yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Acinko:
On t-mobile you probably want to stay on 6.0.1 and not move to 7.0 n... t-mobile is having some data issues when the phone is on 7.0

However if you want to try it anyways... download the full firm file for 7.0 and 6.0.1 (both available on this site, just search recent posts) make sure you get both so you can switch back if need e d.

And your gonna need to flash them with Odin when your phone is in download mode.

There is walkthroughs for this on this site and others so I won't repeat it all here but that is what you will need to do.

No root needed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Acinko:
Here's the 6.0.1 file, you can down load from these links and use the password to open (which is in the third post)

https://xdaforums.com/s7-active/development/how-downgrade-7-0-to-6-0-1-t3590649
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Acinko:
And here's 7.0 n

https://xdaforums.com/s7-active/how-to/g891a-android-n-offical-odin-package-t3581042

Just FYI due to heavy bandwidth usage with these types of files the links regularly break (or really just get taken off) so you may have to search for another upload if these stop working.

Good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] ins0mniac:
This is not "S7 Active" specific issue. It is overall S7 issue on Android 7.0. You don't need to downgrade to 6.0.1. Just delete all the APNs (make it EMPTY!) -> Restart phone -> Add APN -> Restart. Problem solved.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] CFoote:
Any particular reason why you would go to T-Mo over ATT? I think ATT's network is better? If its cost than maybe consider Cricket?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Acinko:
I'm not sure about yours, but for sure there was issues with my active on 7.0 off of ATT and wiping / replacing APNS did not fix it. What you said to do was the first step I tried.

Then I moved on to clearing location through the other company and fully resetting networks.

Tired default APNs, tried suggested APNs tried manual and custom APNs all of which still lead to intermittent or no connectivity

It became to have regular intermittent complete loss of network and data, no matter what apn was on there.

Flashing to 6.0.1 fixed it and I never had the issue again. Again maybe it worked differently for others, but that for sure is what fixed my issues.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Acinko:
CFoote, I shot you over a pm.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] nickel911:
So, I got a S7 active off swappa and it works with my cricket account. However everytime I make or receive a call a small notice a the bottom of the screen says PROVISIONAL FWD ACTIVE comes on. (see screen grabs). Basically if I am on the phone or have the phone down on a table and miss a call. My callers are being sent to this 916 area code in Sacramento which appears to be a general ATT (or old owner?) vmail bank. I have tried and failed to update from ATT instructions (failed to read data). And the 3 ATT reps I am talking to say I have to have the ORIGINAL OWNER turn the function off first! Any helpo or suggestions? Apologies if this really needs its own thread. https://goo.gl/photos/f7UzoQsQfS9sE2Vk9
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] clbgrmn:
Reverted to 6.0.1 and still having connectivity issues

I think I've tried all the things listed in this thread. I have a SM-G981a (unlocked) device. When I got it (on Nougat), I cleared all APNs and added the one recommended by my provider (mintsim). I had service for about one hour and then lost it and it never came back.

I rolled back to 6.0.1 and cleared the APNs and used the same mintsim recommended APN and still don't have service.

Any ideas of next things to try?

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] Vozie_Stockholm:
Dial *#*#4636#*#* -> 'Device Information' -> 'Set Preferred Network Type:' -> Select 'WCDMA' or 'Global auto (PRL)'

My phone worked fine in Sweden with default settings, but in Romania I had to type in the above and chose LTE/UMTS auto (PRL) and then it worked perfect!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] kindanewb:
i have an s7 active that was frp and network unlocked. i am trying to use this on tmobile.

my s7 active is running android 7.0

i have a few problems and need assistance

1. the wifi calling option is greyed out under settings. from the home screen using the pulldown menu the wifi option appears to be turned on.

2. text messaging and emails worked for about one day then quit

3. samsung pay has a message ..access to samsung pay has been denied call customer service

4. s health unable to open app. your device had been compromised

any ideas?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Guides, News, & Discussio] mayfieldriley:
Would this work for switching s7 to Verizon?

