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Sprint Direct Connect Now APK Released

Sprint made a formal announcement today about the new Sprint Direct Connect Now App in the android market which can be found here
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qualcomm.qchat.dlc&feature=search_result
Anyone seen this APK floating around online? I would love to give this a whirl on my device and see if its possible to get it working on our devices.

I couldn't find anything but I will keep an eye on it and if I find it I will post it if someone didn't already.

.Bambino said:
I couldn't find anything but I will keep an eye on it and if I find it I will post it if someone didn't already.
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Yeah ive been scouring google for anything pertaining to an updated apk but everything I found just links me to old threads and the play store link. We dont have a kyocera rise in stock so I cant pull it myself.

Ill try to go into a Sprint store and see if i can download and then extract the apk file. Hope it works on our android devices =). Doesn't make any sense for Sprint to release this app only to the Kyocera Rise. It's an android app, should be compatible with all android phones. Stupid Sprint! Been waiting for this for years!

ink718 said:
Ill try to go into a Sprint store and see if i can download and then extract the apk file. Hope it works on our android devices =). Doesn't make any sense for Sprint to release this app only to the Kyocera Rise. It's an android app, should be compatible with all android phones. Stupid Sprint! Been waiting for this for years!
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According to sprint a Direct Connect SOC has to be added to an account before you can use it. Not sure if this will be an issue with adding the SOC to a non supported device. I would like to have the application and then add the SOC to my account to further test

scuzzy19 said:
According to sprint a Direct Connect SOC has to be added to an account before you can use it. Not sure if this will be an issue with adding the SOC to a non supported device. I would like to have the application and then add the SOC to my account to further test
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No problem i will try to get this apk to you and we work something out. Would know what folder the apk would get saved to? I think it should be in system/data? or sys/data? I forgot havn't extracted apk files in like 2 years. Do you know?

ink718 said:
No problem i will try to get this apk to you and we work something out. Would know what folder the apk would get saved to? I think it should be in system/data? or sys/data? I forgot havn't extracted apk files in like 2 years. Do you know?
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If you have root its in System/App not sure what the procedure would be for non root devices. I'm still trying to find out how to get the apk without the suspect device.

scuzzy19 said:
If you have root its in System/App not sure what the procedure would be for non root devices. I'm still trying to find out how to get the apk without the suspect device.
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Since its a downloadable app from the market you could easily pull the apk. No need for root. Ill grab it when I get back to work around 6. Or you could pull the build.prop and change your device fingerprint to the rise to download the apk. I tried searching for a system dump for the build.prop but came up dry.

b-reezy said:
Since its a downloadable app from the market you could easily pull the apk. No need for root. Ill grab it when I get back to work around 6. Or you could pull the build.prop and change your device fingerprint to the rise to download the apk. I tried searching for a system dump for the build.prop but came up dry.
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Not compatible on the GS3 so it doesn't even show up in the Play Store and will not allow a web install from the Play site.
"Sprint Samsung SPH-L710
This item is not compatible with your device"

luderbeck1 said:
Not compatible on the GS3 so it doesn't even show up in the Play Store and will not allow a web install from the Play site.
"Sprint Samsung SPH-L710
This item is not compatible with your device"
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Yes I am aware of this but I have that issue alot with many apps because its not listing the device as compatible. Doesnt mean that it may not work. I have this issue with some apps so I install it on a compatible device and pull it to install on the "incompatible" device.

i really hope they get this app on ALL ANDROID Sprint devices it help with my compnay we wont need two phones now ^^

master acehole said:
i really hope they get this app on ALL ANDROID Sprint devices it help with my compnay we wont need two phones now ^^
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You have to have your phone connected for this to work!
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Here is how you can save the APK from the market.
http://codekiem.com/2012/02/24/apk-downloader/

hmm so this would be free for me. i have a sprint everything plan and under my account i see:
Unltd Nationwide Direct Connect
Unlimited Group Connect
funny how it's included, but a feature i can't use.. anyone have APK working yet? wonder if you would have to keep the app always running (battery killer) for people to PTT you? hope it's not like zello where you have to be logged in and app running 24/7 rather than some type of Push service.

