I thought I would start a thread and find out what people have missed not having root. What I was also thinking is that maybe some of these things could be achieved some other way but I just don't know how and others might.
1. Titanium backup. Not only could you backup applications you could freeze and uninstall any apps. I hate that I can't uninstall bloatware.
2. Would love to be able to long press the volume keys to skip tracks like with xposed
3. Xposed.
4. Clearing Cache (Delvik and Cache)
5. Full backup in TWRP
6. The annoying warning when listening to music too loud. Get rid of that!
I'm sure I have missed a bunch but those are the ones that I miss the most.
Adaway!!! And roms, I'm a flashoholic... Wifi hotspot... Reading xda for new dev news...
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Tibu.
Team Blackout apps.
Archangel apps.
ROMs to try out.
Nandroids.
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Hotspot
Cocktail auto on mod
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netengineer said:
I thought I would start a thread and find out what people have missed not having root. What I was also thinking is that maybe some of these things could be achieved some other way but I just don't know how and others might.
2. Would love to be able to long press the volume keys to skip tracks like with xposed
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There is a free app in the Playstore that works without root to change tracks with the screen off. It's called Smart Pocket - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smartvibration
How have you been ol' buddy? Miss you all from the S6. I'm rocking the S7 Edge myself over on Verizon now.
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I'm doing pretty good. Thanks for the change track app. I love the S7 edge but do miss not being rooted and flashing a ROM
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Snap Prefs
Ad Away
Xposed the
Custom Rom
Root Explorer
Titanium Backup
Use to use greenify but that is pretty much built in with the power saver which seems to do a good job. Still miss root
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Titianium is my #1 missed program and the reason I started rooting my devices in the first place! Second to that I miss the "hold back to kill" feature and also call recording. Most apps are getting better at being able to save progress or data to the could or to the SD card, but not all. Once root is achieved, I will do it just to get TiBu working again!
For me since i was able to get tethering working i am not missing anything. if/when sprint takes it away i will be sad. Actually i am kinda of relieved that this phone has to stay stock and i can't modify it. I was a flash once or twice a day some times kinda of guy before and i was alway frustrated with how unstable Android would get when flashing that much. With the power this phone has it does not need most of the things we needed with the s4 or note's. by far the best phone i have had, It will be tough to give it up when the s8 comes out next year (since i am on the galaxy for life plan) but im sure i will swap it out, unless they pull another s6 and take the sd card away again.
CM based roms.
Full control of phone, ie being able to force phone into roaming. (Im actually having a roaming data issue that I cant troubleshoot unless Im in a roaming area and thats usually when Im driving so its impossible to troubleshoot).
TiBu and backups
Bloatware removal
General troubleshooting ability
I have been tempted to go back to my fully modded and custom GS4 several times now but havent yet reached the breaking point.
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Titianium is my #1 missed program and the reason I started rooting my devices in the first place! Second to that I miss the "hold back to kill" feature and also call recording. Most apps are getting better at being able to save progress or data to the could or to the SD card, but not all. Once root is achieved, I will do it just to get TiBu working again!
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You can record calls without root.
I use this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.systweak.advancedcallrecorder
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You can record calls without root.
I use this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.systweak.advancedcallrecorder
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Thanks, I'll look into that one. Usually the non-rom based ones require the phone to be on speakerphone to record. Perhaps things have changed though.
Just tried it out and it won't work. It only records my side of the conversation and not the other end. Oh well
My primary reason to root in the past, other than bloatware removal and the hotspot mod, was an app requiring root that I have run on my last 6 phones, going back to the original Epic 4G. It's called "Call Master" (by "Fahrbot") and it is one of the most complex apps I've ever used, besides some of the Wanam apps/plugins. It's the most comprehensive call blocking app as far as I know, and that's why it requires root, to hook into the phone's services in order to catch/answer/hang-up any call from any number that is not in my contact list. It prevents non-contacts/unknown/restricted/private numbers from even ringing my phone, let alone leaving me a voicemail. They just hear dead air when they dial my number. In effect, it is a "white-list" call blocking *root-only* app, and I I simply can't live without it. The built in so-called "blocking" settings of the S7E seems to send callers to voicemail, which defeats the whole point. That's call rejection, not call blocking, right?
