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[Q] Getting Frustrated Trying to Root

I think i might be losing my mind. I unfortunately updated to 2.3.3 without thinking. Now that I am trying to root my phone, ive got some questions.
1. When it comes to CF-root, what program do I use to flash a tar file? All I can come up with is Odin, but thats only for samsung. I got started on post #2 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12489034
2. I tried using SWUpgrade to put the tar file on my phone, but I couldnt figure out how to get my evo into "Download Mode". Does this even exist on the evo?
3. And lastly, is there a way to just get the hotspot app to work? Because that is the only reason I want to root. I get about 6-7MBs down with 4g on at my apartment and I want to use my phone as my ISP instead of paying for DSL\Cable.
Sorry if these are all stupid questions, but Ive spent all day glued to this screen google-ing and searching till my fingers are numb to no avail. Your comments are much appreciated

offroadn_redneck said:
I think i might be losing my mind. I unfortunately updated to 2.3.3 without thinking. Now that I am trying to root my phone, ive got some questions.
1. When it comes to CF-root, what program do I use to flash a tar file? All I can come up with is Odin, but thats only for samsung. I got started on post #2 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12489034
2. I tried using SWUpgrade to put the tar file on my phone, but I couldnt figure out how to get my evo into "Download Mode". Does this even exist on the evo?
3. And lastly, is there a way to just get the hotspot app to work? Because that is the only reason I want to root. I get about 6-7MBs down with 4g on at my apartment and I want to use my phone as my ISP instead of paying for DSL\Cable.
Sorry if these are all stupid questions, but Ive spent all day glued to this screen google-ing and searching till my fingers are numb to no avail. Your comments are much appreciated
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This is the HTC Evo forum.
"Download mode" "odin" even the instructions you linked to are all Samsung based.

what he said ^^
also....since you updated to 2.3.3 you cannot root as of this time. the devs still haven't found the exploit to give root on the Evo. So all the methods of rooting that are out there right now cannot be used on the OTA 2.3.3 (they are for 2.2 and lower).
just be patient...they'll find an exploit soon enough....hopefully

Yea, I figured as much. So, while Im waiting to be able to root my phone, is there still the possibility to hack\unlock the hotspot app?

offroadn_redneck said:
Yea, I figured as much. So, while Im waiting to be able to root my phone, is there still the possibility to hack\unlock the hotspot app?
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Do you have an Evo?
If so this is a good easy thread for rooting.
I'm sure it will be updated as soon as rooting is possible on 2.3.3.

offroadn_redneck said:
3. And lastly, is there a way to just get the hotspot app to work? Because that is the only reason I want to root. I get about 6-7MBs down with 4g on at my apartment and I want to use my phone as my ISP instead of paying for DSL\Cable.
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I am with you there. My DSL went up to $49 from a low of $27. I am canceling the DSL and I am contemplating just paying sprint for the hotspot until somebody finds a hack for 2.3.3.
Sprint $30 vs Comcast $49. Blo-me Comcast.

Why not use one of the tethering apps on the marker? Search 'tether' and you will get some options. Last I checked, they require pc software, but you can try them out and see if they work for you.

cg 112358 said:
what he said ^^
also....since you updated to 2.3.3 you cannot root as of this time. the devs still haven't found the exploit to give root on the Evo. So all the methods of rooting that are out there right now cannot be used on the OTA 2.3.3 (they are for 2.2 and lower).
just be patient...they'll find an exploit soon enough....hopefully
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't I see a rooted version of the OTA somewhere around here? Flash and go...

tcoz2000 said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't I see a rooted version of the OTA somewhere around here? Flash and go...
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And how do you expect him to flash the rom............. seriously the level of intelligence is at an all time low.
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Ouch.
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Why not just pay for the hotspot feature? It's $30.00 a month, which is still cheaper than your DSL or Comcast.

