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DroidWall - Android Firewall (iptables front-end) [v1.5.5] [Dec/01/11]

I don't have an unlimited data plan, so I was quite frustrated to see that my G1 was consuming lots of megabytes in the background (also draining battery too fast).
To solve this problem, I wrote this iptables front-end to block undesired applications from accessing the network.
DroidWall - Android Firewall is a front-end application for the powerful iptables Linux firewall. It allows you to restrict which applications are permitted to access your data networks.
This is the perfect solution if you don't have an unlimited data plan, or just wants to see your battery lasting longer.
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IMPORTANT: Root access required
Project home:
http://code.google.com/p/droidwall/
or
http://droidwall.googlecode.com/
Download from the Android Market:
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After installing, press menu and click Help for an explanation on how to use it.
UPDATE: Latest version: 1.5.5 - You can check the changelog here.
I hope this will help other people.
RZR

I'm sure a lot of seople will find this useful, however you should move you post to the games and programs forum. This is for rom delvelopment. Not trying to be rude, just a PSA before the mods move it.
On the top righthand side of you post you will see a triangle with a exclimation mark. Click it and ask a mod to move your thread to the appropriate forum.
If I ever have to drop my unlimetd plan I will be looking for a program like yours. Keep it updated and good luck

I like the idea, I'm going to install it right now!

nice idea.. might even increase some battery life by preventing apps from accessing the net behind your back

RIght on, gonna give it a shot, tired of my dead battery all the time

ubernicholi said:
I'm sure a lot of seople will find this useful, however you should move you post to the games and programs forum. This is for rom delvelopment. Not trying to be rude, just a PSA before the mods move it.
On the top righthand side of you post you will see a triangle with a exclimation mark. Click it and ask a mod to move your thread to the appropriate forum.
If I ever have to drop my unlimetd plan I will be looking for a program like yours. Keep it updated and good luck
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Sorry for the wrong place, I have already requested it to be moved to a more appropriate forum.
Thanks.

best ever project, I had the same idea with you, but currently I don't have much time to action.
Will folowing your project.

rodrigo.zr said:
Sorry for the wrong place, I have already requested it to be moved to a more appropriate forum.
Thanks.
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A very nice first post. Welcome to xda.

very nice can't wait to see more development from this.
hope i can save on my battery also lol

can I just download the apk file click and install instead of pushing through adb?

Sounds like a great idea! Unfortunately I can't install this on Cyanogen's 3.6.8.1
"Droid Wall could not be installed on this phone."

Okay just a heads up you dont need adb to install this i can be done using package installer on the phone and its seems simple and easy to use I have the full data plan but im hoping it save my battery will definatley follow this for updates and keep you all updated on the battery life

shotad said:
can I just download the apk file click and install instead of pushing through adb?
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yeah.
im likin it, havnt had enough time to notice battery life, but having the say in what accesses the net, daddy like.

senab said:
Sounds like a great idea! Unfortunately I can't install this on Cyanogen's 3.6.8.1
"Droid Wall could not be installed on this phone."
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I'm not sure why it won't install on Cyanogen. The only restriction for the application is android:minSdkVersion="3".
If anyone gimme a clue on this I'll surely modify it.

To the dev, if you don't have a market account I will gladly upload it using mine. Of course it would be as a free app (DUH! lol). I have an account that I don't use from buying my ADP1. Just mail me @ (email removed, author already mailed me) if you want it.

Geniusdog254 said:
To the dev, if you don't have a market account I will gladly upload it using mine. Of course it would be as a free app (DUH! lol). I have an account that I don't use from buying my ADP1. Just mail me @ [email protected] if you want it.
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That would be nice... I'm sending you an e-mail.
Thanks!

This does NOT work on hero it blocks all web based apps without selecting them including the browser LOL love the idea though

r_dub said:
This does NOT work on hero it blocks all web based apps without selecting them including the browser LOL love the idea though
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Droid Wall is white-list based, so you have to select the applications that you want to unblock, not the ones you want to block.
E.g.: to allow only the browser to access the internet, mark it and the click on "Apply rules".
Please let me know if it works on Hero since I have no oportunity to test it.
Thanks.

rodrigo.zr said:
Droid Wall is white-list based, so you have to select the applications that you want to unblock, not the ones you want to block.
E.g.: to allow only the browser to access the internet, mark it and the click on "Apply rules".
Please let me know if it works on Hero since I have no oportunity to test it.
Thanks.
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OH okay i will try this again thats going to be kinda Important you should put that on the OP and i will gladly test this on hero any way to save battery is great for me

You talk about this as blocking ONLY data on the cell networks and NOT on wifi.
I suggest that it would also be good to be able to configure blockages on the wifi network, e.g. for semi-untrusted apps -- i.e. ones that want to communicate with homebase even though they work fine without it or ones that want to load ads.

