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http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Ds9Bi6tMTyQQ%26list%3DPL7011CD883D5201B8%26index%3D6%26feature%3Dplpp_video&index=6&list=PL7011CD883D5201B8&feature=plpp_video&v=s9Bi6tMTyQQ&gl=USFree WiFi tether here. Big thank you to all who figured this out.

Better download that app quick before AT&T makes Google take it down!

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http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Ds9Bi6tMTyQQ%26list%3DPL7011CD883D5201B8%26index%3D6%26feature%3Dplpp_video&index=6&list=PL7011CD883D5201B8&feature=plpp_video&v=s9Bi6tMTyQQ&gl=USFree WiFi tether here. Big thank you to all who figured this out.
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Works flawless!! Thanks this is perfect till custom roms available
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kingwp1 said:
Better download that app quick before AT&T makes Google take it down!
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Just in case ur right ---Downloaded hidden and backed up; )

drawde40599 said:
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Just in case ur right ---Downloaded hidden and backed up; )
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This is the #1 reason I root my phones. I even jailbreaked my iPhone 3G back in the day for the same reason. What does "download hidden" mean? I'm assuming you're using TBU to back up the apk?

Awesome sauce!
SGS3 awaiting some dev love

No worries y'all. This app has been avail for a long time. I agree, I was very happy to find it to hold me over until custom Roms become available. I feel like I want to dust off Kitchen, but I'm not that talented and I'm sure others are already lightyears ahead of where I'd be starting.

Anyone know if FoxFi works. It doesn't even need root...haven't tried it yet, but it worked on the Nexus.

Great find
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manny05 said:
Great find
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Downloaded it. Waiting to root until I know that I can unroot and clear counters (in case of warranty).

kingwp1 said:
This is the #1 reason I root my phones. I even jailbreaked my iPhone 3G back in the day for the same reason. What does "download hidden" mean? I'm assuming you're using TBU to back up the apk?
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Yep TB for back up and remove it from showing up in market ( Google can remove a app from your phone without ur permission I read about it when last year someone made a Hitler app and Google uninstalled it from all phones that had it ) then appmonster.apk so I can physically have the app .. jic . Yep paranoid
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ewingr said:
Downloaded it. Waiting to root until I know that I can unroot and clear counters (in case of warranty).
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If u do your warranty threw manufacturer (Samsung ) not at&t chances of them caring is very low ( my past experiences) remember they have cyanogen himself working for them kinda tells u there hacker friendly company I.wouldn't doubt if that counter is for carriers to screw u not Samsung ...
But I get y u want to wait ....

drawde40599 said:
Yep TB for back up and remove it from showing up in market ( Google can remove a app from your phone without ur permission I read about it when last year someone made a Hitler app and Google uninstalled it from all phones that had it ) then appmonster.apk so I can physically have the app .. jic . Yep paranoid
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If u do your warranty threw manufacturer (Samsung ) not at&t chances of them caring is very low ( my past experiences) remember they have cyanogen himself working for them kinda tells u there hacker friendly company I.wouldn't doubt if that counter is for carriers to screw u not Samsung ...
But I get y u want to wait ....
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Interesting. For the time being, I guess I'll wait though. The dev community is pretty efficient around here

jiggytom said:
Anyone know if FoxFi works. It doesn't even need root...haven't tried it yet, but it worked on the Nexus.
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Tested FoxFi and it works, as well as the FoxFi plugin with the proxy enable.

FoxFi is working fine for me.
Used it all day today.

Ok, so this program does what exactly? It masks to packets with the device identity and responds with the selected device description posing as something else. It should have a "clone your own device" to make sure that att does not get any notice of the device chg......
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What is the method everyone is using for rooting at the moment?

This does not belong in development.
Development is for kernels, ROMS an mods
Moving this to general

On the Thrill, you can goto connectivity test in hiden menu to disable Entitlement to allow free wifi tethering without root. Can the same be done on the Galaxy S III?

If you are rooted, remove TetheringManager.apk and use a Wifi hotspot to toggle on/off. I use Widgetsoid2.x in the android market.

