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ClockworkMod Recovery for the GALAXY TAB

Thanks to JT1134 I was able to get the recovery compiled and gave that to Noobnl so he place that into his Hijack super script. SO, dont forget to thank JT1134 for that! Also thank codeworkx for his repo since that was used!
& DRockstar for his script
download http://dl.dropbox.com/u/500010/GalaxyTab/galaxytabroot&clockworkmod.zip
thanks DRockstar for the script
1. debugging enabled
2.run.bat
usage: adb reboot recovery
based on my http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846798
DRockstar said:
I thought this script was pretty cool when noobnl told me about it...
INSTRUCTIONS FOR INTEL MAC & LINUX:
Note: Mac and Linux users may be prompted to enter administrative password, as adb server requires sudo permissions to start.
No drivers required.
Extract the zip file.
Put the run.sh inside the directory you just extracted.
Open Terminal. Use the cd command to get to the directory. If you extracted inside the Downloads folder, it would be easy in Terminal as so:
Code:
cd ~/Downloads/epic.aio.v2.01
Now give permissions and run it:
Code:
chmod +x run.sh
./run.sh
THANKS TO FIRON FOR CODE MAKING THE SAME SCRIPT BOTH INTEL MAC AND LINUX COMPATIBLE.
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awsome.. thanx, now just need some good detailed way of enable my tab to make phone calls and i'll be having myself a great holidays .. again thanx lots

Wow, thanks! Downloading now and gonna install immediately!
If it works (and I believe it will), then I can only say thanks A LOT to you, Deodex and drockster for this.
<3

Sweet, grabbing now.
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It works, but its pretty rough. The screen flickers, and sometimes the navigation is kinda iffy. But backup/restore works and you can flash .zips.. and that's whats important. This should get polished in the next week or so

How did you guys get it to work? Whenever I run that run.bat, it gives me a massive list of "ping is not a recongized command" and "Tab is not a recognized command" and finally ends up doing nothing
I moved the extracted directory to the root of my drive, and it actually made a bit of a difference, as the batch file went a bit further. But still, it ended up doing nothing...
Any ideas?

noobnl said:
thanks to deodex & drockster & me
download http://www.sdx-downloads.com/devs/noobnl/galaxytabroot&cloxckworkmod.zip
1. debugging enabled
2.run.bat
usage: adb reboot recovery
based on my http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846798
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This is something that Noobnl has put together with using his other script. As far as getting recovery fully functional and not having the screen flicker and others issues, I will continue working on that.
Thanks to JT1134 I was able to get the recovery compiled and gave that to Noobnl so he place that into his Hijack super script. SO, dont forget to thank JT1134 for that! Also thank codeworkx for his repo since that was used!
Anyway the continue development of this will be discussed on the #ModADroid-Galaxy-Tablet channel!

YES Thanks to all that helped!! This would have saved me a couple days ago. Good to know that its available now.
It does flicker when you scroll the options, but at least it works!

I'll try again:
How did you guys get it to work? Whenever I run that run.bat, it gives me a massive list of "ping is not a recongized command" and "Tab is not a recognized command" and finally ends up doing nothing
I moved the extracted directory to the root of my drive, and it actually made a bit of a difference, as the batch file went a bit further. But still, it ended up doing nothing...
Any ideas?

jeebspawnshop said:
I'll try again:
How did you guys get it to work? Whenever I run that run.bat, it gives me a massive list of "ping is not a recongized command" and "Tab is not a recognized command" and finally ends up doing nothing
I moved the extracted directory to the root of my drive, and it actually made a bit of a difference, as the batch file went a bit further. But still, it ended up doing nothing...
Any ideas?
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I have not loaded this myself. I do not have windows machine. Go to the Irc channel to get some more help or ask Noobnl or other thread. He said to run the run.bat I think it needs to be where you have sdk or adb?

works as advertised. hopefully we get a fix on that flickering issue. thanks!

noobnl said:
Thanks to JT1134 I was able to get the recovery compiled and gave that to Noobnl so he place that into his Hijack super script. SO, dont forget to thank JT1134 for that! Also thank codeworkx for his repo since that was used!
& DRockstar for his script
download http://www.sdx-downloads.com/devs/noobnl/galaxytabroot&cloxckworkmod.zip
1. debugging enabled
2.run.bat
usage: adb reboot recovery
based on my http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846798
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Ok I am confused, how do I install this please?

camblue said:
Ok I am confused, how do I install this please?
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If you can't glean the process from the fairly straightforward instructions you quoted, then you might want to do some more reading. Just do as the message says.

