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Ok, well, yesterday I bought a T-Mobile myTouch 3G aka HTC Magic. I have a couple of questions, hopefully you people can answer them for me.
1) Do I need to hack my myTouch to install themes? (by hack I mean "jailbreak", if anyone had an iPhone or iPod touch then you know what I mean by jailbreak) or do I get to install themes as soon as I get my phone?
2) I have a two-year protection warranty with my myTouch, if I do need to hack/jailbreak it. Would it ruin that warranty?
3) Can I mess up my myTouch if I do anything wrong in the process of jailbreaking/hacking it?
4) Last question, where can I find out how to hack/jailbreak it? Can you give me a link?
Thanks to whomever answers my questions.
EDIT: One more question
5) My girlfriend had a G1, and she claims that you only could log into one of the messengers at a time. Does that change with the myTouch? Can I log into my AIM, MSN, and Yahoo at the same time without it kicking me out?
Jay_8698 said:
1) Do I need to hack my myTouch to install themes? (by hack I mean "jailbreak", if anyone had an iPhone or iPod touch then you know what I mean by jailbreak) or do I get to install themes as soon as I get my phone?
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Nope - alternative home apps are plenty. Start with Freshface (a free basic theming application) to get a sample.
Expect some impact on phone performance if you run an alternative home app. (YMMV)
Jay_8698 said:
2) I have a two-year protection warranty with my myTouch, if I do need to hack/jailbreak it. Would it ruin that warranty?
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Without looking at the terms, probably yes (unless you can return it to vanilla pre-root state, or the claim is for a phone so borked that it can't be checked).
*disclaimer: I've not bothered rooting my Magic - I'm happy enough as is.*
Jay_8698 said:
3) Can I mess up my myTouch if I do anything wrong in the process of jailbreaking/hacking it?
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Yes, but there are plenty of guides by smarter peeps than me here.
*disclaimer: I've not bothered rooting my Magic - I'm happy enough as is.*
Jay_8698 said:
4) Last question, where can I find out how to hack/jailbreak it? Can you give me a link?
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Tons of guides on here - I'll leave links to people who've rooted..
Jay_8698 said:
5) My girlfriend had a G1, and she claims that you only could log into one of the messengers at a time. Does that change with the myTouch? Can I log into my AIM, MSN, and Yahoo at the same time without it kicking me out?
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Try meebo IM - it lets me log into MSN, Yahoo, etc all in one.
HTH
1.Yes
2.Yes
3.Yes
4.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=556200
*READ THOROUGHLY to prevent question 3*
5. Use Nimbuzz, it logs you in to all your messenger accounts simultaneously
Thanks to both of you. I been searching though, and I found this:
Here
Is this good? or is it outdated? It seems pretty easy. So a couple of questions..
1) Is outdated?
2) Is there more of a risk doing it this way or the other way?
3) Is the "one-click" strategy, true or false?(as it fake)
Jay_8698 said:
Thanks to both of you. I been searching though, and I found this:
Here
Is this good? or is it outdated? It seems pretty easy. So a couple of questions..
1) Is outdated?
2) Is there more of a risk doing it this way or the other way?
3) Is the "one-click" strategy, true or false?(as it fake)
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This is the method I used to root my phone, and I did not have any problems. Just make sure you follow the instructions! Also, the written instructions on the page are updated a little newer than the video, so make sure you READ all the instructions. It's a little more than 'one click' but a lot easier than some methods. You can also search the android development forums here for alternate guides.
If you follow them properly, you should be good to go.
Happy modding!
Hi everyone
I'm currently considering to buy an used Galaxy S5 on our local website. But, unfortunately I'm afraid that someones going to somehow give me a S5 clone - which I don't want.
So my question here would be this: Can someone, who has the orignal S5, download from the Play Store the CPU-Z app, and make a screenshot of those 4 tabs within the app? There are 4-5 tabs (SOC, System, Sensors, and Battery tab).
This way I will have the correct information from the original S5 and I can compare those to the one that I may or may not gonna buy.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Regards
PS: Sorry for my bad English
JAsko_san said:
Hi everyone
I'm currently considering to buy an used Galaxy S5 on our local website. But, unfortunately I'm afraid that someones going to somehow give me a S5 clone - which I don't want.
So my question here would be this: Can someone, who has the orignal S5, download from the Play Store the CPU-Z app, and make a screenshot of those 4 tabs within the app? There are 4-5 tabs (SOC, System, Sensors, and Battery tab).
This way I will have the correct information from the original S5 and I can compare those to the one that I may or may not gonna buy.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Regards
PS: Sorry for my bad English
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hi, how much are they looking for ? and there is a number of ways to find out if it's offical,regard's
joecool666 said:
hi, how much are they looking for ? and there is a number of ways to find out if it's offical,regard's
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And those where? well let say its not as cheap as those clones are, but not so pricey as the New ones - somewhere in the middle
Could you make those screenshots and post it on imgur, or any other image sharing website. So that I can compare those with the ones I would get from the vendor
JAsko_san said:
And those where? well let say its not as cheap as those clones are, but not so pricey as the New ones - somewhere in the middle
Could you make those screenshots and post it on imgur, or any other image sharing website. So that I can compare those with the ones I would get from the vendor
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there is a youtube video tutorial on this hope this help's regard's
Hello!
