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*Update FOUND* My NC has gone missing.... what to do?

Update: Found the sneaky NC hiding under the computer stand in the basement. Not sure how she ended up there, but happy whoever the little thief was in the house put it somewhere I could find it... after searching for hours!
Had the NC in the house last night and it has magically gone missing as of this AM. Wife and kids said they dont have it so not sure what to think. In any case, I need to figure out if there is anything I can do to remove the amazon link to my 1-click credit card info that was on it for the amazon store and get my gmail/yahoo auto password off of there too? My guess is maybe not to the three above but thought it was worth a question. If its going to fall in the wrong hands I would prefer they dont have easy access to our emails and also be able to buy stuff on amazon or the amazon market with my CC. Its a stock NC with autonooter 3.0.
If it is in the house, is there any way to track it down with the wifi?
Might just be jumping the gun on this whole deal, but want to be prepared!

check the fridge (don't ask) and under the couch.
with the nook sleeping it's not connected to wifi and with no built in gps/3g it cannot be tracked.
log into amazon and deregister the device to prevent purchases if it is (gasp) stolen

NewZJ said:
check the fridge (don't ask) and under the couch.
with the nook sleeping it's not connected to wifi and with no built in gps/3g it cannot be tracked.
log into amazon and deregister the device to prevent purchases if it is (gasp) stolen
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LOL on the fridge comment.. h'm i wondder if you are connected to wifi and latitude if your location can be seen by your friends
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Run, don't walk to your other computer and change your password to your email and your amazon accounts.
If you find the Nook, then simply change the passwords back.

NewZJ said:
check the fridge (don't ask) and under the couch.
with the nook sleeping it's not connected to wifi and with no built in gps/3g it cannot be tracked.
log into amazon and deregister the device to prevent purchases if it is (gasp) stolen
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checked the fridge... not there! Went into app store and turned off one click. Saw the option to deregister, but then noticed it said would not be able to use the same device again for market if deregister? Hoping it shows back up in the house so was bit concerned with doing that. Guess I shouldnt worry about that though at this point.

updated passwords on google, yahoo and amazon. also disabled 1 click on amazon. hopefully that should be good for now. Any other tips/suggestions would be appreiciated

Just out of curiosity, if the NC ended up being stolen AND said person tried buying a book or item via wifi, couldn't you just report it as stolen and they could track what wifi network the purchase came from?

glad you found it,.and that it wasnt in the fridge

dvcbwvfans said:
Update: Found the sneaky NC hiding under the computer stand in the basement. Not sure how she ended up there, but happy whoever the little thief was in the house put it somewhere I could find it... after searching for hours!
Had the NC in the house last night and it has magically gone missing as of this AM. Wife and kids said they dont have it so not sure what to think. In any case, I need to figure out if there is anything I can do to remove the amazon link to my 1-click credit card info that was on it for the amazon store and get my gmail/yahoo auto password off of there too? My guess is maybe not to the three above but thought it was worth a question. If its going to fall in the wrong hands I would prefer they dont have easy access to our emails and also be able to buy stuff on amazon or the amazon market with my CC. Its a stock NC with autonooter 3.0.
If it is in the house, is there any way to track it down with the wifi?
Might just be jumping the gun on this whole deal, but want to be prepared!
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This is what happens when you use your nook alot without doing house works first.

NewZJ said:
glad you found it,.and that it wasnt in the fridge
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Pinoy8125 said:
This is what happens when you use your nook alot without doing house works first.
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Yes, I think I may install On-Star so I can track it next time

wifi tethering

I'm rooted and have installed both wireless tether for root users and barnacle, but when I turn them on I get a notification that my vzw mobile hot spot is active. Should I ignore this since I didn't sign up for it? Also the wireless hot spot box wasn't checked off. Am I getting charged for hot spot now?

