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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
Does this not work with chrome at all anymore? I have disabled async dns resolver and cleared the dns cache, but still seeing ads.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] destz0r:
No clue mate I use Samsung Internet browser and I see no ads there
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
Ah well. I see in adhell the list of domains being blocked growing so it's working, obviously just not in chrome. Guess I'll have to try Samsung browser instead.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
Got it working in chrome, just had to add com.android.chrome|*|53 in the blacklist. Might help someone else who needs it ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] destz0r:
Try out Samsungs browser for a while, I like it more than chrome
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
Yeah I will give it a try. The thing that's put me off changing browsers for so long is the sheer amount of data I have stored with chrome, passwords and auto fill data and such, is there any way to import this stuff to the Samsung browser?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] destz0r:
there's an extension for the samsung browser which can import ur chrome bookmarks. As for passwords, i dont know, im afraid u cant import ur passwords
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] ntinosterpsis:
Does this solution have any impact in battery consumption?

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
Ah well I didn't think it would be possible being that all that stuff is stored securely with Google.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] destz0r:
nah
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] ntinosterpsis:
Thanks ! I will try it!

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
Double post
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
No it's a system wide ad block similar to just using the default hosts file. It's the VPN based ad blockers that drain battery, adhell doesn't even need to be opened or even running after it's activated.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] ntinosterpsis:
Is any chance to trip Knox with this ?

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
No none, don't worry, in fact I believe it actually works with Knox, that's why you have to generate your own key on Samsung's website.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] ntinosterpsis:
Thanks my friend ! I will try it now !

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
You're welcome ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] ntinosterpsis:
What I have to do her-? On step 6

Also i receive an email that says after activation they will Charge me immediately. I have to pay?

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
I have no idea what that screen is. And no you certainly don't have to pay. Did you follow the links that the other guy posted?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
In the guide, you only need follow the first section to get the key, this bit

Sign in to your Samsung account from here and download the Knox SDK from here.

Now, click on generate license key and go to Knox SDK section.

Name the key in “Add a key Alias”.

Click on “Generate license key”

Copy the key or obtain your generated key from here.

Once you have the key, just install the app from the mediafire link and install, once open, input the key and that's it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] ntinosterpsis:
I found what it ask for . Its .txt file with the guide. In that step you have to change the package name. I enable it.

Thanks for everything my friend!

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
You don't need to do any of that from the guide, just get the key from Samsung website, nothing else needs to be downloaded, except the apk from mediafire
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] ntinosterpsis:
I have download the apk and I get the key. After I change the name of the package I install the apk and paste the key. Now the app works

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
Well I'm glad you got it working. Remember if you use Chrome browser, input the string I posted a page or two back.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] ntinosterpsis:
I'm using Samsung internet. Thanks for everything ! You help me a lot my friend !

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
You're very welcome mate ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] meistfx:
Hey guys I'm having trouble getting this to work on my Note9 It's running android version 9

I got a license key from samsung

I downloaded AH3 and the editor.

not sure how the editor works but if i try to change the package name to anything it gives me errors.

I can install it with the default com.beta9.beta package name tho but I'm guessing that is blacklisted ?

it still accepts my key but will not enable I dont see any options when I open AH3 to blacklist anything

anyone got any ideas the .txt is very vague as I can't get the editor to work properly maybe it needs updated ?

EDIT: got a updated pro app I can rename the package now but it still does not enable or work. ( should i compile this myself as the apk is outdated ??? )

when I enter my key it says in a toast msg "KNOX Validation license complete successfully." and the app will close, when I re open the app again it shows the same screen to enter key. no options or anything. and I'm getting ads still
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Nastrahl:
AdHell doesn't work anymore unless you get a valid partner KLM key which is only possible if your business of certified by Samsung.

Free keys doesn't have the mandatory permissions to get AdHell to work.

I highly doubt that pre built APK are updated to work with a partner key.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
why bother with all of that when you can simply use a private dns that has adblocking features and not have to constantly update the host file for the rest of your life.

dns.adguard.com
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] younus_malik:
This works fine and probably the best solution without rooting. but how safe is it using adguard? i heard its a russian company. is it safe using this DNS on your mobile phone with payment and banking apps installed?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
is it safe to use the internet?

whether its russian, chinese, american dont think the nationally matters when it comes to privacy. they all have leaks and issues.

so again, choose your poison.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] bober10113:
big hosting companies like amazon have a gazillion server names constantly changing.

using that as an example, any ad compaings using their servers would have to be constantly checked and names added to the host file. anything not flagged recently would fail to be blocked. so in that sense using a host file to block server names to block ads is a never ending battle plus the host file isint updated every minute of each day.

