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GoogleMaps with StreetView and Latitude

Hi,
the new GoogleMaps locates your friends, provided they agree (read more).
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wfg
starbase64

Any new features besides the Latitude thing? Perhaps adjustable cache size?
-Valynor

nice update, but after installing it on my touch, gmail login screen keeps giving me that retry warning message about needing a data plan and/or weak signal when i already have a unlimited data package and at least 2 bars.

i only wish i could locate anyone on my contact list. i dnt know anyone with gmail. i use aol n hotmail.com

ghostrid3r said:
nice update, but after installing it on my touch, gmail login screen keeps giving me that retry warning message about needing a data plan and/or weak signal when i already have a unlimited data package and at least 2 bars.
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You're the 3rd person with a Vogue that I've seen with that problem (including me), and I haven't seen anyone else mentioning this...
What ROM are you running?

tizonly1 said:
You're the 3rd person with a Vogue that I've seen with that problem (including me), and I haven't seen anyone else mentioning this...
What ROM are you running?
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You can add me to that list. I'm using a Bell Vogue (unlimited data) with NFSFANs ROM (1.24 I think - the last non-Footprints one). All other data services work fine.

tizonly1 said:
You're the 3rd person with a Vogue that I've seen with that problem (including me), and I haven't seen anyone else mentioning this...
What ROM are you running?
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tested out using m3jorge/vetito hybrid 6.1 20931 and 6.5 roms and no go on either.

This is my first time using google maps on my device or even at all. Seems to be working really well on my device. I don't have GPS built in my device or even have bluetooth GPS receiver yet; however, was able to use it using both GPRS connection and WIFI. Maps loaded quickly and refreshed just as quickly - 1 second 1.5 seconds average with WIFI. Did not test much with GPRS Connection because I wanted to avoid the charges. It did however, to my surprise, find my location really quick once it connected using GPRS (would not with WIFI) It was not 100% accurate, but was very close. So far I like it and will find it to be a very useful app. Have not located any friends yet as none of them have this on their devices yet.

One problem I have noticed with making the Google Maps into an OEM (only since StreetView came out) is that if you change the Regional Settings, the device hangs when running Google Maps. For example, if you change to France and you go to Get Directions ('Itineraire'), the dialog box may be blank and the program is not responsive to input. If you install the CAB instead (eg. with SD AutoRun) then this is not a problem.
Does your OEM have this issue?
starbase64 said:
Hi,
the new GoogleMaps locates your friends, provided they agree (read more).
wfg
starbase64
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for thos of you using the touch (vogue) im not sure if i had the same error but im running a custom cooked rom with m2d and when i installed the latest google maps i had problems running it from m2d but i was able to open it from the start menue just fine...
to fix the problem i used resco file explorer to copy googlemaps.exe from progra files/google coppied to the windows directory and replace that eze
hope that helps

This latitude thing is sweet
1 q tho: I want to keep it running all the time, without having the total google maps app open.
When I close maps, it asks me if I want to keep sharing my position, I answer yes and it keeps just the location service running (taking up a mere 330KB of ram). I don't want to start and exit g. maps evvery time I reboot my device tho (which is a couple of times a week, the joy of a Hermes...). Is there any way to make gmaps do the latitude sharing thing without starting the app, enabling latitude and exiting again?

I had similar issues and on a google forum I think NSFAN mentioned to uncheck gps then try. That worked for me. Seems very cool, but Google needs to learn a thing or two about power management.

This would be useful in some situations, but
I dont think this is something I would want to broadcast all of the time. I know you can turn it off, but once you start showing your position, not showing it makes you look shady. Does anyone else here get questioned if you don't answer your phone 24/7? People know I am never without it, so they expect me to answer. Now will I have to explain why I'm not showing up on some friend's map?
I'm just saying that this strikes me as a little "big brotherish", and I'm going to be very selective about that buddy list.

