I cannot access my Galaxy tabA (SM-510) tablet because I have forgotten my password and email. How can i get it back?
mahmed14 said:
I cannot access my Galaxy tabA (SM-510) tablet because I have forgotten my password and email. How can i get it back?
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Samsung has gotten pretty good at locking down tablets with the "Google Lock". Combo files don't work anymore. If you have "proof of purchase" and it is still in warranty, they will send you a shipping lable to send it to them to be unlocked and sent back to you. Otherwise they are going to consider it stolen and you are out of luck. :crying:
lewmur said:
Samsung has gotten pretty good at locking down tablets with the "Google Lock". Combo files don't work anymore. If you have "proof of purchase" and it is still in warranty, they will send you a shipping lable to send it to them to be unlocked and sent back to you. Otherwise they are going to consider it stolen and you are out of luck. :crying:
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You could use a JTAG/Riff/Octoplus box. To erase the FRP partition which would unlock the FRP lock or bypass FRP. But that is not guaranteed to work and those boxes cost around $180 - $450.
JJcoder said:
You could use a JTAG/Riff/Octoplus box. To erase the FRP partition which would unlock the FRP lock or bypass FRP. But that is not guaranteed to work and those boxes cost around $180 - $450.
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I guess if you had a dozen or so tablets to unlock, it might be worthwhile to pay that, but certainly not for a single tablet.
lewmur said:
I guess if you had a dozen or so tablets to unlock, it might be worthwhile to pay that, but certainly not for a single tablet.
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Well you can find cheaper ones maybe $150
and those boxes are just nice to have in general not just for unlocking FRP but for many other things such as fixing hard bricks and rooting phones that can't normally be rooted.
JJcoder said:
Well you can find cheaper ones maybe $150
and those boxes are just nice to have in general not just for unlocking FRP but for many other things such as fixing hard bricks and rooting phones that can't normally be rooted.
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For someone who repairs tablets/phones professionally, having one would quite worthwhile. But most of the people I see asking about FRP locks here in XDA appear to be people with one or two tablets, not pros.
lewmur said:
For someone who repairs tablets/phones professionally, having one would quite worthwhile. But most of the people I see asking about FRP locks here in XDA appear to be people with one or two tablets, not pros.
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Yeah that is true plus you have to know what your doing to use one.
funny how new updates launching for various tabs and theres an influx of ppl with google locked tabs all a sudden
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Hello fellow forums users. After getting a bad screen nexus 4, and later selling it. I decided to give the Nexus 4 another chance. I just found a great deal on Ebay for a nexus 4 16GB from a seller that has 64 100% positive feedback. But... there seems to be an issue with the phones imei, the seller says that google disabled the phones. I tried looking on google on anything on the matter but I came up short. Here is a copy of the items description on Ebay... What do you think? is there any way that Google can DISABLE phones like that?? ive never heard of that before with unlocked cell phones.... any help would be greatly apreciated.
Original Ebay item description:
The listing is for BAD ESN Nexus 4 16GB BRAND NEW SEALED IN BOX. I ordered it straight from Google and the package went missing. Google gave me refund right away but the package arrived a few weeks later. I did not want the phones so i wanted to send it back to Google but I was told to keep them since they are disabled anyway. I am thinking the phone is disabled by BAD ESN or IMEI. The phone is still sealed in box and never been opened. I am selling these phones AS IS. ALL SALE IS FINAL and NO RETURN WILL BE ACCEPTED. SHIPPING WORLDWIDE
Yes Google can disable the phone remotely. That phone will not turn on. Spend the extra 25 dollars and buy it from Google play store.
neotekz said:
Yes Google can disable the phone remotely. That phone will not turn on. Spend the extra 25 dollars and buy it from Google play store.
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Well you learn something new everyday. I didnt even think that was possible! Thanks!
I don`t know what you`re up to for sure but these kind of threads are not allowed. If you are a potential buyer DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE, if you`re fencing hot phones GTFO.
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Hello fellow forums users. After getting a bad screen nexus 4, and later selling it. I decided to give the Nexus 4 another chance. I just found a great deal on Ebay for a nexus 4 16GB from a seller that has 64 100% positive feedback. But... there seems to be an issue with the phones imei, the seller says that google disabled the phones. I tried looking on google on anything on the matter but I came up short. Here is a copy of the items description on Ebay... What do you think? is there any way that Google can DISABLE phones like that?? ive never heard of that before with unlocked cell phones.... any help would be greatly apreciated.
