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Here's a quick question-quick answer Help Desk to get your thumbs back in action on your Android phone. If you have advanced questions, make a thread! If it's something you think might be quick and simple, ask it here.
  • Just got a new Android phone and have no idea where to begin?
  • Need a quick tip on how to change a hidden setting?
  • Looking for the best app to fit your need?
Drop your questions here and somebody with the knowledge can get you back on track.
 

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is this thread/sub forum allowed to post/help ppl with rooting their device or installing CyanogenMod or a Stock ROMs?
 
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is this thread/sub forum allowed to post/help ppl with rooting their device or installing CyanogenMod or a Stock ROMs?

Sure, ask away. Hopefully we'll have somebody with some knowledge to answer it.
 

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I was just wondering in general, I've had a few adventures with CM and using Odin, @Mussels is the go to guy for this topic :)
 
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I have a droid mini. It has a ton of bloatware pre installed that I do not want. By removing it all I could save 2GB of space. I can't uninstall the bloatware unless I am rooted. So I rooted my phone and uninstalled. The problem is that the bloatware reinstalled itself. So I googled around, and I found out that I should disable the apps. So I disabled the apps. They still reinstall.

So in short if I uninstall and disable, or disable and uninstall the preinstalled bloatware it still comes back. How do I permanently remove it without resorting to cyanogenmod?
 
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I have a droid mini. It has a ton of bloatware pre installed that I do not want. By removing it all I could save 2GB of space. I can't uninstall the bloatware unless I am rooted. So I rooted my phone and uninstalled. The problem is that the bloatware reinstalled itself. So I googled around, and I found out that I should disable the apps. So I disabled the apps. They still reinstall.

So in short if I uninstall and disable, or disable and uninstall the preinstalled bloatware it still comes back. How do I permanently remove it without resorting to cyanogenmod?

Sounds like your droid is reloading the apps when it syncs with your Google drive backup. If so delete the G drive backup, turn off G drive. Then delete the Bloatwz then enable G drive & do a fresh backup.
 
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Sounds like your droid is reloading the apps when it syncs with your Google drive backup. If so delete the G drive backup, turn off G drive. Then delete the Bloatwz then enable G drive & do a fresh backup.
I have looked on my android phone, under my google drive, and under my google account on my desktop. I have googled around. I feel really silly having to ask this but how do I delete my G drive back up?
 
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I have looked on my android phone, under my google drive, and under my google account on my desktop. I have googled around. I feel really silly having to ask this but how do I delete my G drive back up?
Try reading here faster than me typingo_O LMK
 
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I am still having issues. I may just need to break down and rink installing cyanogen.

For example, one app I want to remove is the NFL mobile app. It is 45 MB.

Before when I tried to uninstall it, it would just instantly reinstall. This was after being disabled and all things I mentioned above.
After following those steps, when I uninstall the app google play services crashes and I have to restart the phone. When I turn it back on, the app is still there.
 
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@james888 Did a little more research on Droid's , I have a Moto X Play still under warranty so no custom ROM just yet. My Zoom tablet is running Marshmallow. I assume the Mini is on Lollypop & the cyanogen ROM looks like your best option, not a lot of custom ROMs for that phone.:cry:
 
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One problem I have with going to cyanogen is that to do it on this phone I need to revert from firmware 7.XX to 4.XX.
 
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Trying to figure out how to flash to CM on my s4 with 5.0.1 (SCH-I545)

Just flashed to KingRoot, has a tool that allowed me to remove a ton of bloatware that came on this Verizon s4 that I plan on using on t-mobile (supposedly as long as I get a Sim and set to the right cell format - has the option to change over)
 
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Love having Root control like I can in Linux Mint/Ubuntu, already have my s4 clocked at 1875/core and the GPU is set to 450. Too bad I cant set the team number and all for the F@H client on the phone
 

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Sony released 6.0 for the Z3. It's nice so far, with one huge, giant, all-consuming exception: I can't seem to silence the phone for a set period of time.

I used to be able to silence the phone for, say one hour after which it would go back to the usual settings. I can't find anything like that now. There's Do Not Disturb, but I can only make schedules there. I don't have the option of having it in the dock either, I have to activate it using the volume rocker. For me this is a giant, giant annoyance as I regurarly need the phone to be silent and I would hate - and often forget - having to disable DND after every single time I activated it.

Any tips, or possibly an app?

EDIT Nevermind, the DND thing appeared in the dock after some reboots. Crisis averted.
 
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I Need Help Please I Just Incidently Pluged Out The Main Power When It Was Reseting Factory Data And My Android Notebook Meteorit NB10 Dont Want To Boot Please Help
 

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do anouther factory reset from recovery
else its bricked good job this is why they tell you to charge the battery before attempting anything like this
 
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I know this is an old thread, but I need help with downloading firmware for a Samsung Galaxy Tab A6. I know which firmware to to install T280XXS0ARK3 and I have Odin installed.
However it's a minefield out there with a lot of dead ends and silly premium prices for single downloads, even on SamMobile.
Does anyone know of any reliable sources?
Cheers!
 
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