Not yet Available for the bionic, if you did not get the hotspot with verizon it wont work it will ask you to call verizon to add hotspot. no tethering yet

p8ntballah21 said:
I'm rooted and have installed both wireless tether for root users and barnacle, but when I turn them on I get a notification that my vzw mobile hot spot is active. Should I ignore this since I didn't sign up for it? Also the wireless hot spot box wasn't checked off. Am I getting charged for hot spot now?
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Is "Wireless Tether" app actually working for you? Have you tested using a wireless device to use the phone's 4G? Which version are you using? 2.0.7 or older, or the new 3.x beta?

Ill tell you from my own eyes...if you use a rooted tethering app...VZW does recogize the IP addy being broadcasted and will promt you to purchase the tethering function from them. If not you will be charged 1.99 per MB. Ive seen a bill reach over 700$

open1your1eyes0 said:
Is "Wireless Tether" app actually working for you? Have you tested using a wireless device to use the phone's 4G? Which version are you using? 2.0.7 or older, or the new 3.x beta?
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I never actually got one working, when I turned on the tethering and saw the Verizon Mobile Hot Spot notification come on I stopped and uninstalled them, I didnt want to risk getting charged.
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Ill tell you from my own eyes...if you use a rooted tethering app...VZW does recogize the IP addy being broadcasted and will promt you to purchase the tethering function from them. If not you will be charged 1.99 per MB. Ive seen a bill reach over 700$
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Yeah I will stick with pda net for now, from what I can tell from checking my usage that data is going into my unlimited data plan, I dont think I'm being charged 1.88 mb for it.

Zei said:
Ill tell you from my own eyes...if you use a rooted tethering app...VZW does recogize the IP addy being broadcasted and will promt you to purchase the tethering function from them. If not you will be charged 1.99 per MB. Ive seen a bill reach over 700$
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Really dude Really? I smell BS. Place provide proof along with outlandish claims. Thank you that is all.

I downloaded the latest version from google code (3.1 beta 6) and I also get the Verizon tethering app to pop up. I also tried connecting my Eee pad Tablet, no go.

Had anyone tried to remove the mobile hotspot stock app and then install the root app wifi tether?
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Brenardo said:
Really dude Really? I smell BS. Place provide proof along with outlandish claims. Thank you that is all.
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No dude that's legit. Verizon knows your IP and they will charge you!! Maybe more than $700 or cancel service for not abiding by data terms and conditions. Do some research on it before you call him out dude.
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luke1333 said:
No dude that's legit. Verizon knows your IP and they will charge you!! Maybe more than $700 or cancel service for not abiding by data terms and conditions. Do some research on it before you call him out dude.
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Aye Bernardo... What luke says is true. When you purchase a data pkg from any upstanding mobile service company they attach a public ip addy to your account. That is how they know your ip address... You can't change your phone's public ip without more money than it's worth. If you decide to and can get it to work for less than $30/mo, or whatever Verizon charges, lemme know, because I'll have a hefty business proposition for you.

luke1333 said:
No dude that's legit. Verizon knows your IP and they will charge you!! Maybe more than $700 or cancel service for not abiding by data terms and conditions. Do some research on it before you call him out dude.
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I simply asked for proof..... I know many people who tether without overage charges. I simply need more information.
I would also like to see some links regarding the "research" that I need to do to better understand how phones handle IP addresses. I am no expert by any means.
I am curious...while tethering I pull up http://www.whatismyip.com/ from my phone and the connected device and both are the same. How does VZW differentiate which device is pulling the data if it is routed thru the phone first?
Please take this as a time to inform the uninformed..

