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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nmeseth:
I consider myself fairly capable with rooting/etc, but I got a new Galaxy S3 recently and it came with literally 5 pages of samsung bloatware and its impossible to find the apps I want.

After searching for bloatware removal I saw Paratool, and absolutely love it.

My two questions:

1) I've seen a few people reference that Sprint ROMS/software works just fine with the US Cellular SCH-R530 model. The download I chose for rooting was a sprint one, so I imagine this is correct, I just want to make sure.

2) When you install a Stock DeOdexed ROM, is it rooted? I'm not familiar with the concept itself. If anyone has a link to the appropriate download that would be nice, if not just the correct things to search for. Getting a lot of results via google and not sure where to look.

Just a bit confused and I'd rather be informed before messing with my phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WindroidApps:
I don't know as far as the sprint=us cellular thing goes, but I'm pretty sure all custom ROM's are gonna be rooted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Cendron:
I am currently on T-Mobile JB stock obtained from Kies. I then odined TWRP 2.5 and rooted. Now when I wipe data/factory reset in TWRP before flashing AOKP/CM do I also need to wipe preload? I made two backups in TWRP: One with preload and one without.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] IVIorph:
yes... I always wipe preload... I never have issues...

here is my wipe and flash guide... just read the steps in the text file linked

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2249849
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Cendron:
Thank you! I found your guide shortly after I posted my question. Nice work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Milor123:
Hey dude, are you sure? Could I do manually format of bootloader in my mt6582 and then download the bootloader with sp flashtool? Could you answer to my problem linked in this post, Manually Format the booloader for "PTM changed" problem ??
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adizntk:
Please could someone tell me what this is and how to get rid of it? it just occured today and it's not software fault as I have re-flashed to stock rom and its still the same? I would send it off for repair but I don't know if my warranty is still valid because I've taken off the original screen protector and there is no sony logo :(
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
It looks like dirt on your rug to me :D

Seriously, the black dot is in the same place on the rug in both images.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adizntk:
I've tried to wash it of but nothing happens and I Can't even see that when I look on the actual camera sensor so I don't know what it is :(

EDIT:

Would taking front screen protector off void my warranty?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
So you're saying that there is no dirt on your rug? Look at the images you posted, the black dots are in exactly the same place on the rug in both of them.

If there was a problem with the sensor or lens, surely the black dot would appear in the same place on every image.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danw_oz:
Dust on the inside of your phone over the glass, this has just been reported by someone else, not sure why people keep opening new threads instead of searching, and reading
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
Dust moves and gets smaller and larger on it's own? Did you even look at the images in the op?

Edit: Hmmm, another thread in this section seems to suggest that dust will move about inside the lens. Apologies for the argumentative post :beer:

Seems pretty poor for a phone with an IP57 rating as this has never happened to me with any phone I've had and I work in some pretty dirty environments.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adizntk:
No there is no dirt on it I've cleaned that a million of times and it doesnt help, also when I record a video the dot seems to move, jump up and down even if I dont move but I'm not sure maybe its just my

eyes going funny :(
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingvortex:
See this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2249697

It must have been a huge coincidence that the mark was in the same place on your rug in both pictures :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Montague:
I heard that some of the xperia z have this problem, having a black dot inside the lens, so you are not the only one in the world, it's just bad luck. Go back to the store where you get your z, see if you can get an exchange.

If you Google the problem you will find some people also have the same problem with their phones.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danw_oz:
Yep saw the photos, and one is a digital zoom by the looks of it.

---------- Post added at 10:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:38 AM ----------

Inside your device, doesn't matter how many times you clean the outside
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adizntk:
Thanks for your help guys, I hope I can get that fixed free of charge as I have taken off the front original screen protector but we see how it goes, it's really anoying me that I had it since 28th of february and I didn't have any problems with it and now this happend :(
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *boy*racer*:
Well its happened to me now. To make things worse, I washed it to see if it helped and now water got in my headphone flap :(
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooi7766:
When you see black dock means you need to send to service center and claim new one as got people did before.There is no way to fix this problem ,maybe camera had enter some water and spoil that camera.
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boyob32:
Definitely dust inside. I've had it, still get it.... Best fix is to give the phone a bang... Seriously. Or try and get out replaced...

Xperia Z
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dsteppa:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2311497
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *boy*racer*:
Bugger. I bought it second hand ages ago so dont think it has warranty.

Hmm I'll try that if my phone don't sell by tomorrow on eBay for £250.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] IndioMaligno:
i've got a qtek 1010 pocketpc and i'l like to use the internal modem to make a data call over gsm to an other pda (whitch use a gsm mobile via infrared). On my PDA ipaq i use "Createfile" to talk with mobile but un my qtek this approach does not work...