A word of caution. I've used WiFi Tether For Root User on my Thrill before. The problem is that it allows tethering even with the Entitlement enabled. Because of this, I got a text from AT&T warning me that tethering requires tethering plan. A few days later, I got a letter in the mail stating that tethering requires a tethering plan.
I have since disable Entitlement and deleted the Entitlement APN. Been tethering since without AT&T sending warning text and letter.
Now, does anyone know a guarantee way to tether the S III without AT&T knowing you're tethering.

Does this tethering app eat up phone plan data?
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So are we the only carrier who's N3's came without Knox and Chat On pre-installed??

I realize Chat On can easily be downloaded from the playstore, n it's not a huge deal but I was just surprised to not see it pre-installed on a Samsung device. Especially since it was used in the demo so much. I assume this is because Verizon wants u using their message service (keep dreaming verizon), but still none the less surprising to me.
Now onto Knox. Although it's not something I know for sure that I would use, it is also an app that was being promoted very hard as a great new feature. Well where is it first of all? Am I missing something? Like I said Idk if I would wanna use it anyway;but it would sure be nice to have the option to give it a try and decide for myself if it's something I want. Again Verizon, keep dreaming! I don't think any of us want your security services or your messaging app or your navigation! So yes I'm aware I can easily add chat on, but can anyone help with any info on getting Knox app on my phone? I don't think I'll be rooting this phone, for now anyway, so I would like to try Knox just to see what it's about. Any help/info is appreciated guys, thanks.
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Ibkevin said:
I realize Chat On can easily be downloaded from the playstore, n it's not a huge deal but I was just surprised to not see it pre-installed on a Samsung device. Especially since it was used in the demo so much. I assume this is because Verizon wants u using their message service (keep dreaming verizon), but still none the less surprising to me.
Now onto Knox. Although it's not something I know for sure that I would use, it is also an app that was being promoted very hard as a great new feature. Well where is it first of all? Am I missing something? Like I said Idk if I would wanna use it anyway;but it would sure be nice to have the option to give it a try and decide for myself if it's something I want. Again Verizon, keep dreaming! I don't think any of us want your security services or your messaging app or your navigation! So yes I'm aware I can easily add chat on, but can anyone help with any info on getting Knox app on my phone? I don't think I'll be rooting this phone, for now anyway, so I would like to try Knox just to see what it's about. Any help/info is appreciated guys, thanks.
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Sir Knox is already on the phone. It is not an app you can go into. but if you check the services running it is running from all i have read and understand.
You can do a search on your phone and see Knox apps all over the place.. Like 9 diff pieces to it... Thier is a thread on on the parts of it on this forum already

Actually I just found the actual truth about Knox and the Verizon N3, here it is. Yes there is Knox stuff under application manager, and yes Knox is under device administrator's, and actually Yes Knox is an app that can be opened, but NO Knox is NOT currently on the Verizon phone! Screen shots below.
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After Rooting : what's your experience with the tablet so far

Now after many of you guys who could have the tablet already were able to root and remove your bloat , so after rooting and being able to customize your tablet and DPI etc. how is it with the tablet going for you ? Would appreciate you sharing your experience so far
p.s ... this baby will cost a solid 1000$ in my country for LTE model .

It's definitely more responsive after freezing a bunch of unnecessary (for me anyway) applications.
For me my primary reason for purchasing was for s-pen in a large form factor. Based on that I expected to just de-bloat and use stock s-pen applications. I have no interest in any other Android tablet at this time.
Question is sort of odd though; I wouldn't expect a lot of people to have gone through the hard decision of rooting such an expensive device and then say they felt it wasn't worth it.

muzzy996 said:
It's definitely more responsive after freezing a bunch of unnecessary (for me anyway) applications.
For me my primary reason for purchasing was for s-pen in a large form factor. Based on that I expected to just de-bloat and use stock s-pen applications. I have no interest in any other Android tablet at this time.
Question is sort of odd though; I wouldn't expect a lot of people to have gone through the hard decision of rooting such an expensive device and then say they felt it wasn't worth it.
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well its not that odd bc its not just about the money etc its about the whole experience etc and what could you get out of the tablet with the more real estate and i have seen some people regretting buying it etc. am a junior architect and i was waiting for something that big to use it with the s-pen too .. in my place you wouldn't be able to resell the tablet if you didn't like it or didn't get what you expect from it etc even i watched many reviews about it and sounds pretty interesting the limitations around me makes me have some concerns thats it

Right, my point is the "is it worth it" evaluation for a person who has rooted their device will have already occurred before rooting so of course you'll get more responses in the affirmative. I suppose it's not impossible that some will chime in to say that even after rooting it's unacceptable. ...perhaps odd is the wrong thing to say...just don't expect a majority of people who have rooted to tell you that they wish they hadn't.

