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[Q] Accidentally bought a demo unit, any way to fix it?

I bought the NST online from a forum and the punk sent me a demo unit. It just scrolls through the various promotional screens. I've tried doing the software update and factory reset but neither of them work. Is there any way I can "unlock" everything?

couchlife said:
I bought the NST online from a forum and the punk sent me a demo unit. It just scrolls through the various promotional screens. I've tried doing the software update and factory reset but neither of them work. Is there any way I can "unlock" everything?
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Try this:
1. turn it off completely
2. press at the same time the power button (back side) and the two lower side buttons (bottom left and bottom right page)
3. it should start the recovery and restore your device to stock
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1137967
Let us know if it works.

hi,
now i don't have the Nook available (i'm at office), but yesterday i was playing with ADB and having a look at nook system folders; i remember seeing a property file in which there is a property like demoMode=enable/disable or something like that (i'm not sure, but if i remember well this file should be in the same folder where also other device specific properties like serial number, mac address, etc.. are stored).
Until reading your message i didn't even know such a mode existed. But now i think that maybe it could be possible to edit that file and enable the "regular" mode on your Nook.
Of course, even if that is possible, you would need to get root and ADB access to to that, and there is the risk of bricking the unit (even though if you can create a backup image to be on the safe side).
When i'll be back home, i will try to find further info about the above mentioned file.
Regards

hi,
i don't know if you already solved, in any case i had a better look at the system folders of Nook, and it seems to me that the Demo Mode is managed by a dedicated application (/system/app/DemoMode.apk). Baksmaling the source code of this app, it seems that it is activated on any Nook unit after boot, but in case the value of setting "demo_mode" is not set to "on", it just exits without doing anything; on contrary, the demo mode is activated (i.e. the continuous loop through a set of images).
So, to get rid of demo mode is activated, you could launch a script to change the relevant value of the setting "demo_mode", to set it to "off"; and then reboot the Nook:
Code:
echo *************************
echo * Setting Demo-Mode off *
echo *************************
adb shell mount -o rw,remount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db
sqlite3 settings.db "update secure set value='off' where name='demo_mode';"
adb push settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
del settings.db
Of course, to be able to launch it, you need to have your Nook already rooted, so that ADB is enabled.
The script is inspired from similar scripts present in the batch file "xe-autoroot.bat" from user xboxexpert of this forum. Therefore, in case you still don't have rooted your Nook, i suggest you to use its script to get it (link to the thread). In this case, you can easily launch the script to disable demo mode from the same folder where you have xe-autoroot.bat, since yu already have all the needed software (sqlite3).
Another possible solution could be just to remove DemoMode.apk from /system/app folder (but i'm not 100% sure this would have side effect).
In any case, not having a demo mode Nook unit, i cannot be sure these methods would work.
Hope this help

That doesn't work
When I have tried to root it I can't because I can not get to the menu to setup the wifi it won't let me get away from the screen saver my mom ordered one of these off ebay for like $40

Figured it out
If it is on an older version you can just drop the official firmware on your nook let it update and it worked like a charm
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/Software-Updates-NOOK-Simple-Touch/379003175/

how to disable DEMO mode on Nook simple touch
couchlife said:
I bought the NST online from a forum and the punk sent me a demo unit. It just scrolls through the various promotional screens. I've tried doing the software update and factory reset but neither of them work. Is there any way I can "unlock" everything?
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a lot of time passed since other guys had a problem of demo mode on nook. i got my nook (simple touch) as secondhand, unfortunately locked to demo mode.
below is step-by-step how to switch it back to 'normal' mode >>>>>>
--- turn your Nook ON
--- go to Settings - Screen - on Screen window press-and-hold top-right button AND same time keep tapping the "Screen" caption (on a top of display)
--- Demo Mode will pop up on your display
--- undo 'Toggle the demo mode'
--- now to activate "normal" mode switch off-and-on your Nook !
that's It :good:

[Q] Samba FileSharing not working

hi on my rooted NST I installed Samba Filesharing for Android by funkyFresh. When I ran it :
- it asks for root access so I selected allow root access
- next is a big blank screen with the title "Install verification" on top and bottom button "OK". So I touched "OK"
- then I see "Welcome to Samba.... Password not set" with nothing happening and I don't see the main program
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it's the same thing. Does anyone know what the problem is ?

