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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Nightfrost95:
Got it! Thank you

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[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] spiff72:
I just got the 8.4 Tab Pro, and I had forgotten how much I hate TW. So here is an odd question for all of you...

Theoretically, could I flash CM11 or Slimkat on this, and then UNROOT? My employer doesn't allow rooted devices to connect to their Exchange servers (enforced by a 3rd party MDM application). If this was possible, would you be "stuck" on that ROM?

I am actually thinking I might be better off going to a 2013 N7 instead for the unmodified android experience...
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] crpalmer:
Personally, I just stopped reading email on my personal device when my employer enforced root (either I had to stop doing android development on it or give up email, an easy choice...).

It can be hard to convince the mdm software that your device is okay. Depending on the mdm application, it may be doing something simple like checking to see if "su" works or it could be looking for busybox or almost anything else. Figuring out what triggers it can be a pain. If you want to tinker then there is a good chance that you can make the mdm software happy but it's not even guaranteed.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] spiff72:
Thanks for the reply...

That is an option too. I already have a phone that I am keeping stock and unrooted so I could skip the email on the tablet. The whole rooting and ROMing experience just seems like a hassle on the Samsung devices with their Knox software now.
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] crpalmer:
Knox only does two things. First, it leaves a permanent marker to say that you voided your warranty (which, IMO, you have by flashing custom software). Second, it forever stops you from using Knox secured Samsung software (which it has to because after flashing something you may have violated that security).

Otherwise, it is wide open. Just be sure you don't want to return it before you start flashing...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonftfw:
I have lock set up for pin as I am using my android wear device as a trusted device, so it gets bypassed when my watch is near.

When I have to reboot/power on phone, the boot animation starts and then will ask for my pin. Once the pin is entered the boot animation starts again and completes the start up to lock screen. Does anyone know a way to disable that initial pin? It's pretty annoying... especially if having to do a reboot have changes take effect etc.

Edit: nevermind. I disabled my pin and then re-enabled and now I see the option to have a pin at start up or not.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AN@S:
It turns out that you can turn off PIN on boot but it's enabled by default and it's not obvious how to do it. You have to turn off the PIN (set your security type to None), then re-enable a PIN. At that point it will ask you if you want a PIN on boot or not.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Interesting, I never knew this.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AN@S:
Actually you dont need to remove it then re-do it again

just setting>security>screen lock> type PIN> PIN

then you will see Secure start-up ( Require PIN to start device/ No Thank you)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PuppetPal:
Thanks, couldn't figure it out on Nexus 6P. All good now.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] igotroot:
Thanks!!!! I have the G5 and was googling this very same issue!

Pressing the pin option, as to select it (whether you have it set up already or not) will present that toggle. Many thanks again.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electricpete1:
Guess what? You no longer have encryption worth anything. Your data is protected only by password "default_password". If you have TWRP you can verify for yourself.... you can access and read all your files without ever once entering your pin.

More details here

https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/comments/47uj5r/twrp_is_decrypting_my_encrypted_data_partition/

The bottom line: if you want the security benefits of encrypted data, you need to enable pin on boot.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gekko2:
i disabled "require password to start device" because if my phone gets lost and runs out of battery and the finders charge it up again and thus Android boots up again, i want my lock screen to be visible so they can see my email to contact me to return it. also - i want to be able to call the phone if lost. this "lost phone" scenario greatly outweighs my need for greater security beyond the normal lockscreen password protection.

Nexus 6P + AT&T GoPhone
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Didgeridoohan:
Your lock screen message is shown when prompted for the password to start the device. No need to disable security for that reason...
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gekko2:
i stand corrected!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gekko2:
BUT i still want to be able to CALL my phone if LOST and phone calls will not work if set as "require password to start device" upon reboot. hence - i still disabled for that reason.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Didgeridoohan:
Ok, fair enough. I consider my data more valuable than the phone though, so I keep it enabled for that reason. :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gekko2:
my sensitive data is all encrypted in an MS Word 2013 Encrypted Password Protected Document within a password protected Dropbox App with a password protected Phone. they have to get through 3 heavy layers to get to my sensitive data.

also - don't forget about "Find My Phone" with Android Device Manager and Lookout. both would be not work if "require password to start device" upon reboot.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wavealot:
I know it's an older post, but I had to reply on this.

You see "3 heavy layers". I see 0 security layers.

First of all, a password protected phone doesn't stop anyone to hook up your phone to a computer and extract all the data they want from your partitions with adb commands. There goes the "1st layer".

