yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
3 per day or 3 in total? When I last used it it was 3 per day. Also if you're looking to flash a recovery you can just use D-Fuse's app Avant Exploded.

Also, this is exactly why whenever I get an app I like I always keep a backup copy of the apk. I also change my settings in the play store to never auto-update apps. My phone is like its own app market lol. For some apps I might have 3 different versions backed up. You never know when an update, intended to support a new device, will cause an app to not work on the devices you have. Then there's just plain old crappy updates. Any time I can get my hands on an app that doesn't have the MEHterial design of LolliPOOP I hoard it like gold. It won't be long before holo designed apps are no longer available.

Sorry for the rant I get carried away sometimes.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
I actually like material design and lollipop running it on my nexus 7 2013, here to hoping it won't die anytime soon ?
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
Well I have taken a whole new direction with this room. I have removed as much touch wiz as possible
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
I need a t mobile user that does'nt have hot spot to do some testing for me we are trying to get it hacked and i have 5 gigs a month
[General Questions and Answers] codyedmonson:
Would a metro user work? Or does it have to be T-Mobile?
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
I am actually thinking I can get it to work on Metro too
[General Questions and Answers] rudmarley:
What rom is it, master?
[General Questions and Answers] codyedmonson:
Send whatever you need tested my way and I'll test if for you (:
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
Already been done
[General Questions and Answers] codyedmonson:
Will flash this in a little bit, what exactly is it supposed to do so I kn if it works or not?
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
Mobile hotspot hack

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I really need to know if that worked so i can move on to the next thing or try again
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
I would but believe it or not tmobile hasn't been tracking my Hotspot usage idk how or why, but I do have the 30 dollar plan and continue to use way more than 100mb tethering a month
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
Ok so how this supposed to work when you turn on hot spot it goes to either a t mobile or metro web site to check for tether well this mod redirects those web sites to another website the returns tether is ok .
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
Hey so this has already been done check this out

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57869320
[General Questions and Answers] codyedmonson:
So this is the mod you have done? That one still directs you to a metro upsell page though
[General Questions and Answers] jcl972:
I've already had it . It breaks the page on the phone that tells you to get the plan. But you still get upsell page on the computer you use. There is also a zip on this thread that puts the option on your phone for bluetooth tether.
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
Yeah it still counts the data used pdanet
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
You're awesome lol
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
One I'm working on
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Question I can't remember but does this phone have a tick thing to know if ya rooted and what not? And if it does is it possible to reset.. I know on the s5 that once you do you can't remove the flag.. or whatever it's called
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
Knox yes it does
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
If you end up having a problem that can't be fixed by restoring a backup or flashing firmware, in most cases you can just do a factory reset and flash it back to the stock firmware and swap it out without anyone checking to see if Knox has been tripped. Returning the phone back to Samsung is the only case where it is very likely that they will check knox.

Unless you just so happen to get someone who knows how to boot the phone in download mode.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
True I'd prob never take it to samsung cause I don't have one near, and plus warranty is almost finished in a few months anyways cause I bought it when it launched lol that's how much I hated the L9
[General Questions and Answers] Top Nurse:
For those that get the up sell pop up when using tether software, I have found a work around. By using a TOR (The Onion Router) browser the Metro PCS can't see it and you no longer get those up sell blocks. :D
[General Questions and Answers] xanlexian:
Re: Tethering

I've been a MetroPCS customer now for going on 15 years. I've never used tethering until my previous phone that the Avant replaced. An LG MS-770 ('LG Motion'). The MS770 was also a MetroPCS 4G-LTE phone. The LG's tethering app didn't have any of this "pay for the tethering plan now! to get access!" or any such nonsense.

My coding days are long since over, my last being with WinCE 2003SE ROM hacking. I take it the app MetroPCS used in the MS770 (that just worked, never asked about subscriptions, or anything of that nature. Just a simple app that worked) can not simply be moved over to the Avant?

Just doesn't work that way anymore, does it? If it helps anyone for any reason, I still have access to a non-rooted LG-770 as well as a rooted LG-770 (I have 2 of them). Both with stock ROMs.

