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Can I disable OEM lock from computer?

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Can I disable the OEM lock of my Samsung Galaxy S8+ from my computer?
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For security reasons the only way to change the option "Allow OEM unlock" is from within the running device in the developer settings menu.
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give the root permissions to the RootAppDelete app from the superuser app. and I would recommend you to use titanium backup to delete pre installed app
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Press and hold the power button, sometimes it takes 10 seconds but it will force shutdown eventually. After that, find what key combo boots it up in recovery mode, and find Wipe data or Factory reset and select it. This will wipe all your data but since you cant get to it anyway it doesnt matter. This will also clear any patterns you have set earlier.
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You have to use the Android SDK, specifically the command fastboot, to flash the stock system.img and stock recovery.img. Only flash the boot.img only if a custom kernel has been flashed, if not, this isn't required. With USB Debugging enabled in Settings - Developer Options, you'll need to boot into the bootloader. You'll also need the factory image for the current version of stock you are running. You'll need to use the commmands: fastboot flash system system.img fastboot flash recovery recovery.img fastboot flash boot boot.img Rooting modifies /system, which OTA's will check and fail. Also, any other recovery except for stock recovery will also fail to flash the OTA.
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stop logd or setprop ctl.stop logd makes logcat completely unavailable (which may break some apps/daemons) and isn't persistent across reboots. For permanently removing logd you need to delete /system/etc/init/logd.rc file which defines this init service. But it's not recommended. The /data/misc/logd/ directory is filled by logcatd which is a sub-service of main logd service. 256 MB is the default size but can be changed if required (1). logd mainly covers the functionality of its desktop counterpart syslogd, but also includes klogd and partially auditd to get logs from SELinux subsystem of kernel. However logd just reads from (RAM) memory buffers and doesn't save to persistent memory (files) by default. Reason is evident, these saved logs are of no use to a majority of users (as you), but too many write requests for these logs reduce flash memory (eMMC) life unnecessarily. If one needs these logs as files, a separate service named logcatd (logcat daemon which itself reads from logd) can save them to filesystem (on userdebug and eng builds only since Oreo (2)). Going through the resources (3, 4), it's easy to control this service permanently (persistent across reboots) by setting property persist.logd.logpersistd (to logcatd or clear) or by using shell scripts /system/bin/logpersist.[start|stop].
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Possible to purchase (buy) an Android app from the Google Play store web site without installing it on any device?
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As far as I know there is no way to buy an app without selecting a device and triggering automatic installation on that device. If the device is offline as far as I know the installation will be performed the next time it comes online. The only workaround would be to add the Google account on a device, enable Airplane mode, remove the account and reboot the device. Then the device is still listed in Google Play Store for a few months and can be used to buy apps but they will never be installed as the devices comes never online again. A similar option are "virtual devices" devices that do not exist in reality (or as emulator) but are registered in PlayStore. App download tools like Raccoon are capable of creating such virtual devices. But if those devices are not used for a time they also loose functionality.
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Not automatic (per se), but you can use something like Null Keyboard which is a null input method you can enable when you have your Bluetooth keyboard connected so the soft keyboard quits from popping up. Also, in my experience, Cyanogenmod9 ICS ROMs prevents the keyboard from appearing when an external one is connected. It might be worth seeing if they have a distribution for your device.
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Disclaimer This answer is pointless. Once you've read the end of my answer, you will see why. My answer I personally have tried Qustodio's "Block Incognito Browsing" feature. (I was using a phone running Android 4.1.2 and a recent version of Google Chrome.) It didn't work at all. Incognito browsing still worked perfectly, and was not blocked or even hindered whatsoever. Even after an hour or more, Qustodio had no idea that I was using Chrome's incognito mode. In a help center article, Qustodio LLC does admit: Please note that our incognito blocking feature is still experimental. If you want to prevent incognito browsing, I see a few options: You could lock down the device completely (though this is almost impossible to do correctly) and then to make sure that the only browser which the user can access is a browser which is incapable of incognito browsing. Or you could use Norton Family's incognito detection. If Norton Family alerts you that incognito has been used, perhaps you could confiscate the device from its user for a day or two. (Norton Family claims to be able to email you after someone uses incognito mode on the device. But I've never tested it, and I don't know whether or not it would work reliably. You should test the feature on a few separate occasions before relying upon it.) You could try Qustodio. Even though their (experimental) incognito-blocking feature didn't work for me, maybe it will work for you. If you are willing to root your phone, this may provide you with a new, additional option for disabling incognito mode. Remember that you can unroot your phone afterwards. Why this answer is pointless Yet all this is pointless. The user can use the browser's "Clear History" tool, or Android's application manager, to clear the browsing history — anytime he wants to. Why would anyone want to disable incognito mode?