Leva OS 5 for nexus 5

I just stumbled upon this a few hours ago... I dont have anything to do with this rom, just posting the link so people can try it out.
Sorry I can't provide any more info on this cause the whole Lewa site is in Chinese and I can't understand Chinese.
I used to use Lewa os in my old phone so I was just looking for it.
Anyways here are the screenshot I took.
Working fine with multirom.
http://bbs.lewaos.com/down_detail.php?id=108
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Very similar to miui v5
Android 4.4.2
Blacknavbar
Every thing
Thanks anyway for share ☺
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yes,similar to miui v5

Thanks for share, if u have tried can u please share more info about ROM:good:

LeWa
Beautiful rom i installed on my N4 in past and it was very similar to miui V5 and had good better battery life..

I just installed with multirom
Screenshots attached
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From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeWa_OS
It also lists a 2nd 3rd Chinese ROM DianXin OS (or called Tapa OS)
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/dianxin-os-a-unique-android-based-chinese-os/
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Flashed this ROM. It looks so much like MIUI. It does have some neat animations. Here is a YouTube video of this on the nexus 4
http://youtu.be/qQYhk2Ji3tU

Hi guys,my first impression with this OS it's great, considering that it's a first build (and also the first time i use this OS).
More polished than Miui,no installation errors,LTE works out of the box,haptic feedbackworks,call recording and taking pictures with flash also works,basically just works.
Translation needs a bit of work but it's not so bad.
Btw installed as secondary rom with Multirom.
NOTE: I didn't tested the Rom with normal configuratio ( no Multirom) but it's possible that your custom recovery will be replaced after flashing this,so if you are prompted with a warning after installation make sure you don't allow it to replace the recovery.

Thanks for sharing. But Can someone mirror the zip? I'm downloading at 5.9 kb/s

newfla said:
Thanks for sharing. But Can someone mirror the zip? I'm downloading at 5.9 kb/s
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Here you go:
http://d-h.st/nTZ

ozzmanj1 said:
Here you go:
http://d-h.st/nTZ
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Thank you :beer:
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Watch out though, China has some mad software to throw out. Like this Jailbreak with a pirate softwarr App Store preinstalled. I would be careful with that thing. It could contain spyware, this thing is almost unknown. At least outside of China. On the other side, it could be a custom ROM which is only popular in China, who knows...

Alexandroid99 said:
Watch out though, China has some mad software to throw out. Like this Jailbreak with a pirate softwarr App Store preinstalled. I would be careful with that thing. It could contain spyware, this thing is almost unknown. At least outside of China. On the other side, it could be a custom ROM which is only popular in China, who knows...
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I must second this. I have counted about 20+ different Chinese App stores, as Google is blocked in mainland China. My wife is from China and she won't even touch a lot of these app stores..... that would be why Xiaomi is so popular in China, they are the Google of China. And yes my wife uses a ton of apps, QQ, WeChat, etc. But just to confirm, be very wary of this phones app store. I would flash the appropriate Gapps then use root and remove the app store from the device. That way you have Google services but still keep the ROM. I also would be wary of the file scanner that comes preinstalled on this ROM.

Ahh Lewa Os nice I used that rom some months ago and also like a year ago. As far as I can say is that from the outside it is an more Alive,colorfull,Whitish bright color rom, but from the inside I am not sure how different it is.
When I used the rom for thelast time I didn't encountered any virus,jailbreak,spyware only ofcourse chinese apps but think about it, spyware is also in google playstore not only chinese app stores, the lewa os is really almost the same as miui v5 as with ui and also with apps included.

wulsic said:
Ahh Lewa Os nice I used that rom some months ago and also like a year ago. As far as I can say is that from the outside it is an more Alive,colorfull,Whitish bright color rom, but from the inside I am not sure how different it is.
When I used the rom for thelast time I didn't encountered any virus,jailbreak,spyware only ofcourse chinese apps but think about it, spyware is also in google playstore not only chinese app stores, the lewa os is really almost the same as miui v5 as with ui and also with apps included.
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You are correct, there is spyware even with Google. I must say though I do find the lock screen kind of neat.