Tethering isn't an issue in the least bit for me, but seeing as others are really wanting this, just thought I'd try to do at least a little to help the scene/developers. Although, this is about all I can offer :(
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
https://www.torproject.org
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
You can also change your browser to look like android
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
Work on some status bar mod touch the battery text to turn off screen long press to open power menu and the lte icon is the home button
[General Questions and Answers] Top Nurse:
So how do u get the desk top browser to look like Android? Im running a 64 bit Chrome.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
What I mean by that is spoofing, there's a extention you can install on chrome that will change the headers of sites u go to to look like android thus no up sell page.. but it's not a full fix
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
Try this pdanet it as a program you need to down that in settings it has a hide terther usage

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B62c5GHvW-zaZEw3Qm5uT1FpVFE/edit?usp=docslist_api
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
I am gonna start a group hangout for the avant if you want to join hit me up on hangouts at dfuse06@gmail.com
[General Questions and Answers] redeyezzjay:
Hey if it's not to late I'm trying to get in on your hangout. Thanks, jaysromnroot@gmail.com
[General Questions and Answers] JazzMartian:
Oh that's on the cheap for an extended battery...compared to the (discontinued) Sony Extra Life Battery Kit for the PSP. It doesn't cost as much as a Galaxy Avant, but it does cost as much as a Galaxy S6 at FULL MSRP:

http://www.amazon.com/PSP-Extended-Life-Battery-Kit-Sony/dp/B00298K7CC

I have one brand new/sealed that I bought a couple years ago or so...for like $20-$30. They used to retail for at least double that IIRC. I bought it as a backup, as I could tell that the Sony Extended Battery that's currently in my PSP is/was starting to show signs of degradation. I didn't start using the new one yet though, as I wanted to wait 'til my current one got annoyingly bad. Anyways, atm I don't know where the new/sealed extra is, which is what prompted me to check out on Amazon what they're going for, and was like :eek:. I'm not sure of what I'll do with it if/when I find it, but if I'm wise about it, I'll sell it. I'll even maybe let it go for $100 less than the cheapest brand new one on Amazon. Maybe treat myself to an S6 or a PS4. So many cool toys that I could get for what that battery is going for. :D
[General Questions and Answers] DroidJP:
I thought lithium-ion lose capqcity gradually as they sit there. I had a battery backup for this mp3 player i had years ago. When it was finally time to swap the battery. The backup battery that remained unused inside the packaging. Turns out the battery went bad. Had issues holding a charge.
[General Questions and Answers] JazzMartian:
You know what, you're right absolutely afaik. I'm no electrical engineer, or li-on battery expert, but... I bought an original Pandora battery back in the day (Datel brand - Sony made them cry uncle and they stopped making 'em), and it sat for quite awhile (like 2 years or so) before I attempted to use it on my PSP. By that time, it was dead as it gets. I'm glad you brought that up, cause obviously I haven't been thinking clearly about the situation! I need to locate that thing asap, and attempt to fully charge it. It will immediately lose half it's value once I crack open the packaging, even if I "save" the battery. That's just how it goes, against all logic at times. Whatever though. I'm kinda foolish enough with certain things that I might end up keeping it anyways. This is all despite the fact that since I received an Nvidia Shield Portable this past Christmas, and the PSP is all but retired lol.
[General Questions and Answers] DroidJP:
Yet, when it comes to low self discharge nimh batteries. They can sit for years and all it takes is 1 or 2 charge/discharge cycles and they are as good as new. Where is the "superiority" of li-ions now. I swear, been replacing li-ion than a set of pack of eneloops lol. Thats y i stick to external powerpacks powered by eneloops to charge up my phone. The Avant, i only had it more than a month and already the battery drains in a few hours.
[General Questions and Answers] Top Nurse:
PDANet saves the day!

Thanks for the tip! I got it uprgraded to full capability because I bought this app over 4 years ago. Gotta love Gmail search :D

No more annoying METRO PCS up sell pop ups.

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So I gather someone has made a custom ROM? Where can I get it? I was on the testing team for Bonsai a few years ago. Since my phone is always doing odd things I can really test it out and give quality feedback.
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
Hit me up on hangouts we have a group chat going on
[General Questions and Answers] deathsquad737:
I'm willing to test I have metro ver. Rooted 4.4.2 cwm recovery
[General Questions and Answers] Top Nurse:
Been playing around and now have an Official rom status on my Metro PCS after having rooted and tore out some stuff. Everybody else able to do this?

Sent from my Suppressed Ruger Scout
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
When a lithium ion battery is just sitting being unused for an extended period of time its best to have a 40 to 60 percent charge on it. If it sits around with a charge level above or below that it degrades faster. That's why when you buy a new phone the battery is only about half charged. This keeps the battery from going bad before they can sell the phone.

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Hold up, you're saying that you're rooted but the device status says official?
[General Questions and Answers] billa:
Network unlock the G386T / Avant

In case this hasn't been posted yet, here's how to network unlock the G386T

Just flash the file below through Odin to enable the unlock menu.

http://d-h.st/K4R7

Click on the second blue button "Download Now" instead of the first orange one if you don't want to see ads.

After reboot enter #7465625*638*#

Then enter the unlock code from wherever you can get it from.

Enjoy,

BillA
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
This doesn't work
[General Questions and Answers] billa:
You can't use the official app even after enabling the unlock menu.