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I just found ES File Explorer which seems to do what I need, and a little bit more. This looks pretty promising. I'll report back if I have any issues with it, but for now it seems to answer my question.
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insert sim card into another phone and disable SIM PIN completely. now insert sim card back into locked phone it will connect to mobile data automatically without asking for PIN. finally login to https://findmymobile.samsung.com on pc and remote unlock phone
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This question offers itself to a variety of approaches, because it seems that you are relying to an unknown extent on your user's lack of dev savvy. A) Simplest: if your user is not an android tech, and you have no app store installed on the device, why assume that they know what an apk is and where to obtain one? B) however, if you think that thats too simple , you can disable unknown sources and hide the setting from the user, (that should work on a reg phone, though not sure about lineage OS.) adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.android.settings. to disable a particular setting has been known to work on some devices, you can try it on the package manager as well, as it does not remove the apk from the phone just de-registers, though a factory reset will return the setting, and you'd have to look into preventing the user from performing factory resets. there are many approaches that would offer a similiar level of protection. C) Therefore, (if you think a non-dev user will figure that out,) it seems that parental control apps and/or app managers would be the most complete basic level protection. D) you can get super deep and play around with the OS - possibly recompile the package manager app. in summary: at the end of the day android requires pm in order to function properly. the packageinstaller app that comes preloaded with your firmware is only one of the many ways to install apks on your device because it is only a UI for a native android functionality which doesnt disappear when the package installer app is removed. to fully and irreversably disable this functionality in a way that only very experienced dev cannot circumvent is a very complicated job. However an app manager or parental control solution can usually offer near complete security from an average user.
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You don't need an external tool for this. On the versions of the Play Store with the new "simplified" permissions dialog, you can still find a full list of permissions from the app's store page (the screen with the icon at the top, description, screenshots, &c.). Scroll down to the bottom of the page. Under "Additional Information" you'll see "Permissions" with a link "View details". Click this link to see a dialog with the list of individual permissions. However, if you do want an external tool, AppBrain is an alternative web front-end to the Play Store, and lists the permissions individually for each app. From there you can click through to install the app from the real Play Store. Not all apps appear on AppBrain, but many of them do, especially the popular apps. There's also a resource offered by Izzy, a good friend of this site. His website offers a curated list of apps, searchable by permissions. It also gives a fuller description of each permission, and highlights interesting combinations. Because apps are added to his site by a manual process, it's a very small list compared to the huge number of apps on the Play Store, but consists of a good range of recommended and popular apps in different categories.
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Try to download and install framaroot in your device that should work
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There is no way to disable an app for some users of a device but not others; it's possible to freeze an app using a third party program (ie, disable it by changing it's permissions so it can't run) but that will disable it for all users. Android apps and services don't distinguish between physical users of a device - they all run using a single logical device user account. That being said, depending on what exactly you're looking for it may be sufficient to disable data synchronization for a specific Google account in the settings. In Android 4.4.0, this would be under Settings->General->Accounts->Google->[account name], which will bring up a checklist of services for which data syncing can be disabled.
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You don't need to edit any sound files as the Screen Lock app has provided this as an inbuilt feature to disable/modify lock and unlock screen sounds. Open Screen Lock app and open Settings, scroll down to the bottom and you will be able to find the option to uncheck and turn off the sound when locking and unlocking the screen using the widget or notification bar. Screenshot - Screen Lock Settings - (Click to enlarge image)
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Run: settings put global adb_enabled 1 You can also start adbd service by executing start adbd or setprop ctl.start adbd. But I prefer the settings way because it properly goes through Android framework. PS: For clarification, adbd listens on port 5555 only if ADB over Network is enabled (from Developer Options, or by running setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555 on device, or by running adb tcpip 5555 on PC). In USB mode (which can be switched to by running adb usb on PC) adbd is not listening on any network port. Some more related details in this answer.

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