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[Nexus 6  General] murd0ck77:
Thanks for the tips on removing these items.

I have looked and looked and if i missed it I apologize but is there a way to remove the att lettering in the top left of the lock screen or a way to edit it? I am currently running stick, rooted, not encrypted if it matters.

Thanks,

Murd0ck
[Nexus 6  General] rans0m00:
If you're talking about the carrier label that shows whatever network you're connected to then nope that's just there in a stock rom. Might be worth doing some searches on how to remove it.

For further thank you stuff most people prefer to just get a thumbs up for their post. Adds to our individual count of being thanked so much nicer than just adding a thank you to a thread.
[Nexus 6  General] Scott:
Thanks for this, that AT& Sound was KILLING ME!
[Nexus 6  General] Handalaan:
I'm also unable to wipe the OEM partion with the "fastboot erase oem" command.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot erase oem
erasing 'oem'...
(bootloader) Permission denied
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.004s

My bootloader is already unlocked and I really don't want to have to root (I'd prefer OTA updates.)
[Nexus 6  General] serialtoon:
You should be able to boot to recovery (not flash it) and nuke the OEM partition from something like TWRP and still be able to get OTAs. I **think** the command is "fastboot boot recovery.img"
[Nexus 6  General] Handalaan:
I'm able to boot a TWRP recovery no problem. Pulled up the File Manager and I don't seem to have an OEM partition. Goes straight from 'license' to 'proc'. I'm wondering if they've made a change to the newly shipped ones as I just got mine on on the 15th.
[Nexus 6  General] serialtoon:
[MENTION=3916066]Handalaan[/MENTION], that doesnt sound right. You need to mount the partitions. I dont have a Nexus with me ATM since i sent it out to get replaced.
[Nexus 6  General] Handalaan:
I thought I had. "Select partitions to mount: [X] System [X] data [X] Cache [X] firmware [ ] USB-OTG" are the only options that I have.

EDIT: I have this in my listings if I run 'cat /proc/mounts' from ADB

/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/oem /oem ext4 ro,context=u:object_r:oemfs:s0,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
[Nexus 6  General] serialtoon:
Wait so you tried "fastboot erase oem" right?
[Nexus 6  General] Handalaan:
Yea, that's where I was getting stuck at the beginning. I get a permission denied message.
[Nexus 6  General] bodosom:
Start a shell in the root directory. The two commands below won't quite look as shown because the TWRP terminal emulator is idiosyncratic. Naturally you don't type the / # .

/ # mkdir oem

/ # mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p39 oem

exit the shell and /oem will be visible in the file browser or just make the changes in the terminal. Renaming media is sufficient. You can ls /oem after the mount to verify you got the right partition.

These two commands undo the above. They may not be needed.

/ # umount /oem

/ # rmdir /oem

Reboot.
[Nexus 6  General] Handalaan:
Fantastic, that fixed it! What did I miss?
[Nexus 6  General] serialtoon:
Did you end up removing the directory or simply renaming the contents of it?
[Nexus 6  General] Handalaan:
Just renamed the media folder once oem was mounted. Thanks to you both for the help, that boot sound may be the loudest thing on earth,
[Nexus 6  General] bodosom:
I don't think you missed anything. TWRP simply isn't built to mount random partitions. There are 42 shown in my /proc/partitions.
[Nexus 6  General] DA6030:
Custom oem.prop

Ohh, that's very clever. I'm going to do that to make my own boot animation persistent across ROM flashes. This could also allow other bootanimators to create flashable zips that preserve compatibility with stock OTAs.

I haven't looked at what precidence oem.prop takes relative to other .prop's, but I should think it would be possible to use oem.prop to add the tethering fix while still preserving OTA compatibilty.

