On my Fire HD 8 7th Gen I can't access 5 Ghz networks. It accepts the password, and tires to connect several times before eventually saying "Wi-Fi Connection Failure". 2.4Ghz works fine. This happens on two different devices.
Any idea what could be causing this?
Disregard. Apparently the Amazon Fire doesn't support 802.11ac.
Dr3x1 said:
Disregard. Apparently the Amazon Fire doesn't support 802.11ac.
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I'm pretty sure they do, but it's an option that isn't available to us in wifi settings which are incredibly limited.
DragonFire1024 said:
I'm pretty sure they do, but it's an option that isn't available to us in wifi settings which are incredibly limited.
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I can't imagine why it wouldn't use the latest standard by default if it has access to it. Are you saying that it's there, but we can't use it w/o root?
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I can't imagine why it wouldn't use the latest standard by default if it has access to it. Are you saying that it's there, but we can't use it w/o root?
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Not sure. Like a lot of those hidden settings, they reset at reboot. If I had to guess, something in the framework settings is marked as 'persistent=false'
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Disregard. Apparently the Amazon Fire doesn't support 802.11ac.
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I'm pretty sure they do, but it's an option that isn't available to us in wifi settings which are incredibly limited.
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I can't imagine why it wouldn't use the latest standard by default if it has access to it. Are you saying that it's there, but we can't use it w/o root?
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Not sure. Like a lot of those hidden settings, they reset at reboot. If I had to guess, something in the framework settings is marked as 'persistent=false'
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5th-7th Fire devices (Fire, Fire 7, Fire HD 8) do not support 802.11ac. SOC decision; likely a cost saving measure.
DragonFire1024 said:
I'm pretty sure they do, but it's an option that isn't available to us in wifi settings which are incredibly limited.
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They don't have 5GHz hardware, I was surprised by this as well but it is understandable considering I purchased mine for $35.
Related
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828
Why isn't this present in any of our roms?
Because it was posted yesterday?
ThomasHW said:
Because it was posted yesterday?
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not that app in particular, the superuser app in general. It's present in my friends G1 rooted roms, and I think that's why a few of the programs I want to use don't work and say I don't have root.
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not that app in particular, the superuser app in general. It's present in my friends G1 rooted roms, and I think that's why a few of the programs I want to use don't work and say I don't have root.
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Oh okay. It was in myn's up until his most recent release... I'm not sure why it isn't anymore.
it has been in several releases in the past but has never worked on the vogue. I removed it from my builds because, if it dont work, why not remove if to save some space.
I gave this new SuperUser 2.1 a try using RogueTools as the test as it requires SU.
In any case. It didn't notifiy me that RogueTools was requsting su however it did halt and restrict RogueTools from changing both the frequency and lcd density.
YMMV.
myn said:
I gave this new SuperUser 2.1 a try using RogueTools as the test as it requires SU.
In any case. It didn't notifiy me that RogueTools was requsting su however it did halt and restrict RogueTools from changing both the frequency and lcd density.
YMMV.
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lol, I'm still trying to figure out why the two tethering apps don't work and why bluetooth file transfer doesn't work. Both say I do'nt have root. Doesn't matter much now though, seeing as i'm upgrading soon.
tethering
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lol, I'm still trying to figure out why the two tethering apps don't work and why bluetooth file transfer doesn't work. Both say I do'nt have root. Doesn't matter much now though, seeing as i'm upgrading soon.
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the 2 tethering apps have always worked for me
evilclosetmonkeynate said:
the 2 tethering apps have always worked for me
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What! Which ones? And what ROM are you using?
ThomasHW said:
What! Which ones? And what ROM are you using?
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He's prob talking about easy tether and PDA net, i'm talking about http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
It says wifi but it's got a bluetooth mode as well
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He's prob talking about easy tether and PDA net, i'm talking about http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
It says wifi but it's got a bluetooth mode as well
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Yeah, that's the one I was hoping he was talking about.
Just switched to tmo and purchased a 64gb Nexus 6 from Motorola. Should be here next week.
I had a few device & carrier questions being this is my first Nexus device (besides tablets)
I will be using this device on T-Mobile but it's from the Moto store.
Who will I be getting updates from? T Mobile or Google directly?
I plan on flashing a custom rom (most likely Pure Shamu from what I've gathered) being that one model of nexus supports all carriers (radios).. I read that T-Mobile will be pushing an update to support wifi-calling (which I need in my home). Will that work on my particular device or is there a specific T-Mobile Nexus that I'd need?
Lastly, I do use wifi tether quite a bit, and on my current devices rom they have the unlimited wifi tether hack.
Is that something built into a rom or has to be done separately?
Thanks for any help that can be given.
Oh, forgot one question.
Also read up on the encryption ordeal.
I don't need that on my device but is there any benefit to have it or not have it enabled?
Again, thank you.
FormeriPhoney said:
Oh, forgot one question.
Also read up on the encryption ordeal.
I don't need that on my device but is there any benefit to have it or not have it enabled?
Again, thank you.
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Nexus is GSM unlocked and should theoretically work on all carriers out of the box. I bought mine from the motorola store and is working without any problems.