Original Ebay item description:
The listing is for BAD ESN Nexus 4 16GB BRAND NEW SEALED IN BOX. I ordered it straight from Google and the package went missing. Google gave me refund right away but the package arrived a few weeks later. I did not want the phones so i wanted to send it back to Google but I was told to keep them since they are disabled anyway. I am thinking the phone is disabled by BAD ESN or IMEI. The phone is still sealed in box and never been opened. I am selling these phones AS IS. ALL SALE IS FINAL and NO RETURN WILL BE ACCEPTED. SHIPPING WORLDWIDE
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If you buy phone from playstore. They can remotely disable everything. Nexus 4,7,10. As long as you bought it from playstore, don't worry. they
can disable the device in just one second. I would suggest you don't buy it unless google willing to activate the phone. I doubt it.
gee2012 said:
I don`t know what you`re up to for sure but these kind of threads are not allowed. If you are a potential buyer DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE, if you`re fencing hot phones GTFO.
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Hey chill, im not fencing anything. I found the listing on Ebay and since ive never heard of remote disabling I came here to ask as I dont want to throw my $325- away.
Yes Google can disable it and no there is no way anyone can enable it. Its worthless paying that much money. I would suggest to pay a little extra and buy it from Google.
sounds like a tmobile nexus 4 phone ans the account or line is past due or they stopped paying the bill making the phone listed under tmobile as blocked/bad imei
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gee2012 said:
I don`t know what you`re up to for sure but these kind of threads are not allowed. If you are a potential buyer DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE, if you`re fencing hot phones GTFO.
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Did you even read his post. He's not selling anything let alone a stolen phone. He was simply looking for information on a disabled phone. Why don't you GTFO.
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Thanks for your help, i was looking into the matter and all I could find where apps that let you remotely wipe your personal information on the device, but not actually BRICKING it. I went to google's play homepage, and in the returns/refund section I read that when you ask for a replacement phone, the remotely DISABLE the phone buts thats what I dont get. How do they do that? How does that work? will the phone not power on at all? do they block the imei number worldwide? any ideas?
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Thanks for your help, i was looking into the matter and all I could find where apps that let you remotely wipe your personal information on the device, but not actually BRICKING it. I went to google's play homepage, and in the returns/refund section I read that when you ask for a replacement phone, the remotely DISABLE the phone buts thats what I dont get. How do they do that? How does that work? will the phone not power on at all? do they block the imei number worldwide? any ideas?
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Google has a well known back door into phones and they can pretty much do as they please but have limited their efforts so far to just removing malicious apps from peoples phones.
I would stay away from this phone for if the IMEI is blacklisted as stolen, which is pretty much a worldwide blacklist now, then it cannot be recovered as no carrier anywhere will activate it.
They won't remotely brick it... They'll just have the IMEI blacklisted. It will likely turn on, you just can't activate it anywhere.
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joshnichols189 said:
They won't remotely brick it... They'll just have the IMEI blacklisted. It will likely turn on, you just can't activate it anywhere.
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they do brick it, when you turn it on you will get the red led and nothing else.
neotekz said:
they do brick it, when you turn it on you will get the red led and nothing else.
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I guess the question is whether that's Google bricking it or whether it's just a defective phone. I'd venture to say that it's a bad phone. If Google disables your phone, it's by adding your IMEI as stolen.
Hi, I just bought an S4 off of kijiji (canadian equivalent of Craigslist) and I have some major problems.
When I put my sim in it says "not registered on network"
I looked up the imei and it seems clean according to (http://sndeep.info/en)
The guy is still in contact with me and this is his story, he went somewhere to get it unlocked but hours before he sold it to me he upgraded the firmware so the unlock went away.
I have a few basic questions.
1. How can I tell what company this phone is locked to?
2. What message do you get if you were to put a sim card for a company that your phone isn't locked to?
iBillz said:
Hi, I just bought an S4 off of kijiji (canadian equivalent of Craigslist) and I have some major problems.
When I put my sim in it says "not registered on network"
I looked up the imei and it seems clean according to (http://sndeep.info/en)
The guy is still in contact with me and this is his story, he went somewhere to get it unlocked but hours before he sold it to me he upgraded the firmware so the unlock went away.
I have a few basic questions.
1. How can I tell what company this phone is locked to?
2. What message do you get if you were to put a sim card for a company that your phone isn't locked to?
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Idk, the answers to your questions. But I do know that upgrading the firmware will not re-lock the phone. I think he's bs'ing you
re: craigslist
iBillz said:
Hi, I just bought an S4 off of kijiji (canadian equivalent of Craigslist) and I have some major problems.
