Sneaky VZW V Cast uploading...

[KillerQ]

Hey all,

I love my new Resound. One of the first things I did was uncheck PICTURES VIDEO and MUSIC from the vsync account since I couldn't figure out how to completelty disable it.

Well, I woke up this morning and caught vcast in the act of uploading 180 files to somewhere. It errored out half way through. What and where are these files if mine that it is sharing/uploading? Also, is there a way to completely disable this "feature?"

Thanks in advance,

Matt!

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[pheatton]

I think this is the VCast Media Manager sync account. I did two factory restores via HBOOT and still cant find a way to remove the account. I just disabled all the sync options.

 

[Simon_y7]

Any new info on how to stop this? It keeps uploading something every day and I have no idea how to disable it.

 

[dpham00]

have you tried using the clean tool? http://forums.androidcentral.com/re...ntool-2-1-12-11-relentless-pursuit-clean.html

 

[humpagardengnome]

have you tried using the clean tool? http://forums.androidcentral.com/re...ntool-2-1-12-11-relentless-pursuit-clean.html

^THIS. Amen

 

[gardengal4]

I get a couple of notifications every day that "VC MM Failed to Upload successfully" and sometimes a message "subscribe to VC MM". I think I've also seen "failed to upgrade", but I can't remember now for sure. I dismiss the notifications so quickly because they are so annoying.

This is a new phone and I have never knowingly set up VC MM, sync or anything. I have no need for a cloud other than DropBox, Amazon Cloud Player and my Google stuff, and if I did need more, I would NEVER get it from VZW.

I self-activated and did not buy the phone at a Verizon store. What can I look for to see what is "installed". Does that clean tool apply to this scenario too?

 

[ac295]

I rooted and got rid of all the Verizon stuff permanently.

 

[gardengal4]

I don't want to root. Not even sure about temp root.

For now I just want to look somewhere and determine what's what. I did not activate or setup MM and it sounds like others did and then regretted. I don't care if VZW crapware sits on my phone, just so long as I don't have to use it. I have no VZW account online (that I know of?!?!) so not sure why it is doing anything.

 

[humpagardengnome]

I don't want to root. Not even sure about temp root.

For now I just want to look somewhere and determine what's what. I did not activate or setup MM and it sounds like others did and then regretted. I don't care if VZW crapware sits on my phone, just so long as I don't have to use it. I have no VZW account online (that I know of?!?!) so not sure why it is doing anything.

All the contents of your phone are preinstalled. Actually, you already have an account w/ Verizon, you just haven't set it up so it can be accessed by you on your Rezound, yet. If you want to see what is on your phone and what it does, this may help you understand.

Comprehensive Rezound apk List - xda-developers

 

[Dovahkiin]

I don't want to root. Not even sure about temp root.

For now I just want to look somewhere and determine what's what. I did not activate or setup MM and it sounds like others did and then regretted. I don't care if VZW crapware sits on my phone, just so long as I don't have to use it. I have no VZW account online (that I know of?!?!) so not sure why it is doing anything.

Listen, rooting is inevitable. Imagine if I sold you a house, but I locked and sealed certain rooms with dirty diapers. This is your phone when it's stock.
Rooting lets you have the keys to access these rooms to remove the turd bundles (VZW bloat.)

 

[tarnak]

Can you delete FriendStream.apk using astro?

 

[humpagardengnome]

Listen, rooting is inevitable. Imagine if I sold you a house, but I locked and sealed certain rooms with dirty diapers. This is your phone when it's stock.
Rooting lets you have the keys to access these rooms to remove the turd bundles (VZW bloat.)

EPIC

 

[skatergirl]

Listen, rooting is inevitable. Imagine if I sold you a house, but I locked and sealed certain rooms with dirty diapers. This is your phone when it's stock.
Rooting lets you have the keys to access these rooms to remove the turd bundles (VZW bloat.)

Rooting also voids the warranty, so if the phone becomes defective I would be SOL.

I am seriously curious to know how you work around that situation. If there is a remedy, I might try it.


Janet

 

[Dovahkiin]

Rooting also voids the warranty, so if the phone becomes defective I would be SOL.

I am seriously curious to know how you work around that situation. If there is a remedy, I might try it.


