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I can tell you that DNS66 definitely doesn't block YouTube ads.
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People keep talking about no ads YouTube. I hate YouTube ads. How do I stop them?
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Aug 16, 2018 23:26
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:People keep talking about no ads YouTube. I hate YouTube ads. How do I stop them? Subscribe to Google play music or YouTube premium or something?
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Aug 16, 2018 23:34
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OXBALLS DOT COM posted:People keep talking about no ads YouTube. I hate YouTube ads. How do I stop them? https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases YouTube app without ads.
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Aug 16, 2018 23:42
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sourdough posted:Subscribe to Google play music or YouTube premium or something? This. I share a Family account for Play music with the family which eases the cost and brings the benefit of no ads at all to everyone. It is really nice. That and YouTube TV since screw paying for cable TV. (And I have an actually good Comcast deal right now for Just internet which is kinda crazy).
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Aug 16, 2018 23:56
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r0ck0 posted:https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases Newpipe is good.
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r0ck0 posted:https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases Newpipe is awesome, but does it properly do subscriptions yet?
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Not really a rooting question, but I don't think it really belongs in the Android thread either? I bought an unlocked Galaxy S9 on Swappa, but it ended up being a MetroPCS phone instead, which is extremely annoying. I know I could get a refund, probably, but I also know that there's literally no difference besides software between carrier models, and I could just as easily flash the U1 firmware on it. I'd also be fine with getting the T-Mobile (my carrier) firmware on it, but for some reason, when I put my sim card in the phone won't load that firmware. Is it because it's MetroPCS, which works just fine onj T-Mobile? If I put in a Verizon SIM, or something, would it then install Verizon bloatware, and then switch to T-Mobile when I put my sim card back in it? Alternatively, does anyone know anywhere good to download the S9 U1 (stock, no bloatware) firmware from? Everything I'm finding wants me to pay to sign up which I am by no means willing to do.
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Aug 28, 2018 05:42
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Putting the sim card in won't change the firmware of the phone or install any software, it should only update the APN settings.
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Aug 28, 2018 05:48
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elmer chud posted:Putting the sim card in won't change the firmware of the phone or install any software, it should only update the APN settings. I've literally seen it happen dozens of times. I work at T-Mobile and when I put a SIM card in someone's Sprint/ATT/whatever S8/S9 it reboots and turns back on with the T-Mobile splash screen instead. It was included in the November security update, I believe. What I don't know is why my MetroPCS (which works fine, it's more just principle) S9 isn't doing it, and I'm wondering if it's because MetroPCS and T-Mobile are considered too 'similar' for the phone to bother? I dunno.
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Daily Forecast posted:I've literally seen it happen dozens of times. I work at T-Mobile and when I put a SIM card in someone's Sprint/ATT/whatever S8/S9 it reboots and turns back on with the T-Mobile splash screen instead. It was included in the November security update, I believe. MetroPCS is T-Mobile's prepaid service provider so it's probably that they're basically the same thing.
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Daily Forecast posted:I've literally seen it happen dozens of times. I work at T-Mobile and when I put a SIM card in someone's Sprint/ATT/whatever S8/S9 it reboots and turns back on with the T-Mobile splash screen instead. It was included in the November security update, I believe. I thought that only worked on first boot, where it essentially married the phone to the carrier whose SIM was in it when it first powered on? I'll admit I'm half remembering how it worked and I'm almost positive it was weird with Samsungs even then. Even then my information has got to be four or five years out of date at this point so I'd love to hear how it actually works.
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LastInLine posted:I thought that only worked on first boot, where it essentially married the phone to the carrier whose SIM was in it when it first powered on? I'll admit I'm half remembering how it worked and I'm almost positive it was weird with Samsungs even then. Even then my information has got to be four or five years out of date at this point so I'd love to hear how it actually works. It's actually pretty rad and their decision to do this made me like Samsung a lot more. It's not first boot, it's any time you insert a different carrier's SIM card into a recentish Samsung flagship (S8, S9, Note8, Note9, mid-range poo poo like the J series don't do this though) that'll make the phone power off, reboot into a sort of blue splash screen with a loading bar, and then when that finishes it powers back on with, say, for example, the T-Mobile splash screen and bloatware installed and the (again, for example) Sprint stuff gets uninstalled. All S8/9 and Note8/9s are the exact same model, just with different carrier software to allow certain features like VoLTE, carrier aggregation, Wi-Fi calling, etc. It allows you to take your unlocked carrier phone with you when/if you switch. The carrier agnostic model from Samsung direct doesn't do this because it doesn't need to. So that's why I'm thinking that maybe the phone won't do it because MetroPCS and TMO are p much the same thing, and maybe I can force it by scrounging someone's deactivated ATT sim or something from work and then putting my T-Mobile sim back in.