Wow dude!!

camblue said:
Ok I am confused, how do I install this please?
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the .bat file has to be in the same directory as adb/SDK.

Noob question: what can we do with this? Is this the same as rooting you phone?

knightnz said:
If you can't glean the process from the fairly straightforward instructions you quoted, then you might want to do some more reading. Just do as the message says.
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Ok first off if you have no useful comments on how to install then DO NOT reply good lord i HATEEEEE those who obviously know what to do and refuse for whatever reason to illuminate the process but would rather tell me that to read LOL the instructions state to:
1. debugging enabled (ok i get this)
2.run.bat (what the f*ck does this mean????) should I connect via ADB and run .bat???? how do I do that,,,,,c'mon now)
Again if you can not aid me in explaining this process then just dont bother replying!
Thank you

camblue said:
Ok first off if you have no useful comments on how to install then DO NOT reply good lord i HATEEEEE those who obviously know what to do and refuse for whatever reason to illuminate the process but would rather tell me that to read LOL the instructions state to:
1. debugging enabled (ok i get this)
2.run.bat (what the f*ck does this mean????) should I connect via ADB and run .bat???? how do I do that,,,,,c'mon now)
Again if you can not aid me in explaining this process then just dont bother replying!
Thank you
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If you don't know how to run a batch file in Windows, then you might want to consider switching to a Mac
Noobnl has packaged this into a one-click method... you just extract the folder into your /android-sdk-windows/tools folder and double click run.bat while your phone is connected to USB with USB debugging enabled.
If you still can't figure it out, then you should just give up pal

infamousjax said:
If you don't know how to run a batch file in Windows, then you might want to consider switching to a Mac
Noobnl has packaged this into a one-click method... you just extract the folder into your /android-sdk-windows/tools folder and double click run.bat while your phone is connected to USB with USB debugging enabled.
If you still can't figure it out, then you should just give up pal
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Can some post a clean nandroid backup?

Thank you for your efforts!
I am a noob in flashing or compiling custom roms though (locked bootloader on my only other android device, the Motorola Milestone).
I have read that this allows us to inject a nandroid backup into the rom, but would like to know more. What are the benefits of this recovery? What can it be used for? Can i for example flash a stock android build onto my Tab?
Thanks in advance for some helpful, non flamer answers...

CRT Screen Off Mod

Here is an interesting article that will help you if you want CRT screen Off animation like in Nexus S:
http://www.freeyourandroid.com/guide/enable-crt-animation
Worked with no problems on my SGC with Rogers ROM.
I actually used NinjaMorph to package the modified resources.arsc into framework-res.apk, but I assume the original method will work too.

Safe to flash
this?

Aquethys said:
Safe to flash
this?
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Probably no. Most likely you will end up with phone freezing on the Samsung logo at boot. framework-res.apk files are not interchangeable between models, maybe not even between firmware versions for the same phone.

Can you post a step by step guide then? I can't really understand anything here

The step-by-step instructions from the link in the first post are pretty much what i did. Read the comment by ravenstark - if you mount the filesystem with root explorer there will be no need to execute the commands in red in section 8.
The instructions from the link in your post cover steps 3-7. You still have to download the file to your PC (1), decompile it (2) and upload it back to the phone once you are done with it (8).

For the first step which terminal do you use??
(Free Your Android guide)

adb. If you don't have you can download it from here. It is part of the SDK and probably the most essential tool.
The command is exactly as written there

Aquethys said:
For the first step which terminal do you use??
(Free Your Android guide)
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What do you mean? If you're using a Windows PC, then just open up a cmd prompt. You should read the guides at the beginning of that page so you know how to setup adb and the apk tool.
The big picture is this. Connect your pc to computer, pull file from phone to PC using adb, modify file on PC, push file back to phone using adb.
For what it's worth, here's a thread I wrote quite a long time ago, some is not applicable for the Glide, but most of it still applies. If you're going to be mucking around in your phone it's best to know how to do a few things first. Read Before Flashing.

When I try and open SDK or AVD (what's the difference :| ) then I just get a quick terminal screen that closes.

It would be appreciated if someone could just create a flashable CWM version >_<

I hate my inexperience @ this. It keeps saying this isn't "adb" isn't recognized, but I've downloaded it! How can I check?!

