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[Q] Samsung Galaxy Tab Store Demo (videoviewdemo) removal

Greetings:
Last Christmas, I had purchased a Samsung Galaxy Tablet (GT-P1000R) for my mother. Apparently, I had purchased the store demo one, as opposed to a regular one.
Now, after a couple of minutes, it always goes to a store demo video, which drains the battery power and is overall quite annoying. I have isolated the application in question as "VIDEOVIEWDEMO"
I have tried the usual, such as going to - SETTINGS - APPLICATIONS - MANAGE APPLICATIONS - and selected VideoViewDemo. Unistall is not an option in this case. There is a ForceStop but it just restarts anyway, so it is useless to force stop.
I then went ahead and did a factory reset, but surprise, nothing changed.
I read threads of people having similar issues, with one suggesting to download APK Manager and then uninstall it that way. Again, no luck as it did not register as an app running on APK Manager.
Is there anyway to fix this issue? My mom is leaving tomorrow so I need to try to get this resolved within 24 hours.
Any help would be appreciated.

You need to root your tab, and you then can uninstall it using Titanium Backup.
Why do you wait 3 months to ask, and give yourself 24hr to do that?
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priyana said:
You need to root your tab, and you then can uninstall it using Titanium Backup.
Why do you wait 3 months to ask, and give yourself 24hr to do that?
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Or better yet..restock your tab..
(҂`☐´)︻╦̵̵̿╤── .:system:.

Yep.
Which link I have in my signature
And has been discussed countless of times

Play Store Problems?

Anyone else having problems with the play store tonight? I did DG's root earlier, but I think it's unrelated because I didn't notice it until tonight.
I've tried clearing cache and data, in the play store and google services. I've even tried removing and adding my google account with mutliple reboots.
It fixed my original error [RPC:S-5:AEC-0], and now I'm just getting a server error (500).
Anyone else notice this? I want to know if it's google and I need to be patient, or if it's just me and I need to keep troubleshooting.
Thanks!

I also have this issue
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I'm getting error 500 as well.
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I have the same issue... I have tried clearing app data, doing a restore and even removing all play store updates. Nothing seems to work. I am going to keep trying, but if anyone figures out how to fix it, please post how. :good:

Just tried on a non-rooted phone and it gets the same error
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mdo41 said:
Just tried on a non-rooted phone and it gets the same error
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I was 10 seconds from starting a thread myself, getting the 500 error myself as well. I tried all of the following:
1. Go to settings -> Applications -> Manage -> All -> Market
2. Press the Force Close button, press OK to acknowledge this is what you want to do.
3. Press Clear Cache, press OK if it asks you to confirm your actions
4. Exit the screen
5. Go to settings -> Accounts and Sync
6. Click your Google account
7. Press Remove at the top right corner. Press OK to confirm this is what you want to do.
8. Exit the screen
9. Launch Market
10. The Market app will ask you for an account. Put your Google information back in.
11. Once you put the account info in, you'll get the disclaimer. Press OK.
12. Now try to download an app.
But you said you tested it on a non-rooted phone and it gets the same error at least puts me at ease a little. Are you on a custom FW or Stock?

I am on the new root. I have an s4 one another line and it is not rooted at all and it is getting the 500 error
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Just checked a couple of popular youtube videos for this issue and the comments sections are filling up with this same issue!! Example below, so its not just us and thankfully not because I rooted!
Play Store Error Fix Video (with comments from users with same issue)

tinpusher said:
Anyone else having problems with the play store tonight? I did DG's root earlier, but I think it's unrelated because I didn't notice it until tonight.
I've tried clearing cache and data, in the play store and google services. I've even tried removing and adding my google account with mutliple reboots.
It fixed my original error [RPC:S-5:AEC-0], and now I'm just getting a server error (500).
Anyone else notice this? I want to know if it's google and I need to be patient, or if it's just me and I need to keep troubleshooting.
Thanks!
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I'm convinced it's on Google's end. I started having problems on my 1st gen Nexus 7 tablet. After fighting it for a half hour I decided to see if my Evo 4G phone was also having problems, and sure enough it is too.
Searching google for "google play store error" discussions in the last 24 hours I am seeing lots of other people chattering about problems too.