Secondly, a password protected Dropbox app doesn't mean anything if you already downloaded the files on your phone. See the above. You have to download if you want to view and edit the document you mentioned. It will only protect your online data. Here goes your "2nd layer"

And the last one, a password protected Word document? Really? :) Brute forcing tools are wide avaible to crack Office documents. Security is a joke on this one. There goes your "3rd layer".

Anyhow I do share the same thought with you to let the phone boot into Android in order to call and track a lost phone. But only because I use Cerberus which survives factory resets. Most thieves are not knowledgeable in my opinion, so chances are high I could keep tracking my phone. Anyone who has the knowledge can re-format the phone anyway, so just hoping on the first category petty thieves :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
You would be amazed at how well that doesn't work. The first steps when stealing a phone is to remove the sim card which makes all teaching apps useless. Then it is a full format and wipe of the device while loading a new os, then depending on the store that bought it they will also change the IMEI of the device.

When someone steals your phone, your info is the last thing they want. It's the device it's self.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Augustin79:
I tried this on my Nexus 6p, but it still asks for pin when rebooting. Do you know of any other way to get this removed?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marvin Stone:
correct fix

Your battery must be at 80% or more and on charger. Enable password lock and check no thanks then using 5 letters and 1 number enter a password. Then scroll down to trust agent and turn off the agents. Now goto lock screen and disable everything by clicking non. Reboot device.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ans Osama:
thank uuuuuuuu

Thanks, It's worked for me ^_^
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Need help for my sister:
I restarted my phone and now it says secure restart. It doesn't give me a pin pad so when I do type the numbers it dont work. How do I get past the secure startup if my lock screen password don't even work?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runekock:
Please post a photo so we can see what's happening.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdog6998:
Does anyone know of any roms and recoverys that work fore the cspire galaxy s5 kltecsp
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabrielexplorer:
hello everyone!

i just wanna ask...

i flash a deodexed stock rom (deodexed,pre-rooted)

and i start theming using apktool for android.

After modifying(e.g. Settings.apk signed with apktool for android) . it didn't shown up on my drawer

then i tried another method (Copying both orig META-INF and android manifest) then it shown up

I want to have tabbed settings.. but how can i make it if the modded app needs the original files (meta-inf and android manifest)..

some of my app are not working after recompiling and signing it with apktool for android...

it always need those files

i wonder how the devs makes changes on some system app

pls reply...

i need answers..
[HTC One X] androidreviewguy:
So I bought an HTC one x for at&t today at a pawn shop today for 40 bucks and I have never messed with HTC before so decided to buy it and do some flashing on it but for some reason I cant figure it out I understand that I have to use one of the all in one tool kits but I can't ever get to the part where its suppose to generate a token it just won't work the computer will reboot the device into the bootloader mode or what not but won't recognize it after that to generate the token.. I have a dell touch screen laptop windows 8.1 if anyone can help me I will most definitely donate and you can buy yourself some beer! Thanks in advanced

from my HTC One X using XDA Free mobile app
[HTC One X] lukes91:
Hi! First of all, all in one tools are not necessary to flash custom rom/kernel on your phone (you can do it without them)... Let's start: to get a token, you have to register to htcdev.com, then there is a nice guide on their site taking you by hand to the end of the process...

You have to be sure to have the drivers installed on your laptop to get everything working, and to do that you can install htc sync and remove it (it will leave drivers inside the pc)... Moreover: be sure fastboot can see your device; boot it into bootloader and plug it into pc (on device's display it should appear "fastboot usb"), open a cmd Shell, go to fastboot folder and type "fastboot devices"; if list is empty you have to install fastboot drivers...

After you follow this guide and you unlock your bootloader, you can flash a custom recovery and a custom rom, but we'll talk about it after you unlock the bootloader :) let me know when you are ready :)

Sent from here
[HTC One X] androidreviewguy:
Hey there buddy thanks for responding! But ya I have two laptops and I have done all the guides and when I boot it into bootloader and try to run the prompt to get the token it never works tells me that it is waiting for device but I have installed all the drivers and everything it'll reboot it into boot loader but after that won't get me the token it is very frustrating lol I'm willing to donate if someone can help me via teamviewer or something thanks
[HTC One X] lukes91:
I'll send you my fastboot folder with drivers inside, try them :) it works fine for me :)

Sent from here
[HTC One X] androidreviewguy:
Yes its the one x at&t
[HTC One X] androidreviewguy:
Thanks but my issue here is the fact that the computer won't let me get the token for the phone
[HTC One X] lukes91:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q05bsqsxb89gjc6/Android.zip?dl=0

here is the folder :) unzip it and try :)

moreovere @RohinZaraki is right! it might not be the endeavoru... to check enter bootloader screen and tell us what is the word at the beginning of the second line, just under pink flag (ours is endeavoru, if different you have to ask for assistance in device's forum)

edit: sorry i lost part of the discussion while typing... my folder should work the same :)
[HTC One X] androidreviewguy:
So looks like it the Evita will your folder work still?
[HTC One X] lukes91:
It should be generical fastboot folder with fastboot drivers...

