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[TOOL] Android Master v0.2.5 UPDATED

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Android Master - Suite​
Link for Android Master Website
This is currently only for Windows
Features:
*+ GUI for ADB (Android Debug Bridge)
*+ Reboot to Download Mode, Recovery Mode, and Normal Reboot
*+ Device Information
*+ Start and kill ADB server
*+ Drag and Drop APK installer
*+ ZIP Flasher
*+ File Push/Pull
*+ Custom ADB Commands
*+ "ADB Shell" option
*+ Log and ADB Output text
*+ Wireless ADB Option
*+ Misc Commands
*+ Batch APK Installer (now also with folder, just put .apk files in the folder and install them all)
*+ Auto-updates
*+ .apk file association with the program, just double click a .apk file anywhere and install it really fast!
*+ Input program so you can control your device with the computer!!
*+ VNC Client to see your device's screen and control it.
*+ Stats for CPU Load, Battery COMPLETE INFO (Voltage, Charge %, etc)
*+ Wi-Fi Stats and Device's IP Address
*+ Battery Calibration! (Wipe Battery Stats)
*+ File Manager and Explorer!
*+ Many more features!!
++to do:
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Download:
Download Android Master
Tell me if you like it, if I should add anything or any suggestions you have.
Please donate if I helped you
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Sent from my Samsung Captivate

Lol nice, I have no need but there are A LOT of people who can benefit from this especially in the O3D and Thrill forums. I think you are going to get a lot of praise for this if it all works.

How about GAF, Graphical ADB Front-End
ANT, ADB Noob Tool
ATLAS, A Tool for Lost ADB Sufferers
I/O ADB, If Only (I knew) ADB

Urabewe said:
How about GAF, Graphical ADB Front-End
ANT, ADB Noob Tool
ATLAS, A Tool for Lost ADB Sufferers
I/O ADB, If Only (I knew) ADB
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Haha cool names. I might change it to something more general because I've been thinking of adding non-ADB stuff related to android.
Thanks for the good feedback Urabewe
To everyone:
If someone wants something added to the program just request it and I'll try my best to implement it.
Also please post suggestions and feedback so I can know what to do.
Sent from my Samsung Captivate running KH3 (Pinnacle 1.2)

This is amazing! Definitely a great replacement for the original ADB where I always forget commands.
You should have an option to start an emulator where you specify a device name and press start. The original way to start an emulator is going to (sdk folder)/tools and typing "emulator -avd (emulator name)"

yousefak said:
This is amazing! Definitely a great replacement for the original ADB where I always forget commands.
You should have an option to start an emulator where you specify a device name and press start. The original way to start an emulator is going to (sdk folder)/tools and typing "emulator -avd (emulator name)"
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Alright, will try to add it on the next release.
Sent from my Samsung Captivate running KH3 (Pinnacle 1.2)

Just want to say thank you for this as I haven't ever used adb before this made it very easy. I recently broke my samsung captivate's digitizer but the phone would power on still but you couldn't do anything, luckily I had debugging on. This program was able to save everything that I had on my internal memory and pull it to my computer. I just want to say a big thank you for this program.
Edit: I know its not much, wish I could have done more but hope this helps some what as you have helped me
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Thanks for sharing. Will try it after downloading.

rquiett said:
Just want to say thank you for this as I haven't ever used adb before this made it very easy. I recently broke my samsung captivate's digitizer but the phone would power on still but you couldn't do anything, luckily I had debugging on. This program was able to save everything that I had on my internal memory and pull it to my computer. I just want to say a big thank you for this program.
Edit: I know its not much, wish I could have done more but hope this helps some what as you have helped me
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Thanks so much dude ..everything counts. If you want a feature added or help or anything just ask. Ill try my best.
BTW: 0.2 release is on the works, and I completely remade all the program with a much better UI and it looks great! I'm also adding some new features .. will be released this weekend.
Sent from my Samsung Captivate running KH3 (Pinnacle 1.2)

nightshack0 said:
Thanks so much dude ..everything counts. If you want a feature added or help or anything just ask. Ill try my best.
BTW: 0.2 release is on the works, and I completely remade all the program with a much better UI and it looks great! I'm also adding some new features .. will be released this weekend.
Sent from my Samsung Captivate running KH3 (Pinnacle 1.2)
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Thanks for the update. I look forward to my replacement phone and using this program with it more often now. Thank you again