Me too, stock
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HunterZ0 said:
I'm convinced it's on Google's end. I started having problems on my 1st gen Nexus 7 tablet. After fighting it for a half hour I decided to see if my Evo 4G phone was also having problems, and sure enough it is too.
Searching google for "google play store error" discussions in the last 24 hours I am seeing lots of other people chattering about problems too.
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I'm rooted via DesignGears method and am also having this issue. So weird, just like an hour ago I was re-downloading all my apps after reflash and had no problems

Guys no don't troubleshoot it's not you its google. The server is down at the moment.
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agent929 said:
Guys no don't troubleshoot it's not you its google. The server is down at the moment.
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Thanks for the update. I was trying every possible solution with no avail
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No problem
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Looks like it's up. I've just installed and update 6 apps successfully.

Back up for me as well, 2 apps downloaded

Yeah, Had all my friends with different devices telling me it was down for them too. But all is better now and its working!

Final Fantasy V

Has anyone gotten this game to load? I'll touch the icon to launch the game, it'll sit there for a minute and then exit back to the home screen. No error message or anything. I sent a customer support email to Square Enix, but who knows how long that will take. Thought maybe someone here knew of the problem and how to fix it.
Thanks in advance!
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baldwyn said:
Has anyone gotten this game to load? I'll touch the icon to launch the game, it'll sit there for a minute and then exit back to the home screen. No error message or anything. I sent a customer support email to Square Enix, but who knows how long that will take. Thought maybe someone here knew of the problem and how to fix it.
Thanks in advance!
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Do you have xposed framework installed on your device?
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I have exposed. Is there a module that could help? I bought the game but would like to copy it to another device without downloading it again.
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baldwyn said:
I have exposed. Is there a module that could help? I bought the game but would like to copy it to another device without downloading it again.
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Exposed is actually the problem. The newer square Enix games check for it and don't work if it is found. Not really sure why they do, but it started with version 1.0.3 of final fantasy dimensions, and it is also present in all versions of IV and V. You have to disable all modules and reboot for it to work.
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KeylanHalfdan said:
Exposed is actually the problem. The newer square Enix games check for it and don't work if it is found. Not really sure why they do, but it started with version 1.0.3 of final fantasy dimensions, and it is also present in all versions of IV and V. You have to disable all modules and reboot for it to work.
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I actually want to get the game on another device without re-downloading it. I bought the game on my phone because that's the only way I could get it charged to my AT&T phone bill, but I really wanted it to play on my Nexus 7 tablet. I just can't download the whole game again because my wifi sucks at my house. I don't have xposed on the Nexus, but I have Titanium Backup. I transferred the 3 TiBu files from my phone to my tablet and even the obb folder and put it in the obb folder under Android. I then ran Restore App + Data on the tablet. Now, whenever I tap the FFV icon on the tablet, it just hangs for a second and then goes straight to the home screen. I've used TiBu many times before and the method I just described has worked for every other app I've transferred from my phone to my tablet. I'm just confounded why it won't work with this app. Any other suggestions? You've already been a big help!
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baldwyn said:
I actually want to get the game on another device without re-downloading it. I bought the game on my phone because that's the only way I could get it charged to my AT&T phone bill, but I really wanted it to play on my Nexus 7 tablet. I just can't download the whole game again because my wifi sucks at my house. I don't have xposed on the Nexus, but I have Titanium Backup. I transferred the 3 TiBu files from my phone to my tablet and even the obb folder and put it in the obb folder under Android. I then ran Restore App + Data on the tablet. Now, whenever I tap the FFV icon on the tablet, it just hangs for a second and then goes straight to the home screen. I've used TiBu many times before and the method I just described has worked for every other app I've transferred from my phone to my tablet. I'm just confounded why it won't work with this app. Any other suggestions? You've already been a big help!
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I think it has to do with the extra data the apply needs to download on first run. Titanium backup will backup the apk and save data, but it doesn't backup the usually 100+mb obb file stored on the sd card.
You could copy the file from:
sdcard/Android/obb/ com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFV_GP
to your computer and then transfer it to your other device and it should work.
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I did that. I have the folder: com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFV_GP in Android/obb and in that folder contains the 140.43MB file: main.105.com.square_enix.android_Google play.FFV_GP.obb. I also have the apk.gz, properties and tar.gz files in the TiBu folder. I then ran Restore App+Data in TiBu. It then goes through the install process and then when it's finished, I hit Open, the screen goes blank for a minute and then exits to home.
Like I said, I've done this with many games and apps before and it's never given me problems like this stupid game is right now. Who would've thought it would be so hard to try to relive a small piece of my childhood?
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anyone find a fix for this yet? i'm having the same problem. Just opens black screen n exits.

