Recent content by MutantWizard

I couldn't figure out how a VPN would help but I earlier played around with it anyway. Could not get any joy out of it. My Playstore account is already set to Philippines. I looked up xmlpak, not sure how it really works and I am reluctant to try it. Seems I would need to install the manager...

I bought and first activated my Samsung Note 8 in Saudi Arabia a couple years ago. The phone is still in factory state. It is still going great except since then I moved to Philippines and are now using it in Philippines with Philippine numbers in it. Unfortunately I found out that Playstore...

I have a Note 8 (N950FXXU7DSJ1) which I purchased in Saudi Arabia. I am now living in Philippines and having trouble installing country or region specific apps like Gcash and Angkas. Every time I have to download the apk and install it from the file browser. Whenever there is a new version I...

Its done and working!

Meticulously followed instructions and completed without issues. My Fire HD 10 (7th generation) 5.6.2.0 is fully compatible with this.

Reset my Fire HD 10 (7th generation) 5.6.2.0 back to factory and rooted it without any issues following this offline root method. https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/general/hd-10-2017-offline-rooting-t3734860 Disabled OTA using commands from here...

Success reported on a new Fire HD 10 with 5.6.2.0. How would I check?

Thanks for the response! I saw this before but was not sure I wanted to go down that road. Well I decided and here I go. I intend to try the following root process. Please let me know if any other preferred method is likely to be more reliable...

I was not planning to root my Fire HD 10 (7the generation) OS 5.6.2.0 so I got the 4 google account files set up as per instructions. Worked perfect. Then I installed Nova Launcher and had to add Launcher Hijack to make it stick. All worked great except no widget support. Solved that with some...

After flashing CWM I couldnt even boot up wirhout a custom kernel

Thanks Geoz

I been reading up and I still dont understand! Can someone please explain it in idiot terms what is Exposed and what it does! Level of understanding so that I cant even figure out if I am asking in the right place.

doedoejohn Done, rooted and working like a charm, thanks mate!

Thanks for the response doedoejohn! Before I do this can you advise if the un-bootable note 5 issue is to be expected from flashing the recovery without flashing the kernel and this is supposed to fix the issue? Second question is for purpose of sideloading where on my computer do I type "adb...

hey guys, A bit of help would be very much appreciated. My phone is N920C. I think i followed the steps 1-3 correctly then after step 4 realized I after all did do something wrong. Now I can go to download mode and via Odin flash either of the suggested recoveries. Can access either recovery...