Can some one give me suggestions???

Thanks

Fabio Petagna
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mamaich:
you should use docummented TAPI and optionally RIL calls to establish data connection.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] IndioMaligno:
Thanks alot, i found this on msdn

To create a modem connection by using TAPI

Call the lineInitializeEx function to initialize TAPI.

Call the lineOpen function to open the line.

Call the lineMakeCall function.

Call the lineGetMessage function, as needed, to receive status messages from TAPI.

Call the lineDeallocateCall function.

Call the lineClose function to close the line connection.

Call the lineShutdown function to end the session.

Ok but what about send data over the connection???
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] pirks:
WriteFile(ComHandle);
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] derek210:
Does anyone know a good app that will sync a folder on your phone and computer over wifi? It would be nice if I made a change to the fold on the computer or on the phone if it would mimic that on the other.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mar5hal:
Drop box?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] willdeng:
Dropbox all the way
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] derek210:
Sorry I should have gave more info, it's for music. Mostly flac files. I don't want to stream that much lol my data plan would be shot. Since I have a lot of music and download some straight from my phone and do a lot of work to rename folders and songs it would be nice to have it update on both but not were I have to stream them.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] derek210:
For anyone looking for this I found an awesome one. Cheetah sync is what I just started using. You can choose to sync from computer to phone, phone to computer or two way. It's free but it looks like you have to pay 2.99 after a trial period.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] alacrify:
Titanium Backup (worth the money) has a media sync add-on that sounds like it would do what you want. I haven't tried it (don't need it).

It does require root, but that's already done :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] wdouglass:
If you have a file server set up (or you have "shared folders" set up in Windows) AndSMB works really well.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mcmb03:
What about titanium media sync?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] derek210:
I thought about trying titanium media sync but wasn't sure if it's what I was looking for. Haven't heard of andsmb. Cheetah sync seems to be working well. It is nice because I can choose to 2 way sync where if I have deleted a duplicate or added tags or changed a song title it will update on the computer as well
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] nacos:
FolderSync
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ARsportsfan14:
Airdroid

Personally I use AirDroid, and I love it for syncing music/movies and whatnot. You can change up files on there also.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5zYW5kLmFpcmRyb2lkIl0.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Droidfish:
I'm using airdroid too, it's not a syncing service, but it gets the job done. As happy as I am switching back to an android device,I really miss iTunes sync, even the tethered sync beats anything I've found for android.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] prashob131:
The App you are looking for is BtSync http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync.html

It can sync folder between multiple devices, it can sync files through wifi LAN or through internet, there is option to sync through wifi only.

BtSynce is available for Android, windows, linux, mac and even for NAS devices :good:

Its very efficient in syncing large multimedia files, also its free.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] mymusicathome:
Google drive?

Sent from my Nexus 10
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] KennyG123:
Please read forum rules before posting

Questions and Help issues go in Q&A and help section

Thread moved

Thank you for your cooperation

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[General Topics] aymelis:
Hi all,

I've installed custom ROMs many times, and always used Titanium Backup (Pro) to re-install all my apps and settings automatically.

I was suprised today after installing PAC-ROM 22.1.0 (Jelly Bean 4.2.2) to have the Play Store automatically re-install all my apps. I did not have to use Titanium this time...

Is that a new feature from 4.2.2 ? Or from the Play Store itself ?

Thanks for your thoughts ;)

regards
[General Topics] culaterout:
No google store is restoring your last installed apps free not quite sure how many apps are being installed. Figure around last 60 apps. I wish they wouldn't i test lots of apps. I would say i get about 20 junk apps installed every time :(
[General Topics] shinobisoft:
It's an option that you enable or disable when setting up a Google account on a device.
[General Topics] culaterout:
What is quoted below is directly from Google play store! So how did you come to your conclusion?

Permanently removing uninstalled apps

At this time, there is no way to permanently delete or remove apps from the Google Play website (My Orders/My Android Apps) or from the Google Play Store app (My Apps) that you’ve previously downloaded but have since uninstalled.

Uninstalling apps using the Google Play website

To uninstall apps from play.google.com, simply visit the My Android Apps section. Click on your desired device, then click the trash can icon (to the left of the INSTALLED button) next to the app you'd like to uninstall. Click UNINSTALL to confirm.