How many here wants XPOSED for our devices?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60958072&postcount=537
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3113463
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I'm up for $10 to begin with (more if it's needed) so, let's begin!!
I want xposed with knox intact though
godutch said:
I want xposed with knox intact though
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well I don't know about that, atm you need to install Xposed through recovery, as I already run custom recovery/kernel/ROM it does not matter, most important is to make it work.
$10
put me down for 10
godutch said:
I want xposed with knox intact though
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Not sure about this, but I'm thinking it should be doable using Flashfire...
$10
Put me down for $10 too.
I'll throw $5 on this
10 here.
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@arter97 lets hope we can reach $650
Tapatalked from my GALAXY S5
so many asks for Xposed but can't help with a few bucks... not everything is free in this world.
I've just sent $10 so come on guys!
While I agree not everything in the world is free, it would be nice to know why the money is needed. I followed your links but didn't see any explanation as to who gets the money and what it's going to be used for. Maybe a little more info could help people open their wallets?
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While I agree not everything in the world is free, it would be nice to know why the money is needed. I followed your links but didn't see any explanation as to who gets the money and what it's going to be used for. Maybe a little more info could help people open their wallets?
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check first link in the OP, @arter97 does not have the S6 device, he needs it to be able to get Xposed working with 64 bit device, he got it working for other Samsung Lollipop devices but those are 32 bit, like the S5 for example.
Tapatalked from my GALAXY S6
We have had posts deleted and stern messages from committe regarding donations for devices. Seems this is ok now though so I guess the rules must have changed.
Goldie said:
We have had posts deleted and stern messages from committe regarding donations for devices. Seems this is ok now though so I guess the rules must have changed.
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I've never heard of that, and honestly I don't see any problem with it? it's not like we MUST donate but as he don't have the device and it's not a cheap one I don't see the problem with donating one as it's a killer feature we want.
How sure are you that @arter97 is the one that actually did the work to get xposed working for Samsung devices? @Darkera posted the fix before he did.
mikeyinid said:
How sure are you that @arter97 is the one that actually did the work to get xposed working for Samsung devices? @Darkera posted the fix before he did.
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I don't know about that but arter97 "solution" seemed more easy to install... anyway I don't care about that, it's not my problem, I only offer people to donate a small amount to get Xposed working with 64 bit devices, then it's up to them if they want to donate or not.
mikeyinid said:
How sure are you that @arter97 is the one that actually did the work to get xposed working for Samsung devices? @Darkera posted the fix before he did.
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Why does the "who did it first" matters?
Both methods works in a way that's fundamentally different, and as far as I can see, my method is the only way to go to maximize flexibility and compatibility between various devices and ROMs.
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I don't know about that but arter97 "solution" seemed more easy to install... anyway I don't care about that, it's not my problem, I only offer people to donate a small amount to get Xposed working with 64 bit devices, then it's up to them if they want to donate or not.
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arter97 said:
Why does the "who did it first" matters?
Both methods works in a way that's fundamentally different, and as far as I can see, my method is the only way to go to maximize flexibility and compatibility between various devices and ROMs.
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It matters because, if people donate to buy you the device and you're not able to get it working for arm64, they're wasting their money. I'm not saying that would be the case, but, I'm always suspicious of people who post something thousands of people have been waiting for only hours after someone else posts the actual steps taken to fix said issue.
*EDIT. By wasting their money, I mean you didn't do the previous work, and can't fix for arm64 (yes, I know, I have trust issues)...
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I don't know about that but arter97 "solution" seemed more easy to install... anyway I don't care about that, it's not my problem, I only offer people to donate a small amount to get Xposed working with 64 bit devices, then it's up to them if they want to donate or not.
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1) so bounty to bring unofficial method, of someone else's hard work...rovo89. This means no guarantee for support, or that it will be adopted as official. (Not that there are ever guarantees with this stuff)
2) Did you check to see how this would go over with @rovo89? Why not create this bounty to help him out (not that he would want it), imagine all the hours he has clocked on HIS framework over the years. The man even generally refused donations.
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1) so bounty to bring unofficial method, of someone else's hard work...rovo89. This means no guarantee for support, or that it will be adopted as official. (Not that there are ever guarantees with this stuff)
2) Did you check to see how this would go over with @rovo89? Why not create this bounty to help him out (not that he would want it), imagine all the hours he has clocked on HIS framework over the years. The man even generally refused donations.
Sent from my SM-G920T
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I don't say that what you say is wrong, I agree 100% but @rovo89 seems to be very busy atm I guess, and @arter97 won't probably go buy this phone anyway so the only solution I see now is if we donate a device to get it working ASAP, because I can't stand the ads in the youtube app for example and some other stuff I need thanks to Xposed.
