[Q] Is carrier IQ installed on our phones? - Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

See here for info: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/the-rootkit-of-all-evil-ciq/
It sounds like there is a high chance this is installed in the fascinate. Does anyone know any more info regarding our phones? Do any of our roms besides the AOSP/MTD ROMS have it removed?

I think ported roms from the mesmerize have it removed. Though I could be wrong
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Someone should petition change.gov about this bull crap
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This is actually a very good question I would love for somebody with the know how aka jt or the glitch guys to let us know. I'm willing to bet aosp roms have it removed while touchwiz roms have it
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wessiide said:
This is actually a very good question I would love for somebody with the know how aka jt or the glitch guys to let us know. I'm willing to bet aosp roms have it removed while touchwiz roms have it
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hard to say of even aosp has it removed. The article states that it resides in the ram itself and is almost undetectable. Someone should bring this to jt's attention. I would but am driving and mostly using speech to text. :0.. If no one has later i will
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I am using the Touchwiz Superclean ROM and I don't think it's there. I looked through "All applications" in the settings menu and there was no mention of iq anywhere. TrevE also wrote an app to detect it and it didn't appear to find CIQ on my ROM. Let me know what you all find.

uzumaki82 said:
I am using the Touchwiz Superclean ROM and I don't think it's there. I looked through "All applications" in the settings menu and there was no mention of iq anywhere. TrevE also wrote an app to detect it and it didn't appear to find CIQ on my ROM. Let me know what you all find.
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I can't seem to download his apk. When i try my phone downloads "attachment-2.php
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I just ran this on CM7.1 with Glitch v13 and no CIQ files were detected fwiw
"I didn't say that...my Fascinate has a tiny troll inside it."

The app that TrevE wrote was meant for the Evo 3D and other HTC phones, so I wouldn't trust the results.
The bottom line here, fellas, is that without doing a butt-ton of work to find the traces of these files, we have no idea if this program is there or not. This article seems to make me think that Carrier IQ was included, even in previous AOSP Roms.
I personally am not going to worry about it too much. I know people want their privacy and all, but there is so much of this going on that privacy is just an idea now-a-days.
Just my 2 cents.

The following was just tweeted by droid_life:
"Oh lord. So today's rumor is that the Galaxy Nexus is delayed on Verizon because of Carrier IQ? #massivefacepalm"
"And when I say facepalm, that's because Verizon doesn't use Carrier IQ and no way in hell would a Nexus have it. Come on folks"
Also, this was posted...
So, in short, no. Carrier IQ is not on our phones.

Just an additional +1, I ran TrevE's Logging Test App (link) on my stock ED05 Fascinate today and the CIQ Check turned up nothing.

According to Gizmodo No Verizon phones have the Carrier IQ on them
http://gizmodo.com/5864116/these-are-the-phones-were-pretty-sure-dont-have-carrier-iq

I found out more about CIQ:
The Shocking Truth behind Carrier IQ

xwhofarted said:
According to Gizmodo No Verizon phones have the Carrier IQ on them
http://gizmodo.com/5864116/these-are-the-phones-were-pretty-sure-dont-have-carrier-iq
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I saw that but just wanted to double check
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xwhofarted said:
According to Gizmodo No Verizon phones have the Carrier IQ on them
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Nice! Verizon being in the right, for once.

solidus123 said:
Nice! Verizon being in the right, for once.
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Verizon might have something worse, like, say, LowIQ
Has anyone seen John Connor?

Verizon may have something similar in place. Anyone know what keytracer is? http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/muqq4/so_amidst_all_of_the_ciq_hullabaloo_i_checked_my/

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Bypassing tmobile tethering monthly charge?

Would this be possible once its implemented through a dev mod of froyo? I was bummed out to hear that tmobile its planning on charging us for something that should be standard when froyo his our phones. Anyone have any thoughts or direct me to a response if this was previously asked?
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Spazzvogel said:
Would this be possible once its implemented through a dev mod of froyo? I was bummed out to hear that tmobile its planning on charging us for something that should be standard when froyo his our phones. Anyone have any thoughts or direct me to a response if this was previously asked?
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where you hear that from? link? Would like to read up on it as well.
Spazzvogel said:
Would this be possible once its implemented through a dev mod of froyo? I was bummed out to hear that tmobile its planning on charging us for something that should be standard when froyo his our phones. Anyone have any thoughts or direct me to a response if this was previously asked?
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unless you pay them to do it with their app (or however they plan to implement it), how would they know you are tethering?
all the ways be have been tethering in now we should still be able to use to my knowledge...
someone correct me if im worng
kboater said:
unless you pay them to do it with their app (or however they plan to implement it), how would they know you are tethering?
all the ways be have been tethering in now we should still be able to use to my knowledge...
someone correct me if im worng
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Sorry for thr 2x post. From what I read they monitor usage upto 5gs. Then they throttle your speed down. Now question is will this be the same after Froyo? Will they just remove mobile ap like they did in eclair?
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12paq said:
Sorry for thr 2x post. From what I read they monitor usage upto 5gs. Then they throttle your speed down. Now question is will this be the same after Froyo? Will they just remove mobile ap like they did in eclair?
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It's all about options, you can rely on OTA update, and keep your phone pristine stock condition (software-wise) and pay the provider, or you can root, forget about OTA, load a custom ROM and make the most out of your hardware and software and do not pay the provider (just support your devs!) - just be a man enough to admit you fessed up when the things go south.
It's up to you, but remember you have a choice unlike other guys using other mobile phone system(s).
I actually work at T-Mo, as far as I know they only way to honestly "Stop" the tethering is to throttle you at 5GB(not really stop, just slow you to below dial-up speed)... I know that we aren't supposed to tell people they can still tether without the feature, but it is possible from what I have seen... I'm looking for a way to bypass it as well.
As soon as the Vibrant gets support Officially for the Netflix app everyone should start flooding T-mobile or whoever ur SP is and complain, complain, complain about hitting the cap. Thats my story and I'm sticking to it
*EDIT* I think I misunderstood the OP so my post may not be relevant to this thread, sorry. But I'm not deleting it I believe its important none the less.

2.3 leaks yet?

So are there any 2.3 leaks yet for the fascinate? Besides CM7.
tyvallely said:
So are there any 2.3 leaks yet for the fascinate? Besides CM7.
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Nope...and I'm doubtful there will be :/
tyvallely said:
So are there any 2.3 leaks yet for the fascinate? Besides CM7.
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Uh, do you know what a leak is?
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For the record cm7 is not a leak. A leak comes from companies... in a round about way. CM7 is built ground up.
But I agree with the post above none the less. We will likely never see an official2.3 on fascinate.
"Whether in a suit or a loincloth people are ignorant little thorns cutting into one another."
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hesh.monster said:
For the record cm7 is not a leak. A leak comes from companies... in a round about way. CM7 is built ground up.
But I agree with the post above none the less. We will likely never see an official2.3 on fascinate.
"Whether in a suit or a loincloth people are ignorant little thorns cutting into one another."
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Let's not make an assumption right now. For last couple months, did we ever thought of getting Froyo? No hell we didnt. One thing I can say is carrier doesn't include "update to date" in contract and they don't have to. It is up to Verizon to move their stupid ass bloats and let Sammy take care of this, but it's gonna take Verizon to lose money.
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xHoLyx said:
Let's not make an assumption right now. For last couple months, did we ever thought of getting Froyo? No hell we didnt. One thing I can say is carrier doesn't include "update to date" in contract and they don't have to. It is up to Verizon to move their stupid ass bloats and let Sammy take care of this, but it's gonna take Verizon to lose money.
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That last sentence is the reasoning for my negativity..... greedy bastards...
"Whether in a suit or a loincloth people are ignorant little thorns cutting into one another."
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That last sentence is the reasoning for my negativity..... greedy bastards...
"Whether in a suit or a loincloth people are ignorant little thorns cutting into one another."
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http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...g-gingerbread-up/&category=classic&postPage=1
There is no word on Sammy yet. But we shall see.
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Thank you that's what I was looking for. The leak is rumored to be floating around by this weekend.
tyvallely said:
Thank you that's what I was looking for. The leak is rumored to be floating around by this weekend.
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...not for the Fascinate. Don't confuse it with the Galaxy S (i9000). That is the international version, and if you flash anything meant for that onto your Fascinate, you won't be happy.
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Thank you that's what I was looking for. The leak is rumored to be floating around by this weekend.
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Samsung's Announcement
Well, it will likely to be released in Q4 or later.
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Samsung's Announcement
Well, it will likely to be released in Q4 or later.
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That has nothing to do with our phones.
If samsung intended to upgrade us to gingerbread they would tell us. We knew since September that we WOULD get froyo, we just didn't know when.
And im pretty sure the op still doesn't know what a leak is.
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thefunkbot said:
And im pretty sure the op still doesn't know what a leak is.
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I don't see how water dripping from a pipe has anything to do with a gb release.
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Legato525 said:
I don't see how water dripping from a pipe has anything to do with a gb release.
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Someone need me to lay pipe? I'll fix a leak, just provide a valid ID, current picture and proof of birth control.
thefunkbot said:
That has nothing to do with our phones.
If samsung intended to upgrade us to gingerbread they would tell us. We knew since September that we WOULD get froyo, we just didn't know when.
And im pretty sure the op still doesn't know what a leak is.
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I remember reading somewhere that the press release mentions the Galaxy S phones in the US. Shouldn't that include our phone as well the the other variants in the country?
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...not for the Fascinate. Don't confuse it with the Galaxy S (i9000). That is the international version, and if you flash anything meant for that onto your Fascinate, you won't be happy.
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As its been proven in the past though,a release for the i9000 can prove useful to us as well. There may be things included that could nudge along CM7 or Kaosinate.
"Whether in a suit or a loincloth people are ignorant little thorns cutting into one another."
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As its been proven in the past though,a release for the i9000 can prove useful to us as well. There may be things included that could nudge along CM7 or Kaosinate.
"Whether in a suit or a loincloth people are ignorant little thorns cutting into one another."
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True, but it is not a leak. Sammy and vzw haven't even suggested they will attempt a release for the fascinate. Which would lead me to suspect there is no one working on it and therefore no leak possible. Now with froyo they did.

[Q] CM7 and 911 Calls

I've been reading that CM7 doesn't allow 911 calls on the vibrant. I haven't tested mine (Running nightly 81, Bali 1.2, GPS Fix).
Is this true? Are the developers aware of this?
If this is true, this should be a huge red flag in any rom that has this problem. Does this problem exist on other roms?
I posted this question to issues as well:
http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=4222
By the way, if you do want to test this, I've seen in other threads a suggestion that you call the non-911 number for your 911 dispatch center and schedule a test call. That way you wont end up with a swat team at your door.
See:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1209517
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16787692
This needs to be addressed. I was dialing 911 two Tuesday evenings ago since I was in a car accident. It is beyond reason why someone would leave such a critical bug on any kind of cellular phone OS. Is 911 linked to the GPS perhaps?
Matarick said:
This needs to be addressed. I was dialing 911 two Tuesday evenings ago since I was in a car accident. It is beyond reason why someone would leave such a critical bug on any kind of cellular phone OS. Is 911 linked to the GPS perhaps?
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Beyond reason? Perhaps devs don't call 911 often. Can't say I've ever tested it.
Its not tied to the GPS. Its more RIL crap to deal with. Blame Samsung for that.
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jt1134 said:
Beyond reason? Perhaps devs don't call 911 often. Can't say I've ever tested it.
Its not tied to the GPS. Its more RIL crap to deal with. Blame Samsung for that.
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I don't see how we can blame SAMSUNG at this...
On a Samsung ROM, 911 works perfectly. So how exactly is it THEIR fault?
You people need to get better things to do then blame TMO/Samsung at everything.
Oh no! a CUSTOM ROM's 911 doesn't work! Why don't we blame the big companies because its their branded phone instead of asking how we can help the devs fix it!
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I don't see how we can blame SAMSUNG at this...
On a Samsung ROM, 911 works perfectly. So how exactly is it THEIR fault?
You people need to get better things to do then blame TMO/Samsung at everything.
Oh no! a CUSTOM ROM's 911 doesn't work! Why don't we blame the big companies because its their branded phone instead of asking how we can help the devs fix it!
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Lol you're dumb and obviously have no idea what my point was, nor how any of this stuff works. Thanks for the laugh. Have a great day
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jt1134 said:
Lol you're dumb and obviously have no idea what my point was, nor how any of this stuff works. Thanks for the laugh. Have a great day
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No seriously, explain it to me, i honestly don't get how 911 not working on a CUSTOM- CM7 ROM can be put on Samsung's shoulders?
xriderx66 said:
No seriously, explain it to me, i honestly don't get how 911 not working on a CUSTOM- CM7 ROM can be put on Samsung's shoulders?
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I'm kind of curious too. But don't worry.....I'll wait.
Jt is saying that if you don't like it, go back to stock. No one made you flash. Android is supposed to be open source but because of all proprietary crap it's hard to get everything working as well as a developer (and user) would prefer.
These guys work for free so quit your *****ing or make your own damn rom.
Now going back to my fascinate forum which I now realize to be slightly more mature.
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dividebyzero said:
Jt is saying that if you don't like it, go back to stock. No one made you flash. Android is supposed to be open source but because of all proprietary crap it's hard to get everything working as well as a developer (and user) would prefer.
These guys work for free so quit your *****ing or make your own damn rom.
Now going back to my fascinate forum which I now realize to be slightly more mature.
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if that was the case with.. lets say.. a feature/theme then yeah i'd agree, quit *****ing and get on another rom.
but its CALLING 911.
That has to be one of the MUST have "features" on a phone, no?
Anyways I'll drop it here, Your putting words in my mouth and trying to make me sound like I'm against our devs or something.
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if that was the case with.. lets say.. a feature/theme then yeah i'd agree, quit *****ing and get on another rom.
but its CALLING 911.
That has to be one of the MUST have "features" on a phone, no?
Anyways I'll drop it here, Your putting words in my mouth and trying to make me sound like I'm against our devs or something.
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It's not you dude. Ive noticed the last couple of months that CM7 brings out all kinds of "characters". I'll just leave it at that.
I am confused if you were upset at me realizing this bug? I know the evidence does fall upon Samsung or T-Mobile for using a custom rom. I am well aware that this Rom is experimental for my phone. Have I known about this flaw earlier, I would of used a different ron.
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I remember I had to call 911 on a Samsung rom and it didn't work. Does it have to do with anything?
I called 911 "by accident" for the hell of it, and it worked fine. It must depend on the carrier/area.
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This post contains the technical details of why 911 calling generally does not work on the Vibrant (and maybe other SGS phones) on CM7. Long story short, it's not necessarily Samsung's fault, they just implemented emergency dialing different than is done in the AOSP. That difference is enormous however because the Samsung implementation involves stuff on a low-level (i.e., radio implementation).

Can tech support tell if I'm rooted over the phone?

I have a small echo-like noise now that I hear during phone calls on my phone. I think it is a hardware issue because I don't hear it on my bluetooth headset. I called Verizon 800 number the other night because I was wondering about the 4G outage and mentioned my audio problem while I was on the phone with her. She said if I call back from another phone, tech support would connect to my Thunderbolt and troubleshoot the audio problem, and if its unfixable they would send me another Thunderbolt.
I am wondering if I need to unroot before I do this....would tech support be able to tell if my phone was rooted and thus void the warranty and not be able to do anything for me? What should I do?
Bare minimum I'd install the stock rom on there, I don't believe they would dig far enough to see if fastboot is unlocked.
As for the title question Yes, they can tell if rooted.
I don't think they can tell Cuz I called yesterday Cuz my screen is messing up they called me back on another line and wanted me to do a factory reset but didn't know that I was already on GB
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motorcycle said:
As for the title question Yes, they can tell if rooted.
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Tell us how
hallstevenson said:
Tell us how
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The only thing I can think of, and I'm no expert or anything so this is just a guess, is that they could look at the software version of the phone, and if it isn't the latest, or a previous release for this phone, then they could speculate that you are rooted, though I don't think that alone would hold up in court if it ever came to that.
When the support rep told the OP that they would "connect to my Thunderbolt and troubleshoot the audio problem", I think they were going by the standard "don't call tech support from the phone that's having the issue" practice.
Can they remotely connect to our phones ? I wasn't aware that they could.
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As for the title question Yes, they can tell if rooted.
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Over the phone? Absolutely Not
Correct, that's what they said ("don't call tech support from the phone that's having the issue" practice.)
So should I still unroot to be safe before I call them or no....
What ROM are you using ?
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If you want to be on the safe side, make a nand backup, flash a stock ROM, call them, then restore the backup. I'll pretty sure they can't tell if you have a custom recovery.
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Tell us how
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Don't know how they do it, (simple user here) and not the first time I've seen this asked or answered. If you're bored jump on every TB forum your on and I'm sure you'll find your curiosity satisfied. Maybe it was on BAMF? I could care less how they do it. (No ins here) Call technical support and ask them what rom your on and how dare they know that.
via my mind while guzzling beer.
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Over the phone? Absolutely Not
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On the device in question, yes, why not... again I don't care and was just offering what I've read.
via my mind while guzzling beer.
I'm on many forums similar to this, including Team Bamf, rootzwiki, etc and haven't read anything like this.
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What ROM are you using ?
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Liquid AOSP 3.2.
I unrooted just to be safe and the tech rep never said anything and I got them to send me a new sim card and if that doesn't solve my problem (which I don't think it will), then they will send me a new thunderbolt.
When I rooted again after the phone call it wouldn't let me restore my rom and I got stuck in a boot loop. Luckily I had rom zip's on my sd card, so I installed one from scratch, reflashed cwm via rom mgr again, then it let me restore it.
Very weird, and I was terrified I jacked my phone up.
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I'm on many forums similar to this, including Team Bamf, rootzwiki, etc and haven't read anything like this.
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Hmm keep looking, I won't be at a pc till tomorrow maybe. But like I said I have no way to confirm only what I've read which is what I do. And that was second hand information. As most of this is. I'm really trying to remember because I know these site searching's are lacking at best.
I just recently used to work for at&t customer care and if vzw is anything like them, the only way they can maybe tell is if you have an unlimited data plan plus unofficial tethering app. Or if you send it in for warranty/Asurion replacement. Otherwise i don't really see how they could see in any way if it was rooted
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I just recently used to work for at&t customer care and if vzw is anything like them, the only way they can maybe tell is if you have an unlimited data plan plus unofficial tethering app. Or if you send it in for warranty/Asurion replacement. Otherwise i don't really see how they could see in any way if it was rooted
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That is understandable, thank you. Still gotta get to my pc. I know people have called in on their rooted devices for certain reasons and been called out only to deny. And of course unroot before going in. For whatever reason. Sticking to it.
That's why I asked what ROM. A support rep could simply tell the person to read them a version # that will be different than "stock".
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That's why I asked what ROM. A support rep could simply tell the person to read them a version # that will be different than "stock".
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this is true, didn't think about that. You could always just write the stock version number before flashing to be safe
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holo blue themed factory based?

im looking for a factory based holo blue themed rom for a buddy.... also looking up what else i need to do before flashing anything on it... its bone stock
Jelly Beans is the ROM to go to.
But make sure your buddies phone is already unlocked. If he didn't unlock his bootloader and install a custom recovery by now he's probably screwed. That OTA has destroyed any current working methods of getting custom recovery capabilities.
If he didn't get the OTA then have him read the Unlocking the Bootloader thread under the Original Development sub forum for the Verizon Galaxy Note 2.
Quick question. If I haven't updated am I still good to use the old unlock?
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DJ1994 said:
Quick question. If I haven't updated am I still good to use the old unlock?
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Yes do it asap.
He just updated yesterday! Dang. I thought samsung didnt lock down anything? Didnt with my e4gt
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He just updated yesterday! Dang. I thought samsung didnt lock down anything? Didnt with my e4gt
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Samsung doesn't, Verizon does. I can't tell you what their real reasons are for locking bootloaders but I believe their public statement is that they feel by locking these phones down securely they can provide a better network experience for everyone.
Yeah, bull****. It's so they can force bloatware down our throats and prevent people from using root required workarounds to things they keep locked on us. See Google Wallet vs Isis for further study.
Dang. Verizon sucks balls. Hope theres a workaround soon
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