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Walkthrough?

Can anyone give me a walkthrough on how to install readers hub on a US Sprint Tab? I just got the Tab and I have searched and searched the forums, but I cannot find a walkthrough, or a guide and I don't want to brick or mess up my tab. Here's what I have done so far;
1. I have downloaded the readers hub file and have extracted it. I tried to download the zinio file, but for some reason it wouldn't fully download saying the file is not supported or something of the sort. It was in .rar.
2. I installed Root explorer, apk installer, and Andro Zip.
3. I tried copying the extracted file to the system/apps folder, but it wont let me. Either the entire folder, or the apk files one by one. Can someone please tell me how to do this? I really want this app and I have been trying to find a guide for a couple of days now. Thanks.

SM-G9280 (China carrier) Google blocked, what to do?

I bought a SM-G9280 (dual simcard) in China. I want to use it without having Google (play store and such) blocked.
What I want to do is change the firmware so that all the default apps are in English and the restrictions set by the phone (ie. app blocks) are gone. I have already unlocked the phone. Do I then download the firmware from sammobile and then root the firm via instructions from theandroidsoul.com/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-plus-83360
Will this work? Thoughts?

I continue to have success with firmware G9280ZCU2AOK6 along with Chainfire's AutoRoot. I separately delete some of the apps embedded and modify some of the xml files in the system and data directories, but not sure if that's essential.
After rooting, I load market unlocker, busy box, and root explorer (get .apks from apkmirror.com).
Get the three primary google apks from Gapps.com or other location - Google Play services, Google services framework and google play store (often named "vending"). Using SideSync and Root Explorer, move those three files into the /system/apps (or priv-apps) directory, change the permissions for each of the three to rw-r--r--. Then go to /system/data/dalvik-cache and delete each of the subfolders there. Reboot into recovery mode, wipe the cache partition, and then reboot system. You should be good to go. Make sure to use market unlocker app to change your market if needed.
If you have trouble along the way, the best way to reset is not to do a factory wipe and full firmware install with odin - I've extracted the pieces from the full firmware file and selectively flash with Odin when I run into trouble. If the recovery mode fails, flash only the recovery.tar file (using the AP field). If the system itself is stuck in reboot loop, I try to flash just system.tar - neither of those deletes your apps or data, and preserves the root. To do this, extract recovery.img and system.img. Then use a tar program (I use peazip) to create a .tar file from each of those sources. You can then flash the applicable .tar by itself using the AP field. Good luck!
(note this is not a full step-by-step, just the key pieces to get there - Skyneel and other posts on xda have comprehensive guides which I won't try to recreate)
See my post of Sept 8 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/s6-edge-plus/help/please-advice-google-play-store-t3204463/page4

Need Help: SM-G5520 G5520ZCU1CRK1 ROM Edit and Add Play Store

I am trying to edit ROM with EFT Dongle and I added Google Play Store in ROM.
This ROM has LZ4 Compression files, so i extract them all and repack into .tar file as they were.
1. I download OpenGapps for Android Oreo 8.1.0 as per my device "arm" and unzip it.
2. I Edit "System.img.ext4" with EFT Dongle.
3. I Move every app to system/app, priv-app to priv-app and permissions to permissions
4. Now i Repack ROM and Flash it.
5. ROM Flashed Successfully and My phone get boot loop error.
Please Help me here what i am missing?
Note: It's my first time to Edit any ROM I tried alot of pack & repack tools but they didn't work for me. so i tried EFT Dongle to edit ROM.

How to flash and get stock changed .bin to .zip update file on Fire TV

First of all, you need to navigate to Total Commander, whichever file explorer that has root functionality and go to the root folder /data/ota_package to get the official stock rom. You also need root permissions to transfer this update file to the download folder so please refer to an Magisk installation page to properly flash in recovery. Push this .bin of the update after it downloads, cut and paste it to the downloads folder, rename the .bin of the .bin update file to .zip (Don't install the update in settings) then reboot into TWRP and flash it. I will provide the stock update image shortly for the latest version which is 6.2.7.1 on the Fire TV Stick 4K. This works on any Fire TV that's unable to update through the main ota page in settings. If you'd rather wait for a prerooted rom, go to @rbox for the latest updates. Thank you, let me know if there's any problems!

Unzip/unrar files on android smart TV.

Hi people.
Is it possible to unzip or unrar files in android smart TV?
Can't find any app able to do it, in android tv's play store.
Thanks for any answer.

Easy ways to Unzip Files on Android TV
Go to the Google Play Store and install Files by Google. Files Go was rebranded Files by Google in late 2018.
Open Files by Google and locate the ZIP file you want to unzip.
Tap the file you want to unzip.
Tap Extract to unzip the file.
Tap Done.