It's not an IP address that identifies your tethering transgressions to Verizon, it's your network access identifier (NAI), which is used to authenticate your phone on the network. Depending on how the device is communicating to the network it will use a different NAI. The trick is to convince the phone to use the same NAI for tethering as it would for on-device data usage... unfortunately that hasn't been figured out yet. Apparently the old method no longer works with the new LTE chipset.
There is a hack to get the included "Mobile Hotspot" application to work without an account, but Verizon can easily track this and I would not be at all surprised if your next bill included a tethering plan or a charge for $2.99/MB.
My advice is to forget about illicit tethering for the time being, or legitimately subscribe to the tethering plan.

helpie a girl out please
ninjagonepostal said:
Aye Bernardo... What luke says is true. When you purchase a data pkg from any upstanding mobile service company they attach a public ip addy to your account. That is how they know your ip address... You can't change your phone's public ip without more money than it's worth. If you decide to and can get it to work for less than $30/mo, or whatever Verizon charges, lemme know, because I'll have a hefty business proposition for you.
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does anyone know how to configure barncle bills settings to a polaroid tablet.. thanks yall guys

tracyn67 said:
does anyone know how to configure barncle bills settings to a polaroid tablet.. thanks yall guys
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You want to go to a forum for that device. This one is for the Bionic. :good:

Easy Tether

Just curious to see if anyone has tried Easy tether or PDA net with the bionic.

Give it a shot and let us know

I ask because I am not completely sure the Bionic is for me... trying to make an informed decision before I drop the $$$...

The only tethered apps people were able to use without paying are the USB tethered apps.
None of the WiFi hotspot apps worked.
I ended up signing up for the service so I would be able to do both. I can USB tether with my laptop, but not with my Tablet. Now I can easily do both.
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I just tried Easy Tether on my Bionic. Connects just fine, but not giving me internet access for some reason. Will have to troubleshoot it later.

cdf3 said:
The only tethered apps people were able to use without paying are the USB tethered apps.
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Is PDA Net the one that is recommended or are there other ones that work as well over USB?

I purchased Easy tether from the Amazon AppStore for $5 and it works flawlessly.
I am curious as to if anyone has been able to get USB tethering going on their Xoom.

Brenardo said:
I purchased Easy tether from the Amazon AppStore for $5 and it works flawlessly.
I am curious as to if anyone has been able to get USB tethering going on their Xoom.
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I used Easy Tether on my Incredible with no problems, but I just can't seem to get Internet access on the Bionic for some reason.
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Brenardo said:
I purchased Easy tether from the Amazon AppStore for $5 and it works flawlessly.
I am curious as to if anyone has been able to get USB tethering going on their Xoom.
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Thanks. Will try it out. Did some researching. PDA Net claims it can hide Tethering from being detected. Wondering how valid of a claim that is.

i downloaded easytether light for free from the market and it works easily and perfectly on my macbook. any questions or troubleshooting, let me know.

Works good, bought it from Amazon App store today, dowloaded drivers, works great. Didn't do a speedtest on tethered pc, but pages loaded quick, no video stutter from youtube or netflix with good 4g signal.
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Brenardo said:
I purchased Easy tether from the Amazon AppStore for $5 and it works flawlessly.
I am curious as to if anyone has been able to get USB tethering going on their Xoom.
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Are you wanting to tether the xoom to a pc/mac or the xoom to the Bionic? I am able to tether my xoom and Bionic via bluetooth.

I recieved my Bionic last week from Verizon. The ads touted mobile hotspot with 4g LTE.
It was not working on my phone so I called the subscription number and asked why.
With the Bionic (4gLTE) service your phone will allow it to be used as a hot dopt for up to 5 devices at a time. This is a no cost option (at this time). If yours is not working call them and ask for the service to be turned on for you.
The current sales literature tells you that this is included at no additional charge.

steves1217 said:
I recieved my Bionic last week from Verizon. The ads touted mobile hotspot with 4g LTE.
It was not working on my phone so I called the subscription number and asked why.
With the Bionic (4gLTE) service your phone will allow it to be used as a hot dopt for up to 5 devices at a time. This is a no cost option (at this time). If yours is not working call them and ask for the service to be turned on for you.
The current sales literature tells you that this is included at no additional charge.
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i was told in the store this was a 30$ a month add on. i will be calling them. what number did you call?