Rather you must obtain the actual network unlock code from one of the online unlocker sites.

It worked perfectly for me.

Hope that clears it up.

BillA
[General Questions and Answers] Top Nurse:
Yes. I have the Triangle Away app on, but it was going back and forth between custom and official status. Then I found a file called FUSED Status and ripped that out and now it stays on Official Status. Of course I also ripped out all the KNOX stuff as well.

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Was playing around in the About Device and found an Easter Egg. Click Status and scroll down to where it says "Android version 4.42" and tap it really fast.

A big white "K" pops up on a black screen with what appears to be the Google Eye in the background. Click screen again and it spins counter clockwise. Click again and it spins Clockwise. Click screen again real fast and a big Red/White screen pops up and says "Android" and "ANDROID 4.4.2

Use back key to get out.

So does this work on any Android phone?
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Yeah they have had this easter egg included in every version of android. I only found out about it like 8 months ago though
[General Questions and Answers] codyedmonson:
Hold down on the big white k and see what else happens
[General Questions and Answers] rudmarley:
Yeah, I think it work on any samsung android. I did on s3 , grand, and some others. . It even work on jelly bean..

K is kitkat. Cmiiw..
[General Questions and Answers] DMedina559:
Any android, it an Easter egg google put in the version of android starting with 2.3 Gingerbread
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
http://www.askvg.com/hidden-secret-easter-eggs-and-daydreams-in-google-android-devices/
[General Questions and Answers] codyedmonson:
I know what happens lol, I was just telling him to try it for himself ?
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Lol, I knew about the Easter egg but never knew about that part.
[General Questions and Answers] tylerholbrook:
Haha, that easter egg has been around for ages, hold down on it and you get a flappy android, like flappy bird. Or maybe that's just lollipop, i use my note 10.1 2014 ed way more than this phone. Anyone else get force closes like crazy on this phone? I really dislike this phone mainly because the signal is so weak I constantly hit dead spots.
[General Questions and Answers] the me:
Unlock g386t

hello there

could any body confirm that flashing tmobile G386T with metropcs firmware , will let the phone asking for unlock code ?

im try the both metropcs firmware , they didnt ask for code !!

how we can unlock this ??:confused:
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Yes the flappy bird is part of lollipop easter egg only, second we get app closes cause touchwiz hogs up the ram and there is a possible memory leak from what ive seen usually have to restart the phone every day or so
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Your phone's unique unlock code will only work with the firmware that came on it.
[General Questions and Answers] Top Nurse:
Done some more footing around and the FUSED Location app had nothing to do with getting the Official Status in the about Device screen. Can someone with a stock rooted phone install Triangle Away and just check the box where it says it can "Allow tracker to run"? Reboot and go to Status and it should show the phone scanning and after a few minutes it should show an official status.

Sent from my Suppressed Ruger Scout
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
I always try unlocking the device by code before putting different roms on it just makes things simpler later on
[General Questions and Answers] the me:
thats mean all unlocking providers and ebay sellers , which says flashing the tmobile avant with metropcs firmware to let this phone asking for code are ((Fraudsters)) :rolleyes:

no chance for me with the official tmobile unlock device application , didnt to know what to do .
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
I'd ask tforce about it who knows it might come in a update they did say the phone will get update to enable band 12 and might fix the broken unlock app
[General Questions and Answers] spaniolo:
it works on the galaxy S5 bur I am getting the big lollipop and instead of spinning it changes colors each time I hit the screen. Looks like it works on other phones...
[General Questions and Answers] DroidJP:
I enabled band 12. So far i have yet to notice anything new.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Just takes time some areas are popping up other may show up in the next few months I'd def go ahead and enable it though especially if your in the area where they have band 12
[General Questions and Answers] DroidJP:
So what is band 12 suppose to do?
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
From what I understand band 12 travels farther so it would give you LTE signal in areas where you didn't before.
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Band 12, being a low, 700MHz frequency, carries further and penetrates buildings better than higher frequencies. Basically, you get better coverage overall, and you won't drop from LTE to E simply by walking through Wal*Mart's doors.
[General Questions and Answers] DroidJP:
Oh i see. That's good. I notice that i have lte even when inside. Now is it even faster?
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
Well the thing is, there is no ROMs for this phone, yet. Also doesn't this recovery that's in here do the same thing as a cwm recovery, it still flashes things though SD and stuff. But I'd be cool if we can get a recovery just to make things easier for ROMs to appear. Also we REALLY need is our own forum area. C'mon XDA!

Sent from my Galaxy Avant
[General Questions and Answers] TTan777:
How Long should this take?

I took the dive and did it. And I've been sitting here saying "Downloading: Do not turn off target" for about 10 minutes. Is this right, or am I screwed?