Android Master v0.2
New release! (ANDROID MASTER v0.2)
Changes:
++Completely remade program
++Completely remade and reworked better UI (User interface) for the program
++Website launched
++Checks for updates automatically and can download and install the new version
++.apk file Association, Double click an .apk anywhere and Android Master's apk tool will open to install any apk really fast and easy.
++Batch APK installer, place a lot of .apk's in a folder and install all of them with just a click
++Reworked how the program starts
++Reworked how the program handles the ADB Server
++Now you can kill or start the server double clicking the "ON"/"off" label
++Clicking the android now will only expand the window instead of starting the server or killing it
++Now checks if ADB Server is started, and disables all buttons if the ADB Server is turned off, or if there's no device connected to avoid errors.
++Added "Open file" on the Zip flasher
++Reorganized the tabs and removed unnecessary ones to merge some.
++Added Menu bar for using the program without expanding the window.
++Added links to the website, to XDA-Developers and the Donate button.
++Now uses an installer to make things easier and to associate the .apk files
++New name and new logo.
Many changes Hope you like it, I spent a week doing all of that. (I remade the program completely)
Maybe the name is now worse than the other one...but..whatever...
PLEASE DONATE AND SUGGEST SOME NEW THINGS YOU WANT ADDED!!
Website: http://androidmaster.weebly.com

Thank you very much nightshack0.

If you do end up adding other general android features it would be awesome if you and Ehoba combined tools and created an android super tool that could deal with adb and themeing and more.
Here's a link to his IDIOT(If Droids Insist On Themes) Tool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005862

brett10 said:
If you do end up adding other general android features it would be awesome if you and Ehoba combined tools and created an android super tool that could deal with adb and themeing and more.
Here's a link to his IDIOT(If Droids Insist On Themes) Tool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005862
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I still don't know which features to add, that's why I'm asking for help, so people tell me what features or anything else they want added.
EDIT:
Next update coming this weekend will fix an important bug (The program isn't running as administrator), and a ZIP Flasher bug. Also it will come with a GPS Fixer related to this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233359 implemented using the Zip Flasher.

how do i fix this? it wont let me change the size or see anything else?

tribbey said:
how do i fix this? it wont let me change the size or see anything else?
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Well that's really strange...can anyone tell me if they're also having this problem??
Sorry for that, though it doesn't happen to me, I'll fix it.
I will enable resizing on the next update and will implement a save option to save your default size so this doesn't happen.
I'll release a mini update in some hours to fix your problem ASAP.
Anyways, some news... The next update will come with a VNC client so you can control your phone with the computer or see the screen of it.
I have many ideas but my programming skills are somewhat limiting me. I'll probably figure out how to do it so expect some cool new features on future releases.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Is this compatible with Macs?

:idea:, you can maybe integrate flashing kernel via computer via adb
Sent from my GT-I9100

netchip said:
:idea:, you can maybe integrate flashing kernel via computer via adb
Sent from my GT-I9100
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Well right now with the zip flasher tool you can flash a CWM flashable zip
But I think you're talking about fastboot right? Does that work for all devices? because I think that Samsung's captivate, which is the device I have isn't compatible with that, but i'm not sure about that. If it isn't that might be difficult because I have no way of testing it. I will anyways try to look on how fastboot works and will try to integrate it in a test release.
YoungSinema said:
Is this compatible with Macs?
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Nope, right now it isn't, might look into a cross platform language.
I think mono works for windows and Linux and i'm not sure if it also works for Mac.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

This is great I will explore this more hoping I can use this one the photon 4G without all the hassle of me trying to get my phone to mount via ADB manually...Thanks

Bodhi Linux on Iconia - Alpha 2

Hello all,
I'm getting prepared to upload my Alpha 2 port of Bodhi Linux for our Iconia. The thread for the original release is here. In the next few days, I'll be uploading the files to my server, writing up guides, and taking any questions. I highly recommend installing a GNU/Linux distribution before even attempting this. Using Linux in a VirtualBox *should* work, but I can't promise that. As usual, if this product bricks your device, it's not my fault. By attempting to use this release, you agree that it is not my fault. The same goes for instantaneous combustion, natural disasters, and acts of God.
New Features:
New recovery.img compiled using the Iconia, not at x86 processor (dunno if this means anything)
The ability to download, compile, and install the kernel/modules right from the device, no computer needed (after initial installation).
mkbootimg and mkbootfs
Scripts to automate grabbing the files needed for WiFi to work
Untested (May work, but I didn't have time to play with):
Bluetooth
Sound
3D acceleration
Here are the links needed to get started (not done yet):
[Guide] Installing Bodhi Linux onto the Iconia
[Guide] Compiling/Installing your own kernel!
[Download] Bodhi Linux for Iconia
[Download] recovery.img
[Download] Kernel Source
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I'd like to thank everyone who made Alpha 2 possible, including all kernel devs, etc. I'd also like to thank Jeff over at the Bodhi Linux forums.
Please ask as many questions as you'd like, even before Alpha 2 is released.
UPDATE:
The image is now up. Use gparted to partition your micro sd as follows: at least 1.5 GB (i think, it could be more) as the first partition, ext4 format. Name that partition "bodhi". Partition 2: atleast 128 MB, fat32 format. When done, mount partitions. Extract the bodhi tarball to the root of your card. Do it like this:
sudo su
cd /media/bodhi/
tar -jxvf /home/name/bodhi_alpha2.tar.bz2
Then type in ls, you should see etc , home, and the like. If you see a folder, you did it wrong.
Copy recovery.img to the 2nd partition. In Acer Recovery Installer, flash it using this custom image. Copy your nvram.txt to the card as well. Reboot into recovery. Enter the terminal. Type in setupwifi . This will copy nvram.txt to the correct place. I'll be writing up some official guides to get this working. BTW, what do you guys think of Plasma Active Two?
UPDATE (23 / 02 / 2012) : Bodhi will be on the backburner for a while. I've school stuff to do, and will be playing around with the leaked ICS.