I'm using PDA Net as we speak!! Works fine for me.

So today there is a new update for EasyTether.
I go to the marketplace to try and update but on the top it says "This item is not available on your carrier". I still have the app on my phone and it still works flawlessly but this is something new that I've noticed.

I just called the number that pops up (800) 256-4646 and was told that it is $30 per month.

specularius said:
Are you wanting to tether the xoom to a pc/mac or the xoom to the Bionic? I am able to tether my xoom and Bionic via bluetooth.
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Please include detailed instructions foe me the lowly tard!
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mx5er said:
So today there is a new update for EasyTether.
I go to the marketplace to try and update but on the top it says "This item is not available on your carrier". I still have the app on my phone and it still works flawlessly but this is something new that I've noticed.
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Send the folks over at EasyTether an email they will hook you right up

i just got off the phone with verizon about their add. claiming that it was false advertising. i told them that i had an unliminted plan, why should i have to pay for another internet plan. well no no avail it did not work. i asked to talk to the supervisor and she told me that if i use verizons wireless hotspot that i would have to pay. but what i found odd was that she divulged a very nice tidbit in not so many words. she literally said if i root my phone and was android savoy i could manage to get it to work. she told me to look on the market for apps that would benefit the cause i was looking for. now i have never found a verizon rep that would ever say something like that. but i took one step further and asked her if i went the market app way, would i get penalized? her response was no. she told me that there is no way for them to see how many devices were hooked up the the phone. nor do they look for that. its all computer run. she said if i use gigs upon gigs of internet it would throw up a red flag and they would look further to see what was the cause. but if your a casual tetherer here and there you would be fine. she also told me that she has worked there for 5 years and has never seen anyone get in trouble for tethering. now this is when i diall 611 on the phone. not in a verizon store. bottom line is, there is hope for us lol

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needshelp101 said:
i just got off the phone with verizon about their add. claiming that it was false advertising. i told them that i had an unliminted plan, why should i have to pay for another internet plan. well no no avail it did not work. i asked to talk to the supervisor and she told me that if i use verizons wireless hotspot that i would have to pay. but what i found odd was that she divulged a very nice tidbit in not so many words. she literally said if i root my phone and was android savoy i could manage to get it to work. she told me to look on the market for apps that would benefit the cause i was looking for. now i have never found a verizon rep that would ever say something like that. but i took one step further and asked her if i went the market app way, would i get penalized? her response was no. she told me that there is no way for them to see how many devices were hooked up the the phone. nor do they look for that. its all computer run. she said if i use gigs upon gigs of internet it would throw up a red flag and they would look further to see what was the cause. but if your a casual tetherer here and there you would be fine. she also told me that she has worked there for 5 years and has never seen anyone get in trouble for tethering. now this is when i diall 611 on the phone. not in a verizon store. bottom line is, there is hope for us lol
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Seriously? Seriously? lol

[Q] Return my Chromecast and buy one that I can root?

I got my Chromecast just a few weeks ago and I'm a Best Buy "Reward Zone" Member. Being a Reward Zone Member gives me up to 60 days to return purchased items back to the store....with a receipt, obviously. When I got mine, it was quickly automatically updated and I was never afforded the opportunity to root my Chromecast. Do ya'll think I can package my Chromecast back up and return it to Best Buy and purchase another one that is HOPEFULLY still running the original version that allows for it to be rooted? Basically what I'm wondering is if I return my Chromecast back to my local Best Buy retail store and buy another one, will the "newer" one that I pick up still be running the original system that they initially shipped with that enabled for users to root it? I'm asking because I really have wanted to root this thing, but just never have been able to, due to it receiving the automatic OTA shortly after using it for the first time a few weeks ago. I wouldn't think that the more recent Chromecasts would come shipped with the newer OTA's already, would they? I'm just hoping to pick up another one that I can actually root. Ya'lls thoughts?