Did you managed to get this working?

nstnb said:
hi on my rooted NST I installed Samba Filesharing for Android by funkyFresh. When I ran it :
- it asks for root access so I selected allow root access
- next is a big blank screen with the title "Install verification" on top and bottom button "OK". So I touched "OK"
- then I see "Welcome to Samba.... Password not set" with nothing happening and I don't see the main program
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but it's the same thing. Does anyone know what the problem is ?
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Just open the menu with your phone's menu button and click settings and set your password. Go back to the main screen, open the menu again and click enable.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2574655

[Q] Disable Touch To Wake

Is there a way to disable touch to wake on my LG G Watch R?
I like to cross my arms and when wearing a t-shirt it constantly wakes the screen.
I want to avoid Theatre Mode as I want to be able to glance at the screen and see the time.
Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance

mark3180 said:
Is there a way to disable touch to wake on my LG G Watch R?
I like to cross my arms and when wearing a t-shirt it constantly wakes the screen.
I want to avoid Theatre Mode as I want to be able to glance at the screen and see the time.
Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
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+1 intrested to this. I have a lg g watch r.
In Cinema Mode i have Touch2Wake disabled but watch dont show anything and does not vibrate. It becomes really useless if it does not vibrate In Cinema Mode.

mark3180 said:
Is there a way to disable touch to wake on my LG G Watch R?
I like to cross my arms and when wearing a t-shirt it constantly wakes the screen.
I want to avoid Theatre Mode as I want to be able to glance at the screen and see the time.
Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
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I am also searching for this:good:

I've been looking everywhere for a solution to this. I hasn't even considered it as an issue, but just a couple of days is enough to make me realise this is a requirement. I can't believe it didn't come up in development! Aside from your own accidental touches, there's also the issue of inquisitive fingers from children touching that nice shiny screen... Tapping the side button to wake the screen would be perfect (whilst retaining the monochrome screen and notifications).

Cinema mode is really dumb. Just very poorly thought out. There has got to be a way to disable touch to wake. Or even enable vibrating notifications in cinema mode.

Yes there is a way
First you have to install twrp on your watch. Because you need the acces to some files. When you have installed, start in recovery mode, and go to mount and press system. Connect your watch to your computer and open adb,
adb root
adb push /system/usr/idc/sec_touchscreen.idc <choose where you want to have the file in your pc>
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Make a copy of the file, and open it with notepad++ or other file editor. YOU will se a think like this
# Copyright 2014 The Android Open Source Project
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
#
# Input Device Calibration File for the Dory touch screen.
#
device.internal = 1
touch.deviceType = touchScreen
touch.orientationAware = 1
touch.wake = 1
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So remove the part of ( touch.wake = 1 ) and save (make first a copy of the file), Go to adb
adb pull <where you have the file> /system/usr/idc/
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Restat the watch and you will se that the screen is not goin to turn off, pressing the button of your watch. Restart other time the watch and go to recovery.
With the copy of the file, mount other time system on twrp and go to adb
adb pull <where you have the copy> /system/usr/idc/
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Restart the watch other time. This work for my, but i am using an alpha for gear 2 neo with android, so probably this might be a bug.

dataonlycod said:
First you have to install twrp on your watch. Because you need the acces to some files. When you have installed, start in recovery mode, and go to mount and press system. Connect your watch to your computer and open adb,
Make a copy of the file, and open it with notepad++ or other file editor. YOU will se a think like this
So remove the part of ( touch.wake = 1 ) and save (make first a copy of the file), Go to adb
Restat the watch and you will se that the screen is not goin to turn off, pressing the button of your watch. Restart other time the watch and go to recovery.
With the copy of the file, mount other time system on twrp and go to adb
Restart the watch other time. This work for my, but i am using an alpha for gear 2 neo with android, so probably this might be a bug.
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After you restart the second time you can use the button to wake and not the touch screen?? I will try this then thank you.