I have a work laptop that doesn't allow pda net or easy tether. They made me uninstall the tray software for easy tether.
Gonna go get my other pc from the house tonight. I have three residences, this one has minimal amenities. This way with my own pc and at least I can tether visa usb.
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HTC EVO can be used for hotspot. I've had it since Feb. Some of you people are crazy with misinformation.
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xnemexisx said:
HTC EVO can be used for hotspot. I've had it since Feb. Some of you people are crazy with misinformation.
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IF you have an Evo with 2.3.3 / Gingerbread... no, you can't root right now. There are many threads with this discussion. All the same answer. You cannot use any known method to root. You cannot downgrade unless you have a good friend in HTC.
Odin is for Samsung. The Evo is by HTC. HTC ≠ Samsung.
There is no temporary root for Gingerbread Evo, no permanent root, no S-off method. Unrevoked is working on it. If rumors are to be believed, they are close.
Gingerbread Evo = UNROOTABLE (currently)

Android Market bug with using side loaded & 3rd party Market apps

Just wanted to give you all a heads up on what I've recently experienced.
With Google tossing out a handful of apps for $0.10 a day, I jumped on the purchasing bandwagon like many of you. When Fruit Ninja became available at this discounted rate, I attempted to purchase it from the Android Market ("Market").
The problem is that Google has a bug in its' Market; where it may randomly recognize paid applications that were side loaded and/or acquired through 3rd party Market applications, such as Amazon. I had originally obtained Fruit Ninja from Amazon as the FAOTD and had it installed on a previous EC05 rom build. The Market decided to falsely link that app to my Google account as purchased.
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Due to this false link, both the Market app and Market website displayed Fruit Ninja as purchased. However, when I tried to install the application from the Market, I received an error saying that I need to purchase the app. So I'm stuck in an endless loop.
I've contacted the Market app support team and have had this escalated up the chain so they can have this well documented. The initial support contact admitted Google is aware of this bug, but he was unable to do anything as a first level support contact. I figured I'd escalate this issue because had this been a $15 app, like Documents To Go, I would be angry.
Hopefully you all don't run into this annoying Market bug.

I think they (Google) are having problems with Google Wallet/Checkout right now.
I'm getting all sort of broker errors on the web interface and having problems processing payments.

Don't know if it will help, but maybe running market doctor with titanium will help...

saramon said:
Don't know if it will help, but maybe running market doctor with titanium will help...
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No it won't sadly. This is something on Google's end. When I hear back from the next level of support, I'll post an update here if any new or updated information is discovered.

stud_muffler said:
I think they (Google) are having problems with Google Wallet/Checkout right now.
I'm getting all sort of broker errors on the web interface and having problems processing payments.
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Android Central just confirmed it with a link to the Goggle groups as their source.

stud_muffler said:
Android Central just confirmed it with a link to the Goggle groups as their source.
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I believe that may be a completely separate issue from what I mention in this thread, but good looking out.

I can't buy anything today :-( I want game dev story!!!! It just says an error has occcured please try again.
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xopher.hunter said:
I can't buy anything today :-( I want game dev story!!!! It just says an error has occcured please try again.
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do you bill to sprint? i was having problems too. i would select payment method "bill to sprint", and then when i go back to the apps market page, i would get "an error has occured".
i called sprint and they asked me to reenter my msl via some ## code, do a profile and prl update and then try again and everything worked just fine. took less than 5 min.

xopher.hunter said:
I can't buy anything today :-( I want game dev story!!!! It just says an error has occcured please try again.
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I had the same problem. Were you trying to charge it to your sprint account? I solved mine by just trying to buy it like 5 times.

xopher.hunter said:
I can't buy anything today :-( I want game dev story!!!! It just says an error has occcured please try again.
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Try again. I had that earlier today. Now the purchases are going through.

jasonsf said:
Try again. I had that earlier today. Now the purchases are going through.
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Same for me and I wasn't billing through Sprint.

