Hello, I've been having quite the annoying issue for the past 3-4 weeks. After accidentally updating the Knox firmware to version 2.0 (Screw Knox), I've noticed a huge drop in battery life. My phone takes longer to charge and takes no time going from 100% - 52% after school. Various examples of my phone's erratic battery life include my battery life dropping from 100% - 95% in 10 minutes doing nothing. No background apps, all apps killed using the task manager, all the air view/air gesture/smart pause stuff off, Power Saving mode on and brightness all the way down. This is with no usage whatsoever. Before the erratic battery issues, it wouldn't drop a single percent.
With minimal usage, such as scrolling through Instagram and Facebook, it drops from 100% to around 90% whereas before It might drop to 98 or 97%. Playing games or watching YouTube videos drops the phone from a full charge to 85% or below - within 15 minutes or less.
I've noticed my battery really dropping whenever I go on the bus ride. On the bus, I listen to music for about 25 - 30 minutes and the battery usually drops to 97 - 95% percent. I don't do anything else besides listen to music on the bus ride to school. After Knox 2.0, my battery goes from 100 - 90, 87, or 84%. I used to /come/ home with around 83% battery remaining. Now I come home with around 60-50% battery remaining.
I'm really annoyed with this issue since my battery isn't as good as it was before. I've had the phone for almost a year (December 2013 is when I got it), so it doesn't make sense to me that the battery would decrease in life that quickly. I hope someone can a find remedy for this issue. I've heard rooting could work, but I've never done it before and I've heard Knox makes rooting a pain in the neck.
Mo Neenja31 said:
Hello, I've been having quite the annoying issue for the past 3-4 weeks. After accidentally updating the Knox firmware to version 2.0 (Screw Knox), I've noticed a huge drop in battery life. My phone takes longer to charge and takes no time going from........
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●Flash philz recovery via odin
●Run the deknox script
●Boot into recovery and in philz options re-root phone.
●Download supersu from playstore and you have root now.
●Check with root checker
This link has Deknox script, Philz recovery and Omega kernel
No pain in the a$$ or neck or wherever..
AFTER ROOTING
●Flash omega kernel by booting into recovery (you can download one from omega files on playstore)
●after flashing, do not immidiately turn the phone on, wait for 5 mins..and then turn it on
AFTER FLASHING OMEGA KERNEL
●Download battey calibration app by NeMa (i use that) From Here
●Charge to 100%
●Calibrate
●Disharge till the phone drops dead
●Charge and use with "greenify" services on.
IF STILL THE PROBLEM PERSISTS
■Try a custom rom
Then
■TRY COMADOSE
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Thanks for the fast reply. I still want to keep some Touch wiz features so I'm not sure if they'll get removed in the process.
Mo Neenja31 said:
Thanks for the fast reply. I still want to keep some Touch wiz features so I'm not sure if they'll get removed in the process.
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Nothing will happen to the touchwiz.
Plus there are touchwiz based roms too.
Touchwiz remqins intact. Just the crappy knox gets removed.
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Alright, will root soon. Since I've never rooted, is there a step by step thing I should follow? Not really sure what to do with the files you linked.
Mo Neenja31 said:
Alright, will root soon. Since I've never rooted, is there a step by step thing I should follow? Not really sure what to do with the files you linked.
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Umm..the method ahall void your warranty.
Enable usb debugging mode (in developer options, can be turned on by pressing the baseband version 7 times in settings-->about device-->baseband)
●Download the file from the link which has philz written on it..on your pc.
●Download the file with "desamsungnox..." on the storage of your phone.
●Download odin Link updated"
●Press volume down+centre button+power button. A yellow triangle screen will appear. Press volume up to continue.
●Now attach your phone to the pc.
●Open odin. If the drivers load. Let them load. After that Press PDA in odin and select the philz file.
●Press start and let it finish till your phone auto reboots.
●Now turn your phone off again.