Would this work for Verizon or because it's cdma not gsm it won't work
[OnePlus 3T Questions & Answers] kimmmo:
I was using fingerprint to unlock with no problems and occasionally it makes you write your password for extra security. It was working fine, I didn't reboot or flash recently, and suddenly out of the blue my password didn't work for the unlock anymore.

I got past this by going to the recovery and deleting gatekeeper.password.key, gatekeeper.pattern.key and locksettings.db* as instructed around the web.

Now if I try to set the fingerprint + password again, the password works fine for adding new fingerprints etc until I lock the screen for the first time, when it once again says "You have entered an incorrect password, try again in XX seconds" and I'm locked out again and have to go through deleting the files again in recovery.

With password only the unlock works fine, but if I try to enable fingerprint + password I'm locked out again.

Could this perhaps be some sort of file permission problem on the recreated gatekeeper.password.key / locksettings.db?
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] Pilzinsel64:
I tried to install several builds of LineageOS and CyanogenMod on my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini.

I'm sure I use the right ROMs and I also tried intalling on TWRP and CWM.

Can someone help me please?

This is the output log of CWM (in TWRP it's the same):

Warning: No file_contextsTarget:samsung/cm_golden/golden:7.1.1/N0F27B/70b43c6e0f:userdebug/test-keys

detected filesystem ext4 for /dev/block/mmcblk0p22

detected filesystem ext4 for /dev/block/mmcblk0p22

ApplyParsedPerms: lsetfilecon of /system/lost+found to u: object_r:system_file:s0 failed: Operation not supported on transport endpoint

set_metadata_recursive:some changes failed

E:Error in /external_sd/lineage-14.1-20170402-UNOFFICIAL-golden.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] blotfib:
Hi

I have exactly the same problem, trying to flash the lineage-13.0-20170129-UNOFFICIAL-golden.zip

on S3 mini

Did you solved your issue?

How?

Thanks

best regards

Lotfi
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] Ibuprophen:
Since there's no Official LineageOS released for this device, there's a few Unofficial releases.

Your best bet is to use one of the following Unofficial LineageOS threads for your device.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3592044

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3520752

Good Luck!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I DO NOT PROVIDE SUPPORT VIA PM UNLESS ASKED/REQUESTED BY MYSELF.

PLEASE KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] blotfib:
I finally could install the ROM using twrp2.7_golden.nova.20140327.zip

while my CWM : recovery-clockwork-6.0.2.7-golden.img

failed to install the ROMs

so with TWRP I installed :

lineage-13.0-20170129-UNOFFICIAL-golden.zip

I also installed Google Apps : open_gapps-arm-6.0-mini-20171002.zip
[LineageOS Questions & Answers] kurtn:
Take a look at novafusion.pl there is a good nougat ROM as well.
[Wing, P4350 General] afoulke:
I need help restoring my tasks with checkboxs on my mainscreen. When I first got the phone all of my task would be in a list with a checkbox next to them for when they were completed. Now all I have is a little area that says 1 Active Task, 1 Due Today, is there anyway to restore the checkbox setting without having to reformat my HTC Wing?
[Wing, P4350 General] kdskamal:
You must have installed some PIM today plugin like SBSH pocketbreeze or SPB diary. Those two apps have checkboxes next to the tasks :)
[Android General] elsact:
Hello,

I'm totally new in this forum and in java programming, so I don't know if the following informations will be enough so that you can help me.

So, here is my problem :

When I try to run the program, I get this message :

"Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: lbrand.monopoly.Start.main([Ljava.lang.String;)

at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1786)

at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:125)

Process finished with exit code 1"

It sends me back to this text (in Class.java) , when I click on it :

" * [MENTION=263662]exception[/MENTION] SecurityException

* If a security manager, <i>s</i>, is present and any of the

* following conditions is met:

*

* <ul>

*

* <li> invocation of

* {@link SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess

* s.checkMemberAccess(this, Member.DECLARED)} denies

* access to the declared methods within this class

*

* <li> the caller's class loader is not the same as or an

* ancestor of the class loader for the current class and

* invocation of {@link SecurityManager#checkPackageAccess

* s.checkPackageAccess()} denies access to the package

* of this class

*

* </ul>

*

* [MENTION=1324576]since[/MENTION] JDK1.1

*/"

Thank you for reading me.

