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Trouble unlocking bootloader

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Drowski187 said:
I know I only found 2 other times that had
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So any recommendations on what to do after rooting with kingroot?? I need all the help I can get. It's been a struggle. The only internet acess I have is att on my samsung a10e and they have my mobile hotspot and tethering blocked (bc they want me to spend more money with them to tell me how I can use my own data) so I've been doing everything on the lg gpad off data from my phone through the net share app. Bc my sim wont work in the att lg gpad (bc they want me to spend more money on a extra tablet line for data. So I'm either gonna try to find a way to make my sim work in both ( don't know if it's even possible).. and my final mission would be to root the a10e unless there is a better lower budget att or unlocked phone that would be better bc really the a10e sucks . But gonna root that and try to get xposed or something to try to bypass. I pay for the data and I would like to use it how i want. Lol. Sorry for the rant but thats where I'm at. any input would be greatly appreciated.. thanks
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[ROM]-v9 GamerROM Eclipse Pro™ v1.00 ASUS Zenfone 3 (zenfone3)!

Welcome to GamerROM Eclipse Pro™ for the Asus Zenfone 3 (zenfone3)!

Official Preview Trailer:

Features:

- New A.I named Victor he will learn your gaming habbits and apply them to every game you play (May take up to 3 days form him to learn your gaming habbits)

- Manage your RAM usage with Boost+ By HTC™

- Full 60fps UI & In-Game with no lag

- Fully supports highest resolution available

- No blocked apps & games so you can play any games with no restrictions such as PUBG or Call of Duty etc

- Block in-app/website ads with AdAway

- Full root integration powered by LineageOS root

- Fast & secured OS to keep you safe while playing online

- Up-to-date security patch updates

- Customize your OS with LSpeed (installed seperately) with Victor being the framework that helps L Speed run smoother

- Play online for free as you connect to GamerROM®Online Gaming Service & much more

Download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gamerrom.downloader

OS Specifications:

Android Version: v9

Current Security Patch: January 5, 2020

GamerROM OS Version: v1.00

Android SDK Version: 28

Official Release Date: January 18, 2020
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Battery replacement

puppykickr
Depending on a number of things (time, effort, cost), replacing a battery can be more problem than replacing a device.

Of course, this is by design.

If we all refused to buy devices that have built in batteries then this wouldn't be a problem.

Anyway, a new device (likely with a replaceable battery) can be had often for the cost of a replacement battery.
This cheap device (~$50 USD) would get you by until you are ready for a replacement of your choice.

Not to mention that your old device could still be used at home for storage, a mini tablet, camera, etc., so long as it is plugged in.
This can be more useful than you may think.

Along with the cheap device I mentioned and a couple SD cards that you probably already have, your device that you use away from home can get a break when you get home, your storage capacity is greatly increased, and the possibilities of your device use increase as well.

I currently use three devices, two identical and one not.
I had a battery issue with one, and it was just as cheap to get another device.
One stays at home, its twin is relegated to Wi-Fi use only (as is its mate) and the unmatched one is my general purpose cellular.

A simple app called NitroShare (F-Droid) allows for easy file sharing among all my devices.

Another option to get you by is to get an inexpensive power bank to plug your current device into when the power drops to the unuseable level.

At Wal-Mart there is a very small portable battery pack that costs less than $5 USD.

This should power your device back up quickly so that you can make it last a few hours more during the day.
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Your Phone

The_Chief
Your Phone is a POS that was (in my opinion) hastily cobbled together by programmers who obviously had better things to do. Microsoft people writing an app for Samsung, and Samsung employees writing an app for Microsoft... what could possibly go wrong? Well, Your Phone can go wrong, and it usually does.

My experience with Your Phone is great, until I walk away from the computer with my phone and then come back (I'm prone to doing that). Then it's nothing but "Your Phone can't connect to your phone right now". Endlessly. The only fix I've found is to Repair AND Reset the Windows app, and clear cache AND data on the phone app. Then restart both. After that, Your Phone works great - until I walk away again with my phone!

This dog don't hunt. I have Pulse SMS, it syncs to my PC and it works very well. I use Pushbullet to send photos (or just share them on my phone to OneDrive).
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Remotely controlling multiple android phones

MoodyBlues
Hadron said:
I assume that someone who is running 150 WhatsApp accounts is basically using them as sockpuppets for some commercial, lobbying or political purpose. I couldn't think of any other reason for having that number anyway.
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Interesting. My normally-highly-suspicious mind didn't go there at all. When I read it, I guessed the 150 devices were being used in a work environment. Like I used to say, "I have X computers," where X=the computers I was responsible for at work--and far more than even *I* would have personally. :o
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App Inventor UPC Verification App

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First, I have zero experience with app development (great start, I know). I have some basic web development and coding experience from a few years ago but haven't kept up with it. However, I am fairly tech savvy and pick up on things pretty quickly. To save myself time and frustration, I figured tapping into the expertise of the community would be a great place to start.