Yesss I got through, I didn't even get the option to bill my sprint account but now I'm up to .50 cents over on my bill. Lol
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To Nikon and everyone else getting "The download of "[insert app here]" was declined because you haven't purchased it.":
I also downloaded an app from Amazon's Free App of the Day, FlexT9 keyboard (I mostly love it, but it's a little quirky on occasion). Unfortunately, I had the same issues as Nikon, and was stuck on version 1.4.0.0, while the Market version was up to 2.0.0.0. Damn you Amazon, and damn your trickery! (Well, at least it was free! )
I can't remember exactly what I did to fix this problem, but I did overcome it. Here's what I think worked, and some combination of these steps should fix it:
In Titanium Backup find the offending app in the list under the [Backup / Restore] tab
Be sure you have a current backup of the app and its data if you so desire
Long-press the app to bring up the additional menu
Click [Detach from Market]
Click [Open system details...]
Click [Clear Data] and [Clear Cache] -- This may or may not be necessary, I don't remember if this was part of what I did or not
In System Details click [Uninstall...]
Reinstall the app from the Market
???
Thank me and profit! (Well, technically you're paying for the app now, so you'll see a loss from a financial standpoint, but hopefully a gain in features and stability. )*
* I'm gonna feel like a jackass if that isn't quite the right steps, but that's basically what I did and the Market allowed me to purchase and install the latest version of FlexT9.

Thanks for the reminder of the .10$ deal I hadn't been following it, but I just went and got asphalt 6 for 10 cents! XD
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Fire n mage said:
Thanks for the reminder of the .10$ deal I hadn't been following it, but I just went and got asphalt 6 for 10 cents! XD
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I got a message saying not compatible when I opened asphalt 6 so I got a refund, good thing I was on wifi
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Pretty stupid that they have this bug, you would think a company like google would know what they were doing.

It may not be a Google-exclusive issue.
This bug comes up for me when I restore an app using Titanium Backup (which by default marks the app installation as having come from the market). The subsequent market link isn't really valid and you get the "..because you haven't purchased it" error message. My workaround thus far has been creating a group named "DetachFromMarket" which I freeze&defrost, resulting in the apps no longer showing up in the Market.
I haven't experienced the apps showing up as "installed" when sideloading them, though I do a LOT of backing up and restoring. The only way around this for me what the wipe/uninstall dance posted above, then quickly buy/install the app using the old version of the Market right before it auto-updates.
Further, Amazon's App Store has the same fundamental issue. Buy and install an app through the Android Market, and the Amazon App Store will likely start triggering update alerts for it (for the same damn version, no less).

Im running into this as well, any fix would be nice!

AmericanJedi001 said:
To Nikon and everyone else getting "The download of "[insert app here]" was declined because you haven't purchased it.":
I also downloaded an app from Amazon's Free App of the Day, FlexT9 keyboard (I mostly love it, but it's a little quirky on occasion). Unfortunately, I had the same issues as Nikon, and was stuck on version 1.4.0.0, while the Market version was up to 2.0.0.0. Damn you Amazon, and damn your trickery! (Well, at least it was free! )
I can't remember exactly what I did to fix this problem, but I did overcome it. Here's what I think worked, and some combination of these steps should fix it:
In Titanium Backup find the offending app in the list under the [Backup / Restore] tab
Be sure you have a current backup of the app and its data if you so desire
Long-press the app to bring up the additional menu
Click [Detach from Market]
Click [Open system details...]
Click [Clear Data] and [Clear Cache] -- This may or may not be necessary, I don't remember if this was part of what I did or not
In System Details click [Uninstall...]
Reinstall the app from the Market
???
Thank me and profit! (Well, technically you're paying for the app now, so you'll see a loss from a financial standpoint, but hopefully a gain in features and stability. )*
* I'm gonna feel like a jackass if that isn't quite the right steps, but that's basically what I did and the Market allowed me to purchase and install the latest version of FlexT9.
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For some reason when I tried your steps it doesn't seem to work for me... I have been trying to get Slideit keyboard with no luck