Why?
The number of unrooted devices is truly tiny, so developers for it are fleetingly few. Also there's no significant advantage to being unrooted.
Couple that with the infetesimal chance of getting an original release device from Best Buy begs the effort.
I don't mean to be unduly negative but such little chance for such minor gain, again, why?

Maggard said:
Why?
The number of unrooted devices is truly tiny, so developers for it are fleetingly few. Also there's no significant advantage to being unrooted.
Couple that with the infetesimal chance of getting an original release device from Best Buy begs the effort.
I don't mean to be unduly negative but such little chance for such minor gain, again, why?
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I think you mean "rooted"

Thank you, correct, rooted.

I think that if you can have a rooted chromecast, it's a good thing.
I do admit that at present there are no advantages to being rooted.
But the future is unknown.
Example : what if google decides to never permit the general developer casting apps like fling or allcast? Theoretically, developers can totally rewrite the chromecast firmware to be the device they want it to be. However it will be very difficult or impossible to install such new firmware on an unrooted chromecast.
So the only benefits are unknown future imaginative features which google may never allow.

I bought another Chromecast from BestBuy on Friday and it still had the original firmware. This BestBuy had been sold out of Chromecast already, so this was probably their second or third shipment. So it's definitely possible to get an original firmware Chromecast, although there is no guarantee.

ften said:
I bought another Chromecast from BestBuy on Friday and it still had the original firmware. This BestBuy had been sold out of Chromecast already, so this was probably their second or third shipment. So it's definitely possible to get an original firmware Chromecast, although there is no guarantee.
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I'm not for sure, likewise for anyone else, when Google will be shipping these devices with updated firmware, so I'm gonna take my chances and get another one soon. And the reasons mentioned in the above posts are the main driving factors for my decision. If I'm going to spend $35 of my hard earned money, I'm gonna get every penny out of it that I can. Being locked down like Google has us now, was not in my plans when I first bought this thing.
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Well, guys...I did it today. I returned my Chromecast and switched it out for another one. I haven't hooked it up yet, but hopefully it's the original version.
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jsdecker10 said:
Well, guys...I did it today. I returned my Chromecast and switched it out for another one. I haven't hooked it up yet, but hopefully it's the original version.
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How can you check if it is the original version without getting the OTA firmware installed?

hachuelo said:
How can you check if it is the original version without getting the OTA firmware installed?
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You must not allow the chromecast to connect to a wifi ssid / network which has Internet.
In my case, I had an old asus (dd-wrt) router laying around. I powered it up with nothing plugged into it. No rj45 cat 5/6 cables connected. Switched my phone wifi to this wireless ssid network. Ran the chromecast app, it found the chromecast, set up the chromecast to use this no Internet network by selecting it & typing in the router's password. After setting up the chromecast, the app shows the firmware version as being 12072.
If you allow the chromecast to connect to a wifi network which has Internet, then it will quickly auto update to a firmware version which can not currently be rooted.

HowardZ said:
You must not allow the chromecast to connect to a wifi ssid / network which has Internet.
In my case, I had an old asus (dd-wrt) router laying around. I powered it up with nothing plugged into it. No rj45 cat 5/6 cables connected. Switched my phone wifi to this wireless ssid network. Ran the chromecast app, it found the chromecast, set up the chromecast to use this no Internet network by selecting it & typing in the router's password. After setting up the chromecast, the app shows the firmware version as being 12072.
If you allow the chromecast to connect to a wifi network which has Internet, then it will quickly auto update to a firmware version which can not currently be rooted.
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Ok.So in the case that I can have a device with an older "rootable" firmware is there any way to stop the the firmware upgrade from Google if I connect a rooted Cromecast to the Internet?

hachuelo said:
Ok.So in the case that I can have a device with an older "rootable" firmware is there any way to stop the the firmware upgrade from Google if I connect a rooted Cromecast to the Internet?
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The rooted firmware bin files from tvall have the auto update function disabled.