It is very good
- Have you tested backlight regulating?
- Can you patch the kernel to overclock tegra?

Do you still need an 8 gig micro sd card for this? you mentioned something in alpha 1 about that being fixed in later versions. I really want to try this on an old 4 gb sd card so hopefully that might be enough
Great work btw! keep it up!

loband_ml said:
It is very good
- Have you tested backlight regulating?
- Can you patch the kernel to overclock tegra?
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I have not tested backlight regulating yet.
I'm not too good at kernel patching, but anyone who wants to play with the kernel will just have to type in "getkernel" and it will dl & unpack it.
Thanks for your interest!
chaosking121 said:
Do you still need an 8 gig micro sd card for this? you mentioned something in alpha 1 about that being fixed in later versions. I really want to try this on an old 4 gb sd card so hopefully that might be enough
Great work btw! keep it up!
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It may work on a 4GB, I'm going to be doing some testing w/ one today. The current 8GB I'm using is only Class 4, and Bodhi works pretty well on this older card of mine.
I'm sounding repetitive, but thanks for your interest as well! At first, I didn't think anybody would care about this too much.

When can we expect the required files to be uploaded? (an estimated day perhaps?). And do USB peripherals work (e.g keyboard/mouse) and camera work? And do you think either eclipse or netbeans IDE will work when installed?

Will this work with any Linux distribution?
I was wondering if your Linux recovery kernel will work with other rootfs images like ubuntu or kde or backtrack?

newbkilla said:
When can we expect the required files to be uploaded? (an estimated day perhaps?). And do USB peripherals work (e.g keyboard/mouse) and camera work? And do you think either eclipse or netbeans IDE will work when installed?
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It should be up tomorrow, but my ISP sucks. I'll try getting it up. I've noticed that usb keyboards and mice do work. The apple mouse doesn't, but that's probably just a kernel module I didn't compile. I'll get that in the next version, or you could compile your own, which is very fun to do (seriously, on of my favourite hobbies.) No clue on the cameras, haven't tested. Eclipse / Netbeans may work, you'll have to test and post the results, please.
chrisnave1 said:
I was wondering if your Linux recovery kernel will work with other rootfs images like ubuntu or kde or backtrack?
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Yes, it works with Ubuntu. I'm pretty sure you could load kde up on the bodhi image, log out, then select it as your sessions. It may be slow. I recommend taking a look at the Plasma Active 2 interface, built by the KDE folks. It's pretty sweet. I've just got done downloading backtrack, and it may work. Not sure, either.

backtrack
could you possibly upload a backtrack raw image for our iconia... would love it, would also entice me to donating hehe

chrisnave1 said:
could you possibly upload a backtrack raw image for our iconia... would love it, would also entice me to donating hehe
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GEEZ! I upload one or two distro ports and now YOU want ME to work on ANOTHER one?!?
Lol, jk. I love backtrack, of course I'll work on it.

Also, can you include the florence keyboard into the rootfs in the next releases?
I have troubles with it`s compiling (becouse i am noob)

I look forward to)

wow thanks much I am still an infant when it comes to compiling kernels or even rootfs image lol... I I was able to get aitcrack-ng but not gerix yet cannot find good repository for bt5 to add

So, I now have the images up on the site. The next day or so I'll be working on an in-depth tutorial. I'll also post a tutorial for downloading / compiling the sources straight from the device.

and can not install on internal memory?

dimon2242 said:
and can not install on internal memory?
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With the current kernel, no. I stay away from that for now, to prevent bricking. You can compile a kernel using the source to aim at the internal card. This is not reccomended, and I take no responsibility for anything done.