shadowhero said:
anyone find a fix for this yet? i'm having the same problem. Just opens black screen n exits.
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Do you have xposed installed?

Fix I found for it to work
I have had the same problem stated, Xposed installed and FFV black screen and returning to home screen.
Xposed is the problem, the fix I found is to move Xposed as a system app and any modules.
Works for me.

Had the same problem. The game worked fine stock ROM but stopped working i flashed the ARHD custom ROM for HOX+ loaded with exposed. Coudn't fix the issue. Now playing it on my DHD.

Rooting my gear tonight... Question

I was told if I root my gear I can use bluetooth tether and essentially run apps on my gear. The apps I'm looking to run are for my car alarm and ingress. So what I was wondering is what I was told true? And do I just have to root my gear or does my phone have to be rooted as well? Because right now I have the Note 3 completely stock and unrooted.
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Markor13 said:
I was told if I root my gear I can use bluetooth tether and essentially run apps on my gear. The apps I'm looking to run are for my car alarm and ingress. So what I was wondering is what I was told true? And do I just have to root my gear or does my phone have to be rooted as well? Because right now I have the Note 3 completely stock and unrooted.
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You dont need to root your gear in order to run custom apps, depending on what type of app it is tho they may or may not work..
I would read up on side loading applications first, test the waters out.. the apps you require may work straight out of the box by simply side loading them to your gear with out rooting.
Alternatively if you find the apps dont work, you can try loading my rom which includes a few library's, unlocked features & other various functions that some apps require in order to run correctly.
EDIT: Here is a simple guide on how to sideload applications: HERE

fOmey said:
You dont need to root your gear in order to run custom apps, depending on what type of app it is tho they may or may not work..
I would read up on side loading applications first, test the waters out.. the apps you require may work straight out of the box by simply side loading them to your gear with out rooting.
Alternatively if you find the apps dont work, you can try loading my rom which includes a few library's, unlocked features & other various functions that some apps require in order to run correctly.
EDIT: Here is a simple guide on how to sideload applications: HERE
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Thank you bro! Very helpful
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Awesome thank you! I'll have to read up on how you sideload apps. I saw a YouTube video where guy was actually playing ingress on his watch, what was on his phone screen transferred to watch screen same for his car alarm app, he just didn't say if it was rooted or not I just figured it was lol. Sorry had to edit my post. I do think you probably needs to be rooted to run something like ingress since it's an online game and the gear can't run anything online like a game or Facebook so I guess maybe that's why it has to be rooted and use a Bluetooth transfer lol I'm a very big newbie when it comes to the gear.
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Markor13 said:
Awesome thank you! I'll have to read up on how you sideload apps. I saw a YouTube video where guy was actually playing ingress on his watch, what was on his phone screen transferred to watch screen same for his car alarm app, he just didn't say if it was rooted or not I just figured it was lol. Sorry had to edit my post. I do think you probably needs to be rooted to run something like ingress since it's an online game and the gear can't run anything online like a game or Facebook so I guess maybe that's why it has to be rooted and use a Bluetooth transfer lol I'm a very big newbie when it comes to the gear.
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Tell me about it dude lol
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Bluetooth tethering is the easiest way. If you root your watch you can actually install play store and download as if it's a tablet tethered. Some apps may need to be wifi spoofed with is a xposed module included in null.
Keep in mind your phone needs to be running an international rom. I had to get rid of my T-Mobile rom for an international to enable Bluetooth tethering. Wasn't the watch holding me back, rather the phone itself
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stokedcrf said:
Bluetooth tethering is the easiest way. If you root your watch you can actually install play store and download as if it's a tablet tethered. Some apps may need to be wifi spoofed with is a xposed module included in null.
Keep in mind your phone needs to be running an international rom. I had to get rid of my T-Mobile rom for an international to enable Bluetooth tethering. Wasn't the watch holding me back, rather the phone itself
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Damn thanks for telling me about the rom!
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[VIDEO] How to ROOT Galaxy S5!

