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    How do I get to android settings using ADW launcher

    When I press the settings button on my phone it asks me to unlock the home screen first. This is not very convenient. Is there a way to get to android setting without having to unlock the home screen. (I want to have the home screen locked as it avoids the icons getting moved about).
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    Root Am I right in thinking my phone is not rooted properly

    If my phone is properly rooted should I be able to write a file to anywhere on the phone? When I launch Total Commander and try to write a file in eg / it asks for su permission, which I grant. But when it try to save the file it reports: Error writing to target file! /newfile.txt
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    App to take full control of phone if it is stolen

    Does anyone know if there is a app that I can install that allows me to take full control of my phone when it is stolen? Not just sound an alarm, or take pictures or erase the data, but view the contents of folder, and extract files from the phone and launch other apps. Maybe something where I...
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    CWM Rom Manager confusion and other restore questions

    I wanted to take a ROM backup of my phone so I rooted my phone and flashed the clockwork Mod Recovery using Odin and then I used CWM ROM Manager to get into recovery mode to make the backups. I wanted to test my backup, so I did a restore - this failed (stopped my phone booting, eventually...
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    Root Restore a nandroid backup if cant boot into the OS

    I want to mess about with my phone. But first I want to be sure I can recover if the worst should happen. I've flashed the CWM recovery partition and created a nandroid backup. I know you can recover by selecting 'boot into recovery' in CWM's Rom Manager, however if I'm unable to boot into the...
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    Root Factory Reset not working as expected

    Hi, I'm confused about what actually happens when you reset your phone to factory settings. I removed the SD card and then did: Settings > Privacy > Factory data reset. When it came back on, it looked mostly like when I first got it except that the 'superuser' app was still installed (I had...
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