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Guide: Using Android Without a Data Plan - Getting Apps, Moving Contacts, and More

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thanks for the guide! ive been looking all over for something like this
its totally worth switching to android now with the market apps

Guide Stuck! Thanks for this.

usb outlook sync
here's a possible usb sync solution for outlook users; it's pretty expensive though ($40, 15 day trial version), and I haven't tried it since my vouge is not activated atm.
http ://www .companionlink.com/androidusb/ol-android-usb.html
(spaces in link for newbie post)
Would this work with the vogue's usb driver?? I know i've read about issues with only parts of the usb driver being implemented.
Anyway there's a trial if anyone's interested. I'm still holding out for a "reverse tethering" solution so I can access the internet on my vogue over usb or bluetooth. There's another thread on here about that.

Great work on the guide. I'm sure I might be using it when I upgrade to a new phone in the near future

this is a great guide, thanks. i am due for upgrade around december and think that i will keep my 6900 in service- not sure as to what she will do,but ill figure out something
this gives me the opportunity to keep her at full service.
thanks again

What are you guys doing for a calendar.
Was there ever a way discovered to use the google calendar?

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I'm having trouble with Titanium Backup. It keeps on saying that the emulator needs to be rooted to be used, so how would I get it to work?

th3lolz said:
In the comments on my site trackstarboi said that this was good, but I have yet to try it:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.jp-co-johospace-jorte-iwqp.aspx
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I recently found ancal http://code.google.com/p/ancal/wiki/AnCal
and it seems to be working for me. I've tried jorte, didn't care for it.
It would still be ideal to use the google calendar, because of the widgets it has etc.

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6. The apps you backup will be backed up to /sdcard/backups/apps/
7. You can use one of the following adb commands to pull these files from the emulator:
adb pull /sdcard/backups/apps/ /AndApps
This will download all of your backed up apps to a folder on your root drive called AndApps
or
adb pull /sdcard/backups/apps/<NAME OF APK>.apk /AndApps/<NAME OF APK>.apk
This will copy a single apk of your choosing to /AndApps/
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I don't quite get this part, where do i put in adb pull /sdcard/backups/apps/ /AndApps

my emulator is stuck on the boot screen....im running the one from the accessmarket.rar

If anyone is using this on a Mac, I would love to know how you go about setting it up and using this accessmarket.avd
I can run the emulator but I can't seem to be able to figure out how to Import? this package

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Good work
Thanks for the guide. Very helpful.

th3lolz said:
You have to place it in the directory stated by the sdk documentation for Mac:
If it works for you, post it here and I'll update the guide for mac users too. I'm not really sure what you'd do with the .ini though, perhaps a mac user can tell you that (or you could create an avd through SDK setup and upload your avd folder so I can look at it)
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Thank you for the reply. I did copy the avd to my .android folder on Mac, but the emulator doesn't see it. I am a fairly new Mac user as well, so not too much help from here

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[Q] Side Load on Gear Neo?

Looked through the forums and Google but didn't see it.
How do you side load applications onto the Tizen OS? I know the watch supports unknown sources.....for the life of me I can't figure this out. I've tried pushing it with the Tizen SDB but nothing. Any thoughts?
I saw on stackoverflow that someone had the same question but for whatever reason I couldn't get it across using these methods. The method below is used in the emulator but it should be the same for watch right?
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14294677/how-do-i-deploy-a-tizen-application-to-the-tizen-emulator

Did you enable the adb debugging? And in settings enable 'unknown sources'?

Apps for Gear 1 on Tizen and Non Samsung phones

I managed to get a oneplus one last week. (No I dont have invites but as soon as I have them I will give them away here @ xda) . I wasn't surprised that it just did not work with my gear 1 on Tizen . I was not in a mood to root my device but then I found the amazing thread . Voila!! things just worked like magic. No rooting required. Notifications work perfectly. Only thing which is not working is the Smart Relay.
So once everything was up and running I was missing the option of having extra apps to go along with my gear ( I am greedy ). I could not find a single thread which deals with installing or sideloading watchfaces, apps , plugins or widgets on to the Gear 1 without the need of rooting your phone.
With this thread I anticipate that people (including myself) will be putting a guide to install extra goodies for gear on non samsung phones.
Please do not flame me as I am just trying to make things a little bit easy to find. If the moderator feels this thread is useless please feel free to close the same.
Thanks and I really hope we get some helpful guides and tutorials.