Make sure you watch if you are unsure on how to do it!
http://youtu.be/nWqTIXf5kUs

Thanks for making this. It's like people literally couldn't read the instructions on the site. It was really frustrating to watch how many people asked how to do this yesterday in the release thread.

Does this work on s5 active?
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No has not been reported to work yet
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DO NOT USE ULTRA POWER SAVING MODE AFTER ROOTING AS OF YET... myself and a few others are left with a black white att logo onscreen after enabling ULTRA POWER SAVING MODE just a heads up....

UnhoIy said:
Thanks for making this. It's like people literally couldn't read the instructions on the site. It was really frustrating to watch how many people asked how to do this yesterday in the release thread.
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I was trying to do it through my computer as I have everything in the past. The video showed me how to do it on my phone.

Holy Fuc!ing sh!t! There's root now!
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sholsten said:
I was trying to do it through my computer as I have everything in the past. The video showed me how to do it on my phone.
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I was hesitant to make a video, but thanks for the feedback!!
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This is done from the phone?
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Yes you do it all from the phone
DO NOT REMOVE THE LAUNCHERS AS I STATED IN THE VIDEO THIS WILL SCREW THE PHONE IF YOU TRY TO USE ULTRA POWER SAVING...
LEAVE THE LAUNCHERS IN

Thanks
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Worked for me! Thanks Guys

Samsung Galaxy S5 Active
I can confirm that this worked to root the S5 Active. I had issues with Google services not functioning properly, but once I installed SuperSU, and it disabled Knox, everything seemed to be working fine again. Based on comments from others, I have not enabled ultra power save mode.

MSStranger said:
I can confirm that this worked to root the S5 Active. I had issues with Google services not functioning properly, but once I installed SuperSU, and it disabled Knox, everything seemed to be working fine again. Based on comments from others, I have not enabled ultra power save mode.
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Im on S5 AND3 rooted ans debloat i tried the UPSM and its working great just do not uninstall any stock launcher or stock samsung keyboard
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I removed the launchers lol but that's because I have never used the ultra power saver in the 2 months I've nd this
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MSStranger said:
I can confirm that this worked to root the S5 Active. I had issues with Google services not functioning properly, but once I installed SuperSU, and it disabled Knox, everything seemed to be working fine again. Based on comments from others, I have not enabled ultra power save mode.
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How did you go about installing SuperSU, and disabling Knox?
UPDATE: I see in his thread about SuperSU. Does it automatically disable Knox? Or do I have to go about Titanium Backup and disable all the appropriate apps?

MercilessLTD said:
How did you go about installing SuperSU, and disabling Knox?
UPDATE: I see in his thread about SuperSU. Does it automatically disable Knox? Or do I have to go about Titanium Backup and disable all the appropriate apps?
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SuperSU automatically prompts and asks if you want to disable Knox. The first time I ran it, it hung. Rebooted, and ran again, and it disabled right away. Was golden after that point.

V2 didn't work for me. Just tried V1 and it worked with no issue. Awesome! Just got the S5 today as well.
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lol a 10min video on how to root by dling an apk in 1 click.. you should title it root and titanium and xposed etc lol.. did you show in video how to update su?
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elliwigy said:
lol a 10min video on how to root by dling an apk in 1 click.. you should title it root and titanium and xposed etc lol.. did you show in video how to update su?
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or one of them was 10mins.. u should teach how to set up supersu or at least say sll they gotta do is go in play store to get it lol
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