Anyone know how much data the Latitude service uses? How often does it make a connection and transmit data. Having a constant data connection may cause battery drain issues on some devices that already have power problems.

crissg said:
I dont think this is something I would want to broadcast all of the time. I know you can turn it off, but once you start showing your position, not showing it makes you look shady. Does anyone else here get questioned if you don't answer your phone 24/7? People know I am never without it, so they expect me to answer. Now will I have to explain why I'm not showing up on some friend's map?
I'm just saying that this strikes me as a little "big brotherish", and I'm going to be very selective about that buddy list.
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The expectation of response is probably the most central issue surrounding smartphones/PDAs (for email), and cell phones (for calls). Yes, you will be giving up your privacy, but it's an application you're "testing" and may crash at any time
Personally, I plan on leaving GPS off. That way, I'm in a general vicinity but not one place specifically. It's much harder to snipe me that way.

JiltedCitizen said:
I had similar issues and on a google forum I think NSFAN mentioned to uncheck gps then try. That worked for me. Seems very cool, but Google needs to learn a thing or two about power management.
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Bingo!!!! that did the trick, working now. thanks for the tip Jilted.

[APP] APK Edit

For those who never leave the desire section of this forum...
There is a new APK editor born
Try it out!
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wow, must give that a try.....
many thanks..!

thats really excellent, no more ball ache changing app icons

It works! This is exactly what I needed to do with a few widgets from some apps (their icons and label) but didn't have all that much time. Simply changed some widget icons/labels inside an apk, installed the apk and it works. Well done and thank you!
I install the apk by manually pushing it to the SD card though. The built-in barcode functionality doesn't work as expected. My phone browser can't open the generated link.

th3 said:
It works! This is exactly what I needed to do with a few widgets from some apps (their icons and label) but didn't have all that much time. Simply changed some widget icons/labels inside an apk, installed the apk and it works. Well done and thank you!
I install the apk by manually pushing it to the SD card though. The built-in barcode functionality doesn't work as expected. My phone browser can't open the generated link.
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Cool, tnx for trying and replying.
Whaha, that rhymes! Sweet
Happy to hear it served you when needed
For now its barcode function will only work correctly if your phone is on the same network as your computer (so with wifi enabled.)
Maybe that's the limitation you encountered?
Thinking of ways to bypass this limitation, but have to keep in mind some security related aspects.

Anoniem100 said:
Cool, tnx for trying and replying.
Whaha, that rhymes! Sweet
Happy to hear it served you when needed
For now its barcode function will only work correctly if your phone is on the same network as your computer (so with wifi enabled.)
Maybe that's the limitation you encountered?
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I was using the same WiFi network on the laptop and the phone. I think you mean I have to be tethering using the laptop network over USB for it to work. That would work
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th3 said:
I was using the same WiFi network on the laptop and the phone. I think you mean I have to be tethering using the laptop network over USB for it to work. That would work
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Hmm, should work without usb.
That was one of my design goals.
Yesterday had some similar problems trying to change system apk's.
Not sure yet, but the browser didn't accept the connection either.
Some technical background:
In the background it's nothing more than a temporary striped down C# webserserver hosting the apk file until it has been downloaded. So purely http here

Anoniem100 said:
Hmm, should work without usb.
That was one of my design goals.
Yesterday had some similar problems trying to change system apk's.
Not sure yet, but the browser didn't accept the connection either.
Some technical background:
In the background it's nothing more than a temporary striped down C# webserserver hosting the apk file until it has been downloaded. So purely http here
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Since the server runs on the local host without a client service/app or permission to the client, I don't think you can do that. I could be wrong but that's like Simple File Sharing in Windows (which I have disabled). Your network subnet access and those ports would be required to be open. I think the option would work if you had a client side app/service (for the phone) but then that would be like adbWireless
The adbWireless option runs fine with your app though. I actually just pushed in some Android files using it, no problem

th3 said:
Since the server runs on the local host without a client service/app or permission to the client, I don't think you can do that. I could be wrong but that's like Simple File Sharing in Windows (which I have disabled). Your network subnet access and those ports would be required to be open. I think the option would work if you had a client side app/service (for the phone) but then that would be like adbWireless
The adbWireless option runs fine with your app though. I actually just pushed in some Android files using it, no problem
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True, your firewall needs to accept incoming connections to the program.
Problably vendor specific, but my build-in windows firewall asked me the first time I run the app if I would like to add it to its exeption list.
Be aware: the server will choose a random port every time it runs.
The client you are talking about would be the browser on your phone, It should automatically be activated when you scan your barcode (all free barcode scanners I know of have this capability in them).

Yep, the browser does open but doesn't recognize the link (no access basically). The generated link itself is valid because I can download it if I use the computers net connection over USB.
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th3 said:
Yep, the browser does open but doesn't recognize the link (no access basically). The generated link itself is valid because I can download it if I use the computers net connection over USB.
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Sounds interesting! Will debug it some more!

Track N Remote Control your G-Note online - Free Service by Samsung

Track Your Galaxy Note online with samsung server.
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Since I am using this service from day one, but i have never read a word regarding this on XDA forum. so writing a guide who are not aware to this service.
Priorly with SGS i have tried, but was not available to my country(india), but this time with Note we are lucky.
To activate this service
First Go here
http://samsungdive.com
and register your account(free)
- Now on mobile go to setting-Location n security - Find My mobile
1.check SIM card change alert
2.click on alert msg recipient - Now login with credential, you have register on above mentioned samsung site. - and add recipient mobile number (your other number / family number) on which you will get notification, if SIM will changed.
3.check Remote control
Now when you visit samsungdive.com n login, you will see your register device there, (see Image above)
Click on your device.
You will see this
Now you can track your mobile. It have all function which available with many costly applications on market like
-tracking on map (to check location)
-Ring mobile (to find device in nearby location)
-Forward msgs
-call logs
-wipe out device etc
Hope it will be useful to G-Note user.

I didn't know about this! Thanks!

Samsung Dive is an excellent tool.
it also helps with few other things.
The other day i misplaced my note under my desk and i went online and made it ring( it rings even in silent mode )

Sounds great! I will have to check this out. I have been using SeekDroid since it came out, but this might be a more fool proof way, since I have had issues with Seekdroid while running practice tests. Thanks!

Doesn't seem to work in the US. Saying my ZIP is not enough digits and I don't see the setting on the phone menu to "find my mobile."
Edit: nevermind, deleted the optional address information. Still not working yet...added +10000000000 (0's are my phone number) since I'm in the US....
Edit 2: I previously had a SGSII on my Samsung account. Perhaps it's trying to locate that device (hehe, the new owner is probably panicking).
How can I delete that device and add my Note?
Edit 3: Nevermind, figured out how to add the Note here:
https://v2.samsungdive.com/help/guideRemoteControls.do
Doesn't say how to delete a device I no longer own though....

thanks for this
Although find my mobile worked fine with me "lock mobile" and "ring mobile" didn't although it is showing as succeeded on the web
any idea?

ericshmerick said:
Doesn't seem to work in the US. Saying my ZIP is not enough digits and I don't see the setting on the phone menu to "find my mobile."
Edit: nevermind, deleted the optional address information. Still not working yet...added +10000000000 (0's are my phone number) since I'm in the US....
Edit 2: I previously had a SGSII on my Samsung account. Perhaps it's trying to locate that device (hehe, the new owner is probably panicking).
How can I delete that device and add my Note?
Edit 3: Nevermind, figured out how to add the Note here:
https://v2.samsungdive.com/help/guideRemoteControls.do
Doesn't say how to delete a device I no longer own though....
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I think if u signout of samsung dive account in your phone , it dissappears.
Not so sure. will test it.

drgopoos said:
I think if u signout of samsung dive account in your phone , it dissappears.
Not so sure. will test it.
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The FAQ says to delete (disable) the feature on your phone before selling it.
I factory reset it so it had to be disabled as the phone re-formatted.
Oh well. Works on my Note but I hope I don't wipe some guy's SGSII that I sold it to lol.

this is a really good tool, i played around with it for a while and its an asset

guys lock screen and all is working for you ?
any specific apk should be installed?
what ROM are you using ?

Thank you very much! It's working like a charm

THANK YOU!!
I saw this in the settings and wondered from where on the net one can control it.
@ArticCat: Are your phone's data/wifi enabled? 'Cause it needs to communicate with the servers.