Sorry I was unable to get the apk today. The sprint store did not have a working display of the Kyocera rise. I will try another store tomorrow.

Im very interestes in getting this working. Hopefully someone can provide this apk asap. Thank you in advance to whomever does.
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From what I've seen / read it there is something extra on the Rise and the LG that has the App. Also the SOC is restricted to the two phones so even if you got the app to load it would have no UFMI (or w/e the SDC equilivant is) to tie into, or attempt to provision on it. Thus no Go I think if it worked on other phones, it would be out

Try downloading it with appbrain
Samsung Galaxy S III

If it is a Play Store installable then it may have APK go directly to Data/App which u cannot view directly from the device. If it goes to System/App u can always browser through System/App folder and actually copy ANYTHING from the System folder to another location on the device. Pasting and editing is what u cant do inside of the System folder but copying allowed.
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EPayne123 said:
If it is a Play Store installable then it may have APK go directly to Data/App which u cannot view directly from the device. If it goes to System/App u can always browser through System/App folder and actually copy ANYTHING from the System folder to another location on the device. Pasting and editing is what u cant do inside of the System folder but copying allowed.
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Smh
Samsung Galaxy S III

Ways to stream content to TV

Given the moto G's lack of DLNA & Miracast/MHL I was wondering what ways are possible to stream pictures, music, video from my phone over to a TV
Currently this is how I do it, with mixed results,hopefully there is a better all in one solution.
Hardware:
HTC Medialink HD - connects to the TV HDMI
Moto G
USB OTG Cable
Flash Drive
Software:
ES File Explorer (to connect to the USB OTG (navigate to Storage/usbdisk_1.1.1)
Gallery Connect: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.galleryconnect.ads
This actually is the only app that reliably and consistently actually manages to display my pictures onto the TV. Sadly it only does pictures.
Nexus Media Importer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer
Same people as Gallery Connect, this works really well for USB OTG as it auto detects when you insert your usb drive, sadly I'm not sure if it's an Android limitation or a HTC Media Link problem, but if you get a file it can't display it will just show a 'receiving content' icon on the TV for ever, and you have to reboot the HTC Media link
Wi-Fi Media
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bianor.amscavium
This lets you (in theory) display your photos, videos, music etc, but you can't navigate out of the default Android folders for anything which is a drawback. What it does though, that is helpful is adds a play with Wi-Fi Media icon, so if you navigate to your files using ESFile Explorer you can sometimes stream movies over though it really depends on the codec, i'm not sure if thats Android or the wi-fi Media apps problem. It'd be really nice if you could just use the mx players ability because that plays just about anything.
I don't actually know what protocol the HTC Media Link HD uses, and I only tried it out of curiosity as it came with the wife's HTC One & isn't really meant to be used by non HTC Devices.
I've spent a few days downloading and trying pretty much every DLNA/UPNP app out there to see what would work, and there's only really those 3 that I've found, and something else called flipps HD, that plays from various video sites.
Maybe someone here would know the protocol and if there's anything else that might work better. I know given the hardware limitations of the Moto G things like Screen mirroring etc are most unlikely but it's interestesting to see what can be done.

No one ?

miracast is just disabled for some reason, i have made a small change to the framework to enable it
will post the mod in the mod / theme section soon.

BubbleUPNP (best) or Skifta (free)

wonder why they disabled miracast, I suppose it'll need root to turn back on. It would be nice if there was some way to contact Motorola to tell them to turn it on for the next update.

techguyone said:
wonder why they disabled miracast, I suppose it'll need root to turn back on. It would be nice if there was some way to contact Motorola to tell them to turn it on for the next update.
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you don't need root, just a custom recovery to flash it

One theory I heard was that they disabled it because the phone does not have dual-band wifi.