I REALLY NEED A SOLUTION FOR THIS!! Spam calls driving me nuts and getting a VM means they register it as a known active cell#.
Does anyone out there know of a non-root call blocker app that has a white-list function, AND will truly block/hangup instead of just rejecting calls? So glad you created this thread OP. Some of the solutions given in response to what people are missing without root are things I already know I'll try out.
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My primary reason to root in the past, other than bloatware removal and the hotspot mod, was an app requiring root that I have run on my last 6 phones, going back to the original Epic 4G. It's called "Call Master" (by "Fahrbot") and it is one of the most complex apps I've ever used, besides some of the Wanam apps/plugins. It's the most comprehensive call blocking app as far as I know, and that's why it requires root, to hook into the phone's services in order to catch/answer/hang-up any call from any number that is not in my contact list. It prevents non-contacts/unknown/restricted/private numbers from even ringing my phone, let alone leaving me a voicemail. They just hear dead air when they dial my number. In effect, it is a "white-list" call blocking *root-only* app, and I I simply can't live without it. The built in so-called "blocking" settings of the S7E seems to send callers to voicemail, which defeats the whole point. That's call rejection, not call blocking, right?
I REALLY NEED A SOLUTION FOR THIS!! Spam calls driving me nuts and getting a VM means they register it as a known active cell#.
Does anyone out there know of a non-root call blocker app that has a white-list function, AND will truly block/hangup instead of just rejecting calls? So glad you created this thread OP. Some of the solutions given in response to what people are missing without root are things I already know I'll try out.
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I've been using "Call Blocker Voicemail Blocker" for about a week now and so far, so good.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greythinker.punchback.donotdisturb
ned4spd8874 said:
I've been using "Call Blocker Voicemail Blocker" for about a week now and so far, so good.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greythinker.punchback.donotdisturb
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I'll check this out. Thanks. Anyone else using some other solution? I didn't realize just how much I needed Call Master (which I paid for) until I got this phone and could no longer use it without root.
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ned4spd8874 said:
I've been using "Call Blocker Voicemail Blocker" for about a week now and so far, so good.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greythinker.punchback.donotdisturb
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Got this app up and running, but the feature called "stranger call blocking" would need to enabled to act as a true white-list blocker. The app says that feature requires "app upgrade" but I can't find anywhere in the app to purchase a key/license, despite the Play Store page's reference to in-app purchases...
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Got this app up and running, but the feature called "stranger call blocking" would need to enabled to act as a true white-list blocker. The app says that feature requires "app upgrade" but I can't find anywhere in the app to purchase a key/license, despite the Play Store page's reference to in-app purchases...
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Don't know...
Go to the developers page in the play store and it should be there. I think the "premium" version has a different name for some reason.
Hotspot
Geez, I'd miss a lot of important calls if I blocked any number not in my contacts. Businesses including doctor's office, frequently show a different outgoing number than the number they give you to call. People I know who use a different number than normal. My wife once left her phone somewhere, and a stranger found it and called me (my number was on her lock screen). It would have been gone forever if I blocked all unknown numbers.
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my parents put an app on my phone to monitor my texts and calls. it also blocks me from running any apps once they are installed without my dad unblocking them. the app is my mobile watchdog and it auto starts on boot. i cannot get into the settings because they are blocked. i need a way to remove the permission to start on boot. so i can still start it if i need to by opening the app. i have tried a lot of things to bypass it. i may seem sneaky but would you want your parents watching every single little thing you did on your phone?
I apologise of this is not the case, but I assume your parents pay for your phone.Simplest way to remove the monitoring is to buy your own phone.
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it can easily be disabled/removed. I dont like the fact that your parents are doing that crap but at the same time I am not going to provide a solution.
I suggest either dealing directly with your parents for being turds or get your own phone. What they going to say when they go to check on you and it the app is gone.....?
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my parents put an app on my phone to monitor my texts and calls. it also blocks me from running any apps once they are installed without my dad unblocking them. the app is my mobile watchdog and it auto starts on boot. i cannot get into the settings because they are blocked. i need a way to remove the permission to start on boot. so i can still start it if i need to by opening the app. i have tried a lot of things to bypass it. i may seem sneaky but would you want your parents watching every single little thing you did on your phone?
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Lets continue on this thread instead of Development since it does not contribute to the community in that aspect.
Gonna need more info:
App name?
Rooted?
Recovery?
Also, if they monitor your texts and calls, don't you think they'd notice that you've suddenly stopped calling and texting? What happens when they send you a test message to see if it shows up on their end? Gotta think in advance of the moves they would take.
And I agree with albundy.....take it up with them first. Be reasonable or else you may not have a phone to monitor at all.
A better question is why did they put it there in the first place.
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Many Mobile service providers user this kind of tricks to gain money.
They send these kinda pop-up adds, say your mobile is in your pocket and you receive an add, the second you try to retrieve your cell phone from locket this adds a ok by mistake or touch of your hand on the screen. Instantly they deduct that amount from your balance.
Anyone know how to block these adds?
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pvinodnayak said:
Many Mobile service providers user this kind of tricks to gain money.
They send these kinda pop-up adds, say your mobile is in your pocket and you receive an add, the second you try to retrieve your cell phone from locket this adds a ok by mistake or touch of your hand on the screen. Instantly they deduct that amount from your balance.
Anyone know how to block these adds?
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crap - I've never seen one like this - but note that the ad is coming from some app. Try to identify the app that is generating that message and just uninstall the app.
If the ad was in the notification bar, it was easy to identify the app (just long press the notification to see the app) - but given that it is on your home screen, I'm not sure how to identify it.
Maybe look at recent apps (or running apps) to see apps that are running?
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crap - I've never seen one like this - but note that the ad is coming from some app. Try to identify the app that is generating that message and just uninstall the app.
If the ad was in the notification bar, it was easy to identify the app (just long press the notification to see the app) - but given that it is on your home screen, I'm not sure how to identify it.
Maybe look at recent apps (or running apps) to see apps that are running?
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Believe me it comes from the GSM SIM card..
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pvinodnayak said:
Believe me it comes from the GSM SIM card..
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ugh... I'm so sorry to hear that... Note to self: Do not use airtel the next time I travel to India...
(hopefully, not all carriers do this)
Here in the US, I've never heard of carriers pulling this crap, but hopefully, other folks may have suggestions on how to block this.
(I assume the carrier doesn't make you install any apps that may be generating these messages?)
Edit: is there an app called airtel live on your phone somewhere? (may be under "all apps" perhaps)
jj14 said:
ugh... I'm so sorry to hear that... Note to self: Do not use airtel the next time I travel to India...
(hopefully, not all carriers do this)
Here in the US, I've never heard of carriers pulling this crap, but hopefully, other folks may have suggestions on how to block this.
(I assume the carrier doesn't make you install any apps that may be generating these messages?)
Edit: is there an app called airtel live on your phone somewhere? (may be under "all apps" perhaps)
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all services use this kinda adds, i found airtel live app in my app list, forze it using RomToolBox Lite, no more adds.
pvinodnayak said:
all services use this kinda adds, i found airtel live app in my app list, forze it using RomToolBox Lite, no more adds.
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Wonderful news! Glad it helped.
Just out of curiosity - did you install the airtel live app? Or was it silently/secretly installed when you inserted the SIM? (assuming you are using the Sprint S4, it shouldn't have been installed by Sprint or Samsung)
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Wonderful news! Glad it helped.
Just out of curiosity - did you install the airtel live app? Or was it silently/secretly installed when you inserted the SIM? (assuming you are using the Sprint S4, it shouldn't have been installed by Sprint or Samsung)
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Naaa did not install, GSM service providers do it the OTA style or when you boot the phone first time with the new SIM it gets installed, cant uninstall, gotta freeze it.
So far my experience has been a good one, except for a weird bug that could be my sim card, basically it's only when I call my girlfriend that it rings twice and goes silent on my end but on her end she gets the call just fine like normal, but with using WiFi calling and calling from other phones calls are normal on both ends, what I did notice was that if I call using my cellular network is that on my end it will ring twice then once her phone starts ringing it goes silent on my end. Anyone have this issue before?