Noooooo
No no no no nooooooooo, definitley not, couldnt bear the thought of knowing i was been tracked at any moment, dont like the idea of that software, like the people upstairs dont already have their beady eyes on us, how do we know samsung wouldnt make this info available to the government for some corrupt scheme. big no from me...

graemeg said:
No no no no nooooooooo, definitley not, couldnt bear the thought of knowing i was been tracked at any moment, dont like the idea of that software, like the people upstairs dont already have their beady eyes on us, how do we know samsung wouldnt make this info available to the government for some corrupt scheme. big no from me...
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Tinfoilhat and all, but any and all cell companies know where you are 24x7. Hint: they could give two ****s.
I, on the other hand, want to wipe my phone if I lose it, so I'm in. Samsung can watch me drive around all they want but I'd be willing to bet they have better things to do, like make Touchwiz more bloated and the like.

ericshmerick said:
Tinfoilhat and all, but any and all cell companies know where you are 24x7. Hint: they could give two ****s.
I, on the other hand, want to wipe my phone if I lose it, so I'm in. Samsung can watch me drive around all they want but I'd be willing to bet they have better things to do, like make Touchwiz more bloated and the like.
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Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk

ericshmerick said:
Tinfoilhat and all, but any and all cell companies know where you are 24x7. Hint: they could give two ****s.
I, on the other hand, want to wipe my phone if I lose it, so I'm in. Samsung can watch me drive around all they want but I'd be willing to bet they have better things to do, like make Touchwiz more bloated and the like.
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To continue on his point, I trust Samsung more than the guy who accidentally/purposefully acquires my phone with all my personal info on it. WIPE WIPE WIPE!

Works great, I had this with my galaxy s and now the note ;-)
And it works very good, I am in sweden.
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Thanks!
But does this affect battery life in anyway?
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Thanks! This looks awesome. I will try this once I get back home from work.
Thanked & Rated 5 Stars...

Got it to work in USA. Thanks for posting this.

[PROXY] Everything at once

Edit: CLOSED due to server problem.
Everything at once:
Make everything in market to be install-able at once.
Set phone:
Proxy: 117.135.139.179
Port: 8888
Country/Region: USA
Go OEM zone or search in store to see magic.
Tips:
There are too many request to my server, so it'll be down sometimes. Use IE on your phone to open any website to check if the proxy is still working. And you can make a donation to improve the stability of server
Please turn off proxy once download has started, I turned off download ability to speed up my server, so you'll get error when download with proxy.
Note that if you opened the app detail or OEM section in market before use the proxy, your phone will cache it for 20 minutes, and no matter what you try, you phone will give you 8000ffff error. So restart your phone to clear the cache.
Install 'SysApp Pusher' in market before use the proxy, then you'll be able to install every OEM apps.
If you see 'not compatible' message, try 3 seconds later with lucky until success. You'll have 1/3 chance to change to target OEM everytime you retry.
If apps does not support your phone's resolution, you can't install it.
If a WP8 app requires 1GB RAM and your device is 512MB RAM, you can't install it, but you can install WP7 games which need 1GB RAM on WP8.
Enjoy

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Everything at onece
Proxy: 117.135.139.179
Port: 8888
Country/Region: USA
You can turn off proxy to speed up once download is started.
Everything in market is install-able, if you see 'not compatible', try 3 seconds later with lucky until success.
Enjoy
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Thanks reker!!
You did a very great job!!!
waiting for your interop lock 😉
I can install every app but HTC apps are downloading but not installing why??

If you get an error code while installing, that may due to resolution problem.
If error code is 0x80007fff, turn off proxy, restart phone, sync your account and try again

reker said:
If you get an error code while installing, that may due to resolution problem.
If error code is 0x80007fff, turn off proxy, restart phone, sync your account and try again
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while syncing my account..it says
"There's a problem with bay-m.hotmail.com. Try again
error code 85010001

venu238 said:
while syncing my account..it says
"There's a problem with bay-m.hotmail.com. Try again
error code 85010001
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Check your network. Remember turn-off proxy before sync

reker said:
Check your network. Remember turn-off proxy before sync
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same problem...I could install all apps except HTC apps..Downloaded HTC apps are installing upto 80% and then saying attention required,try again.

i'm using the proxy en my Lumia 620 and work Fine, and download the manga camera of samsung zone app and work fine \o/ and for download the nokia pro cam/youtube uploader/video trimmer

thank you working fine

Working great, thank you

Does not work on my Huawei W1 - it doesnt found any special samsung or nokia app
but i found an "by @reker" app, which i can not download

Error 8000ffff for me with Ativ S (GDR2)

One thing to note for everyone.
Since it is a proxy, there is the chance that some sensitive data may be transmitting across the wire to the proxy (I'm assuming it's a Fiddler proxy due to the default 8888 port number). I would turn off all e-mail from syncing while running this..

snickler said:
One thing to note for everyone.
Since it is a proxy, there is the chance that some sensitive data may be transmitting across the wire to the proxy (I'm assuming it's a Fiddler proxy due to the default 8888 port number). I would turn off all e-mail from syncing while running this..
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You can try to use the proxy open some website. If you think a free proxy has ability to handle 10k+ requests/hour to provide real proxy service.

Most part of app is nor available to w1. Where wrote that my phone is not compatible and no install button. Also your reker app i can not install...

can't found nokia pro cam & smart cam on the list... hmmmm

reker said:
You can try to use the proxy open some website. If you think a free proxy has ability to handle 10k+ requests/hour to provide real proxy service.
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Reker you are the best, but I 'm install Nokia pro camera on Ativ S but the app open start the camera and Close (I have GDR2)
Try to reinstall but Nokia Pro Cam open and close :'(

What am I doing wrong, country set U.S. proxy set .... but this item isn,t available from the Store in your region.?

Can't download anything, getting the error "please turn-off proxy" with a twitter link

n1c3.sleepL said:
Most part of app is nor available to w1. Where wrote that my phone is not compatible and no install button. Also your reker app i can not install...
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Already said, try again 3 seconds later if you get not compatible

beret84 said:
What am I doing wrong, country set U.S. proxy set .... but this item isn,t available from the Store in your region.?
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Try language/region/country all set to English/USA

Dummy [HOWTO] - Blocking Amazon Firmware Updates

There seems to be a ton of confusion/re-posting on the Bounty Root thread about how to block the Fire TV from pulling down new OTA firmware. As we wait patiently for the existing root exploit to be patched and released, blocking the auto-update is critical to maintaining that root.
There are two URLs reported to need blocking. The first is http://amzdigitaldownloads.edgesuite.net. However there have been reports elsewhere that blocking this URL breaks some of the apps/services on the device as well.
A forum member suggests that this address be blocked instead; http://firs-ta-g7g.amazon.com
They report that most streaming services are still functional when blocking this address. This is the address I'm using and so far, so good.
How to;
If you are using a DD-WRT based router, life is easy. Log into your router and go to Access Restrictions > WAN Access (on v24sp2mega at least). Set it up like this, clicking save and apply after you're done;
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If you are using stock Linksys/Cisco firmware, your page will look more like the one in this post (thanks to retroben for the image)
I know it's basic, but maybe this will help those with questions (and prevent the 1529th person from asking the question in the root thread )
Cheers

Sorry for the umpteenth posts of mine in the rooting thread,and you're welcome.
Feel free to use my troubles as an example of unwitty stupidity.
First,you should either make your Fire TV forget the network if you know the password to log back in,or unplug it while it is idle,this is my extra step of security when setting up OpenDNS.
For those of you out there like me who don't have any other Wi-Fi accessing device,you will not see the openDNS service as enabled.
To enable it and make presets safely after setting the router's DNS numbers appropriately,you can change your computer's DNS numbers temporarily from "internet options" so you can manage the OpenDNS settings after the "success" message without putting your Fire TV at risk for the OTA update.
I reccommend not changing the router connection type to "static ip" since I had so much trouble with the Cisco Linksys E2500 killing all internet access until switching back to auto.