Sent from here
[HTC One X] androidreviewguy:
Before I head over there since you guys have been so helpful every time I try to open up fastboot in that folder that you sent it does not open it just flashes a bunch of letters on the black command prompt screen and then disappears same thing with adb and anything else in that folder for that matter
[HTC One X] lukes91:
Open a command prompt and navigate to that folder or enter the folder you unpacked and then press shift+right click and Open a prompt from the contextual menu... To install drivers go to device manager when phone is in fastboot mode and plugged into pc and install from there...

Edit: it should work or at least drivers won't install, but if you want to feel safe search a fastboot folder/drivers in your phone's dedicated forum as Rohin said... I use that fastboot folder for both my hox and m8 anyway...

Sent from here
[HTC One X] androidreviewguy:
Hey thanks to both you I don't think I'm installing something correctly idk if one of you guys would want to do it for me via teamviewer I'd be more than happy to pay you otherwise I think its just gonna be stuck on this laggy ass 4.1 lol
[HTC One X] lukes91:
I can't help toh Noè because i'm going to work, but if you install HTC sync an open fastboot it should work fine and without risks :)

Sent from here
[HTC One X] androidreviewguy:
I tried that to lol and nothing
[HTC One X] Xer0 WindKey:
Hello there,

Heres a crazy idea, try a different USB cable, I know it may sound illogical, but sometimes that is the reason, ensure you are using high quality cables.
[HTC One X] nogotaclue:
an even better idea would be to go to the correct forum before you brick your device, nothing here, except the fastboot folder, can be of any help to you, you may as well be asking in the Samsung galaxy forum, its a completely different device. I'm sure the guys n gals in the evita forum will be able to help you achieve everything you are striving for. I really cant stress strongly enough how close you are to bricking your phone. Please go here>>>>>http://xdaforums.com/one-x-att
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Sukhol:
This morning when I woke up my phone began to bootloop without anything but me turning on the screen. At first it would happen every few minutes but it has progressed to happening whenever it isnt in bootloader.

So far I have tried flashing a new rom, but then the phone began to bootloop in the middle of recovery, which is something Ive never had to deal with before. From there I figured the problem is further down and I tried to flash a new recovery to no success. now to where I am,

I can flash a recovery, but when entering it it takes me back to bootloader. The odd thing is, if I let it boot normally, after a few boot loops, the phone will boot rom with safemode to a half broken rom that will bootloop after a minute. I tried flashing stock boot and recovery but that didnt work either. Finally ive been flashing new firmware and boot imgs with it making no difference. What else can i try?

tl;dr recovery wont boot, stuck in bootloader, wat do?

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.09.20.0926
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 3.28.605.4
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-OFF
(bootloader) serialno: FA43FSF01988
(bootloader) imei: 990004996433284
(bootloader) imei2: Not Support
(bootloader) meid: 99000499643328
(bootloader) product: m8_wlv
(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974
(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B20000
(bootloader) cidnum: 11111111
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: off
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: df77f8b7
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.019s
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
When your phone boots up and before it reboots... Does it appear to get network signal at all?

Have you tried one of my ruu yet?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Sukhol:
Thanks for the quick reply

Yes, it seemed to have connected to the network, in the few seconds i have, i went to settings and it was.

i tried the files from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2723159 if that matters,

I tried to use your auto ex for the ruu but it would not work ill try it manually in a little bit

UPDATE: Flashing the RUU seems to have solved my problem, i could boot into recovery and there werent any bootloops. Thanks for the suggestion, I was running out of ideas
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justins72:
Hi Guys,

For the last couple of days i have scoured the in internet trying to find a way to install a new OS(ROM) on my new Huawei Ascend G6-U00. I have had little success!

A couple of things I have discovered

-Looks like my model of phone is not supported by Cyagenmod (which makes it a lot harder to install an easy ROM)

-I need an SD card to install a new ROM on my phone?

-I should backup my ROM before attempting to install a new one

-I can succcessfully root my phone using Kingo ROOT

So basically im a little bit stumped. I have tried backing up my ROM with little success. I have tried many various threads like this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2315547

Which as soon as i hit the UPDATE.app section i have no idea what that file is or where you get it. Not much mention of that in the tutorial either.

