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    Thread oem unlocking greyed out

    hi, i bought a oneplus 8 5g from sprint today and i am trying to root it before i load my stuff to it (the bootloader menu mentions its product name is kona). when i go to developer options, i am able to turn on usb debugging but oem unlocking is greyed out. [[email protected] ~]# adb reboot...
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    Thread howto get pictures, videos, music from android device with broken screen

    hi, i have an essential running lineage-os with a broken screen. how does one copy data off of it to my fedora laptop. the fone vibrates when i touch the fingerprint reader and i see from my wifi router admin page that the fones i.p. is present. the charging lite l.e.d. comes on when plugged in...
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    Thread random jazzy/drummy music plays on loop whenever i start a fone call

    i have an essential running this: Linux localhost 4.4.21-lineage+ #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 14 13:44:18 CST 2017 armv8l GNU/Linux whenever i start a tele-fone call, random music plays on the fone forever (until i restart the device) ?
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    Thread is there anything like antimicro for android ?

    i would like to assign the spacebar to the a button (key press 96) on my controller ?
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    Thread wifi hotspot all of a sudden no longer working.

    hi, i have an essential running this os: mata:/data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home # uname -a -m -p Linux localhost 4.4.21-lineage+ #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 14 13:44:18 CST 2017 armv8l GNU/Linux i am not able to use wifi hotspot although tethering still worx. i tried with my laptop and...
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    Thread how to view 360 fotos

    hi, i have an essential fone and a 360 camera. when i copy fotos to my pc it looks like a salvador dali drawing and i am unable to drag the field of view around. however videos work in vlc (but not mplayer/kodi). is there a viewer that is able to view these pictures as intended. also, is there...
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    Thread hangouts rear-camera (black and white)

    [lineage-14.1:20171130]hi, when i switch to the rear facing cam in hangouts its in black and white (every other fone/tablet the rear cam in hangouts is in color). shooting videos of hangouts its in color. also this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/hangouts-audio-wont-hdmi-t3722443
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    Thread 360 camera -- how to share fotos

    when i text pics taken with the 360 camera, it looks like a salvatore dali drawing on the recipients cellular-telefone or pc. and they are unable to drag the field of view around. however videos work in vlc (but not mplayer/kodi). is there a viewer that is able to view these pictures as...
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    Thread hangouts audio wont go thru hdmi

    hi, i have tried with my table which has mini-hdmi-out and my fone which has dp-alt. both i can play games and the sound and video go thru my tv speakers. but with hangouts the video is mirrored onto the tv but the sound only comes thru the tablet or the fone. ?
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    Thread similar modules to 360 camera ?

    are there any other attachables ? is there an api or pin diagram for the ports on the back to tinker with ?
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    Thread terminals next to battery

    hi, when i take off the back cover to the left of the battery are three copper terminals and above the battery are 2 terminals. curious, what are they for ?
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    Thread unable to adb reboot recovery reinstall (unable to reinstall twrp)

    since this fone was having this issue i decided to try and restore from a working backup: http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/help/unable-to-make-phone-calls-dialer-t3278827 i am starting to think that this fones hardware is broken/defective somehow. the key combo to boot into recovery never...
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    Thread unable to make phone calls (dialer crashes)

    [h811] a friend is running the 12.23.2015 cyanogenmod nightly (but they are also having the same problem with their restored stock backup). when they try to make a fone call this would pop-up: process system is not responding when he hits ok to terminate the screen goes black until he hits...
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    Thread touch-screen freezes at lock screen

    hi, my friend called me on a different fone to walk them thru the process of rooting/twrp'ing an h811 using this as a guide ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epcXXkMPRWk ). and it booted up fine and the touchscreen worked. so i suggested they also try cyanogenmod (11.12.2015 nightly). they...
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    Thread cyanogenmod (gps doesnt work)

    hi, i tried the 2015-10-03 nightly of cm and the gps doesnt work. (i also tried booting into stock rom and getting a gps lock. then installing cm without wiping cache. but still no joy) i also tried with slimkat rom and gps also doesnt work. is there a way to use gps on an alternate rom or...
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    Thread [Q] running busybox/linux comands on boot up

    is there a way to run a bash script on startup. i am trying to check the presence of a running program (that uses excessive cpu and drains my battery) then kill the process-id if it is running: $ uname -a -m -p Linux localhost 2.6.35.7-SPH-D710.EL13-CL806482 #2 SMP PREEMPT Tue D ec 13 02:56:30...
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    Thread [Q] cyanogenmod: camera not working

    hi, I installed cm-12-20150204-NIGHTLY-hltespr.zip and my camera doesn't work when the flash is on. the camera app will hang but not force close but I'm not able to press the shutter again until I lock/unlock the device. edit: now it doesnt work at all. it used to take and save pictures when...
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    Thread unlock bootloader for lg optimus g (ls970)

    hi, i am trying to install cyanogenmod on this fone using these instructions: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_ls970 but this command is not working:[[email protected] ~]# adb devices List of devices attached LG-LS970-91d38109 device [[email protected] ~]# adb reboot bootloader instead...
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    Thread restore from backup

    hi, my wife broke her nexus 5 (cracked screen) so I bought her a new one. I would like to take the backup from the old (which has CyanogenMod) and restore to the new.
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    Thread re-purposing old fone as media center pc

    i have on occasion used my old galaxy s-2 as a home theater media hub. many fones support mhl (media hdmi link) and the cables are cheap online (e.g.: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005NTHXYY/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ). once you get your fones picture on your large screen tv...
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    Thread [Q] unable to root nexus 7

    hi, i have a 2012 nexus 7 (4.4.2). the only windows-pc i have is my work laptop which i dont have the admin password for stuff like installing drivers and mounting usb drives. so i am booting it using fedora live-usb. usb debugging is checked in developer options and usb computer connection...
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    Thread terminal commands to interface with radios

    Has anyone tried anything like this I got the idea from here: http://a3nm.net/blog/android_cli.html
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    Thread [Q] onlive game console

    Has anyone tried using a galaxy as a video game console using something like onlive ? I connect my fone to my TV using mhl. What controllers work well ? Is it possible to do usb-otg and mhl at the same time ?
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    Thread nexus 7 choppy playback (Netflix)

    Hi for some reason video playback is choppy while using Netflix. When I use hbo go it is smooth. I think it's because hbo go buffers for about 15 seconds and Netflix doesn't. Is there a way to force the Netflix app to buffer or select a lower resolution ?
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    Thread is there an android app or configuration to prevent certain permissions ?

    like for example, why does media hub need to know my gps location for me to watch a video. is it possible to prevent that app from pinging my location, or any other app from looking up my contacts list/ address book or list of known accounts ? even if it caused the app to force close, would be...
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    Thread unable to browse internet on 4g

    hi, ever since the storm i am unable to browse the internet while on 4g (3g an wifi work). when i run ifconfig i get an ip address for uwbr0. also i am able to ping ip addresses like ping 64.235.229.141 however when i try to ping an address like ping www.02144.com i get an error ping: bad...
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    Thread commandline tips ?

    hi, i installed sshdroid on my galaxy s2 so i am wondering if there is any way to mess around with anything like start a fone call or send a text message from the terminal ? i am looking for programs like netcat, sshfs, aplay, ... but none can be found. i also notice this (not sure why)...
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    Thread dial tone ?

    hi, are there any hacks for android that would emulate a dial tone before dialing like an old-skool land-line ? thanks,
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    Thread [Q] how to open meeting/calendar invites

    is there an email client that can handle updating the calendar with meeting invites. i tried sending meetings from both mozilla thunderbird and microsoft outlook in various ways but the default gmail app nor the email app can store the meeting on the fones calendar (it either doesnt display...
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    Thread android rooting without a pc ?

    hi, is it conceivably possible to root a fone with something like connect-bot. since it's local command-line shell has access to the directory tree above /mnt/sdcard , couldnt someone download the files needed for the root to the fone via the web browser and copy them to the correct locations...