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Right, my point is the "is it worth it" evaluation for a person who has rooted their device will have already occurred before rooting so of course you'll get more responses in the affirmative. I suppose it's not impossible that some will chime in to say that even after rooting it's unacceptable. ...perhaps odd is the wrong thing to say...just don't expect a majority of people who have rooted to tell you that they wish they hadn't.
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I get your point and edited the post of course we all root to get more out of the tablet
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the lag is the same! i remove some of the bloat and not freezing. and im using nova prime launcher.
i guess we need to wait for the dev to release some ROM
and by the way, why are you guys freezing your stuff when your knox is already tripped?

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and by the way, why are you guys freezing your stuff when your knox is already tripped?
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It's sometimes good to freeze (at least as a test-bed) because some apps no matter how innocuous they may seem could be an integrated part of the system. Removing them might break functionality within other apps or even the system itself. For example, on some systems if you remove the pre-installed file manager because you prefer another (Solid Explorer RULES!), it might break the Gallery app which could interfere with setting wallpapers even from other apps. That example - from my phone.

I want root to address the following things...
1. Remove multiwindow application restrictions
2. Use LMT or similar launcher for home, back, menu, etc.
3. Change the DPI (smaller icons, more real estate).
4. Backup/restore with Titanium Backup
5. freeze/remove system apps/bloat.
6. Install AOSP browser w/Flash

Rooting I noticed nothing different. I installed xposed and wanam to get the things I like. The main thing that changed was I lost the symbols on my keyboard. I can still get them by hitting the sym key, but can't long press the letter keys to get the symbol. It doesn't matter what language it's set to, they are not there.
Also, my video player developed an issue when it set to fullscreen. Lines through it and very choppy.
So I have un installed wanam and exposed, and video is normal, but still no symbols. Had them out of the box.
Thinking about Un rooting to see if it fixes the issue on the keyboard.
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rkirmeier said:
I want root to address the following things...
1. Remove multiwindow application restrictions
2. Use LMT or similar launcher for home, back, menu, etc.
3. Change the DPI (smaller icons, more real estate).
4. Backup/restore with Titanium Backup
5. freeze/remove system apps/bloat.
6. Install AOSP browser w/Flash
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4.4 will not support flash I've experienced. Let us know if you get that working.

You can get symbols back in wanam in security hacks and check secure keyboard

sthrnsprtsmn said:
You can get symbols back in wanam in security hacks and check secure keyboard
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I did try that with same results, I should have said that. I thought that would solve that too. With wanam and exposed uninstalled, I still can't get it back.

jackwagon06 said:
I did try that with same results, I should have said that. I thought that would solve that too. With wanam and exposed uninstalled, I still can't get it back.
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That's strange. I have Wanam installed and my keyboard is unchanged.

KestrelX said:
That's strange. I have Wanam installed and my keyboard is unchanged.
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Right.....I think it happened upon root. Didn't notice it right away. Root is the only thing left to try with out having to odin Stock and start again. I have removed wanam and still unable to get it back. Thanks for letting me know that it's possible with wanam though!
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Actually it's under system and enable keyboard symbols in wanam

sthrnsprtsmn said:
Actually it's under system and enable keyboard symbols in wanam
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Tried that as well. It should be enabled without wanam as well. As in Stock rooted. Not sure why I don't have it anymore
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jackwagon06 said:
Tried that as well. It should be enabled without wanam as well. As in Stock rooted. Not sure why I don't have it anymore
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Update: I reinstalled xposed before I Un rooted, which I will not be doing. Installed the alternate keyboard symbols module, and they are back. I'll try wanam again, but leave the current module running.
Thanks for all the suggestions! Back to the rooted fun.
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jackwagon06 said:
Rooting I noticed nothing different. I installed xposed and wanam to get the things I like. The main thing that changed was I lost the symbols on my keyboard. I can still get them by hitting the sym key, but can't long press the letter keys to get the symbol. It doesn't matter what language it's set to, they are not there.
Also, my video player developed an issue when it set to fullscreen. Lines through it and very choppy.
So I have un installed wanam and exposed, and video is normal, but still no symbols. Had them out of the box.
Thinking about Un rooting to see if it fixes the issue on the keyboard.
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4.4 will not support flash I've experienced. Let us know if you get that working.
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Got flash working using a modded flash.apk and Dolphin browser with jetpack. Works great!

