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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seyron:
Hey guys!

A friend of mine told me, that he will be equipped with a Samsung Galaxy S5 soon by his employer. I'm not quite sure which model it will be but I predict it to be the G900F as it will be bought in Europe and it won't be the most expensive model of the series.

His employer already told him that it will come with some special app pre-installed that he will need to work with in the future.

He was told too that this app will also track his gps position and record his phone usage stats, especially which numbers he calls on what time and for how long he talked.

These informations will be sent back to his employer who obviously will collect this data and possibly wants to use against him some time (you never know..).

The alternative of using the phone is just using it without putting a SIM in just to work with the app and have an extra phone which he really uses all the time. But that's somehow awkward if you ask me.

Whatever. I'm used to flash custom ROM's, kernels, recoveries on phones and work with them as I just flashed CM 12.1 with Xposed on my own phone but never owned a S5 myself.

So I'm asking for some tips what we could use for preventing the data collection.

I already used PDroid on my obsolete LG P990 in the past and currently use the privacy settings on CM 12.1 to prevent apps from doing against my will. :)

What would be the most efficient way to achieve power over this nasty spyware?

Thanks in advance.

Greetings,

Seyron.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tony_76:
Well firstly the call data will show up on the monthly bill for his employer to see. Secondly what app is it? Many of these security apps will not install on a rooted device/custom rom. Our work one does not. Location wise he can just turn off he location from the menu.

If he can root just install a privacy app like lbe security and stop the company app from seeing anything.
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] lex999frc:
Hey guys having an issue

I got lililly put touch screen to work with the mk808b

Now for nav i use offline copilot gps problem is it doesnt find the bt gps so i had to download an app that i have to open every time i turn the mini pc on and select the gps and i believe select do not mock locations

I wanna know if there is a easier way? Or an app that does this automaticly?

Like every time i turn on the car to do that is just annoying i know i can use tasker but i tried it and it super confusing

Also the time gets reset every time i turn car off and on? Any on board memory? Any way to fix this??

Last issue is it doesnt remeber last played song so i have to restart looking for song every time

Pleasee help me im going crazy trying to figure this out
[Android Stick & Console Computers General] vn800art:
Pla read all of this

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?p=16567340&posted=1#post16567340

Then come back and ask deeper infos!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ummagumma:
Hi y'all,

After my EVO died two weeks after contract expired, on top of the original Nexus tablet that slowed to a crawl due to bad memory chips, I swore off the Android devices and went with iOS.

Now, over a year later, I got a shiny new S5 from my employer, with company policy allowing "reasonable" personal use (no 1-900 calls or direct international calls to Timbuktu but otherwise we're allowed to use it for personal calls and data since they have unlimited plans anyway).

So, I plan on giving my iPhone to my son and getting back into Android. I was missing all the customization options, although iOS really grew on me to be honest.

I do have a couple of question, hope someone can help

1) I still own Nova Prime and I much prefer it over the Touchwiz. However, I am unable to find a calendar widget that would show Exchange tasks. I found that the only service that reliably syncs tasks, contacts, and calendar events between Outlook on my work desktop and my home desktop and all of my Android and iOS devices is Hotmail. With Outlook 2013 setting up sync with a Hotmail / Outlook.com calendar / tasks is finally possible and requires no installation of any additional software. So I can finally copy a work email into a task and have it synced to my phone and tablet. But, the only calendar widget on S5 that actually shows these tasks is Mini Today and it seems to only be available in Touch Wiz. I can't install Outlook on Android because it violates company policy (God knows why, since I can set up a EAS account anyway ?). The only other possible solution I can think of may be Pocket Informant but it's $10 and the Android client interface is ugly as hell.

So, do you know of any other screen widget that would show tasks synced from Hotmail account ? Obviously Samsung calendar app shows them even under Nova, but I need a widget that I could glance at without having to start the app.

2) Is there a way to activate voice commands / voice dialing from a Bluetooth headset without having to touch the home button ? It's probably something obvious but I, for the life of me, can't find it. Press and hold on headset button does nothing and double-press redials.

3) The phone came with Otter box case which may as well just have backpack straps attached, it's so ridiculously huge. Can you recommend me a slim case with a clip holster that is sturdy and looks well and most importantly does not allow the phone to easily fall off / get unhooked by accident ?

4) I never had a Samsung before and they seem to have tons of software preinstalled, is most of it bloatware or are some apps actually worth trying ? Any tips appreciated.