chargedRam said:
I managed to get a oneplus one last week. (No I dont have invites but as soon as I have them I will give them away here @ xda) . I wasn't surprised that it just did not work with my gear 1 on Tizen . I was not in a mood to root my device but then I found the amazing thread . Voila!! things just worked like magic. No rooting required. Notifications work perfectly. Only thing which is not working is the Smart Relay.
So once everything was up and running I was missing the option of having extra apps to go along with my gear ( I am greedy ). I could not find a single thread which deals with installing or sideloading watchfaces, apps , plugins or widgets on to the Gear 1 without the need of rooting your phone.
With this thread I anticipate that people (including myself) will be putting a guide to install extra goodies for gear on non samsung phones.
Please do not flame me as I am just trying to make things a little bit easy to find. If the moderator feels this thread is useless please feel free to close the same.
Thanks and I really hope we get some helpful guides and tutorials.
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Sideloading is easy with sdb from tizen sdk.
Code:
sdb install your.wgt
You can sideload watch faces and all the don't require tizen privilege.

Skin1980 said:
Sideloading is easy with sdb from tizen sdk.
Code:
sdb install your.wgt
You can sideload watch faces and all the don't require tizen privilege.
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As someone who does 1-click roots this is a foreign language to me lol is that opening up the command prompt and installing it that way?

Hi. I just installed CM11 on my Galaxy S5. I was using Tizen Mod 3.0 just fine back on touchwiz but now I can get it to pair but it won't connect. I downloaded and followed many different instructions but I always end up stuck at the connection screen and it just stays there forever, never actually finishing the connection with the watch. What should I do?

BlackDave said:
Hi. I just installed CM11 on my Galaxy S5. I was using Tizen Mod 3.0 just fine back on touchwiz but now I can get it to pair but it won't connect. I downloaded and followed many different instructions but I always end up stuck at the connection screen and it just stays there forever, never actually finishing the connection with the watch. What should I do?
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I have same problem..

Can I move pictures and music to and from my Gear?

Hello Gear board --
I have a beautiful new Galaxy Gear running Tizen, and I realized there seems to be no way to simply transfer photos onto, or off of, my watch.
The app Fancy Pictures indeed takes great pictures, but they don't sync to my phone.
I haven't seen any information, anywhere, about transferring pictures from a phone to a Gear, or from a computer to a Gear...
Am I missing something here? Should I have tried plugging the watch in, perhaps?

primetechv2 said:
Hello Gear board --
I have a beautiful new Galaxy Gear running Tizen, and I realized there seems to be no way to simply transfer photos onto, or off of, my watch.
The app Fancy Pictures indeed takes great pictures, but they don't sync to my phone.
I haven't seen any information, anywhere, about transferring pictures from a phone to a Gear, or from a computer to a Gear...
Am I missing something here? Should I have tried plugging the watch in, perhaps?
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Yes, you can plug your watch into the charge cradle and then plug the usb into the computer. Your computer should install the driver it needs and you can browse in the file manager for the gear and view the folders just like if you plug your phone into the computer.
Chris

Okay, I didn't have any such luck with that last night. I tried enabling USB debugging in Settings> About too.
I was resisting downloading the entire Tizen wearable SDK just to get my hands on SDB (Smart Debug Bridge), which is apparently an analog to Android's ADB.

primetechv2 said:
Okay, I didn't have any such luck with that last night. I tried enabling USB debugging in Settings> About too.
I was resisting downloading the entire Tizen wearable SDK just to get my hands on SDB (Smart Debug Bridge), which is apparently an analog to Android's ADB.
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I just searched for it, but someone here on xda shared just the sdb.exe here is the link I found. http://www.mediafire.com/download/140vftuwb9jiwgf/sdb.exe
that should be all you need and it's all I have installed too.
Chris

noellenchris said:
I just searched for it, but someone here on xda shared just the sdb.exe here is the link I found. http://www.mediafire.com/download/140vftuwb9jiwgf/sdb.exe
that should be all you need and it's all I have installed too.
Chris
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I've tried two laptops, one with Windows 8.1 Update and one with Windows 8.1... while SDB runs, it doesn't exactly install, and "sdb devices" from a command prompt doesn't yield anything.
Have you installed the Tizen wearable SDK for some reason or another on your computer? Anything in Device Manager?

primetechv2 said:
I've tried two laptops, one with Windows 8.1 Update and one with Windows 8.1... while SDB runs, it doesn't exactly install, and "sdb devices" from a command prompt doesn't yield anything.
Have you installed the Tizen wearable SDK for some reason or another on your computer? Anything in Device Manager?
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maybe run kies so it will install the tizen usb drivers for samsung? I have win7 and it acts like any other android device, as I can see the folders like an SD card on the gear. Once you get past that hurdle, you should be fine. I will try to think of other ideas and update the post.
Chris