●Press volume UP + center button + power button
On the galaxy s4 logo..press the volume UP+center button+ power button and you shall enter into a purple screen
●Press install from zip
●Press install from internal storage
●Go to the folder where you saved the "deknox..." file
●Press on the zip and select yes
●You phone is 100% knox free now
●now select in the recovery philz option then re-root phone.
●Reboot your phone now and from play store download super su.
●After downloading, open it and it will say "super su has detected knox bla bla try and disable it?" Say yes.
●And if it asks again "binary needs to be updated", select thw normal method. Dont select cwm/twrp method.
●You have a stock rooted phone.
Now when you have root access..follow the steps written after that :')
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The omega kernel is there if you want to change the kernel.
It is almost a stock kernel and has some tweaks.
It is better than the stock kernel anyday.
You can download the file named "OMEGA...." from the link and place it in any of the folders, flash it via recovery and give it a try.
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DeepankarS said:
Umm..the method ahall void your warranty.
●Press volume UP + center button + power button
On the galaxy s4 logo..press the volume UP+center button+ power button and you shall enter into a purple screen
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I tried doing this a couple of times but I get a no command error and it boots like this:
Android System Recovry <3e>
KOT49H.19500XXUGNH2
Volume up/down to highlight;
power button to select
Options are
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
Mo Neenja31 said:
I tried doing this a couple of times but I get a no command error and it boots like this:
Android System Recovry <3e>
apply update from cache
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Well..did you flash philz via odin first?
Open odin on your pc. Download philz on your pc.
Flash philz in pda and then do the volume up thing.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50486783
See this link.
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DeepankarS said:
Well..did you flash philz via odin first?
Open odin on your pc. Download philz on your pc.
Flash philz in pda and then do the volume up thing.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50486783
See this link.
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Yes I did it via Odin first
Mo Neenja31 said:
Yes I did it via Odin first
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Ohh bro..it is my mistake.
Uploaded the zip.instead of the md5.
Here you go..
Download this on your pc.
philz
And also added the file to my dropbox.
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Still getting those issues, looked at this thread and saw they unchecked auto-reboot if it didn't work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39433857#post39433857
trying that now
EDIT:
alright that worked
DeepankarS said:
●now select in the recovery philz option then re-root phone.
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EDIT: nevermind
Mo Neenja31 said:
EDIT: nevermind
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Under philz settings..
Reroot.
Now install supersu app from the playstore. And run it.
Dont update binaries via cwm/twrp method of supersu.
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Mo Neenja31 said:
EDIT: nevermind
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Come on PM.
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Alright, done rooting. Gonna try that Omega kernel
Mo Neenja31 said:
Alright, done rooting. Gonna try that Omega kernel
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Congrats
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Also what are "greenify" services?
Mo Neenja31 said:
Also what are "greenify" services?
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Greenify is an app which hibernates the apps which you think might drain battery.
Also download wakelock detector for any such apps..and greenify them.
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Ok alright thank you for the help. Will report back if my battery issues will go away
Mo Neenja31 said:
Ok alright thank you for the help. Will report back if my battery issues will go away
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Cool..
Check your private messages
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Since my phone is rooted, I'd figure I'd remove some of the Samsung bloatware that comes with the phone. What bloat removal tool is recommended? I've heard of people using System App Remover (root) by Jumobile and Titanium Backup to remove bloatware. Also, what apps are safe to remove? I want to remove these apps:
Allshare Cast Dongle
Blurb Checkout
ChatOn Voice and Video chat
Flipboard
Google Play Books
Google Talkback
Kids Mode
KLMS Agent
S Travel
Samsung Hub
Samsung Link
Samsung WatchON
Related
Original idea by Chotu222
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for any damage or bricking of your phone, proceed a your own risk
WARNING: The following procedures should only be followed for GT-I9082 and not any other
Hi, today i am going to explain how to root your phone in safest way with no loss of data.