I hope somebody can help...
[LG Watch Urbane] akirainblack:
I'm essentially trying to replace a system file (with the intention of disabling touch to wake) on my Urbane running AW 2.0

I've tried using TWRP 3.1.0.0 and TWRP 3.0.0.0 + squashfs but neither allow me to access the /system partition as r/w

I've tried to root so I can use a file explorer to replace it as well but that fails.

Can anyone please offer me any advice as to how I can proceed?

Thank you,
[LG Watch Urbane] Skin1980:
The squashfs is compressed and cannot be wrote on the go.
[LG Watch Urbane] akirainblack:
Thanks skin1980. Guess I'm stuck for the moment then.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yaoihost:
There are threads about saying I can use HiSuite to backup a 6P. But cannot find any info that it is 100% compatible with 6P.

I have tried with adb drivers and Huawei drivers that I think came with HiSuite and tried HDB drivers.

Windows10 can see my phone and I can browse the memory card.

I can use Mobikin to see my sms and other stuff but I don't want to purchase the software if HiSuite is supposed to work.

I need to backup the entire phone as my battery only lasts 5 hours or so and VodafoneAU say there is warranty on the phone and can get it fixed but data will be erased in the process.

I have Android SDK installed and still NG. I have USB debugging on but there is no way to download HDB on the phone as is shown on other Huawei models .

Any ideas as I have been looking for 4 hours to resolve and I am over it!!
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redduc900:
HiSuite is compatible w/ the 6P, but the Huawei Backup app (required to be used in conjunction w/ HiSuite) in the Play Store is not.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rashad83:
Hisuite used to work fine on Marshmallow roms but after Nougat the Hisuite.apk that is responsible for synchronization between N6p and PC stopped being able to be installed to the phone from the moment the phone is connected to PC. I think Huawei abandoned the apk development for N6p after Nougat introduction.
[Fire General] williambright80:
Pretty sure I found a way they will work a lot of the time

Step 1. Go into the help app

Step 2 click on contact via email (they reply fast)

Step 3 click on problems with lock screen /notifications

Step 4 click on seeing notifications

Step 5 use this text in the describe the problem " I would like to disable the intrusive ads on the lockscreen at get in the way of seeing my wallpaper."

And then they will most likely disable special offers after that
[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
Wrong. I got sick of the ads to the point I paid the $15. But what for? They don't let me uninstall the 'Special Offers' App after paying. If I had to guess, I would say they don't even turn the ads off and they just place wallpapers over the top of them. I totally had forgotten about this until I saw your post. I will be calling hem or emailing them to ask them to remove the app altogether or refund me my $15.
[Fire General] DB126:
Why is the previous poster "wrong"? Understand you are fussed about the app remaining after paying $15 USD but most folks are simply happy to see the ads disappear even if downloads still occur in the background. To each his own - there is no "wrong" or "right".
[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
You're right. I could've used better words. I can understand how most would be happy with that, but most don't understand or even know it still runs in the background or wherever. I just feel like it's a scam is all.
[Fire General] alphasurfer:
i just wanted to say thank you, this method worked perfectly! Saves me $15 :)
[Fire General] LordNathaniel:
Worked for me.
[Fire General] GameraFan:
Just registered to say thanks! Worked for me.
[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
My Fire 7 screen died. I have a Fire 8 on the way. I'm going to ask if they'll transfer my 'ransom' payment from my 7 to the 8...given I only paid to have the ads removed less than two weeks or so ago.
[Fire General] JobSup:
Wow, something similar in german worked. And I got a reply within 15min at 10pm today, on a public holiday, wow :)

But the reply states that it is a 'one time exception from their policy' to remove the ads. As long as you only have that one device, it's ok.
[Fire General] HoreBesokLibur:
Can you send me what you wrote in German? I'm currently living in Germany now but my german is ****ty.
[Fire General] charlesefc:
Attempted this and this is the email I recieved
[Fire General] williambright80:
Did you use the same text I did?
[Fire General] brindeau:
It worked ! Sent your email before I went to sleep and their answer was there when I woke up:

I'm sorry for the inconvenience you've had with the ads on the screen of your Fire tablet.

