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Fixed issue with Facebook contact sync after 2.2 rooted update issue fix

Mods if this in not threadworthy please delete.
So, I upgraded to Froyo yesterday; I have a rooted desire so I used a rooted rom based on the official OTA.
Everything was fine but for the life of me I couldn't get my gmail contacts to link to thier corresponding facebook info. I would go to people, select contract, hit 'menu' and choose the 'link' option, the three options would show up: All Contacts, Facebook and Twitter. But then when I chose 'Facebook' all the fields would be blank and there would be no facebook contacts listed.
Here's what I did to fix the problem:
1. Hit the menu button from any home screen
2. Choose 'Settings' from the pop up menu
3. Choose 'Accounts & sync' from the settings menu
4. You'll see a list of sync'd accounts, tap on the 'facebook for HTC sense'
5. You will now have a choice of 'Sync now' or 'Remove account' at the bottom; choose 'remove account'
6. It will say 'are you sure all your information will be deleted from the phone' choose 'yes'
7. Reboot the phone by pressing power, volume down and the optical pad at the same time
8. Once the phone reboots, repeat steps 1 - 3.
9. Choose 'Add account' from the accounts and sync.
10. Choose 'Facebook for HTC Sense'
11. Enter your email and password
12. You're done!
I hope this helps it worked for me.

[HOW TO] Repair your Google account when encountering Play Store issues

*These directions are for 4.2.2 AOSP ROM's and folks who have Titanium Backup installed/configured and are using TWRP version 2.5.
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My Android-newbie cousin has an AOSP ROM I flashed for him. Somehow, something got corrupted for his Play Store account and he couldn't download updates for his installed apps.
These are the directions I sent him on how to resolve it. It's basically what I did myself last month when I encountered a similar issue.
The directions are a bit of a "Shotgun" approach and not all steps are necessary. But it's how I did it and I'm just tossing it out there for anyone else who may need help with this.
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1) Click the hard button at the bottom left of phone.
2) Select "System settings".
3) Scroll down the list till you get to "ACCOUNTS" subsection.
4) Click the Google option.
5) Click the Google account you use for Play Store purchases.
6) Click the hard button at the bottom left of phone.
7) Select the "Remove account" option.
8) Select the "Remove account" option again.
9) Open Titanium Backup.
10) Scroll allll the way down to the bottom.
11) Now scroll up a few pages till you see several "Google" items. This will be about 90% down the list.
12) Open each item one by one and wipe "cache" or "data", depending on which option is presented.
13) Reboot phone to Recovery mode.
14) Select the "Wipe" option.
15) Select "Advanced Wipe".
16) Put a checkmark on "Dalvik Cache" and "Cache".
17) Swipe to wipe.
18) Click "Back".
19) Go back again.
20) Go back again.
21) At the main menu, click "Advanced".
22) Now click "Fix Permissions".
23) Swipe to Confirm.
24) Click the "Reboot System" button.
25) Let phone sit idle for FIVE minutes after it fully boots up.
26) Ignore any license denied pop-ups from apps looking for your Google account.
27) Agree to the Google location consent (if prompted).
28) Ignore any "... has stopped" messages (these are common/expected in this situation).
29) Click the hard button at the bottom left of phone.
30) Select "System settings".
31) Scroll down the list till you get to "ACCOUNTS" subsection.
32) Select "Add account"
33) Select "Google".
34) Select "Existing".
35) Sign into your Google Account.
36) Uncheck the option for "Keep me up to date with news & offers" (unless you want them) and click "OK".
37) I recommend letting Google keep your phone backed up with your Google Account. Leave this option checked, and click the right-arrow to proceed to the next step.
38) Let phone sit idle for FIVE minutes while it syncs in the background.
39) Reboot phone, then open Play Store and test.
PS. I just did this on my phone again so I could give you the walkthrough steps. And I noticed that my Play Store apk updated itself to the newest version.
You'll also need to re-set up your Play Store settings.
I put checkmarks in the following items:
-Auto Update apps over Wifi only
I removed checkmarks from the following items:
-Auto add widgets (to home screen)

Manually Update OTA via Wifi Question / Help

I have two K10 phones with T-Mobile and they both have system updates available. The message says "You can download this update over WiFi at any time. Otherwise, it will start downloading automatically between 10:00PM and 5:00 AM." I have WiFi on and connected (100% battery and plugged in) and go back to the Settings->About Phone->Update Center->System Updates page and there is no button or way to start the download and/or install. What am I missing? How do you download and install the update over WiFi? This happens with each update and I can't figure out how to manually start the update.
Thanks for any help!