Lenovo Smart Clock details

Hi, I bought a Lenovo Smart Clock with the google assistant,
Here are some details from the box:
Wifi Hemp Grey 1G+8G
Lenovo Smart Clock
Model: Lenovo CD-24501F
Lenovo CD-24501F 1G+8GGRW-CA
CPU MediaTek * MT81675
Display 3.97 inch 480*800 WVGA IPS
Memory LP DDR3 1GB
WLAN 802.11 A/B/G/N/AC+BT5.0
OS Android things w/ Google Assistant
Battery No Battery
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After setting it up and trying it for a few days I looked around online and I don't see much specifically about this device and if it can be modified or accessed in unconventional ways. can we root it? I would love to be able to cast to it youtube etc. HDMI out anyone? Has anyone else tinkered with it yet? The '1G+8G' marking on the box seems to suggest it has a 1GB of flash presuming to be for the android things OS and another 8GB of flash for apps or media or caches?
Here is details from the Google Home App:
System Firmware Version: OIMF.191015.004
Cast Firmware Verstion: 1.42.180336
Google Assistant Smart Clock application version: 6.27.8+prod.1.1.0.5961405
Language: English (Canada)
Country Code: CA
IP Address: 192.168.1.100
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Info from the foot on the bottom (SN obfuscated):
Lenovo Smart Clock Model: Lenovo CD-24501F
Manufactured for Lenovo PC HK Limited Factory ID: LCHZ
FCC ID: O57CD24501F IC: 10407A-CD24501F Made in China
CAN ICES-3 (B)/NMB-3(B) S/N: ########-## Mfg: 2019-10-30
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Here is NMAP of its ip address:
8008/tcp open http
8009/tcp open ajp13
8443/tcp open https-alt
9000/tcp open cslistener
10001/tcp open scp-config
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The price was pretty low, $50CAD at best buy, I cant wait to see what people can do to hack it. Other smart displays seem to have USB/ADB/Fastboot connections, I havnt found one on this device yet.

I too would like to see some custom stuff on this cool little clock.

Yessss! It would be nice!

Open smartclock
Hi,
Does anyone know how to open this smartclock thanks.
Regards
Bob

We haven't hacked any google assistant devices yet that I know off, in fact, I dont think we even hacked android things yet. I am sure there is somebody that is trying to hack android things. Btw, youtube can be watched on the clock, by going to something like the weather page > taping weather.com > going to the menu > download app, clicking on the download on the app store logo, going to the menu, support, go to apple support youtube channel, taping the YouTube icon. It's only in 480p, I tried it, I would rather watch on my phone or tablet, also the video will stop and the clock will go back to home if you wait to long without touching the screen or wake up the google assistant. Other than that. Playback is smooth.
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snipes420 said:
Hi, I bought a Lenovo Smart Clock with the google assistant,
Here are some details from the box:
After setting it up and trying it for a few days I looked around online and I don't see much specifically about this device and if it can be modified or accessed in unconventional ways. can we root it? I would love to be able to cast to it youtube etc. HDMI out anyone? Has anyone else tinkered with it yet? The '1G+8G' marking on the box seems to suggest it has a 1GB of flash presuming to be for the android things OS and another 8GB of flash for apps or media or caches?
Here is details from the Google Home App:
Info from the foot on the bottom (SN obfuscated):
Here is NMAP of its ip address:
The price was pretty low, $50CAD at best buy, I cant wait to see what people can do to hack it. Other smart displays seem to have USB/ADB/Fastboot connections, I havnt found one on this device yet.
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I plugged in an android device to the clock, and it came up with some message, I dont remember what itsaid, it was either for adb debugging or transferring files over usb. I think it was transfering files over usb. The usb port does allow data transfer. Plugging in a USB mouse will make a mouse show up and can move for example.

It probably isn't much but you can go to ip.of.smart.clock:8008/setup/eureka_info in a web browser to view the basic info of the device

Home Assistant
It could be great to have some custom home assistant displayed on smart clock screen instead of clock

Apparently it's possible to plug in a keyboard and/or mouse to it via the USB port on the back (a cursor will appear).