But back to the point of this phone is so nice I don't even care for the compact anymore as this is a perfect size phone and its speakers sound good but I need to mess with headphone settings to try out the audio. Camera is good but sometimes it's not accessible through the lockscreen and the icon on the bottom disappears but besides that I love the remote play feature and that's there's optional overlay touch controls. I wish the app drawer had an option to hide apps though because some icons are ugly and belong to bloat ware. The stock themes are nice too I'm rocking the green one
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So far my experience has been a good one, except for a weird bug that could be my sim card, basically it's only when I call my girlfriend that it rings twice and goes silent on my end but on her end she gets the call just fine like normal, but with using WiFi calling and calling from other phones calls are normal on both ends, what I did notice was that if I call using my cellular network is that on my end it will ring twice then once her phone starts ringing it goes silent on my end. Anyone have this issue before?
But back to the point of this phone is so nice I don't even care for the compact anymore as this is a perfect size phone and its speakers sound good but I need to mess with headphone settings to try out the audio. Camera is good but sometimes it's not accessible through the lockscreen and the icon on the bottom disappears but besides that I love the remote play feature and that's there's optional overlay touch controls. I wish the app drawer had an option to hide apps though because some icons are ugly and belong to bloat ware. The stock themes are nice too I'm rocking the green one
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If you choose "Own order" you can have folders in the app drawer. You can then throw all your unused apps in one folder and you won't have to seem them all the time
se1000 said:
If you choose "Own order" you can have folders in the app drawer. You can then throw all your unused apps in one folder and you won't have to seem them all the time
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Lol already done
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ridearoundsolo said:
So far my experience has been a good one, except for a weird bug that could be my sim card, basically it's only when I call my girlfriend that it rings twice and goes silent on my end but on her end she gets the call just fine like normal, but with using WiFi calling and calling from other phones calls are normal on both ends, what I did notice was that if I call using my cellular network is that on my end it will ring twice then once her phone starts ringing it goes silent on my end. Anyone have this issue before?
But back to the point of this phone is so nice I don't even care for the compact anymore as this is a perfect size phone and its speakers sound good but I need to mess with headphone settings to try out the audio. Camera is good but sometimes it's not accessible through the lockscreen and the icon on the bottom disappears but besides that I love the remote play feature and that's there's optional overlay touch controls. I wish the app drawer had an option to hide apps though because some icons are ugly and belong to bloat ware. The stock themes are nice too I'm rocking the green one
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That's so funny, this happened to me twice while I was calling and I caught my self going "hello hello" and then the person on the other end answered and goes "were you talking to someone?"
Yeah, I don't know what the issue is but I have noticed it. I would consider this a feature, but with T-Mobile in my area you never know when you have dropped a call :/
dhaliwal925 said:
That's so funny, this happened to me twice while I was calling and I caught my self going "hello hello" and then the person on the other end answered and goes "were you talking to someone?"
Yeah, I don't know what the issue is but I have noticed it. I would consider this a feature, but with T-Mobile in my area you never know when you have dropped a call :/
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Was it with this phone? And does it happen with different people you call? Because so far it only does it when I call a certain number and no one else
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Was it with this phone? And does it happen with different people you call? Because so far it only does it when I call a certain number and no one else
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With the sony...but i just realized i have bigger problems...my phones already bent what the f*ck sony its only been three days..
That is not good at all! I figured out my issue was because t-mobile still thinks in the system that I'm using the galaxy s5 that I gave to my girlfriend so once it updates the two ringing thing will be gone, so far my phone is fine and hope mine don't bend
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So far the phone has been pretty good for me. It's slippery, waiting on a couple of cases from Amazon.com that should be in today.
You can also use adb from a pc and go into shell (adb shell) and pm block package.name any app you want to disable.
Might want to disable those 3 carrierIQ packages (pm list will list all packages on the phone)
In very interested in knowing more about this. Pm me maybe to point me in the right direction?
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jonshipman said:
You can also use adb from a pc and go into shell (adb shell) and pm block package.name any app you want to disable.
Might want to disable those 3 carrierIQ packages (pm list will list all packages on the phone)
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do explain.
jonshipman said:
You can also use adb from a pc and go into shell (adb shell) and pm block package.name any app you want to disable.
Might want to disable those 3 carrierIQ packages (pm list will list all packages on the phone)
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Your right, yeah there's a lot of bloat, I want to disable that mobile Hotspot shortcut! It's so annoying that it's on every t-mobile phone.