When I put my sim in it says "not registered on network"
I looked up the imei and it seems clean according to (http://sndeep.info/en)
The guy is still in contact with me and this is his story, he went somewhere to get it unlocked but hours before he sold it to me he upgraded the firmware so the unlock went away.
I have a few basic questions.
1. How can I tell what company this phone is locked to?
2. What message do you get if you were to put a sim card for a company that your phone isn't locked to?
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Craigslist is a good place to buy a phone but when buying phones on Craigslist (which I have done many times)
I always TEST the phone first with my sim chip before shelling out the bucks!
It's not that difficult to do and it avoids this kind and other kinds of issues.
The other guy @jd1639 is right, flashing new or different firmware has nothing to do with locking or unlocking the phone.
Good luck!
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Idk, the answers to your questions. But I do know that upgrading the firmware will not re-lock the phone. I think he's bs'ing you
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There's no type of unlock that is temporary and will go away when you upgrade?
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iBillz said:
There's no type of unlock that is temporary and will go away when you upgrade?
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There is no temporary unlock which I am aware of, never heard or seen such a thing.
Unlocking phones is not a software/firmware related or dependent issue.
Misterjunky said:
Craigslist is a good place to buy a phone but when buying phones on Craigslist (which I have done many times)
I always TEST the phone first with my sim chip before shelling out the bucks!
It's not that difficult to do and it avoids these kind and other kind of issues.
The other guy @jd1639 is right, flashing new or different firmware has nothing to do with locking or unlocking the phone.
Good luck!
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I had a nanosim it wouldn't fit so I trusted him. Biggest mistake I made. but I mean I don't mind unlocking it it's not that expensive
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iBillz said:
I had a nanosim it wouldn't fit so I trusted him. Biggest mistake I made. but I mean I don't mind unlocking it it's not that expensive
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You are right, if you don't mind, why should I mind! LOL
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You are right, if you don't mind, why should I mind! LOL
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Do you know anyway to tell if an IMEI is blacklisted?
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iBillz said:
Do you know anyway to tell if an IMEI is blacklisted?
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Sure, that's easy to do...
Just go to this Swappa link: http://swappa.com/esn
Then carefully type in your IMEI numbers and you will find out instantly.....
Good luck!
(clicking the THANKS button is FREE and it takes less time than typing"thank you")
Was artiech
upgrading will not get rid of sim lock
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There is no temporary unlock which I am aware of, never heard or seen such a thing.
Unlocking phones is not a software/firmware related or dependent issue.
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Only on iphones.
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I was wondering if any firmware is available to I can get rid of the retail mode. I'm sorry if I posted in the wrong fourm. I'm aware that the phone doesn't have cellular capabilities I want to use it as a wifi only device
XxCyberHackerxX said:
I was wondering if any firmware is available to I can get rid of the retail mode. I'm sorry if I posted in the wrong fourm. I'm aware that the phone doesn't have cellular capabilities I want to use it as a wifi only device
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"Received a demo S8" oh really? Maybe ask the store from where it was stolen from, they probably know the process to take it out of retail mode. If you bought it legitimately then it's the sellers responsibilty to provide a working phone. Is the wifi-only mode because the IMEI is blacklisted? I guess you don't live up to your username. Just kidding.
I googled it, there are pages and videos that tell you how to remove retail mode.
Go into development settings and turn off demo mode.. it's that easy ...
Settings...
About phone...
Tap build number until it says unlocked...
Then back out to setting
Then development settings
Then go down and turn demo off
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djxn40 said:
Go into development settings and turn off demo mode.. it's that easy ...
Settings...
About phone...
Tap build number until it says unlocked...
Then back out to setting
Then development settings
Then go down and turn demo off
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I think he's talking about retail mode which is a totally separate thing. There's a Samsung Retail app and a code you have to enter.
Oh sorry ?
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henrybravo said:
"Received a demo S8" oh really? Maybe ask the store from where it was stolen from, they probably know the process to take it out of retail mode. If you bought it legitimately then it's the sellers responsibilty to provide a working phone. Is the wifi-only mode because the IMEI is blacklisted? I guess you don't live up to your username. Just kidding.
I googled it, there are pages and videos that tell you how to remove retail mode.
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Haha that made me crack up. I bought the phone on eBay. I just need some firmware to put in Odin to flash the phone to factory settings
henrybravo said:
"Received a demo S8" oh really? Maybe ask the store from where it was stolen from, they probably know the process to take it out of retail mode. If you bought it legitimately then it's the sellers responsibilty to provide a working phone. Is the wifi-only mode because the IMEI is blacklisted? I guess you don't live up to your username. Just kidding.