Thanks !
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike-y:
I use Event Flow calendar widget. it will sync to your exchange account and show events from outlook. I use outlook at work, and the gmail/google calendar on my personal phone (HTC One), and both calendars show up on my Event Flow agenda widget on the GS5. there are many calendar widgets on the play store though, so you may want to try a few.

In the google settings -- search and Now -- voice, you can enable the "Ok Google" trigger phrase to start voice recognition feature, and enable it to use your bluetooth mic for input. When you say "Ok Google", it will pull up the voice search app.

I've only been using the Diztronic slim rubber cases as of late. they are thin, fit great, and look great, but I don't think they have a clip model.

Ahhh, welcome to the world of samsung bloatware. tons of stuff you probably won't use from samsung and your carrier. here's a tip. go to system settings - applications, and swipe to the "all" screen. from there you can scroll through every app installed on your phone. when you get to one you don't want, tap it, and you'll see an information screen. Most apps that came on the phone have an option to disable them That will freeze the app from the system, but it it won't wipe it out of the phone's storage, so it can be enabled at a later date if you want. I've disabled nearly all the AT&T apps, and quite a few samsung and google apps I don't use.

down the road if you root your phone, you can remove all the system apps you want. but until then, disabling them is the best you can do. The only samsung apps I still have enabled are the TV remote app, music, video, and polaris office.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ummagumma:
Thanks !

Unfortunately Event Flow does not show tasks.

I found a few widgets that show Google tasks, but so far only Samsung's Mini Today shows Exchange tasks from Outlook.com.

(..rant..) Given how many people use Outlook at work and at home, and given that Hotmail / Outlook.com is the only service that can sync Outlook emails, calendar, contacts and tasks to an Android or iOS device without having to jump through hoops or install any 3rd party apps on the desktop (a big ordeal and often outright forbidden in many organizations), it is very surprising just how few calendar applications are supporting it. I mean, to sync Outlook to Google Calendar and Tasks you need to buy expensive software and install it; to sync Outlook to Apple you need to install iCloud, which again many companies forbid or block via firewall; to sync Outlook 2013 to Outlook.com you really don't have to do anything but create an account. Yet this seems to be the least supported option, and many programs won't even read Outlook tasks after Android syncs them via EAS account ! WTF.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jm_38:
Hello!

The only Samsung apps I use are the camera app, the audio & video players as well as the calendar application. I find that all others have bette free alternative on the market. I stop and disable all other stuff. To see what to stop

I usually use GSam battery monitor. Any application I do not use that drains on the battery, I simply disable it.

The reason for keeping the camera audio and video player is that they might use some samsung specific HW/feature (especially true for camera application) that are not fully standard and may not be available to "replacement application"

JM
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bodisson:
Oh, if it is not too late...

You might like WatchON preinstalled application. It's universal remote control on your phone...

I use it to control TV, DVD and set top box.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ummagumma:
Thanks !

To be honest, the more I use it, the more the darn phone frustrates me. Don't know if it's Samsung, or I forgot the feel of Android, or I just got too used to iOS. The list below can just be me, and I definitely don't want to get anyone offended. But...

1) Can't access flashlight without unlocking the phone. Something I used to do all the time.

2) Can't access calculator without unlocking the phone. Again, something I was very used to.

3) Can't use Google now without unlocking the phone. It listens but most of time I can't get a reply without unlocking.

4) Voice dialing without unlocking the phone is very spotty.

5) When I ask Google Now to tell me my meetings for tomorrow - something I used to do every day driving back home after work, about the only opportunity I have to sit back and relax and plan my day - it tells me that I have a meeting at 7:30, brings up the list of calendar items on screen, and shuts up. Siri would read them to me.

6) S-Voice stops listening after the first few words. Not always. But very often. I was trying to find some kind of a timeout setting but no luck. It just loses interest and runs with unfinished phone number. At least Google Now listens.

Basically using any voice commands without unlocking the phone is very iffy and unpredictable, especially when also trying to use a headphone. I sorely miss Siri.

6) There's no way to get my Outlook.com tasks show up in Widgets. Samsung Mini Today shows SOME of them - I never quite figure out why it would show some tasks due today and not the others. PI for Android is a terrible fugly monster with greatly reduced functionality when compared to PI IOS. Don't know why they couldn't design it to at least look the same. Outlook app could work but unfortunately we can't use it at work because of security concerns (it stores your credentials on Amazon servers so potentially someone could use them to log into company mail). I used to miss Android widgets when I had the iPhone but at least the ones that were available in the pulldown worked well and showed any info I needed and, again, could be configured to be accessible with phone locked.