* Download the files from the attachments and extract them (for CWM visit : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2160671 )
* Switch off your phone and boot into download mode (vol down + home + power) and press vol up to proceed
* Open odin in pc and and click on PDA
* Locate the you extracted from the CWM touch zip and click open
* Make sure only 'Auto reboot' and 'F.Reset Time' is checked
* Click start once complete odin should say 'PASS' and your phone will reboot
* Copy the Supersu zip file into your external sd card.
* Now switch off your phone and boot into recovery mode (vol up + home + power)
* Now select install zip from sd card -> Choose zip from sd card
* Now locate the supersu zip file and click install
* Now CWM will install the zip
* Samsung devices come with a special flash counter that tracks the no. of times you flash custom roms and zips.
* If you wish to reset the flash counter back to original Download triangle away app by chainfire and hit reset counter. (in attachments)
:good: THERE YOU GO, YOU HAVE ROOTED YOUR SAMSUNG GALAXY GRAND !!! :good:
HIT THANKS IF THIS HELPED YOU
PS - Contact me for any help regarding this
NOTE: this guide is for the previous version of this phone, I will not update this guide coz I dont own the phone now.
Okay then thankyou chuto222 for this awesome merhod.
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Suriya357 said:
I have added a line in the thread mentioning that "original idea by chuto222"
and atleast nearly 100 people have viewed this thread and got help in 12 hrs
so i think this tread will be useful
Please post some screenshots
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Ok joining you then.....here is a video done by Cursed4Eva in youtube also same title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm1ssFkEaN0
I've rooted my phone, no yellow triangle thx.
Do you have a lists of "safe to removed" stock apps when the grand is already rooted?
Which of course it would not cause some lags or sluggish effects on the ui....
Thanks in advance....
polpan said:
Do you have a lists of "safe to removed" stock apps when the grand is already rooted?
Which of course it would not cause some lags or sluggish effects on the ui....
Thanks in advance....
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Yes, heres the list
Chat on
chrome
flipboard
fm radio
group play
hangout
play music
s apps.....
Math_Apolo said:
I've rooted my phone, no yellow triangle thx.
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Still it will have a binary count of 1 and the system status of "custom" so you cannot claim warranty at this condition.
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polpan said:
Do you have a lists of "safe to removed" stock apps when the grand is already rooted?
Which of course it would not cause some lags or sluggish effects on the ui....
Thanks in advance....
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Refer to the ROM threads of Balliboxer and k2wl for a list of removed apps. You can remove those apps based on their list using Titanium backup.
bongski55 said:
Still it will have a binary count of 1 and the system status of "custom" so you cannot claim warranty at this condition.
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Refer to the ROM threads of Balliboxer and k2wl for a list of removed apps. You can remove those apps based on their list using Titanium backup.
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Theres absolutely no way Triangle away by chainfire makes binary count to 0 and system status as official. If it dose not work reset the counter again using triangle away
Samsung had added system status just recently. It is not there on the galaxy note. So we hope that chainfire et al will find a way to reset system status in the future.
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Suriya357 said:
Original idea by Chotu222
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for any damage or bricking of your phone, proceed a your own risk
WARNING: The following procedures should only be followed for GT-I9082 and not any other
Hi, today i am going to explain how to root your phone in safest way with no loss of data.
* Download the files from the attachments and extract them
* Switch off your phone and boot into download mode (vol down + home + power) and press vol up to proceed
* Open odin in pc and and click on PDA
* Locate the you extracted from the CWM touch zip and click open
* Make sure only 'Auto reboot' and 'F.Reset Time' is checked
* Click start once complete odin should say 'PASS' and your phone will reboot
* Copy the Supersu zip file into your external sd card.
* Now switch off your phone and boot into recovery mode (vol down + home + power)
* Now select install zip from sd card -> Choose zip from sd card
* Now locate the supersu zip file and click install
* Now CWM will install the zip
* Samsung devices come with a special flash counter that tracks the no. of times you flash custom roms and zips.