an other issue when blocking domain names is that you cant choose the level at which you want to block. so ure stuck black listing a whole domain when in fact maybe just the top level is the culprit or maybe vice vera the low level should be blocked. or maybe even just a particular directory in some cases generate the ads.

another benefit of a private dns blocking ads is that youtube has no more ads at the beginning or during videos.

these are two examples of situations where i prefer using a dns server to filter ads.

but i guess to each their own.

i used to use adaway as well until i got tired of the half ass job.

also ive put the ad blocking dns server in my router and it basically blocks the whole network from getting ads with out the need to do anything more:

set it and forget it.

on my mobile devices like my phone i do manually add the private dns to reap the benefit while on the go.

but again traffic is being directed to a private company offering the service for free. like anything free or like anything on the internet now a days there is risk. same as going out the door and getting run over. one just needs to weigh in the benefit vs the down side and live with the results.(up to date ive rapt only benefits..)

if we consider big credit companies like Equifax which we would not have though would have leaked millions and millions if account info due to hacks or bad security practices, then we know nothing is really safe and in that optic i dont bother too much anymore. if i can make my life easier then i will. if i get some of my info stolen, again what are we to do? banks get haked everyday, government and states.etc. so who would want to steal my poor asz's information? maybe they'll pay off my debts...lol and if they didnt hack me or my device they got my info off of any of the government or banking platforms i use and i cant protect what i dont own anyways. so the weakest link in this case is not the individual and his habits as it once was but the services from the big companies we have no choice to use if we want to live in this "modern" world with its new modern problems.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] Nastrahl:
It's safe since with an adblocking DNS server, it only know what domain your device is attempting to resolve, not the content of anything.

Since a lot of domains are required to be resolved by the system, it can't even know if the resolve request is done by you or not.

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That's completely wrong and not how the DNS system is working.

Plus, blocking ads through hosts file is using more memory since you need to store it in cache.

Apps that can't connect because of its blocking can spam until they do, which is never, thus consuming more battery.

Traffic that's are not blocked can still be poisoned.

Adblocking with an modified hosts file doesn't prevent apps from DNS requests so it's completely different.

Android's private DNS only use DoH so even poisoning can't be done.
[General Questions and Answers] galaxys2ci:
Hello Everyone

I have installed TWRP 3.1.0 on my galaxy s2 and also Lineage 14.1 . So far so good . It wasn't that hard to install custom rom and recovery but i got an issue which is upgrading TWRP 3.1.0 to the latest version 3.2.3 . I did everything correct but it just does not update to latest version. Once i installed the recovery image then rebooted , TWRP disappeared and stock recovery showed up. I also installed TRWP app (installed img and flash to recovery etc.. ) as well but nothing worked.

My question is does Galaxy s2 support latest TWRP or is there anything else that i should do ? Please if you can share any solution to solve this or any suggestion to update TWRP to latest version.

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Are you using iso-rec recovery?

There is a specific combination that is required to flash TWRP on your device.

I'm assuming that you have used the re-PIT created by [MENTION=4141005]Lanchon[/MENTION], since you have LOS installed. The way the recovery is handled on your device is it is packaged into the kernel bundle, I believe, so it isn't flashed to the stock recovery partition, it is flashed in another location where the iso-rec recovery was originally flashed. When you tried to update your TWRP, you probably corrupted how that is structured and it reverted back to stock recovery instead of booting TWRP because, as far as I know, the stock recovery is still installed in its native recovery partition, even after flashing iso-rec recovery. Find an updated iso-rec version of TWRP for i9100
[General Questions and Answers] galaxys2ci:
TWRP issue for galaxy s2 i9100

Hi Droidriven

Thank you very much for responding my message , i'm using iso-rec recovery 3.1.0 right now and i followed these steps to install it ;

1 - I9100 _1.5GB system _6gb data _ 512MB PRE-LOAD by gangster .pit

2 - IP KERNEL 14-03-CWM - FOR + ODIN ( via odin )

and then

lanchon 20160406 I9100 + twrp 3.1.0 .

I did everything correct with istallation of twrp 3.1.0 and LOS

I'm wondering how can i upgrade twrp 3.1.0 to 3.2.3 ?

I thought galaxy s2 does not support latest version of twrp recovery . TWRP 3.1.0 is the only latest version that works for galaxy s2. Is that correct or is there any other way to update twrp to latest version on galaxy s2 ? Because i installed twrp app , did everything ( flashing img rebooting etc. ) it did not update to latest version. Please can you tell me if you know how to upgrade to latest version . i'll be appreciated . Thanks again for responding .

