http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=quincytmo&type=nightly
Seems stable here, we'll see. BUT...You need to flash gapps for 4.2,, or there will be a lot of force closing on startup. (I am using using 20121212 here). And of course wipe dalvik and cache. Having trouble with voip apps, but probably not the rom.
Running well here...
Working well for me so far. Like srpanadero said install 20121212 gapps. If you use 5 x 5 homescreen icons spacing you'll notice outer icons bleeding over the edges, wrong spacing between widgets, dock items spaced too tight, go to > Settings > Launcher > Homescreen, enable Stretch screens. Everything will fall into place.
If you have any apps (like Barcode scanner) that need to disable hardware overlays, Developer options are not showing by default, you have to turn them on. Settings > About phone > Tap Build number several times until it tells you you're about to turn on developer options, 3 2 1, there they are!
Running with UVMA1 radio, works, no dropped calls, etc, but need to try this radio all over town... Best data I've seen with this latest radio is 7M (just at home, slow is usual here), may go back to Blaze UVLH5 which gave 10M, 14M in bursts. Need to test gps.
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Working well for me so far. Like srpanadero said install 20121212 gapps. If you use 5 x 5 homescreen icons spacing you'll notice outer icons bleeding over the edges, wrong spacing between widgets, dock items spaced too tight, go to > Settings > Launcher > Homescreen, enable Stretch screens. Everything will fall into place.
If you have any apps (like Barcode scanner) that need to disable hardware overlays, Developer options are not showing by default, you have to turn them on. Settings > About phone > Tap Build number several times until it tells you you're about to turn on developer options, 3 2 1, there they are!
Running with UVMA1 radio, works, no dropped calls, etc, but need to try this radio all over town... Best data I've seen with this latest radio is 7M (just at home, slow is usual here), may go back to Blaze UVLH5 which gave 10M, 14M in bursts. Need to test gps.
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Where did you find these modems?! Can you post a link please
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I don't have upload privileges yet, or links, email me, its in my profile. The blaze radio is all over xda, search for it including the 5 digit alphanumeric designation (there are older versions, get the latest 1 I mentioned). Since you gave upload privileges, please upload it, and the screenshot, if you would.
By the way, a few speed tests later, 7M to 11M so far today, Bluetooth works, had to pair deliberately this time... GPS still no verdict, maps wouldn't lock on, may have just been that location, still testing.
There is a new nightly from the 11th.
This has been very stable here. Maps are good. Only problem has been VoIP, but seem to be working around that by playing with settings in sip client. I think it is just flaky Samsung hardware implementations. Very smooth and fast. Lock screen widgets are great. Have not tried NFC.
Edit: WiFi tether not working.
I am not able to load it through cwm or twrp. I suspect I have dorked something up.
New Radio Link
As promised, the link to the new UVMA1 Radio. I take no responsibility for this as I am posting the link for a member that cannot. I have not tested it yet, but I will momentarily and report back.
http://www.pcstability.com/auctions/SGH-T879-UVMA1_radio.zip
Installed and testing.....so far nothing extraordinary, mid 5Mb/s down, 1MB/s up which is ballpark of what I normally get up here in Northwest Denver (about 30 miles north of the city proper).
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Installed and testing.....so far nothing extraordinary, mid 5Mb/s down, 1MB/s up which is ballpark of what I normally get up here in Northwest Denver (about 30 miles north of the city proper).
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I have a quick question. Could it be possible that I was able to root but am stuck with the stock boot loader?
CM10.1 nightly.
hogasswild said:
I have a quick question. Could it be possible that I was able to root but am stuck with the stock boot loader?
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I am pretty new to all this but this is what I learned. so far.
Rooting only give you admin rights to the system. It does not change the stock loader. You need to add CWM or TRWP to get a different boot screen. There are packages that will do both for you.
Hope this helps
I installed both on my phone after rooting and tried to install the nightly but I get an error.
And the error is?
I'll have to try it again and tell you.
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First, it only has an option to load via external sd card or cache and second the error says something like unable to verify whole file signature.
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I'll have to try it again and tell you.
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First, it only has an option to load via external sd card or cache and second the error says something like unable to verify whole file signature.
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Sounds like you do not have the twrp2 recovery installed which you will need to install a rom. Is the recovery screen a green android, or a black screen full of large square buttons? I can't post a link but do a google image search for twrp2 and you will see what that screen is supposed to look like.
