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I've been trying to access my N7 but so far no success yet. It's rooted already btw.
I've turned off my wi-fi and short later my N7 will lockscreen itself which is normal.
But my child try to turn on the tab and made 5 bad tries on the lockscreen pattern. So the device turns on lock mode due to failure attempt.
The device ask me to connect to google play account to unlock but the wi-fi is off and I'm unable to turn it on.
Is there anywhere to unlock this?
I wouldn't want to perform hard reset if it's possible.
Thats cute... From what I read, if you can't access the device via your google play account and you have reached the too many tries page of death, you are pretty much screwed.
Hard reset will fix it..
Hopefully, you do a Nandroid backup occasionally and/or use TB and are smart enough to move the files to a offsite workstation on some sort of schedule. This would be the same restore method you would need if you lost or had your device stolen.
A really good case for having root and doing a regular full backup process with offloading of the backup data.
Well, the issue is kinda weird. Due to the wifi sleep OFF policy once the screen goes lock.
That's why I couldn't access my Google account due to OFFLINE connectivity.
I hope Google actually finds a way to solve this.
keatsan said:
Well, the issue is kinda weird. Due to the wifi sleep OFF policy once the screen goes lock.
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But according to your OP, you turned the WiFi off, it didn't go off because sleeping.
keatsan said:
I've turned off my wi-fi and short later my N7 will lockscreen itself which is normal.
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If it was off for sleeping, turning the power on the device would restore the WiFi connection assuming you are where an access point is that you had already authorized nearby.
That's why I couldn't access my Google account due to OFFLINE connectivity.
I hope Google actually finds a way to solve this.
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I think they need to come up with another way of dealing with this, since unlike a phone which has TXT abilities, the tablet can only talk with a WiFi connection.
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But according to your OP, you turned the WiFi off, it didn't go off because sleeping.
If it was off for sleeping, turning the power on the device would restore the WiFi connection assuming you are where an access point is that you had already authorized nearby.
I think they need to come up with another way of dealing with this, since unlike a phone which has TXT abilities, the tablet can only talk with a WiFi connection.
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Yeah, seems like if the WIFI connectivity is cut off....all hopes of accessing the tablet may be doomed if Google account needed to access it.
What if you just reboot the tablet? If you were connected to a WiFi before, and had it set to auto-connect, a reboot should allow you to reconnect.
First off let the say that I am very technically challenged... I seem to be having a problem w/ my Razr M is that my wifi keeps going off numerous times a day, the other things that use wifi in my home don't have this problem so don't think it is the router, I was told by someone to hard boot it, I'm have a h**l of a time doing that as it seems not to want to do that every time, now to clarify I am pressing both volumes and the power buttons and when my son found this forum and also another site it said to only press the lower volume one and power but when I did that all it did was take a screen shot.. I didn't find out till it was to late that the battery can't be taken out by me. Also what's up w/ an sd card I put one in but it won't transfer my apps to it? I had games on my other phone but when I couldn't put them on sd I just took all those off and put on my tablet. I only use about 3 apps any way, no music no signing on the internet, no FB or twitter, main reason is that I can't see little things that well so do those type of things on PC, if it wasn't for using a few apps to make a few buck(& GCs) to supplement my fixed income I wouldn't have even bought a smart phone.
So hopefully someone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated
Starr22
Starr22 said:
First off let the say that I am very technically challenged... I seem to be having a problem w/ my Razr M is that my wifi keeps going off numerous times a day, the other things that use wifi in my home don't have this problem so don't think it is the router, I was told by someone to hard boot it, I'm have a h**l of a time doing that as it seems not to want to do that every time, now to clarify I am pressing both volumes and the power buttons and when my son found this forum and also another site it said to only press the lower volume one and power but when I did that all it did was take a screen shot.. I didn't find out till it was to late that the battery can't be taken out by me. Also what's up w/ an sd card I put one in but it won't transfer my apps to it? I had games on my other phone but when I couldn't put them on sd I just took all those off and put on my tablet. I only use about 3 apps any way, no music no signing on the internet, no FB or twitter, main reason is that I can't see little things that well so do those type of things on PC, if it wasn't for using a few apps to make a few buck(& GCs) to supplement my fixed income I wouldn't have even bought a smart phone.