Backtrack anytime!
I'm interested for Backtrack for sure.
This website might be helpful for backtrack:
http://roms.tiamat-dev.com/tiamat_xoom/backtrack-5-with-aircrack-for-motorola-xoom/
It seems possible to use USB wireless adapter and drivers with the Xoom, I am in the office for too long this week and I'm starting to look at that very closely.
Running an RTL8187 monitor on backtrack on Iconia A500 might be something that could be done...

djxtabay said:
I'm interested for Backtrack for sure.
This website might be helpful for backtrack:
http://roms.tiamat-dev.com/tiamat_xoom/backtrack-5-with-aircrack-for-motorola-xoom/
It seems possible to use USB wireless adapter and drivers with the Xoom, I am in the office for too long this week and I'm starting to look at that very closely.
Running an RTL8187 monitor on backtrack on Iconia A500 might be something that could be done...
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Thanks for the link. You see, we don't have to worry about making Android compatible drivers. On the Iconia, my kernels don't boot under chroot. They load themselves, then point at any chosen partition. Simply compile the needed driver in the kernel, flash it, (or just load the module), and go from there.

i had in mind internal SD card)

dimon2242 said:
i had in mind internal SD card)
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I'll compile you a special kernel to boot to internal memory. Which partition (mmcblk0px) do you want it to boot to? I cannot verify it will work. It may brick your device. I am not responsible for anything that may happen.

I type debian and debian for username and password and I recieve the following error message:
"GDM could not write to your authorization file. This could mean that you are out of disk space or that your home directory could not be opened for writing. In any case, it is not possible to log in. Please contact your system administrator."
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[Q] Acer A500 is a demo unit please help

Hi, I recently purchased this acer a500 and I had no idea it was a demo unit. I cant return it and I am new with andriod based products. Please help. I know my build is Acer_A500_1.109.02_PA_DEMO and my android version is 3.0.1 Thank you for your help

Happy to help but whats the problem with yr 'demo' unit?
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dibb_nz said:
Happy to help but whats the problem with yr 'demo' unit?
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Demo units have a special limited rom. He will need to run a full rom on it.

Moscow Desire said:
Demo units have a special limited rom. He will need to run a full rom on it.
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Yeh but he doesnt mention whether he wants to flash a custom or whether its bricked. And if it's a demo can u flash it as per normal M?
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dibb_nz said:
Yeh but he doesnt mention whether he wants to flash a custom or whether its bricked. And if it's a demo can u flash it as per normal M?
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Yep. I would suggest 2 things. Get the uid, then flash a full update rom to 3.2. Then ota it to ics. Am mobile now, so you get the ball maverick!
Those demo roms are missing half the stuff. Not sure whether he has ext sd card access. Might have to euu him. Hence uid.

Moscow Desire said:
Yep. I would suggest 2 things. Get the uid, then flash a full update rom to 3.2. Then ota it to ics. Am mobile now, so you get the ball maverick!
Those demo roms are missing half the stuff. Not sure whether he has ext sd card access. Might have to euu him. Hence uid.
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Ahh cool, ok then, guess we'll w8 till he gets back to us, cheers M!!
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Hi, thank you all for your replies I am still having a hard time fully understanding everything like I said I am new to android. What I do know is it doesnt have google play which is my main concern. Kernel version 2.6.36.3 if that helps anyone its not bricked, I wouldnt mind flashing it if that would fix the problem and make it like a normal tablet version. Whats a UID? Where do I find it? Thanks again for your help

thebrews1986 said:
Hi, thank you all for your replies I am still having a hard time fully understanding everything like I said I am new to android. What I do know is it doesnt have google play which is my main concern. Kernel version 2.6.36.3 if that helps anyone its not bricked, I wouldnt mind flashing it if that would fix the problem and make it like a normal tablet version. Whats a UID? Where do I find it? Thanks again for your help
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Well we will try and keep things simple for you, which isn't easy with this particular android device but the very first thing you should do is to retrieve your CPUID. This is imperative. If anything ever goes wrong this CPUID is needed to help you unbrick.
First we need to set up your PC to be able to communicate with your tab, so we need some drivers. This whole process works best with win7/vista/xp so if you are doing this on win8 you may have some issues. In saying that, if you're a Linux user, then thats even better, so please say if you are we can bypass a heap of stuff!!!
Head over to Acer Support and download the Acer drivers here Run the .exe to install
Download the usb drivers from here extract to a folder on your PC (desktop).
Once your drivers are installed check they are installed correctly.
1. Grab your micro usb cable and hook your tab to your PC (u should hear windows make the new hardware connected sound. Then you should see the 'new hardware wizard' attemp to install the Acer Drivers. Hopefully everything should install correctly.
2. Now on to test the usb/adb drivers. The files you extracted to your desktop. We aren't going to do anything as such with these, they just need to be on your system somewhere.
So, when you are ready.....right click the extracted folder (hold down shift key at the same time) You should see the context menu with an option to
"Open command window here..."
3. When the command opens type the following with no quote marks:
"adb devices" and then press enter.
4. You should see "List of devices attached....and a series of numbers/letters here like this:
{
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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this is your magical CPUID! and it should have 15 characters - write this number down and guard it with your life!!!
5. If you don't see this window, it means your PC does not 'see' your tab.
Try a different micro usb cable and make sure the cable is firmly connected, try a different usb port on your PC.
Well, thats your first lesson of the day
Once the drivers are setup correctly, we can move on to getting your tab upgraded into some ICS/Jellybean goodness!
Good luck with lesson 1, ya got any probs or u don't understand something, just ask
dibb