Aquethys said:
I hate my inexperience @ this. It keeps saying this isn't "adb" isn't recognized, but I've downloaded it! How can I check?!
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Ok, so what have you done so far?
What should be done. Assuming you're using Windows, install the Android SDK. Once installed, launch the SDK Manager. Then from the list of installable options, choose the Platform Tools and I always like to get the drivers. Once done, you will have this path, CrogramFiles(x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools, now you could add this path to your variables in Windows, which would be easiest, or copy the Platform-tools folder to C:. Then plug in your phone via USB to your computer.
Now, if you added the Path to your variables, just go Start>Run>cmd, and at the cmd prompt type adb devices. If you see a device you're good.
If you copied the Platform-tools folder over, then Start>Run>cmd, and in the cmd prompt type,
C:
then
cd platform-tools
then
adb devices
Beyond that, can't really help, never use apk tool. Good luck.

Aquethys said:
It would be appreciated if someone could just create a flashable CWM version >_<
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Attached to this post is a CWM update with CRT Screen OFF and battery icon with percent for ROGERS ROM. I'm not sure this will work on AT&T ROM.
Make a backup before applying this update so you can restore if you end up stuck on SAMSUNG logo on boot.
Apologies to the author of the battery mod - I couldn't find his post to link to here...

Aquethys said:
I hate my inexperience @ this. It keeps saying this isn't "adb" isn't recognized, but I've downloaded it! How can I check?!
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Hopefully the file tcfx44 posted works for you. Either way, I highly suggest you learn how to use adb and some other tools if you plan on flashing your phone in the future. It could prove useful some day.

Will this apply over OsiMood? I really am not sure if I am using the Rogers, but apparently I am because in XDA App it says I927-R and same with a benchmark.

Doesn't work for OsI mood 2.1.30 or whatever version was released today. I don't want to give up the amazing UI and stuff of OSi. I'm working fine though, so doesn't look like the install failed or bricked. Any revisions?

Aquethys said:
Doesn't work for OsI mood 2.1.30 or whatever version was released today. I don't want to give up the amazing UI and stuff of OSi. I'm working fine though, so doesn't look like the install failed or bricked. Any revisions?
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I changed a bit the CWM mod. Hopefully this one will work. Make a backup of your current ROM - I'm not sure if this mod is compatible with OsiMood.

tcfx44 said:
I changed a bit the CWM mod. Hopefully this one will work. Make a backup of your current ROM - I'm not sure if this mod is compatible with OsiMood.
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CRT Screen Mod -- Works with Rom manager..
Addition
Default Battery Indicator Changed.. Shows Percentage in steps of 5%..

Anyone having problems powering off and crashing GO Launcher? (then run through media scanner, etc..)
Could you remove the battery mod? I don't like it compared to OSiMood battery >_>
Finally, sorry for demanding so much, could you also put CRT on and ICS animations here?
Sorry!!!!!

Having serious problems turning off. This then affects my underclock.

[root] win and lin root

Because I didn't really like all the useless code in the windows root method, I decided to clean up that batch file a bit as well as convert the whole process to linux (not sure if it's out here, I remember seeing a linux rooting thread but kill me if I can't find it right now) and remove leftover files from the /stuff directory (they're not really needed, just methods for other devices based on the original root method
Anyway, on the Windows script side, I cleaned up the code, removed the korean text and rewrote what echos because I believe the lines that were there were simply not telling what the user what the script was doing. (installing vs pushing, there IS a difference).
On the linux side, I tore the script from the windows root, and modded it out to work on most linux systems (you need sudo for it to work right, and it helps if you have adb preinstalled in your path, but the way I wrote it it should detect if you have adb running and skip the startup of the version I provided)
As always, with the windows root method, make sure you have the drivers (i tried to download but keep getting 'access denied', you may have to search for these in other places, or maybe it's just not liking that I'm on linux) and try running as admin first, if that fails, run normally, and with BOTH methods, turn on 'unknown sources' and 'usb debugging'.
Other than that, if you have any issues with this, (other than forgetting to chmod +x RootOptimusG.sh ) let me know below!

Is this for V7 and V8, or does this work with V9 as well?

j4g3rb0mb3d said:
Is this for V7 and V8, or does this work with V9 as well?
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only tested with V8

jat255 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996702
[HOW-TO][Linux] Root Sprint Optimus G
Sent from my LG-LS970 using xda premium
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Aah, yes I see it now, however my script does most of the work yours manually asks for automagically. Though TY for your link too

Also AIO in the dev section for lin and win.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2039421
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Newroot for Z1 & Z1C

Hi, since somebody requested my newroot tool. here is it, enjoy! Tool will root your phone and install cwm recovery, busybox, su, superuser, allso you can unroot at least
Disclaimer:
- Do in mind rooting will modify your android, so you modifyind your android on your own risk, I am not responsible if tool is not working on your device or if tool make your android malfunction, you doing everything on your own risk!
Pre-requirements:
- You must have installed usb drivers! Just simple install Sony PC Companion, if your windows device manager detect unknown device than probably you must point drivers installation to search for propertly driver C:\Program Files\Sony\Sony PC Companion\Drivers directory. When your windows device manager detect your phone propertly than you are ready for rooting/unrooting
How to install (Windows users):
1: Download and extract newroot.rar
2: Enable USB Debugging
-You can do this by going into Settings>About Phone and tapping the Build Number multiple times to activate Developer Options
-Then Settings>Developer Options and check USB Debugging
3: Plug in your phone your PC
4: Run the root software [Pay close attention to your phone]
5: A pop-up will come up on your phone. Allow it
6: Let it do its thing
7: It will reboot and you're rooted
8: Enjoy
How to install (Linux users):
0. First of all you need adb for Linux, I not gona explain where you can download adb for Linux since you need to search XDA and found them byself, everybody know about adb and I not going to explain adb basic things, you need to help byself on that since adb you will need in future for sure
1: Download newroot and put to the same folder with adb binary
2: Enable USB Debugging
-You can do this by going into Settings>About Phone and tapping the Build Number multiple times to activate Developer Options
-Then Settings>Developer Options and check USB Debugging
3: Plug in your phone your PC
4: Run the root software [Pay close attention to your phone] a pop-up will come up on your phone. Allow it! Commands for runing root software is:
Code:
adb push newroot /data/local/tmp/
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/newroot
adb shell /data/local/tmp/newroot doit
Allso there is a option for unrooting:
Code:
adb shell /data/local/tmp/newroot unroot
6: Let it do its thing
7: It will reboot and you're rooted
8: Enjoy
Newroot work with all kitkat firmwares but doesn't work with latest kitkat *after 108) .133, .157... firmware or with old JB firmwares!!!
If your running later kernels from out of 108 and newer firmware that you can achieve root following these steps:
1. download the .108 firmware or kernel only
2. flash only the .108 kernel using flashtool
3. Use newroot
4. Reflash back your newer kernel using flashtool
Download (for Windows):
- https://mega.co.nz/#!tFxmUArC!xRCF25Olnq1g228z0jrweytZDHk6M2A7-_RMIN7Dsaw
Download (for Linux):
- http://d-h.st/tBB
Credits:
- geohot libexploit library

Wow... Master munjeni was here.. Awesome...
~Download~
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munjeni said:
Hi, since somebody requested my newroot tool. here is it, enjoy! Tool will root your phone and install cwm recovery, busybox, su, superuser, allso you can unroot at least
Download:
- https://mega.co.nz/#!odBXkSgY!D0d8heDxgqpdALBh3tliHrwO8LuUyjlaX-7unCUgG_U
Credits:
- geohot libexploit library
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upload devhost link plz!

Great Tool !
Uploading on Box, if op allows it

Is Windows or Linux, Mac or directly used on Android?
Sent by my Z1 with XDA Fax

Duvel999 said:
Is Windows or Linux, Mac or directly used on Android?
Sent by my Z1 with XDA Fax
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Itz a .EXE file for Windows

Great work from Great Dev.
Sent from my Xperia Z1 using Tapatalk

Thanks to the OP for this, looks like a great solution.
Is there any particular firmware you have to be running for this to work? Or do you need to downgrade?
Cheers
Kurt

munjeni said:
Hi, since somebody requested my newroot tool. here is it, enjoy! Tool will root your phone and install cwm recovery, busybox, su, superuser, allso you can unroot at least
Download:
- https://mega.co.nz/#!odBXkSgY!D0d8heDxgqpdALBh3tliHrwO8LuUyjlaX-7unCUgG_U
Credits:
- geohot libexploit library
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Thanks a lot! It works!