Here's the background situation. My company does wholesale distribution of food products. We have a grocery store-esque customer that is requiring we provide them with any UPC code we send them ahead of time so they can make sure its in their system so it scans at the register. And we buy products from every imaginable supplier so one week we might have blueberries with one UPC and the next week another.

What I want to do is have a simple app that can be linked to a scanner (either using a device camera or a specific scanning gun) that scan the UPC, checks it against our existing UPCs that we've provided (most preferably stored in a google sheet table), and simply returns either valid if it currently exists in the table or error if it does not.

So, my question is: does anyone know of something similar that exists like this? If not, what are some recommendations on where I should start?

As a beginner, I appreciate any and all comments.

Thanks in advance!
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moving photos / files off phone

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Git it!

My S6 comes with everything I need...

First, of course, a micro USB cable is needed (mine's 2" long), and a USB thumb drive.

Then, Apps>Tools>MyFiles>Categories>Images>Camera(etc.), select photo(s)>select the three dots, move / copy--to usb storage/photos, etc.. Done!

Works a treat.

May is the 'shoulder' season in Scotland...probably a little cool, maybe a little wet...but markedly fewer tourists. Same as in "the Highlands of Central Oregon." :)

Thanks everyone.
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Help me with correct cpu / rom file

svim
Part of the problem is you need to use the correct ROM that matches the phone model. MT6735M and similar designations refer to the SoC, the processor chip inside the phone. Ignore that, it's irrelevant for what you're trying to do. ROMs are not interchangeable, they are each specific for a particular phone model. Hopefully you have only soft-bricked this phone, so you just need to re-flash it with its correct ROM. If you hard-bricked it, that's going to be a bigger problem. You might be able to have a local service shop fix it but hard-bricked phones often require a reset from the manufacturer.

What is the phone make and model is this phone? Also, is it a carrier-locked model? (Carrier unlocked models can typically be used on selected, different carriers, ones that use similar cellular networks, but carrier-locked models are basically only usable for the specific carrier.)
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Check your devices for these 'fleeceware' apps

MoodyBlues
Good for you, @The_Chief! :)

I have many credit cards--even multiple cards from the same company, e.g., American Express and CapitalOne--and use them differently depending on various factors.

Some, like one of my Cap1 cards and my Amazon Prime card, pay 5% cash back; I use them as old-school charge cards, paying them off monthly. Like you, they pay me for using them. :D

Other cards I use for major purchases, like appliances, when they're offering 0% interest for X months. That's how I bought my new washing machine a year ago--0% interest for 18 months. I did the math, and easily made monthly payments that would have it paid off well before interest kicked in.

I never have cards with membership/annual fees.

Also, I live by a rule that I implemented after life's hard knocks taught me a lesson: never charge anything, including new cars, I don't have money in the bank to pay off immediately, if need be. That served me very well when I abruptly, unexpectedly, and permanently lost my income [due to illness].
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Help Upgraded to 9 and it changed my messaging text to black so now I can't see the text

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Hadron said:
There are 4 options I can see:

1) See whether there are any theming options (including night modes or similar as well as any actual theme options LG provide) in the device settings which have an affect in this. I don't have this device or any LG so don't know what options there might be, but I can imagine some device theme/display setting interacting badly with your message setting, in which case changing that (or even toggling it to something else and back again) might correct this.

2) See whether there is anything at all in the app's settings that changes this (yes, I know you've looked, just trying to cover all possibilities).

3) If the problem is due to an incompatibility between old (Android 8) setting and LG's "new" Android 9 system or apps then deleting those settings (i.e. resetting the app to defaults) might fix it. So you could start by force stopping the message app and clearing its cache, or clearing its cache and rebooting. More likely to work is clearing the message app's data. Unless LG are doing something very weird and non-standard that should not affect your messages: there's a system database that stores those independent of which SMS app you are using, so clearing data for the message app should only affect the message app's settings. If you are worried then back up your messages first (probably not a bad idea anyway), but I've cleared data for both system and third party message apps on other phones without losing messages (on my phone, running Android 10, it's the system app "Phone and Messaging Storage" which actually stores the messages. On other phones I've owned there was a separate "Message Storage" app. So don't clear data for any app that has "message" and "storage" in the name, because that will erase your messages).

4) I know you said you didn't want to, but the final option is to use a third party app. Personally I think there are several which are better than any manufacturer's own app that I've ever used, so I never use the built-in app, but it's your preference. But if nothing else works, this will.
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I have resolved the issue! So I first completely took off the theme and the background I was using and tried to reapply it to see if it helped. It didn't. So then I took it all off again and restarted my phone and then put it back on again and it was fine!

(I could have just unapplied the theme and I wouldn't have had the issue but the plain LG theme is God awful)
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