Sent from my Nexus 4
[General Topics] sob372:
Some apk's of the playstore in gapps packages have auto restore where, as someone stated earlier, youre most recently installed apps are reinstalled. In some cases all of them. Its usually just something the dev who created the gapps package puts together. Ive never heard of it being an option in google settings.
[General Topics] shinobisoft:
First of all, the OP is not asking how to uninstall apps via Play Store. My conclusion is from experience. Flashing many ROMs and having to setup my google account with every new ROM. After entering your Google username and password you are prompted by a checkbox that asks to keep this device backed up on google. Enabling it causes the behaviour the OP is reporting.

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I never said it was an option in google settings. I said it was an option presented when setting up your google account on a device.
[General Topics] culaterout:
Understood what you said hoping you knew of option to stop apps from reinstalling after google account was already setup!

I guess i should have asked in a question. Did not mean to get you on defensive. My Second android phone was hoping that google by now would have seen these pitfalls in reinstallion of apps and customers need to experiment.

I wish google would get its act together realize 90% of apps i dont want are free in the first place. Its annoying to see free apps being reinstalled. I could understand paid apps being reinstalled but free apps come on Google Play Store!

But thanks for the reply! :)
[General Topics] shinobisoft:
Unfortunately I don't know how to stop the reinstallation, sorry. I don't normally use that feature anyways. Google seems to be getting too big for their britches too. As for me being on the defensive, it's all good ;) .
[General Topics] Nigeldg:
I've probably misunderstood the issue here but if you want to stop the restoration of apps on each new ROM flash then just go to settings>backup & restore and uncheck the boxes for keeping the phone backed up and restoring the phone each time. If you mean that you want it only to install the paid apps and not free apps then I have no clue, sorry.

EDIT: whoops, quoted the wrong person. :p
[General Topics] aymelis:
Agreed, same experience so far... I always answer yes/ok

However, as i said, it's the first time my apps get re-installed by themselves. Anyways, does this mean that Titanium Backup became obsolete ?

Btw, since play store v3.9 or so, one can remove the apps from the account (except he paid ones). One can even select as many apps as required and remove them all at once. Go to my applications>all apps.

Regards
[General Topics] MissionImprobable:
I tell you one thing: it's never worked well. If I try to move over onto WiFi so that my battery won't be violated and it won't be downloading for half a day it always stops reloading them and it won't work again. This would be a great feature if it worked well.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] WhittyAndrew:
I upgraded my phone from the stable cm10, to the experimental cm10.1 (stupid, I know), after getting too frustrated with the glitches I went to downgrade back to 10.0 using CWM, I did a factory reset, and cleared the cache and everything and found myself in a bootloop. Thinking I just had to live with CM10.1 until a stable version came out I tried to flash CM10.1 back on again to get out of the bootloop, unfortunately my phone is still stuck in a bootloop. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this? I'm thinking that flashing the stock ics rom, then reflashing cyanoganmod 10 might work but i'm not sure.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] IVIorph:
Try TWRP 2.5.0.0 does a great job of wiping

read the steps on how to wipe and flash in the text file link

hope this helps you out m8 :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2249849
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] WhittyAndrew:
Thanks for the help man, did the stock rom flash which worked, then i did another cyanogenmod rom flash and still got a bootloop. I ended up just doing a darkside super wipe and it booted fine. One other quick question for anyone that can help, my phone keeps breifly freezing every 5 or so seconds, it's just like a quick stop and happens for everything from scrolling a page, to watching a video. Does anyone have an explanation for this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] LlamaLord:
Anyone else get this??? I only get it when i go into the pictures and camera...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troobadu:
Hi all,

I noticed that, if I set the phone to use stock wallpaper and live wallpaper (stock launcher), the notification bar will become transparent. When I try to use different picture (e.g. HTC One Wallpaper [1080 x 1920]), the bar become black. Why is that?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PLUG313:
hmm interesting, what if you use another launcher? does the wallpaper still matter?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troobadu:
I tested with Nova Launcher. No matter if I set stock or custom wallpaper, both will have the black notification bar.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nookcoloruser:
Was literally just about to post to ask this as I've just spent 30 minutes trying to get the notification bar to be transparent with no success and thought it was something I was doing wrong.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roguex:
I'd like to get transparent notification bar too. I think it makes the phone look MUCH better especially on the lock screen. It seems only wallpapers from the wallpaper app turn the bar transparent.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nniicckkss:
Just thinking out aloud here, but can you add wallpapers to the app and then select them as if they were default ones?

I know you can open the .apk file with WinRar, and I believe you can drag and drop files into the app. this way.