Nobody mention models or what kind of rom does this program root why? is very funny no real data, any one with solid comments about models and rom versions?

Sorry if I'm rude but I think we need some info like what firmware version works with this root or any prerequisite should we have before rooting like bootloader being unlocked etc. Also a simple tutorial would be nice for newbies to avoid confusion. Ill test this out on the latest firmware [.108] on an unlocked bootloader and I will report if this is working.

Its booth for locked on unlocked bootloaders but for no already rooted devices (except rooted by our tool), its tested on last 3 android versions. There is 2 things, it can work or not work, you can try in jellybean and let me know (probaly not working). No more words here since tool is very easy and anybody know what to do with them Enjoy if you found them usefull and easy! Anybody can post detail installation here if allready used my aplication, I am lazy sory!

So I just tested it out and it works. So I figured out, why not just make a tutorial video since it's so simple. Here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06S9GUL9U5s
I enabled USB Debugging and Unknown Sources just to be sure.

No need unknown source since usb debuging is enought! Is not easy? I think very easy Did you tried my recovery after rooting, I just want to know how its working on z1, (you need to press volume button after blue led blink to enter into recovery)

It's really easy to root now. Just 1 click. CWM works too. Here's more proof that it works. Good work man

munjeni said:
Anybody can post detail installation here if allready used my aplication, I am lazy sory!
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Here's the instructions:
1: Download and extract newroot.rar
2: Enable USB Debugging
-You can do this by going into Settings>About Phone and tapping the Build Number multiple times to activate Developer Options
-Then Settings>Developer Options and check USB Debugging
3: Plug in your phone your PC
4: Run the root software [Pay close attention to your phone]
5: A pop-up will come up on your phone. Allow it
6: Let it do its thing
7: It will reboot and you're rooted
8: Enjoy
Also show them my video

I have tear in my eye hehe welcome back and as always very good work!

Great work as usual

munjeni said:
No need unknown source since usb debuging is enought! Is not easy? I think very easy Did you tried my recovery after rooting, I just want to know how its working on z1, (you need to press volume button after blue led blink to enter into recovery)
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Anyone uploading dev host link Plz...
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kaushal7007 said:
Anyone uploading dev host link Plz...
Sent from my C2305 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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why you need dev host? mega is not really good but it's ok with small file like this

Spotify Unlimited Skips [ROOT or ADB]

Hello, XDA! Today, I'll be showing you how to get unlimited skips/song select in Spotify on the OnePlus 5.
Code:
/*
If you are rooted or you have adb enabled and installed
on your computer, skip to the bold section of this post.
If you don't have this done or you don't know how to
do this, read the whole post.
*/
This will require root (root guide for OnePlus 5 here, I recommend using Magisk and not SuperSU.) or ADB.
To enable ADB, just scroll down in Settings to About phone, scroll all the way to the bottom and press Build Number 7 times; this will activate Developer Mode. Go back to the main page in Settings, Developer Mode is near the bottom. From Developer options, you can activate USB debugging (which is ADB). You can download Android SDK Platform-Tools from here. Extract the .zip, go into the folder named platform-tools, and open CMD or Terminal (CMD for Windows, Terminal for Mac/Linux) and drag ADB into the CMD/Terminal to run ADB.
Code:
adb shell
would be
Code:
(drag adb file here) shell
but would show up as something like
Code:
/Users/username/Downloads/platform-tools/adb shell
Once you have rooted or enabled ADB, you can download a new app called jOnePlus Tools [adb/root] from the Play Store. jOnePlus is a modding application for the OxygenOS 4.5.x.
When you open jOnePlus Tools, it will ask for SuperUser Rights (if you are rooted). Select Grant to allow it to 'change' the system. It will then bring up a message that says Permission Denied and it will tell you to grant WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS by running
Code:
adb shell pm grant net.jroot3d.joneplustools android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
over USB. You can either connect your phone to your computer over USB and enable USB Debugging and run
Code:
adb shell pm grant net.jroot3d.joneplustools android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
on the computer. If you are rooted, you can skip the whole ADB step; just press GRANT WITH ROOT.
Once you've enabled permissions with adb or root, press the gear icon near the top right, press General, and then Enable experimental features. Go back to the main screen of jOnePlus Tools and press the square-circle shape near the top-middle of the screen. Scroll to the bottom and press 4k (2160x3840). It will lag a bit for about 20 seconds at most. Close Spotify if open. Now launch Spotify. (If your home screen appears to be messed up or corrupted, DON'T FRET! It may be confused because your device is telling it a different resolution. This is temporary.) If you can't click on home screen icons correctly, you can hold the home button to launch Google Assistant and say Open Spotify. When you launch Spotify, it should allow you to have unlimited skips/song select. This is because your Spotify sees your screen size as 2160x3840, a tablet size. The tablet version of Spotify has unlimited song select and skips. Spotify only checks your screen size when it launches, so you can go back to jOnePlus Tools and put you resolution back at Full HD (1080x1920) Default. If you close Spotify, you may need to change your resolution back to 4k again before launching if you want unlimited skips/select (and then back to Full HD Default after launching).
Credits:
JRoot3D.dev

