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[General Questions and Answers] GalaxyA325G:
You could just look at the pretty pictures! :)​

Mainly I just want to make sure Google Firebase never sends its indexes to anyone and I wanted to disable any possibility of a Google Backup happening (which I think can't happen 'cuz I don't have a Google Account set up on the phone).

Been there. Done that.​

Deleted ads. Turned off everything. Most of it won't work anyway as I have no Google Account set up on the phone.

People don't understand when I say that so I'll explain that I have PLENTY of Google Accounts. I just never set the phone up with a Google Account. Nor do I log into them from the phone USING A GOOGLE APP!

That's because if you use the FairEmail privacy aware email app (or any other well-behaved MUA), it will NOT create an account on the phone - it will just log into the Google Account and that's it. But if you use the GMail app, it will create that account.

Moral?​

Never log into a Google Account using a Google app on the phone.

There is no option, that I know of, to "delete firebase" data. I've tried for years.

The only option is to delete the cache and data of every app in Firebase.

That sucks but that's the only way there is that I know of.

If you know of an option specific to Firebase, that's what I've been looking for for years!

I have both com.google.android.gsf (Google Services Framework) and com.google.android.gms (Google Play services) enabled, which means I tried to disable them long ago but they screwed up something so I re-enabled them.

I do have com.android.vending (Google Play Store) uninstalled though, as there is no Google Account on my phone so it wouldn't do me any good.

Long ago I deleted all the Android bloatware using adb commands.

C:\> adb shell am force-stop com.package.name (force stops package)​

C:\> adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.package.name (disables package)​

C:\> adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.package.name (keeps package data/cache)​

C:\> adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.package.name (wipes out package data/cache)​

C:\> adb shell cmd package install-existing com.package.name (re-installs package)​

C:\> adb shell pm enable --user 0 com.package.name (enables prior disabled package)​

C:\> adb shell pm list packages | findstr 'package.name'​

C:\> adb shell pm list packages -d (list disabled packages)​

C:\> adb shell pm list packages -u (list uninstalled packages)​

While I use adb every single day on my Android to keep it clean, I just installed yesterday this freeware program on Windows which found four more packages to debloat.

ADB AppControl

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[General Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
You can't delete firebase because you have no account set up on the phone. Pretty sure on Pie it's an option. I'm using the other N10+ and don't want turn the Gookill junk on to check that.

Regardless I pick off stuff as needed or when I feel like it. Today privacy is an illustration. I prefer to be a low value target not worth the trouble😎
[General Questions and Answers] GalaxyA325G:
Thank you for providing the screenshots and the APK for the package manager.

Like you, I'm not shy about deleting any package that I don't want, where I simply delete any package I want to test, and if something breaks, I bring it back.

However, I've never understood the package manager you linked to, as I already do whatever I want to do on my unrootable Galaxy using just Muntashirakon & adb but I just downloaded your package manager and I'll see if it does anything useful.

EDIT: Drat. That Package Manager APK, once installed, crashes every time.
[General Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
I like it because it easily makes installable app copies and puts them in the download folder.

Easily searches for apps and gives or has links to all their stats. Been using it a lot in the last week and its helpful for troubleshooting and for poking around.
[General Questions and Answers] GalaxyA325G:
I think the combination of what you and blackhawk taught me makes sense.

I can't "delete" Firebase (I wish I could!)

I don't have a Google Account set up on the phone

Yet, some apps insist on collecting data in the Firebase location in Settings

Settings > Google > Firebase App Indexing

These 3 apps collect and SEND indexes even though I have this switch off!

Capture User Actions And Errors = OFF

Currently the three apps that I have which collect & SEND app indexes are:

Google Play Services <com.google.android.gms>

Maps <com.google.android.apps.maps>

Windy.app <co.windyapp.android>

I can manually delete the cache and data for each of these apps, which seems to clear their index, but what I want to disable is the ability of them to SEND their indexes to their mothership.

How do I kill the ability of any app to SEND the index to the mother ship?
[General Questions and Answers] GalaxyA325G:
I understand. I need "installable APKs" also. And I save them to Windows.

Like anyone else, most of my APKs come from the Google Play Store repo, but I have to get them using Aurora as my Google Play Store client. Luckily, Aurora has a switch to save all the installation APKs, so they're always saved anyway.

Since I mount my Android phone as a drive letter onto Windows, there's no problem with copying those saved APKs over to Windows every once in a while.

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I copy all the saved APKs from Android to Windows when my memory gets low on the phone.

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However, I just noticed yesterday, when I tested ADB AppControl that it does that for you, and it renames the "base.apk" to a human readable form that is beautiful.

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[General Questions and Answers] GalaxyA325G:
I should mention that you can "force clear" data using the Windows ADB AppControl freeware, but I'm not sure if it's app data or cache yet as I only found out about this app yesterday.
[General Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
Package Disabler use to be able to force clear all app data including null marks. It has lost that functionality. For some Google Android system apps you can't clear these null marks in settings and their presence can cause issues.
[General Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
I use a variety of app sources as long as they scan clean with virustotal and run well. Some of my apps are 8+ years old. An advantage to running Android 9 and 10. Google hit an all time low now by arbitrarily making older apps unusable. No one likes a big sister...
[General Questions and Answers] blackhawk:
Some days that's all I'm good for🤣

Playstore, Gmail, Google Cloud, Drive are dependencies of Google Play Services and some also of Framework. You can temporarily disable both Google play Services and Framework in settings in case you need them. Otherwise they will use 1-3+%@hr battery even perhaps with the display off. I think Backup Transport was incorporated into Framework but not sure. Maybe one of these is it now.

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Regardless on Android 10 if Framework and Google play Services are disable Backup Transport is not active. On Android 9 Backup Transport must also be package blocked or it will use battery.

I wouldn't disable Sim toolkit as it provides functionality and uses almost no resources.

"You can remove it if are dying to get rid of it. You'd just lose the ability to read/write/backup onto the sim card. I've heard people have had issues reinstalling the stk.apk after removal, though, for whatever reason." Not sure if this is true or not. Also found this. It may represent a potential security risk.

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Be wary of disabling the numerous small Samsung system apps. Target the power hogs and data users, carefully. Some system apps rarely run but when needed if not there they can damage functionality and can be hell to track down.
[Redmi Note 8 Questions & Answers] fiqxty:
Hello I have flashed crdroid 10.2 and I need to flash gapps but the storage is encrypted what can I do for it?
[Redmi Note 8 Questions & Answers] idiotz828:
Flash using sd card.
[General Questions and Answers] NEXT_U:
Hi, I have a problem with GSI not flashing in TWRP, I can't find any custom ROMs and my phone shows up as supported in project treble app

I don't know why but flashing is really fast no matter what GSI i select, around 15sec to flash a whole image. Also I am supposed to flash .img.xz and

I extract .img file from .xz, thats because .xz doesnt show up in TWRP. Phone is in bootloop after flaashing but I can enter recovery and download.

I don't know what to do at this point but I hope for some answers, thanks :)
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
Reflash stock ROM to get rid off of all changes you have made.
[General Questions and Answers] NEXT_U:
Yes, I will Flash to stock but I dont know-how why it doesnt Flash, I tried mikuUI and AOSP, nothing :(
[General Questions and Answers] xXx yYy:
Traditionally, Samsung devices haven't been the most GSI-friendly. While Samsung uses Android, they often customize the underlying system heavily.

MikuUI seems to be a niche custom ROM: It's difficult to find official sources or specifications mentioning whether it's a GSI.

My advice: Look for online resources or forums that discuss GSI experiences with similar Samsung A series models. This might give you an idea of the possibilities for the A14.
[General Questions and Answers] NEXT_U:
Gonna try, thanks😀
[Moto Edge 30 Pro] ushiyama:
I am searching to buy a dock like this: https://www.mercadolivre.com.br/doc...po-c-usb-30-hub-macbook-pro-air/p/MLB24438193

I did not find easily if my model XT2201-1 will work.

The reason is to make it work with like the desktop mode Ready For running across pluged the USB-C | Dock | HDMI | monitor, plus an USB dongle connected with keyboard and mouse.

Anyone had similar setup?
[Moto Edge 30 Pro] Kendrick_Katongo:
Brother I strongly think it will work just fine. No need to worry about that. The phone supports what you want to use it for. So that isn't an issue. Go ahead and buy it and enjoy yourself
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mickael28c:
I've got a strange problem where in Surface Duo 2 (Android 12) when launching Need for Speed Most Wanted (installed from Play Store), there's a mandatory page before the game fully starts where one need to agree T&Cs and click 'Continue'

Not sure what's happening, as it's the only app where it's happening, but when I launch that game basically the 3 buttons in T&C page become unresponsive, one cannot click on any of them.

I've tried many things and all without success. In all cases, buttons not clickable.

* Touching in both screens or full screen, portrait and landscape.

* Trying with Pen Stylus, nothing

* Trying with external mouse, all other apps work but this particular one, nothing. Buttons still don't respond.

I've go a Save file from the old phone, which goes under /data/data but as this is Android 12 and the phone is not rooted, I think there's no way to be able to paste a file in that path either.

I tried as well:

* backing up the app in one phone and restoring in Surface Duo 2, either it doesn't copy all save files and just go into the T&Cs screen again, or crashes and fails to start.

I read there was a way to do it by converting the APK to debugable, I did, managed to copy the files but then something gets corrupted when one tries to launch the game it just says: try later or quit.

Any other idea you guys could think of to either be able to somehow click on the T&Cs buttons of an app where they don't seem to respond, or copy a file in /data/data with Android 12 without root?
[Touch HD General] fdevogel:
Hi,

does anybody know how to make a backup of the stock quotes, so that if you flash a new rom, they are easily placed back?

thanks
[Touch HD General] Steve James:
Try backing up:

\Application Data\HTC\ygo

Not sure if it will work though :-)

Steve
[Touch HD General] fdevogel:
Thanks i'll try

gonna flash a new rom now, I will report back with the results
[Touch HD General] fdevogel:
Backed up the ygo folder and placed it back after flashing my new rom. It works like a charm, all my stocks are back in place. Thanks a lot!
[Xiaomi Pad 6] gokulnoman:
Is there any way I can apply 3rd party fonts on this device without rooting?
[Xiaomi Pad 6] Joeiex:
Don’t think so, most common ways have been through rooting
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Brian419:
So my venerable OnePlus 6 suffered its last drop today. The screen is done. I have replaced it with a shiny new Pixel 8, yay upgrades.

But I still want to copy files from the OP6, with the display being nonfunctional I can't simply enable filesharing via USB as I can't see the button. So I'm hoping there's an option with ADB that I can use. I know the 'pull' command can copy files, but I don't know what syntax I would use to copy the sdcard folder, and I'm not sure if 'sdcard' is the folder's name.

If anybody has any suggestions it would be appreciated!
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] TheNewHEROBRINE:
With adb you would still need to authorise the computer which requires a working screen to do (if it hasn't been already authorised in the past).

Apart from that, is the bootloader unlocked by any chance?
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Brian419:
Yes, the bootloader is unlocked. Also, I have used adb to push files to the device in the past.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Droidriven:
Did you have USB debugging enabled in developer options in your system settings before the screen broke?
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Brian419:
I believe so yes.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] TheNewHEROBRINE:
Try to connect the phone to the PC and do adb devices to check if the phone is detected and authorised.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Droidriven:
Since your bootloader is unlocked, you can flash TWRP for oneplus 6 then either use ADB to do a "ADB backup" of whatever data you want then extract your data from the backup.

Or

Flash TWRP then use ADB to issue a command to tell TWRP to create a nandroid backup then extract your data from the nandroid backup
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] TheNewHEROBRINE:
I believe he would first need to decrypt the data partition using twrp decrypt <password> from adb shell (while being in recovery) as explained here.

But I would try using TWRP only as backup plan in case he can't use adb while being booted in the system.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Brian419:
ADB Devices says my device is unauthorized.

C:\Android>adb devices

List of devices attached

01b79abc unauthorized
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] TheNewHEROBRINE:
Then you can try booting or flashing TWRP from bootloader mode.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Brian419:
So I want to make sure I'm going to do things properly.

I have TWRP installed. I unlocked and rooted the phone when I got it. If I reboot into the bootloader or recovery will this allow me USB access to the device without having to interact with the screen? I haven't done any of this since setting up the device and that was several years ago, I dont remember everything that happens when I boot the device to the bootloader or recovery.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] TheNewHEROBRINE:
You will have adb access but probably you will need to decrypt the data partition before you can access your data. For the moment boot into recovery and check that adb devices recognises it.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] xXx yYy:
@Brian419

for ADB to work it must got authorized!

Authorizing ADB on a device with a broken screen IMO is not possible because granting ADB authorization requires interaction with a pop-up on the device's screen, which you can't do with a broken display: even Scrcpy - what mirrors and controls your Android device's screen from your computer - doesn't help because it relies on an already established ADB connection for this functionality.

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Take note that when you authorize ADB debugging on your Android device for a computer, a public/private key pair (RSA keys) gets generated. The public key is stored on your device, and the private key is stored on your computer. These keys are used for secure communication between your device and computer.

If your broken screen still detects some touch commands, you can try using a USB OTG cable with a mouse. This might allow you to navigate and enable file transfer mode, bypassing the need for ADB authorization.

BTW:

If you had cloud backup enabled on this device (e.g., Google Drive), you can access your data from the cloud on another device.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] TheNewHEROBRINE:
If he boots into TWR adb will be enabled by default and doesn't require authorisation.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] xXx yYy:
No, booting into TWRP won't magically authorize ADB if it wasn't authorized before. Here's why:

1. ADB Authorization Process: ADB authorization is a security feature that requires user confirmation on the device itself. This confirmation typically involves a pop-up appearing on the screen asking you to allow ADB connection from your computer.

2. TWRP Doesn't Bypass Authorization: TWRP recovery is a powerful tool, but it doesn't have the ability to bypass the security measure of ADB authorization. Since you can't accept the prompt on a broken screen, TWRP can't grant authorization on your behalf.

BTW:

Even if you could via TWRP sideload an ADB client, it wouldn't inherently solve the issue of an unauthorized ADB connection on a device with a broken screen. ADB authorization requires user confirmation on the device itself, which you can't provide with a broken screen.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Brian419:
So it's sounding like I need to replace the screen anyway to recover the data I want?
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] TheNewHEROBRINE:
As far as I know, adb will work in twrp without authorisation. xXx yYy says otherwise but since you already have twrp installed there is no harm in trying.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Droidriven:
Stop thinking, stop doubting, just boot into TWRP. Then connect to PC, open and terminal, type

adb devices (press enter)

I'm 99% sure you will have adb access as long as you have the correct drivers installed.

If you have adb access, find the guide for "adb backup and restore" Then do a adb backup of your data partition and any other data that you want to save. The guide will have different commands and switches for those commands to choose which parts of your data to include in the backup.

Then extract the backup to access/copy/move whichever parts of the backed up data that you want.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Brian419:
But how can I get into TWRP with a black screen? ABD and Fastboot can't connect. I could try using the phone's buttons, but since I can't see what I'm doing I wont know that I've booted to recovery.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] TheNewHEROBRINE:
Use the phone's buttons and then check what adb devices says. If it says 'unauthorised' you have booted into the system, you should see 'recovery' or something else.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] xXx yYy:
My last 2 cents here:

Even if you manage to boot into recovery mode, fixing the "unauthorized" ADB status still require enabling ADB permission from within the phone's settings, which wouldn't be possible with a broken screen.

Focus on fixing the broken screen first. A functional screen would significantly simplify the process of enabling ADB and accessing your phone.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] Droidriven:
I'm thinking maybe modifying a system.img with an edited build.prop to enable adb and USB debugging then fastboot flashing(or flashtool flashing) the modified system.img would enable adb access.
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] espionage724:
What about dumping partitions through EDL and opening them up on Linux? EDL access only needs two button pressed on the OP6 and doesn't need or show anything on the phone's screen. No ADB permissions, no fastboot unlock.

I asked about encryption on the thread, but unless Android and OP6 is doing something unique for encryption, I figure the pulled userdata partition to be just an encrypted ext4 disk image that can be decrypted (with your phone's passcode) and mounted on mainstream Linux distros.

A question could be whether encryption on OP6 is file based or full partition. This thread makes it sound easy if it's partition encryption with dm-crypt, and I imagine there has to be Android tools available somewhere if it's file-based.

[GUIDE] How to dump and write back the storage on most of Qualcomm devices

This is a generic guide that could be suitable for many Qualcomm based devices, once the phone can be triggered to EDL mode. To make sure this guide will work as expect, following requirements are needed: - Know how to trigger the phone to EDL...

xdaforums.com

GitHub - bkerler/edl: Inofficial Qualcomm Firehose / Sahara / Streaming / Diag Tools :)

Inofficial Qualcomm Firehose / Sahara / Streaming / Diag Tools :) - bkerler/edl

github.com
[OnePlus 6 Questions & Answers] alecxs:
Not on this world.

so you can just enable and authorize adb from modified boot.img, boot into android and unlock with scrcpy.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mptito:
hi, i been trying to root my device and i followed all the tutorials i could find. the problem i get is when i put the magisk zip file in my downloads folder and i try to use twrp to install the image, the whole storage is sncrpyted and i cant navigate through my phone. eveytrhing has a folder name like "2n3uc7cudu8ehrhh" stuff like that and im unable to navigate to the download folder to install the image. and i dont have an sd card. i tried doing it through a usb flash drive plugged in through the micro usb but it didnt work because it didnt use the main storage as the install targer but it tried to use usb key as the install target. how can i decrypt my storage to root the device?

thanks
[Xiaomi Pad 6] rejectedjs:
I was about to push the button on buying a Galaxy Tab S9 FE and was getting really excited until I watched multiple reviews on it and a golden nugget of knowledge was in the comments of one of the video saying the Mi Pad 6 is much better, didn't even know this tablet existed lol. But, one of the reasons I was so excited about getting the S9 FE was the inclusion of an S pen.

I know the Pad 6 supports the Xiaomi Smart Pen 2nd Gen, (not the first gen apparently?) but in Canada, I can only find the 2nd gen on Aliexpress, which, would be fine, if it weren't for the fact that I have a $120 Amazon gift card balance that I could spend on a pen instead. I'm planning on rooting my device when I get it, and I've been reading online and apparently there's a Magisk module called MaxMiPad that allows you to use BT third party pens (such as the Lenovo Precision Pen 2) on the device. However, if I get that pen and the module, do I still need to do the workaround of having the original Xiaomi pen to pair before I can use the third party pen? With this module, does palm rejection work as well? (assuming the app I use supports it)

TL;DR: Does MaxMiPad let me just buy a Lenovo Precision Pen 2 and use it with pressure and palm rejection on the Mi Pad 6?
[Xiaomi Pad 6] slimshady12:
You don't need the original pen, the module works. But make sure the precision pen 2 is the gray version, black one doesnt work. And fyi the buttons dont work on hyperos or miui, but they work on other roms that support stylus
[Xiaomi Pad 6] VtungStudio:
Can it still draw on hyperos?
[Xiaomi Pad 6] slimshady12:
yes, if you root
[Xiaomi Pad 6] Ch3ck3rM0n:
and what do i have to do, after root to get it work?
[Xiaomi Pad 6] slimshady12:
install maxmipadinput module
[Xiaomi Pad 6] Ch3ck3rM0n:
do you have a link, cant find it with google..
[Xiaomi Pad 6] slimshady12:
GitHub - Xposed-Modules-Repo/com.yifeplayte.maxmipadinput: MaxMiPad

MaxMiPad. Contribute to Xposed-Modules-Repo/com.yifeplayte.maxmipadinput development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com
[Xiaomi Pad 6] Sage:
Thank you is this for AOSP or just stock firmware or both?
[Xiaomi Pad 6] slimshady12:
stock, aosp has an option built in
[Xiaomi Pad 6] Thatonedudewithnomoney:
Hello I just installed the module. I am looking for a pen under 60$. Does any mpp pen work? Do you know some that works? Would be grateful if you tell me. Thanks