-RioT- said:
After you restart the second time you can use the button to wake and not the touch screen?? I will try this then thank you.
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Yep you can use it to wake up the device. But as I say, make a backup because this happen with my alpha of the gear 2 neo, so probably this is not going to work with other devices. Just in case xD

Works for me on LG G Watch R
The file name is different "synaptics_rmi4_i2c.idc"
Same edit, copied to sdcard and moved in recovery to /system/usr/idc/ as mentioned above.
I have swipe menu still available and I can swipe down for the quick toggles.
Button is used to wake (and I use screen always on)
Going to be interesting how this performs in the shower and in general. Thanks to the suggestion posted.

Any update on this after using it for a while? Looking to apply this to my LG G watch R running the Urbane port.

Ok well i tried it any ways and i still have the problem when my arms are crossed my arm starts doing things on my watch...

Starting from version 1.6 this app supports wake on touch changing - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sssemil.advancedsettings (here is apk - View attachment AdvancedSettings-v1.6-11.apk)

I downloaded the advanced settings app tried the disable touch wake... it doesn't wake but you can still scroll notifications and long press to change the face.
Any chance of completely turning off the touch screen while in sleep...

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castructuraleng said:
I tried the Advanced Settings app on my LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition with Android 6.0.1, which is not rooted. It has an option for "Touch to wake screen" that I tried to set to "off"; however, when I go back to look at it, it is always set to "on". Do I need to root to have this stay, or is the app just not compatible with 6.0.1?
Update... just answered my own question. It appears you need to be rooted to do this.
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Yep, it works on Marshmallow 6.0.1 when Rooted. Just tested it on my Huawei Watch.

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I installed "Showear". You can set a simple touch pattern to unlock the watch. Crossing your arms will no longer trigger any action on your watch (except making the screen on).

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Hi m8. I've done this on my LG urbane and works just fine ty a lot... but i modified a little your steps...
1) My lg urbane is rooted
2) I went to the ADB folder in my PC (using windows explorer) then using shift+right click i select "open command window here"
3) in this command window i did:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery (starts twrp)
in the TWRP:
Go to "Mount"
tick the "system" box
In the command window :
adb pull /system/usr/idc/synaptics_rmi4_i2c.idc (Dont need to select the folder, will appear in the ADB folder used to open the command window)***
*** When i tried to write the destination folder have not worked so i strongly advise not to fill this part, the command in the beginning is PULL not PUSH to take from the device and the file to be taken from the device had a different name as someone have stated before ***
4) In the notepad i did
I opened the file with the notepad and edit "touch.wake = 1" to "touch.wake = 0" (I did not delete this part just change the value)
5) in the command window:
adb pull <where you have the file> /system/usr/idc/
6) Reset my phone and works great!

How to encrypt device w/o "Encryption" options (Huawei Y625-U51)

Hi, I have a Huawei Y625-U51 (Dual-SIM) running stock Android 4.4.2/EMUI 2.3 Lite and I would like to encrypt the device, but there are no Encryption options in "Settings > Personal > Security". Is there a way to make these options available or otherwise carry out a system encryption (i.e. using adb)?
Here's the about info to the device:
Model: HUAWEI Y625-U51
Android: 4.4.2
Secpatch-Lvl: 2015-11-01
EMUI: EMUI 2.3 Lite
Kernel: 3.4.0
Build-Number: Y625-U51V100R001C577B108
I already tried carrying out a factory reset but that didn't bring up the encryption options.
I'm well-versed with Windows/Linux system hacks but new to Android, so please bear with me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thx.