So hopefully someone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated
Starr22
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regarding the WiFi - go to settings -> Wi-Fi -> advanced and UNCHECK "Avoid poor connections"; also make sure you have the latest update, as that update supposedly improved signal strength (go to settings -> about phone -> baseband version. if prior to May 2013, then you are NOT on the latest update
regarding apps, this is a feature of the operating system (Android Jelly Bean) - so moving apps is not possible.
Razr M
jco23 said:
regarding the WiFi - go to settings -> Wi-Fi -> advanced and UNCHECK "Avoid poor connections"; also make sure you have the latest update, as that update supposedly improved signal strength (go to settings -> about phone -> baseband version. if prior to May 2013, then you are NOT on the latest update
regarding apps, this is a feature of the operating system (Android Jelly Bean) - so moving apps is not possible.
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Sorry I forgot to mention that it was flashed for a prepaid carrier, guess that might make a difference. I did the setting thing already,
I am getting an update which I figure must be from "phone" but it won't install, it comes up many times a day, as the only options I have is later & install but since I hit install first time I saw it and it wouldn't I just now hit later. So any thing I can try for the hard boot?
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Sorry I forgot to mention that it was flashed for a prepaid carrier, guess that might make a difference. I did the setting thing already,
I am getting an update which I figure must be from "phone" but it won't install, it comes up many times a day, as the only options I have is later & install but since I hit install first time I saw it and it wouldn't I just now hit later. So any thing I can try for the hard boot?
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a hard reboot will not remove the notification. I presume the phone has NOT been rooted nor bootloader unlocked?
to perform a hard reboot, trying pressing and holding down the power button for 3 seconds. if all you see is a power off, then choose that. wait about one minute, then turn it back on.
Razr M
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a hard reboot will not remove the notification. I presume the phone has NOT been rooted nor bootloader unlocked?
to perform a hard reboot, trying pressing and holding down the power button for 3 seconds. if all you see is a power off, then choose that. wait about one minute, then turn it back on.
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I have to guess not as I really don't know.....
Did jelly bean change what you can do w/ apps, I had my apps on the sd card when I had a Droid X
well all the 3 seconds do is turn the phone off of which I have done a number of time, it doesn't do any thing, wifi will come back on it's own at some point don't know how long between off & on as I don't see it come back
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I have to guess not as I really don't know.....
Did jelly bean change what you can do w/ apps, I had my apps on the sd card when I had a Droid X
well all the 3 seconds do is turn the phone off of which I have done a number of time, it doesn't do any thing, wifi will come back on it's own at some point don't know how long between off & on as I don't see it come back
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oh, you mean a hard RESET? that could do it, but you would lose all of your data (anything not saved to the external card - which could include photos). it would be like you just got a new phone. but I'm not so sure a hard reset would do the trick. however, if you have the time and don't mind, then perform a hard reset: it's under settings - not sure where as I'm on 4.2.2 now, but look for backup/restore or security -> factory reset
but before that, contact VZW - they may suggest a "safe mode"
yes, JB disabled the ability to move apps to the external card, as they felt the phone would run smoother with the apps stored in the internal storage.
When i was using 4.2.2 the wifi timer worked fine, i had it set to come on at a certain time and off, and it worked fine
Since updating to 4.3 i have set the same timer again (as i done a clean install of 4.3) and now every time it gets to the on time, i get a notification saying the wifi timer has started but the wifi it's self doesn't come on, when i look at my short cut tabs at the top the wifi one if off, even after the wifi timer says its started.
is this a known issue?
James
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When i was using 4.2.2 the wifi timer worked fine, i had it set to come on at a certain time and off, and it worked fine
Since updating to 4.3 i have set the same timer again (as i done a clean install of 4.3) and now every time it gets to the on time, i get a notification saying the wifi timer has started but the wifi it's self doesn't come on, when i look at my short cut tabs at the top the wifi one if off, even after the wifi timer says its started.
is this a known issue?
James
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Hi.
I don't think this a known issue.