Was curious what other Chinese ROMs there are and found this, its a bit old and some of these may no longer exist, but its interesting read:
http://forum.samdroid.net/f63/collection-chinese-rom-collection-joyos-lewa-lezo-laugh-os-miui-6147/
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Another video showcasing this Lewa OS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPDQeNhX88

Looks pretty interesting, I'll check it out.

Not to thread heist but found another ROM called Mokee OS. And they have a Nexus 5 version:
Download Link
http://download.mokeedev.com/?device=hammerhead
English Site:
http://www.mokeedev.com/en/
....okay... back to the thread topic on hand. So far the Lewa looks a lot nicer then the Mokee OS....

Actually Lewa OS has been around for some time. And has a good reputation. Back on my Evo 4G 'supersonic' it was the only ROM for a long time that had WiMax support in a ICS rom. I'm glad to see it back and for my nexus

ozzmanj1 said:
Was curious what other Chinese ROMs there are and found this, its a bit old and some of these may no longer exist, but its interesting read:
http://forum.samdroid.net/f63/collection-chinese-rom-collection-joyos-lewa-lezo-laugh-os-miui-6147/
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Another video showcasing this Lewa OS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPDQeNhX88
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I have used most of them on my old ZTE blade.

Is there a way to close all running apps with one button?

Is there a way to close all running apps with one button? Previous versions of Android had it and I feel like a reviewer mentioned using the feature. I just don't have the button on my screen.
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Nope. In custom ROMs for other phones (CM12 Pre-nightly) theres a button that clears all the apps in recents but its not present in stock Android.
You'll have to wait for the custom ROMs to come before you get this feature.

As far as I know there is not a way to do this. There should be in my opinion though. Maybe a mod soon
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Oh ok, I thought it was part of stock Android. My bad. It really should be... lol

To be picky, they aren't running. From this perspective I am glad they don't have a clear all, because it gives the impression that clearing cashed apps is good or helpful.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2gif4g/greenify_developer_says_constantly_swiping_away/

Maybe your coming from a Samsung phone? I'm just guessing but that button exists as part of touchwiz.
posted while using my note 3

Do. Not. Clear. All. Apps.
Not constantly. Not obsessively. Not hourly.
It does nothing to improve your experience but degredation in opening speed and CPU required to do so is possible. Some apps will even function incorrectly (bad design on their part, but easy to do)!
I'm NOT a fan of the new recents but clearing-all has never been a part of stock abdroid for a reason.

Jubakuba said:
Do. Not. Clear. All. Apps.
Not constantly. Not obsessively. Not hourly.
It does nothing to improve your experience but degredation in opening speed and CPU required to do so is possible. Some apps will even function incorrectly (bad design on their part, but easy to do)!
I'm NOT a fan of the new recents but clearing-all has never been a part of stock abdroid for a reason.
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Without question you're right.
Problem is not all apps behave and not all of us are experts at identifying which app is the problem. This is where help is needed from the OS. And it seems like rather than making it easier they're making it harder (by requiring root to get certain usage data, i.e. GSAM).
Until then, folks will want a "clear all".

2udCrRAZdK said:
Without question you're right.
Problem is not all apps behave and not all of us are experts at identifying which app is the problem. This is where help is needed from the OS. And it seems like rather than making it easier they're making it harder (by requiring root to get certain usage data, i.e. GSAM).
Until then, folks will want a "clear all".
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Going into Settings>Apps>Running will show which apps are running in the background. They will be doing so even after you clear all.
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For me I'm not concerned about performance, but when you've got 40 or so different tabs to scroll through sometimes its nice just to close them all and start over. This is when a close all would be nice to have in stock android.

bhilgenkamp said:
For me I'm not concerned about performance, but when you've got 40 or so different tabs to scroll through sometimes its nice just to close them all and start over. This is when a close all would be nice to have in stock android.
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Its meant to be used for quick task switching. If you're trying to use recents to find an app older than say the last 5 or so, you don't want to be doing that.
Why they have to go so far back is beyond me.
If you're rooted, chain fire has an app (called recently) that helps manage recents. I set mine to show only actual running app and 5 more apps after that, for up to 2 hours. It also has a clear all button which as mentioned, should NOT be used.