Encrypt Huawei Y625 via rooting and shell commands
After reading up a few articles on different ways to start encryption from the command line in various Android versions, I decided to experiment and got lucky. Here's what I did (if you want to repeat these steps I suggest you attach your phone to the charging cable first. Also remember that this will likely void your warranty bla bla ) :
rooted the Huawei Y625 using kingoRoot
installed Android Terminal Emulator and ran it
Once inside the terminal I entered
Code:
su
setenforce 0
vdc cryptfs enablecrypto inplace <YourPasswordInCleartext>
(I'm not sure whether the 'setenforce' command that sets SELinux to permissive mode is actually necessary. However, this will only change runtime mode, so you needn't worry that it may persist over reboots).
The screen then immediately went blank. I had forgotten to attach the phone to the charging cable so I scrambled to find it and finally got the phone attached. But it looked pretty much dead now.
After nothing happened for another while, I pressed the start button. The screen remained blank but I got to hear the familiar boot melody. After a while (maybe 2 or 3 minutes) I pressed start again. This time, a message appeared "Wait while your phone is being encrypted" plus a slowly increasing percentage.
* When the encryption had finished, the phone booted up as usual, only this time the familiar melody and splash screen was interrupted by the message "Type password to decrypt storage"
Minor drawbacks:
The boot process is interrupted somewhat uglily in the middle of the melody and splash screen to ask for the encryption password
TouchPal's data transfer agreement pops up every time you start to enter the decryption password (presumably because the answer is written to the /data partition which is still and encrypted and therefore not available yet at this point)
Bigger drawback:
There is no way to change the encryption password using the GUI. You have to run 'vdc cryptfs changepw <YourPasswordInCleartext>' from a shell (Result should be "200 0 0"). That's a bummer if you want to enable encryption for someone reliant on GUI apps.
One last note: this being Android 4.4.2 there is no way to encrypt the whole system. The method described above will encrypt the userdata partition (mounted as /data) only.
P.S.: Sorry for not sharing article and app links, but xda anti-spam settings prevented me as a new user from posting links. So sorry for the missing convenience, but I'm sure you'll be able to find the apps mentioned yourself and as for the articles - they were interesting but relating to wildly different Android versions with different command syntax, so you're propably better off just following the steps above anyway

[YT3-X90L] Lock state - locked - Recovery image needed

Hello XDA-Community,
I've got a Yoga Tab 3 Pro YT3-X90L from a customer.
He was telling me, that he wanted to unlock his device with the pattern, mismatched for several times and now its locked and requires the owners google account. Or something like that. He never had the owners google account. He told me that his seller has activated his device for him. And he has no clue who it was.
Now here is my part.
I've researched and obviously it's a FRP. The owners google account information are stored in the FRP-Partition. And this partition won't get deleted with a simple factory resett.
What i've tried so far:
1.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCzrnnh2K1w I was able to follow this tutorial to minute 9:08. But the option "Email and password" is not there anymore. I guess they patched it with 6.0.1.
2.) I tried to flash a stock rom or twrp with LenovoDownloader(QcomDLoader). The stock rom file is: Lenovo_Yoga_Tablet_3_YT3-X90L_ENG_S200028_1609230146. even its a german device this file was the only one i could find. But the LenovoDownloader won't recognize my device. The windows stays white, no entries. I guess i installed the correct driver for this device and Windows recognizes them as removable device if i plug it in via usb.
3.) I've tried to use adb and fastboot boot oem unlock. But this commands aren't working in locked state.
4.) With a trick i could open the Settings and was full of hope to active the developer options to set usb debbuging to active. But this developer options aren't available either with this "user".
5.) There is an apk for showing the "Email and password" interface. I could install it, but it force closes right after starting it.
6.) I've tried several tools to bypass this FRP: WinDroid Toolkit, D-G Unlocker, Realterm, but NOTHING.
What could i do further? I'm out of ideas right now.
I've read about a factory_update.img but i cant find anything, except the stock rom file, for this device.
Or downgrading the device, so i could use the "Email and password" but. But i can't even flash the stock rom.
Specs for the device:
Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Pro YT3-X90L
Lenovo/YT3_l0_row_lte
6.0.1/MMB29M/LenovoYT3-X90L_S200307_170614
i appreciate any help i can get
greets
redplate