Basically guys im after any help on installing a different ROM on a Huawei Ascend G6-U00. Does anyone out there have a custom ROM working on their Huawei Ascend G6-U00?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ralph3954:
I have been on a similar quest, with no luck whatsoever. My findings are that in the English speaking world there are no custom ROMs available and even if there were, there is no method of installing one. Neither TWRP nor CWM have support for this phone.

However, there are Chinese forums which appear to discuss flashing ROMs on the Huawei G6 but, despite the assistance of Google Translate, they are mosty unintelligible. (To me anyway!) There is further complication in the number of sub-models (U00, U10, C00, L11, T00, to name the ones I've come across), some of which have MTK processors, rather than Qualcomm.

So I suspect that Chinese hackers, and maybe Russian too, have tools and ROMs for some versions of the G6, but until I see some method that specifically mentions U00, I'm going to leave well alone. I don't actually want a custom ROM, I just want to copy the ROM from one G6 U00 to another- a Nandroid backup would do the trick, but without a custom recovery I don't see a way of doing it.

Please update this thread if you know better.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ralph3954:
Success. There is a ton of information in thread 578641 on 4PDA, which is a Russian forum. I can't post the actual link.

Google translate copes much better with Russian than with Chinese! Although the thread goes on for ever, there are links on the first page to sections of interest (click to expand). I have successfully installed cwm recovery and used it to backup the original ROM and install B982 which includes root, multi-languages, access to both the internal and external sdcards (sometimes rooting the G6 screws up access to the internal sdcard) and all the Google apps.

Most of the downloads from this thread are stored on Yandex and Google translate corrupts the download button, so use the original Russian page to link to the download.

Good luck.
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] rurutear:
My past experience told me to place order from MPJ months early. 1st order is a good spare for my s5, just waiting too long, and this 2nd for my friends as Christmas gifts came unexpected fast! Right now a bunch of batteries piled up on my table. Hope them have enough power to make through this holidays :)
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] knighthorus:
Thank you for your order, actually we are doing promotion for Christmas recently: 10400mAh Portable Charger, 5200mAh Portable Charger , and 2600mAh Portable Charger
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] tharindunw:
is that original
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sage:
Can someone please port this across? Black theme for Nexus 5.

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/themes-apps/theme-t2939926

Looks stunning!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoneyNotEnough:
I wonder if anyone can also advise on the manual procedure for tweaking the systemui to change the color.:)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evanlocked:
I can if all of u want currently im using blue for systemui
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sage:
sure how do you change it? :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] underskyzx:
Yes please do it!

I miss the holo (grey) background but I'm taking anything other than annoying white too harsh on my eyes.

I will be forever in your debt if you do that:)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anish_agwan:
How did you do this,its looking cool
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sage:
no one? :(
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yellman:
I want it to. Some day we will have it officialy in stock as I read.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuanMnz93:
That would be awesome! I want it!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tejakgp:
Please do. Even I want a blue UI.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sebcio2804:
Yes please.Do it.It will be awesome :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] equiliym:
i think at the moment, that can be only done in source since apktool cant recompile apks for lollipop (atleast i didnt manage to do it).. its easy to recompile and change values on any rom to change the colors.. didnt try porting or building myself, im too lazy :(
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] pencilcase:
I have been seearching for some time now (although I guess someone else here might have got better results, so please dont hit me) and I have yet to find the link to the best tools for extracting and working on WM6 ROMs. dumprom doesnt seem to work for me it stop extracting after the first few files.

Could someone please direct me to some working tools and a corresponding readme like the DIY Rom cooking one found on the forums? Any help would be gladly appreciated!

Thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] nottoosmart:
User the same tools as you would for WM5. They work just great. The only issue Ive had is when modifying the initflashesfiles.dat it does not work correctly. Something I must be doing wrong I guess.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] pencilcase:
what tools exactly are you using / what readme ?
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Viren Joraval:
Hey Please help me my i8552 gone in recovery mode again n again i cant opert my cell please help me
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] freitaz:
Flash stock recovery to exit bootloop, or flash stock rom with Odin
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Axit Mehta:
Its BOOTLOOP, you can download zip file to remove BOOTLOOP......i will upload zip file till night..enjoy ;)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karan5chaos:
Hello Source builders , i wanted to if its possible to build sailfish os or firefox os for our L5 ? I have learned that LG Fireweb's firefox os was first tested on our lg l5 . Can somebody point me out to the sources to either of them ? i'm tired of using the ports of android roms :silly: . i would like to build them myself and ofcourse some little help from u guys . Thanks !