As you requested, I have disabled Special Offers on your Fire.

Please understand that by unsubscribing, you'd have been charged $15.00 for the price difference between the device with and the device without Special Offers. *******But I made an exception and waived off the charge and unsubscribed the special offers on your Fire tablet.

Please turn wireless on, and the next time you connect your device wirelessly, it will complete the process of unsubscribing from Special Offers.

If you've further queries, please let us know so that we can help you in every possible way.

Please visit the following link to provide the information we requested:

I hope this helps! We look forward to seeing you again soon.

We'd appreciate your feedback. Please use the links below to tell us about your experience today.

Best regards,
[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
My Fire 7 screen died so I got a Fire HD 8, used from Amazon direct for $51. Here is what I saved: Apparently when you unsubscribe from 'Special Offers' by paying the fee, it applies to new tablets as well. I didn't ask if they could apply the payment from my Fire 7, it was automatic. So -$15 there. Amazon technicians are either too busy or don't care. I was checking storage when I noticed it had storage on the SD card...well it doesn't come with a card. So -$15 again because I got a free card (retail about $13-15). In the end, a brand new Fire HD 8 is about $70. I pad $25 after the savings. Not bad at all.
[Fire General] singchi:
I tried this, except I told them the ads were inappropriate. It worked and my ads were removed in just a few minutes.
[Fire General] charlesefc:
Yes
[Fire General] goodwinm:
I sent them a message almost word for word and they sent me instructions to unsubscribe with 1-click...
[Fire General] :
Thanks so much! I literally sat there for about two minutes and then I turned my kindle on and saw that there were no more ads. Then I typed in my PIN and saw that my Special Offers app was uninstalled!!! :)
[Fire General] Cobrahaze:
It Worked!!

Just registered to say thanks to William I copied and pasted your reason and within ten minutes lock screen ads are gone and so is the offers app!! Thanks a ton man!! ;)
[Fire General] AndroidNoob47:
I can't believe it actually works
[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
I do. They know the ads are intrusive. They also know by now they aren't going to make their money back on that idea, so there's no use fighting with otherwise, seemingly happy customers who are regular shoppers on the site. I only paid for it because it rolls over to other tablets. I'm​ not sure the same applies in this case.
[Fire General] PodCulture:
I can confirm it worked as well. (although I didn't take a screen shot) The only problem I've run into is that what ever they did made the device update up to 5.3.3.0 so I'm stuck w/o root and can't install a different ROM. The hardware is great for the price...but man Fire OS blows.
[Fire General] Z1CkY:
Delete please
[Fire General] DB126:
Why are you requesting deletion of another member's post?
[Fire General] webwude:
Just tried in Austria this morning. It worked. (german) :)

Gesendet von meinem F8331 mit Tapatalk
[Fire General] FatFarley:
Thank you so much. This worked beautifully.
[Fire General] CGibbons1:
I only have the call option in my help app, how do I get the email option to use this process?
[Fire General] williambright80:
what update are u on and go all the way back and go into the help app and follow my instructions
[Fire General] williambright80:
love your kindle name :o
[Fire General] williambright80:
i know this is completly off topic but bestbuys around the country are selling lg gpad 7.0 lte s everywhere i think for $66
[Fire General] CGibbons1:
Im on 5.3.3.0 and here's a screenshot of my contact app, it wants a phone number for them to call me on.

imgur.com/a/2bwbs
[Fire General] fBx:
Tried it in German. I wrote

(basically the same as the English text in OP)

Removed within 10 minutes.
[Fire General] Technocian:
Look in the upper right corner of the page when it asks you for a phone number. In blue text there will be the option to switch to email instead.
[Fire General] Jrhotrod:
You know, it may not be for everyone, but I just don't register my Fire with Amazon... Rip ads. I use Google Play and that's all I need. I use Amazon on my phone :silly:
[Fire General] DragonFire1024:
That's what I did a few days ago. I'm all set up to not need Amazon whatsoever. Currently working on a project, one of a few, that will allow non root users to essentially sever their ties with Amazon almost, if not altogether.