I just got my Chromecast a couple of days ago and have been reading several threads. I connected it to WiFi with no Internet and found that it still has 12072. Is there any way ti still use Allcast or Fling if I use one of tvall's images to disable updates? I found a previous version of the Chromecast apk and installed Allcast B4 but Allcast just comes up with a blank page. I thought it might be possible to stream local content with no Internet access.
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deercreek said:
I just got my Chromecast a couple of days ago and have been reading several threads. I connected it to WiFi with no Internet and found that it still has 12072. Is there any way ti still use Allcast or Fling if I use one of tvall's images to disable updates? I found a previous version of the Chromecast apk and installed Allcast B4 but Allcast just comes up with a blank page. I thought it might be possible to stream local content with no Internet access.
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Technically, I'd say that you would be able to, since it wouldn't be using the internet to stream the video. I'm FAR from an expert on all this though...lol
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deercreek said:
I just got my Chromecast a couple of days ago and have been reading several threads. I connected it to WiFi with no Internet and found that it still has 12072. Is there any way ti still use Allcast or Fling if I use one of tvall's images to disable updates? I found a previous version of the Chromecast apk and installed Allcast B4 but Allcast just comes up with a blank page. I thought it might be possible to stream local content with no Internet access.
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I was actually wondering the same thing too...if we would be able to use the "Fling" PC Java program and/or the "AllCast"/"AirCast" Android apps, just as long as our Chromecasts are on the original (v.12072) firmware..
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jsdecker10 said:
I was actually wondering the same thing too...if we would be able to use the "Fling" PC Java program and/or the "AllCast"/"AirCast" Android apps, just as long as our Chromecasts are on the original (v.12072) firmware..
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Couple of questions:Where I can find Fling? The link in dropbox is dead. The firmware in my Chromecast shows 12072 can I still root the device?

hachuelo said:
Couple of questions:Where I can find Fling? The link in dropbox is dead. The firmware in my Chromecast shows 12072 can I still root the device?
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You had better do it QUICK, and I mean SUPER-HUMAN QUICK !! lol You're probably up the creek if it's been on for any decent amount of time. As far as I know, as soon as you turn it off and whenever you power it back up, it'll install that automatically downloaded OTA that it has already downloaded behind the scenes and stored on its memory. This is what *SHOULD* happen...just what I've heard by things I've read on here.

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You had better do it QUICK, and I mean SUPER-HUMAN QUICK !! lol You're probably up the creek if it's been on for any decent amount of time. As far as I know, as soon as you turn it off and whenever you power it back up, it'll install that automatically downloaded OTA that it has already downloaded behind the scenes and stored on its memory. This is what *SHOULD* happen...just what I've heard by things I've read on here.
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Have you rooted yours? I'm gonna try tomorrow I got to borrow an USB otg cable from a friend.
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Have you rooted yours? I'm gonna try tomorrow I got to borrow an USB otg cable from a friend.
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Nope, my first Chromecast installed the auto-OTA and each following update after leaving it plugged in, so I just went and got another Chromecast a few days ago. I ordered the recommended OTG cable from Amazon.com this past Thurs or Fri night. It's scheduled to arrive here at our house sometime around the end of this week(Thurs-Sat) sometime. After it gets here, I'm gonna root it before playin around with it. And if you're wondering, YES, the 2nd Chromecast that I got is STILL sitting in the box, just waiting for the OTG cable to arrive. It's too tempting to take it out and play around with it, but I know I had better just hold off till that cable gets here, otherwise I'd be just throwing that money that I spent on the cable down the drain.

jsdecker10 said:
Nope, my first Chromecast installed the auto-OTA and each following update after leaving it plugged in, so I just went and got another Chromecast a few days ago. I ordered the recommended OTG cable from Amazon.com this past Thurs or Fri night. It's scheduled to arrive here at our house sometime around the end of this week(Thurs-Sat) sometime. After it gets here, I'm gonna root it before playin around with it. And if you're wondering, YES, the 2nd Chromecast that I got is STILL sitting in the box, just waiting for the OTG cable to arrive. It's too tempting to take it out and play around with it, but I know I had better just hold off till that cable gets here, otherwise I'd be just throwing that money that I spent on the cable down the drain.
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Any ideal of which OTG cable from amazon to get? I see them from 1.00 to 10.00. I don't want to spend more than I have to.
Just ordered my chromecast to pick up in our local best buy and want to root it in case it has the older firmware.
Thanks

Incompatible video signal?

