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Tutorial: Putting S-Health back onto the S5

Prerequisites
An S5 that is rooted, and no longer has S-Health installed. In my case, I wanted to turn a "Custom" status S5 into an "Official" status one instead.
A file explorer (ES is used here).
The stock SHealth3.apk, HealthService.apk, and HealthService.odex backed up.
If you don't have them, I made a copy.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/103146562/SHealth.zip
Make sure you have no installed S Health or HealthService installed on your phone.
Copy SHealth3.apk, HealthService.apk, and HealthService.odex from your phone's storage to /data/app .
Set each file's permission's individually to rw-r--r-- . (Hit the Back key then choose Refresh to verify the app icons are now visible).
Reboot your phone... check its status, which should list as Official.
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As an added bonus, once you manually upgrade S Health and HealthService, you can choose to Restore any previous backups... I never allow S Health to backup prior to restoring (because there's only lousy data to back up).

Did you mean, our Device's status will became Official from Custom?
Or you're just talking about S-Health app?
Tapatalk - Galaxy S5 (G900H)

Does it really works ? somebody tried ?

At the time, I thought it would work. Every time I've tried for real, though, I've needed to flash from Kies or something dumb to return my system status back to normal.

primetechv2 said:
At the time, I thought it would work. Every time I've tried for real, though, I've needed to flash from Kies or something dumb to return my system status back to normal.
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you say that on a status custom, just do what you did (add Health) and your status become official ? or you made update via kies ?

androidrouen said:
you say that on a status custom, just do what you did (add Health) and your status become official ? or you made update via kies ?
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I actually had to completely wipe and reflash via Kies on my desktop to get an Official ROM again. I used to think Health could be shuffled back to system to fix that problem, but I think I was mistaken. The system status showed as Official for a while, but then it switched irrevocably to Custom.

[Tutorial] Switch to last Stock Rom (with gaps) from a Retailer Rom

Dear All,
Please find my first tutorial for this phone that I received today.
I took information from different site and from discussion of this forum.
The goal is to help new user and get them quicker to the result.
The idea is no to root in order to keep OTA update from leeco
I will explain how to :
Install last stock rom (in order to get future OTA update)
Install Google play store and others google apps
Make google contacts appears in "phone" menu
Install Morelocale 2 to switch in other languages than English
So Let's begin,
Install last stock rom (in order to get future OTA update)
First of all, download here the last rom :
http://bbs.le.com//zt/eui/le_max2.html
While create a leeco account following these instructions :
http://in.lemall.com/in/help/help-pid-5-id-375.html
You might find your activation link into your spams.
When the download is finished, rename the file in update.zip
Put it at the root of the phone
shut down the phone.
press the power button + volume up key to enter the upgrade interface, according to the following specific operating procedures.
Select "Use update.zip Update System" -> "Update" and "clear cache", reboot into the system
Install Google play store and others google apps
Google play is avalaible form the LeStore, you need to download from there. Type google in the search bar of leStore and you will find it :
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After you have google play, you can install gmail, calender, maps, youtube...
Make google contacts appears in "phone" menu
I had the same issue than others, with the google contact inside the phone.
To make work, download and install this APK :
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/google-contacts-sync/google-contacts-sync-6-0-1-release/google-contacts-sync-6-0-1-android-apk-download/
After that, go to settings, App management, look for "Google contacts Sync", Permissions, and "tick" Contacts
Now it should work.
Install Morelocale 2 to switch in other languages than English
If you want other language than English, you can download morelocale from play store.
To make it your without root :
switch into developper mode :
settings, about the phone, click severals time on build number
Install Adb drivers on your computer from there : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
connect your phone in usb debug mode.
into the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot\ send this adb shell pm grant jp.co.c_lis.ccl.morelocale android.permission.CHANGE_CONFIGURATION
You will be able to change to you language.
Tips
If you need to read some chinese, use Google translate app from your previous phone, you can take picture to translate some chinese.
I hope it will help some guys.

Update to Android 8: two issues (do not disturb + unknown sources)

Just updated to 8 and...
... When I select "do not disturb" icon the options do not show any longer: gotta slide down fully notification bar and click on small arrow next to icon
... When using vume keys the do not disturb option s are not shown, even if enabled from settings
... Cannot install anymore APK from unknown sources from solid explorer, must use downloads
Thanks

For Solid Explorer, go to its App Info Page. Look for Install Unknown Apps, set to Allow.
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Cannot find this: a screenshot please?

Settings>App &Notifications>App Info
Look for Solid Explorer on the list.
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Yes, this I know, but under Solid Explorer info I cannot find the "Install Unknown Apps" option, not even under Advanced.
This has changed in Android 8: has moved from system wide to app specific, so i believe the developer has to update app by adding a subscription to the service.

thegios said:
Yes, this I know, but under Solid Explorer info I cannot find the "Install Unknown Apps" option, not even under Advanced.
This has changed in Android 8: has moved from system wide to app specific, so i believe the developer has to update app by adding a subscription to the service.
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I don't know what's wrong with the app you have but mine has the option.
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
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very very strange!!!! I have the same version...
did you install from scractch or from OTA?

tried uninstalling and installing again and clearing cache, to no avail...

