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Is there anyway to start Astro as root so you can use it to edit system directories?
I had wished for the same thing.. but i didnt tell nobody.. soo maybe this will be more effective. prevents having to type in the terminal all the time.. not that its bad.. ive learned so much allready since ive had this phone...
I totally agree! That would be perfect! Maybe there a way of editing the code or smth...
If you can't work *MORE EFFICIENTLY* directly from the terminal, then you definitely should NOT have root access via GUI.
lbcoder said:
If you can't work *MORE EFFICIENTLY* directly from the terminal, then you definitely should NOT have root access via GUI.
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Pretty much this. It seems like most of the people having problems on this website just want root because it's "kewl" but really have no idea what it is or even have a clue on how Linux works.
I actually Emailed the Dev of Astro about this same question and here was his reply.
Here is the email copied and pasted from gmail.
My question
Are you able to make a version that requests root access to delete chmod rename move etc for the 100,000+ users from xda and other boards with root access?
His Reply
On Jan 21, 2009 10:57 AM, "Kevin Payne" <metago.inc[at]gmail> wrote:
This is a bit outside ASTRO's scope at the moment. Technically, ASTRO should work fine on files owned by root if it were run as a root process, but running applications as root is not advised in general. Someone really needs to create a sudo type command to let an individual application run as root.
lbcoder said:
If you can't work *MORE EFFICIENTLY* directly from the terminal, then you definitely should NOT have root access via GUI.
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d00m said:
Pretty much this. It seems like most of the people having problems on this website just want root because it's "kewl" but really have no idea what it is or even have a clue on how Linux works.
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Considering the fact that I'm a Systems Administrator as my profession and work with hundreds of Linux/Unix/Windows servers a day, the whole reason why I bought the G1 was for development and tinkering, the fact that my home PC is running Vista x64 (i haven't gotten around to creating a VM or messing with the drivers), and that I do wipes frequently to test different configurations, I'm pretty sure I'll be ok with root access. I'm just tired of manually doing something on that tiny keyboard that can easily be done with a nice pretty GUI. I stare at consoles all day and thousands of lines of black and white text, when I come home I don't exactly want to be anywhere near a terminal.
Also, why bother doing anything on a phone, other than using it as a phone (or for email, texting, etc.), if you don't do it because it's "kewl". I mess with my phone because it's cool to have a mini-*nix based computer with several fun radios on it. If I do something stupid like type "rm -Rf /*" after logging in as root (never going to happen) then that's my own fault.
I don't care if you're a Unix purist and you write up your office reports, spreadsheets, and diagrams in vi. Good for you, you're wasting time that can be better spent on other things because of your stubborn prejudice against GUI's. I asked a question, because I have a reason for that question. If you don't have any answers to that question, then please don't bother replying.
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I actually Emailed the Dev of Astro about this same question and here was his reply.
Here is the email copied and pasted from gmail.
My question
Are you able to make a version that requests root access to delete chmod rename move etc for the 100,000+ users from xda and other boards with root access?
His Reply
On Jan 21, 2009 10:57 AM, "Kevin Payne" <metago.inc[at]gmail> wrote:
This is a bit outside ASTRO's scope at the moment. Technically, ASTRO should work fine on files owned by root if it were run as a root process, but running applications as root is not advised in general. Someone really needs to create a sudo type command to let an individual application run as root.
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I looked into the commands to launch an application from the CLI and found that Astro can be started using the following command:
am start -n com.metago.astro/.FileManagerActivity
However, this doesn't do us any good, since the dalvik VM will take that command and create a process as a sandbox user regardless of what user executes that command. There looks like there's a way to tell the VM to fork the process as a specific uid and gid, but that requires editing the AndroidManifest.xml.
I'm not too good with Java, and I don't know how strict Android's API is, so I don't know if running an apk application as root is even possible.
However, I do know that running commands from inside an application, like su, is possible.
~TM
"Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something." ~Plato
Solved--Astro with root...(workaround)
kinda late, but in case anyone wants to know this is what I did.
This way technically doesnt allow astro to run with root, but its just as good.