Clearly it doesn't matter, besides they must be using some form of miracast for the moto migrate feature
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here it is if you want to test,
i don't have a mirror cast dongle yet so don't know if it actually connects and works
and don't really have the time to make a new thread right now as im working on a custom rom.
attached are two flashable.zip's one to revert (disable it again) and one to enable it, let me know if it connects and works

I'd love to, except no idea how to flash anything
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techguyone said:
I'd love to, except no idea how to flash anything
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first you need to have an unlocked bootloader, then flash clockworkmod recovery from here > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563599
let me know once you have that and i can explain how to flash zips from recovery.

tillaz said:
here it is if you want to test,
i don't have a mirror cast dongle yet so don't know if it actually connects and works
and don't really have the time to make a new thread right now as im working on a custom rom.
attached are two flashable.zip's one to revert (disable it again) and one to enable it, let me know if it connects and works
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This is great, I've got a Miracast receiver and I'm using it regularly. Tried flashing the zip but it results in an error during flashing since something has to be flashed to the data partition and none of the available custom recoveries for the Moto G can access encrypted data partitions. Bummer.
EDIT: It seems like the option is there now anyway I attached a screenshot. Will have to wait a couple of hours until I'm home to test if it works. I'll update this post!

I'm reluctant to possibly brick my 2 week old phone at this point, I'd much rather contact Motorola and try and get them to re-enable for their kit kat update to be honest, clearly the phone has the capability.
I have contacted Motorola directly, worst case they say no, we're no worse off, however you never know, they might just enable it.

tillaz said:
here it is if you want to test,
i don't have a mirror cast dongle yet so don't know if it actually connects and works
and don't really have the time to make a new thread right now as im working on a custom rom.
attached are two flashable.zip's one to revert (disable it again) and one to enable it, let me know if it connects and works
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I have not checked it out intensively but this works with my Samsung F7000. Connecting is no issue, which is pretty strange since setting up just a wifi direct connection seems impossible.
The only issue I noticed is that changing orientation does not always work.

techguyone said:
I'm reluctant to possibly brick my 2 week old phone at this point, I'd much rather contact Motorola and try and get them to re-enable for their kit kat update to be honest, clearly the phone has the capability.
I have contacted Motorola directly, worst case they say no, we're no worse off, however you never know, they might just enable it.
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its impossible for this to brick your phone,
and if they enable it they will just do it the exact same way i did, by changing a bool to true rather than false
all the zip does is replace framework-res.apk, with the small code change.
but if you don't know much about android / flashing its probably best you don't as not knowing what your doing
could lead to self caused problems (but not a brick)
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its probably disabled to make the phone look more lower end, as by default in the 4.2+ source code its turned on
so its clearly been disabled intentionally and not a mistake

tillaz said:
its impossible for this to brick your phone,
and if they enable it they will just do it the exact same way i did, by changing a bool to true rather than false
all the zip does is replace framework-res.apk, with the small code change.
but if you don't know much about android / flashing its probably best you don't as not knowing what your doing
could lead to self caused problems (but not a brick)
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its probably disabled to make the phone look more lower end, as by default in the 4.2+ source code its turned on
so its clearly been disabled intentionally and not a mistake
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Hitillaz, thanks for this!!!
I don't have the custom recovery set up yet, so, is it possible to use ES Explorer, or Root Explorer to just backup and replace the existing /system/framework/framework-res.apk with the one contained in your zip file??
What permissions will I need to give the replacement
looks like this should be [rw-r--r--] owner: root group: root
Would that work??
I am just waiting to decide which Recovery to use.
Thanks.

I take it ChromeCast doesnt work unless you do these steps in this thread?

Hello.
Im from chile and im using moto g with movistar_chile version.
Does anyone managed to run the "enable_miracast.zip"? because it leaves me in a bootloop with my moto g.
After looking how to do it with my firmware (i think all the framework-res.apk aren't the same between the moto g models around the world), i managed to extract my framework-res.apk and followed the guide below:
https: / / github.com/kensuke/How-to-Miracast-on-AOSP/wiki/config_enableWifiDisplay (i cant post links)
here is the path of the file to modify in the moto g: "\ res framework-res \ \ values ​​\ bools.xml"
however I am not sure if through the "apktool" tool i did it right.
First I made the Apk file with "apktool b framework-res.apk" of the folder, then I did a flash.zip of the apk, but when I flash it, it happens the same with the attachment of this topic (use the same enable_miracast.zip provided by tillaz but replacing the framework-res.pk that i built)
I'm not sure if you understand what im trying to explain.
sorry for my poor english