Have a nice day.

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
I don't think you can use the standard version of TWRP that would be downloaded from the TWRP website or via the TWRP Manager app. It has to a TWRP that has been made to be compatible with iso-rec recovery/kernel.

If you still have the file that you used to install iso-rec TWRP 3.1.0, maybe you can extract that file, remove the 3.1.0 .img and replace it with the latest TWRP.img then rezip the file and try flashing that.
[General Questions and Answers] galaxys2ci:
Hi Droidriven

To be honest i've never thought about extracting file , removing the img and replacing with the latest one. That is a good idea actually . Maybe It could work . I'll try that.

Thank you so much for your quick replies. You have been great and helpful. I really appreciate that.

Thanks again

Have a nice day.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] enginuity2:
I know the Note 8 is USB 3.1 but I believe there is gen 1 and gen 2. Anybody know which the N8 has?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Questions and Answers] bluecub1st:
https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s8/help/galaxy-s8-usb-protocol-t3589180/post75839284#post75839284

think it's the same for note 8
[Touch Cruise General] dloureiro:
I am having GPS problems. I have tried some of the stuff documented on here but to no avail (NMEA device and COM4 and also Internal GPS Receiver). Basically I am having erratic behaviour with my GPS. Sometimes I get a signal very quickly and other times I never get a signal (even after 15minutes). When I start TomTom, it says for a couple of seconds "No GPS device!" but that changes to "Waiting for a valid GPS signal...". The problem is that it can stay like that forever (for as long as I wait). What I have noticed is that if I run the QuickGPS and straight away open the TomTom then after 5 seconds it gets a GPS fix. If I have run QuickGPS the day before, I don't get a signal. Does anyone have any ideas what could be happening. Is the QuickGPS causing problems? Is there any way to get rid of the QuickGPS downloads so that TomTom relies only on the GPS device. I don't want to use QuickGPS every time especially when roaming and seeing how much they charge for data. Any other tips and tricks?

David
[Xiaomi Mi A2 / 6X Guides, News, & Discussion] stopthetime:
Short videos do not change the resolution. If you set to 4k or 720p, you will continue shooting in 1080p.

If you go in the video option and turn on 1080p / 60fps, it will hold. But if you enable slowmotion or timelapse, the setting in normal mode will return to 1080p / 30fps.
[Honor 9  Guides, News, & Discussion] ACOJO5920:
With b371, there's now a setting in smart assistance to disable it! It always bugged me so I'm happy it's gone.
[Honor 9  Guides, News, & Discussion] cioce:
This is not a new feature, probably you never see it.
[Honor 9  Guides, News, & Discussion] chros69:
It's not in b368.
[Honor 9  Guides, News, & Discussion] ACOJO5920:
Hmmmm... Seems like we have two conflicting points of view???.

I updated to b371 with the August security patch(even though the changelog says it's the July patch) from b368. I used the new really tedious method for firmware finder that you can find on the XDA forums. In case you wanted to wanted to know?.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] piezan:
Hello everyone,

So i bought a note 9 960f and have been using it for about a week. All was perfect. I flashed a rom without the simcard in the phone and booted it up, setup the device then put the sim in. Now i have a SIM network pin blocked. Enter sim network puk. I tried the puk code for the sim and it said it was incorrect, i then activated a new sim and tried that puk code and still incorrect. Can anyone help me?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] strikerdj2011:
reflash stock firmware via odin then try again

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] piezan:
thanks for the reply, i have yet to find the stock firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] piezan:
tried the factory firmware, it did not work unfortunately.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] strikerdj2011:
sam mobile will be on there
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] vndnguyen:
Do NOT try to change the firmware, because your problem is not related to the firmware.

Instead, it is related to the SIM itself.

You said: "Now i have a SIM network pin blocked. Enter sim network puk" ==> it is not correct procedure.

When it asked for PIN, you must enter PIN, not PUK.

Please note that PIN is 4 digits, while PUK is 8 digits.

If you enter incorrect PIN for 3 times, SIM will be blocked and now it asks for PUK.

If you enter incorrect PUK for 10 times, SIM will be blocked permanently.

You should ask your mobile service provider for your PIN and PUK.

For more information, you can install the Advanced Call Settings app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.advcallsettings

In the app, switch to the NCR tab and tap on PIN or PUK for more details.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] piezan:
thanks for all the info. but i was reading what it says on the phone. a screen pops up and it states "sim network pin blocked. enter sim network puk." i have puk codes but they dont work. i am just guesssing here because i do not know for sure. but could this be a region lock? like it thinks it belongs in the UK? i used it for a few days and all was fine. So i am at a loss
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] vndnguyen:
So once it asked for puk, you need to input puk.