Go to: Settings > About Phone > Update SW > 'Update of SW'. There you have available the options to manually update, disabling previously the auto-update,

CrashOverride93 said:
Go to: Settings > About Phone > Update SW > 'Update of SW'. There you have available the options to manually update, disabling previously the auto-update,
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I don't see the option to manually update. Attached are the screenshots of what I see.
Thank you.

peridoc said:
I don't see the option to manually update. Attached are the screenshots of what I see.
Thank you.
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The last screenshot is what you get when you tap on "system update"? If not then try tapping on it, or tap on three dot menu on screen from last screenshot if available or hold recents button if there isn't three dot menu.

Professor Woland said:
The last screenshot is what you get when you tap on "system update"? If not then try tapping on it, or tap on three dot menu on screen from last screenshot if available or hold recents button if there isn't three dot menu.
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Yes - The last screenshot is what I see when I click on "System Update". On either that screen or the one before it, there are no menu options with three dots or when I press and hold the recents button. There are no options to select there. Very strange that I don't have the option to get the download and install there.

peridoc said:
Yes - The last screenshot is what I see when I click on "System Update". On either that screen or the one before it, there are no menu options with three dots or when I press and hold the recents button. There are no options to select there. Very strange that I don't have the option to get the download and install there.
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I don't get it, they screwed something or we are doing something wrong. At least there should be options tu turn on/off checking for updates and for automatic installation. Try conntacting lg support, but I doubt that will bring any help.

I know...I don't get it either. There should be an option to download and install, but there is not. Alas, I will just let it process overnight but would be nice to know how not to have to wait on this device for the update.

The same thing happened to my girlfriend's K10, she said it automatically downloaded randomly a few days later so... I don't know, the phone is all screwed up.

[how to] Fix the google contacts sync issue on CN ROM

This guide is to meant to attempt to save valuable time and frustration from anyone who needs google's contact sync.
Please keep all discussions polite.
So I need google apps on a daily basis and i tried to set up google on the chinese ROM .
And of course there is no Google contacts app so you need to put it in yourself.
I have looked at several guides and threads from XDA and MIUI Forum but they didn't seem to touch the critical steps for getting the contacts to sync with google.
After 2 days of trying...literally.., i figured out how to set the contact sync up reliably, not "reboot it and it will work after the reboot" sorta result.
If the following steps don't work for you, please let me know...I have tried this on 2 MIX 3's and they all worked after first attempt.
1, Enable google play services in Settings app -> system apps -> google play services
2, Download the Google play store from Apk Mirror:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...8-23-all-0-pr-224256688-android-apk-download/
and the google contacts sync adapter:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl.../google-contacts-sync-9-android-apk-download/
And install them.
3, Open google play store, log in, and install Google contacts from the play store.
4, Give permissions to google contacts and contact sync adapter
*** Above steps are common to the threads i have read, and below are the key points ***
5, Enable on developer options by goto Settings->my phone(or something like that) -> full specs and tap MIUI version 7 times.
6, Go to settings -> additional settings -> developer options , scroll to the very bottom (last item) and disable "MIUI optimizations". Will explain why in later steps.
7, Download an "app permission setting" app such as (but not limited to) this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fdd2hdd.AppPermissionInfo
8, Open the permission settings app and find Google contacts and Google contact sync adapter apps and grant all their required permission.
Once you are here you should notice that, the permission GUI opened from this permission app is different. The GUI here is more AOSP style, or vanilla android style, and this is what we need. The permission GUI from MIUI layer doesn't allow you to set this up.
******* End of the key steps************
9, Now if you go to settings->accounts->Google, you should see "contacts" in the sync options and it should work. If not, well, reboot lol, i think it should appear.
If this works for you, a "Thanks" button press is very much appreciated.