I originally did this a few months back for my G1, and just mod it a little to work on my nexus
- created a script to mount system as rw
- created a script that gives r/w permission to all app directories (/data, /data/app, /data/app-private, /system, /system/app, /system/sd, ...) and all apps inside those directories
-then merged the 2 scripts and named it astro_root_perm
-installed GScript from the market
-created another script that
-first changes all permissions on apps back to what they started as(644, 640...)-then changes permissions of directories back to what they were-and finally remounts system back to ro, and named this script to astro_basic_perm
-used Gscript to create shortcuts of the 2 scripts to my home screen.
-then with bettercut, I changed the scripts' icons to the astro icon. I just colored the astro stock icons "A" green for one script and red for the other
So anytime I want to use astro as root, I just click the shortcut I made with gscript off my home screen, open astro,
Then when Im done with astro, I just run the other script
I know its not the same as running astro AS root, but it works for me.
Im not really a linux guy......I'd really appreciate if someone could help me with this next step
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Does anyone know what I need to include in a script to have it call/open a program automatic?
My ultimate goal is to create one script that will
Mount system rw
Change needed permissions to rw
Automatically open up Astro
Then change all permissions back when astro is terminated
Possibly create a keyboard shortcut for the G1
What do ya think?? is it possible??
Estrongs has limited root file browsing on some ROMs and SU File Manager or Root File Manager will let you browse as root for a small price.
+1 recommendation on Estrongs File Explorer's root option if you want it for free, includes Windows shares browsing over lan.
Otherwise try SUFBS, also has built-in terminal.
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louieG1 said:
My ultimate goal is to create one script that will
Mount system rw
Change needed permissions to rw
Automatically open up Astro
Then change all permissions back when astro is terminated
Possibly create a keyboard shortcut for the G1
What do ya think?? is it possible??
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I'm not sure exactly how gscript handles things, but with a normal bash (shell) script, the lines are run sequentially. That is, the next line isn't run until the previous line is done. It would seem that you could put all that in one script, and the still-running script wouldn't change the permissions back until astro has ended. But then again, java adds complexity to it and I'm not sure if it works the same.
louieG1 said:
kinda late, but in case anyone wants to know this is what I did.
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Does anyone know what I need to include in a script to have it call/open a program automatic?
My ultimate goal is to create one script that will
Mount system rw
Change needed permissions to rw
Automatically open up Astro
Then change all permissions back when astro is terminated
Possibly create a keyboard shortcut for the G1
What do ya think?? is it possible??
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Love this idea! Unfortunatly I'm no coder but would love to see something like this created.
I created a "GodMode" script that does exactly this, email me if you want it, I can edit it to work for the G1.
Totally forgot I started this thread, then happened to find it on Google when looking for the same thing, again.
Went back to Windows Mobile for a little bit, missed Android, and now have a Samsung Vibrant.
Still want a way to use ASTRO with root priviledges, especially since I don't have a tactile keyboard anymore.
phaelox said:
+1 recommendation on Estrongs File Explorer's root option if you want it for free, includes Windows shares browsing over lan.
Otherwise try SUFBS, also has built-in terminal.
Sent from my HTC Hero using Tapatalk
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Thank you.
Estrongs File Explorer enabled me to flash Tamil font in my Rooted T-Mobile G2X mobile phone.
I know i am not answering the question directly. But, i use Linda Manager it gets the job done.
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raddy said:
Thank you.
Estrongs File Explorer enabled me to flash Tamil font in my Rooted T-Mobile G2X mobile phone.
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Hi raddy,
I'm also from TN as well, i would love to get the Tamil fonts. Can you please guide me?
Not having tamil fonts on the browser is simply annoying
Hi
If your mobile is rooted, then follow this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=798380
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raddy said:
Hi
If your mobile is rooted, then follow this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=798380
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App
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Cool, i got the tamil fonts on my G1, thanks for the help.
I just stumbled upon an Android app which allow you tu send text messages from your Desktop.
That works both on Windows or OSX/Linux and you can use it over wifi or USB powered.
http://sites.google.com/site/desktopsmsforandroid/en
Hmmm sounds interesting. Not something I'd use though. I just wish we had a VNC server for android so you could control it (and type SMS's) from another room.