I'm using it myself and it works good in 4.2 and 4.3.
Does yr WIFI on yr device working without the timer?
Yes the Wi-Fi is working fine when I put it in myself, the timer just doesn't seem to be working in my phone, when it gets to the on time, I get a notification saying that the timer has come on but when I bring the notification bar down the Wi-Fi isn't turned on.
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Yes the Wi-Fi is working fine when I put it in myself, the timer just doesn't seem to be working in my phone, when it gets to the on time, I get a notification saying that the timer has come on but when I bring the notification bar down the Wi-Fi isn't turned on.
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Strange..
U might want to re-install the firmware again.
Make sure to do clean wipe, wipe cache partition and wipe dalvik cache before reinstalling.
Other that that, some 3rd party apps u had installed might have prevented the WIFI timer to be activated (some apps are poorly made by the developers).
This is all I can I think of.
Hope that this may help u.
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Strange..
U might want to re-install the firmware again.
Make sure to do clean wipe, wipe cache partition and wipe dalvik cache before reinstalling.
Other that that, some 3rd party apps u had installed might have prevented the WIFI timer to be activated (some apps are poorly made by the developers).
This is all I can I think of.
Hope that this may help u.
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thanks for your replies, ive done a bit more testing with it and have found that if i have my phone on when the timer comes on then the wifi does connect, its when the flip case is closed and the phone screen is off it doesnt seem to come on.
also i have also found that everytime the timer comes on i get a security message saying an application attempted to access system on your device, this has been blocked..
the wifi timer is the built in one though and not a 3rd part app, so not sure why thats saying that.
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thanks for your replies, ive done a bit more testing with it and have found that if i have my phone on when the timer comes on then the wifi does connect, its when the flip case is closed and the phone screen is off it doesnt seem to come on.
also i have also found that everytime the timer comes on i get a security message saying an application attempted to access system on your device, this has been blocked..
the wifi timer is the built in one though and not a 3rd part app, so not sure why thats saying that.
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Ok, that is normal when the screen is off, mate..
I read somewhere here that the security message is kinda bug by Samsung...
btw, are u using the original firmware?
If so, u will get that message.
Yes I'm using the original non rooted Rom, when I was 4.2.2 my Wi-Fi would also come on by timer even if the screen was off, that's why I was confused by it not coming on in 4.3
When in 4.2 I was using a rooted version, but decided to go official with 4.3
if i download the original fw and reinstall it with odin, will it wipe my apps / settings or will it keep them the same?
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if i download the original fw and reinstall it with odin, will it wipe my apps / settings or will it keep them the same?
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Yes..
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Yes..
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Lol yes to which part of your answer?
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Lol yes to which part of your answer?
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Both. It will wipe yr apps and yr setting configurations.
I have the same problem of the wifi timer. I have noticed that the wifi timer only works when the phone is plugged in power
Nabucodonosor said:
I have the same problem of the wifi timer. I have noticed that the wifi timer only works when the phone is plugged in power
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I eventually fixed the issue i was having by ticking the always allow scanning option in wifi > advanced options.
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I eventually fixed the issue i was having by ticking the always allow scanning option in wifi > advanced options.
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Thank you.
I tried as you suggest and it works well now but maybe scan wi fi always active discharge more battery. We'll see
Hopefully they will solve the problem with the upgrade to kitkat
Same with brand new i9506
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thanks for your replies, ive done a bit more testing with it and have found that if i have my phone on when the timer comes on then the wifi does connect, its when the flip case is closed and the phone screen is off it doesnt seem to come on.
also i have also found that everytime the timer comes on i get a security message saying an application attempted to access system on your device, this has been blocked..
the wifi timer is the built in one though and not a 3rd part app, so not sure why thats saying that.
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Hi!
I'm seing the exact same with a brand new GT-I9506, 4.3 pre-installed (XXUBML6), completely stock, no root, no odd 3rd party app. Anybody else seing the same for this specific model?
Rgds,
sten_amund
sten_amund said:
Hi!
I'm seing the exact same with a brand new GT-I9506, 4.3 pre-installed (XXUBML6), completely stock, no root, no odd 3rd party app. Anybody else seing the same for this specific model?