I googled it, there are pages and videos that tell you how to remove retail mode.
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henrybravo said:
I think he's talking about retail mode which is a totally separate thing. There's a Samsung Retail app and a code you have to enter.
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I want to reflash the phone to get rid of all the demo videos and applications
*UPDATE* I managed to completely get the phone stock
XxCyberHackerxX said:
*UPDATE* I managed to completely get the phone stock
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How did you go about this?
Thanks!
G_Loc said:
How did you go about this?
Thanks!
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I sent you a message
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I sent you a message
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Hello there
I also have a GS8 + demo unit and would like to know how can you remove or flash a new firmware ??
Thanks
Wow.... Its amazing all these Demo phones getting stolen and sold already.
I am not blaming anyone who buys them on Ebay... but realize this. Once the stores send it in, the new blacklisting methods on carriers share among the carriers. Once its listed. Account gets flagged saying you have an unauthorized device. After that, they suspend the account till you put a clean IMEI.
I know AT&T and its network sister partner services do this for sure.
I would say those who buy this from ebay as a Demo device, or from Craigslist. Ask them for the Invoice receipt or proof of purchase. (Claim in case of warrenty issues) if they stutter or make up an excuse. Realize its a stolen store phone which will get tracked. They may not go after the small 100$ or entry level phones but the high end galaxies and iphones... they sure will.
Mysticales said:
Wow.... Its amazing all these Demo phones getting stolen and sold already.
I am not blaming anyone who buys them on Ebay... but realize this. Once the stores send it in, the new blacklisting methods on carriers share among the carriers. Once its listed. Account gets flagged saying you have an unauthorized device. After that, they suspend the account till you put a clean IMEI.
I know AT&T and its network sister partner services do this for sure.
I would say those who buy this from ebay as a Demo device, or from Craigslist. Ask them for the Invoice receipt or proof of purchase. (Claim in case of warrenty issues) if they stutter or make up an excuse. Realize its a stolen store phone which will get tracked. They may not go after the small 100$ or entry level phones but the high end galaxies and iphones... they sure will.
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That's very true. I go mine from eBay and will ask for the original invoice. If Samsung ever came asking for the phone I would give it to them
Mysticales said:
Wow.... Its amazing all these Demo phones getting stolen and sold already.
I am not blaming anyone who buys them on Ebay... but realize this. Once the stores send it in, the new blacklisting methods on carriers share among the carriers. Once its listed. Account gets flagged saying you have an unauthorized device. After that, they suspend the account till you put a clean IMEI.
I know AT&T and its network sister partner services do this for sure.
I would say those who buy this from ebay as a Demo device, or from Craigslist. Ask them for the Invoice receipt or proof of purchase. (Claim in case of warrenty issues) if they stutter or make up an excuse. Realize its a stolen store phone which will get tracked. They may not go after the small 100$ or entry level phones but the high end galaxies and iphones... they sure will.
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*facepalm*.
These are demo units, they are built with no IMEI or any of the cell antennas.
These are bought to use as WiFi only devices usually.
They are not blacklisted stolen units, those are completely different (and do exist a lot on eBay).
Skander1998 said:
*facepalm*.
These are demo units, they are built with no IMEI or any of the cell antennas.
These are bought to use as WiFi only devices usually.
They are not blacklisted stolen units, those are completely different (and do exist a lot on eBay).
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o.0 Where do you work at? Cause the "Demo" phones "I" get are fully functional from samsung. Then I install the retail demo software on it, which has the password. It syncs up with the demo software for that phone and off it goes. I can disable functions, protect it from hard resets and even open it all back up again.
Yes, they quite so have an IMEI.
However in fairness. If you have a wifi only S8 "demo" unit. Please share the screenshot of it showing no imei in the about phone info area.
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o.0 Where do you work at? Cause the "Demo" phones "I" get are fully functional from samsung. Then I install the retail demo software on it, which has the password. It syncs up with the demo software for that phone and off it goes. I can disable functions, protect it from hard resets and even open it all back up again.
Yes, they quite so have an IMEI.
However in fairness. If you have a wifi only S8 "demo" unit. Please share the screenshot of it showing no imei in the about phone info area.
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All demo units in Qatar and MENA region are like that (in Samsung shops), I'll get you a screenshot when I go out sometime.