AdrianK said:
Hmmm sounds interesting. Not something I'd use though. I just wish we had a VNC server for android so you could control it (and type SMS's) from another room.
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http://code.google.com/p/android-vnc/
I tried it on real device works fine but xvncviewer on linux can only view and I'm not able to send mouse events to the device.
Here is what I did :
Code:
# adb push fbvncserver /data/
# adb shell chmod 777 /data/fbvncserver
# adb shell /data/fbvncserver
Then to remote access the phone :
Code:
# xvncviewer PHONE_IP:5901 FullColor
how do u use this? im totally lost can i get a step by step please
sweet ima try this
steven178s said:
sweet ima try this
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could u help me get started? wat do i do to use this? ive rooted my g1 before
i tried it but it sent out double sms's.
deadite66 said:
i tried it but it sent out double sms's.
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I think It's related to cupcake bug with SMS encoding shown here :
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2318
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2600
Maybe could you post this issue here :
http://code.google.com/p/desktopsms/issues/list
please help
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please help
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here is the English translation of the full site, guess they aint know how to finish.
Google Translation
basically make sure your adb is working and that you have java 1.5 on your computer.. then go to the command prompt and enter this command after you set it all up: java -jar MainGUI.jar
so i need astro file manager to download this files on my comp? idk where to get astro
ok wait im just not sure how to download DesktopSms on my android phone. But i figured astro is for the phone..
wow i actually figured it out lol
Works great so far. The interface needs more polishing but it is functional. A nicer address book would be great.
I just use google voice, you can set a widget on Igoogle it is pretty sweet
works like a charm
thx
I tried searching for this type of install and couldn't find it. After re-flashing cyanogen 5.0.7 stable, I lost my 3d gallery again. I'm at work right now and don't have access to ADB so I had to figure out how to install this on-the-go, without having double galleries. These instructions can be used in terminal emulator without a system reboot. Make sure to download the attached gallery.apk and place it on the root of your sd card.
Code:
1. su (allows root permission)
2. mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system (make the system folder writeable)
3. rm /system/app/Gallery.apk (removes system Gallery)
4. cat /sdcard/Gallery.apk > /system/app/Gallery.apk (copies 3D Gallery to system)
5. enjoy
Help!!!
Permisson denied (are you root?)
yes i am... why doesn't it work?
s.aldrete said:
Permisson denied (are you root?)
yes i am... why doesn't it work?
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before entering the above commands, try first entering "su", then when you see the # symbol enter in the above command.
so it may look like this, not sure if will work but you can try it:
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# rm /system/app/Gallery.apk
# cat /sdcard/Gallery.apk > /system/app/Gallery.apk
NguyenHuu said:
before entering the above commands, try first entering "su", then when you see the # symbol enter in the above command.
so it may look like this, not sure if will work but you can try it:
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# rm /system/app/Gallery.apk
# cat /sdcard/Gallery.apk > /system/app/Gallery.apk
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Thanks for helping. I just added that step in the original post. I forgot all about it...
Can we use something like linda to install this and keep both galleries?
Yes you can have both galleries if you install using Astro or Linda but you'll get 2 identical galleries and thus arousing identification problems.
pziv2 said:
Yes you can have both galleries if you install using Astro or Linda but you'll get 2 identical galleries and thus arousing identification problems.
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What do you mean by identification problems?
thank you man finally a simple way to push apps without using adb interface (that **** is hard when you have no idea what to do)
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What do you mean by identification problems?
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on your device it will show two "Gallery" icons/apps. You wont be able to tell which is which because the 3D one wasnt modded and renamed. So you dont have for example seperate "Gallery" and "3D Gallery" labels, you just have two "Gallery" icons. hope that makes sense. if you look around the forums, you can rip out the modded 3D gallery from one of the roms so it can run side by side with the stock gallery and be properly labeled. maybe rip it out of one of cyanogen's old roms when he had them both before he removed the 3d one.
NguyenHuu said:
on your device it will show two "Gallery" icons/apps. You wont be able to tell which is which because the 3D one wasnt modded and renamed. So you dont have for example seperate "Gallery" and "3D Gallery" labels, you just have two "Gallery" icons. hope that makes sense. if you look around the forums, you can rip out the modded 3D gallery from one of the roms so it can run side by side with the stock gallery and be properly labeled. maybe rip it out of one of cyanogen's old roms when he had them both before he removed the 3d one.