if Moto G executable root & remount, miracast enables editing build.prop text file.
but Moto G implementation, build.prop debugging disabled maybe.
$ adb root
$ adb remount
$ adb pull /system/build.prop
(add persist.debug.wfd.enable=1 to build.prop)
$ adb push build.prop /system/
$ adb shell chmod 644 /system/build.prop
$ adb reboot
https://github.com/kensuke/How-to-Miracast-on-AOSP/wiki/config_enableWifiDisplay
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s107ken said:
persist.debug.wfd.enable=1 to build.prop)
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Can confirm this works. You can edit the build.prop any way you like, e.g. directly using Root Explorer or similar app. Search for the above mentioned line
persist.debug.wfd.enable=0 ... by default it is 0, change it for 1 and that´s it.

Wireless storage like LG G2

I loved this feature on my LG G2 but I can't find it on this phone? Has it been removed?
Thanks

Has been removed due to the kitkat policy or something...Wifi file transfer app is quite nice...

prfraczek said:
Has been removed due to the kitkat policy or something...Wifi file transfer app is quite nice...
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This may be a deal breaker for me.

Yeah I just realized that myself. I am pissed. I just got my G3 yesterday and immediately saw it wasn't there. I used that almost on a daily basis - had scripts written for it to copy files for work. Maybe not a deal breaker for me, but certainly a strong annoyance. There may be third party apps that can do the same thing or a similar work around, but it was certainly nice to have built in. Shame on you LG or Google or whoever!!!

On the ATT version. when your phone and computer both connected to Bluetooth go can do file transfer that way.

I used to use samba filesharing. Works well just cannot run from notification bar.

NewMan4Life2010 said:
On the ATT version. when your phone and computer both connected to Bluetooth go can do file transfer that way.
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Guessing you never had the LG g2. The Bluetooth MTP does not compare
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Samba looks promising. Or maybe I'm just being hopeful. I'll report back
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prfraczek said:
I used to use samba filesharing. Works well just cannot run from notification bar.
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Have you gotten Samba to work on the G3? There doesn't seem to be a menu button when I install it, so I can't do anything with it.
Edit: Never mind. Long-pressing the recents softkey brought up the menu.

SD card access is supposed to come back in Android L I believe. Assuming that's what you mean by saying KitKat removed the functionality

I'm missing this feature too.. But thanks to AirDroid, now I can easily transfer files via Wi-Fi just like WirelessStorage on G2

seboj said:
Have you gotten Samba to work on the G3? There doesn't seem to be a menu button when I install it, so I can't do anything with it.
Edit: Never mind. Long-pressing the recents softkey brought up the menu.
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Add menu button in nav bar. That part is easy, win8.1 not cooperating. The LG wireless storage was the bomb.
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Enddo said:
SD card access is supposed to come back in Android L I believe. Assuming that's what you mean by saying KitKat removed the functionality
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This has nothing to do with Kit Kat. The g2 is running. Kit Kat as well as the LG 8.3" tablet. Both had wireless storage. Something else is going on here
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robbiejobs said:
I'm missing this feature too.. But thanks to AirDroid, now I can easily transfer files via Wi-Fi just like WirelessStorage on G2
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Near as I can tell, AirDroid is NOT QUITE the same as WirelessStorage. The former goes through a Cloud service server for a website that offers you free and premium features. You're not staying on your own internal wireless network, which is what the Wireless Storage does.
Certain file explorers for Android offer similar functionality to WirelessStorage. I just tested out Solid Explorer and it has an FTP Server functionality (go to the program Menu and select "File Sharing") that will allow basic directory view and file downloads from the LG G3. It does not appear to have the upload capability, though and the web interface is nowhere near as polished as the LG G2's native capability. Unfortunately this program is only offered as a time limited free version or the paid version.
I would assume that ES File Explorer would have similar (or even superior) functionality? I haven't confirmed if that's true or not, yet.

why we not only can install the wirelessstorage.apk from lg g2 rom?
I tried that, but install aborted.