Thanks, but an easier solution is to directly install "spotify dogfood" : see dedicated xda thread : https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/mod-spotify-dogfood-ad-free-spotify-t3632423
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This mod works without root, it's just a simple apk to install
edit : they even have their own updater for the spotify dogfood moded app :
download it, install it and then you can have spotify dogfood always up to date.
*Note* You need to unistall any previous spotify version before installed the moded spotify
https://github.com/spotify-dogfood/updater-for-spotify/raw/master/app/app-release.apk

Is there any way to use Spotify in countries where it's not available without VPN ? I'm rooted if it helps

Ankit Kabeer said:
Is there any way to use Spotify in countries where it's not available without VPN ? I'm rooted if it helps
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Pretty much yeah, you need a VPN only to register an account (and pay for the premium package).

Axelguitt said:
Thanks, but an easier solution is to directly install "spotify dogfood" : see dedicated xda thread : https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/mod-spotify-dogfood-ad-free-spotify-t3632423
edit :
This mod works without root, it's just a simple apk to install
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But does this get updated?

Axelguitt said:
Thanks, but an easier solution is to directly install "spotify dogfood" : see dedicated xda thread : https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/mod-spotify-dogfood-ad-free-spotify-t3632423
edit :
This mod works without root, it's just a simple apk to install
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This only has a readme in it...

Axelguitt said:
Thanks, but an easier solution is to directly install "spotify dogfood" : see dedicated xda thread : https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/mod-spotify-dogfood-ad-free-spotify-t3632423
edit :
This mod works without root, it's just a simple apk to install
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Oh, I was able to get it from the project page.

SDee96 said:
Pretty much yeah, you need a VPN only to register an account (and pay for the premium package).
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You don't have to get premium, just register the account with a VPN and every month log in to that account from an IP where Spotify is available (it resets the 30day limit for free users)
keeganjk said:
But does this get updated?
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keeganjk said:
This only has a readme in it...
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keeganjk said:
Oh, I was able to get it from the project page.
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Yes it is regularly updated, it even has its own updater app on the GitHub page. It also has adblocking in it.

david19au said:
You don't have to get premium, just register the account with a VPN and every month log in to that account from an IP where Spotify is available (it resets the 30day limit for free users)
Yes it is regularly updated, it even has its own updater app on the GitHub page. It also has adblocking in it.
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GitHub only has a README.md file in it and nothing else.

keeganjk said:
GitHub only has a README.md file in it and nothing else.
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Look again bro. Works fine

TheGripper said:
Look again bro. Works fine
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I downloaded the app from the official website and it works great, but GitHub has no code.

keeganjk said:
GitHub only has a README.md file in it and nothing else.
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Dude, read the download page or even the readme.md on GitHub - it tells you where it is
https://github.com/sergiocastell/spotify-dogfood/releases here is the direct link for it

david19au said:
Dude, read the download page or even the readme.md on GitHub
https://github.com/sergiocastell/spotify-dogfood/releases here is the direct link for it
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Still only had a readme.

keeganjk said:
Still only had a readme.
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What do you mean, it only had a readme?
It shows completely fine.

david19au said:
What do you mean, it only had a readme?
It shows completely fine.
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Download and extract the zip.

Lmao..... You're downloading the source code zip.... and expecting the apk. Click on the huge, bold "DOWNLOAD" if you want the apk.... lol

david19au said:
What do you mean, it only had a readme?
It shows completely fine.
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Download and extract the zip.

Lmao. I've been using the spotify dogfood apk for a while now and it works great. Simple install as an apk. Download the apk, not the .zip lol...
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keeganjk said:
Download and extract the zip.
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There isn't even a .zip file lol