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I understand what you mean now, thanks for the explanation. Quick question though since I'm kind of novice at certain things, when you say rip out the modded one, is it as simple as opening up the zip, finding the app, taking it out, and then using Linda or such to install it beside the original? And do you know which test version it was when Cyan stopped using the 3d gallery? Thanks in advance.
Edit: I took the apk from Superbad, but it still had the same icon, do you know a specific rom that has a modded icon?
Edit #2: Nevermind, I was able to find 2 different icon-ed versions. Now just a matter of deciding which one I like most.
FatBoyExtraordinaire said:
Edit #2: Nevermind, I was able to find 2 different icon-ed versions. Now just a matter of deciding which one I like most.
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Dude, can you possibly post the rom/s you took the iconed version/s from, or post the apk's on here as im interested in this myself.
Thanks
Trauma
yay! Thanks a lot! Works marvelously. Now if only somebody were to be able to speed it up, all my dreams would be fulfilled.
traumatism said:
Dude, can you possibly post the rom/s you took the iconed version/s from, or post the apk's on here as im interested in this myself.
Thanks
Trauma
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No problem, I got it from right here: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?/topic/145-gallery-3d-working-version/page__p__1398#entry1398
Just grab the gallery3d zip, take the apk out of it, and just use linda or astro to install. That's what I did.
FatBoyExtraordinaire said:
No problem, I got it from right here: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?/topic/145-gallery-3d-working-version/page__p__1398#entry1398
Just grab the gallery3d zip, take the apk out of it, and just use linda or astro to install. That's what I did.
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nice one dude thanks for that.
makes things easier if lots of images are in a folder
traumatism said:
nice one dude thanks for that.
makes things easier if lots of images are in a folder
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Not a problem, glad I could help. I actually find the 3d gallery to be faster than the legacy one for me. I have 1200 images on my phone ( I pretty much site ripped G1-Walls and put it on my SD ) and after the initial boot when it creates its thumbs and other cache files, it flies for me. Plus it looks so damn good!
NP
...glad I could contribute to the android movement. F*** iPhone!
SG_Shadow said:
...glad I could contribute to the android movement. F*** iPhone!
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Hell yeah!!
We had are First Sleepless Night with the New baby Boy.... Between Trying Figure out what was Wrong & taking turns with the Wife Holding Aries, I tried Pushing File's & forgot adb push didn't work...
Now this Script originally is what I made for the Behold 2, but the Basic still works For the SGV..
Just mod the script if your using the userinit.sh
Using this script you can place the userinit.sh any place you would Like...
I hope ever gets Good use out of this & Please Enjoy!
~Eugene
Download > adbpushGS1.zip
Installing*
Reboot to recovery, run the update.zip to run ClockworkMod Recovery, then installed the ZIP..
eugene373 said:
We had are First Sleepless Night with the New baby Boy.... Between Trying Figure out what was Wrong & taking turns with the Wife Holding Aries.
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Glad mine is now past that stage! lol
Thanks for the script.
Anyone test this with the init script + this?
Sorry for double doubting again ) But i just want confirmation.
Also, Some of us are still having force close and other issues with the init sript. Just FYI.
rhcp0112345 said:
Anyone test this with the init script + this?
Sorry for double doubting again ) But i just want confirmation.
Also, Some of us are still having force close and other issues with the init sript. Just FYI.
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FYI, I don't have nor Run the inituser.sh, so FC IDK... doubting People Gets Old ( Mainly when you state it )..
I will never Release Something that Don't work &/or would brick a Device!
Script Does work, I'm leaving up to the User to add back in support for userinit.sh though.
~Eugene
Word. so ill wait till someone tests this with the userinit
I think it has something to do with davik cache. I have to figure out a way to clear all cache without wiping. I dont want to go through all that non-sense.
Great work though. *Hats off*
Thank's Eugene for all your hard work,your the sh**
Hey eugene you think your battery hack will work on the vibrant?
sent using my xda app
this won't work with the userinit because it replaces the same file as the userinit. Now it could easily be modified to do both.....
anomalous3 said:
this won't work with the userinit because it replaces the same file as the userinit. Now it could easily be modified to do both.....