muzzy996 said:
Right, my point is the "is it worth it" evaluation for a person who has rooted their device will have already occurred before rooting so of course you'll get more responses in the affirmative. I suppose it's not impossible that some will chime in to say that even after rooting it's unacceptable. ...perhaps odd is the wrong thing to say...just don't expect a majority of people who have rooted to tell you that they wish they hadn't.
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For me, personally, no device is "worth it" without root access. So, I guess you can put me down for a "worth it." An unrooted device just... feels... it just plain feels wrong, man. *shivers*

rkirmeier said:
Got flash working using a modded flash.apk and Dolphin browser with jetpack. Works great!
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Have any links to the modded files?
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Have any links to the modded files?
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http://forums.androidcentral.com/an...king-flash-player-dolphin-browser-kitkat.html

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http://forums.androidcentral.com/an...king-flash-player-dolphin-browser-kitkat.html
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Working like a champ! Thanks again
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Quite dangerous malware ! especially china phones

http://now.avg.com/malware-is-still-spying-on-you-after-your-mobile-is-off/
Did anybody noticed that phon behaved weirdly sometimes ??

You thinking too much lol

THe sad reality is, because everythning is free, they must make money on personal information and " big data"
THe sad reality is the whole phone is one big spyware. If you look when you install apps you can see what they have permssion too. Also if you read the agreements you can see they basically have access to most of your personal information and photos and contacts. This is the sad reality, unfortunately people do not care or think as much about it.
On PC it is more easy to protect yourself from collection of "big data" with extensions like Privdog in chrome browser, also with more powerful anti-malware programs and firewall which you can control more easy.
But most important of all...you can actually uninstall all apps you do not want, as it is currently you can't delete pre-installed spyware..
Not enough people are investigating the problems cause there is simply to many phones and every phone has it own software.. if everyone would had the same software just as iphone more people would investigate spyware problems...
for a phone like Mate 7 no one will investigate the software... like for instance a samsung s5 which have more users.
One thing I like with Mate 7 though is that you can choose which apps that have internet access... this is very good and powerful... and will help you be more safe if you do not trust a certain app..just block internet access to it.. and the information a certain app collect luckily will stay just locally on your phone.

This is only an issue if you give it root access? If you pay attention to what permissions you give apps then this shouldn't be too big of an issue... Or if you stay non rooted, its a non issue.

gn0s1s said:
This is only an issue if you give it root access? If you pay attention to what permissions you give apps then this shouldn't be too big of an issue... Or if you stay non rooted, its a non issue.
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But u have no idea that pre-installed apps which are already in the phone when you purchase it..
It has nothing to do with root..
Think xiaomi was suspect checking up their users few months back

blackinfinity said:
THe sad reality is, because everythning is free, they must make money on personal information and " big data"
THe sad reality is the whole phone is one big spyware. If you look when you install apps you can see what they have permssion too. Also if you read the agreements you can see they basically have access to most of your personal information and photos and contacts. This is the sad reality, unfortunately people do not care or think as much about it.
On PC it is more easy to protect yourself from collection of "big data" with extensions like Privdog in chrome browser, also with more powerful anti-malware programs and firewall which you can control more easy.
But most important of all...you can actually uninstall all apps you do not want, as it is currently you can't delete pre-installed spyware..
Not enough people are investigating the problems cause there is simply to many phones and every phone has it own software.. if everyone would had the same software just as iphone more people would investigate spyware problems...
for a phone like Mate 7 no one will investigate the software... like for instance a samsung s5 which have more users.
One thing I like with Mate 7 though is that you can choose which apps that have internet access... this is very good and powerful... and will help you be more safe if you do not trust a certain app..just block internet access to it.. and the information a certain app collect luckily will stay just locally on your phone.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/2887632/secure-advertising-tool-privdog-compromises-https-security.html
You might want to reconsider using Privdog .....
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Simona Simmy said:
But u have no idea that pre-installed apps which are already in the phone when you purchase it..
It has nothing to do with root..
Think xiaomi was suspect checking up their users few months back
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It does at least in regards to the exploit you are talking about. The article says
The malware affects versions of Android older than v.5 (Lollipop) and requires root permission to hijack the shut down process.
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which means to perform this hijack you need to have root permissions. Unless you mean that they have given special permissions in which pre-installed software has this enabled...but i would ask to what end. There are much easier ways to track user behaviour and collect data, and this would seem to massively impact battery life and phone performance.