* If you wish to reset the flash counter back to original Download triangle away app by chainfire and hit reset counter. (in attachments)
:good: THERE YOU GO, YOU HAVE ROOTED YOUR SAMSUNG GALAXY GRAND !!! :good:
HIT THANKS IF THIS HELPED YOU
PS - Contact me for any help regarding this
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Nice but must be edited...
To boot into recovery have to press volume up+home+power button...u described vol down for that...vol down is for boot into odin mode..
Check n edit as noobs could get confused....
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jetvis37 said:
Nice but must be edited...
To boot into recovery have to press volume up+home+power button...u described vol down for that...vol down is for boot into odin mode..
Check n edit as noobs could get confused....
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Sorry I didn't notice it at all, I will make changes now.
Is it safe also to root the grand using this process if SIM1 is network locked?
Thanks...
polpan said:
Is it safe also to root the grand using this process if SIM1 is network locked?
Thanks...
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Of course this is the safest way to root grand
Suriya357 said:
Of course this is the safest way to root grand
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I am sure you referred to my thread and made an isotope of it.
Didn't i say no mirroring my recovery image?
Should i write it in Tamil for you?
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chotu222 said:
I am sure you referred to my thread and made an isotope of it.
Didn't i say no mirroring my recovery image?
Should i write it in Tamil for you?
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Sure I'll remove it now, sorry for the inconvinience
Thanks for all the post.!
I got my grand rooted yesterday using clockwork mod recocery.
Next thing is custom rom.
I think cyanogen mod has some bugs like secondary sim not working and strange interface when sim card is pin locked.
Any new custom roms available? ??
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Sure check out the devolopemental section of gt-i9082
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Why I cant reply to certain forums? ??
It says you dont have permission to access to this page
Help me.! Bros.
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vasanthmes said:
Why I cant reply to certain forums? ??
It says you dont have permission to access to this page
Help me.! Bros.
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As a new xda member you are not allowed to post on the development forum until you reach a certain number of posts. DO NOT spam other posts or posts "thanks" opn the post of others just to get your post count increased. Be patient.....
READ THIS: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069298
polpan said:
Do you have a lists of "safe to removed" stock apps when the grand is already rooted?
Which of course it would not cause some lags or sluggish effects on the ui....
Thanks in advance....
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though ODIN shows CMW passed but aim not able to access recovery mode. It still show the original recovery. Any solution?
I am planning on taking my phone to Best Buy to have them re-flash the stock image. I currently uninstalled root, and I don't have a bootloader installed. If i go into download mode, it shows custom status, and binary count = 1, along with a custom start-up animation. I didn't flash a ROM (obviously because I'm on MF3). Is their any way I can remove this? I removed root through Super Su's settings, but if it is required to reset this information to it's official state, I can re-root.
If their is no way, is it for sure we will ever be able to use ODIN to restore the stock MF3 software?
Also, will Triangle Away work on MF3?
Thanks.
supitsronnie said:
I am planning on taking my phone to Best Buy to have them re-flash the stock image. I currently uninstalled root, and I don't have a bootloader installed. If i go into download mode, it shows custom status, and binary count = 1, along with a custom start-up animation. I didn't flash a ROM (obviously because I'm on MF3). Is their any way I can remove this? I removed root through Super Su's settings, but if it is required to reset this information to it's official state, I can re-root.
If their is no way, is it for sure we will ever be able to use ODIN to restore the stock MF3 software?
Also, will Triangle Away work on MF3?
Thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44495559
Last i checked triangle away doesn't work.
DeadlySin9 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44495559
Last i checked triangle away doesn't work.
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Oh my God! After rebooting five times it changed to official! Thank you so much!
Ummm... It sounds like your phone is working fine... Why do you need them to flash MF3?
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graydiggy said:
Ummm... It sounds like your phone is working fine... Why do you need them to flash MF3?
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I am paranoid about not being able to reset my phone. My recovery is corrupt, and their is no way to reset if anything goes wrong. I don't feel like it is stable if that makes sense.