SpencerAR said:
Near as I can tell, AirDroid is NOT QUITE the same as WirelessStorage. The former goes through a Cloud service server for a website that offers you free and premium features. You're not staying on your own internal wireless network, which is what the Wireless Storage does.
Certain file explorers for Android offer similar functionality to WirelessStorage. I just tested out Solid Explorer and it has an FTP Server functionality (go to the program Menu and select "File Sharing") that will allow basic directory view and file downloads from the LG G3. It does not appear to have the upload capability, though and the web interface is nowhere near as polished as the LG G2's native capability. Unfortunately this program does not offer a free version.
I would assume that ES File Explorer would have similar (or even superior) functionality? I haven't confirmed if that's true or not, yet.
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Air Droid will transfer data through your local network if both devises are on it.
I've been using ES File Explorer since I got the phone and it works like a charm for lan transfer.
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Maybe a dev can bake the old apk from the G2 in to a customer rom at some point. There are work-arounds, but nothing seems to be as clean and easy as it was on the G2.

Really need this feature...
I hope a developer do it

Just realized this recently....I'm quite pissed of, really. Such a nice feature on LG G2 !
Anyway, there will be workaround soon or later (after bootloader unlock, recovery...1st kernel ), but it's really pity it's missing.

Hey guys, I agree AirDroid can do what G3 cannot as it doesnot have Wireless Storage function. Try it.

eozen81 said:
Hey guys, I agree AirDroid can do what G3 cannot as it doesnot have Wireless Storage function. Try it.
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AirDroid is slow and clumsy! Oh and did I mention SLOOOOOOW
Nothing comes close to the LG wirestorage for functionality and speed.
You dont use a web browser, you use your file browser.
G3 is a let down.

Try this.. So far the best alternative I've found..
Wifi File Transfer Pro
There is a free version too...

Can folder 'air' be deleted?

Yesterday I installed Go Lock Screen on my LG G4, and today i have decided to remove as I really do not like any products from the Go Launcher Ex team. Too many ads, too much junk folders installed at root.
I have found a folder called, 'air' and i am thinking it was installed by Go, but want to be sure before i delete. Once inside the full path is as follows...
Internal storage\air\as\statistics\deviceId
Can anyone confirm if this folder is indeed park of Go Launcher / Lockscreen products? If you have a G4 is this folder in your internal storage folder?
Thank you!

justinleeldn said:
Yesterday I installed Go Lock Screen on my LG G4, and today i have decided to remove as I really do not like any products from the Go Launcher Ex team. Too many ads, too much junk folders installed at root.
I have found a folder called, 'air' and i am thinking it was installed by Go, but want to be sure before i delete. Once inside the full path is as follows...
Internal storage\air\as\statistics\deviceId
Can anyone confirm if this folder is indeed park of Go Launcher / Lockscreen products? If you have a G4 is this folder in your internal storage folder?
Thank you!
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That folder is not part of the stock directory. May have been created by that app or another. Go Launcher Ex used to be the best few years ago, Nova wasn't even a thing in comparison those days. But they decided to inject every king of ad, even malicious ones and promote their own 3,000,000 different stuff that just navigating the settings was a challenge.

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That folder is not part of the stock directory. May have been created by that app or another. Go Launcher Ex used to be the best few years ago, Nova wasn't even a thing in comparison those days. But they decided to inject every king of ad, even malicious ones and promote their own 3,000,000 different stuff that just navigating the settings was a challenge.
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That's great thanks. Yeah their apps have become garbage imo.

I am 95% learned a reason
Those folders are creating by GO Keyboard and its modifications
commerce, air, goproduct, and so on...

Question How to be invisible?

I sent my phone for exchange so I have to use my siblings phone for now. How can I stay invisible? Not only do I want to lock my apps/files, but I want to hide them so they cannot be found unlees by me. What I mean is:
Hide my apps from Home AND Settings so that they can never be found
Clear/Pause Wifi and Data Usage (Android also keeps logs of which apps used how much data/wifi, so I also want to clear that as well)
I have some documents which I also would like to hide so that they can hardly be found even using "My Files" (Especially recent files because you can see the files you recently modified)
And any other invisibility features you can suggest...
Thanks in advance (s22)

The most reliable way be to factory reset the phone when done. I never share phones.

If you wanna hide files the secure folder might work for you.