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I'm having a hard time finding the proper entry point of this multi-year thread, so please forgive me if this has been addressed: Where should I go to learn how to get rid of bloatware (and remove Bixby's eavesdropping rear end) on my Samsung S9? Is there a place that walks me through that at a relatively moron-friendly level, or is that just wishful thinking? AT&T is my provider if that's important. Note: I was in prison for 5 years and when I got out my mom handed me this crazy futuristic sci-fi phone, so I'm way over my head with all this (but half a decade gone I can still spot loving bloatware a mile away) and would definitely appreciate any help.
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Christoph posted:I'm having a hard time finding the proper entry point of this multi-year thread, so please forgive me if this has been addressed: Where should I go to learn how to get rid of bloatware (and remove Bixby's eavesdropping rear end) on my Samsung S9? Is there a place that walks me through that at a relatively moron-friendly level, or is that just wishful thinking? AT&T is my provider if that's important. 1. update Bixby 2. turn it off (option will be right there after you get through the initial bixby setup) 3. install bxActions, and the default is that the bixby button will now launch Google Assistant instead, which is at least ten thousand percent better. 4. install Package Disabler Pro (you gotta buy it, but I think it's worth it because I noticed my battery life going through the roof after I picked the "disable all bloatware" option) 5. install a custom launcher like Nova or Lean Launcher or Pixel Launcher or whatever. 6. install Android Messages and Contacts and Gboard, set as default 7. congrats, you now have the best phone.
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Thank you so much! If I restart my phone, do I have to have Package Disabler turn off the bloatware again? edit: Package Disabler says it disabled 72 packages, but when I go to the screen where it shows me what's disabled, nothing is there  edit 2: I think I'm one of the unlucky ones that the program doesn't work for. Judging by the reviews for the program, that happens to like 50% of buyers. Christoph fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Sep 1, 2018 |
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Just bought a new Galaxy S4 and its on android 4.3 and I can't get it to update to 5.0. Would rooting this phone be a good way to upgrade to lollipop? Also to the guy above; package disabler used to work great for me with previous galaxy S4's but nowadays it doesn't work for me at all either 
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Looks like you can get Nougat if you flash LineageOS on there.
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Would it be possible to root an android device and install a normal non-phone Linux distro? I’ve got an old Moto G4 with a failing screen, and if I got a micro USB to USB/Ethernet hub it seems like I might be able to use it for a Pi Hole for $20 instead of $50-60 or whatever a full Pi kit would end up being. I know Debian Noroot exists, but I’m thinking that if I rooted and flashed to something lightweight with nothing but Bash, Pihole, SSH capabilities, and the dependencies for those it would be more power efficient and have less possible errors down the line.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Would it be possible to root an android device and install a normal non-phone Linux distro? I’ve got an old Moto G4 with a failing screen, and if I got a micro USB to USB/Ethernet hub it seems like I might be able to use it for a Pi Hole for $20 instead of $50-60 or whatever a full Pi kit would end up being. I know Debian Noroot exists, but I’m thinking that if I rooted and flashed to something lightweight with nothing but Bash, Pihole, SSH capabilities, and the dependencies for those it would be more power efficient and have less possible errors down the line. Yes but it may take some work. This article has links to installing inside android and also some for replacing android on the phone: https://www.androidauthority.com/install-ubuntu-on-your-android-smartphone-765408/ Ubuntu has support for a few android devices but the Moto G4 isn't one of them: https://docs.ubuntu.com/phone/en/devices/devices If you leave a PC running all of the time you could just setup a virtual machine for pi hole as well.
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I do have a PC that's on all of the time, so I was thinking about doing Docker, but then it would never go to sleep and it's my gaming computer so it would probably pull a lot more power than I would like.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:I do have a PC that's on all of the time, so I was thinking about doing Docker, but then it would never go to sleep and it's my gaming computer so it would probably pull a lot more power than I would like. You could install this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.meefik.linuxdeploy&hl=en Install whatever distro then set up a docker container https://github.com/pi-hole/docker-pi-hole/ No clue if this will actually work tho
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Would it be possible to root an android device and install a normal non-phone Linux distro? I’ve got an old Moto G4 with a failing screen, and if I got a micro USB to USB/Ethernet hub it seems like I might be able to use it for a Pi Hole for $20 instead of $50-60 or whatever a full Pi kit would end up being. I know Debian Noroot exists, but I’m thinking that if I rooted and flashed to something lightweight with nothing but Bash, Pihole, SSH capabilities, and the dependencies for those it would be more power efficient and have less possible errors down the line. I'm not aware of any recent phones having usable standard Linux ROMs. I recall they were created for a few of the early models, but the generic ability to use a "normal" distro in a chroot on top of a normal Android system satisfied enough people's needs that those projects didn't keep going. That said, the list of accessories you'd need to turn an old phone in to a network appliance is the same as you'd need to use a Pi Zero other than a dirt cheap SD card. Assuming you have a spare SD card floating around it's a $5 difference to use a known and well documented appliance versus having to hack something together on a platform almost no one else is using. I get what you're wanting to do but as a general rule any time there's a Raspberry Pi based appliance and someone asks if they can do it cheaper with something else, unless that something else is a NAS or server they already have running 24/7 the answer is almost certainly no unless you put no value on your own time. Even if you have the NAS/server the time savings of having an appliance distro deal with all the back-end setup for you is often worth it, unless the software in question has Docker images or ready-made packages for your OS that handle all of that for you.
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I mean, it seems like all I would need would be the microUSB to USB / Ethernet hub, which would be maybe $25. Fake edit: Apparently a Pi 0 is like $5? And with the other poo poo from Microcenter it’s $14 plus tax. Not including Ethernet cable and microUSB, but I already have those and would need them anyway. That changed things, I was thinking it would be $50-70.
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Yeah the Rpi Zero is very cheap, there's even a Rpi Zero W wifi model for $10. The zero is single core but it's going to be plenty for running a little dns server thing.
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Yeah, seems like it. Super low power consumption, too. I've already got enough power drain between two desktops, the TVs, the lights, and the AC in this house. Doing some napkin math it looks like the zero would have around 300-400 watt hours per month headless and with nothing but a USB to ethernet adapter, which is very nice. Something like a buck or two per month. I figure I'll just SSH into it from my desktop when I set it up.
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Christoph posted:Thank you so much! I ended up buying a galaxy s9 and the packager disabler pro app in my library wouldn't work. Turns out you have to rebuy it in the app store for it to work I guess. Definitely worth it though.
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I'm trying to use an S7 (SM-930V, so the Verizon version) that I had lying around as a podcast and music player. I successfully rooted it using these instructions, but the battery drained quick and it runs kind of slow. All I wanted was to strip all the garbage that wasn't related to Pocket Casts and GPM. Are there any better ways to do it out there? I'm assuming not because Verizon locked this thing down so much. (I also might just suck at following instructions and need to try following that thread again).
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Read the thread title. Seriously it isn't worth mucking about with, just hide the apps you don't want to use.
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Seems dumb as hell to me that Half-Life 2 only runs if you have a Shield. I bet my GPD XD Plus could handle it on low settings. Any way around that restriction?
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I'm at my wit's end with my g5+. The Oreo update has caused a lot of issues. The only fix on offer is an ineffective "factory reset". In fact, I can only get one voicemail or missed call notification before it stops giving either. The only fix is another factory reset! At this point I'm not sure if I should try rooting it to run nougat, pie, or even some else's Oreo build.
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Can somebody point me to the S10 posts? CLAM DOWN decided that my thread was no beuno but I don't see any posts..
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revmoo posted:Can somebody point me to the S10 posts? CLAM DOWN decided that my thread was no beuno but I don't see any posts.. Post a question about root here instead of making a new thread for a question about root?
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sourdough posted:Post a question about root here instead of making a new thread for a question about root? How do I root a Samsung Galaxy S10?
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revmoo posted:How do I root a Samsung Galaxy S10? why
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revmoo posted:How do I root a Samsung Galaxy S10? Unfortunately you can't even root the S9 yet
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If you want a phone that you can root, buy a pixel.
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:Unfortunately you can't even root the S9 yet Seriously? I figured buying a flagship would guarantee the ability to root. I guess I'll ship it back, I'm not really interested in a non-rootable phone. EDIT: I don't speak the lingo, but doesn't this mean you can root the S9: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9-plus/how-to/guide-root-s9-oem-fix-t3763974 ?
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revmoo posted:Seriously? I figured buying a flagship would guarantee the ability to root. If you are in the US and didn't import your device, it's a Snapdragon. If you care about root, an unlocked or officially unlockable bootloader should be a key search criteria when looking at new phones.
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wolrah posted:Samsung used to be really good about at least letting us nerds play, but devices with Snapdragon SoCs have had locked bootloaders across the board for a few versions now, meaning that any rooting has to depend on security flaws in the stock OS that are likely to be patched with OTA updates. Basically think iPhone jailbreaking. Those instructions are for Exynos models, which AFAIK are still largely unlockable. Thanks I appreciate the info
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