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Non Market Apps Solved

This is a pretty easy process. I went in to Root Explorer - dbdata - databases - com.android.providers.settings, copied settings.db to my sd card, edited it on my pc with a db editor changed 0 to a 1 next to non market apps. Copied it back to the original directory, rebooted and installed a non market app.
Please use caution. If you want to make sure the db save properly open it on your sd card before you copy and replace the original. It should open up as a readable table. If it opens up in a txt editor its corrupt. This permanently enables non market apps. You can not toggle it on and off.
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Which DB Editor did you use?

clubtech said:
Which DB Editor did you use?
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Actually its just called Data Base Editor. Program Files says is by ACID/ODE. I will post a link.
Here

Captivate Help
kirbo20 said:
Actually its just called Data Base Editor. Program Files says is by ACID/ODE. I will post a link.
Here
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Does it mean th after this you are able to install any 3rd party application with no restrictions?
Thanks

You can actually do it through firefox too. There's a firefox addon called 'SQLite manager' that you can use to edit the file, if you don't want to download a separate program.

Root Explorer is the pay program on the market? Any free alternitives?

Are you just trying to install non-market apps on the Captivate? If so, then just download the usb driver for the Captivate and then Droid Explorer (may also need SDK installed; not sure). With Droid Explorer, you can easily load non-market apps within seconds. Good solution for a non tech guy like me.

Being brand spanking new to Android, still have question. I like very specific instructions.
Do you download files to whatever directory you want to make and put the files in? Then is there an option to select, and do install? My background is WinMO, so on that you can just use a file explorer and double click or tap, and it installs.

Muhamadabdelaall said:
Does it mean th after this you are able to install any 3rd party application with no restrictions?
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Yes
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Confirmation
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Yes
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So if I installed "PDAnet" for tethering it will work after rooting?
Thanks for the answer

PDA Net will work without rooting. Just put your phone on airplane mode and enable wifi. Go to the market and download it. Once it is downloaded you can turn off airplane mode and you're good to go.

kirbo20 said:
PDA Net will work without rooting. Just put your phone on airplane mode and enable wifi. Go to the market and download it. Once it is downloaded you can turn off airplane mode and you're good to go.
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oh, thanks alot man for that I was unaware of.

will flashing a new rom when they start coming out also allow you to do this or do i have to do this regardless?

kirbo20 said:
This is a pretty easy process. I went in to Root Explorer - dbdata - databases - com.android.providers.settings, copied settings.db to my sd card, edited it on my pc with a db editor changed 0 to a 1 next to non market apps. Copied it back to the original directory, rebooted and installed a non market app.
Please use caution. If you want to make sure the db save properly open it on your sd card before you copy and replace the original. It should open up as a readable table. If it opens up in a txt editor its corrupt. This permanently enables non market apps. You can not toggle it on and off.
I will try and post pictures soon.
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Where do you see the 0, the one you recommend to change to a 1? I only see lots of squares.

So... Thank you so much for this info. I downloaded your file and put it into the correct DIR and have non market apps installing with no problem. However I can not get Titanium backup to work correctly. =/ When I try to restore an app it says installing and I have to force close titanium to get it to stop. Probably about half the apps I try and do this for install the other backups do not. Is any one else having any issues like this or know how to fix it?

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So... Thank you so much for this info. I downloaded your file and put it into the correct DIR and have non market apps installing with no problem. However I can not get Titanium backup to work correctly. =/ When I try to restore an app it says installing and I have to force close titanium to get it to stop. Probably about half the apps I try and do this for install the other backups do not. Is any one else having any issues like this or know how to fix it?
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Where did you see the number to change? Mine just looks like a bunch of gibberish

When into this dir dbdata - databases - com.android.providers.settings and cant find any files. Using linda

I used this DB editor instead
http://sqlitestudio.one.pl/index.rvt
connect to the settings.db file, on the left side click Tables, and then click Secure. It will show a grid on the right with _id, name, value etc. Click the Data tab, in the search box type market. And there should be only one value that shows up as "install_nonmarket_apps". Set the value to one. Refersh it and then copy it back to your phone.