gn0s1s said:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2887632/secure-advertising-tool-privdog-compromises-https-security.html
You might want to reconsider using Privdog .....
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It does at least in regards to the exploit you are talking about. The article says which means to perform this hijack you need to have root permissions. Unless you mean that they have given special permissions in which pre-installed software has this enabled...but i would ask to what end. There are much easier ways to track user behaviour and collect data, and this would seem to massively impact battery life and phone performance.
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Well in real world these software manufs smartphone manuf. Microsoft apple china manufs.and others they ALREADY has all info bout ppl looong time ago.. bcos ppl just when register somewhere or buy device auto giving info about themselves .. but they dont use it in harm way,spam way or malware way .
Ppl have enabled sharing location and they already know your position..
Unless someone hack something..

Safely removed bloatware (with root)

I didn't see a discussion yet so figured I'd start one. What files have you safely frozen or removed with root?

km8j said:
I didn't see a discussion yet so figured I'd start one. What files have you safely frozen or removed with root?
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I don't plan on rooting, but would love to hear about disabling apps. Have there been any apps you CAN'T disable and keep out of the app drawer?

Facebook, Instagram, T-Mobile apps (kept visual voicemail, device unlock, and hotspot), flipboard, play books magazine music newsstand, hangouts, Google+, calculator. All without problem, make sure to reboot right after removing system apps.
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tenxo said:
Facebook, Instagram, T-Mobile apps (kept visual voicemail, device unlock, and hotspot), flipboard, play books magazine music newsstand, hangouts, Google+, calculator. All without problem, make sure to reboot right after removing system apps.
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Any of the non-obvious named ones? Like ones that are named as com.samsung.....

I wonder why do you guys root this phone. Do you really not care about Samsung Pay? It's one of the most important features and by rooting this device you make it gone forever.

Fokus007 said:
I wonder why do you guys root this phone. Do you really not care about Samsung Pay? It's one of the most important features and by rooting this device you make it gone forever.
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I think the obvious answer is: yes, they really don't care about Samsung Pay. It being "the most important feature" is highly up to personal opinion

piccit said:
I think the obvious answer is: yes, they really don't care about Samsung Pay. It being "the most important feature" is highly up to personal opinion
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Right, and it's not even available until the summer. Definitely the most important thing to me is having full control over my phone, to remove/add what I want!
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km8j said:
Any of the non-obvious named ones? Like ones that are named as com.samsung.....
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There were more like some widgets, and yes some of those named as you said but only one that I specifically new what they were for! I didn't make a list though, probably should have.
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Fokus007 said:
I wonder why do you guys root this phone. Do you really not care about Samsung Pay? It's one of the most important features and by rooting this device you make it gone forever.
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Never again will I use a computer or phone with ads in it. That's my reason. I couldn't care less about Samsung Pay, if it ever exists.

Fokus007 said:
I wonder why do you guys root this phone. Do you really not care about Samsung Pay? It's one of the most important features and by rooting this device you make it gone forever.
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You do realize that no one knows this for sure bc Samsung Pay isn't even out yet -_-

Fokus007 said:
I wonder why do you guys root this phone. Do you really not care about Samsung Pay? It's one of the most important features and by rooting this device you make it gone forever.
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Not everyone lives in America either... I would be surprised if Samsung pay ever came to Canada.

mrapp said:
Not everyone lives in America either... I would be surprised if Samsung pay ever came to Canada.
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they're probably only interested in deploying in the biggest economy. Canada is like 15th place. speaking from business point of view, probably not worth the effort setting up a bank system with so little money flowing.

Im in the UK. Doubt we will ever see it. Im gonna root. People complain about battery life but those bloatware apps are the biggest battery killers you can get. Facebook, whatsapp, instagram etc