Follow up on the original issue this thread was about, rather than the derailed topic.
My support ticket has been pushed to an "engineer", but it is a confirmed bug with acquiring an application through side loading and 3rd party market applications. The support contact I talked to said it could be 1 of 2 things:
1. A particular application leaving bread crumbs on the device after uninstalling that the Google Market still picks up; or,
2. Just a bug associated with non-Google Market installs.
After reinstalling Fruit Ninja from Amazon, I tried using MyBackup Pro's market link breaker and it says it successfully removed the Market link, but nothing changed on Google's end. I'm at the point where I think it's an issue that Google needs to sort out.

Latest Facebook app permissions!!?

Have you seen the latest apps permissions which they're quoting on the play store as 'bug fixes'
I've uninstalled and gone back to version 3.8!!
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Download files without notification
Change network connectivity
Disconnect wifi
Send emails without user knowing!
Read confidential information
Read text messages?!
Call numbers that may cost money
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Install xprivacy.
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coorsleftfield said:
Install xprivacy.
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Will it work on ART?
I think it's just ridiculous that Facebook developers think asking for thanks much permission just for a social network app is ok/acceptable!!
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Heh... This reminds me of that South Park episode. Apple and the human centipede.

I used to never pay attention to permissions...but after seeing this it is ridiculous. I'm installing xprivacy as we speak. But imagine all the data that they get from people who don't root or use privacy tools on their phones??
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klin1344 said:
I used to never pay attention to permissions...but after seeing this it is ridiculous. I'm installing xprivacy as we speak. But imagine all the data that they get from people who don't root or use privacy tools on their phones??
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if u ever get ur identity stolen by them u could easily sue them..i dont think a multimillion dollar company would want to go bankrupt for committing frauds

they are making multi million from users data... so you have to take care of your own privacy
installing xprivacy now ... thanks to those who suggested this app

Hrmmm, so let me get this straight...
**Runs automatically at startup
**Can open internet connectivity at will without user consent
**Can download files at will without user consent
...isn't that malware (by definition)?
I have mandated that my wife uninstall that bloated POS FB app since a few months ago when the permissions started getting bad... but this update takes the cake! I'm telling everyone I know to just use FB through a web browser!
Thanks OP

I'm going to give tinfoil a try.
It is essentially a "pretty wrapper" as the dev puts it for the facebook mobile site. Thanks for the post OP, I hadn't thought about what permissions the FB app was using with the latest update, I need to pay more attention.

If anyone wants the Facebook app before the latest (the one without all the permissions) its here - https://mega.co.nz/#!50l2mArA!cfLEwuLOT7-72Cknq3M4hAJtHAMWXxqK7P0X-tiBEDs
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Is friendcaster okay to use?
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Tin foil hats anyone?
Seriously, fair enough if you want to worry about this but I personally couldn't give a toss. I have an unlimited data plan so if it wants to turn my WiFi off (which it NEVER has) then go for it. If they want to read my SMS, go right ahead seeing I get about one a week!
If you're not happy about it, don't use Facebook at all

Xprivacy doesn't work on ART
It's the sending emails without user knowing that seems questionable more than anything else to me
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Ben36 said:
Xprivacy doesn't work on ART
It's the sending emails without user knowing that seems questionable more than anything else to me
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I can say with 100% certainty that it has not sent an email to anyone from my address to date cause if it did I'd have a copy on my laptop when Outlook downloads my emails

It probably hasn't to anyone to be fair but why request those ridiculous permissions
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EddyOS said:
I can say with 100% certainty that it has not sent an email to anyone from my address to date cause if it did I'd have a copy on my laptop when Outlook downloads my emails
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Then why is the permission there? If it does not use it why did they added it there?
And when they didnt use the permission till now it doesnt mean they will not use it in the future.

The only way is not xprivacy...
Take care of your data and do not install crappy apps... If all users accept such behaviour, there won't be changes... You are responsible for your data....
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Mikulec said:
Then why is the permission there? If it does not use it why did they added it there?
And when they didnt use the permission till now it doesnt mean they will not use it in the future.
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I don't know and, to be honest, don't really care. My data is everywhere these days and unless it affects me monetarily I'm not concerned. If I was concerned I wouldn't have smartphone at all

Mikulec said:
Then why is the permission there? If it does not use it why did they added it there?
And when they didnt use the permission till now it doesnt mean they will not use it in the future.
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Exactly.... 5 updates down the line they won't need to ask permission as you already granted it and forgot about it by then
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[APP] ATT Visual Voicemail (Newest Version and previous)

I pulled the most recent AT&T Visual Voicemail APK and wanted to put it in a thread for other members to find easily. I've uploaded the newest apk file (3.1.3.53) as well as previous versions that I had. I'll try to always post the latest version when I see it's been updated. If someone notices it's been updated let me know and I can pull the apk.
Update Feb 06, 2015 - Added newest apk build 3.1.3.53

sola fide said:
I pulled the most recent AT&T Visual Voicemail APK and wanted to put it in a thread for other members to find easily. I've uploaded the newest apk file (2.9.3.14) as well 3 previous versions that I had. I'll try to always post the latest version when I see it's been updated. If someone notices it's been updated let me know and I can pull the apk.
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Thanks for posting these! I hate how AT&T has made VVM so difficult to get for the Nexus 5, which it works with perfectly fine. I used to use an apk downloader java app but for some reason, it won't download the latest 2.9.3.14 version, so I went searching xda knowing someone else must have figured out how to get it. So cheers, my friend! :good:

trjlive said:
Thanks for posting these! I hate how AT&T has made VVM so difficult to get for the Nexus 5, which it works with perfectly fine. I used to use an apk downloader java app but for some reason, it won't download the latest 2.9.3.14 version, so I went searching xda knowing someone else must have figured out how to get it. So cheers, my friend! :good:
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Glad I could help! My wife has a Moto X so I'm able to pull the apk from her phone whenever I see an update. Thanks for the comment! :thumbup:

Thank you so much.

eligibility
Does this only work on a specific type of plan? If I try this on my N5 that I'm not sure has a visual voicemail plan, will I automatically get charged?

mustafakid said:
Does this only work on a specific type of plan? If I try this on my N5 that I'm not sure has a visual voicemail plan, will I automatically get charged?
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According to the agreement after configuring the app, this is a free service with no recurring fees app. You can confirm that by installing the app yourself.

mustafakid said:
Does this only work on a specific type of plan? If I try this on my N5 that I'm not sure has a visual voicemail plan, will I automatically get charged?
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I've used the AT&T Visual Voicemail app with plans including the traditional post-paid plans, as well as the pre-paid GoPhone plans, and I've never had any additional charges occur because of using it. :good:

any updates lately?

New update on 10/29, have you seen it yet?
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New update on 10/29, have you seen it yet?
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I'll check and pull it if it's there. Will see if I can get this up tonight.

Play Store says the app was updated on Oct 29 but the version still shows 2.9.3.14. I'll keep my eye out this week and see if the version number changes.

Thank you!
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Finally saw the latest update come across the play store. New build number is 2.10.1.27. APK is pulled, I'll update OP with it.

Thanks for keeping up with this! Hopefully one day at&t will wake up and make it available to all of us.
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Worked perfectly on my nexus 6. Thanks so much for keeping this updated. I can't believe the play store vv is incompatible with the nexus 6 I bought from Motorola since they are selling it in their stores. Anyway, I'll bookmark this thread. Thanks again bro!

Speech-to-text
sola fide said:
I pulled the most recent AT&T Visual Voicemail APK and wanted to put it in a thread for other members to find easily. I've uploaded the newest apk file (2.9.3.14) as well 3 previous versions that I had. I'll try to always post the latest version when I see it's been updated. If someone notices it's been updated let me know and I can pull the apk.
Update Nov. 07, 2014 - Added newest apk build 2.10.1.27
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With the 2.10.1.27 build, speech-to-text is working again! Just tick the box in VVM settings, and reboot. Works better than it used to, from my limited use so far today!

Yep, much better than in the past. I'm still getting some FCs when initially opening the app but overall it works.
cushcalc said:
With the 2.10.1.27 build, speech-to-text is working again! Just tick the box in VVM settings, and reboot. Works better than it used to, from my limited use so far today!
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I can not get any version of this to work on my Nexus 6. I tried every single one of them from the original post. Tried both on and off wireless.
Called AT&T and verified that VVM had not been shut off on my account when I transferred from my Sammy Galaxy S3 to my Nexus 6 too.
This is all I get. Thoughts?
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I just got the AT&T Nexus 6, I side-loaded your newest apk 2.10.1.27 and It works fine! Thank You!

You people are making me want to cry. Still a no go on my N6.
That's it I'm going to wipe the whole phone and start over.
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Looking for LG stock calendar app

Does anyone have the stock LG calendar app working on an LS997 variant? I can install the app fine, but it crashes upon start. It would be really nice to have since I like how it shows the actual date on the icon.
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It's the last of the stock apps I'd *really* like to get working on the V20. Messages, email (not exchange tho, boo), gallery and music all work for me, so it would be nice...
Thanks!

bgibson72 said:
Does anyone have the stock LG calendar app working on an LS997 variant? I can install the app fine, but it crashes upon start. It would be really nice to have since I like how it shows the actual date on the icon.
It's the last of the stock apps I'd *really* like to get working on the V20. Messages, email (not exchange tho, boo), gallery and music all work for me, so it would be nice...
Thanks!
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Do you have the messages apk?

dsamp23 said:
Do you have the messages apk?
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It's part of the LS997 ROM released by Team DevDigitel. I should be able to get an APK for you but it's probably just as easy to extract it from the ROM. With LG stock apk's YMMV.
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I know this apk works since I just pulled it from a ROM that has it included and it was working with the ROM. There must be some sort of dependency that is keeping it from running. I'm going to see if I can do some reverse engineering on it to find out what that dependency is. If anyone can save me a step, I'd be happy to hear what that dependency is!

Did you ever figure this out because I would like to do this myself. Also, you mentioned you had the stock messaging app working. Would you mind sharing the apk and any special instructions not covered by this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/themes/stock-music-app-to-att-version-t3552963
Also, please share the calendar apk as well even though it hasn't worked for you. Maybe I'll have better luck.

dynamo52 said:
Did you ever figure this out because I would like to do this myself. Also, you mentioned you had the stock messaging app working. Would you mind sharing the apk and any special instructions not covered by this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/themes/stock-music-app-to-att-version-t3552963
Also, please share the calendar apk as well even though it hasn't worked for you. Maybe I'll have better luck.
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Just saw this--I posted links to all of the working LG apps for LS997 unrooted phones somewhere. Once I find them, I'll link to it here.
UPDATE: Messaging App https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8dcSlY-Ip1-NmZfVmRrOXczUWc
Calendar App https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8dcSlY-Ip1-RUViZzJsNkJUMVU
Let me know if you get Calendar working!
UPDATE 2: I couldn't get the Messaging app to work this time. Not sure if it has anything to do with updating from ZV5 to ZV6...or maybe just that I'm no longer rooted?

bgibson72 said:
Let me know if you get Calendar working!
UPDATE 2: I couldn't get the Messaging app to work this time. Not sure if it has anything to do with updating from ZV5 to ZV6...or maybe just that I'm no longer rooted?
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I was able to get them installed but unfortunately both crash on launch. Thanks anyway. Maybe somebody else will get it to work and share their process here.
<RANT>I just don't understand why a service provider would choose to remove these apps in the first place. If not for the Google Voice integration I would have ditched Sprint years ago.</RANT>