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Are you just trying to install non-market apps on the Captivate? If so, then just download the usb driver for the Captivate and then Droid Explorer (may also need SDK installed; not sure). With Droid Explorer, you can easily load non-market apps within seconds. Good solution for a non tech guy like me.
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How the heck do you do this? I have Droid Explorer installed but not BusyBox. I have Windows 7 and can't figure out how to get BusyBox on my phone. I have rooted the phone but that's about it. in Droid Explorer when I connect to my phone it shows nothing!

Ubuntu does not recognise USB Memory Stick?

in the process of creating a new ROM for android.. for that I need ubunt running on my PC.. got virtual box to run it at the same time as Windows.. just up an update.zip on my Memory Stick, but can't get the ubunt to see it so that I could copy it!
Any Ideas.. sorry but I can not download the file as my Internet limit is running this month and got like 15 days to go
Thank you for Your time.

Have you enabled USB support in Virtual PC? It wont be on by default.
Or you could map the root of your memory stick as a shared folder (or even simpler, create a shared folder on your hard drive and place you files in there).

AdrianK said:
Have you enabled USB support in Virtual PC? It wont be on by default.
Or you could map the root of your memory stick as a shared folder (or even simpler, create a shared folder on your hard drive and place you files in there).
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Thank you for the very quick reply, however, the USB support is enable in the Virtual PC.. Created a Shared folder, on C drive, linked it to the Shared Folders in Virtual PC but can not find it.. been googling for the bast 30 mins and got nowhere.. whereever I google 'how to map the root of a memory stick' I get answers about what the root is, not how to map it!
please any pointers will be much appreciated!
Thanbk you for Your time.

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Thank you for the very quick reply, however, the USB support is enable in the Virtual PC.. Created a Shared folder, on C drive, linked it to the Shared Folders in Virtual PC but can not find it.. been googling for the bast 30 mins and got nowhere.. whereever I google 'how to map the root of a memory stick' I get answers about what the root is, not how to map it!
please any pointers will be much appreciated!
Thanbk you for Your time.
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Have a look in the location where volumes are mounted in nautilus, /media or /mnt I think, haven't used Ubuntu in forever.
To be honest you'd probably be better off using something like Virtualbox (free) or VM Ware...

AdrianK said:
Have a look in the location where volumes are mounted in nautilus, /media or /mnt I think, haven't used Ubuntu in forever.
To be honest you'd probably be better off using something like Virtualbox (free) or VM Ware...
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I am using Oracle VM Virtual Box..
yep found those two locations, however there still is no sign of the Shared Folder
Thank you for Your time.

Try reformatting to fat 32 in windows then try it.

try wiping it off

!PANDA said:
I am using Oracle VM Virtual Box..
yep found those two locations, however there still is no sign of the Shared Folder
Thank you for Your time.
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I misread your first post, sorry. Did you have a look at this? Basically you have to create the mount point. I did notice then when you create the shared folder it asks you if you want to auto-mount it, which I can only assume means the same thing, so make sure that box is checked.
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I did try virtualbox, but it wouldn't boot my VMs from VM Ware, probably due to VMW Tools (it accepted the image, hung on boot), so I couldn't test that out
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Try reformatting to fat 32 in windows then try it.
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That doesn't matter, as long as your host OS supports the filesystem in use then so will the guest. For example I can modify files on my HFS drive from Ubuntu even though Ubuntu only supports reading of HFS drives OOTB.

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I misread your first post, sorry. Did you have a look at this? Basically you have to create the mount point. I did notice then when you create the shared folder it asks you if you want to auto-mount it, which I can only assume means the same thing, so make sure that box is checked.
I did try virtualbox, but it wouldn't boot my VMs from VM Ware, probably due to VMW Tools (it accepted the image, hung on boot), so I couldn't test that out
That doesn't matter, as long as your host OS supports the filesystem in use then so will the guest. For example I can modify files on my HFS drive from Ubuntu even though Ubuntu only supports reading of HFS drives OOTB.
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ok, done everything you said so far.. however, in the shared folder options, I have no option to tick Auto-mount.
Also, when I try to type the 'sudo....' into the terminal,, it always comes up with 'Could not find your command' or something like that..
Thank you for Your help!