I placed the file into the phone. Turned off the phone

Pressed down, home, and power. Allowed it to run. Then I got the screen for downloading.
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
You're supposed to launch Odin and then put the phone into download mode then flash. You don't put the file into the phone.

Download the file from the chainfire website with the correct phone model, the file comes with Odin and the file you need to flash, put phone into b download mode and connect via USB to PC, then open Odin, select the PDA or phone button, that will open a window to select the md5 file that you download, find and select the file and click start.
[General Questions and Answers] jamesm113:
Is there a way to confirm the bootloader is unlocked before attempting to root?
[General Questions and Answers] TTan777:
Thanks

Thanks for the help. So, the only option I see is PDA, Phone is greyed out. Is it okay to do it in PDA?

I've tried restarting ODIN and restarting the phone while plugged in, but its greyed out.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Just flash it. There's more than enough proof on here that it works.

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Check the messages board on the bottom left. It should say "connected!" I believe. Make sure the phone is in download mode, select PDA and navigate to the folder you have the md5 file in. There shouldn't be anything greyed out. There wasn't on mine anyways.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Here's what my screen looked like after I flashed it. Took it from the avant's camera. So yeah, the quality isn't great.
[General Questions and Answers] TTan777:
I did it!

If I can do it, anyone can do it people.

I made some directions specific for this phone, just so that no one messes up like me.

1. Go to website: autoroot.chainfire.eu

2. Download package for SM-G386T (donate to be a community member)

3. Unzip it.

4. Open Odin3-v.07 on computer

5. Turn off phone.

6. Hold Down Vol, Home, and Power, simultaneously.

7. Press Up Vol to accept

8. Connect phone to computer via USB

9. Confirm that the message in Odin says "Added"

10. Check box for PDA and click on PDA, to select the file "CF-Auto-Root...." that is in the unzipped folder

11. Click Start

12. It'll restart the phone on its own. Odin should say "Pass!" on the upper left.

13. When phone on, download Root Check and run it to confirm that its been rooted.
[General Questions and Answers] jamesm113:
The root worked for me, running ANHA. Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] idtheftvictim:
Of course there aren't ROM's for the phone yet. You need a working recovery in order to do that. You guys just got Root, so now things can take off.

Since the bootloader is NOT locked, root has been obtained, a recovery shouldn't be too difficult to put together for the makers of TWRP or CWM recovery.

I don't have a good enough machine, or the knowledge yet to try and put together a recovery.

I do know that in order to start working on a recovery, I believe the dev's need to know the partition table information.

Maybe you guys know some other dev's who have this phone, or who wouldn't mind working on a recovery for it. [MENTION=2638973]bigbiff[/MENTION] made the TWRP recovery for the Note3(which I own), that is why I mentioned him as a resource.

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
Thats true, but i did find some cool sources that allow you to make a recovery for a new device, http://builder.clockworkmod.com/ and http://xda-university.com/as-a-developer/porting-clockworkmod-recovery-to-a-new-device , these look pretty helpful. Im just hoping for a dedicated forum for this phone, im sure we can build more fans of this phone. I have no knowledge on making a recovery but i could always read up and try, i mean, didnt everyone start that way?
[General Questions and Answers] psychoTR2:
Huzzah! We finally have root! Some of you may be glad to hear that the Xposed Framework works perfectly, and you can even perform the framework disable during startup by pressing volume up quickly and repeatedly, you know if anyone should go awry.
[General Questions and Answers] Infinite.Finite:
A little worried

Well, I was giving odin a shot and it seems to have hung at the initialization stage. It's been there for about 10 minutes or so now...
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
Did you download the md5 file?

Time for a video! :D

Sent from my Galaxy Avant
[General Questions and Answers] Infinite.Finite:
I did. Unzipped the CF-Root download into a folder and ran it following all directions. It finally finished but failed, so I gave it a second try. This time it went pretty quick, but failed again. Not sure what I might be doing wrong here.
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
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[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Wow nice! Knew it was only a matter of time but tripping knox means no more warranty witch for most people that's ok lol, I'm keeping mine stock for now on the LG Optimus L9 there was many reasons why you wanted root.. storage being the biggest.. but since this phone has 16gb of internal.. and will prob get android L eventually I'll just hold out..

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Qualcomms secure boot will be a issue I think? But maybe we will be able to get by that
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
Pshhhh, android L? I doubt it, but I am hopeful, I already spoke to a rep, they said they won't know until it's released. And like HUGE, HUGE big deal about how ICS was super efficient that lower end models can get the update and that all you need is 512mb of RAM. And basicly companies did nothing to mid range phones.... I mean, jeez... Let's all hope they give us android l

Sent from my Galaxy Avant