I don't have a device to test right now, but when I do (unless someone else beats me to it), I'll make a simple flashable zip file that:

- Mounts and erases OEM partition (removes AT&T ringtones and boot animation)

- Adds a custom \oem\oem.prop that contains the single line "net.tethering.noprovisioning=true" (removes tethering restriction)

- Can be applied in-place on any ROM (including stock, without root) while preserving OTA compatibility

Sample updater-script:

ui_print("This flashable zip will remove OEM customization, and allow tethering on stock Android 5.0.x");
show_progress(1, 50);
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/oem", "0", "/oem");
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/oem", "/oem");
package_extract_dir("oem", "/oem");
unmount("/oem");

Note - If /oem doesn't mount by name, try "/dev/block/mmcblk0p39", per [MENTION=2594360]bodosom[/MENTION].
[Nexus 6  General] dparrothead1:
Thanks for this!!! Was able to get rid of that awful att boot!!!!
[Nexus 6  General] violinman16313:
mount r/w

I can't seem to delete the bootanimation.zip because "the file system is read-only"

so what do I do to make it r/w??
[Nexus 6  General] dparrothead1:
You don't really need to do all that. D/L Rom ToolBox Lite from the PlayStore. Use the Root Browser. Go to oem>media. Long press Boot and hit delete.....att boot splash will be gone!!!
[Nexus 6  General] serialtoon:
Am i to understand that because oem is on a different partition, once the contents are gone, they are gone for good...right?
[Nexus 6  General] neopolotin75:
Yep...if your worried about it you can just rename it to OEM.bak
[Nexus 6  General] serialtoon:
Im not worried at all, just want it gone completely lol. I want ZERO remnants of AT&T on my Nexus.
[Nexus 6  General] dalbers:
Do I need my bootloader unlocked to run fastboot erase oem? If I run this will it wipe my device?

<Edit> Looks like the answer is yes it needs to be unlocked based on my testing.
[Nexus 6  General] garyd9:
It is possible that some future firmware update (OTA or otherwise) makes it "come back." There are a couple of different ways for the devices to be identified as ones sold by AT&T. For example, the IMEI range.

So, an OTA script could detect the IMEI and if it's within a certain range re-flash the oem partition.

I seriously doubt that this would actually happen, but you did ask if the contents would be "gone for good."
[Nexus 6  General] jackpollard:
The answer is yes and when you unlock the bootloader it will basically wipe your device. Thats why its usually done when you 1st get your phone. Check out the stickies, they have all the information you would need to be successful.
[Nexus 6  General] bodosom:
Then you shouldn't buy one from AT&T
[Nexus 6  General] serialtoon:
I had a GP model then I found out that I can get one from AT&T from my employer for a fraction of the cost and returned my GP. The only reason I'm even asking. :good:
[Nexus 6  General] Ghetto Geeksta:
Thanks very much for your work for the ATT folks, excellent thread.

---------- Post added at 08:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:04 PM ----------

Is it OK to order an unlock code and not use it right a way? I really have no reason to use another carrier right now. Also is Sprint iPhone sim cards compatible with ATT phones, my wife has an iPhone I could test it out on her phone then just switch back to ATT.
[Nexus 6  General] ContinuousQ:
Removing boot animating while keeping OTA w/o being rooted

Just an update for some who are wondering.

I wanted to remove the obnoxious boot up from my wife's nexus 6 but didn't want to leave the device rooted (creates more headaches for me down the road) - here's what I've discovered.

As we already know, you can't simply erase the OEM folder using fastboot so you have to root.

Her phone started with 5.0.1 on it and I used the latest version of Nexus Root Toolkit to root the phone.

I simply deleted all the contents of the OEM folder and then flashed the phone. I had to flash the device back to 5.0 with force flash enabled. For some reason 5.0.1 would never take.

This worked fine, boot animation and sound gone, but for some reason it wouldn't allow OTA update to 5.0.1 and it lost 3gigs of "total space" storage.

As a last ditch effort to get it to do OTA updates and get the storage space back I did a data wipe and factory reset from the settings hoping that it wouldn't write any data back to the OEM folder.

When it booted back up the animation was still gone and the first thing it downloaded and prompted for was the 5.0.1 OTA update. The total usable storage was also back to what it was out of the box from AT&T.