Any other Ideas? Thank you Lads for everything you've said so far

VM Ware FTW
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Any other Ideas? Thank you Lads for everything you've said so far
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I didn't realise this before but guest additions is a prerequisite for using shared folders (figures, really) so make they're installed.
Second, check that your virtualbox is up to date, I know mine is because I downloaded it yesterday, perhaps the auto-mount option is a new feature.
If not you'll have to do it manually, there are loads of guides around which provide the commands to create the mount point.

XT1072 Persist Partition

With the latest version of TWRP 3.0.0-1, a failed restore (persist partition) caused loss of WiFi. What is the best way to fix this?
Fixed by putting this file in the archive in Persist directory.

I have the same issue, but restoring the files from a previous backup of /persist does not work. Even if I remove all files and directories and just put the firmware files for wlan in there, it does not work. Wifi still hangs on 'Turning Wi-Fi on' and the displayed MAC address is 02:00:00:00:00:00.

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I have the same issue, but restoring the files from a previous backup of /persist does not work. Even if I remove all files and directories and just put the firmware files for wlan in there, it does not work. Wifi still hangs on 'Turning Wi-Fi on' and the displayed MAC address is 02:00:00:00:00:00.
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Go into Root/Persist directory, it should exist. Put the WLAN file (not the archive) in this directory.
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If you got the same error i got you can't fix it by putting that file into /Persist
a guide on how to properly restore that partiton is here
There are 3 folder missing and the WCNNS files are 2 NOT 1, i think the guy copied those info from nexus forums.
Inside /Persist you must have 4 folder ( + lost+found) data/properties/prov/sensors and the following 3 files WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv.bin/WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin/.bt_nv.bin

dr.nic said:
If you got the same error i got you can't fix it by putting that file into /Persist
a guide on how to properly restore that partiton is here
There are 3 folder missing and the WCNNS files are 2 NOT 1, i think the guy copied those info from nexus forums.
Inside /Persist you must have 4 folder ( + lost+found) data/properties/prov/sensors and the following 3 files WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv.bin/WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin/.bt_nv.bin
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Working fine here with just that one file in the image.
Can you upload your persist archive that you extracted from the TWRP backup?
I lost this with 3.0.0-1 too.

dr.nic said:
If you got the same error i got you can't fix it by putting that file into /Persist
a guide on how to properly restore that partiton is here
There are 3 folder missing and the WCNNS files are 2 NOT 1, i think the guy copied those info from nexus forums.
Inside /Persist you must have 4 folder ( + lost+found) data/properties/prov/sensors and the following 3 files WCNSS_qcom_wlan_nv.bin/WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin/.bt_nv.bin
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I have all those files and folders in place but wifi still does not work. I took the files from my CM12.1 backup. Furthermore, Google Play Services are crashing frequently (but I think this is unrelated).

buc3fdvz3t said:
I have all those files and folders in place but wifi still does not work. I took the files from my CM12.1 backup. Furthermore, Google Play Services are crashing frequently (but I think this is unrelated).
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Can you upload your persist backup?

You also need to copy WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin to /etc/firmware/wlan/prima.my phone is xt1079.my WIFI can be use.and，if you photo cann't flash ROM.because,you flash ROM you need do it all over again,i am Chinese,my English is very bad，sorry

buc3fdvz3t said:
I have all those files and folders in place but wifi still does not work. I took the files from my CM12.1 backup. Furthermore, Google Play Services are crashing frequently (but I think this is unrelated).
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Once i copyed the folders/files i used cmfilemanger to remove the X attribute ( long-tap file/folder - > change permissions -> remove both X from ALL files/folders then reboot, if it still don't work may i ask if the files are from your phone or another one ?
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Can you upload your persist archive that you extracted from the TWRP backup?
I lost this with 3.0.0-1 too.
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I don't know if there's any personal infos inside there aside some drm keys (imei, mac, etc) i read somewhere, not sure, i will not upload my backup (sry) untill i'll take a look at it, you still have your twrp persist backup ? you should if you have tryed to restore it, just unpack the files using winrar
I honestly still think i'm missing something, like proper file/folders permissions, until @luca020400 can fix this for us i will keep a "properly restore /persist" task in my TODO list