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Hey everyone,
I used to have a couple of HTC phones back in the day (Droid Incredible, Thunderbolt, Rezound), all of which were capable of turning data on when I receive an MMS. I always leave my data and WiFi off when not in use. Both my S4 and Nexus 6 cannot do this. I was wondering, does the Moto X Pure turn on data when you receive an MMS? My friend has an HTC One M8 and his can turn it on automatically. I would assume the Moto X Pure does not do this. I currently paid for Tasker, and every method to do this through Tasker has not worked properly for me. Does anyone know a solution? It's very aggravating that my MMS do not download automatically, and I have to turn on my data and then download them just to receive my message. Thanks in advance!
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Why are you turning off your data? You say you turn off data and WiFi when not in use...when is that? A cell phone without one of these in use is basically an expensive slab of metal and plastic???
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Why are you turning off your data? You say you turn off data and WiFi when not in use...when is that? A cell phone without one of these in use is basically an expensive slab of metal and plastic???
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I don't need to be connected to the internet 24/7. It's a waste of battery. I don't use my phone all the time, and it's way easier to just turn on my data and catch up on my notifications. I'd rather that then deal with my battery draining more when I'm not even able to check my notifications anyway. So it's a complete waste for me.
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Current generation phones can get a day of battery while keeping data and WiFi on the whole time, thus making what your looking for unnecessary and to the best of my knowledge no phone has had this since ~2012. If for some reason you're unable to charge once a day I'd recommend a battery pack for such an occasion.
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so I was wondering the same thing. I'm coming from note4 which turned automatically. shouldnt have to explain why we want the data off. please can someone just answer the question?
Since everyone is slightly thick headed when it comes to not keeping on data I'll give you the real answer. With the update to lollipop google removed the ability of texting apps to do just this. Textra, handcent, and even the good ole aosp sms app could have this. For this option to work for any app that contains the setting you need to make that app a system app. Then it will work. Their is an app on the play store that moves to /system. It does require root
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Since everyone is slightly thick headed when it comes to not keeping on data I'll give you the real answer. With the update to lollipop google removed the ability of texting apps to do just this. Textra, handcent, and even the good ole aosp sms app could have this. For this option to work for any app that contains the setting you need to make that app a system app. Then it will work. Their is an app on the play store that moves to /system. It does require root
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It's so dumb that they removed app's access to toggle data. I'm trying to move Google Messenger to system in Titanium Backup. I'll let you know if everything works! Thanks for the tip!
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It's so dumb that they removed app's access to toggle data. I'm trying to move Google Messenger to system in Titanium Backup. I'll let you know if everything works! Thanks for the tip!
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I believe their words made the system more secure. Agreed though pain in the @ss. Heads up though. When backing up in titanium whatever you back up won't be a part of it. So if full wiping you will have to reimplement the messaging app as a system app.
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BlackHoleSlam said:
Since everyone is slightly thick headed when it comes to not keeping on data I'll give you the real answer. With the update to lollipop google removed the ability of texting apps to do just this. Textra, handcent, and even the good ole aosp sms app could have this. For this option to work for any app that contains the setting you need to make that app a system app. Then it will work. Their is an app on the play store that moves to /system. It does require root
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Sorry to be a pain, but I've been extremely busy and couldn't get the Google Messenger to become a system app. I tried Titanium Backup, and manually moving the app's lib files and nothing works. What is the play store app you are talking about? The only one I could find just moves system apps to user apps. Thanks in advance for all of your help!!
I downloaded the Link2SD app which successfully moved Google Messenger to a system app. The setting to turn data on is checked but it still does not work. Anyone have any other ideas? If not that's okay I'm just curious if someone else has this working.
So, I've been using this app and it works very well. You have to be rooted though. And I am running MM.
"Auto enable data" allows you to have ur data off at all times,, and when an MMS comes through it will turn on your data, download the MMS and when done it will turn off data.
"WIFI fix" will turn off WIFI if connected to a WIFI, and turn it on once data turns on and then off after it's done downloading an MMS.
Name is AwSMS. Get it on the Playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=project.awsms
I looked for smart settings on my Verizon unit and couldn't find it. Looks like Verizon removed it.