Hope this helps those just looking to get rid of the boot animation and installed ringtones without having the device rooted and unlocked.
[Nexus 6  General] zprankin:
Similar issue

I had a fairly similar experience . I purchased my Nexus 6 on Jan 4th. It had 5.0 installed with no updates available. I unlocked, rooted and removed the items in the OEM partition. Used the Nexus Root Toolkit to flash stock 5.0 and re-lock (had option to flash 5.0.1 but decided not to). Booted phone back up and 5.0.1 was still not available. Next, I decided to remove the sim and reset to factory from settings. Phone booted back up and 5.0.1 was available. Updated, rebooted and reinserted sim.

End result: No AT&T boot logo or sound, no AT&T ringtones, no auto-download of AT&T apps, OTA 5.0.1 update.
[Nexus 6  General] born_fisherman:
I've unlocked and rooted - can I remove the boot animation sound or just modify the audio file without this affecting taking an OTA update? I thought if by modifying the /System directory, you couldn't do an OTA update..
[Nexus 6  General] michmeister:
I bought my phone from Motorola but only sign of at t is on my lockscreen in upper left corner. Any way to remove that?
[Nexus 6  General] bodosom:
This is not true.

Did you read the previous post?

In any case "rooting" your phone makes it fail OTA updates.

Look at my previous post for fixing /oem using TWRP without root.

If you want OTA updates then just buy some random phone and leave it alone. The Nexus line is for people that expect oem unlock and will go from there. If all you want is the Google experience get a Playstore edition phone.

Admittedly the previous phones were a great value but that's no longer true.

You could change mobile networks.
[Nexus 6  General] patrickoneal:
I got an AT&T Nexus 6 off craigslist over the weekend with intentions on using it on Verizon. It was sim locked. AT&T's sim unlock site wouldn't recognize the IMEI, probably because I'm not an AT&T customer.

I bought an unlock code here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/321574175582

I paid for it on Saturday night, around 6:30EST. I don't think they work weekends or don't have access to the database outside of business hours. I received the code at 6:30AM EST this morning. They claim to be in London, so that puts them 5 hours ahead. The code worked fine.

So, that's another option for a couple dollars less to get these things unlocked.

The only problem I'm seeing is that I'm stuck on 3g, at least at home. Are there any settings I need to change for Verizon? I've got the network set to LTE.

---------- Post added at 10:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:13 AM ----------

I found on another forum that someone else had the same issue with no LTE on Verizon. He used a cut down SIM from some old phone. I'm using a SIM out of an HTC M8. Apparently there are different types of SIMs. I've got a spare SIM at work intended for an LG G3, I'm going to give that a try and see what happens. If all else fails, I'll get a SIM for a 2nd gen moto X, they're supposed to work.

Also, I rooted my phone with the Nexus Root Toolkit, and nuked all the stuff in the OEM partition. I then used the Toolkit to flash back to stock and relock. Upon rebooting, I got the 5.0.1 OTA without issue and I don't have any ATT animations or ringtones, even after a factory reset.
[Nexus 6  General] patrickoneal:
More strange issues...

I had just replaced the nano sim in my HTC M8 last week because SMS messages randomly wouldn't send. The SMS problem occurred with the stock software, and continued to happen even after I wiped the phone. I then S-offed and installed the GPE port and had the same issue still. The new SIM fixed this. I hadn't noticed, but with the new SIM, I was stuck on 3G with the HTC as well. I verified this by taking the new SIM out of the Nexus 6 and reinstalling it in the M8... 3G only. I swapped back to the old SIM that had SMS issues and 4G worked fine on the Nexus and the M8. I don't know if the new SIM verizon sent me is bad or programmed wrong or what. I'll use the old one for a few days and see if the SMS issues pop back up. If so, I'll request yet another SIM from VZW or stop by a store and grab one.
[Nexus 6  General] Sconathon:
Half worked

Thanks for this. I was having the same permission error as the other guy and I followed your guide and it worked. I deleted everything in the OEM partition and rebooted. I did not bother unmounting the directory. The AT&T splash logo successfully disappeared, but now something is up with the alarms and ringtones. All my alarms and ringtones are listed with the names of the default google alarms and ringtones (as compared with my Nexus 5), however, when I play them I hear the crappy AT&T ones instead. Furthermore, any time I try to select a custom MP3 or wav ringtone it says "Filetype not supported". Any idea why this may be?
[Nexus 6  General] doitright:
So instead of nuking everything, what you will want to do, is MODIFY oem.prop to (a) specify a different default ringtone, and (b) add the line to fix tethering.
[Nexus 6  General] atrix4nag:
How can we activate the phone without ATT sim. when we first switch on the phone and setup network, don't insert any sim or insert some other company sim (something like tmobile)? How the phone will be activated without sim card.