If you do not have twrp then google "sgh-t879 twrp" and the first link will be to instructions and options for installing it.
No I have a little android guy on the screen. Thanks, that helps! I'm not sure where I went wrong. I think it had something to do with being on the newest version.
So I performed that step within the goo manager, but recovery still looks identical to before.
I had same issue finally downloaded the zip file to my phone and used Room manager to install it. There is a thread in this forum that give steps. If you can't find it I will post the link when I get back to my desk top
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Re: cm10.1 nightly
I tried every instruction and the only one that worked for me was adb shell and then use the dd command. That command is in that instruction page.
Yeah cwm doesn't work either. At this point I'd rather just get a new phone lol but can't afford to.
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Okay, this has been bugging me for a long time. I've been around since the beginning of G1 and have never seen a solution to this. I'm out of town on vacation, so my updates and responses may be slow. I've found a partial solution for this. If you don't want to read the fluff, drop down to Partial Solution sections, but be warned, this is not perfect (yet). Below is a quick spilling of my guts on this. Please excuse any grammar mistakes and fragmented thought. I posted this in DEV because more research needs to be done by someone that knows how this stuff works. If we get this worked out, I'll update this post with whatever information is necessary.
This post takes for granted the reader has some knowledge of file management and manipulation, so I won't get too detailed with how to copy/move/delete files. There is a lot of information here and I know most won't read it all, but I'm trying to get all the detail into this I can think of in hopes others have ideas that we can share.
I DO NOT KNOW THE RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT THIS DOES! ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOUR PHONE IS YOUR FAULT, NOT MINE! Etc... Etc... Etc...
Issue: After flashing/Odin/wiping, sometimes the Market takes about a minute to load as does the app and security info screens. The Top Paid button is missing and all that's available is Top Free and Just In. Installing an app takes quite a bit of time. It eventually clears up, but it may take up to a week.
If you restore Market preferences via Titanium Backup or similar app, it can speed it up, but in the long run, you may get cross referenced apps over time or Market problems in general. For example, I install app1 and when it's finished, I select it in notifications and it takes me to app3. Some apps are also missing from Downloads and have to be installed again for them to show up. I also experience Titanium Backup not linking the Market correctly if at all. How to fix that is below, also.
How I Tested: I renamed /dbdata/databases/com.android.vending which reproduced the problem reliably and gave me a working set of databases and .xml's to look at.
Partial Solution: Save a copy of /dbdata/databases/com.android.vending/shared_prefs/vending_preferences.xml and put it back after you've restored your apps and opened Market once (just to lay down the directory structure). There are other files that will get more "stuff" back, but because of issues I've had between vending.apk versions, I choose to restore just this one file. It doesn't seem to change much. You can look in it and find some interesting things, but I've found changing it does very little if anything. Changing local_db_sync_required didn't do anything and it just reverted back to "false" for me.
What you will find, is Market will run quickly again BUT, you have no links so none of your apps show as installed. Although it will probably sync over time, the point of my messing around was fairly instant gratification. Thus the next section.
New Problem: Market speed is normal, but no apps are linked. Hey, I use Titanium backup! Fix Market links works, partially. I have 226 apps backed up in TB (Yes, this is why I wanted to get this working) and when I fixed Market links, it found 167. I fixed them again and it found 9, then 17, then 6 etc... It repeated some apps and never detected others. I checked and some of the "fixed" apps did not show in downloads... So I started looking. Menu -> Legend showed me part of the issue. Smiley face -vs- green M. For some reason, some of my apps were not linking properly. Here's how to get that part working.
Partial Solution: Here's what I did in TB. I filtered by Status: Backed up and Type: User. Starting at the top of the list, I long pressed on the first "smiley face" which means it didn't back up the Market link and if it was "Attached to Market", I Detached it. View in Market and installed the app. When it was done, I backed the app up again and viola, green M showing it backed up the Market link. I did this many, many more times to fix my links. It worked in all occasions as long as I could find the app in the Market. Of course, some apps installed outside the Market cannot be fixed (duh), but all others worked fine.
I still have a problem getting everything attached in one shot. If I fix Market links in TB, I still get strange results, but this is as close as I can get and I found quite a few apps that have not been linked for so long, they were a few revs behind, so I'm happy with how far I've gotten.
Questions that will be asked:
- Why didn't you force attach to Market with TB? Because it didn't work. Some indicated it did, but they didn't show up in Market as installed, they didn't back up as linked and some even reverted back to not being attached and the forced button was available. The above is how I got around all of that.
- What about the other cool DB's and .xml? I didn't find that it was worth any possible issues to restore anything else except this file. That is probably what got me into this in the first place. Your mileage may vary. DB's usually need an update script if any changes are made. If that doesn't happen and the schema doesn't match, that's usually bad. That's why a lot of ROM's require a wipe. The old doesn't match the new...
- Why can't you backup Market with TB now that it is working well? I could and it would probably work, but I know it won't work forever because it didn't before. It also won't help someone else who is in a similar situation. I've been using TB (paid) since it came out and I love it. But, it's not perfect.
- Why should I mess with this instead of waiting for it to fix itself? You probably shouldn't. I've found that if I did a restore of apps, some NEVER go back to the Downloads section without a re-install. That's my concern.
- I don't have any of these problems, why are you posting this? Because I and others have. The universe does not revolve around you. Please move on.
- Why did you post this in Dev? As I said in the beginning, because we need someone who knows how this OS works so maybe a reliable workaround can be had for all. I didn't post in DEV for exposure, I posted here because I started it and I don't know where to go. Maybe a fix can be turned into an app or incorporated directly within a ROM. Who knows? I'm not a DEVing, but I am troubleshooting an issue within the OS.
One thing I've found that helps, is I kinda ignore if it shows up in Downloads in the market after a restore. I check for updates using AppBrain app, it finds all the apps on the phone whether they're in the market or not. Then, whenever an app is updated, it directs you to the market download page. If the market link was broken, that will say "Install" instead of "Update", but an install at that point will update properly, and you'll now have a working market link.
The main goal of having apps show up in the market, IMHO, is updates and uninstalls. Use the system uninstaller rather than the market for uninstalls, and use AppBrain to find updates. Works for me.
Thanks a lot for putting this up! I was banging my head against the wall last night, as I ran into this issue again and couldnt remember how I fixed it on my G1
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Thanks a lot for putting this up! I was banging my head against the wall last night, as I ran into this issue again and couldnt remember how I fixed it on my G1
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lotherius said:
One thing I've found that helps, is I kinda ignore if it shows up in Downloads in the market after a restore. I check for updates using AppBrain app, it finds all the apps on the phone whether they're in the market or not. Then, whenever an app is updated, it directs you to the market download page. If the market link was broken, that will say "Install" instead of "Update", but an install at that point will update properly, and you'll now have a working market link.
The main goal of having apps show up in the market, IMHO, is updates and uninstalls. Use the system uninstaller rather than the market for uninstalls, and use AppBrain to find updates. Works for me.
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I rarely uninstall via market. Have an app that throws me straight to the system uninstaller from the apps icon. I like appbrain, but it exhibits the same issue as the Market for me as far as detecting installed apps in some cases. I use the Market for updates and it works fine for me as long as the apps are linked. I think it has something to do with the hash getting messed up in the assets.db
OK even though I have like 1.5 gb available app storage, I still get insufficient storage and my app doesn't get installed.
I need to clear my app caches and also "clear data" of my market (reset it). I need to do that in order to get the app to install succesfully and not waste my limited unlimited 2G data. What is going on?
I need a fix? Anyone got one? No? Yes?
I look forward to hearing from you.
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OK even though I have like 1.5 gb available app storage, I still get insufficient storage and my app doesn't get installed.
I need to clear my app caches and also "clear data" of my market (reset it). I need to do that in order to get the app to install succesfully and not waste my limited unlimited 2G data. What is going on?
I need a fix? Anyone got one? No? Yes?
I look forward to hearing from you.
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It's a bug in the Market, as far as I know the only fix is what you've already done. Otherwise try the Amazon App Store.
Here is a way to avoid it: Install apps one at a time. Wait for the installation to finish, then install the second app, etc.
I have so many problems with Google now. For example, this market problem about "insufficient storage". And when I send an email w/ resume and cover letter from my university to job recruiters, my name signature always show as "hidden content", and then employer needs to click on the hidden content to see my signature. It makes my job application look unprofessional! It can't be avoided because my school uses the gmail system, and turning off the feature doesn't work at all. Third, Google Chrome has been crashing when I have just 3 windows. I have no additional extensions/apps installed and it crashes! It used to be able to run 20 pages (8 GB RAM). Fourth, I never screw up the formatting in my email, and for some reason my text gets highlighted white AND grey. So my job application looks unprofessional.
GOOGLE WTF IS GOING ON?
i have the first update installed on the droid 3 and it is rooted but i have no problems...
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signed.....
I have the latest update, and my phone is rooted too. But ever since the 10 day 10 cent price promotion on Google Market, I've installed so many apps (I also recently paid full price for a bunch of apps too), and now "space" has become a problem (even though my storage says 1.5 available app space).
My Galaxy Note is running Android 4.0.4. I am running the stock ROM. Not rooted.
After I just installed the latest Samsung patch DDLR9, whenever I switch off my phone and restart it, the Icons on my Homescreen disappear. These are those programs which I have saved on my SD Card.
Never happened before this. Is there is fix to this specific to the Galaxy Note?
no this is a bug in the new DDLR9 firmware and happens to the apps moved to sd. For now move all these apps to phone and it will work fine
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and wait for jb uodate
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Fast Boot option may be the culprit
This is actually a long-standing problem in Android OS, going back at least two years (donkey's years in this technology!)
Something about the interaction of the OS and an sdcard formated for holding apps creates odd behaviours.
Lots of complicated suggestions have been made, including reformatting sdcard, reinstalling ROMs, changing launchers (the one suggested here) and such.
None of these approaches seems really to solve the problem even in most cases.
Now a ROM bug is proclaimed the cause. Well, maybe... That could always be the case, but given all the problems all the others have had in so many different configurations, I wonder...
What seems to be working for me (at least for the last week or so) is the following very simple tweak.
CUT TO THE SOLUTION BELOW -- SEARCH FOR ////
Some (not all) of my apps moved to SD (all by Titanium Backup Pro) have begun to disappear and (sometimes) reappear without warning after I began to add and delete large Virtual Machines created in QEMU from my 16GB SanDisc class 10 microSD card on my HTC Droid Incredible running rooted stock Verizon Android Froyo 2.2.3. I know this thread is far from my phone's "home base", but from what I can tell this problem with disappearing apps located on an sdcard is NOT determined by hardware or even Android version.
I also happen to use LauncherPro by Federico Carnales instead of the built-in HTC Sense launcher. I noted elsewhere on XDA that a user had suggested that because at least some (maybe all) launchers start before the SD Card that this may be a problem, especially if changes are made to the sdcard that the launcher did not perform, or was not active during their performance by other apps such as Titanium Backup. That fits my situation, because I unmounted the SD, physically removed it to a PC, and added/deleted large VM files to save (lots) of time. No problems of this sort before I did this, so there must be some connection.
I noted that other users have tried reformatting SD, substituting different brands of SD, using newer/older SD etc. None of these reliably helped. So I skipped these options.
//// The (simple!) solution I tried that SEEMS to work (only time will tell!) is buried in the main Android Settings (accessed from the Menu button while in Home screen). Under "Applications" there is a setting "Fast Boot" that I checked long ago and forgot about (it seemed like a good thing to do at the time). The text warns "Turn off to use some Market apps" (that shows the age of my 2-yr old used phone and Android OS -- ohmygosh!-- because it refers to Market rather than Google Play Store!) Anyway, I unchecked the option and rebooted the phone.
Yes, it took a bit longer to boot (maybe a whole minute!), but after waiting about another minute ALL my home screen apps had normal icons and loaded properly. Titanium Backup Pro batch scenarios confirmed there were no apps in a forced uninstalled state (i.e. I had not done the deed, the system somehow had done it or at least rendered the apps "invisible" to Titanium, which decided they needed reinstallation).
The only odd behaviour was that auto brightness was turned off after I unchecked Fast Boot and rebooted. Going into Android Settings > Display and rechecking "auto brightness" took care of that. No other oddities or strange behaviours thus far (but it has only been about an hour).
I will report anything further on this thread only (Samsung Fascinate > Fascinate Q&A > What just happend? apps on sdcard) if anything else requires reporting. Silence implies success!
link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1873670
(I am copying this post to other relevant threads, but will not post anything further elsewhere -- only there. This is a bit arbitrary (especially now that the chosen thread no longer is the most recent active one on this topic), but I hope this approach pleases the XDA sysops/admins) :angel:
Hi, I got free tablet ME173X but it's running LifeShield software. How do I make it a regular Android tablet? Thanks!
I can boot into recovery but it just says "No command"
shovenose said:
Hi, I got free tablet ME173X but it's running LifeShield software. How do I make it a regular Android tablet? Thanks!
I can boot into recovery but it just says "No command"
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Press power button then the menu will be appear...
not sure if you got this running, or anyone else looking into the same thing. After booting the tablet press the screen multiple times until the password screen appears then enter the code 1357. This accesses the android system. Open the app surelock and go through the settings to enable the nav bar. Then disable it the app. I also disabled the other sure app (sure stay i think) and used titanium backup to uninstall both. The tab is already rooted by lifeshield.
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not sure if you got this running, or anyone else looking into the same thing. After booting the tablet press the screen multiple times until the password screen appears then enter the code 1357. This accesses the android system. Open the app surelock and go through the settings to enable the nav bar. Then disable it the app. I also disabled the other sure app (sure stay i think) and used titanium backup to uninstall both. The tab is already rooted by lifeshield.
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Can I put it back to stock after doing this? Lifeshiled says the equipment must be returned if I cancel contract or just quit service.
I don't believe so
Is this still the code for the lifeshield tablet
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Is this still the code for the lifeshield tablet
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I just tried the 1357 code and it worked on mine.......
I should add that after I got in I enabled all the apps and then disabled the safelock (I think that was the name). After that it behaved just as a tablet should.
it seems like they've changed the password. Since the tablet was rooted by Lifeshield, is there a way to restore it to factory setting without the lifeshield software?
Hello all,
I also just received my ME176CX from LifeShield Security. I tried the above listed password but it did not work. Are there any updates to this thread?
This is actually the second tablet I have gotten from them. The first I booted to recovery mode and reloaded android, which worked, except that the new android install did not have the mavigation bar available and there was no way to activate it so the tablet was essentially dead since you couldn’t navigate at all.
Also, booting to safe mode to attempt to disable surelock that way doesn’t work as the surelock app seems to force restart the tablet as soon as it boots to safe mode. Tricky!
Thanks for the help!
Still looking for help on this issue. Anyone have any suggestions?
Weird. I don't know anything about LifeShield, SureLock etc, but generally the ME176CX, at least the original version shipped by ASUS, wasn't locked up very well so it was rather easy to root it or even replace the ROM entirely. Now, I don't know how much modifications they made to the tablet. Just wondering, do you have the regular Droidboot screen with NORMAL BOOT, RECOVERY MODE etc if you boot with the Volume Down key pressed?
ME173X LifeShield
If no one has figured it out yet, to make the Lifeshield Asus Memo Pad Act Like a Normal Tablet... Boot into Recovery Mode, choose Recovery, it'll then Reboot and you'll be left with a dead android (Red triangle error) now what you do is Press the Power and Volume Up/Down Buttons all at once until you see blue letters across the top, among these are wipe data/factory data reset wipe cache and reboot, now first wipe the cache, then scroll down and select data wipe/fa... then a long list of no's will pop onto the screen with Wipe all User Data-Yes in the middle choose the latter option, reboot and you're good to go.
Must be my lucky day, I found that out by sheer dumb luck
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If no one has figured it out yet, to make the Lifeshield Asus Memo Pad Act Like a Normal Tablet... Boot into Recovery Mode, choose Recovery, it'll then Reboot and you'll be left with a dead android (Red triangle error) now what you do is Press the Power and Volume Up/Down Buttons all at once until you see blue letters across the top, among these are wipe data/factory data reset wipe cache and reboot, now first wipe the cache, then scroll down and select data wipe/fa... then a long list of no's will pop onto the screen with Wipe all User Data-Yes in the middle choose the latter option, reboot and you're good to go.
Must be my lucky day, I found that out by sheer dumb luck
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I followed these directions, and was able to run it like a normal tablet. SureLock and SuperSU were installed when it started, and SureLock tried to get administrative rights. So I denied the rights, and I allowed it to update all of the apps. Then it started behaving very unstable and slow, so I decided to factory reset the tablet again, and this time I allowed SureLock to have administrative rights. It brought up a screen to import the SureLock settings, and I allowed it to sit on that screen for a few minutes. Then it imported the SureLock settings that came with it, and it was back to it's normal state of when I got it.
So you can return it to the state you got from LifeShield.
Realizing that the default import settings must be somewhere in the system files, I decided to take this a step further. I factory reset the device again, this time denying admin rights. I quickly installed a decent root file browser that included a text editor. I found the file /system/SureLock.settings, and copied the contents over to my computer, for a closer inspection. I found the following line:
Code:
<password>36f2d92fbc0133539a36a91e3f63f02f875a1a1036006df2d26f8ae975625558d89e22a0f7a2f83ce7bbea76e2d1a236817e24b66cdf649e191319611a5adea6</password>
After pasting the contents into a rainbow table, I found that the new password is 2021 for my device.
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Just a few ideas with this would be to install an app to view your IP cameras, and other coffee table apps like Roku remote and/or something to play music on a bluetooth speaker or sound bar. Imo, the tablet is a neat idea, and I like how SureLock limits it's use to just what it's suppose to do. This gives it a certain modern feel to use, however adding just a few more things makes it so much better.
jynx474 said:
If no one has figured it out yet, to make the Lifeshield Asus Memo Pad Act Like a Normal Tablet... Boot into Recovery Mode, choose Recovery, it'll then Reboot and you'll be left with a dead android (Red triangle error) now what you do is Press the Power and Volume Up/Down Buttons all at once until you see blue letters across the top, among these are wipe data/factory data reset wipe cache and reboot, now first wipe the cache, then scroll down and select data wipe/fa... then a long list of no's will pop onto the screen with Wipe all User Data-Yes in the middle choose the latter option, reboot and you're good to go.
Must be my lucky day, I found that out by sheer dumb luck
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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I've had this tablet for quite a while after I cancelled my Lifeshield security monitoring. And I've spent some time trying to remove surelock. Came back today to read this thread and found that you solve it. Thanks.
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After pasting the contents into a rainbow table, I found that the new password is 2021 for my device.
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Awesome find. That was the password on mine too. Thanks!
I have reset the tablet to original android. Somehow the surelock is not importing the setting therefore, surelock is not running. But I encounter weird problem where lifeshield app just exit and the panic button does not show anymore. Do you guys have the same issue ?
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I have also change the one of the surelock permission setting. After setting that, whenever I reset the tablet with recovery, the surelock apps is no longer there. Anyone experience this problem ?
Having problem when i boot to recovery. Dead android with blue caution sign. No matter what button combination i use i dont get to reset menu. And both codes did not work for my device
This worked for me https://www.blogtechtips.com/2017/0...ngle-error-symbol-on-android-recovery-screen/
Hello! My first post here, so please don't bite
Anyway, so I just installed LineageOS 18.1 and aside from one bug, there is nothing I had noticed that was problematic. Now, before I run into a bug like this again, I wanted to make a full system snapshot, so I could always go back to precisely this working state instead of having to go through recovery, reinstalling all the apps and what not...
F-Droid, Aura Store, Root, my favorite apps - all there. But when I looked for TWRP for the Razer Phone 2, I was surprised to find that only the ForgeTV and the Razer Phone 1 was listed - not 2 aka. aura, but 1 aka. cheryl.
However, I have read a few times that "TWRP is no longer needed since android 11" without proper explanation in some comment sections, as well as seing threads here talking about having an installed TWRP.
On top of that, sometimes the phone reports itself as "aura", "cheryl2" or just straight up as "cheryl". I have come to terms with "aura" being the actual, proper code name for this device; but this led me to thinking that maybe the official TWRP website was listing the wrongly named release for the actually right phone. That said, I am left very confused.
I only want to get TWRP so I can make a full system backup. SeedVault looks good for "typical" backups into my NextCloud server, but not like I could use it to just re-flash my system back to a previous (known to work) state. One reason why I want to skip the first-steps wizard, if possible, is because I am visually impaired. It is far easier to zoom in my terminal than to first use another phone as a magnifier, to find the accessibility options, turn on zoom, then navigate through a half-dimmed screen and...its a mess, really.
Thank you very much and kind regards,
Ingwie