7) The quality of video chat using Hangouts is worse than what I was getting on same cell or wifi network, calling the same numbers using Facetime. There's jerkiness and choppiness and every now and then the screen would just freeze for a second. Must be something related to Google servers.

The good - huge screen (compared to my old iPhone), customization, can use SD cards, and I am sure that I will eventually get used to it.

Sorry for the rant...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Jack_Blues:
Greetings @all,

first sorry for my terrible English.

The Ameo (Athena) is a great device and i really love it,

but there is something that let me go mad.

I´can´t find a GPS Patch Antenna for the device.

T-Mobile tell me that they can´t help me.

HTC doesn´t Answer until now.

Does any one know wich kind of Patch-Antenna I need for the Athena ?

I tried until know a Patch antenna for the Thypoon 3500, a MCX-Antenna and a MMCX-Antenna but they all doesnt fit. MCX was really close but still didn´t.

I need one because in my Car i have a Front Window with heating.

For any answer or hint i will be verry happy.

Jack
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Digital.Diablo:
Are you SURE you need one? My ford has front screen heating, but the GPS works perfectly! The chipset seems to be pretty darn sensitive! I'm not sure the connector - in fact, which aerial socket is it on the back, the left or the right?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] victoradjei:
Look in the artemis forum

Look in the Artemis section. The premium package came with one, and I kept mine after selling the unit as non-premium. However, I have really not had to use it on any device yet.

There's a thread in there with part number etc.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Jack_Blues:
Thanks, for the quick reply.

@Digital.Diablo:

sorry but i´m sure i need an external, i already tried it and i became no Satelites - I tried it with the programm Falk Navigator Pro SC and i´m driving

a Ford Focus Turnier with a new front screen heating. The Original one was heavy damaged by a stone.

@victoradjei

I will try the one for the Artemis with the Ameo(Advantage/Athena) and i will Report if it fits. I don´t find in the Artemis Forum the Name of the Connectorpin. Did you know its Name (for example: mcx )?

Greetings

Jack
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] MrHagen:
It's Motorola standard antenna.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Jack_Blues:
:confused:

Well, and wich Connector mean´s that ?

Standard antenna for wich Motorola ?

Greetings

Jack
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fards:
I think the artenis is a Mini - MMCX

http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-283181.html

http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=5887
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] hdbueller:
It might not be that you need an antenna.Check all of your settings! I am not familiar with your mapping software,but there is a thread somewhere regarding problems with other map software and how they solved it.

I can use mine inside of a 10 story building with Tom Tom on it and it works excellent!

Hope this helps..................Later
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fards:
mine doesn't work in nearest and costliests car or on foot in most heavily wooded either(more important for me).

so If the parch antenna works please let me know. I'm loathe to carry around my bt gps, it's something else I'd need to carry an extra charger for!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] MrHagen:
unfortunatly, Artemis hasn't MMCX. I have GPS Shop and i checked it out.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Jack_Blues:
@hdbueller:

well, outside the car i have no Problem to get a Sat fix.

also oh the rear window anything is fine, Tested it earlier just for fun.

@fards: I already tested mmcx and mcx both didn´t fit

I tried this product´s:

http://www.dealcatshop.de/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=85

and

http://www.dealcatshop.de/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=158

@MrHagen: you wrote you have a GPS Shop. Could you check wich one fits to the HTC Athena/Advantage X7500/T-Mobile-Ameo ?

@all: by the way, a lot of thanks for all your replies

Right now i wait for the Artemis Patch Antenna, in hope it will fit.

I will report, promise :cool:

Greetings Jack
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Digital.Diablo:
Sounds like your windows are metallized. You could try driving with you're windows wound down! :) Let us know how you get on!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Jack_Blues:
After Long Time waiting the Artemis Patch Antenna arived on Saturday,

I Tested it and damm doesnt fit. The Connector looks right but didn´t fit through the case. The hole ist too small for the connector.

Has anybody an Idea where i can find one that fits.

Greetings Jack
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fards:
If i get a chance I'll ask gpsforless.co.uk

If they don't know but have a selection in stock I can call in and test some out on the way home from work if they'll let me..They aren't far from me
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Jack_Blues:
This would be really nice. I verry Thank you.

Greetings Jack
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Jack_Blues:
:D Hope at Last

Yust new on the expansys.de website:

HTC Advantage External GPS Antenna

I ordered it directly. Hope that when it arrived all my problems are solved. :rolleyes:

Greetings

Jack
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] fards:
That's cool or maybe not...

Spoke to gpsforless last week, they hadn't got a clue what it was likely to be, not had a chance to call in yet as been working odd hours.