Ask your service provider for the puk.

If you enter incorrect puk for more than 10 times, the sim will be blocked permanently.

You will need to change the sim then.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] piezan:
tried it with 2 sims. i am sending it back. not worth 900 bucks to have to deal with this. Thank you for the help!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] henklbr:
What "not worth the 900 bucks"?

It's your OWN FAULT!

Why did you flash FW in the 1st place, what was wrong with the FW on your device?

What FW did you flash?

When sending back your device: when they ask "what's wrong with your device and/or why", will you tell the truth that you have this problem after flashing firmware yourself?

There was nothing wrong with your device, problems started when you flashed firmware!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] piezan:
I flashed the rom to have root and customization. Really only reason to flash one. I flashed the only one available in note 9 page. Worked fine until sim card came out then it region locked it to UK. Found this out later. Thank you for your useless post and absolutely no help to the situation.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] henklbr:
No: my post was not useless

You are sending back a "previous rooted" device, KNOX tripped -> what do you expect: to get a NEW device or "money back"?

You were obviously "playing" with your device, not knowing what the result would be; and now you want a "new device": keep on dreaming!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] piezan:
It was useless, you gave no assistance to question and started ranting because obviously you are a know it all and you can't mind your business. I already got my money back so that dream came true I guess. When a phone comes unlocked I would hope they do the region unlock prior to sending. In this case they did not. They admited it. So stop assuming you know the details. It's people like you that make other not want to ask for help.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
Sounds a bit shady to me, you say the device was region locked and that they admitted as much, yet you said yourself you used it fine with your SIM until YOU flashed it, so clearly it wasn't region locked as you were using it with your SIM in your region.

And you're saying they refunded you no questions asked? Despite the fact that any issue was caused by you AND you clearly voided the warranty?

Or did you break your phone? Come on here to get help, not listen to any advice and then not want to look silly and made up the story about them refunding you? ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] piezan:
I feel bad for you.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
Why?

My phone's still working just fine ?

Sent from my Galaxy note 9 (that I didn't break)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] piezan:
You people are rediculous. I come here looking for help and you start trouble. Assuming and making fun. You know absolutely nothing of the situation and assume. I am glad that my loss is fun for everyone. Pretty trashy
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] beta546:
Sorry, but I'm going off your own words

"So i bought a note 9 960f and have been using it for about a week. All was perfect"

That's not a phone locked to a region that isn't yours, that's a phone working "perfectly" as you said.

You messed with it, and it broke.

Then you say your seller admitted that it was a region locked phone, despite the fact, it clearly wasn't, in your own words.....
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Questions & Answers] TheMadScientist:
Problem solved thread closed
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] resarfekim:
I wiped my phone and installed a new rom for a couple hours, received one text during that time. Then I wiped again, installed a fresh AICP rom, and let Google Setup restore my most recent backup from the cloud. It only restored the one message, and I lost a couple years worth of messages.

Is there a way to restore my messages from the cloud backup, to a certain point-in-time?

Thanks!

Mike
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Exodusche:
If you go back to stock and restore that backup you should get all your messages. I had the same issue on ROMs that sms was not restoring. Even though Google does a pretty descent job backing up I use sms backup and restore also. It's free and can backup anywhere (google drive,device,email etc.) That way you never have to worry again.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 SE Questions & Answers] dj_m:
What is this app. It's the last one in Chinese in the screenshot attached. I'm using xiaomi.eu rom
[Xiaomi Mi 8 SE Questions & Answers] ztc1997:
It's a shopping app by xiaomi official.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mike02z:
My F1 Global Version arrived this afternoon. I popped in my T-Mobile SIM and set the phone up. I've been using it for less than an hour.

Good News:

Voice works fine. I made multiple test calls with WiFi off. All sounded great.

Bad News:

So far I've not been able to get a data connection via 4G. It says I have service but pages won't open. I'll play around with it more.

Anyone else on T-Mobile in the US and able to get data?

EDIT: Data seems to be hit-miss. For the last 20 minutes data seems stable.
[Xiaomi Poco F1 Guides, News, & Discussion] Mike02z:
After about 10 hours of use, I can confirm that US T-Mobile users cannot get 4G on the F1. Even though it says it has an LTE connection.

Voice and 3G work fine. If you're planning to use this with data on T-Mobile, you might want to look elsewhere. I use mine mostly on WiFi so not a deal breaker for me.