If you want to root your phone you can keep it on the stock ROM and just install Recently by Chainfire.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.recently
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Damn. Didn't see the post above. Lol. Sorry.
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Galaxy Note 5 Doesn't Give Me Default Apps Option

default apps
Got the T-Mobile variant and coming from Note II.
When I have multiple apps that can open a item, I would get a prompt. With my Note II, I could then specify to open it one time or always.
With my Note5, the prompt doesn't give me that option. I do get the option to select the application. I click the icon and then a get a popup reminding me how to clear the defaults.
But, I didn't want to set that application as the default. I still want to be prompted for selecting the app to open.
Is this new? Any workarounds?
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yeah, this setting sucks. i don't always wanna open a file in the same program so i leave no default on certain file types.

Is there a way around this without root?
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Have you tried long-pressing?

sbmitschke said:
Got the T-Mobile variant and coming from Note II.
When I have multiple apps that can open a item, I would get a prompt. With my Note II, I could then specify to open it one time or always.
With my Note5, the prompt doesn't give me that option. I do get the option to select the application. I click the icon and then a get a popup reminding me how to clear the defaults.
But, I didn't want to set that application as the default. I still want to be prompted for selecting the app to open.
Is this new? Any workarounds?
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I've noticed that when I open filed via ES File Explorer, it still gives me the option.
Most other things it doesn't. I agree, its pretty annoying. Like attaching that photo to Tapatalk....
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I didn't get my device yet. But, I think this free application Better Open With could be a solution for time being

pieces of cake said:
Have you tried long-pressing?
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Long press takes you to the application information page.
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Anyone figure this out? I really dont want to have to install and app to do something the OS should already be doing. Seems pretty stupid of Google to not give you the option to set the default once or always like before.

I've got the same thing going on over here, very odd indeed. The GS6 doesn't do this to me.

Iguana775 said:
Seems pretty stupid of Google to not give you the option to set the default once or always like before.
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To be clear, Google does give you the option. The behavior you see is a change samsung introduced in the latest version of TouchWiz.

JasonJoel said:
To be clear, Google does give you the option. The behavior you see is a change samsung introduced in the latest version of TouchWiz.
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gotcha. lol. either way, stupid idea to take it out. :cyclops:

I've for the same thing going on here, except that when I press an app (eg Chrome) it automatically opens it in chrome afterwards, no option to reselect unless I dive into app settings). Still very dumb. A far cry though from the annoying dialog box in old TouchWiz. The one that reminded you how to clear defaults. Every. Single. Time.

Yeah, I didn't like the old dialog AT ALL, it asked and asked and asked... I don't see why samsung changed it from the default at all, but oh well.

JasonJoel said:
Yeah, I didn't like the old dialog AT ALL, it asked and asked and asked... I don't see why samsung changed it from the default at all, but oh well.
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I agree. Some things I made permanent but certain thing I liked to open differently from time to time.
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I thought this odd as well and thought maybe there was a simple fix.. I Google'd terms such as default apps for note 5 etc and noticed a ton of people complaining about other phones and how every time it asked them what app to open and that it was confusing and they didn't understand why it kept asking them. I wonder if samsung thought that by taking the choice away it would make the software easier to navigate.. they should have made it an option to select one time only, even if they hid it somewhere in settings. So far the better open app linked above has brought this function back and I barely notice it's not stock.
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mahmoudhafez2000 said:
I didn't get my device yet. But, I think this free application Better Open With could be a solution for time being
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This app works great for the note 5. Doesn't work for all situations, but does for most. Not sure why sammy would remove the choice to pick to open once or always with the app. I guess they are trying to simplify things, at the cost of functionality. At least with this app you can get most of that functionality back.

This has been driving me crazy...especially since the functionality is still present on the galaxy tab s2 running 5.1.1. I tried better open with and it didn't seem to work for me. Maybe I'm using it wrong? Any tips on the app?
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Oops figured it out
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Oops figured it out

private1ne said:
This has been driving me crazy...especially since the functionality is still present on the galaxy tab s2 running 5.1.1. I tried better open with and it didn't seem to work for me. Maybe I'm using it wrong? Any tips on the app?
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Oops figured it out
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Oops figured it out
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what did you figure Out??