Open: 'SecWallpaperChooser.apk' from the system > app folder (I guess you'd need to be rooted) and add files in the following folder with the other wallpapers.

res > drawable-sw359dp-xxhdpi

This is as far as my theory goes. I don't know if the app would recognise new .jpg files added in the sequence of others 'fhd_09.jpg' (1920 x 1920 pixels) & 'fhd_09_small.jpg' (320 x 284 pixels), or if you might need to overwrite the default ones (after backing them up first - or just back up the complete .apk before editing).

Once you've added the wallpapers, you'd need to overwrite (and set permissions?) the existing wallpaper app in the system > app folder.

...or the whole idea just might not work for some other reason I'm not aware of- anyone want to try it out? Worth a try.

I haven't got my phone yet, and I'm still not sure on rooting just yet if I had it...

Please let me know if you try this and it works or not, but just don't flame me if its a stupid idea! Oh, and if it breaks your phone then it's not my fault too! ;)

:cool:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamps:
Damn. What a coincidence, came to post a new thread regarding this and found this 1. Looking forward to the solution.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harsha Raj:
This theory makes sense:

Source

The only way to make the status bar transparent with non stock wallpaper would be if someone posts a modded Touchwiz.apk.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inolvidable:
Jetbruceli managed to turn sgs3 statusbar transparent by changing something in systemui.apk http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1903882

Grey Status Bar Fix and Transparent MC3/2/MB5/3

Awesome achievement. It is the only element I truly miss from my s3. Not sure if this could help any s4 developer to give it a try

¡¡So say we all!! from my GT-I9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cracou111:
Hi. Very interested in a solution for this :):good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vijai2011:
Decompile SystemUI.apk,Go to values/drawable.xml and change "status_bar_background" value to #00e1e1e1 like in the attachment.Then recompile,sign it and push it.Hopefully should work.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jack1131:
Sorry but there is no file named values/drawable.xml in systemui.apk

Does the phone be rooted to do this?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harsha Raj:
Yes you need to be rooted to edit system files.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vijai2011:
You have to first deodex SystemUI.apk,decompile it with apktool,Go to res/values and there will be the file I meant :P.Do the changes,recompile it and push it back.Delete the odex from your phone if you have it.

OFC you need root to do the above :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roninep:
Im coming from the HTC Evo4G LTE that I rooted and put many ROMs/Mods on. I am NOT knowledgable but just followed all the DEVs instructions. The custom ROM I used did not have a transparent notification bar either, so I just took one of the custom ROMs bar mods (zip flashable file), opened it to the systemui.apk file, changed some files in it, and flashed it.

There were about 6 PNG files in the systemui/res/drawable.xhdpi folder that said "status_bar_background.png" (and other similar names). I made new ones in a photo editing program that were transparent and the same size. I renamed them the same names and overwrote them in the systemui apk file. It seemed like a hard thing at first, but it really isnt. I talked to my ROMs DEV and he said that there was only like 2 files I really needed to change, instead of the 6, but I just left it alone as it worked. Im not saying it was the right way though.

I would love it if all you had to do was change a few numbers or letters in an xml file.

I get my S4 today, and definately want a transparent top bar. I think most custom ROMs will implement it, but if not, they usually make top bar modification flash files to change things likes clocks, icons, etc. It should be easy to do when they start coming out.

Also, can someone clear up. Is the top bar where the clock,time,etc is called the navigation bar or status bar ? Ive seen and heard it used both ways. Thanks

Just my .02 worth. Hope it helps.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stepanooo:
live wallpaper

So no way how to set live full screen wallpaper without root?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdedeaux:
I have a strangev similar situation. I can get my lock screen wallpaper to be transparent only if I change it back and forth Bl between a stock one like 15 times......WTF
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rob45ert:
thought it was something I was doing wrong.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skanj:
Works for me with Nova. Also working with live wallpapers.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Confirmed. Based on this thread, Nova Launcher version 2.1 Beta 4 has this feature implemented. It doesn't work on the lockscreen though.

Final version 2.1 has been on Play Store since May 13th 2013.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mike Fitz:
The current version on the play store works, just tried it with one of my wallpapers on the home screen. Forgot how nice it was to have, love the ability to have the homescreen in landscape view.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HonZuna:
Why

I really dont understand why Samsung make this limitation. They want to ensure that everyone will have default wallpapers or what ?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DevilzGtr:
There is a setting in my Nova launcher to toggle the transparency of the notification bar:

Go to Look & Feel for the transparent notification bar check box
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s2jx6h:
ماقيتو لنا حل
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nasseem:
How do you see the on screen time? There's history and usage but where does it say the on screen time?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yvibes:
Download app from play store called gsam battery monitor, that's what everyone is using
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] pstevep:
i am dissappoint :victory: