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How do I make a "nandroid" of my computer?

I haven't wiped my computer in 6 years.
I'm about to reformat my hard drive and start fresh but want to make a restore image just in case.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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erase system 32 folder , jk
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T.C.P said:
erase system 32 folder , jk
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Lol, how very helpful. I'm looking for recommendations, jackass.
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If your on linux just run dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/place/you/want/it
then to restore just switch if and of. That's what I do. Might work on a Mac too. On windows.. get a Linux live CD and do that?

Phateless said:
Lol, how very helpful. I'm looking for recommendations, jackass.
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Lol. i was helping someone who opened a similar thread a couple days ago, you might take a look at the links I posted there - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276170
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I have cloned hard drives with driveImage xml. It should make a solid copy of your hdd.
http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
There is a tutorial out there somewhere. Hope this helps.

Scabes24 said:
Lol. i was helping someone who opened a similar thread a couple days ago, you might take a look at the links I posted there - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1276170
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I have the original disk, I'm looking to make a backup image of my hard drive as it is now.
I'm planning to do a clean install of XP pro, just looking to do the exact same thing as making a nandroid backup of my phone.
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Re-installing XP?
Buy a new computer already and switch to 7?

sakai4eva said:
Re-installing XP?
Buy a new computer already and switch to 7?
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7 annoys me. It's too user friendly and all the controls are hidden behind wizards.
I'm thinking of buying a new computer but since it's been 6 years without a wipe I'm sure this one can run faster.
But that is not the point of this thread.
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tvall said:
If your on linux just run dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/place/you/want/it
then to restore just switch if and of. That's what I do. Might work on a Mac too. On windows.. get a Linux live CD and do that?
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I've actually thought of switching to Linux...
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Phateless said:
7 annoys me. It's too user friendly and all the controls are hidden behind wizards.
I'm thinking of buying a new computer but since it's been 6 years without a wipe I'm sure this one can run faster.
But that is not the point of this thread.
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You say too user friendly like it's a bad thing.

Phateless said:
I've actually thought of switching to Linux...
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I love Linux.
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Y u no like Windows 7 ?
I love it more than the Windows Developer Preview .
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sakai4eva said:
You say too user friendly like it's a bad thing.
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I feel like all the controls are intentionally hidden and harder to get to.
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To answer the OP there are several products for creating a Disk Image. Acronis make a good one:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/
Vista/Windows 7 have built in imaging capability but as you're on XP you'll have to pay for something. If you're doing a fresh install though, i don't see the benefit of imaging your drive as it is now. It would make sense to do it after you've reinstalled and re-configured your OS so that you have a clean image to go back to in future. What can you do with an image of an old, tired install?
Perhaps you'd just be better off just backing up all of your important data onto a spare drive and forgetting about the image?

Good. Then the noobs will change settings less.

DirkGently1 said:
To answer the OP there are several products for creating a Disk Image. Acronis make a good one:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/
Vista/Windows 7 have built in imaging capability but as you're on XP you'll have to pay for something. If you're doing a fresh install though, i don't see the benefit of imaging your drive as it is now. It would make sense to do it after you've reinstalled and re-configured your OS so that you have a clean image to go back to in future. What can you do with an image of an old, tired install?
Perhaps you'd just be better off just backing up all of your important data onto a spare drive and forgetting about the image?
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Thanks for your reply. It's mostly for breadcrumbs, in case I change my mind or forget something.
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Phateless said:
Thanks for your reply. It's mostly for breadcrumbs, in case I change my mind or forget something.
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Honestly I would just run a quick google search (recovery disk/iso for model#) if you can't find any free or cheap available for your model then I would stick to the recovery software option.. there's too many to count but you can usually find free trials for these recovery tools. If not, send me a PM.
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Scabes24 said:
Honestly I would just run a quick google search (recovery disk/iso for model#) if you can't find any free or cheap available for your model then I would stick to the recovery software option.. there's too many to count but you can usually find free trials for these recovery tools. If not, send me a PM.
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Thanks for that. At recommendations from several sources it looks like DriveImageXML is the best place to start.
On a separate note I'm thinking going Linux. From what I've read it sounds like it's community built and supported, much like CM. If that's the case I'm sure I'll love it.

Phateless said:
Thanks for that. At recommendations from several sources it looks like DriveImageXML is the best place to start.
On a separate note I'm thinking going Linux. From what I've read it sounds like it's community built and supported, much like CM. If that's the case I'm sure I'll love it.
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If you don't absolutely need anything that depends on windows. Go linux.
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Thank you XDA users

This is my first post on these forums.
Because of you folks, I went from buying my first Android phone not knowing a thing, to rooting my phone, flashing roms, even to editing my gps.conf manually to tweak a patch to suit my particular region.
The senior members are helpful, and the guides and information are top notch.
Thank you!
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nednednerb said:
This is my first post on these forums.
Because of you folks, I went from buying my first Android phone not knowing a thing, to rooting my phone, flashing roms, even to editing my gps.conf manually to tweak a patch to suit my particular region.
The senior members are helpful, and the guides and information are top notch.
Thank you!
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Same! Now I'm learning to port
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No need to thank... we know we rock
My kaiser still rocks

dexter93 said:
No need to thank... we know we rock
My kaiser still rocks
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you still like a phone with a *super* lag os? i'd rather go Nokia

hiu115 said:
you still like a phone with a *super* lag os? i'd rather go Nokia
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Obviously im using android.... yes we have even NAND ports

really thanks to you ppl

dexter93 said:
Obviously im using android.... yes we have even NAND ports
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Had my old Kaiser right up to about a month ago when I split up with my gf and left it at her place. It was the original hacked WinMo/Android beast phone!! Went from that to the AT&T Tilt2 (Rhodium), to the HD2. It's too bad the HD2 is the last phone of that era. One of these days my Leo's gonna finally kick the bucket and I'll have to get a for real Android-native phone. That'll be a sad day.

S-off discussion: Can we look to Rezound for help on root?

Hey guys, it looks like the HTC Rezound is close to getting S-Off by Evil. If you didn't know, the Rezound has had a locked bootloader all this time just like us. Can we look to how they got root to help with our own efforts. The method of getting S-Off between these two phones can't be that different, can it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1375598
EDIT: Apparently links to his site are prohibited. But just google "s-off think tank" to get to Evil's site.

They look close resembling. Worth a shot and try.
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XAviierG said:
They look close resembling. Worth a shot and try.
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I'm pretty sure the internals are very very alike too. The only difference I've read is the screen size. They both came out around the same time, so I'd think they'd be locked in a very similar fashion.

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I'm pretty sure the internals are very very alike too. The only difference I've read is the screen size. They both came out around the same time, so I'd think they'd be locked in a very similar fashion.
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If they are very close then you can take their way and use to the Vivid bootloader
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XAviierG said:
If they are very close then you can take their way and use to the Vivid bootloader
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I hope so... That seems to be a pretty good option right now. I posted this same thing in the "think tank" thread in the dev section, so hopefully a skilled dev can take it into consideration.

Just got a tweet back from the Evil man himself and he said "we can try"
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XAviierG said:
Just got a tweet back from the Evil man himself and he said "we can try"
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So would we use his exact method? Or would we have to tweak a few little things? I know for many Samsung phones, you can use the universal SuperOneClick root. Would it work kind of like that?

Probably tweak it a bit
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Probably tweak it a bit
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Yeah, that's probably what we'll need to do. Hopefully, he unlocks it soon.
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He already decoded the tokens. Just now need to decode what the .bin files changes.
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Longcat14 said:
Yeah, that's probably what we'll need to do. Hopefully, he unlocks it soon.
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Apparently he is very very close. The link said days, if not hours away. Would he be the one to tweak it for us or would one of us have to? I'm not even sure if we could post our version on here though, XDA is pretty ant-anything that involves him. Maybe he could post our version on his site.

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Apparently he is very very close. The link said days, if not hours away. Would he be the one to tweak it for us or would one of us have to? I'm not even sure if we could post our version on here though, XDA is pretty ant-anything that involves him. Maybe he could post our version on his site.
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Probably one of us. Or we can ask for help from him.
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For the record, evil is not wanting it released here without his permission as well. You can link his twitter, but you can't link his site, due to him charging for a root exploit for the shift.
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Probably one of us. Or we can ask for help from him.
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Alright sounds good. I'm sure we have people that can pick up on that.
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For the record, evil is not wanting it released here without his permission as well. You can link his twitter, but you can't link his site, due to him charging for a root exploit for the shift.
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Oh, I didn't know that. Now I understand why though. Thanks for the insight, we'll try to refrain from linking his site.

slapshot30 said:
Alright sounds good. I'm sure we have people that can pick up on that.
Oh, I didn't know that. Now I understand why though. Thanks for the insight, we'll try to refrain from linking his site.
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Thanks. Other forums have not been so cool with it.
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Better to ask that in correct fourm
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maddiedad2009 said:
Better to ask that in correct fourm
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Changed the title, looks good to me now . The general section usually gets a little more action than the Q and A section. My intention was for any possible devs to help us out with this. My apologies for trying to help us all find root lol.

Now we play the waiting game
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pstevep said:
For the record, evil is not wanting it released here without his permission as well. You can link his twitter, but you can't link his site, due to him charging for a root exploit for the shift.
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Look, I don't like the guy and I think his attitude is terrible and he deserved the ban he got. But can we refrain from saying stuff that isn't true? It does nothing for guiding people to an eventual unlocked rezound (or vivid in this case). Open is supposed to be was android is about... not squelching possible advancements based off a personal problem.
C'mon now you're a moderator. Please conduct yourself accordingly. You could have left it at, "You can link his twitter, but you can't link his site."

Gall0wz said:
Look, I don't like the guy and I think his attitude is terrible and he deserved the ban he got. But can we refrain from saying stuff that isn't true? It does nothing for guiding people to an eventual unlocked rezound. Open is supposed to be was android is about... not squelching possible advancements based off a personal problem.
C'mon now you're a moderator. Please conduct yourself accordingly. You could have left it at. "You can link his twitter, but you can't link his site."
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As I appreciate your enthusiasm for moderating me. The statement was made intentionally. As I have had this thread topic in multiple forums and the dev in question prompts flaming from discussion as to why we can't link his site. Most people on here either love or hate the guy, I am cool with him. My statement is made because that's the reasoning behind not linking his site. I can post it when I did or we could wait until it was asked, I chose the pre emptive approach to avoid someone literally saying something negative about the dev and xda. If you have an issue with my statement please address a senior mod or admin.
I'm not a douche bag here, I treat you all with respect and do what I can to help. Thanks.
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Gonna try to become a developer . :)

Hi everyone ive been on the HTC Vivid 4G Andriod Development and i seen that its dead....XD and im currently working on getting permission to continue on a rom and if i learn even more about C++ im gonna help with the Sence 4 ril :fingers-crossed:

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Hi everyone ive been on the HTC Vivid 4G Andriod Development and i seen that its dead....XD and im currently working on getting permission to continue on a rom and if i learn even more about C++ im gonna help with the Sence 4 ril :fingers-crossed:
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Hey man, good stuff! I've been a developer for years, but just getting into Android dev as of late. Good luck with the Sense 4 stuff.

same here ^_^ working on my first rom.. already did some framework-res mods and stuff xo but yeahh it is dead around here we need more devs .!

I was thinking about this too. Where does one learn? As in, what are some good books to buy on the subject? Thanks in advance.
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lostcontinent said:
I was thinking about this too. Where does one learn? As in, what are some good books to buy on the subject? Thanks in advance.
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Depends entirely on what your experience is. There's a big difference between learning to cook having never cooked a thing in your life, and learning to cook French cuisine if you're already a master sushi chef.

I'll play it safe and say I've never cooked a thing in my life, but my dad is also a system engineer and could help if I needed it. I'd rather learn without his help.
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lostcontinent said:
I'll play it safe and say I've never cooked a thing in my life, but my dad is also a system engineer and could help if I needed it. I'd rather learn without his help.
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Look at my signature...the bottome link...aka chef central/android...that area of xda is dedicated for tutorials and helping people learn how to develop (signatures are only visable on a desktob browser)
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Thanks! By the way, I've been following your JB 4.1.1 thread. I was going to offer a new vivid that I got. Now I'm stuck with two. Haha. Thanks for all your hard work.
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lostcontinent said:
Thanks! By the way, I've been following your JB 4.1.1 thread. I was going to offer a new vivid that I got. Now I'm stuck with two. Haha. Thanks for all your hard work.
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That would help alot if you could get one to h8rift
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I can give him my old one. It's already s-off and rooted. He might want a different battery though.
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lostcontinent said:
I can give him my old one. It's already s-off and rooted. He might want a different battery though.
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What's wrong with the battery? I'm sure hell take it either way...battery's aren't too expensive (at least for a cheap one)...as long as it works its perfect for deving
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It still works, but its battered. No pun intended. I got a winmar powerpack which chargers it and my nexus 7 super fast. Have him pm me and ill send it to him. What's with the guy saying that cm 4.1 is basically dead?
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It still works, but its battered. No pun intended. I got a winmar powerpack which chargers it and my nexus 7 super fast. Have him pm me and ill send it to him. What's with the guy saying that cm 4.1 is basically dead?
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I'll pm him
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It still works, but its battered. No pun intended. I got a winmar powerpack which chargers it and my nexus 7 super fast. Have him pm me and ill send it to him. What's with the guy saying that cm 4.1 is basically dead?
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Thanks...as for that guy....idk, lost hope?
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I'll pm him
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Thanks
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mg2195 said:
Thanks...as for that guy....idk, lost hope?
Thanks
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I PM'ed him earlier this morning, hope to hear back from later .

mg2195 said:
Look at my signature...the bottome link...aka chef central/android...that area of xda is dedicated for tutorials and helping people learn how to develop (signatures are only visable on a desktob browser)
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hey mk
i looked at that android kitchen and i was wandering is there anywhere else i can learn a lil more from i kinda got confused with the whole thing
i mean how do i start from scratch and make my very own rom from scratch i dont want anyone saying i stole there rom etc any info i could read on would be great id love to play round with it and learn something new i just recently got into this rooting stuff and i picked it up pretty quick i think i have htc vivid unlocked and s-off formerly from att now on straight talk and i love custom roms i hate stock and if u dont mind me asking what is the best adn most stable custom rom for the htc vivid.

joeyhat said:
hey mk
i looked at that android kitchen and i was wandering is there anywhere else i can learn a lil more from i kinda got confused with the whole thing
i mean how do i start from scratch and make my very own rom from scratch i dont want anyone saying i stole there rom etc any info i could read on would be great id love to play round with it and learn something new i just recently got into this rooting stuff and i picked it up pretty quick i think i have htc vivid unlocked and s-off formerly from att now on straight talk and i love custom roms i hate stock and if u dont mind me asking what is the best adn most stable custom rom for the htc vivid.
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Start with an RUU. Run the RUU on your PC. Stop at the first screen after it's done loading, don't proceed, but don't close the window. Start/Run and type %TEMP% and hit enter (this will take you to your user temp folder). Sort the folders by date and open the newest. Here you should find Rom.zip. Use this as your base ROM in the kitchen. Root it, deodex it (or not), zipalign it, etc - and you end up with a flashable ROM from an RUU

HTC One with Macbook Air

Hi,
does anyone know how to connect a HTC One with a Macbook Air, not using HTC Sync Manager?

Airdroid
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bbinder said:
Airdroid
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Mhm but I guess it's 'wireless' .. Do you know a none-wireless-method?

Kak4shiii said:
Mhm but I guess it's 'wireless' .. Do you know a none-wireless-method?
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This might do the trick.

Try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237

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This might do the trick.
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Nope it doesn't work. Actually that was the reason I've asked in the forum. My MacBook does not find my HTC One.

http://trjlive.com/2013/10/guide-android-file-transfer-mac-osx-mavericks/
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NxNW said:
http://trjlive.com/2013/10/guide-android-file-transfer-mac-osx-mavericks/
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Do I need to root my phone?

If you aren't going to read it then why bother posting? It's clearly stated.
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Lol, yeah, you should probably read the article all the way through. In addition to stating the proposed workaround does require root, it also explains what is happening a little and might be generally helpful.
Bottom line, Android File Transfer doesnt work with Sense 5.5 at this time and no one has fixed it yet. Sense 5.5 users who do not have root and who do not have the Android SDK installed on their Mac are going to have a hard time getting files back and forth over a USB cable, it is true. Your better bets are cloud-based solutions and/or WiFi-based solutions.

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Lol, yeah, you should probably read the article all the way through. In addition to stating the proposed workaround does require root, it also explains what is happening a little and might be generally helpful.
Bottom line, Android File Transfer doesnt work with Sense 5.5 at this time and no one has fixed it yet. Sense 5.5 users who do not have root and who do not have the Android SDK installed on their Mac are going to have a hard time getting files back and forth over a USB cable, it is true. Your better bets are cloud-based solutions and/or WiFi-based solutions.
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Mhm okay .. I actually do not to root my phone, so I think, I will stay with the 'wireless-method'.
MANY THANKS TO ALL !