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    Help Pixel 3A backup

    Created from my 3A and restoring to the SAME 3A
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    Help Pixel 3A backup

    Backed up my entire 3A using "builtin" backup ; I marked to backup everything including APPS. I see the whole backup (including APPS) on my Google Drive But no matter how I try to restore, the apps never get restored. Anyone???
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    Help Hacking (gasp) APK

    Thanks ever so much!!
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    Play store

    Thanks
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    Play store

    Has anyone else noticed that the number of ads in non-paid apps seems to have increased by an order of magnitude?? For me the Play store has become almost useless.
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    Help Nandroid Backups (TWRP)

    I've given up on TWRP..... I'm now using a Windows .bat file to backup ALL partitions on the device. It works great except throws errors on these two partitions : mmcblk0 and mmcblk0rpmb I've read that these two partitions are not REALLY partitions at all, but are some sort of "special" files...
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    Help Nandroid Backups (TWRP)

    Actually, after what looks like a completely successful restore, the device boot loops trying to reboot to SYSTEM (from TWRP) It looks like the backup filed are something like win000, win001, etc that are actually tar files. I'm wondering if I got into terminal mode on TWRP, could I just...
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    Help Nandroid Backups (TWRP)

    Thanks
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    Help Nandroid Backups (TWRP)

    Thanks I'll try that. BTW does a Nandroid backup include things (for example) like settings I've made to an installed app, or even things the app developer wants to hide from the user??
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    Help Nandroid Backups (TWRP)

    Have done the backup.... But when trying to restore, and then boot back to system the device just "hangs" Android 11 and TWRP for that version of Android Help??? Thanks
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    Help Hacking (gasp) APK

    There are tools for this, but I only want to update a VERY old APK that originally came from Google Play and now seems to be pretty much abandonware. Works fine on my old phone (Android 7) , but does nothing on Android 11. I have several tools to help with this, but have no idea how to...
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    Help Lenovo tablet LOCKED by google

    I have a Lenovo that I just factory reset. Going thru the new clean setup, when I enter a Google account to use it demands an account thats been previously used on the device. Now I go back to Android 2.something (Froyo, I think) and have never seen anything like this. How to fix...
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    Help Helium Backup

    Any one know if this program will do a full partition backup (like TWRP is able to do). Also I've had problems even getting it to connect from the PC to the device. Any ideas?? Thanks
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    Help Unlocking boot loader on US996 (LG)

    Is this do-able with out unlock.bin?? I've tried using adb/fastboot. ADB reports the device OK; fastboot can't see the device. I've tried all manner of drivers to load........ I know there are separate drivers for adb and fastboot. This is driving me nuts. Finally, are there different...
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    Help Can't get ADB drivers installed on Windows 10

    Been trying for two days to get the proper drivers installed on Windows 10 and no matter what I do I can't make it work. Ive done this before and eventually got it done. This time I'm going to give up, unless one of you has an answer. Trying to flash Graphene OS, BTW Phone is a Pixel 6 pro...
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