Thanks
[Nexus 6  General] Sconathon:
Just pull out the SIM before you first turn the phone on and leave it out until you've finished setting up everything.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zubsz:
Anyone know an app that would let me take screenshots on lolipop?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zepius:
why do you need an app?

vol down + power
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zubsz:
Thanks for that.:angel:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] 06sharpshot:
I hope this is the right place for this post and if not I apologize in advance. I currently have a Verizon Galaxy S4 which is my first smart phone so going in, I didn't know much about rooting and flashing and other modifications so as I began tinkering, I was very unhappy to find my bootloader had been locked. I've had this phone a while and being unable to flash AOSP roms and the like is really starting to get annoying so I have been browsing Swappa and considering a new phone. I very much do like the M8 and it seems to be my best option for a decent upgrade without breaking the bank. I was wondering if all versions of the Verizon M8 are completely unlock-able or if there are things I should look for when buying this phone. Are there any software updates that have locked the bootloader down to the point that there is no unlock solution? Is there anything specific I should avoid when looking to purchase this phone? On a similar note, should putting my sim from my S4 into this phone just work or will I need to go through Verizon and get the device approved? Thank you in advance for any replies and I apologize again if this is the wrong place to post this.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] shortstuff_mt:
The Sunshine unlock is available for $25 for all devices running Android 4.4.3 or below. Sunshine hasn't been updated to support Android 4.4.4 yet. If you want to S-OFF, unlock your bootloader, and root the device you will need a phone running either Android 4.4.2 or Android 4.4.3. The Galaxy S4 uses a micro SIM and the M8 uses a nano SIM. You can try cutting your current SIM down, but the best option is to get a new SIM.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] RemnantKing2:
That's honestly what I was wondering as well, and it's something good to know once I make the switch from a Note 2 to the m8.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santanac:
I switched from a Galaxy S5 and my mistake was not doing enough research I ended up getting a M8 on 4.4.4 and now I'm stock again with a locked bootloader for now, you're definitely gonna want to make sure that you get a phone on 4.4.3 or lower
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] RemnantKing2:
I dont know about OP, but I know for me I am okay with not having an unlocked bootloader. The droid turbo has way too many problems, the nexus 6 has its share of problems and hasn't been announced for Verizon yet, and Touchwhiz is way too laggy and buggy for me to even consider it after having the Note 2 for two years.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Clipboards:
Coming from flashing everything posted on XDA to my Galaxy S3 I was pretty happy with Sense 6. It's a bit of its own spin but is honestly pretty bearable. Battery life is perfect (with heavy use near a days use easy), fast and takes wonderful pictures. I miss the ability to swap out batteries but it's really not too much of an issue with this phone. Front facing speakers are wonderful and seem pretty obvious with BoomSound suprisingly not a gimmick

My only real complaint is the stock emojis HTC throws at you, but that's pretty minimal.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] 06sharpshot:
Is there root available on 4.4.4 at least or is that also locked down?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santanac:
Nope
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] bjoostema:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2792487&page=172 refer to post 1715, shouldn't be too much longer. These dudes are committed and put out top notch work. Just a little longer :victory:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] santanac:
I was on their live IRC chat and jcase has been saying 1.5 - 2.5 months for 3.0 to be released
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] bjoostema:
Thanks for the heads up man! That'll give me a little more time to get sick of being locked down and ultimately appreciate the freedom more whenever it arrives haha :)
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Lodingi:
I went from a Note 2 to the M8. It was painless. I purchased a sim cutter from Amazon for $5. I cut the sim and all's well.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] js0uth:
i left the note 3..... and i love it! especially the sound output.... its absolutely amazing! over bluetooth or headphones. its night and day over the note 3....