Here is how to get it back.
Download QuickShortcutmaker from the market
Open it and scroll down to smart settings.
Open the smart settings dropdown.
Now press the first smart settings drop down.
This will create a icon on your home screen.
That's it.
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Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
Thank you for this suggestion. Most Smart Settings cannot be used without the My Places feature active, and that has apparently been disabled by Verizon as well. Any workaround suggestions?
Perhaps try Llama? It can be found in the Play Store
I would be very interested if one of the tmobile phone owners have an apk of my places, and could possibly post it.
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Attached are the APKs. One of the app itself, the other is the engine. Not sure if you need the engine or not though.
Appreciate you posting that, unfortunately it said that they are corrupted. Both files are only a handful of kilobytes each which cant be correct
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Those were pulled with titanium backup. Not exactly sure where it is in the system files for a direct pull.
Possible its under root folder then system then app folder. Im just not sure
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I recommend MacroDroid. Much better than Smart Settings. Smart Settings is terrible by comparison. Verizon did you a favor.
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Ill give that a shot, thank you, i assume it doesnt kill battery (i hope) lol
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Possible its under root folder then system then app folder. Im just not sure
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To be more clear I checked /system/app and /system/priv-app. Nothing was named My Places or anything similar.
Vuciz said:
To be more clear I checked /system/app and /system/priv-app. Nothing was named My Places or anything similar.
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Thank you for trying anyway [emoji106]
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I looked for smart settings on my Verizon unit and couldn't find it. Looks like Verizon removed it.
Here is how to get it back.
Download QuickShortcutmaker from the market
Open it and scroll down to smart settings.
Open the smart settings dropdown.
Now press the first smart settings drop down.
This will create a icon on your home screen.
That's it.
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Tried this, waited 5 days but settings aren't turning on. This isn't working at all. Did it work for you?
minuett said:
Thank you for this suggestion. Most Smart Settings cannot be used without the My Places feature active, and that has apparently been disabled by Verizon as well. Any workaround suggestions?
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No, unfortunately Verizon verified that they did indeed REMOVE My places functionality from their version, so no it will not auto-locate your home location after 5 days, either.
IMO, they are trying to force you to use more data. Most people turn their wifi off when they leave, and turn it back on when they come home - Smart setting will do just that. So, why would Big Red not want you to have it? Because when you have to do it manually, you'll forget to turn it back on when you get home... and when you do that, you'll use more data. my *theory*.
jraines1 said:
No, unfortunately Verizon verified that they did indeed REMOVE My places functionality from their version, so no it will not auto-locate your home location after 5 days, either.
IMO, they are trying to force you to use more data. Most people turn their wifi off when they leave, and turn it back on when they come home - Smart setting will do just that. So, why would Big Red not want you to have it? Because when you have to do it manually, you'll forget to turn it back on when you get home... and when you do that, you'll use more data. my *theory*.
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Or people will just leave WiFi on...because it doesn't use that much battery when not in use. This isn't a conspiracy to get people to use more data. Sounds like carriers have to pay for certain features on phones and Verizon didn't want to cash out for some less useful features. Plenty of other apps out there that can turn your WiFi on and off automatically.
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partylikeaninjastar said:
Or people will just leave WiFi on...because it doesn't use that much battery when not in use. This isn't a conspiracy to get people to use more data. Sounds like carriers have to pay for certain features on phones and Verizon didn't want to cash out for some less useful features. Plenty of other apps out there that can turn your WiFi on and off automatically.
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Hmmm... most people I know turn it off, but to each his own. But when that is intentionally disabled along with FM radio, along with Google In Apps Search shortcut (by which you must do an internet search first before just searching for something on your phone...) - a pattern seems to be emerging... but let's give Big Red the benefit of the doubt, right? Let's forget about the lawsuit about them asking Blackberry to disable bluetooth so you couldn't transfer files, or the similar lawsuit about the same kind of thing with Motorola...
No... Nothing to see here... Move along, people, move along...
Any luck with this?
Is there a root app that can do the same thing since My Places isn't working?
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Is there a root app that can do the same thing since My Places isn't working?
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There are numerous apps that don't require root that will do what Smart Settings does and more.
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