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Been looking around for a way to change the User Agent of an application.. ? can anyone point me in the right direction?
p.s: I am rooted, and i searched through the forums
You'd have to open up/decompile the .apk, find the file that it's stored in, edit it, recompile/repack and install.
thanks!
what file to edit in particular?
Not a clue, I suspect you'll have to look through the folders 'til you find it.
What are you trying to do?
Apps check with the build prop to see what your is/has and then shows it the appropriate info/features.
Yeah what apk are you trying to change the user agent? mms.apk? ect...
I am trying to "trick" a webserver to think that i am coming from a specific application.. this application has its own UA identifier..
If the server saw any other identifier, it won't display the results of a webquery.
The apk is an app i did in appinventor..
bump anyone?
I installed the Dexter 1.1 mod and now I cant get my calendar open. I really need to get google calendar working on my A7 its one of the main reasons I purchased it. Any help for a newbie is welcomed.
Read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10528171#post10528171
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10958353&postcount=412
I need to do the same thing.
Ok, yes I'm a noob! How do I get to the root explorer to change the name of the calendar app?
You first have to install Root Explorer.
It allows you to change permissions for your files so you can move, delete, rename, etc. them.
While in Root Explorer, you will see a button near the top that says, "Mount R/W"
That button switches between read-only and read-write permissions for the folder you are viewing. To change a file, you need to tap that button.
If it says, "Mount R/O," then you have permission to change files.
There is a good video on YouTube that shows how to use Root Explorer at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ChTvvmRR6Y
He actually demonstrates how to rename a file in the video.
So, in Root Explorer, navigate to /system/app folder.
Tap the "Mount R/W" button so it says "Mount R/O"
long press on calendar.apk and choose rename. Rename to calendar_old.apk.
Find the correct calendar.apk on your sd card, long press on it and choose copy.
Navigate back to /system/app folder.
tap on Paste.
Tap the "Mount R/O" button to lock your permissions.
You are done!
(Hopefully, Dexter will include the working calendar in his latest ROM)
Thank you I will give that a try tomorrow. I really appreciate all the work Dexter does. I must admit I haven't had much time to learn the Droid OS. Honstly I just want to know enough to install the Dexter updates and use my A7 for internet, mail and keep track of my rather large officiating schedule. Is there an easier to use calendar app that I could purchase? Honestly outside of MS Outlook I almost prefer a dayplanner type monthly calendar to anything I've seen or tried for iPhone Droid. I'd like a monthly view that you can see a few details in. Just simple I dont need a million functions outside of syncing with google cal. Any suggestions?
So the Sprint S4 has basic bookmarks for the Android Browser under 'Samsung bookmarks' folder.
I was able to remove all the bookmarks except for the 'SprintWEB' one. For Chrome browser, I disabled the entire Samsung bookmarks folder by removing com.android.providers.partnersbookmarks.
But for Android Browser, the Samsung bookmarks folder is still there, and the SprintWEB link can not be manually deleted.
How can I delete the folder/link and if not, does anyone know where the bookmarks are stored for the Android Browser? Not Chrome browser.
I looked under data/data but no folder for com.android.browser exists! Currently on 4.2.2. I've read that there should be a folder for the android browser. There is one called "data/data/com.android.browser.provider" but that only contains an empty folder 'cache' and a file 'lib->/data/app-lib/com.android.browser.provider'.
Any ideas anyone?
Okay finally figured out how to remove the blasted Samsung bookmark folder entirely including the manually-undeletable "SprintWEB" bookmark from Browser.
Need root, then go to "/data/data/com.sec.android.app.sbrowser/databases" and delete the operatorbookmarks.db.
When you next launch Browser, it will have repopulated all of the default Samsung bookmarks (but SprintWEB is gone). You can then manually delete all the Samsung folder bookmarks. Once the last one is deleted, the entire Samsung folder will disappear as well.
As noted above, to remove it from Chrome you just disable/delete the com.android.providers.partnersbookmarks app itself.
solara1973 said:
Okay finally figured out how to remove the blasted Samsung bookmark folder entirely including the manually-undeletable "SprintWEB" bookmark from Browser.
Need root, then go to "/data/data/com.sec.android.app.sbrowser/databases" and delete the operatorbookmarks.db.