Connector: MS-147-C(LP)-2 HTC list that as the same as the P3300/artemis, Jack was your original patch cable a branded HTC one? it's the same item if it is.

http://www.expansys.com/htc/p_htc_item.aspx?i=147380&p=tech
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Jack_Blues:
Damm sounds not good, yes it was an Original HTC cable i ordered by expansys.de too. The Connector look´s right but doesnt fit through the hole in the Ameo metal case

Greetings Jack
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Mrsums:
Jack - did you receive this and did it fit ok?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Jack_Blues:
Today the Antenna arived, and it fits !!

A little bit weaken, but it works perfectly.

Thanks to expansys, i was just geeting starting mad.

Greetings Jack
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mahjong:
Neither MCX nor MMCX fix into the X7500 because the right connector is MS-147-C-LP(male). The expansys GPS external antenna for X7500 got that connector:

http://www.expansys.es/p.aspx?i=151575&asource=160152

or in english:

http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=151575&asource=145430

Same article.
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[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaee:
Navbar dpi is small, is not big ?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artzeiss98:
Avalible for d805??

Cani install this rom in the d805 variant?
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[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haoleflip:
I have a US Cellular LG US990 G3 that is ineligible for activation on US Cellular. Can this specific model be flashed or unlocked for use on a different carrier? Thanks!
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Bump for an answer...need to know as well
[Android General] Rizwan95ahmed:
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[Galaxy S6 General] Wuby986:
Hello every one!!!!

i am not sure if i am posting this in the correct section, if not forgive me, but i am not sure where to post this..

SO... long story short: i went to service because i had to fix imei (which i still have to be done) so i went to pick up the phone not fixed (too expensive in that lab), and i found out there is a SERVICE FIRMWARE on it!!!

first thing i did was dumping it of course ;) i am providing now links to it and to the kernel shipped along with..

ODIN FLASHABLE

RECOVERY FLASHABLE

note:

- both require a factory reset to start, if you do it from custom recovery you can skip format sdcard, but still need to wipe data

- odin flashable already is rooted and has su app installed by me, for the recovery one you can simply flash SuperSuUpdate.zip

most interesting stuffs are a permissive from stock kernel, there are some service apps, which unfortunately are not fixing my problem, and only allow to run tests basically, apart some really small edits to connection and usb or HW tests.. another interesting thing is that the firmware has a sort of AOSP base but need tons of work to have it fully functional.. F.e setting is "aosp" looking and works also on stock roms, but some part are FC because code is missing; launcher is basically useless, but is an "aosp" one as well

most interesting service apps are missing a connection to a tool (i believe) since it throws a popup saying :

[HMT] init failed
or
[HMT] not connected

anyone knows which could be? anyone familiar to this?

so in the end i am posting it just as general pourpose and cherrypicking of usefull apps, unless we can find what is missing so we could actually fix lots of issues!!!!
[Galaxy S6 General] Legend35:
Do you have Full service mode with band selection and advanced network settings?
[Galaxy S6 General] Wuby986:
Yes those are the thing this firmware is intended to i think.. actually you can pull apps from the img if you know how to and use it also on stock fw.. I think i will do later and post them separately
[Galaxy S6 General] dogan2010:
Will this service firmware reset the knox counter aswell?
[Galaxy S6 General] Legend35:
Ok thank you. Please look for advanced network setup APPs and post them ASAP, I need them very urgently :)
[Galaxy S6 General] DocRambone:
WOW, nice, i have a look asap.
[Galaxy S6 General] Wuby986:
No this is too much to ask to this fw ,unfortunately is not possible to reset on any device

Well if you're in rush flash the firmware and use them, or use some app like samsung secret code from play.. You'll need root for that to work properly
[Galaxy S6 General] Legend35:
Knox will stay 0x0 ?
[Galaxy S6 General] Wuby986:
I really dunno because i had mine already tripped long before..! I think it should because they are not supposed to trip knox to fix it, but the selinux permissive kernel could give you troubles!!! Seriously !! Lots of thing may go wrong.. First of all is not out of the box compiled by samsung, but is repacked by me! So no chance it has original signature

You could try this app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.shortcutmaster.lite

Giving root permission and try some code using method 0 (root) to launch it ex 1234567890 could be usefull for you
[Galaxy S6 General] Mig1234:
Can you mKE THIS FOR THE SPRINT 920p VERSION 5.1.1? TY.
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
They dont trip knox because they would have flashed an engineering sboot to your device. you should look into dumping that if you have not updated it yet.