Recently ive been unable to use my chromecast at all,whenever i switch to the hdmi input for it,i get an "incompatible video signal check output device settings" message on my screen.... Ive tried resetting it and unplugging it and different hdmi ports and nothing just the same message over and over... any help is much appreciated...

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Recently ive been unable to use my chromecast at all,whenever i switch to the hdmi input for it,i get an "incompatible video signal check output device settings" message on my screen.... Ive tried resetting it and unplugging it and different hdmi ports and nothing just the same message over and over... any help is much appreciated...
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Unplug Chromecast from the TV, plug power into Chromecast, plug Chromecast into TV.
Beyond that, try a different TV/monitor.
If you still get invalid signal, Chromecast itself might be broken.

Also try a different Input if you have one available....

bhiga said:
Unplug Chromecast from the TV, plug power into Chromecast, plug Chromecast into TV.
Beyond that, try a different TV/monitor.
If you still get invalid signal, Chromecast itself might be broken.
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ive actually tried this,and different inputs,and same problem.. i even bought a different chromecast to try and same thing now.. it literally worked fine for months... the chromecast connects to my signal fine and i can still see it on the app just nothing on the screen at all smh
finally tried a different television,and it worked fine... seems like its my tv now,but i dont understand how cuz its worked fine up until a week or so ago...

I had this same issue last year. Google never wanted to take responsibility since the issue started after one of their unsolicited updates. They walked me through "fixes" and even sent me a warranty replacement. Funny thing was that it came on the very first firmware and worked... until the update was pushed to it. I just gave up.
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blitz_7 said:
I had this same issue last year. Google never wanted to take responsibility since the issue started after one of their unsolicited updates. They walked me through "fixes" and even sent me a warranty replacement. Funny thing was that it came on the very first firmware and worked... until the update was pushed to it. I just gave up.
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yea i think it must of updated and then WHAM not working,but it worked on a different television so im like wtf... was gonna go the warranty route but now im not sure since the thing obviously works,just not on the television that ive been using it on for the last 6 months smh

TheSleezkIng said:
yea i think it must of updated and then WHAM not working,but it worked on a different television so im like wtf... was gonna go the warranty route but now im not sure since the thing obviously works,just not on the television that ive been using it on for the last 6 months smh
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Definitely file a report if it goes from working to not. Unfortunately the forced update nature of the Chromecast ecosystem makes things like this possible...
Most likely CC is trying to use a resolution or format that it didn't before, and now it's making the TV confused.

blitz_7 said:
I had this same issue last year. Google never wanted to take responsibility since the issue started after one of their unsolicited updates. They walked me through "fixes" and even sent me a warranty replacement. Funny thing was that it came on the very first firmware and worked... until the update was pushed to it. I just gave up.
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I hade the same issue also with a 7 year old Samsung LCD TV. Used to work then didn't after an update. Works fine on a 1080p TV.

bhiga said:
Definitely file a report if it goes from working to not. Unfortunately the forced update nature of the Chromecast ecosystem makes things like this possible...
Most likely CC is trying to use a resolution or format that it didn't before, and now it's making the TV confused.
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It happened to my tv as well(and most 720P TVs).
Something in one of the updates(around January) caused the chromecast to not properly handshake with the TV.
They are blaming it on badly formed EDID signals(which reports the available/best resolutions it accepts) from some TV's.
If you file a bug through the chromecast app, maybe they'll get enough complaints to fix it.