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That's what I said
Just mod the script if your using the userinit.sh
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eugene373 said:
That's what I said
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This is what happens when I don't read the whole thread
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This is what happens when I don't read the whole thread
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np
Honestly you could just add the script from userinit.sh inside of the script, or the other way around & should still work fine.
Question, I would like to do as you said. Just add to the userinit
Is the problem just having the system/data mounted? It seems thats all your script does. If so, I can just use a widget to unmount/mount as i go. and not bother to have my system/data mounted all the time Please let me know.
Thanks!
Nicely done! I appreciate the work, I was hoping someone figured out a way to do adb push.. xda to the rescue again
hi, somewhat n00bie-ish (sorry) but what could
..deamon started.. "remount failed: no such file in directory"
in command prompt after i enter "adb remount" mean??
fit333 said:
hi, somewhat n00bie-ish (sorry) but what could
..deamon started.. "remount failed: no such file in directory"
in command prompt after i enter "adb remount" mean??
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Am having the exact same problem, with a Samsung spica (i5700) though. Any ideas?
adb remount is not needed with my script.. system / rootfs is already mount via the script.
shameless bump
so I can find this easier... I wish our Moderator would get on his job...
thanks for your work eugene..
I'm sure this will get figured out but does anyone know if there's a way to move/change/disable files on a rooted HD7 to disable these god forsaken ads without giving Amazon $15 bucks?
Try disabling dtcp_apk.apk in system/app. Its icon says Kindle Special Offers so I think its the ad service, but it may cause issues if you delete it so rename it to .bak to be safe.
Awesome...can anyone confirm this works?
hope not. a sure way to be sure they will do everything they can to patch and lock up as tight as possible.
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Awesome...can anyone confirm this works?
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It does seem to work! The screensaver now shows random book/letters/etc type backgrounds, no ads. I still get the "customers also bought" in carousel view, but otherwise I haven't spotted any ads.
Here's the steps I did:
Code:
# adb shell
[INDENT]
# su
# mount -o remount,rw /system
# cd /system/app
# mv dtcp_apk.apk dtcp_apk.apk.orig
[/INDENT]
# adb reboot
I'm attaching a couple pictures I took of the lock screen. Thanks for the tip!!
UPDATE: As a side note, I tried putting these back and it seems to have disabled them permanently. If I move the apk back to its original name and reboot, it still has the ads disabled.
UPDATE2: Just wanted to comment that my ads decided to come back...took a week or so but they eventually showed up again. I moved the file again as above, and they are gone again (no harm no foul).
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It does seem to work! The screensaver now shows random book/letters/etc type backgrounds, no ads. I still get the "customers also bought" in carousel view, but otherwise I haven't spotted any ads.
Here's the steps I did:
Code:
# adb shell
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# su
# mount -o remount,rw /system
# cd /system/app
# mv dtcp_apk.apk dtcp_apk.apk.orig
# reboot
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I'm attaching a couple pictures I took of the lock screen. Thanks for the tip!!
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Thanks for your sharing!
I can also confirm this works...thanks!
nvrmore100 said:
It does seem to work! The screensaver now shows random book/letters/etc type backgrounds, no ads. I still get the "customers also bought" in carousel view, but otherwise I haven't spotted any ads.
Here's the steps I did:
I'm attaching a couple pictures I took of the lock screen. Thanks for the tip!!
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Thanks..
Worked like a charm thanks
spunker88 said:
Try disabling dtcp_apk.apk in system/app. Its icon says Kindle Special Offers so I think its the ad service, but it may cause issues if you delete it so rename it to .bak to be safe.
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I just went into properties of this apk and unchecked all permisions. I can confirm that this worked as well. Still have the random pics, but it also disabled the shop unlock slide with date and time in its place. Will post again in a week to see if this is permanent or if it has caused any adverse effects
RE: Well so far I have not had any problems with the method i took for disabling the ads. They have not returned. And this seemed to be much easier and safer than using adb.
onemeila said:
I just went into properties of this apk and unchecked all permisions. I can confirm that this worked as well. Still have the random pics, but it also disabled the shop unlock slide with date and time in its place. Will post again in a week to see if this is permanent or if it has caused any adverse effects
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I tried this and it worked great. The ads started this morning after an automatic "Upgrade". The weird thing is that I had to re-root my KF HD because both ES File Explorer and File Manager were both saying that it wasn't rooted. I wasn't getting the option to change permissions on either
app, but I was able to see system files. I was finally able to change permission after a quick re-root.