Even unregistering your device doesn't stop them. See some of my little tricks using Activity Launcher: https://xdaforums.com/amazon-fire/general/activity-launcher-5-3-3-0-t3615040

If you click on accounts in the settings pull down activity, it will always list an Amazon account there of some sort, phots, video etc. The best way to at least stop that one from doing anything, is to click the three dots at upper right and stop auto sync. I haven't found a way to remove that last one yet. For a while it was Amazon Videos. I did something that made it go away and switch to Photos/Prime. I forget what that was.
[Fire General] fedakpeter:
worked like a charm, reply within few mins. many thanks
[Fire General] eroik23:
damn they removed them right away!! awesome cause those ads are annoying

fire 7
[Fire General] Tanith1:
It worked perfectly within a few seconds on my new Fire HD 8 (2017). Absolutely fantastic. Thank you for the how-to. I didn't expect that removing the special offers is that easy. I got the automated reply from Amazon via email that tells me that Amazon was making an exception and removed the special offers without charging anything. They told me that this exception will only be made once. Removing special offers on any further Fire tablet or Kindle reader that are registered to that Amazon account will be charged with $15.00 (resp €15.00 in the euro area).
[Fire General] fBx:
They will only do this once per account. If you switch to another Fire, they will not do it again. But alas, it's 15€ saved.
[Fire General] Mr Bigglesworth:
Just tried and was told I have to pay, never had a fire before, so is the first time removing ads
[Fire General] DB126:
Try again - might have reached an inexperienced agent. Then again, Amazon may have revised their courtesy policy after word go out.
[Fire General] xnolax:
Registered to confirm it worked (too new or I'd post an img link).

I changed it a little bit: "I would like to disable the ads on the lock screen, they are inappropriate for my child."

I emailed about 90 minutes ago and they just removed them; worked fine.

Data point: I don't have an Amazon account anymore and this was the only Kindle ever associated with my old account.
[Fire General] BaronKiko:
Save yourself talking to amazon and just run " pm uninstall com.amazon.kindle.kso " in an adb shell and ads be gone.
[Fire General] DB126:
Having Amazon kill ads is good for the life of the device and will survive FireOS reloads and updates. "pm uninstall" of system apps on an unrooted device is non-durable and easily reversible.
[Fire General] BaronKiko:
It only resets when you perform a factory reset of the device which is probably a good thing, so it's not easy to reverse (unless you are up for discarding all your data) and pretty durable given the extent you have to go to revert it. It's also reliable unlike the OP's method as amazon need to do more than change an internal policy.

Finally it seems to work across updates too, least it has for me once.

Please do some research before posting miss information.
[Fire General] DB126:
I was good with your comments (seeing different perspectives can be healthy) until the last remark which is exposes inexperience. Been around several generations of Amazon devices and have seen various script kiddie approaches for circumventing 'features' folks don't care for. Some have legs; others crash-and-burn with diasterous outcomes (eg: attempts to block OTA updates ultimately leading to unrecoverable bricks when the 'block' was bypassed). PM commands (hide and uninstall in particular) are easily reversed on unrooted devices. In contrast, I have yet to see Amazon renege on a customer satisfaction courtesy.

Obviously the consequences here are far less severe. I plan to mention both methods for blocking ads (when appropriate) along with the pros/cons of each.
[Fire General] BaronKiko:
Something we agree on, differing perspectives is healthy hence me posting that alternative in case others hadn't found it else where. Doesn't explain your need to shut it down with basically no explanation.

How does asking you to do some research before posting show "inexperience". I clearly explained how you were misleading people.

Seems quite derogatory for no reason. Non the less lots of these approaches work well and rarely brick your device so are somewhat safe, hence their prevalence.

Other random "hacks" don't seem relevant to this conversation....

That is kinda the point, you can always go back. Well not so much with uninstall but still possible. Besides, most people are content rerunning a script after an update or factory reset.

I personally have been denied free ad removal from Amazon multiple times and in general every time I have talked to Amazon customer support about my kindle I have been annoyed at best and insulted at worst. This is in complete contrast with support enquiries for other Amazon products, one can only assume they are different teams.