Can all this be done on a mac? If not its fine I can borrow a friends laptop.

thebrews1986 said:
Can all this be done on a mac? If not its fine I can borrow a friends laptop.
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Not that I am aware of. Gonna need a PC with windows XP or 7. Mainly because most of the apps we use are windows based. And I wouldn't trust a windows emulator. Also, acer drivers install is windows based.
Do you have access to your external SD card? Will need to know.
The demo unit is the same as a regular 500. All the same hardware. The difference is the ROM they install. If you have access to your external SD card, it will make the process a little easier. Basically just put a full update rom on it, and reboot it via recovery.
But.... UID number we must have, just in case things go south as dibb said.
So check access to external sd card. You can do this by going to Settings>Storage and check.
Don't worry, we've done a couple of demo units in the past.
Mac's.....pffffttttt.....
MD

NEWS FLASH
I told you we have dealt with Demo units in the past.
Go to;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410802&highlight=demo
You;ll need to read the posts....
Install the old Iconiaroot apk
Install Acer Recovery and let it install a CWM (custom recovery). Probably the oldest version.
After it's done, Flash a version 3.1 ROM
Let it OTA all the way to ICS
This of course is just another option. This is the old original way before version 3.2.
MD

storage
external sd card says total unavailable. and under available it says unavailable.

Is the SD card mounted and formatted?

thebrews1986 said:
external sd card says total unavailable. and under available it says unavailable.
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Well, that figures..demo unit... EUU time.
Basically, you are going to need a windows PC with the acer drivers installed. The whole process will take about an hour, so make sure your tablet is charged fully.
Get the following files;
1. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1816560 scroll down to the EUU, and click the box "show content". Select the torrentz file. Yes, it's torrentz, so you will need a torrentz app installed on the PC. If you don't want to deal with torrentz, let me know, and I'll check my drives nd see if I have the package.
2. go here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1624645
Go to the bottom, and download the "usbdeview". There are 2. 1 for 32 bit windows, and 1 for 64 bit windows.
Extract both of those above packages to a folder on your pc.
Now, make sure on your tablet, you have USB Debugging set to ON (look in your System Settings, as I can't remember exactly where on HC 3.0). Connect yer tablet to PC and make sure you have no errors. If everything is good, unplug, and plug it back in a few times just to be sure.
Now, with tab connected, run the USBdeview app you extracted. Should give you a long set of numbers and letters. Write them down, or save in Notepad. This is your UID. You can close the app
Next, with tab still connected, run the EUU executable you extracted. Just follow the steps exactly as they say. This may take awhile. It'll probably ask for that UID number at some point.
When it's all finished, you should have to restart the tab, and the first boot will be somewhat long (10+ minutes or so). But it should boot into a fully working 3.0 HC. Which is crap by the way . You'll need to OTA, or contact us for advice.
Good luck.
MD

tried to download the files using utorrent and it didnt download. Is there an easier way of doing this?

thebrews1986 said:
tried to download the files using utorrent and it didnt download. Is there an easier way of doing this?
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try this EUU it will upgrade you to HC3.2.1 - its pre-rooted and will give you a custom recovery as well. Theres a readme with instructions included in the zip. As with any EUU you will need your cpuid to use it but usbdeview is also in there.
while you are waiting for this to download try rooting your current rom with this then install this .apk and you will be able to install a custom recovery. Once you are in recovery, the main screen will display yr cpuid too.

