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Root Help with my s8 active

One reason I want to root the device is to get rid of some of the junk apps that you cant uninstall without root access. But the main reason is to network unlock it. Mine is locked on the at&t network but I want to be able to use it on whatever network I want. Do you know of any software for PC that i can use for network unlocking without rooting i dont have the money to pay for a third party to do it of it is possible to do it myself. But I cant find anything about doing it without a outside source.
you do not need to root to unlock the phone from a carrier. i have no idea on software to do that......sorry.

also there is really no development for your phone so rooting for me is moot. you want a custom rom that has all the bloat out, but the only rom out there for the s8 active is the one i linked you to.

Usb Drivers for Mac

OK, so I tried it with another device this morning and it works fine. So, the problem must be with the device I am trying to connect (Samsung Tab A 10.1) and it doesn't like usb to USB c cables. One thought that crosses my mind (if it can be called a mind) is that it might be possible wirelessly with something like AirDroid.

Nullifying an action in ADB

Do you know there's a setting in the Developer Options to do this - 'Force activities to be resizable'

Alternatively you can try using a value of 0 on your ADB command, that should revert the behaviour back to default state.

Yes, I know this fact. I had in fact disabled D.O. and deactivated that setting. However the icons persist. Do you have any idea of the reason for all this? Perhaps does the above command, given after having used (i.e. activated) the setting in D.O., force to maintain the freeform support enabled? Now I'm going to try your hint. Many thanks.

Edit: it works good with value 0.
many many thanks

Help G973U Odin flashing failures...

I buy used phones often. The problem is i asked sprint to check the imei, through their live chat, and was told it was fine. Later after buying the phone and checking again, they tell me its locked to an account. I have tried calling to have it unlocked but was told it is not possible. Thanks for the feedback
well that sucks.....sorry to hear that. never used their live chat before.

How do I become NOT a "Lurker" ?

LG3? LG G3?
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Yes. My initials are LGIII . Coincidence ? I used to have LG 3 as my license plate and would always get asked if I was an LG rep. Ok, get this..... My rate in the Navy was Boiler Tech. If I used my initials AND my rates initials as my plate, it would totally take on a new meaning today. LGBT .... Um.....''not that there's anything wrong with that.''

Apps Hello Everyone

Holo Deck you say? Hey I could get on board with that. Make it so! ;)

Seriously though, if you do have some original ideas for new games, then more power to you. The mainstream games industry appears (to me anyway) to be running out of creativeness and innovation.
Or maybe it's just that nobody wants to take a risk these days. After all, most of the AAA titles cost millions to develop.

I don't play much games, but I see so many of the android games are just ripoffs of Bejewled and others from that era a few years back. I think truly new game ideas would have a decent chance to get some traction.

Virgin mobile to straight talk number port please help

Porting over a phone number from one carrier to another carrier has to be done on their end so there isn't a lot you can do on your phone or even logging into your accounts using a web interface. Have you tried contacting someone at Straight Talk to check on the changeover status? Are you sure your account with your previous carrier is paid up and there isn't anything like an early termination fee or number porting fee involved?
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/porting-keeping-your-phone-number-when-you-change-providers

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You can order almost anything online or through an app and a "massage" is one of them...

https://nypost.com/2016/05/05/now-you-can-order-a-massage-like-uber/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.soothe.client&hl=en_US

I typed "order massage" in google and that came up immediately. ;)


Oh sorry GT. I didn't click on your link. Still not surprised there is already one out there though.

New Terminator movie, and other warmed over stuff

It did, a little bit, but I expected something more. See below..



On first viewing I thought it was dire, but that was due to my big disappointment about what I actually expected the movie to be like.

it was a gore fan pleaser that's for sure. More chest busting etc. Dramatic of course, but we've seen it before.
No, what I was hoping for, and what I thought was going to happen, was a focus on the 'Engineer' race, who created the ultimate weapon of mass destruction - the pathogen which causes such catastrophic mutation. At the end of Prometheus, when Shaw and David took off for the Engineers' homeworld, I thought the follow up movie would continue on that story. But unfortunately we saw very little of the Engineers, other than their final demise, in flashback.
I mean, why did they create the weapon? And at the start of Prometheus, we saw an Engineer ingest some of the substance, and that had completely the opposite effect, by seeding life on Earth. It was in fact a life giver. So there were presumably two types of the substance. Were there two factions/tribes of Engineers? I thought all this would be resolved by Covenant, but it didn't answer any questions.
So I think there's so much more to this story, and it doesn't have to be more of the same. I wonder if Ridley Scott wanted to tell that story, but was overruled by the studio? Who knows.

Dang, when you put it that way... You have now got me interested in seeing both movies again as my memories of them are very vague. But, from your description, it does sound like a missed opportunity for the studio.

edit:
Unless it's a highly anticipated sequel, I usually approach a movie with little expectations. It saves me from big disappointment.

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