Thanks for sharing the info. It's been about a week for you. Is the mod still working fine?
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I tried this and it worked great. The ads started this morning after an automatic "Upgrade". The weird thing is that I had to re-root my KF HD because both ES File Explorer and File Manager were both saying that it wasn't rooted. I wasn't getting the option to change permissions on either
app, but I was able to see system files. I was finally able to change permission after a quick re-root.
Thanks for sharing the info. It's been about a week for you. Is the mod still working fine?
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Added to my previous post, but incase you didnt see yes its still working great. Did you just get your device? If so I'm guessing you got the upgrade from 7.1.3 to 7.1.5, correct? When amazon does an ota like that it removes root.
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Added to my previous post, but incase you didnt see yes its still working great. Did you just get your device? If so I'm guessing you got the upgrade from 7.1.3 to 7.1.5, correct? When amazon does an ota like that it removes root.
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I actually replied before you updated your post, so I didn't see it. I bought it 3 days ago. I just checked it and yes, it's currently on 7.1.5.
Glad to hear it's still working. I hope they don't come out with an update that changes the mod. Thanks for the update.
Does anyone have the reverse process of this? As in to turn the Ads back on?
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Does anyone have the reverse process of this? As in to turn the Ads back on?
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Does anyone know the location of the lockscreen wallpapers that show up on the lockscreen once you have disabled the lockscreen ads? I want to put my own wallpapers in there instead.
It's not that easy. Wallpapers are located in the framework-res.apk under /system/framework
Google search editing the framework-res for more answers. It isn't that difficult but you need to be very careful and make sure you know what you are doing because you can potentially brick your device. Without a custom recovery, you won't have very many options if that happens.
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It's not that easy. Wallpapers are located in the framework-res.apk under /system/framework
Google search editing the framework-res for more answers. It isn't that difficult but you need to be very careful and make sure you know what you are doing because you can potentially brick your device. Without a custom recovery, you won't have very many options if that happens.
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Thanks for the heads up, I will hold off then.
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Does anyone have the reverse process of this? As in to turn the Ads back on?
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You simply do the reverse of what you did to turn them off. Either rename the file back from dtcp_apk.apk.orig to dtcp_apk.apk, or turn on the permissions to what they were before you modified them. I will say that it took a few days (upwards of a week actually) before it re-enabled the ads. Not really sure what it took for it to re-read that file, but it might have been some combination of me powering down entirely, or an OTA update check that eventually kicked it back in.
onemeila said:
I just went into properties of this apk and unchecked all permisions. I can confirm that this worked as well. Still have the random pics, but it also disabled the shop unlock slide with date and time in its place. Will post again in a week to see if this is permanent or if it has caused any adverse effects
RE: Well so far I have not had any problems with the method i took for disabling the ads. They have not returned. And this seemed to be much easier and safer than using adb.
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This does work. A little research goes a long way haha. Thanks +1 to you, sir.
nvrmore100 said:
It does seem to work! The screensaver now shows random book/letters/etc type backgrounds, no ads. I still get the "customers also bought" in carousel view, but otherwise I haven't spotted any ads.
Here's the steps I did:
Code:
# adb shell
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# su
# mount -o remount,rw /system
# cd /system/app
# mv dtcp_apk.apk dtcp_apk.apk.orig
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# adb reboot
I'm attaching a couple pictures I took of the lock screen. Thanks for the tip!!
UPDATE: As a side note, I tried putting these back and it seems to have disabled them permanently. If I move the apk back to its original name and reboot, it still has the ads disabled.
UPDATE2: Just wanted to comment that my ads decided to come back...took a week or so but they eventually showed up again. I moved the file again as above, and they are gone again (no harm no foul).
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It works.. thanks so much... you rock!!:good: