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[Q] lost my galaxy s2 - utrack not active :((((

Hi all
I lost my galaxy s2 two days ago. I called my phone a few times until the person who has found it, shut it down.
Unfortunately I did not activate utrack. All I have my IMEI. Here in Switzerland only my provider does blacklist IMEI-Numbers, so that sucks too.
Anybody got any idea, or should I leave it??

There is not much you can do if you didn't activate tracking in phone(samsungdive) or use some aplication for that purpose.

Tracking is i think.by.default active if u logged in to samsung account
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This app could have helped you, had you not called the number and warned the person that you are looking for the phone.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&feature=search_result
if the phone is still on you can still try to install that app via the link above.

Sign into the market on your PC using your google account.
Choose to install "Lookout Plan B" to your phone.
If it is on and with network connection, with your data remaining, it should be installed.

if who found your phone know a little bit about android i think the first thing he does is to delete your gmail account to prevent you from install apps from the web...so if you can't lock by imei there's nothing else you can do i guess
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hey guys
Many Many thanks for that great input. I am talking about Plan B. The chance that somebody knowing about android found it, isnt that big. I did install it over the market and it said, that its going to be installed, so i am praying for my luck know.
Will keep you guys up-to-date.
Thanks once again.

for all these things (Plan B and Dive) to even work the phone must be on, must be on 3G data plan service, or be on Wifi. If you had the data off when you lost it, and the finder does not enable it by some rare miracle, you will never find it.
Most probably you are screwed OP. I lost my SGS1 the same way.
You can however try sending to your number a text message that says "Get $$ reward for this phone, call XXXXX" or something similar, and hope the crook will decide to return your phone. For this to work the phone must only be on and must be on a cell network (no data required).
Last option is to print reward ads and stick them to light poles in the area where you lost the phone.

kreoXDA said:
for all these things (Plan B and Dive) to even work the phone must be on, must be on 3G data plan service, or be on Wifi. If you had the data off when you lost it, and the finder does not enable it by some rare miracle, you will never find it.
Most probably you are screwed OP. I lost my SGS1 the same way.
You can however try sending to your number a text message that says "Get $$ reward for this phone, call XXXXX" or something similar, and hope the crook will decide to return your phone. For this to work the phone must only be on and must be on a cell network (no data required).
Last option is to print reward ads and stick them to light poles in the area where you lost the phone.
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hmmm... And I thought my lost-phone-karma was positive, since I found and SGS1 a few months ago and returned it to the owner immediatly.
well, my only chance is, the phone will be connected to a wireless connection, since ive got my sim blocked through the provider. The hope is gone but who knows, miracles can happen

Firstly, good luck carthago, I hope you find your phone!
Secondly, and just for curiosity, does anyone know if could Samsung DIVE, Tektrak, Lookout and those similar tools can operate if the person who find the phone do a factory reset or flash a new firmware? I doubt that it could be possible, however I'm not an expert.
If there is no way for those tools to work after a factory reset or a flashing a new firmware, their usefulness is limited to the case that the thief either an idiot (regarding the factory reset) or computer illiterate (regarding re-flashing the phone).
In the case of free tools, any remote possibility of help is welcome, of course (better than nothing), however there are also many paid apps which purport to be THE solution this kind of problem.

No they don't work after factory reset
angelomaldito said:
Firstly, good luck carthago, I hope you find your phone!
Secondly, and just for curiosity, does anyone know if could Samsung DIVE, Tektrak, Lookout and those similar tools can operate if the person who find the phone do a factory reset or flash a new firmware? I doubt that it could be possible, however I'm not an expert.
If there is no way for those tools to work after a factory reset or a flashing a new firmware, their usefulness is limited to the case that the thief either an idiot (regarding the factory reset) or computer illiterate (regarding re-flashing the phone).
In the case of free tools, any remote possibility of help is welcome, of course (better than nothing), however there are also many paid apps which purport to be THE solution this kind of problem.
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angelomaldito said:
Firstly, good luck carthago, I hope you find your phone!
Secondly, and just for curiosity, does anyone know if could Samsung DIVE, Tektrak, Lookout and those similar tools can operate if the person who find the phone do a factory reset or flash a new firmware? I doubt that it could be possible, however I'm not an expert.
If there is no way for those tools to work after a factory reset or a flashing a new firmware, their usefulness is limited to the case that the thief either an idiot (regarding the factory reset) or computer illiterate (regarding re-flashing the phone).
In the case of free tools, any remote possibility of help is welcome, of course (better than nothing), however there are also many paid apps which purport to be THE solution this kind of problem.
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All those tools are good IF you lost the phone, realized it right away, ran to the nearest computer and activated the tools, provided the phone is still reachable and on data network.
For the crooks who STEAL the expensive phones, the business is a fine tuned machine. 10 people run around stealing, and the immediately turn them off or remove battery. then they bulk-sell them to phone hackers who produce brand new freshly installed phones that can be sold at local flea market
Deactivating the IMEI I think will do anything only if the new owner tries to activate the phone on the same network.

First I was calling my phone again and again, cause I thought perhaps it was laying around somewhere and so I could hear it. But then that asshole had found out how to shut it down.
If you find something and theres no name and nothing on it, ok, if you keep that perhaps thats not exactly stealing. But if you shutdown a phone, because the owner is calling again and again, that is STEALING!

alcurtis93 said:
No they don't work after factory reset
There is two you can push to /system/app. One is sim checker. The other it locservice. I will check with vendor if the data can fire email notifications and passwords be made to survive
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I was just wondering: one of the features of those tracking apps is the possibility of wiping your data if you lose your phone. Therefore, if wiping your data in this way (which I don't know if it corresponds to a factory reset or is just a 'soft wipe') means that it will be no longer possible to locate your phone?
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[Q] My wifes G2 was remotely Hacked

Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?

I truly dont believe though that when you switched off network that someone can still connect. Anyways:
firstly, recap if the phone was ever left unattended, letting someone install something on it.
Dont do that, even if if it has a password on it, anyone not looking away when entering it on the street can see what the pincode/password is.
Apps not from play store, dont install. Ever.
Change all passwords on a safe medium (multiple antiviris vendors scanned) of wifi router, to anything, including recovery questions, make them different and non logical or affiliated to you.
Run virus scans on computer and or any medium that ever connected phone.
Then check apps/websites of mail and such for activity, likely activity at times you didnt use any of the services. Anyway facebook and such lets you close open sessions anywhere.
That should do the trick. And big tip dont get paranoid Just ponder how somehow got acces.

I find it hard to believe that someone could still control the device after a factory reset. Highly unlikely I would say.

larryvw2011 said:
Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?
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1. I really doubt this happened.
2. After disconnecting wifi and mobile data, it would be impossible
3. Factory reset would definitely make it impossible
4. It's more likely that the touch screen is having phantom touches

I had issues with phantom touches on my Optimus G. Drove me batty. Some days it was impossible to use the phone, as the touches were all registering in the bottom half of the screen where the keyboard appears. So random letters would be inserted into words.
Turned out to be a driver issue with the custom kernels in some of the ROMs is using.
Factory reset and being more selective in the kernels I ran fixed the issue.
If it's still happening after a factory reset, then you have a defective touchscreen. Replace the phone under warranty.
Typos courtesy of my LG G2 (D803) running Mahdi-ROM.

I really have no reason to lie to you guys. The messages stopped after I disconnted the internet but the screen was still jumping around. That is why i figured he still had access.

I just received the new phone today. Should I go ahead and get a new sims card or I be ok with the old one?

Pat123 said:
I find it hard to believe that someone could still control the device after a factory reset. Highly unlikely I would say.
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its possible, if he were root and had something installed as system app.
also you can set stuff like tasker to autimaticaly turn network back on.
what did the messages say, cause if they were gybrisch then it seems like phantom touches.
larryvw2011 said:
I just received the new phone today. Should I go ahead and get a new sims card or I be ok with the old one?
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get a new one, completely clean

larryvw2011 said:
I just received the new phone today. Should I go ahead and get a new sims card or I be ok with the old one?
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I would, you could have the old encryption method on the sim card which would make it easier to root the card. But I am guessing what happened to your wife was something more like an AndroRAT exploit.

It could be possible seeing as all you need is a phone number to find your location by txt msg, and that can be done silently without you ever knowing.
Seems it's a built in part of the RADIO AT that providers can use, if you're on the inside and know how it works it'd be a doddle, but if the txt msgs were gibberish I'd go with the majority with faulty touchscreen/drivers and nothing to worry about
Bashing away at my HTC Desire C

Tell to the hacker to try to hack my phone instead, I don't care. I will shoot exclusively for him a pic of my arse as award if he manages to hack it and he can print it, or try to sell to the newspapers.
BTW, I'm not so anxious about apps not installed directly from Play Store. You can easily check or restrict the permissions of any app as root user. I never yet faced the problems.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo

larryvw2011 said:
Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?
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are you sure its not an email or Google account hack?

Damasterjj said:
are you sure its not an email or Google account hack?
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This is very likely version. Anything could be installed via remote then easily.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo

tetakpatak said:
This is very likely version. Anything could be installed via remote then easily.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
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yeah, all you have to do is google reset password

This could be an issue with faulty digitizer.
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Thank you everyone for your responses. He was asking me what I would like him to do for me. I had her open a new gmail account.

larryvw2011 said:
Has this happened to anyone elses G2? I am on verizon with 4.4.2 update and not rooted. He had complete control of her phone. Was writing me messages and kept opening pics of my 4 yr daughter. I diconnected the wifi and mobile data. He still had control of the phone. Then I factory reset it and he still was on it. Verizon is sending me a new phone and getting a new sims card. Is there a way from stoping this from happening?
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Verizon may have some security offerings for this.

bachera said:
its possible, if he were root and had something installed as system app.
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The phone was not rooted as per OP hence I find it unlikely.
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Pat123 said:
The phone was not rooted as per OP hence I find it unlikely.
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ahhh the mistery what can it be, what can it be. Not sure if the typing was incoherent or not. That rules out possible digitizer issues or not.

larryvw2011 said:
I really have no reason to lie to you guys. The messages stopped after I disconnted the internet but the screen was still jumping around. That is why i figured he still had access.
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The TOP bid would be == prank application.
Everything else would mean you're the targeted one (but how would the attacker have your new data?)
Maybe your gmail acc has some connections to another app -> look for permissions in your dashboard.
Please wake up from a dream <3

Stuck on boot screen due to font installation

Last night I was trying to put a new font on my phone and was using ROM toolbox pro to install them. The I installed a font and it said to reboot the phone for it to take affect. I did this and no problems. Wasn't really happy with that font so tried another one and rebooted.
Got to the first screen that shows LG. Let it sit for 5 minutes or so and thought..oh crap!. Did a battery pull and same issue. I did not want to do a factory reset but, said screw it and did one. Nothing. Still the same problem. Tried a second time and the same result.
Took the phone to the Sprint store and even they could not get it to work. Phone is still under warranty and I have device protection so,
They are ordering me another one that will be here later this week. Had to get a prepaid phone in the meantime.
I just hate the fact that something so simple as changing a font could cause the phone to malfunction so easily.
I'm of course going to root the phone again but, are going to very careful on what I do from now on.

Why didn't you use your pc or download mode to reinstall the os?

I suggest learning all you can from here and maybe keep as close to stock as possible till you get a little more comfortable flashing with a computer. I'm sure it's fixable. Some people at Sprint are smarter than others. Sorry you have to use a burner phone for now. You'll probably love the g3 twice as much after using that though. Good luck man.

Damitu said:
Last night I was trying to put a new font on my phone and was using ROM toolbox pro to install them. The I installed a font and it said to reboot the phone for it to take affect. I did this and no problems. Wasn't really happy with that font so tried another one and rebooted.
Got to the first screen that shows LG. Let it sit for 5 minutes or so and thought..oh crap!. Did a battery pull and same issue. I did not want to do a factory reset but, said screw it and did one. Nothing. Still the same problem. Tried a second time and the same result.
Took the phone to the Sprint store and even they could not get it to work. Phone is still under warranty and I have device protection so,
They are ordering me another one that will be here later this week. Had to get a prepaid phone in the meantime.
I just hate the fact that something so simple as changing a font could cause the phone to malfunction so easily.
I'm of course going to root the phone again but, are going to very careful on what I do from now on.
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It was fixable but for future reference avoid installing fonts with rom toolbox pro while on stock. I've had it soft brick several phones while on the stock rom but it usually works great on an ASOP or CM based rom (if only we had some of those). There are other font installers that should work but RTP font installer is hit or miss for sure.

I did try to fix it using download mode but, it wasn't working for me.
I'm not going to mess with it anymore. I know I'm getting a new phone in a few days Just have too use the dummy phone until then.
I'll be looking for free wifi with my Nexus 7 to check email and stuff.

Damitu said:
I did try to fix it using download mode but, it wasn't working for me.
I'm not going to mess with it anymore. I know I'm getting a new phone in a few days Just have too use the dummy phone until then.
I'll be looking for free wifi with my Nexus 7 to check email and stuff.
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Oh, and I WONT be using that app ever again! Wish I never paid for it in the first place.

HELP
imucarmen said:
It was fixable but for future reference avoid installing fonts with rom toolbox pro while on stock. I've had it soft brick several phones while on the stock rom but it usually works great on an ASOP or CM based rom (if only we had some of those). There are other font installers that should work but RTP font installer is hit or miss for sure.
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Can you pls explain how to fix it cause it happened to me to and i dont have the time to turn it in.Tryed to fac reset and battery pull but didnt work. got messes up while installing a font

creeperkid704 said:
Can you pls explain how to fix it cause it happened to me to and i dont have the time to turn it in.Tryed to fac reset and battery pull but didnt work. got messes up while installing a font
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You should be able to use the LG update software on your PC to flash the stock firmware. I havent personally done it with the G3 but often had to recover my LG spectrum with it whenever I would soft brick. My experience has been as long as you can access download mode then the phone is fixable. I'm sorry I can't help you in this instance because I've personally not bricked this phone and havent had to do any recovering from a soft brick yet.
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Damitu said:
Oh, and I WONT be using that app ever again! Wish I never paid for it in the first place.
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Rom Toolbox PRo is a great app and most of it's features are safe to use. RTP is my goto root app and has been for over 3 years now and I've used it on every phone i've had (which is 5). I love it because it has so many root features in one place. I always use the build prop editor, I use it to access terminal, the boot animations usually work good (though it's better to use a root explorer to change those), the app manager works great, also the sdcard boost works great, as well as the root explorer, and it has some very useful shortcuts. The font installer works great on ASOP based roms just don't use it on stock ones. Another thing I've never had success with in it is the cpu profiles never stick. Antutu's cpu app works great for profiles though. They always apply and stick without reverting back to whatever the phone wants to change it to.
I definitely wouldn't throw the whole app out because the font installer broke your phone. And that's more the fault of the stock rom than RTP.

I should be getting my replacement G3 from Sprint today. Started off with the $20 flip prepaid phone to get me through the week but, couldn't take it. Had to upgrade to the basic Android prepaid.
I wasn't bashing Rom Toolbox Pro. Was just angry and frustrated. I'll download it but, stay away from the font section.

I finally got my replacement G3 today.
Good thing I'm off from work because it's taking half the day just to get it back to what I had before.
Two Words.....
Titanium Backup!

Happened to me twice on international version G3, although managed to restore the system using the LG pc suite... Couple of weeks ago, under the themes and apps section, someone mentioned Fonster from the play store would work, so I gathered up enough courage, had my pc ready just in case, and prayed to the gods, but hey, what do you know, it actually works!
I've switched fonts a couple of times and so far so good, so give it a go...
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I love changing fonts on my phone but I too have soft bricked many a phone doing it. I never understood why sometimes it would work & other times brick. I've been sacred to try on my new LG G3 is the consensus then not to ever do it on a stock rom? I would love to change the font on this phone but not worth the hassles if it will brick it half the time.
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Here's a screenshot of my G3 using Roboto condensed thanks to the Fonster app...
All you need is root...
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This exact same problem happened to me when I had my Galaxy S4. I had to take it in to get re-flashed but that fixed it. Glad to see that you got a replacement G3!

[Q] Can't remove Computrace it keeps reinstalling

Help this app can't be removed its a lojack.
It monitors the device and info to absolute solutions.

What? Some more info and background would be useful

sejtam said:
What? Some more info and background would be useful
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Hi,
I bought this handset yesterday from EE in the UK, it seems to be some kind of security software called Computrace when i try to uninstall it, it automatically re-installs and can't be removed.
It is built into the firmware in all new EE handsets, I called them and they said it can't be removed but at the same time has access to all my data on the device, i called computerise they said it shouldn't do that!
A quick google search showed that a company called absolute software have tied up with manufacturers to recover stolen devices.
It also is a backdoor for hackers to control devices

Mine is not an ee phone and it has it installed... im using their network tho
Anyone find a way for getting rid?
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sorry forgot im using a custom tmobile rom my bad.

viniturb0 said:
Hi,
I bought this handset yesterday from EE in the UK, it seems to be some kind of security software called Computrace when i try to uninstall it, it automatically re-installs and can't be removed.
It is built into the firmware in all new EE handsets, I called them and they said it can't be removed but at the same time has access to all my data on the device, i called computerise they said it shouldn't do that!
A quick google search showed that a company called absolute software have tied up with manufacturers to recover stolen devices.
It also is a backdoor for hackers to control devices
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Try to turn it off in the Settings > App Manager...
If it cannot be turned off, the only way to remove it is rooting your device.

This cannot be removed with root either, it auto installs itself.
I am really surprised this hasnt caused a big discussion on XDA. EE are installing rootkit's on customer phones and noone has batted an eyelid.

chrcol said:
This cannot be removed with root either, it auto installs itself.
I am really surprised this hasnt caused a big discussion on XDA. EE are installing rootkit's on customer phones and noone has batted an eyelid.
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anyone found away to remove this yet? I've got a sim free phone with it on and want to remove it?

Yeah , if you install a non EE rom, you can uninstall it using the app manager, also someone made a odin file to remove the files, if left over. I will attach to post.
Note the file is for the s5 901f, so is possible wont work properly on your device.
This rootkit was making my phone go crazy before I got rid of it, draining battery, slowing down data usage settings and causing reboots.

chrcol said:
Yeah , if you install a non EE rom, you can uninstall it using the app manager, also someone made a odin file to remove the files, if left over. I will attach to post.
Note the file is for the s5 901f, so is possible wont work properly on your device.
This rootkit was making my phone go crazy before I got rid of it, draining battery, slowing down data usage settings and causing reboots.
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Its Work on SM-N910F. Thanks
Flash as AP in Odin.

What is going on here?
Stuff on Computrace pops up a lot today:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/computrace-sending-sms-messages-consent-t3113309
In what country did you guys buy your handsets?
Is this only on v4.4.4+?
Kind regards, Stefan.

Thaevil0ne said:
What is going on here?
Stuff on Computrace pops up a lot today:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/computrace-sending-sms-messages-consent-t3113309
In what country did you guys buy your handsets?
Is this only on v4.4.4+?
Kind regards, Stefan.
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Mine is from the UK on the EE carrier (biggest carrier in UK, orange and a big german carrier own EE so both carriers probably also same policy). Also its not kitkat only, also affects lollipop.
Thanks for the link, reading it now, and yeah computrace is up to no good, I had issues with my data usage data whilst it was installed, so it was probably spying on my usage.

Samsung on5 SM-G550T1 easiest way to root.

Sorry if this is wrong place or way to post on here. I am wanting to root the on5 but it is a learning experience. No pc to use. Is there a apk that actually works. Tried kingroot it says device not supported
I have developer options on and the oem toggle on am I ok with that. If anyone has the time and patience and could walk me through how to get going please let me know. Thanks

Jdaddy1 said:
Sorry if this is wrong place or way to post on here. I am wanting to root the on5 but it is a learning experience. No pc to use. Is there a apk that actually works. Tried kingroot it says device not supported
I have developer options on and the oem toggle on am I ok with that. If anyone has the time and patience and could walk me through how to get going please let me know. Thanks
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Guess I came to the wrong place for advicre

I'm curious too.
You're not the only one who would like to know, but this is an older ( & apparently not widely used) phone that hasn't been sold for a few years so you may not get any answers.

Yea It's was one of my old ones. Wanted to use it to learn. Any suggestions on a older phone that rooting would be simple.? Can a phone be rooted without a computer I've read so much that says either but doesn't sound like it would.

Jdaddy1 said:
Yea It's was one of my old ones. Wanted to use it to learn. Any suggestions on a older phone that rooting would be simple.? Can a phone be rooted without a computer I've read so much that says either but doesn't sound like it would.
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Sorry for the late reply. It's my current phone & the storage issues are just getting to be ridiculous otherwise I wouldn't be interested in rooting because of the risk of bricking/voiding warranty etc; but I don't know anything else to do. I know that it's possible to root with an app, but it depends on finding a vulnerability that can be exploited with your specific phone. It's different for every phone. If you choose to install a custom ROM you should find one made for your phone too otherwise you're likely to have problems if you try it on a phone that you intend to actually use for calls/texts etc; I had an HTC droid Eris years ago & used a one-click root app & it worked without any problem that I could tell, but it was a phone I wasn't using as my daily driver too, so I wasn't worried about voiding the warranty/radios not working etc;. Cell & sometimes bluetooth & wifi radios not working are common issues with newer ROMs or especially if you choose a ROM not made for your phone. With the Eris I just installed the app, pressed the button & it rebooted, installed a custom recovery & booted into the OS. With the On5 either there isn't a known exploit or there's just nobody willing or able to look for one or both. They would have to still have the phone to be able to look for one. If you have a flea market near you maybe you could go there & see if there's a phone store that you could get an old cheap one you could practice on? I don't remember the app I used, but I'm pretty sure it came from the play store. It seems like I read somewhere that HTC phones were easier to root, but I'm not sure.