It will show IMEI 0000000000
Here is an example demo phone http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...198937?hash=item3d3ac81fd9:g:HyUAAOSw9OFZE-Kz
The back will have a NOT FOR SALE sticker without the usual IMEI printout even. Just a SRN
I see, so in those regions eh?
I know here in USA, Its a fully working model. Just is softwared to demo mode it.
G_Loc said:
How did you go about this?
Thanks!
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can you share this also?
Good job
XxCyberHackerxX said:
*UPDATE* I managed to completely get the phone stock
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hello brother can you also help me through inbox
:good:
XxCyberHackerxX said:
*UPDATE* I managed to completely get the phone stock
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How did you do it?
I'm upset that I wasn't told the bootloader was locked when I bought it. It only seems fair to disable the ads, per this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3631406
But what else can I do to customize this (otherwise OK) phone? I've unlocked the Dev mode, disabled/uninstalled some bloatware. Everything else I know how to do requires root, so no Xposed, Titanium, or Tasker. Still feeling cheated -- I researched enough to know to avoid the Verizon one, but I didn't expect Amazon to lock the bootloader.
Any suggestions?
You can return it to Amazon if you want, just tell them it has ghost touch issues (two of mine did) or that the fingerprint sensor doesn't work for apps (most apps don't use the way it does it).
Thanks, nice to know I have that option!
send it back and buy the no ads model. best buy also has the unlocked models on sale.
Can you confirm the no-ads model has an unlocked bootloader?
The sources I saw simply said that Verizon (and now Amazon) were the only vendors to request that moto NOT provide unlocking codes.
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Can you confirm the no-ads model has an unlocked bootloader?
The sources I saw simply said that Verizon (and now Amazon) were the only vendors to request that moto NOT provide unlocking codes.
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Yes, the no ads model has an UNLOCKABLE bootloader.
Thanks much!
A few notes to answer my own question: I have found some hidden apps exposed by AnyCut, including the Marshmallow Easter Egg (yep, on a Nougat phone), a Wifi calling toggle (that won't work), Testing menu, IMEI/serials lister, and some CDMA and IP network options. Still pretty dismal, in other words.
Not a bad phone, though, especially for the price. It just seems creepy to try adb and be told "insufficient permissions..."
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Not a bad phone, though, especially for the price. It just seems creepy to try adb and be told "insufficient permissions..."
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you sure? I have the $99 amazon ads version and ADB works fine. used it to disable the ads. I pay amazon enough money so I really do not feel bad about it...
Hmmm, now you mention it, that's how I killed the ads, also.
Hasn't been working lately, though.
I have updates turned off, I wonder what has changed?
Thanks for the info, I'll have to look into it.
And roger on the not feeling bad.
Please don't blast me if this has been discussed but I just realized that I can pay $45 to remove the Amazon ads. I know there are ways to remove ads but I would like to know if this purchase will remove the inability to unlock my bootloader? Sounds like a long shot but I was wondering if Motorola will recognize my phone as "ad free" and not associated with Amazon. Thanks!
Scottchy014 said:
Please don't blast me if this has been discussed but I just realized that I can pay $45 to remove the Amazon ads. I know there are ways to remove ads but I would like to know if this purchase will remove the inability to unlock my bootloader? Sounds like a long shot but I was wondering if Motorola will recognize my phone as "ad free" and not associated with Amazon. Thanks!
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I could be wrong but from what I've read, paying to remove the ads will still not allow you to unlock the bootloader.
DarkVanguard said:
I could be wrong but from what I've read, paying to remove the ads will still not allow you to unlock the bootloader.
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Thank you.
Scottchy014 said:
Please don't blast me if this has been discussed but I just realized that I can pay $45 to remove the Amazon ads. I know there are ways to remove ads but I would like to know if this purchase will remove the inability to unlock my bootloader? Sounds like a long shot but I was wondering if Motorola will recognize my phone as "ad free" and not associated with Amazon. Thanks!
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Have you been a long time Prime member? If so, call customer service and complain and be very stubborn, but not angry or derogatory, and insist the ads are a big pain and ruin your experience with the device... I don't know if it still works, but if you have a good (and long) history with Amazon they may disable the ads at no charge. It worked for SOME users on the G4 when it came out, not sure if it still will work, but you might get lucky.
And no, it will never allow your bootloader to be unlocked, your IMEI is blacklisted by Moto permanently. Although you might be able to get Amazon to return your ad supported version, and exchange it for the standard one, even if you are outside of your 30 day return window. If you catch it on-sale the price might be a wash (you could use that as part of your argument to get the ads removed too).
Great idea! I've been with them for a long time. I'll give it a shot.