When you next launch Browser, it will have repopulated all of the default Samsung bookmarks (but SprintWEB is gone). You can then manually delete all the Samsung folder bookmarks. Once the last one is deleted, the entire Samsung folder will disappear as well.
As noted above, to remove it from Chrome you just disable/delete the com.android.providers.partnersbookmarks app itself.
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Hi, removed the cache en data from the Internet app and then disabled the com.android.providers.partnersbookmarks and rebooted.
All my favorites were gone except for Samsung Home and its Manual favorites.
No, I'm not rooted, just bone stock.
Any other possibilities perhaps?
Ed
Edjekadetj said:
Hi, removed the cache en data from the Internet app and then disabled the com.android.providers.partnersbookmarks and rebooted.
All my favorites were gone except for Samsung Home and its Manual favorites.
No, I'm not rooted, just bone stock.
Any other possibilities perhaps?
Ed
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Need root, then go to "/data/data/com.sec.android.app.sbrowser/databases" and delete the operatorbookmarks.db.
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You have to be rooted to be able to go into data and manually delete the bookmarks file.
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You have to be rooted to be able to go into data and manually delete the bookmarks file.
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Okay, thanks for your advice.
I'll see what I going to do.
Must be rooted!
Need Root Browser with root permission.
Navigate to data>user>0.com.sec.android.app.sbrowser>app_sbrowser>default>bookmarks file
Make backup of the file named Bookmarks
Open the original file as a text file in Root Browser's text editor. Each line that has: "editable": "0" you will need to change the 0 into a 1
So it will look like: "editable": "1"
Save your edits and now you can go to the bookmarks in the stock browser and delete them.
haartilijk bedankt!!
Worked for me. The old trick of force closing the browser and clearing the app data wasn't working, but this method did the trick. Thanks!
Yes finally, I searched everywhere and this is the only method that worked. Thanks
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Finally. This worked.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk
Worked great. Easy after you know how to... Thanks a lot.
Can anyone follow the instructions and then copy/paste their txt file?
I messed with it too much (deleted whole paragraphs) now I don't know what order it goes, bookmarks are gone but on my top right corner the bookmark and window buttons are flipped, I rather have the window button where it was.
Just looking for the complete text of the bookmarks file from beginning to end.
I know I shouldn't have screw with it....
usersony said:
Must be rooted!
Need Root Browser with root permission.
Navigate to data>user>0.com.sec.android.app.sbrowser>app_sbrowser>default>bookmarks file
Make backup of the file named Bookmarks
Open the original file as a text file in Root Browser's text editor. Each line that has: "editable": "0" you will need to change the 0 into a 1
So it will look like: "editable": "1"
Save your edits and now you can go to the bookmarks in the stock browser and delete them.
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Comes that way out of the box on the Alliance ROM
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Does anyone know how to delete files received over Bluetooth??
I transferred the wrong VCF file to my S5 using Bluetooth and now my S5 is loaded with all the wrong contacts. I have deleted every contact from the phone but every time I boot up my S5, all the contacts re-appear. I wondered whether the phone was importing the VCF file automatically so I decided to delete it but I can find no option to delete the file.
I have been through the Bluetooth menu and it only shows 'open' as an option on the file. I have also searched my phone for the file with no success. There is no 'Bluetooth' folder on the internal storage either and I have not put in my SD card yet.
My S5 is not rooted and any solution can not include rooting. My boss won't appreciate me hacking a work phone!
For someone who works in the IT industry, I feel like I'm losing the plot on this one!
Can any of you lovely XDA people help?
richhaynes said:
Does anyone know how to delete files received over Bluetooth??
I transferred the wrong VCF file to my S5 using Bluetooth and now my S5 is loaded with all the wrong contacts. I have deleted every contact from the phone but every time I boot up my S5, all the contacts re-appear. I wondered whether the phone was importing the VCF file automatically so I decided to delete it but I can find no option to delete the file.
I have been through the Bluetooth menu and it only shows 'open' as an option on the file. I have also searched my phone for the file with no success. There is no 'Bluetooth' folder on the internal storage either and I have not put in my SD card yet.
My S5 is not rooted and any solution can not include rooting. My boss won't appreciate me hacking a work phone!