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Once i copyed the folders/files i used cmfilemanger to remove the X attribute ( long-tap file/folder - > change permissions -> remove both X from ALL files/folders then reboot, if it still don't work may i ask if the files are from your phone or another one ?
I don't know if there's any personal infos inside there aside some drm keys (imei, mac, etc) i read somewhere, not sure, i will not upload my backup (sry) untill i'll take a look at it, you still have your twrp persist backup ? you should if you have tryed to restore it, just unpack the files using winrar
I honestly still think i'm missing something, like proper file/folders permissions, until @luca020400 can fix this for us i will keep a "properly restore /persist" task in my TODO list
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I don't have the backup as I had deleted it due to the errors TWRP was giving. I wasn't aware of what the Persists partition was until I realized I couldn't get WiFi any longer. IMEI was displayed as normal the only issue I had was WiFi.
No worries, I don't have any issues right now, I just wanted to have them in case I have issues in the future.

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I don't have the backup as I had deleted it due to the errors TWRP was giving. I wasn't aware of what the Persists partition was until I realized I couldn't get WiFi any longer. IMEI was displayed as normal the only issue I had was WiFi.
No worries, I don't have any issues right now, I just wanted to have them in case I have issues in the future.
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Try recuva or something like that to recover the deleted file ?

Folder and pictures disappeared after I tried cutting it into PC

Hi, yesterday when I was trying to back up some of my photos, which I usually cut it from internal device to PC, during the process there was a time all the folders became "empty folders" when I looked on PC screen, I thought maybe just a preview problem that needs time to load, so I directly cut some of those "empty folders" into PC, while it takes less than 1 second, but actually it contains thousands of photos. I checked the folders on PC that are empty contains nothing, but the folders were cutted out of its original place, I couldn't see them in DCIM. When I'm checking my album on my phone screen, I can still see those folders, but the cover photo becomes unavailable, and soon it disappears from my sight.
I believe those photos are still there, they were not cut out, I think maybe just the directory or index is lost, which make them unseeable. I have tried so many different recovery software to look for those photos like DiskDigger, but still couldn't find them, any suggestions on it, what should I do, is root the final solution for it?
Thanks!
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Meh, copy not cut/paste to backup critical files.
If you need to delete the original do so after it's been successfully copied. Otherwise this will occasionally happen.
The files are there, but retrieving them may not be a doable option.

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Meh, copy not cut/paste to backup critical files.
If you need to delete the original do so after it's been successfully copied. Otherwise this will occasionally happen.
The files are there, but retrieving them may not be a doable option.
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Yeah you're right, I didn't expect that, usually I just make duplicates after they are moved to PC, I think I won't use cut function so careleslly anymore, copy paste would be much better.
Do you think some software offer "Deep Scan" option that only functions with rooted devices would work?

crosscar said:
Yeah you're right, I didn't expect that, usually I just make duplicates after they are moved to PC, I think I won't use cut function so careleslly anymore, copy paste would be much better.
Do you think some software offer "Deep Scan" option that only functions with rooted devices would work?
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Been there, done that.
Are you rooted? You have more options if so otherwise it's irrelevant.

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Been there, done that.
Are you rooted? You have more options if so otherwise it's irrelevant.
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No, not yet, that's why I'm here looking for answers, if it's possible I will try to root it and see.
I have also heard something like mirror the disk to PC, and then use EasyRecovery or other tools to recover on PC side, would that be possible too?

crosscar said:
No, not yet, that's why I'm here looking for answers, if it's possible I will try to root it and see.
I have also heard something like mirror the disk to PC, and then use EasyRecovery or other tools to recover on PC side, would that be possible too?
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Don't know. It's not like a stand alone flash card.
I avoid getting into this situation by keeping redundant backup hdds.