[Q] New to forums, new to rooting

Hello everyone.
I'm new to rooting, however, I have managed to root my SM-N9005. I followed a long and for me; difficult process, but I got there in the end. Odin, Tar file & SuperSU all led me to where I am now. My friend told me that I should be using Cyanogen Mod; which is installed. But I've noticed a few perplexing issues which I'm hoping you clever guys might be able to help me out with.
1) Since Modding, my SD card is no longer showing up in "My Computer" when I click on the phone icon. It is still there according to the "Storage" options on the phone and it is populated, but not showing up in my computer.
2) We have a number of devices in our house. 10" tablets, 7" tablets & various android phones. All these show up when I go to Google store, however, since the root, mine is nowhere to be found and I have no idea what to do. I cannot add software old or new, unless I go down the torrent route. MY friend told me that I should install "[GAPPS][4.4.x/4.3.x] OFFICIAL Up-to-Date PA-GOOGLE APPS (All ROM's) [2014-06-08]" as this would solve my issue. So I installed it to my SD card, booted up with Vol up, Power on & home button, selected load zip.... = Fail
Look guys, I'm an old man who suffers from dyslexia, I have honestly tried my hardest, but I'm stumped.
I throw myself at your mercy and beg you for help.
Many thanks in advance.
Wulfrune

Wulfrune said:
Hello everyone.
I'm new to rooting, however, I have managed to root my SM-N9005. I followed a long and for me; difficult process, but I got there in the end. Odin, Tar file & SuperSU all led me to where I am now. My friend told me that I should be using Cyanogen Mod; which is installed. But I've noticed a few perplexing issues which I'm hoping you clever guys might be able to help me out with.
1) Since Modding, my SD card is no longer showing up in "My Computer" when I click on the phone icon. It is still there according to the "Storage" options on the phone and it is populated, but not showing up in my computer.
2) We have a number of devices in our house. 10" tablets, 7" tablets & various android phones. All these show up when I go to Google store, however, since the root, mine is nowhere to be found and I have no idea what to do. I cannot add software old or new, unless I go down the torrent route. MY friend told me that I should install "[GAPPS][4.4.x/4.3.x] OFFICIAL Up-to-Date PA-GOOGLE APPS (All ROM's) [2014-06-08]" as this would solve my issue. So I installed it to my SD card, booted up with Vol up, Power on & home button, selected load zip.... = Fail
Look guys, I'm an old man who suffers from dyslexia, I have honestly tried my hardest, but I'm stumped.
I throw myself at your mercy and beg you for help.
Many thanks in advance.
Wulfrune
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To make this clear.
1) Factory Reset your phone using odin and install latest firmware that can be downloaded here.
2) Flash your phone using odin. Just get rid of Cyanogen Mod first. (Install it later if you want)
3 After flashing stock rom, Check your SD card is it working or not.
4) If you want to root your phone you can go here and download appropriate file( Which is if you download latest firmware, it should be KK 4.4.2)
4) Flash the file using Odin.
5) If ONLY the problem of SD Card still occur, Try this one here.
Troubleshooting
1) If you are in stock rom and you dont have any problem with SDCARD, then it should be the CyanogenMod problem (I'd never install this rom so i don't know). You can ask on CyanogenMod Thread.

@Wulfrune :
in addition to @IzArsha post,
if you have problem with internal SD card, coming from CM/AOSP to TW rom,
you can try this.

IzArsha said:
To make this clear.
1) Factory Reset your phone using odin and install latest firmware that can be downloaded here.
2) Flash your phone using odin. Just get rid of Cyanogen Mod first. (Install it later if you want)
3 After flashing stock rom, Check your SD card is it working or not.
4) If you want to root your phone you can go here and download appropriate file( Which is if you download latest firmware, it should be KK 4.4.2)
4) Flash the file using Odin.
5) If ONLY the problem of SD Card still occur, Try this one here.
Troubleshooting
1) If you are in stock rom and you dont have any problem with SDCARD, then it should be the CyanogenMod problem (I'd never install this rom so i don't know). You can ask on CyanogenMod Thread.
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Thank you for the reply.
However, please understand that you're talking to someone with ZERO experience of rooting and in a nutshell..... I'm afraid I've almost no idea what you're talking about The way I usually get around this is to follow video advice.
I will try my very best to get around this problem, but it's abundantly clear to me that I'm in over my head and that it was clearly a huge mistake on my behalf messing around with the phone in the first place. I just HATE the way Samsung think that just because I bought their phone that they own a piece of me.
Given my above statement, I will of course understand if you've no wish to spoon feed me through this process..... But if you can be of further help, I will of course, be very grateful.
The main thing is, you had noble intentions and wanted to help and I think you sincerely for that.

antique_sonic said:
@Wulfrune :
in addition to @IzArsha post,
if you have problem with internal SD card, coming from CM/AOSP to TW rom,
you can try this.
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Thank you for getting back to me. I followed the instructions you outlined step by step, word for word, pay absolute attention to detail and the following id the result:
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # restorecon -v -R /data/media
SELinux: Loaded file_contexts from /file contexts
SELinus: Skipping restorecon_recursive(/data/media)
[email protected]:/ #
Sadly, still no sign of the SD card in my computer
Any more ideas?
Thanks
Wulfrune

get rid of root and all will be ok :good:

Wulfrune said:
Thank you for getting back to me. I followed the instructions you outlined step by step, word for word, pay absolute attention to detail and the following id the result:
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # restorecon -v -R /data/media
SELinux: Loaded file_contexts from /file contexts
SELinus: Skipping restorecon_recursive(/data/media)
[email protected]:/ #
Sadly, still no sign of the SD card in my computer
Any more ideas?
Thanks
Wulfrune
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Okay just forgot root method first. After you flash stock rom, still no Sd card shown on your computer? it might be your driver is not up to date. Download the PC driver here and reboot your pc and connect your phone and see how it goes shall we?

IzArsha said:
Okay just forgot root method first. After you flash stock rom, still no Sd card shown on your computer? it might be your driver is not up to date. Download the PC driver here and reboot your pc and connect your phone and see how it goes shall we?
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I think I might be running a newer version of the software that is being linked?
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Here's an update on the state of play .
I have upon advice here updated to Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones 1.5.29.0.
I have also changed out my 64gb SD and tried a different one. whilst it still didn't show up in my computer, it did enable me to load up Google's stock package, which in turn, via play store app on the phone lets me load apps again.
I have come to the conclusion that Cyanogenmod might not have been the best route for me and that I'd probably be better off without it. I'm pretty sure it may even go a long way to solving the issues I'm having with the SD card not showing up.
So..........
2 things.....
1) Can someone tell me the safe way to remove Cyanogenmod
&
2) Can someone please suggest a replacement that will fully work with the SM-N9005 please?
Many thanks for you help so far.
Wulfrune

Hisense 43A6H Google tv rootable?

I'm about to buy this TV is it rootable?
Hisense 43A6H Google tv rootable?

Technically speaking anything that runs on android can achieve root access. But I think you’re asking if there’s active development. I recently bought a Hisense 65” U6h myself, and there is no development that I have found . If all you need is root, try to get your hands on the stock boot.img from the factory rom. If there’s any updates for your model download it on the computer extract the boot.img and then copy it to a usb drive plug the drive into your tv install magisk apk and use the boot.img on the flash drive to do the patch. Would you mind if I ask what you are trying to accomplish with root access?

well I'm actually trying to remove system apps the easy way by using Mi Explorer and improve system performance and free up some internal storage space so I have enough room to play morrowind by the way sorry for the no spaces I'm not really sure how to use this remote control microphone on my Hisense 43a6h Google TV. honestly there's a lot more stuff I want to do with it as well though like using Viper for Android and among other things like my God VPN repeater hotspot. thanks
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So I contacted Hisense and they sent me the firmware but its a .pkg apple archive and i cannot extract it. Can you help me so I can patch the boot.img and recompile and flash it so I have root access? Thanks
43A6H_43A53FUA(0012)_M0721.zip
drive.google.com
Dear Hisense Customer
Fri 2/3/2023 6:03 PM
Thank you for contacting Hisense.
Please follow the below instructions to update your TVs Firmware.
Download the ZIP file from the above link.
1. Follow the link above and download the zip file. The file is compressed, use a built-in or downloaded (i.e. Winzip) unzipping software to view the zip file contents.
a. Locate the .pkg file inside the .zip.
b. Copy the file xxxx.pkg to the root level of a USB stick formatted as FAT32.
c. Safely Eject the USB from your PC.
2. With TV powered on, Insert the USB stick into the TVs USB port. If the TV has both white and blue USB ports, use one of the white USB 2.0 ones.
3. If the TV displays the USB Media Device prompt after sensing the USB is inserted, just cancel or lose the box.
4. Enter the TV menu and navigate along this menu path [MENU button] > Settings > System > About > Upgrade > Upgrade by USB
5. The TV will respond confirming that an update file is found, and provides 2 options. Select Reboot.
6. The TV will take a few minutes to apply the update and will reboot once the update is complete.
7. Once rebooted, you can remove the USB stick and complete the setup of the TV.
If you have any questions or concerns in the meantime, give me a call at 1-888-935-8880 and please reference your First and Last Name or Telephone Number.
Thank you again and have a great day!