Just got one of these myself today. Best Buy had em for 40 bucks. Quite the awesome little thing. I'm really surprised I can't find much for it.
I'll see if maybe I can buy a second one to purposely "break" (just in case), and see if I can get anything working on it. The little screen is good quality and has great sound. Would be cool for a mini emulation station of some kind
Update: Realized mine doesn't have the usb-c port under the rubber feet like other's have stated here its supposed to. Really don't wanna tear into the carpeting around it. I have the exact same model as first post
Plugging in a usb keyboard works for typing
update 2: navigated my way to youtube and tried downloading an apk from a direct link, downloads don't work period
update 3: can not get device recognized by a pc via plugging in USB port on the back to a USB-C port on my laptop, also tried USB-A to USB-A, no results
Update 4 lol: Unlocked the bootloader, had to have device manager search online for the driver, but it found it and installed it just fine. to unlock the bootloader, simply type
Code:
fastboot flashing unlock

KaptinBoxxi said:
Update 4 lol: Unlocked the bootloader, had to have device manager search online for the driver, but it found it and installed it just fine. to unlock the bootloader, simply type
Code:
fastboot flashing unlock
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Hello KaptinBoxxi,
How did you manage to unlock the bootloader, did you use ADB on computer via USB? or directly via a pluged in keyboard?
I'm a bit new to all of those types of hack but I'm very interested in getting into that since this device is small, cheap, good quality and could be a perfect smart display if there was any abilities to extend the frontend to better use cases.
Thanks

gussir said:
Hello KaptinBoxxi,
How did you manage to unlock the bootloader, did you use ADB on computer via USB? or directly via a pluged in keyboard?
I'm a bit new to all of those types of hack but I'm very interested in getting into that since this device is small, cheap, good quality and could be a perfect smart display if there was any abilities to extend the frontend to better use cases.
Thanks
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Fastboot via computer. Although, if this is the first device you're picking up, I'd recommend it not be. No one's really done much with cracking/hacking Android Things (the version of Android that runs on this) as it isn't a full version of android. Its heavily stripped down. Grab an old phone that has a ton of support for modding/hacking but isn't exactly the easiest and do that. I'd recommend a Sprint variant of the HTC One M7 if you want a real challenge. I had to find my own custom method to S-OFF the device, unlock the bootloader, then ROM it and root it as no tutorials worked that were currently up and I wasn't willing to pay to unlock it. If that sounds a little too high end for now, get something like an unlock Galaxy S4 or Verizon Galaxy S5 and hope its a Toshiba model so you can unlock the bootloader

KaptinBoxxi said:
Fastboot via computer. Although, if this is the first device you're picking up, I'd recommend it not be. No one's really done much with cracking/hacking Android Things (the version of Android that runs on this) as it isn't a full version of android. Its heavily stripped down. Grab an old phone that has a ton of support for modding/hacking but isn't exactly the easiest and do that. I'd recommend a Sprint variant of the HTC One M7 if you want a real challenge. I had to find my own custom method to S-OFF the device, unlock the bootloader, then ROM it and root it as no tutorials worked that were currently up and I wasn't willing to pay to unlock it. If that sounds a little too high end for now, get something like an unlock Galaxy S4 or Verizon Galaxy S5 and hope its a Toshiba model so you can unlock the bootloader
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Thanks a lot for your feedback, I'll start on with something easier and will definitively follow along with this thread to see how the hacking of this device is evolving. have a good day

KaptinBoxxi said:
Just got one of these myself today. Best Buy had em for 40 bucks. Quite the awesome little thing. I'm really surprised I can't find much for it.
I'll see if maybe I can buy a second one to purposely "break" (just in case), and see if I can get anything working on it. The little screen is good quality and has great sound. Would be cool for a mini emulation station of some kind
Update: Realized mine doesn't have the usb-c port under the rubber feet like other's have stated here its supposed to. Really don't wanna tear into the carpeting around it. I have the exact same model as first post
Plugging in a usb keyboard works for typing
update 2: navigated my way to youtube and tried downloading an apk from a direct link, downloads don't work period
update 3: can not get device recognized by a pc via plugging in USB port on the back to a USB-C port on my laptop, also tried USB-A to USB-A, no results
Update 4 lol: Unlocked the bootloader, had to have device manager search online for the driver, but it found it and installed it just fine. to unlock the bootloader, simply type
Code:
fastboot flashing unlock
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Were you able to use adb?
I found a deal on this device and am debating if I should buy it. The thing is, I wanna run Spotify on it without voice commands. ;D

-gloim- said:
Were you able to use adb?
I found a deal on this device and am debating if I should buy it. The thing is, I wanna run Spotify on it without voice commands. ;D
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You can use a Python Library called Pychromecast to remotely play media on it.

TheRookie_ said:
You can use a Python Library called Pychromecast to remotely play media on it.
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Thank you for the recommendation. I actually meant that I want to control the music from the screen, though. : )
Installing Spotify should probably be possible if adb is working. But, I would still need to figure out some way to launch Spotify without opening the app over adb every time.

I have posted development related resources over in this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/co...me/lenovo-smart-clock-bootloader-avb-t4130295

Can anyone tell me how install hindi support for the Google assistant?