kezzuki said:
This guide is to meant to attempt to save valuable time and frustration from anyone who needs google's contact sync.
Please keep all discussions polite.
So I need google apps on a daily basis and i tried to set up google on the chinese ROM .
And of course there is no Google contacts app so you need to put it in yourself.
I have looked at several guides and threads from XDA and MIUI Forum but they didn't seem to touch the critical steps for getting the contacts to sync with google.
After 2 days of trying...literally.., i figured out how to set the contact sync up reliably, not "reboot it and it will work after the reboot" sorta result.
If the following steps don't work for you, please let me know...I have tried this on 2 MIX 3's and they all worked after first attempt.
1, Enable google play services in Settings app -> system apps -> google play services
2, Download the Google play store from Apk Mirror:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl...8-23-all-0-pr-224256688-android-apk-download/
and the google contacts sync adapter:
https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/googl.../google-contacts-sync-9-android-apk-download/
And install them.
3, Open google play store, log in, and install Google contacts from the play store.
4, Give permissions to google contacts and contact sync adapter
*** Above steps are common to the threads i have read, and below are the key points ***
5, Enable on developer options by goto Settings->my phone(or something like that) -> full specs and tap MIUI version 7 times.
6, Go to settings -> additional settings -> developer options , scroll to the very bottom (last item) and disable "MIUI optimizations". Will explain why in later steps.
7, Download an "app permission setting" app such as (but not limited to) this one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fdd2hdd.AppPermissionInfo
8, Open the permission settings app and find Google contacts and Google contact sync adapter apps and grant all their required permission.
Once you are here you should notice that, the permission GUI opened from this permission app is different. The GUI here is more AOSP style, or vanilla android style, and this is what we need. The permission GUI from MIUI layer doesn't allow you to set this up.
******* End of the key steps************
9, Now if you go to settings->accounts->Google, you should see "contacts" in the sync options and it should work. If not, well, reboot lol, i think it should appear.
If this works for you, a "Thanks" button press is very much appreciated.
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Could just install Google installer v3 APK, let it install and go to contacts permission in settings and tick them all, job done

Mackay53 said:
Could just install Google installer v3 APK, let it install and go to contacts permission in settings and tick them all, job done
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Yes to his point u do need to uninstall contacts sync otherwise it won't install the sync app through installer.

souless poet said:
Yes to his point u do need to uninstall contacts sync otherwise it won't install the sync app through installer.
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Chinese ROM doesn't have it installed so no need to uninstall it. Just run Google installer v3, set contacts permission and it works fine.

Mackay53 said:
Chinese ROM doesn't have it installed so no need to uninstall it. Just run Google installer v3, set contacts permission and it works fine.
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If I remember it does. That however may be the dev rom as I only set up the stock room once while I set up the dev rom multiple times. Dev rom install of contacts sync will fail.

Install Google installer v3 APK, let it install and go to contacts permission in settings and tick them all, job done - this has helped. Thank you!

not sure what the problem is, followed this guide to a T and still can't get contacts to show up in my google account to sync it. everything else like Gmail works no problem. i have every permission checked. i've uninstalled and reinstalled. i have the AOSP like sliders to turn things on after going to developer settings.
for some reason instead of contacts i get a people details sync but nothing for contacts will show up. so frustrating.
ok i wiped data and started from scratch and unfortunately same results. ****ing hell this never happened with original mi mix. i guess i'm stuck waiting for the 72 hours to be able to unlock unless anyone has other ideas.
EDIT - ------ FINALLY I got this working. the key is you have to downgrade the calendar sync app to 8.1 - it would not work with 9.0 for me for some reason. once i did this and followed the rest of your instructions it finally worked for me

Worked excellent in Mi 11 Pro! at 2022, I only wonder about what I'm losing by disbling the optimizations, but at the beginning it seems not a big deal... thanks!

LG G Pad X 10.1 FRP (Factory Reset Protection)

I just got one of these from a friend of mine who did a factory reset on it before he gave it to me, and now it asks me to login to a previously used account. Unfortunately, he's terrible at remembering his login information, and he doesn't remember his password for the account he had on this anymore. He doesn't need it because he bought an IPad and doesn't use his google account anymore. So now it's stuck on the login screen. I've looked around and I couldn't find a way to bypass the FRP that I felt I could trust, or that seemed to apply to my device. I was wondering if anyone knew how I could do this?