Oh and to everyone reading this for information, best buy said they can't do anything sense I didn't purchase my phone there. I got my phone at AT&T so they said I should contact them.
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MF3 can be J-Tagged now. That should fix you up. Google mobiltechvideos. They do great work. For a price though...
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Are you 100% sure your recovery is messed up? Have you tried all 3 ways to get to it?
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graydiggy said:
MF3 can be J-Tagged now. That should fix you up. Google mobiltechvideos. They do great work. For a price though...
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Are you 100% sure your recovery is messed up? Have you tried all 3 ways to get to it?
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This is a common issue on MF3, but I tried using goo.im and using the hard buttons while booting up. I think my actual recovery is corrupt. I think I'll try best buy saying Samsung referred me and if that doesn't work I will look into J-tag. Thanks.
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There are 3 ways using hardware buttons.
First
1. Hold volume up+ power
2. When the splash screen shows remove your finger from power.
Second
1. hold home+volume up+power.
2 when the splash screen shows, remove your finger from power
Third.
1.Boot into the OS.
2.Hold the power button for the power menu. And keep holding it until the phone turns black and remove your finger from the power button.
3. immediately press the volume up button and hold it.
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graydiggy said:
There are 3 ways using hardware buttons.
First
1. Hold volume up+ power
2. When the splash screen shows remove your finger from power.
Second
1. hold home+volume up+power.
2 when the splash screen shows, remove your finger from power
Third.
1.Boot into the OS.
2.Hold the power button for the power menu. And keep holding it until the phone turns black and remove your finger from the power button.
3. immediately press the volume up button and hold it.
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I haven't had any luck with these three suggestions you listed. Bummer. Thank you for trying to help me.
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I'll just start with how I flashed from the beginning
I337UCUAMDB - May 2, 2013
CASUAL
Stayed there for a while.
Last night I wiped:
/data, /cache, /dalvik, and /system
Flashed Hyperdrive RLS12
Flashed RLS12 - AT&T Compatibility Pack
Rebooted
It seemed to boot fine, but when I unlocked the screen the Google keyboard immediately force closed, then system quit responding so I couldn't even click the Ok button on the force close dialog for a couple minutes. Even after this, everything was very slow. I quickly realized that most of my hardware buttons were misbehaving. Either they only worked when I long pressed them, or they didn't work at all, except for the Home button.
I suspected that the AT&T Compatibility zip was the kernel I would need to make this Verizon-based ROM work on my phone but I wasn't sure if that's true or if I would need a separate kernel zip to flash.
Afterwards I ended up using Odin twice to return to stock MDB and then CASUAL to get root and recovery back.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Have you read it's thread and directions for at&t users ?
Normally if you had a wrong kernel it wouldn't even boot. Honestly if you are new I'd stick to at&t or i9505 ported ROMs. MDB allows you free reign to try all the ROMs.
I suspect you got a bad download or something was missing.
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I'm not new to flashing per se but I broke this phone two weeks after I bought it and just recently got it fixed. I included everything because I wasn't sure where something may have gone wrong. Maybe I came from the wrong base or something. I'll link to this thread in the ROM thread
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What recovery are you using?
TWRP from CASUAL
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Well you didnt have to odin bud. Just make a backup of the rom your on in twrp. Leave it on your sd. I backup to external bc it takes too much space on internal. And try flashing the rom again. Maybe redownload it bc it might be a bad download. I too had the keyboard force closing so I reflashed and only checked swype keyboard in the installer so no more keyboard fc. If you have an issue after flashing the rom just boot recovery and restore your backup instead of using odin.
The hardware button issue and slowness is from force closing. When something fc"es the whole system kinda freezes up and becomes unresponsive. Just dont install any keyboards from the aroma except swype. Try it that way and let it sit for a few minutes after booting. I also suggest using ktoonsez 4.3 tw kernel. You can find it under origional development and flash in recovery after roms installed
As far as how you flashed everything was done right. You can try not wiping manually and just choose full wipe in the aroma installer.