I just found out about it, the dev community seems very small and even the users are few, how come? The phone seems great, specs and price are great especially for Europe where phones generally cost a lot more than in the US.
because it's fresh mint brand, there is still no image
because it's using so little adv budget , and marketing technique not great
and in my country, it also have a goverment pass problem while still in preorder time (it is using fake authorisation id from other phone, and get spread all over the country by media)
stucano said:
I just found out about it, the dev community seems very small and even the users are few, how come? The phone seems great, specs and price are great especially for Europe where phones generally cost a lot more than in the US.
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Bad marketing, not much hype around this phone if u compare to 1+1 when they launch
Where can I download the usb driver from? I found something on this forum but nothing on an official site.
stucano said:
Where can I download the usb driver from? I found something on this forum but nothing on an official site.
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It uses the generic google USB driver.
For an adb connection though you have to download the USB 3 compatible version of adb from my Androidfilehost hardware folder.
MrColdbird said:
It uses the generic google USB driver.
For an adb connection though you have to download the USB 3 compatible version of adb from my Androidfilehost hardware folder.
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Aaaaargh! Now it makes sense why I couldn't get it work on Windows 10! Thanks MrC, you are a star!
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It uses the generic google USB driver.
For an adb connection though you have to download the USB 3 compatible version of adb from my Androidfilehost hardware folder.
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Thank you. I'm wondering how come lenovo doesn't provide this? As far as I know most if not all phone manufacturers provide a driver.
stucano said:
Thank you. I'm wondering how come lenovo doesn't provide this? As far as I know most if not all phone manufacturers provide a driver.
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They do provide it but only on the Chinese developer website...
I got no idea why the international branch doesn't provide any information or tools, but that is why I mirrored the tools.
Hello friends.
I noticed than in my untouched 6p, my rom has a few packages that I've not seen before on AOSP, but were added by Huawei. Can anyone please shed some light on what these do, and if they can be safely frozen or removed?
com.android.huawei.hiddenmenu
com.huawei.callstatisticsutils
com.huawei.entitlement
com.huawei.mmitest aka HwMMITest
com.huawei.sarcontrolservice
Thanks and best regards.
psyonicus said:
Hello friends.
I noticed than in my untouched 6p, my rom has a few packages that I've not seen before on AOSP, but were added by Huawei. Can anyone please shed some light on what these do, and if they can be safely frozen or removed?
com.android.huawei.hiddenmenu
com.huawei.callstatisticsutils
com.huawei.entitlement
com.huawei.mmitest aka HwMMITest
com.huawei.sarcontrolservice
Thanks and best regards.
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Probably not. Wbu would you want to remove them anyway?
Heisenberg said:
Probably not. Wbu would you want to remove them anyway?
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Well because I don't know that they should be there in the first place. They were added by Huawei and therefore are not part of what a Nexus should be (similar to why I remove carrier specific packages), and especially because I don't trust anything I don't know what it does.
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Well because I don't know that they should be there in the first place. They were added by Huawei and therefore are not part of what a Nexus should be (similar to why I remove carrier specific packages), and especially because I don't trust anything I don't know what it does.
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they were added by the company that made the phone.
bingo!
psyonicus said:
Well because I don't know that they should be there in the first place. They were added by Huawei and therefore are not part of what a Nexus should be (similar to why I remove carrier specific packages), and especially because I don't trust anything I don't know what it does.
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if you cared that much, they would be gone already, you would not be asking.
psyonicus said:
Hello friends.
I noticed than in my untouched 6p, my rom has a few packages that I've not seen before on AOSP, but were added by Huawei. Can anyone please shed some light on what these do, and if they can be safely frozen or removed?
com.android.huawei.hiddenmenu
com.huawei.callstatisticsutils
com.huawei.entitlement
com.huawei.mmitest aka HwMMITest
com.huawei.sarcontrolservice
Thanks and best regards.
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You need them from what I understand.
the com.huawei.entitlement has to do with tethering
the com.huawei.mmitest aka HwMMITest has to do with all the hardware test
I'm not 100% sure what the others are, but rest assured, I'm sure they were approved by Google.
Ask Google support ^_^
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And now the New York Times has reported snooping by Huawei
Hello psyonicus,
I posted this on the Google Nexus 6P forum yesterday so these modules you discovered are much more worrisome:
"I just read this NYT's article,
Secret Backdoor in Some U.S. Phones Sent Data to China, Analysts Say
It says that a Chinese firm, Adups, who makes software for updating a smartphone's firmware, was discovered by a US security company to be monitoring owners' phone usage. One of the two manufacturers who use Adups is Huawei, the maker of the 6P. Some quotes from the article:
"Security contractors recently discovered preinstalled software in some Android phones that monitors where users go, whom they talk to and what they write in text messages. "
"Adups intentionally designed the software to help a Chinese phone manufacturer monitor user behavior"
"Adups provides software to two of the largest cellphone manufacturers in the world, ZTE and Huawei. "
Google, please assure us that this firmware is not in our Nexus 6P's!"
Since this is my first post, I wasn't allowed to include the link to the NYT's article but you can look it up easily from its title.
I hope others will now also follow up on this story.