Package disabler pro removed the system update on new version

Guys uninstall the old package pro and download version 6.3 from this website. They disabled the urgentfwupdate from version 6.6 which will allow samsung to send updates to our phones.
http://m.apkhere.com/app/com.ospolice.packagedisablerpro
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Link ok
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soulja4187 said:
Guys uninstall the old package pro and download version 6.3 from this website. They disabled the urgentfwupdate from version 6.6 which will allow samsung to send updates to our phones.
http://m.apkhere.com/app/com.ospolice.packagedisablerpro
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Good looking out but thats old news now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=69347668
Lots of good info and discussion in that thread
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soulja4187 said:
Guys uninstall the old package pro and download version 6.3 from this website. They disabled the urgentfwupdate from version 6.6 which will allow samsung to send updates to our phones.
http://m.apkhere.com/app/com.ospolice.packagedisablerpro
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Wil these 4 checked box, block all future updates?

PapaWangsta said:
Quick question, My N7 is not rooted. I've tried it it seemed to be working when I checking the boxes? Also, will it block all future updates?
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Im not sure exactly how you would expect any of us to know if it will block future updates.
Nothing in life is guaranteed and we obviously cant predict if samsung finds a way to force the updates despite being blocked....its common sense really.
That said it blocked the first BS update on my exynos and its blocked the current BS update on my snapdragon so we are 2 for 2 lol
Im just happy its working still
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Samsung Pay
Hey guys I have a Samsung Pay question, I factory data reset my phone to get rid of the update, installed package disabler pro stopped the update successfully... however when I reinstalled Sammy Pay I cannot complete the setup with my fingerprint, iris, both, nor the pin... Only disabled the software updates and left all bloatware active... How can I get one of my favorite features back?

Any help appreciated
Anyone know where I can get the previous note 7 app to get around this bull crap lock down?

Bloodprince said:
Anyone know where I can get the previous note 7 app to get around this bull crap lock down?
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A link is posted in this thread in the very first post....cmon man open your eyes!
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force70 said:
A link is posted in this thread in the very first post....cmon man open your eyes!
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Thank you force70, completely missed it. I've seen you in several threads. You know your stuff.
I am thankful for all those who have contributed to helping us get our note 7s back.
Thank you soulja4187 and force70, and everyone else who helped.
Next big dilemma: Been hearing they may block our IMEI#s since we are not giving up our note 7s. Can we hide or disable this act?

Bloodprince said:
Thank you force70, completely missed it. I've seen you in several threads. You know your stuff.
I am thankful for all those who have contributed to helping us get our note 7s back.
Thank you soulja4187 and force70, and everyone else who helped.
Next big dilemma: Been hearing they may block our IMEI#s since we are not giving up our note 7s. Can we hide or disable this act?
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We can't stop them from blocking if that actually happens.
But if it does there are fixes for that also thank god lol.
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It's has begun. Their going to start blacklisting n7's next week in New Zealand.
http://bgr.com/2016/11/04/note-7-recall-samsung-block-device-cell-network/

balabok said:
It's has begun. Their going to start blacklisting n7's next week in New Zealand.
http://bgr.com/2016/11/04/note-7-recall-samsung-block-device-cell-network/
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Old news at This point, that was announced last week.
It remains to be seen where else it will happen though. I will be very surprised if they do that here or in the US honestly.
But if they do no biggie...
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you say no biggie, is there a link or an existing thread about this?

ArmyNic said:
you say no biggie, is there a link or an existing thread about this?
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No but its possible to fix an imei block...not allowed to discuss it here though against the rules unfortunately
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Hi guys. Does this APK (on first post) require validation/authentication for it to work? From what I understand, even you buy on Playstore it won't activate this older version.
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I've just read on Playstore reviews that "buying lastest version then replacing with this version" doesn't work anymore. Any other alternatives? Is a custom ROM the best option at the moment? I currently don't have the 60% battery OTA update installed, just the green battery icon at 100% (charging very slow). Thanks.

SciFer said:
Hi guys. Does this APK (on first post) require validation/authentication for it to work? From what I understand, even you buy on Playstore it won't activate this older version.
---------- Post added at 11:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:17 AM ----------
I've just read on Playstore reviews that "buying lastest version then replacing with this version" doesn't work anymore. Any other alternatives? Is a custom ROM the best option at the moment? I currently don't have the 60% battery OTA update installed, just the green battery icon at 100% (charging very slow). Thanks.
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it doesnt work now unless you had it working had a legit license and didnt let it update to V7.
and how may I ask do you plan on flashing a custom rom?
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