chris1892006 said:
So I contacted Hisense and they sent me the firmware but its a .pkg apple archive and i cannot extract it. Can you help me so I can patch the boot.img and recompile and flash it so I have root access? Thanks
43A6H_43A53FUA(0012)_M0721.zip
drive.google.com
Dear Hisense Customer
Fri 2/3/2023 6:03 PM
Thank you for contacting Hisense.
Please follow the below instructions to update your TVs Firmware.
Download the ZIP file from the above link.
1. Follow the link above and download the zip file. The file is compressed, use a built-in or downloaded (i.e. Winzip) unzipping software to view the zip file contents.
a. Locate the .pkg file inside the .zip.
b. Copy the file xxxx.pkg to the root level of a USB stick formatted as FAT32.
c. Safely Eject the USB from your PC.
2. With TV powered on, Insert the USB stick into the TVs USB port. If the TV has both white and blue USB ports, use one of the white USB 2.0 ones.
3. If the TV displays the USB Media Device prompt after sensing the USB is inserted, just cancel or lose the box.
4. Enter the TV menu and navigate along this menu path [MENU button] > Settings > System > About > Upgrade > Upgrade by USB
5. The TV will respond confirming that an update file is found, and provides 2 options. Select Reboot.
6. The TV will take a few minutes to apply the update and will reboot once the update is complete.
7. Once rebooted, you can remove the USB stick and complete the setup of the TV.
If you have any questions or concerns in the meantime, give me a call at 1-888-935-8880 and please reference your First and Last Name or Telephone Number.
Thank you again and have a great day!
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Hey. I’m so sorry about the delayed reply I haven’t been on the forum too often lately. I’m not too familiar with the pkg compression personally. If you were able to pull that boot.img you should be able to just use that in magisk as the boot image to patch. I’ll log in my computer soon and try to download it and see what happens on my Linux system. How did you get that firmware file from them, what did you ask? I might just end up doing the same lol. I have been using adb to remove things such as google tv home launcher replaced with premium projectivy

talksickisil said:
Hey. I’m so sorry about the delayed reply I haven’t been on the forum too often lately. I’m not too familiar with the pkg compression personally. If you were able to pull that boot.img you should be able to just use that in magisk as the boot image to patch. I’ll log in my computer soon and try to download it and see what happens on my Linux system. How did you get that firmware file from them, what did you ask? I might just end up doing the same lol. I have been using adb to remove things such as google tv home launcher replaced with premium projectivy
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Called them but now i need to learn how to downgrade firmware and bypass recovery no command how to extract pkg to root? Ill try bootloader unlock. So do u own this tv?

chris1892006 said:
Called them but now i need to learn how to downgrade firmware and bypass recovery no command how to extract pkg to root? Ill try bootloader unlock. So do u own this tv?
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Mine is the U6h but is essentially the same. For these purposes at least. The main difference between the two is a different type of panel .

I wonder if you have the blinking power light issue like I do after using adb to fully remove google home launcher. I took a sharp knife and one of those square rubber feet for furniture and cut it down to size and put it on top of that light. I’d rather do that than have the stock launcher even having a chance of re installing itself

Wow cool which launcher are you using? Whats the stock launcher filename? I'm going to try to unlock the bootloader soon then I guess I'll learn how to dump the whole os and dump the boot.img I guess idk what im doing but ive done this before with mtk devices just not a tv.

chris1892006 said:
Wow cool which launcher are you using? Whats the stock launcher filename? I'm going to try to unlock the bootloader soon then I guess I'll learn how to dump the whole os and dump the boot.img I guess idk what im doing but ive done this before with mtk devices just not a tv.
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yeah dumping/compiling is above my skill set. The launcher I use is Projectivy. I paid for the premium version to support the dev because I really like it, but the only feature premium adds is being able to choose a wallpaper from storage. Also the package name is going to always be listed below the name of the app when you are in settings>apps> highlighted app...... google tv launcher I removed with adb shell and command adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx if you end up disabling the google launcher I highly recommend also disabling set up wizard afterwards. Otherwise, the app will re-download and you will be playing whack a mole.

I just tried disabling the launcherx and it disabled the SETTINGS button on the remote which is a deal breaker. How do I fix this? I like using Nova Launcher instead of the stock launcher.

Hello good sir.

@TheMadScientist Hello good day mate. ;p So do u know how to get this working on google tv? I disabled the launcherx and it disabled the settings menu as well.
Thanks

chris1892006 said:
@TheMadScientist Hello good day mate. ;p So do u know how to get this working on google tv? I disabled the launcherx and it disabled the settings menu as well.
Thanks
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Not really. When I looked into them was when they really started hitting the market. I had one of the 55 inch. But got rid of it pretty quick once I got my samsung

@TheMadScientist I plugged in my male to male usb and it never got detected plus sp flash tool i had isnt compatible with MT9612 MEDIATEK CHIP. Can u give some android 11 usb adb google tv advice? Is the mt9612 emmc or nand?

I got the bootloader unlocked but no root yet.

chris1892006 said:
I got the bootloader unlocked but no root yet.
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Can you link the guise or a quick how.tl on that? Netws hst for magisk and cI oukd likely figure out su binary over UART or termux + su exec trjcns