Well, I didn't figure out how to get rid of the reset protection. But, I did get into the settings and was able to set up and use a guest account.
First get a SD card with an apk on it. I downloaded one from apkpure. Then when the device asks you to connect to a wireless network, check the Show advanced options box. Then in the Proxy settings drop down box, select Manual. And click on the Proxy hostname box to bring up the keyboard, and press the settings button on the keyboard that looks like a gear. From the keyboard settings menu you can click the mulit-window button on the bottom taskbar and can open two windows. Open the file manager in one of the windows. In the file manager click on your SD card and try to install the apk you put on it. When it prompts you that you need to allow Unknown sources in the settings, click on the settings button to open the settings window. (Do not check the allow Unknown sources box, if you check it, and the device resets or runs out of battery you'll have to go through this again, but when you click on the apk it won't prompt you to go to settings to allow unknown sources because they're already allowed.) Now just click on Users and switch to guest. There are some limitations to this mode, like not being able modify the wifi network (you'll have to switch back to the Owner account to change this).
I don't know if there's any way from the guest account to reset the account lock, but at least it's something.

I tried this and got as far as to the part where you said to "click the mulit-window button on the bottom taskbar."
That multi-window button is greyed out for me so I cannot click on it. LG must of patched it up or I am doing something incorrect.
Any other advise will be greatly appreciated!

It's possible it was patched out. They've been fixing little exploits with patches. This is the only way I was able to get any access to the device. All I can really recommend is to try everything. Check every menu, every option, and see if there is opening you can find to get access to the device.

Phanman0506 said:
I tried this and got as far as to the part where you said to "click the mulit-window button on the bottom taskbar."
That multi-window button is greyed out for me so I cannot click on it. LG must of patched it up or I am doing something incorrect.
Any other advise will be greatly appreciated!
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Try this
I found a FRP bypass workaround if you are running 5.1.1 on a LG G Pad X 10.1 V930 AT&T model, not sure if all models are the same. It was FRP locked and all of the other bypass methods must have been patched. I was at the setup screen after a factory reset. I hope this helps.
1. Connect to wifi, then go back to start screen
2. Go to Accessibility > Vision > Enable Talkback
3. Go through the talkback training then draw an L to bring up the quick settings select Text to speech Settings (bottom right corner), afterwards you can disable Talkback by holding the power button and holding 2 fingers on the screen until it disables.
4. You will be in the settings app. Go to Users > Add user > User > Add user > Set up
5. You will be brought to a User setup screen select Next > It will pop up the wifi connection screen select next > You will be asked to sign into a Google account, sign into your Google account and proceed with the Google setup.
6. You will be brought to the homescreen. Go to settings > Users > And sign in as Owner.
7. Go to Settings > Factory data reset > Reset tablet. You can now factory reset and you will not be prompted to sign into a Google account.

CannGramps said:
It's possible it was patched out. They've been fixing little exploits with patches. This is the only way I was able to get any access to the device. All I can really recommend is to try everything. Check every menu, every option, and see if there is opening you can find to get access to the device.
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Try this
I found a FRP bypass workaround if you are running 5.1.1 on a LG G Pad X 10.1 V930 AT&T model, not sure if all models are the same. It was FRP locked and all of the other bypass methods must have been patched. I was at the setup screen after a factory reset. I hope this helps.
1. Connect to wifi, then go back to start screen
2. Go to Accessibility > Vision > Enable Talkback
3. Go through the talkback training then draw an L to bring up the quick settings select Text to speech Settings (bottom right corner), afterwards you can disable Talkback by holding the power button and holding 2 fingers on the screen until it disables.
4. You will be in the settings app. Go to Users > Add user > User > Add user > Set up
5. You will be brought to a User setup screen select Next > It will pop up the wifi connection screen select next > You will be asked to sign into a Google account, sign into your Google account and proceed with the Google setup.
6. You will be brought to the homescreen. Go to settings > Users > And sign in as Owner.
7. Go to Settings > Factory data reset > Reset tablet. You can now factory reset and you will not be prompted to sign into a Google account.