Janet

I believe unlocking only voids your warranty in the case of bricking your phone. If there is a hardware defect, like a flickering screen or battery that doesn't charge, then the warranty will still cover it.
This is assuming you don't go the insurance route, in which case you're covered regardless of rooting.

 

[skatergirl]

I believe unlocking only voids your warranty in the case of bricking your phone. If there is a hardware defect, like a flickering screen or battery that doesn't charge, then the warranty will still cover it.
This is assuming you don't go the insurance route, in which case you're covered regardless of rooting.

Ok ... first really dumb question. I am not quite sure exactly what it means to "brick" the phone. I assume it means messing it up in some way, but what specifically I am not sure.

Also, are you saying that if I root the phone and the hardware goes bad, I am covered with insurance (which I do carry).

I have a friend who is a total electronic geek and he could probalby help me root if I chose to do so.

Janet

 

[humpagardengnome]

Ok ... first really dumb question. I am not quite sure exactly what it means to "brick" the phone. I assume it means messing it up in some way, but what specifically I am not sure.

Also, are you saying that if I root the phone and the hardware goes bad, I am covered with insurance (which I do carry).

I have a friend who is a total electronic geek and he could probalby help me root if I chose to do so.

Janet

Bricking is thrown around far to loosely these days. Essentially, bricking = made useless, not functioning well enough to be usable/bootable. What most people call bricking can be corrected, they just panic if it's not immediately solvable, which is understandable to some degree but you need to know that heading into it. If you ask questions beforehand and educate yourself to the point your not uncomfortable beginning step #1 and heed the steps your taking, it's highly improbable. It takes alot more than just user error to flatline your phone. I only know of one person who "bricked" their Rezound while rooting even at that I wasn't sold on his chain of events, 100%. In the end it woudn't power on, so he took it back and swapped out, no harm no foul. I can't tell you w/ 100% certainty it can't happen but the odds are highly stacked in the your favor against it. Even in a similar scenario like that one, as long as you don't blurt out. I effed my phone up while rooting it, your pretty safe from realistic reprecussions.

 

[skatergirl]

Bricking is thrown around far to loosely these days. Essentially, bricking = made useless, not functioning well enough to be usable/bootable. What most people call bricking can be corrected, they just panic if it's not immediately solvable, which is understandable to some degree but you need to know that heading into it. If you ask questions beforehand and educate yourself to the point your not uncomfortable beginning step #1 and heed the steps your taking, it's highly improbable. It takes alot more than just user error to flatline your phone. I only know of one person who "bricked" their Rezound while rooting even at that I wasn't sold on his chain of events, 100%. In the end it woudn't power on, so he took it back and swapped out, no harm no foul. I can't tell you w/ 100% certainty it can't happen but the odds are highly stacked in the your favor against it. Even in a similar scenario like that one, as long as you don't blurt out. I effed my phone up while rooting it, your pretty safe from realistic reprecussions.

Thank you for the info!

Janet

 

[Dovahkiin]

Ok ... first really dumb question. I am not quite sure exactly what it means to "brick" the phone. I assume it means messing it up in some way, but what specifically I am not sure.

Also, are you saying that if I root the phone and the hardware goes bad, I am covered with insurance (which I do carry).

I have a friend who is a total electronic geek and he could probalby help me root if I chose to do so.

Janet

Bricking is pretty much what gardengnome said. The phone becomes a paper weight, because it no longer turns on or functions. Now luckily for some of us, the HTCDev unlock we use in order to root provides all of the main freedoms of customization, but it keeps certain portions of the phones locked.
These portions that are locked down are the ones that could create bricked phone situations if fooled around with carelessly. So if you were to unlock & root, you have nothing to fear, because we've been locked out of the sensitive areas of the phone.

 

[skatergirl]

Bricking is pretty much what gardengnome said. The phone becomes a paper weight, because it no longer turns on or functions. Now luckily for some of us, the HTCDev unlock we use in order to root provides all of the main freedoms of customization, but it keeps certain portions of the phones locked.
These portions that are locked down are the ones that could create bricked phone situations if fooled around with carelessly. So if you were to unlock & root, you have nothing to fear, because we've been locked out of the sensitive areas of the phone.

Thank you as well for the information. This is such a great forum!

Janet