Updates come from google directly.
If you want to use Wifi calling, I believe that you do have to be running stock firmware, nobody will know for sure until it gets released.
I believe Shamu allows you to bypass the tether limit. I'm currently using CM 12 and tethering doesn't count towards my tethering limit.
The only benefit of not having encryption enabled is faster boot times.
jpd_ said:
Nexus is GSM unlocked and should theoretically work on all carriers out of the box. I bought mine from the motorola store and is working without any problems.
Updates come from google directly.
If you want to use Wifi calling, I believe that you do have to be running stock firmware, nobody will know for sure until it gets released.
I believe Shamu allows you to bypass the tether limit. I'm currently using CM 12 and tethering doesn't count towards my tethering limit.
The only benefit of not having encryption enabled is faster boot times.
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Excellent. Thanks man.
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Excellent. Thanks man.
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If you root your phone, you can add the hack yourself. I am on a stock rom, and my grandfathered data plan has no tethering allotment, but i can tether to my heart's content. I copied this from another thread:
I was able to work around the issue by modifying the following sqlite database (you'll need root):
/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
You need to add a new entry to the global table called "tether_dun_required" with a value of 0.
It looks like you need to do this because some configuration data was added to Android for T-mobile that forwards tethered data to this APN: pcweb.tmobile.com
T-mobile is probably checking to see if your account has tethering enabled when you go through this APN.
After I made this change I also needed to change my APN settings so that it uses ipv4 instead of ipv6. It seems like tethering with ipv6 does not work 100% yet.
I hope this helps.
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If you root your phone, you can add the hack yourself. I am on a stock rom, and my grandfathered data plan has no tethering allotment, but i can tether to my heart's content. I copied this from another thread:
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Definitely rooting and most like run a stockish custom rom. Hoping that's built in if not I'll take a look into that.
Most of the custom roms I've run on t-mobile have that built in and are preset to ipv 4 not 6 for that exact reason.
Appreciate the help from a fellow Paisan from NY. Long Island here, work in NYC
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Appreciate the help from a fellow Paisan from NY. Long Island here, work in NYC
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I am in NYC, work on Long Island lol
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I am in NYC, work on Long Island lol
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Well damn... Make sure you wave next time we cross paths driving to work Lmao
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Well damn... Make sure you wave next time we cross paths driving to work Lmao
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I'll be on the LIE real early on Monday cause of the snow storm lol
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I'll be on the LIE real early on Monday cause of the snow storm lol
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My sister is moving to NYC tomorrow. Her first Apt.. 66th & 2nd.
I'm on Monday & Tuesdays so I'll be helping her move in.
What line of work are you in?
Hello.
In the very beginning of using my mtcb device, there was an option in the settings with auto brightness. It worked with the illumination wire.
I don't know really, what I changes, but it isn't working anymore or let's say, the option isn't there anymore.
What I have done is switching between different Roms and changed a few things in factory settings. Can there be the problem?
The second one: anybody here using a 4g stick? Is it possible? Which model are you using?
I am really unhappy my 3g stick, working with my old parrot Android device, is not working on this one. Which ones are you using?
Thanks for the help
Christoph
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the-unknown said:
Hello.
In the very beginning of using my mtcb device, there was an option in the settings with auto brightness. It worked with the illumination wire.
I don't know really, what I changes, but it isn't working anymore or let's say, the option isn't there anymore.
What I have done is switching between different Roms and changed a few things in factory settings. Can there be the problem?
The second one: anybody here using a 4g stick? Is it possible? Which model are you using?
I am really unhappy my 3g stick, working with my old parrot Android device, is not working on this one. Which ones are you using?
Thanks for the help
Christoph
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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I just ordered a Huawei wingle.
It's an USB-powered Wifi-stick.
It turns on by it self when it get's power, and then it makes a wifi-hotspot, that the radio connects to automaticly.
(I haven't recived it yet, but i hope that it works excatly as i described).
wifi isn't a problem, it's build in. i really just interested in 3g or better 4g
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wifi isn't a problem, it's build in. i really just interested in 3g or better 4g
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OK.
You didnt understand my previus post then.
Try to google it and see what it does.
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OK.
You didnt understand my previus post then.
Try to google it and see what it does.
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right, it was a misunderstanding. then i use it like i do already. i use it now with my phone as a hotspot. that could be a solution, thought about that already. but a real 3g/4g surfstick i would prefer
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right, it was a misunderstanding. then i use it like i do already. i use it now with my phone as a hotspot. that could be a solution, thought about that already. but a real 3g/4g surfstick i would prefer
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Here's the list of supported 3g usb modems. I've been experimenting with some newer 4g modems but haven't had a lot of success yet.
thanks for that.
don't understand why i can't use my 3g stick thats sopported for android, but not this unit
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thanks for that.
don't understand why i can't use my 3g stick thats sopported for android, but not this unit
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I'm sure it has to do with which kernel modules were compiled in. And as far as I know, we don't have any true original android ROMs for our units, so that's not likely to change soon.
Please let me know if you guys know a ways to remove the ads!