For Netgear routers go to: http://www.routerlogin.net/adv_index.htm
Go to "Security" on the left hand side column.
Then "Block Sites".
Set "Keyword Blocking" to the "Always" radio button.
Add the keyword: firs-ta-g7g.amazon.com
Click Apply
It should look like this when you are done:

For ASUS routers, go to Firewall > URL Filter and enter the two URLs

For routers with tomato firmware (I'm using tomato shibby)
Go to access restriction and create a new rule as the following:

Heres how to set up Open DNS filtering on an Asus RT-N66U running Merlin FW (Must also have dns-o-matic configured under DDNS so any wan ip changes will update on open-dns's side - or if you have a static dont worry youre good to go)

Thanks all for posting the additional router configs - my sample size was limited

Untangle 10:
Config > Network > Advanced > DNS Server

Having trouble blocking using a Verizon fios actiontec router. I think I have it set ok. To test I reset the fire tv and it updates. When I check the router config, te fire tv has a different device name so now the rule does not apply. How can I test?

droider137 said:
Having trouble blocking using a Verizon fios actiontec router. I think I have it set ok. To test I reset the fire tv and it updates. When I check the router config, te fire tv has a different device name so now the rule does not apply. How can I test?
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To be safe it, set it as a global block or block it at a mac level, not at a device name level.

roligov said:
To be safe it, set it as a global block or block it at a mac level, not at a device name level.
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On the phone now with verizon/ actiontec...just got disconnected!!!!! Unable to find a way to block all. Seems like when the fire tv is reset it generates a new device name on the router. So, the old rule will not apply. Tech support sucks!

If possible get your own router that way you have more options. Pretty much all major brands have been covered in this thread now. The few Verizon routers I have looked around on are very limited on what they can do...

{ParanoiA} said:
If possible get your own router that way you have more options. Pretty much all major brands have been covered in this thread now. The few Verizon routers I have looked around on are very limited on what they can do...
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Looks like I will have to figure out how to use open dns or buy a new router. According to Actiontec, even if I set up a rule to block access, the router ignores all rules from 1145-1259 am. It does this so the router can update, check world time... When this happens ALL device blocks are lifted.

Thanks for the guide. I blocked the suggested URLs, but is there any way to test that I have done so correctly? I would hate an auto-update to remove my ability to root in the future.

I have an easy way that I used successfully.
Just set a computer's "internet options" dns to the OpenDNS numbers and try to visit a webpage that is blocked to see if the site gets blocked.
When the amzdigitaldownloads edgesuite site is blocked properly,you will see a page that says so instead of the "file not found" message.
If you use the services on the Fire TV,even something sideloaded like the "Polaris Go" app,you will have to block only the other mentioned link.
I could not get it to load Table Flip or any videos to show up anymore,but the website's videos work fine on a browser.
I am additionally using the DNS-O-Matic,a partner site of OpenDNS to make sure it keeps my router IP address up to date for keeping the sites blocked properly. (static ip causes network failure issues for me)
I keep the page loaded on an Opera Browser tab at all times to make sure it remains logged in.

i have to select a time period for rule to be active. actiontec model only allows in 15min increments. so... do i select 12am to 12am or 12am to 11:45pm? does the firetv keeping checking every second if there is an update?

Thanks for all the info...if thanks are not allowed please delete

Verify blocking
I have a TP-Link R860 router,
I set it to block firs-ta-g7g.amazon.com.
I also have openDNS blocking that site.
Is there way to verify that it's blocked.
Clicking 'Check for updates' still seems to work.
Thanks

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I have a TP-Link R860 router,
I set it to block firs-ta-g7g.amazon.com.
I also have openDNS blocking that site.
Is there way to verify that it's blocked.
Clicking 'Check for updates' still seems to work.
Thanks
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If you blocked it for all devices , your pc browser should not be a able to open either site

Just received Myne in Greece through reship.... now I had all ready cut the address through ddwrt .. i will light it up when I go home. I can upgrade to latest firmware and after I stop the updates? I think jcase had stated we can update to current latest and root when it will published will work.
Please advice
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