Hope everything goes well if not then just come back here and let us know so we can help
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Also get the app greenify and greenify everything but your launcher
I had issues getting it up and runing as well. took me downloading it a couple times and probably flashing it 4 times. Not sure what was going on. rather than ODIN, I would do a battery pull, hold VOL+ and power and force it into recovery and reflashed. a few times...
Thanks for the replies guys. I used Odin because my external SD is full..I need to buy a bigger one.. anyway I'll download a new copy while I'm getting ready for work and try flashing it on the way.
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https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=CCA504C67312C165!507&authkey=!ANidm4D119J3yZc&ithint=file,.zip
Here you go gang.
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Worked like a charm for me. Thanks!
Thanks!
southern87 said:
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=CCA504C67312C165!507&authkey=!ANidm4D119J3yZc&ithint=file,.zip
Here you go gang.
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Awesome. thanks!
for those who are like me and haven't felt the need to root their phone or use a custom recovery, the process below worked to update an unlocked, un-rooted, stock AT&T moto x. this is probably available elswhere on the forms too.
- copy the zip into "download" on the internal storage
- boot into bootloader by holding volume down and power together
- at the bootloader screen, use volume down and scroll to "recovery", then press volume up to select it
- in recovery mode you will see "no command". hold volume up and press power to show the recovery menu
- use volume down to go to "apply update from sdcard" then press power to enter
- you should be at "choose a package to install", use the volume buttons to highlight "download/" and press power
- use the volume buttons to highlight the zip and press power
the update will start. it took about 5 minutes on my device. when it finishes, use volume keys to select "restart system" and press power. device will restart and you're done.
for unlocked bootloader we'd have to delete superuser to install this, correct?
murso74 said:
for unlocked bootloader we'd have to delete superuser to install this, correct?
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No, you don't need to uninstall superuser. If you use xposed, make sure you uninstall the framework (no need to uninstall the modules).
rohandhruva said:
No, you don't need to uninstall superuser. If you use xposed, make sure you uninstall the framework (no need to uninstall the modules).
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awesome. thanks
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crap, didn't work. says its for "ghost" devices, which i though i was (att 1058)
I get to this point and nothing happens.
- in recovery mode you will see "no command". hold volume up and press power to show the recovery menu
Only thing I can do is long press power to reset the phone
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REDFOCZ said:
I get to this point and nothing happens.
- in recovery mode you will see "no command". hold volume up and press power to show the recovery menu
Only thing I can do is long press power to reset the phone
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I tied to flash via recovery, but the verification check didn't complete. the email.apk didn't match. I removed it when I updated to 4.4.
I flashed down to 4.2.2 from 4.4 and rerunning slap my moto because I am rooted, but no su binary. lol
For those who had issues taking the OTA. You have 2 options that I see.
Removing the verification lines from the updater script. Don't know if that will work or what it will do.
or
Reflashing to 4.2.2 via RSD Lite. The write protection is still 0. using slapmymoto again and updating via OTA to 4.4. You will lose all data. I used to titanium back up and stored my stuff to the my box drive.
I am installing 4.4.2 via recovery from the OTA i downloaded this morning and I don't have that stupid email.apk issue. The system update says i am up to date so I had to do this way.
rohandhruva said:
No, you don't need to uninstall superuser. If you use xposed, make sure you uninstall the framework (no need to uninstall the modules).
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Excuse my not knowing, but I just came to the forums here to peek around and see about this, since I'm on AT&T. If I uninstall the framework and take the update, what do I have to do to enable xposed after the update? Do I have to reinstall the framework every reboot?
Xenther said:
Excuse my not knowing, but I just came to the forums here to peek around and see about this, since I'm on AT&T. If I uninstall the framework and take the update, what do I have to do to enable xposed after the update? Do I have to reinstall the framework every reboot?