For someone who works in the IT industry, I feel like I'm losing the plot on this one!
Can any of you lovely XDA people help?
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To mine all that transfer directly from wifi or another go in the download folder. I do not think it is automatic save. maybe you synchronize your data via Google? if you let the auto synchronization.?
Djimmy said:
To mine all that transfer directly from wifi or another go in the download folder. I do not think it is automatic save. maybe you synchronize your data via Google? if you let the auto synchronization.?
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Hi Djimmy,
Thanks for your reply.
I forgot to mention that I checked the Download folder also. I've also used Astro to search my phone for the files with no results.
As for your Google suggestion, we are testing out Google Apps and so the account I have used with the phone is completely blank. That rules out any possibility of a Google sync being the cause.
On my old S3, I only had to go to the Bluetooth folder to delete any files received so I don't get why this folder no longer exists unless its in a location that I need root to access.
If anyone has any ideas, throw them at me and I'll give them a go!
richhaynes said:
Hi Djimmy,
Thanks for your reply.
I forgot to mention that I checked the Download folder also. I've also used Astro to search my phone for the files with no results.
As for your Google suggestion, we are testing out Google Apps and so the account I have used with the phone is completely blank. That rules out any possibility of a Google sync being the cause.
On my old S3, I only had to go to the Bluetooth folder to delete any files received so I don't get why this folder no longer exists unless its in a location that I need root to access.
If anyone has any ideas, throw them at me and I'll give them a go!
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Yes we had before the appropriate folder. but now everything is in download. Transfers do not go on it's roots.
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It is possible that the exchange with bluetooth. may allow adding contacts without saving the file, but in this case if you delete this means is that I do not understand sorry.
Bluetooth files are stored in the Bluetooth folder
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Bluetooth files are stored in the Bluetooth folder
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Hi termdj,
Thanks for your reply but I did state that there is no 'Bluetooth' folder anywhere on my device as per the below quote.
richhaynes said:
There is no 'Bluetooth' folder on the internal storage either and I have not put in my SD card yet.
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I have manually checked EVERY folder visible in My Files and cannot find a single folder labelled Bluetooth. I have selected show hidden files in the settings.
I have used Astro to search for the folder and the files themselves without success.
I have even gone as far as used an adb shell to try and locate the folder but I dont have and wont ever have root access on this S5 which means i cant check the system folder which is where I believe its going to be.
Can others confirm they have a Bluetooth folder on an actual S5?? If not then this may be a wider issue.
Mine has the Bluetooth folder.. Sorry I missed your statement about not having the folder. I did pick up that if I delete a file in the folder, that afterwards it deletes the folder. The folder appears only when I receive a bluetooth file
Thats odd behaviour...
I'll give it a go and see if anything pops up and update you later.
Cheers!
Sent from my SM-G900F
I have a also this problem... The .vcf not finding intern or external sd.
Then I rename the original in .vdc it landed in "download" and then rename to .vcf......
vom SGS 2 gesendet
Hi lwiss.
Thanks for the info but i cant even rename the file. The only option available is open.
I have also emailed Samsung to ask them to file a bug for this as one of my work colleagues has also suffered the same issue!
I'll keep people updated on here.
Sent from my SM-G900F
Done some testing using some of ur ideas and i still cant get at the VCFs.
I created a text file on my laptop and sent this to the S5. This appeared in my download folder. Not exactly what others get but its a damn good start! I decided to see if i could delete it through the recieved files option. It still only shows open. I went back to download folder and deleted the file. When i returned to recieved files, the text file came up as 'not found' and was removed from the list of files. Yet my VCF transfers remain suggesting they are still somewhere on the phone.
Im emailing Samsung again and telling them to provide a delete option on the recieved files bit or i will root my phone and find the offending files myself. They will then be held responsible for any issues that arise.
If anyone has anymore ideas im all ears
Sent from my SM-G900F
Solved...
Hi richhaynes,
i know this is an old one, but i stumbled over this thread, because i had the same problem while i transfered some contacts to my S3. Solved it and it's easy...
richhaynes said:
Done some testing using some of ur ideas and i still cant get at the VCFs.
