability (ES File Explorer in my case; I'm sure Root Explorer works just as well).
- PC with a Text Editor (Wordpad worked best for me). I had seen posts on other threads (don't remember exactly which ones) that stated using text editors on the phone may not be saving files properly, so I went with the tried and true route.
Here are the steps that I used, based on memory. (Assuming root capability is already enabled on the file explorer.) Apologies if I left anything out, since it's been a few days since I did this on my phone.
1. Open the file explorer and navigate to the directory /data/data/com.android.mms/shared_prefs
2. Make a copy of the file com.android.mms_preferences.xml and save that copy to the root of the external SD card.
3. Rename the original file to com.android.mms_preferences.xml.orig. This is backup of the original XML file just in case something goes wrong along the way.
4. Connect the external SD card to the PC by whatever means. (I unmounted/removed the external SD card, and inserted it into a card reader attached to the PC.)
5. Navigate to the disk drive corresponding to the external SD card.
6. Using the text editor, open the file com.android.mms_preferences.xml.
7. Search for the Boolean name #cmas#type##presidential#enabled.
8. Change the value associated with that Boolean from true to false.
9. Save the XML file.
10. Insert the external SD card back into the phone.
11. Copy the file com.android.mms_preferences.xml from the external SD card to the directory /data/data/com.android.mms/shared_prefs (you're overwriting the XML file that's already there - that's OK)
12. Exit the file explorer.
13. Reboot the phone. (Not sure if this is really needed, but it's good practice.)
14. After rebooting, check the Messaging settings and verify that there is no check next to Presidential Alerts.
15. (Optional) If Presidential Alerts are not checked, go back into /data/data/com.android.mms/shared_prefs with the file explorer and delete "com.android.mms_preferences.xml.orig".
Have fun!
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davey6693 said:
On my S7E, I found messaging preferences in
data/data/com.samsung.android.messaging/shared_prefs/com.samsung.android.messaging_preferences.xml
a couple of entries that may or may not help related to the boolean "cmas" variables:
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I expect there will be a lot of variation from firmware to firmware. Would be interesting to know if your method works...
In Lineage 15.1, I found:
/data/data/com.android.messaging/shared_prefs
but there are multiple preference files, none of which contain references to cmas, etws or anything else that seems related to emergency broadcasts. So, although not ideal, freezing cellbroadcastreceiver seems like my only method for now.
Hello all,
Please view my easy method to do this. Thanks
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...root-disable-presidential-alert-text-t3841385
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gbrauen said:
I know this is an old thread but seems to be the most relevant around. Yesterday, the Ontario Provincial Police issued a province-wide Amber Alert for a missing child in Thunder Bay using what would be called a "presidential alert" in the US. We'll probably have to rename it a "Bureaucratic Alert" since the plan in Canada is to use these for everything (!) according to the current thinking of the Canadian regulator (CRTC) without an opt-out.
For more (sorry: new member - can't post links), search for:
- Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2017-91
- Canadian "Alert Ready" FAQ: explains the attempt to rebrand the presidential alerts, highlighting that is the mechanism used.
Running LineageOS 15.1 on a OnePlus 3T, the original method no longer works, as GeTex pointed out above. /data/data/com.android.mms doesn't exist and the prefs file mentioned is not there.
Using Titanium backup, I have frozen CellBroadcastReceiver (com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver) on my phone. Since presidential alerts will be used for everything here (stupid, stupid, stupid), the need to turn these off has arrived.
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ihateverizon1 said:
Hello all,
Please view my easy method to do this. Thanks
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...root-disable-presidential-alert-text-t3841385
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Check my method :
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Posted in your thread but I'll post here too in case others have run into the same thing I did.
Trying this on my Nexus 5 (Hammerhead D821) and while I can find and edit the file, it looks like the line pertaining to presidential alerts is missing. Should I edit it in and set it to false?
Also, when I rebooted and checked the Emergency Alerts config in the Settings app, the boxes were still checked/active. I saw in another thread that the phone has to be set to airplane mode and a backup file deleted - is that what I'm missing here?
Thanks.
For non-rooted phones could a back up and restore with a changed settings file work? There was one from around here somewhere to enable YouTube dark theme in the months the app supported it, but Google hadn't decided to let you enable it.
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I have an old Samsung A3 using Android 7 and over the years I've journaled on the default Memo app, now that I have a new phone I want to extract all of these memos and have them saved somewhere on my PC before I factory reset. The issue is that you can only share one memo at a time and I have over 1100 entries. This would take forever. Is there a way to extract all of them in a convenient way that wouldn't involve tediously sharing each and every one of them to my drive?? Are they all located somewhere in a folder?
Youb could try using SmartSwitch for just that.
Android 11 will likely puke all over it though unless there's an updated version of that app.
It probably won't work as R doesn't like to share databases... you feeling secure?
Be careful you don't lose all of it...
It's stored in it's own folder or in the Android folder in the data folder. It may be encoded for just that app... if so danger Will Robinson, danger!
Sometimes the only way is the hard way
I use ColorNote, it automatically backs up to my SD card. For the cardless victim users it offers cloud backup.
blackhawk said:
Youb could try using SmartSwitch for just that.
Android 11 will likely puke all over it though unless there's an updated version of that app.
It probably won't work as R doesn't like to share databases... you feeling secure?
Be careful you don't lose all of it...
It's stored in it's own folder or in the Android folder in the data folder. It may be encoded for just that app... if so danger Will Robinson, danger!
Sometimes the only way is the hard way
I use ColorNote, it automatically backs up to my SD card. For the cardless victim users it offers cloud backup.
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I downloaded SmartSwitch and backed up memos and this was what I got.
I'm assuming it's encrypted. Is there a way to decrypt this so I'm able to have all of them in a readable format. I feel like I should theoretically have 1100 files but it's just one?
That's a great question and I have no clue.
I see 2 options.
If you can load that app on your new phone then inject that folder data into it's new folder you may get lucky.
Or you have a day or two of work ahead...
With ColorNote you can use hyperlinks that open directly from the "note" in the browser. No cut and paste needed. I use it for bookmarks too.
I also use an old free copy of WPS to create word documents to avoid this kind of fubar.
I doubt that app copy would even load on R however it did install on Q.
Android has screwed up their platform so badly with R that I will be running on Q for at least 2 more years. I simply won't tolerate R trashing my trusted apps... and I have other better options.
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Rename the file memo.nmmm to memo.zip and then extract the ZIP-file.
You'll get a file named memo.bk wherein all the memos are stored. Take not that this file may be encrpyted unless you opted for "No encryption" in Smart Switch app's settings.
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Rename the file memo.nmmm to memo.zip and then extract the ZIP-file.
You'll get a file named memo.bk wherein all the memos are stored. Take not that this file may be encrpyted unless you opted for "No encryption" in Smart Switch app's settings.
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I have it in .bk but how would I read it?
IIRC then the contents of memo.bk is a SQlite (version 3) database, filename is mmssms.db.
Use this to read db: DB Browser for SQLite 3.12.0
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IIRC then the contents of memo.bk is a SQlite (version 3) database, filename is mmssms.db.
Use this to read db: DB Browser for SQLite 3.12.0
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I'm not familiar with this type of stuff but I've downloaded it and tried "open new database" and then selecting memo.bk which tells me isn't a database. Am I doing something wrong?