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Redownload the framework install app. Is what I did after I eventually got it to update to 4.4.2 lol
Xenther said:
Excuse my not knowing, but I just came to the forums here to peek around and see about this, since I'm on AT&T. If I uninstall the framework and take the update, what do I have to do to enable xposed after the update? Do I have to reinstall the framework every reboot?
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Additionally, you also want to ensure that your /system is not write protected. If your bootloader is not unlocked, /system partition will most likely be write protected, so XPosed will not work until you do a soft-reboot (from the installer app) every time you restart your phone.
I just figured that out hahaha
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Do you need stock recovery for this to work or will twrp work? Can't figure out why mine won't take
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murso74 said:
Do you need stock recovery for this to work or will twrp work? Can't figure out why mine won't take
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You need stock recovery, TWRP won't work.
Does it say some bs about the email. Ask?
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Thanks for the link, updated and all is good so far. I was a tard in the recovery and hitting power vs volume up to select recovery.... Oops but all is good now
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Took the ota and kept root but not write protection.
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had to restore my email.apk back to stock before this worked...oh well
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Took the ota and kept root but not write protection.
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Everyone lost it. I tried to use the thing to kill it again. Fail lol
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Discuss working apps and programs that require root for any of the US Variant S7 and S7 edge phones here!
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Does anyone know if layers can work on the stock firmware on the s7 edge like it did for the lgg4? Also I got exposed working, and fixed the boot loop after flashing engboot. No lag either!
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This is awesome! You guys from the bounty thread did a great job! With a little custom su love from chainfire!
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Never thought I'd see the day. They said it couldn't be done. I'm nervous about doing mine so im stil stock G930P on APB5. Its almost too good to be true!!!
Im assuming titanium back up works?
Also, I have the apn mod for the hotspot to work.(working great btw)....will that apn trick still work or would I have to install a for root app for hotspot?
Thanks in advance for any guidance.
DetoxVenom said:
Does anyone know if layers can work on the stock firmware on the s7 edge like it did for the lgg4? Also I got exposed working, and fixed the boot loop after flashing engboot. No lag either!
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Layers has never worked well with TW, and doesn't work at all on the S7.
DetoxVenom said:
Does anyone know if layers can work on the stock firmware on the s7 edge like it did for the lgg4? Also I got exposed working, and fixed the boot loop after flashing engboot. No lag either!
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So what did you do to disable boot loops?
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Could someone who is able to use package disabler competently and is basically and android noob be able to do this?
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T-Mobile s7 flat confirmed. Apb6
Root checker: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ub8ccnppjx0zeit/Screenshot_20160704-112322.png?dl=0
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T-Mobile s7 flat confirmed. Apb6
Root checker: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ub8ccnppjx...12322.png?dl=0
About: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n9cow0gmk0...12347.png?dl=0
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Links dead
stew1411 said:
So what did you do to disable boot loops?
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You can disabled the boot loop and heating up by factory resetting your phone after flashing the engboot, once this is done do the entire initial setup but when prompt with hands free activation hold the back button. Go to the play store and download package Disabler Samsung. Now go to settings and activate device, when finished do not hit "done" instead hit the home button. Go to package Disabler and search DM services, disable it and wala! Enjoy!
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ike_1985 said:
Could someone who is able to use package disabler competently and is basically and android noob be able to do this?
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Yes it's real easy and if you need help just ask here, that's why I made the thread. ?
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So I have the 930T ,I flashed the Engboot then phone restarted. After the start up process I went to push supersu via adb, it went through the the whole process and success. The phone rebooted automatically and after it booted I could see the supersu app. Root checker says root not installed correctly and also titanium back up won't detect root. I have downloaded and pushed the files a total of 6 times. I have also wiped cache before the last push, still no root. Any ideas?
Did you try to reflash su
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Yes 7 times now.this last time I reflashed the Engboot and did the whole process. Same result.
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Yes 7 times now.this last time I reflashed the Engboot and did the whole process. Same result.