Hello crosscar, try with recuva for pc you remove the sd card you put it in a flash drive.
You open recuva will ask you what you want to do then choose the sdcard put in the flash drive launch the search.
https://www.ccleaner.com/fr-fr/recuva

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Hello crosscar, try with recuva for pc you remove the sd card you put it in a flash drive.
You open recuva will ask you what you want to do then choose the sdcard put in the flash drive launch the search.
https://www.ccleaner.com/fr-fr/recuva
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Unfortunately it's on internal memory I believe...

Question Smart View not working

Ever since I updated to the latest firmware (magisk rooted) my Galaxy Tab S8+ can no longer use Smart View or second screen. It worked fine on the previous firmware version even when rooted.
I've seen a suggestion to add "wlan.wfd.hdcp = disable" to the build.prop file, but I can't seem to edit build.prop even using a root explorer, or not even by using the twrp file manager. I've tried using various buildprop editors, granted them root access yet they still don't seem to be able to change anything in the file.
Is there any other possible fix?

The open source Material Files file manager has been repeatedly and highly recommended in my phone's XDA section for true root file management. https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles
It's also available through F-Droid, and the Play Store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.zhanghai.android.files
A lot of root file manager either haven't been updated (or aren't allowed to be - not sure what the story is) to really do full root file management.
Hope this helps. Note, I've installed this app but haven't really done anything with it yet.

Thanks for suggestion, but even using Material Files I still get the same error. I granted file access permission and root access to the app, I clicked Remount as RW but it still gives me an error saying read-only file system.
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That is probably because root permissions have been lost. When you root the device and then flash new update it will usually revoke the root access and you have to re-root again with updated root method. Reason is becuase update affects the root access by reseting it. Since if root method has edited any system files to gain root access then update writes over those files which is why root access becomes revoked.
So my suggestion is to re-root your device and try editing same file again and I bet issue you got will be gone.

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Thanks for suggestion, but even using Material Files I still get the same error. I granted file access permission and root access to the app, I clicked Remount as RW but it still gives me an error saying read-only file system.
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I get the exact same thing when I tried to save the modified boot.prop with Material Files, so you're not alone.
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That is probably because root permissions have been lost. When you root the device and then flash new update it will usually revoke the root access and you have to re-root again with updated root method. Reason is becuase update affects the root access by reseting it. Since if root method has edited any system files to gain root access then update writes over those files which is why root access becomes revoked.
So my suggestion is to re-root your device and try editing same file again and I bet issue you got will be gone.
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I definitely have root access, I granted root permissions to Material Files, but I got the same result when trying to save an edited boot.prop.
@emko7
Edit 1: I just remembered that there is a Magisk Module out there folks have used on Android 12 (at least on the Pixel 6 Pro, which I have) that "emulates" having full root access. i.e. to my understanding, you don't actually do anything permanant to the files that require root, but it effectively acts as if you did. If you edit the boot.prop, technically it doesn't save to the actual original location, but your changed version is remembered and substituted when you boot/reboot.
I haven't re-located what the name of the Magisk Module is - I know it's been mentioned many times in the Pixel 6 Pro section, but I'm not sure if I can come up with the correct search terms to find the posts.
*Some* Android FIle Managers, like my preferred one X-Plore File Manager, makes it look like saving an edited boot.prop worked, but after a reboot I saw that the boot.prop edit clearly wasn't permanent. It's possible and probable that if I just re-loaded the edited boot.prop, I would've seen that my changes weren't saved, either.
Edit 2: After a tiny bit of research, I think it's possible this is the reason full root access doesn't give us r/w access to everywhere is the information presented in this Twitter thread (read the additional comments by Magisk's creator):
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1170404631865778177
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If battery cpu limit is enabled smartview probably won't work

Catmobile said:
If battery cpu limit is enabled smartview probably won't work
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How exactly would you disable the "cpu battery limit"?