just try and find one that's already s-off and unlocked.

good luck!
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Afro Samurai:
I'm considering switching from the Note 3 as this latest update has all but killed development and pretty much all the developers are jumping ship.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] 06sharpshot:
All of the devs working to unlock the S4 have jumped ship as well. We lost about 4 guys that were really working hard to unlock it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmao:
I am just wondering if bootloader of nexus 6 from ATT is unlockable or not.

if yes, I am considering to buy one.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtherrell:
Yes All Nexii have unlockable bootloaders.

That's the whole point, AFAIAC.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kashk5:
Yep, did it myself a few hours ago.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmao:
Then it can be flashed with Google factory lollipop image, right?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtherrell:
It's already Google lollipop. Comes that way. Also stock image is posted if you should ever need to re flash.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kashk5:
Absolutely, but there's really no reason to because the ROM on the AT&T Nexus 6 is identical to the one on models sold directly by Google and Motorola. The only difference is that AT&T utilized the boot animation partition to insert their logo and boot sound before the Android boot animation.

If you stuck an AT&T SIM into a Play Store or Motorola bought phone, you'll still end up with carrier bloatware (fortunately, it only installs two apps).
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abostley:
I know this is noob question and it may require a lot to answer it. I have always had at&t samsung devices this is my first nexus so rooting, bootloader unlock is new to me on this device. I was hoping someone could give me instruction list on what to do first, next, and so on for getting completely rooted, unlock bootloader, and recovery. If not i understand its a lot to ask. Thanks in advance
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stuff:
But it can immediately be removed without root, by the same means as uninstalling any program.

Thus, it's very very minimal bloat
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtherrell:
See Wugfresh Nexus Root Tool Kit in development section. Wug's tool kit, something like that. You install it on your computer then it's pretty self - explanatory
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahmao:
Is it easy to remove the carrier lock also?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kashk5:
No idea, I'm not sure whether anyway has attempted to remove it yet. Most people have only just gotten their hands on the AT&T variant within the last 24-48 hours, so it'll probably take a little time.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] Mike.Samsung.SM-T320:
I have a demo model Samsung SM-T320x i have flashed the right .pit file and got correct allocated storage but the final issue i have is that when the tablet starts up i get samsung live demo unit show. I believe this is part of the bootloader can anyone confirm this for me please? If so does anyone know how i can flash a new bootloader?

Thanks for everyone's help so far
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] thdervenis:
I suppose you flashed a ROM after you repartitioned your device.

Which one?

Also can you post screenshots to see what you mean?
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] Mike.Samsung.SM-T320:
I flashed the .pit file with official firmware from sammobile.com the flashed unofficial CM11 nightly.

I am unable to provide a screen shot of the actual device due to the live demo unit displaying at first startup. I have googled an image but of a different device to give you an idea.

Thanks again :)
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] thdervenis:
Try the Samsung KIes emergency firmware recovery tool

I don't know about that, but I have read in the forum about Knox resetting about a procedure that a guy used to restore his soft bricked phone. He states that "I used the Samsung KIes emergency firmware recovery tool!".

If flashing the Stock ROM via Odin didn't do your thing perhaps the mentioned procedure will. The tricky part is that "... it wants you to report a few numbers under the battery". Perhaps it's the Serial Number which you can get without removing the battery.

Perhaps what applied to Knox resetting will apply to your issue too. Let me know how it goes.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56869018&postcount=2099

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56893096&postcount=2101

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56895119&postcount=2102
[Your Portfolio] Nimblebit:
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[Your Portfolio] Shryvone21:
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[Your Portfolio] Nimblebit:
Me too! I learned HTML and php a while back by my self, then started with java but never really did anything until recently I just back into programing and hopefully one day when I'm confident enough I'll join a team!

And I understand when you say that it will be the only think that will make you happy! The way I see it if you tough your self at a young age (like I did too xD) then something tells me you'll be motivated and dedicated enough to achieve greatness in this field