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It's definitely tricky but this works. I've done it to mine 3 times to get everything right. I'm on pd8 by the way.
Here is how I got everything working smooth.
Make sure you have the modified Odin from the original AT&T thread.
Take out the Sim and memory card if you have one. These have caused issues in the past.
Factory reset in recovery. Then boot into download mode. Flash via Odin the 930t pd8 firmware or whatever version you have (from sammobile, 2hr download with a free account) make sure. To use the "Home" csc file. Again we are flashing all the fields.
Now your stock.
Boot up and setup your phone. Still no Sim or memory card. Install kernel auditor, titanium back up and busy box.
Turn on adb mode via developer mode.
ADB reboot download mode.
Flash everything again but this time using " Samsung_G930x_QC_Rooted_boot.zip" in the AP field in Odin.
It will reboot, then once abd is able to see your device. Run the root.bat.
It will reboot after a time.
Once it's back. Install busybox to system/bin, it won't install to xbin.
Use kernel auditor to change cpu governor to "ondemand".
Use titanium back up to freeze "security log agent"
You should be golden.
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DetoxVenom said:
Does anyone know if layers can work on the stock firmware on the s7 edge like it did for the lgg4? Also I got exposed working, and fixed the boot loop after flashing engboot. No lag either!
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How did you install xposed? I saw some poeople say they used Flashfire. I've never used it myself.
Could you write up a quick how to for installing xposed?
Testing.
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billydroid said:
It's definitely tricky but this works. I've done it to mine 3 times to get everything right. I'm on pd8 by the way.
Here is how I got everything working smooth.
Make sure you have the modified Odin from the original AT&T thread.
Take out the Sim and memory card if you have one. These have caused issues in the past.
Factory reset in recovery. Then boot into download mode. Flash via Odin the 930t pd8 firmware or whatever version you have (from sammobile, 2hr download with a free account) make sure. To use the "Home" csc file. Again we are flashing all the fields.
Now your stock.
Boot up and setup your phone. Still no Sim or memory card. Install kernel auditor, titanium back up and busy box.
Turn on adb mode via developer mode.
ADB reboot download mode.
Flash everything again but this time using " Samsung_G930x_QC_Rooted_boot.zip" in the AP field in Odin.
It will reboot, then once abd is able to see your device. Run the root.bat.
It will reboot after a time.
Once it's back. Install busybox to system/bin, it won't install to xbin.
Use kernel auditor to change cpu governor to "ondemand".
Use titanium back up to freeze "security log agent"
You should be golden.
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How did you install xposed? I saw some poeople say they used Flashfire. I've never used it myself.
Could you write up a quick how to for installing xposed?
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It's fairly easy, just download flashfire to your device and go to. http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3180960 and click the download OK your phones browser. The website is for the international variant using exonos but it works the same.
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Just flash the file with flashfire if you need more help let me know.
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How is the lag? Did you notice any performance loss? I followed the steps in the original thread and had to factory reset after being stuck on the Tmo screen (Huge over site on Tmo to add a white splash screen on an AMOLED screen...). After I flashed SU, superSU would lag like crazy. It would take 2 mins for root requests to popup. I never felt so happy to odin back to stock after that. I didnt think of flashing all odin files and just replacing the AP slot. Maybe that will make a difference?
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How is the lag? Did you notice any performance loss? I followed the steps in the original thread and had to factory reset after being stuck on the Tmo screen (Huge over site on Tmo to add a white splash screen on an AMOLED screen...). After I flashed SU, superSU would lag like crazy. It would take 2 mins for root requests to popup. I never felt so happy to odin back to stock after that. I didnt think of flashing all odin files and just replacing the AP slot. Maybe that will make a difference?
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I had the same problem all is good now just let your phone rest so it can learn battery usage and download no frills cpu or any goody kernel tweaker and change govn. To interactive this will help lag. You just have to let phone sit it will fix itself.