Rgds,
sten_amund
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Sten, i fixed this by ticking the always allow scanning option in wifi > advanced options.
See if that works.
Thanks
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Sten, i fixed this by ticking the always allow scanning option in wifi > advanced options.
See if that works.
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Thanks James!
Can't believe how I missed that... It's pretty clearly stated in your above post.
Rgds,
sten_amund
Whenever I hit skip, it'll show a blank page with a status bar and the back navigation key and then just take me to the wifi menu. I can't skip the wifi menu (The button is disabled). I've reflashed twice (using flash-all.bat) and used the stock recovery to restore to factory settings. Any help is appreciated. I used the leaked ROM but I heard it's the same.
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Whenever I hit skip, it'll show a blank page with a status bar and the back navigation key and then just take me to the wifi menu. I can't skip the wifi menu (The button is disabled). I've reflashed twice (using flash-all.bat) and used the stock recovery to restore to factory settings. Any help is appreciated. I used the leaked ROM but I heard it's the same.
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Same here. I flashed the factory image from the Google site. I get connected to WiFi, but the next screen has "Skip" greyed out, and it just stalls ("Checking connection..." "This can take up to a minute"). I'm rebooting now and trying again, and will report back.
Update: Same thing. I know the WiFi connection is good, but I guess I'll try again when I get home tonight.
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Same here. I flashed the factory image from the Google site. I get connected to WiFi, but the next screen has "Skip" greyed out, and it just stalls ("Checking connection..." "This can take up to a minute"). I'm rebooting now and trying again, and will report back.
Update: Same thing. I know the WiFi connection is good, but I guess I'll try again when I get home tonight.
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About to try with a redownloaded image. Glad to know it's not just me. I should add that one of my many tries to hit skip, it popped up a message that said "Google Play Services is not responding". I'll update after I reflash.
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Same here. I flashed the factory image from the Google site. I get connected to WiFi, but the next screen has "Skip" greyed out, and it just stalls ("Checking connection..." "This can take up to a minute"). I'm rebooting now and trying again, and will report back.
Update: Same thing. I know the WiFi connection is good, but I guess I'll try again when I get home tonight.
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Any luck? I ended up flashing 4.4.4 again. Waiting for it to boot.
Hell, I can't even get the Nexus Root Toolkit to see my device, much less flash anything. Frustrating.
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Hell, I can't even get the Nexus Root Toolkit to see my device, much less flash anything. Frustrating.
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I'm in the almost same boat. Trying to flash it using the command line and it keeps failing. It's like our tablets hate us or something.
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I'm in the almost same boat. Trying to flash it using the command line and it keeps failing. It's like our tablets hate us or something.
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Okay, I got the Nexus Root Toolkit to see the device in Fastboot, and was able to flash with that. I've booted successfully, signed in, and I'm up!
It's...so...pretty...:good:
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Hell, I can't even get the Nexus Root Toolkit to see my device, much less flash anything. Frustrating.
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jimbobtexas said:
Okay, I got the Nexus Root Toolkit to see the device in Fastboot, and was able to flash with that. I've booted successfully, signed in, and I'm up!
It's...so...pretty...:good:
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I wish it was so simple for me. I had to disable the setup manager using this post. I still can't set up my google account. I found out it was Google Play Services that wasn't me allowing to do anything.
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I wish it was so simple for me. I had to disable the setup manager using this post. I still can't set up my google account. I found out it was Google Play Services that wasn't me allowing to do anything.
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You ever get this running? Nexus Root Toolkit was the best thing for me to get everything just right. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
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Whenever I hit skip, it'll show a blank page with a status bar and the back navigation key and then just take me to the wifi menu. I can't skip the wifi menu (The button is disabled). I've reflashed twice (using flash-all.bat) and used the stock recovery to restore to factory settings. Any help is appreciated. I used the leaked ROM but I heard it's the same.
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From Lollipop, Google wants user has a working net connection to boot up.
Prob 1, Your wifi has an active firewall to prevent accessing google servers.
Prob 2, You don't have a sim card or data plan.