I've wrote it down. Hope this helps.
Situation:
"Confirm account: The device has been reset. To continue, sign in with a Google Account that was previously synced on this device. "
Explanation:
The device has been blocked by repeated input of the wrong password, pattern, etc. and can only be unlocked with the Google account of the owner.
A factory reset or hard reset does not help here, as the account information is saved in its own FRP partition and will not be deleted when the factory state is restored.
Solution:
1. Connect device to a Wi-Fi and Internet access.
2. Before confirming "Next", select another hotspot here
3. Go to "Advanced Settings" and change the proxy settings of any hotspot to Manual.
4. In the text input field of the proxy settings you enter now any word: e.g. Test
5. Now mark this word and select "Assist" in the context menu.
6. Selecting this "Assist" option opens the Google search application.
7. You can now not only browse the Internet through this search, but also search for and open installed programs.
8. We are looking for Chrome, open the internet browser, go to www.google.com and search for DPC test.
Link: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/sampl...-release/test-dpc-4-0-6-android-apk-download/
9. After downloading this application, go back to the Google search application.
10. Here we enter "Download" to search for the download application.
11. In Downloads we can now find and install the downloaded app.
12. To allow the installation of this .apk, you must allow the installation of "unknown sources" in the settings.
13. Either you go here on the installation itself on "Settings", or you search for "Settings" on the Google search app.
14. After completing the installation of the DPC-Test program, start it with "Open".
15. The app itself is will register as a device owner and now allows us to set up a new Google Account as owner.
16. If this is set up, it will also be included in the FRP partition.
17. In the event of a new factory reset, the device is reset, the DPC-Test program is removed and the device can be freshly set up in the factory settings.
after the takeover of the owner, the reason for blocking the device was not present anymore and the old owner was overwritten. This will be overwritten in the FRP partition aswell with the new account and the old one no longer queried.

You, mister, are my savior! Thank you very much.

Solve works for Lenovo Yoga 3 tablet
Just a big giant thank you! My dad passed away leaving me a Lenovo Yoga 3 tablet, unable to gain access due to information stored in the FRP partition. :highfive:

Hi
I followed your instructions for first 5 points
redplate said:
1. Connect device to a Wi-Fi and Internet access.
2. Before confirming "Next", select another hotspot here
3. Go to "Advanced Settings" and change the proxy settings of any hotspot to Manual.
4. In the text input field of the proxy settings you enter now any word: e.g. Test
5. Now mark this word and select "Assist" in the context menu.
6. Selecting this "Assist" option opens the Google search application.
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I marked the word and only that is offered on the top right side is : SELLECT ALL - CUT - COPY.
There is no ASSIST option . I don't know, maybe this tablet on my desk has a newer android version with that option removed...
Is there any other solution? Probably will be helpfull for me as well for someone who will have tjis problem in the future
Thx in advance

marOOn1971 said:
Hi
I followed your instructions for first 5 points
I marked the word and only that is offered on the top right side is : SELLECT ALL - CUT - COPY.
There is no ASSIST option . I don't know, maybe this tablet on my desk has a newer android version with that option removed...
Is there any other solution? Probably will be helpfull for me as well for someone who will have tjis problem in the future
Thx in advance
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Hi. Actually I'm not into this anymore. Could be possible they removed it since it might was reported.
If I have any idea I'll let you know it