Are you using the " App Viewer " on Solid Explorer, or the Package Installer?
Also, are you missing that entire option in the screenshot above?

"Are you using the " App Viewer " on Solid Explorer, or the Package Installer?"
What do you mean?
Under ADVANCED I only have "modify System Settings" and missing "Install Unknown Apps"

Ok problem solved... This was tricky...
I opened SE, selected an APK by long press, then OPEN WITH and I got a choice between APP VIEWR and PACKAGE INSTALLER, chose PACKAGE INSTALLER and got prompted to enable unknown cources for SE, enabled it and now option is there...
Thanks

[NO ROOT REQUIRED] Oreo: Disable System Applications [G93XX]

Unfortunately I have the USA variant of the S7 (Tmobile, Oreo) which means a locked bootloader, and no root access (for now). However that doesn't mean we can't disable system applications. This should work on ANY S7 variant and most other Samsung devices, Android 6.0 to 8.0. The process is easy and takes little to no time.
****WARNING: Without root access, a factory reset is the only way to restore applications disabled by this method.****
1. Make sure developer options are enabled (settings > about phone > tap build number 7 times).
2. In developer options, make sure ADB debugging is enabled and plug your phone into your PC. (Requires Android SDK/platform tools. See here).
3. Download App Inspector from the Play Store and locate the application(s) you want to disable and tap it.
4. The package name is located at the top in the form of com.android.xxx or com.samsung.xxx. Write down the package name because you need it for the next step.
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
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5. With your phone plugged into your PC, open an ADB window. For this step, I will use the package name for Samsung Weather. You should clear the data of any application prior to disabling. Type the commands below, replacing the Samsung Weather package name with your desired package name:
Code:
adb shell pm clear com.samsung.android.weather
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.samsung.android.weather
6. That's it! If you performed the steps properly, you'll see the word 'success' after each application you disable.

this works. I've tried it before. however applications deleted/disabled using this method that are available in the Play Store can still be installed. just to clear things up

But is it possible to install an older version of a system app using this method?

ds22 said:
But is it possible to install an older version of a system app using this method?
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I'm not sure, but I would say no. This just disables the system app and leaves it in the system untouched. You can try though. Worst that will happen is the app doesn't get installed.
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On July 2017 there was an article already about how to uninstall bloatware or unnecessary apps from android smartphones.
Your thread is not new, but better to find.
https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/
It works fine and I used it on Android 6, 7 and 8 with Samsung S7 (SM-G900F) german firmware.
You can uninstall them, but it is not possible for me to remove them completely from the firmware within the smartphone memory.

masterjp said:
On July 2017 there was an article already about how to uninstall bloatware or unnecessary apps from android smartphones.
Your thread is not new, but better to find.
https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/
It works fine and I used it on Android 6, 7 and 8 with Samsung S7 (SM-G900F) german firmware.
You can uninstall them, but it is not possible for me to remove them completely from the firmware within the smartphone memory.
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Correct. It doesn't remove the app. Just disables it.
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Google play services Device admin permissions issue

I have a OnePlus 5 with Oxygen OS 9.0.5
Im trying to downgrade Google Play Services, but to do so I have to uninstall updates but it won't let me. So I went to Security & Lock Screen > Device admin apps, but I couldn't find it there. But the I realized there was an active app with admin permission that wasn't showing in the list.
I'm new to xda so I can't post screenshots but in Security & Lock Screen it shows me there is 1 active app under Device admin apps. But when I enter Device admin apps, all the apps listed are deactivated, including find my device.
My question is, how can I uninstall the updates of Google play services? And what is the app that isn't showing in the list?

NicoGunt said:
I have a OnePlus 5 with Oxygen OS 9.0.5
Im trying to downgrade Google Play Services, but to do so I have to uninstall updates but it won't let me. So I went to Security & Lock Screen > Device admin apps, but I couldn't find it there. But the I realized there was an active app with admin permission that wasn't showing in the list.
I'm new to xda so I can't post screenshots but in Security & Lock Screen it shows me there is 1 active app under Device admin apps. But when I enter Device admin apps, all the apps listed are deactivated, including find my device.
My question is, how can I uninstall the updates of Google play services? And what is the app that isn't showing in the list?
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You should simply install an older version of Google play services from apk mirror, did you tried that?
Is your device rooted and running any mods or magisk modules?
Normally there should be no app active if 0 is shown on the mentioned settings page.

strongst said:
You should simply install an older version of Google play services from apk mirror, did you tried that?
Is your device rooted and running any mods or magisk modules?
Normally there should be no app active if 0 is shown on the mentioned settings page.
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I alrwady tried to update it with the apk but I can't update an app with an apk if the app is still installed in the phone because the message app not installed pops up. I don't have root. I know there should no app active, but it says 1 app active and I don't know why.
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