Installed Calendar and it's working fine for me.

rubiicon59 said:
Installed Calendar and it's working fine for me.
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You're not on Sprint (lucky you). For some dumb reason, hardly any of the STOCK LG APPS work on an LG PHONE. Makes perfect sense. I understand the desire for the carrier to make the phone "theirs" or to try to go with a more "vanilla Google" experience, but if I want to install LG apps on an LG phone, that should not be more difficult than rocket surgery.
My turn to rant >>> Unfortunately Sprint has the best coverage where I live and their prices are much better than Verizon's. Next time I'll just get an unlocked device. I would love to just root the phone in order to run stock apps, as I had before, but everytime I do there seems to be a malfunction and my phone ends up bricked (not from installing incompatible ROMs or kernels, I think I just flash the phone too many times?). Not to mention Sprint (and AT&T) has conveniently decided to not make the KDZ/TOT files available to the public. Let's not even mention the ridiculous static boot screen...

dynamo52 said:
I was able to get them installed but unfortunately both crash on launch. Thanks anyway. Maybe somebody else will get it to work and share their process here.
<RANT>I just don't understand why a service provider would choose to remove these apps in the first place. If not for the Google Voice integration I would have ditched Sprint years ago.</RANT>
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Someone in another thread suggested it might be a missing framework. I don't know enough about mobile development to be able to say that he was on the right path or not, but it seems logical to me. It's probably something buried deep in the system that would only be accessible by having root permissions.
I do wonder about the ability to achieve this through a terminal app and changing some permissions as the SystemUI Tuner app does in order to change status bar icons without root. Wish someone would work on that, or I wish I had enough knowledge to do so myself... oh well.

bgibson72 said:
Someone in another thread suggested it might be a missing framework. I don't know enough about mobile development to be able to say that he was on the right path or not, but it seems logical to me. It's probably something buried deep in the system that would only be accessible by having root permissions.
I do wonder about the ability to achieve this through a terminal app and changing some permissions as the SystemUI Tuner app does in order to change status bar icons without root. Wish someone would work on that, or I wish I had enough knowledge to do so myself... oh well.
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Yeah neither of the apps will work on non rooted phones... You can't add the other files to system without it.... And to be honest the Android messaging app sprint includes is better then the stock lg one...
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Chaz187 said:
Yeah neither of the apps will work on non rooted phones... You can't add the other files to system without it.... And to be honest the Android messaging app sprint includes is better then the stock lg one...
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Serious question: how does the method used by SystemUI Tuner work without root, and why wouldn't this method work for non-rooted phones and stock apps? If you're not familiar, the app requires non-rooted phones to use ADB to send a shell command 'pm grant com.xxx.xxx android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS' and 'android.permission.DUMP'. Perhaps there is code in the app itself to trick the system into thinking it has root using these commands?? You would know better than me...
I'm waving the white flag on this, however I am curious to know how that works. I might consider another carrier in the future however. Preferrably one that doesn't cripple stock apps.

Chaz187 said:
Yeah neither of the apps will work on non rooted phones...
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There was only one page when you posted... try reading the thread from the start.
See post #8.

rubiicon59 said:
There's only two pages, try reading the thread from the start.
See post #8.
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I did and they will not work on non rooted phones..... So no need to be a smart ass!
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Lol
Mines not rooted.
So carry on being a dumbass...

rubiicon59 said:
Lol
Mines not rooted.
So carry on being a dumbass...
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And if you actually read the op.... It said the sprint version..... So now what...? WIll NOT WORK!
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Chaz187 said:
Yeah neither of the apps will work on non rooted phones...
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So, my reply was relevant and pertinent. And you are wrong.
Have a nice day now