No way that we know of. You could return it for another one and NOT let it connect to wifi or put in a sim until after you have relashed it. All phones are shipping with 6.1, so it was your mistake to let it update.
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No way that we know of. You could return it for another one and NOT let it connect to wifi or put in a sim until after you have relashed it. All phones are shipping with 6.1, so it was your mistake to let it update.
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Yeah I know, I didn't done the research before I made the update.
Thanks for letting me know tho!
Things just got more complicated because Amazon has stopped selling the phone! We will have to wait and see what happens next. If it were me, I would contact them right away and find out if a replacement is available still.
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Things just got more complicated because Amazon has stopped selling the phone! We will have to wait and see what happens next. If it were me, I would contact them right away and find out if a replacement is available still.
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Yeah I just realized that too, but I think I'll just keep the phone. because I just found a temporary way to remove the ads, so it won't bother me that much lol.
samzeta said:
Yeah I just realized that too, but I think I'll just keep the phone. because I just found a temporary way to remove the ads, so it won't bother me that much lol.
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and what is that temporary way to remove ads?
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and what is that temporary way to remove ads?
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I can't post the link cause I'm new to here.
Go to Youtube and search "BLU R1 HD How to stop or get rid of Amazon Lock Screen Ads No root required", viedo from ( Ineedtoseethis Beta ).
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and what is that temporary way to remove ads?
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Developer options > Running services > Kill/Murder amazon services = Lockscreen doesn't display adverts.
What? Amazon stopped selling this phone? What does that mean, for us current users?
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What? Amazon stopped selling this phone? What does that mean, for us current users?
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Not sure. All I know is literally I bought the phone the day before it was taken down. I'm so glad I did.
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Not sure. All I know is literally I bought the phone the day before it was taken down. I'm so glad I did.
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I'm not sure you should be happy for it, since discontinued sales means discontinued support soon..
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I'm not sure you should be happy for it, since discontinued sales means discontinued support soon..
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I'm not too worried about that. I can see why it could be distressing though.
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Developer options > Running services > Kill/Murder amazon services = Lockscreen doesn't display adverts.
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I can't post the link cause I'm new to here.
Go to Youtube and search "BLU R1 HD How to stop or get rid of Amazon Lock Screen Ads No root required", viedo from ( Ineedtoseethis Beta ).
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So, I'm an app developer and looked into this lately. The latest updates have hardened the lockscreen ads against removal - that includes against doing the above where it only causes a minimized ad on the lockscreen until reboot VS a fullscreen one unless there's a notification available.
(There's at least one way I didn't test such as reverting to the original shipped version of the amazon apps which could maybe work, idk.)
So the above can also be done using an app that displays a non-dismissable notification and starts on boot so that there's no longer any attention needed. Again, this just forces no fullscreen ads.
A newly found Linux flaw, which may work on the device as someone seems to have it working on android, looks like it could be used to gain access needed to completely remove the ads, but I don't really care to look into it and you do so at your own risk.
And of course as there's custom roms available, they won't have ads as well.
Stuff like lockscreen replacement apps - well I tried one and the amazon ad still appeared - the ad developer should have tested against these anyway. There seems to be better developer access to the lockscreen with android N that could in theory work against the ads, but the device OS isn't android N and I feel they wouldn't update it regardless if the ads were easily removed as that would be counterproductive.
If something isn't correct or becomes outdated in this post, just say below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/r1-hd/how-to/blu-r1-hd-v6-6-dirtycowed-f-amazon-root-t3490882
Now that we can root and unlocked the V6.6 version, anyway to remove the ads?
Why not just install the non-Amazon version of the rom V12 using Colton's easy method, and then update it to V17 using vampire's method. The non-Amazon roms don't have the ads to begin with, so there's nothing that needs removing.
Is this possible? I'd rather not buy a whole other tablet for this.
Pix12 said:
Is this possible? I'd rather not buy a whole other tablet for this.
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Nope - 7th gen HD 8 and HD 10 only.
Davey126 said:
Nope - 7th gen HD 8 and HD 10 only.
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Not even some sideload thing?
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Not even some sideload thing?
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Chill dude. Amazon announced extended show <24 hrs ago and explicitly stated no Fire 7. Will some crafty dbag try to port the feature from a HD 8? Probably. Will it work? Likely not (or not well) given limited storage/cpu on Fire 7s and different pixel count between platforms.
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Chill dude. Amazon announced extended show <24 hrs ago and explicitly stated no Fire 7. Will some crafty dbag try to port the feature from a HD 8? Probably. Will it work? Likely not (or not well) given limited storage/cpu on Fire 7s and different pixel count between platforms.
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still no show mode for the 7?
lmaoyeah said:
still no show mode for the 7?
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Nope.
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Nope.
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Wow. you're so helpful..... How bout let someone else answer now?
grey511 said:
Wow. you're so helpful..... How bout let someone else answer now?
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Dude - answer was and remains "no". What more do you want? No one is blocking additional responses.
They made it Hands Free, would Show Mode be next?
crashnburnMDA said:
They made it Hands Free, would Show Mode be next?
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Me thinks not due to limited memory on 7" models.