I created a text file on my laptop and sent this to the S5. This appeared in my download folder. Not exactly what others get but its a damn good start! I decided to see if i could delete it through the recieved files option. It still only shows open. I went back to download folder and deleted the file. When i returned to recieved files, the text file came up as 'not found' and was removed from the list of files. Yet my VCF transfers remain suggesting they are still somewhere on the phone.
Im emailing Samsung again and telling them to provide a delete option on the recieved files bit or i will root my phone and find the offending files myself. They will then be held responsible for any issues that arise.
If anyone has anymore ideas im all ears
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It's my guess as well that VCF-Files are treated different by Bluetooth share function, maybe for security reason.
To remove any received VCF-files from the "virtual" Bluetooth shared folder go to:
Settings -> Application manager
In the apps list go to "ALL" and search for "Bluetooth share".
Tap it and again tap on clear data button as well. That's it!
Seems that part of the framwork keeps track of the transfered data and keeps it in some container or drops it into download folder, depending on the file ending.
Anyway, hope this helps!
Regards,
scholbert
Facing exact same prob. If you get the solution plz reply.
Facing exact same prob. If you get the solution plz reply.
scholbert said:
Hi richhaynes,
i know this is an old one, but i stumbled over this thread, because i had the same problem while i transfered some contacts to my S3. Solved it and it's easy...
It's my guess as well that VCF-Files are treated different by Bluetooth share function, maybe for security reason.
To remove any received VCF-files from the "virtual" Bluetooth shared folder go to:
Settings -> Application manager
In the apps list go to "ALL" and search for "Bluetooth share".
Tap it and again tap on clear data button as well. That's it!
Seems that part of the framwork keeps track of the transfered data and keeps it in some container or drops it into download folder, depending on the file ending.
Anyway, hope this helps!
Regards,
scholbert
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Thanks @scholbert, i was looking for a solution for my S3 with Atila rom 4.4.4, i made a backup of contacts for my girlfiend and when i transfered vcf file i couldnt find it anywhere and also all her contacts appeared in my contact list.
Deleted everything, i had option on Google contacts to recover them in state from 10 days ago, did that and im saved .
But i couldnt know how i can delete this VCF file it was not re ading like someone sad above but i didnt want to have it anymore.
Thanks again for this tip!
SOLVED!!!!!!!!!
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richhaynes said:
Done some testing using some of ur ideas and i still cant get at the VCFs.
I created a text file on my laptop and sent this to the S5. This appeared in my download folder. Not exactly what others get but its a damn good start! I decided to see if i could delete it through the recieved files option. It still only shows open. I went back to download folder and deleted the file. When i returned to recieved files, the text file came up as 'not found' and was removed from the list of files. Yet my VCF transfers remain suggesting they are still somewhere on the phone.
Im emailing Samsung again and telling them to provide a delete option on the recieved files bit or i will root my phone and find the offending files myself. They will then be held responsible for any issues that arise.
If anyone has anymore ideas im all ears
Sent from my SM-G900F
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SOLVED!!!!!!!!!
Use notepad or any other text editor and create a blank VCF file having the same name you put for the first VCF file that you transferred via bluetooth.
Then transfer that blank VCF file to your device via bluetooth. You should no longer have that problem!!!
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richhaynes said:
Does anyone know how to delete files received over Bluetooth??
I transferred the wrong VCF file to my S5 using Bluetooth and now my S5 is loaded with all the wrong contacts. I have deleted every contact from the phone but every time I boot up my S5, all the contacts re-appear. I wondered whether the phone was importing the VCF file automatically so I decided to delete it but I can find no option to delete the file.
I have been through the Bluetooth menu and it only shows 'open' as an option on the file. I have also searched my phone for the file with no success. There is no 'Bluetooth' folder on the internal storage either and I have not put in my SD card yet.
My S5 is not rooted and any solution can not include rooting. My boss won't appreciate me hacking a work phone!
For someone who works in the IT industry, I feel like I'm losing the plot on this one!
Can any of you lovely XDA people help?
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SOLVED!!!!!!!!!
Use notepad or any other text editor and create a blank VCF file having the same name you put for the first VCF file that you transferred via bluetooth.
Then transfer that blank VCF file to your device via bluetooth. You should no longer have that problem!!!