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I wish it was so simple for me. I had to disable the setup manager using this post. I still can't set up my google account. I found out it was Google Play Services that wasn't me allowing to do anything.
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Probably next time you can try choose language like "Chinese"(中文简体), Cuz' here we have firewall to block Google, Probably google knows that so the connection check only last for one minute. This worked for me.
Hi All,
I've had the S7 Edge now for 3 months and I am generally loving the phone. However I have a few issues that are happening continoulsy:
Bluetooth turns itself on and the volume of the phone mutes itself.
Wifi turns itself off during the night even though I've selected the option to keep it on. I will wake in the morning and the phone is using my mobile providers data.
I have read various threads to factory reset the phone which I will do if it resolves the issues but I want to ensure my Apps return with the data they currently have residing in them e.g. 1Password etc.
Hoping someone has some thoughts,
Thanks.
CL
Did those issues always occur or start only recently?
Hi,
From memory they have always been there. I've just lived with them but they are becoming annoying.
Thanks.
connorlennon said:
Hi,
From memory they have always been there. I've just lived with them but they are becoming annoying.
Thanks.
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this is not a common issue and I believe you got a defective unit. you should take it back to make warranty claim
I'll have a word with Samsung support. I would have thought that the software was telling it to do these things.
connorlennon said:
From memory they have always been there. I've just lived with them but they are becoming annoying.
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In the wifi settings, try disabling wifi smart network and setting also wifi always active on standby (the actual menu setting names might differ, I translated from italian).
themissionimpossible said:
In the wifi settings, try disabling wifi smart network and setting also wifi always active on standby (the actual menu setting names might differ, I translated from italian).
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Unfortunately I've tried all of those to no avail. Today the phone has 4 times muted itself and in addition Bluetooth has turned itself on automatically. All bizarre!
Do you use the edge panel "My Places?" This can change those settings based on location.
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Do you use the edge panel "My Places?" This can change those settings based on location.
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Unfortunately not I don't use it. I wish I did as that may be an answer! It happens all over to be honest and isn't linked to a certain location. It's very odd as I can be using the phone and suddenly it turns mute on. Sometimes bluetooth will turn on with it and sometimes not. Its frustrating as I am now missing calls and texts.
Appreciate any feedback.
connorlennon said:
Hi All,
I've had the S7 Edge now for 3 months and I am generally loving the phone. However I have a few issues that are happening continoulsy:
Bluetooth turns itself on and the volume of the phone mutes itself.
Wifi turns itself off during the night even though I've selected the option to keep it on. I will wake in the morning and the phone is using my mobile providers data.
I have read various threads to factory reset the phone which I will do if it resolves the issues but I want to ensure my Apps return with the data they currently have residing in them e.g. 1Password etc.
Hoping someone has some thoughts,
Thanks.
CL
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Apps - application manager - apps that can change system settings. (names my differ. Translated from my language). See if any user app that you installed is enabled in there or try troubleshoot by disable one at a time.
Faspaiso said:
Apps - application manager - apps that can change system settings. (names my differ. Translated from my language). See if any user app that you installed is enabled in there or try troubleshoot by disable one at a time.
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Okay I've disabled them all for now. If things stop working I'll enable them one by one. There were a few that had access. Appreciate your help.
Just as an aside what is the best way to factory reset the phone and then reinstall the apps etc that I had installed. I'm thinking worst case if what you have proposed doesn't work? I had an iPhone prior to this and it was a pretty straight forward process.
Thanks.
connorlennon said:
Okay I've disabled them all for now. If things stop working I'll enable them one by one. There were a few that had access. Appreciate your help.
Just as an aside what is the best way to factory reset the phone and then reinstall the apps etc that I had installed. I'm thinking worst case if what you have proposed doesn't work? I had an iPhone prior to this and it was a pretty straight forward process.
Thanks.
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I'm not TOTALLY sure, but I think that if you're logged in with your google account and go into settings->Backup and choose to backup to your google account, your app data should follow. After the backup is finished, factory reset and then when you log into your google account again you get an option to retrieve your old app+data.
Don't hang me up on this, as i'm not totally sure! But i THINK it works this way. Google at least mention app data in the decription, but well, not sure if everything follows.