Hello all,
I'm determined to get root for Lollipop. I've seen several other Samsung devices that, like ours, lost root in the 5.1.1 update. These devices also have twrp working and attempting to flash root results in a bootloop.
Based on what I can gather, modifying the kernel by setting selinux to permissive should do the trick in allowing root to be flashed safely.
I'm setting up a vm right now, so I'm going to attempt compiling an insecure kernel in my ubuntu vm.
If anyone would like to test, that'd be awesome! I actually haven't made the jump up, so I figure if anyone has and would like to test, I might as well ask and save me time in dl'ing the firmware and odin'ing up.
Thanks
andrewnelson23 said:
Hello all,
I'm determined to get root for Lollipop. I've seen several other Samsung devices that, like ours, lost root in the 5.1.1 update. These devices also have twrp working and attempting to flash root results in a bootloop.
Based on what I can gather, modifying the kernel by setting selinux to permissive should do the trick in allowing root to be flashed safely.
I'm setting up a vm right now, so I'm going to attempt compiling an insecure kernel in my ubuntu vm.
If anyone would like to test, that'd be awesome! I actually haven't made the jump up, so I figure if anyone has and would like to test, I might as well ask and save me time in dl'ing the firmware and odin'ing up.
Thanks
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I have TWRP working so I can backup safely, so I'd be willing to try it.
lewmur said:
I have TWRP working so I can backup safely, so I'd be willing to try it.
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I just made the update, but haven't gotten to twrp'ing it yet. Here's the kernel. You actually need to flash it via odin as a PDA. The kernel output is automatically a boot.img, which we can't really install. So i converted it into a .tar which we can flash through odin.
Edit: It just boots right into twrp for me, it won't boot system
Remember this is a test. If something terribly wrong goes happen, I'm not forcing you to test this: IT'S ON YOU.
That means that we need a flashable stock kernel as well. So we can flash SuperSu and right after the stock kernel and we should be fixed. In a way the same auto root does.
After flashing your kernel I couldn't boot into system. But I am able to flash TWRP with Odin and boot into TWRP. So I flashed SuperSU and wiped caches. I flashed back self made kernel.tar.md5. But still couldn't boot into system. Just flash whole thing again.
Now with the second try TWRP sticks and I was able to flash SuperSu and flashed my stock kernel back. But now I have bootloop after the startup sound. B.t.w. I used SuperSu 2.46
What's next?
If I remember right, bootloop after startup sound means some of the files in your ROM are corrupt...
The device loads in this order: Bootloader, Kernel, ROM. So if it won't boot at all, then the bootloader is corrupt. If it only boots to splash screen but not boot animation, then kernel is corrupt. If it bootloops at start animation then ROM is corrupt.
In other words, it's getting closer!
Edit: @andrewnelson23 Did you download the kernel from Samsung Opensource? If so I tried to edit their kernel following the changes here https://github.com/glewarne/S6-UniKernel/commit/4e3880c912ade3468f3f42189acb1d8d205901fb but it wouldn't compile for me...
Planet X said:
That means that we need a flashable stock kernel as well. So we can flash SuperSu and right after the stock kernel and we should be fixed. In a way the same auto root does.
After flashing your kernel I couldn't boot into system. But I am able to flash TWRP with Odin and boot into TWRP. So I flashed SuperSU and wiped caches. I flashed back self made kernel.tar.md5. But still couldn't boot into system. Just flash whole thing again.
Now with the second try TWRP sticks and I was able to flash SuperSu and flashed my stock kernel back. But now I have bootloop after the startup sound. B.t.w. I used SuperSu 2.46
What's next?
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shakatu said:
If I remember right, bootloop after startup sound means some of the files in your ROM are corrupt...
The device loads in this order: Bootloader, Kernel, ROM. So if it won't boot at all, then the bootloader is corrupt. If it only boots to splash screen but not boot animation, then kernel is corrupt. If it bootloops at start animation then ROM is corrupt.
In other words, it's getting closer!
Edit: @andrewnelson23 Did you download the kernel from Samsung Opensource? If so I tried to edit their kernel following the changes here https://github.com/glewarne/S6-UniKernel/commit/4e3880c912ade3468f3f42189acb1d8d205901fb but it wouldn't compile for me...
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It hits splash screen and will not go further. Actually this is the first time I've just done a kernel edit so forgive my incompetence.
Yes, I downloaded from Samsung source. The sprint note 4 had the same issue, and I believed the dev simply used a few menuconfig edits to disable selinux and root checking. First up, I need to build a kernel from their source to confirm that I'm actually doing it right. Then I will only try removing the selinux(with menuconfig). If that works I will attempt disabling the root check stuff. If it doesn't work, I'll undo the selinux stuff, disable root check and see if that boots. We'll see.
Have you tried framaroot ?
arcadia2uk said:
Have you tried framaroot ?
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does it void knox?, plus our device is not listed as supported
also testers look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...test-root-kernel-t900-touchwiz-5-1-1-t3199349
An option that might work is KingRoot
Once you are rooted you can use Super-Sume to remove the KingRoot apps and replace them with SuperSU
Kongo Root doesn't work. I have already tried.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...hwiz-5-1-1-t3199349/post62786768#post62786768
on my page i need someone who has their 5.1.1 stock rom and TWRP installed working to flash my root kernel and tell me if SE Linux is Passive on about device or not. So i know what i need to fix. It will boot. should not boot loop if you already have 5.1.1 stock running and twrp.
andrewnelson23 said:
I just made the update, but haven't gotten to twrp'ing it yet. Here's the kernel. You actually need to flash it via odin as a PDA. The kernel output is automatically a boot.img, which we can't really install. So i converted it into a .tar which we can flash through odin.
Edit: It just boots right into twrp for me, it won't boot system
Remember this is a test. If something terribly wrong goes happen, I'm not forcing you to test this: IT'S ON YOU.
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After flashing the tar via Odin, the tablet will only boot to TWRP. Had to restore backup.
lewmur said:
After flashing the tar via Odin, the tablet will only boot to TWRP. Had to restore backup.
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....read op....
andrewnelson23 said:
....read op....
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I did read the OP. So what's your point?
lewmur said:
I did read the OP. So what's your point?
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You literally quoted me saying that it doesn't work and it boots straight to twrp...
working on v3 now. adding more ShinySide tweaks.
stealthee said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...hwiz-5-1-1-t3199349/post62786768#post62786768
on my page i need someone who has their 5.1.1 stock rom and TWRP installed working to flash my root kernel and tell me if SE Linux is Passive on about device or not. So i know what i need to fix. It will boot. should not boot loop if you already have 5.1.1 stock running and twrp.
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Hey, just wanted to say you guys are on the right track. See this thread and talk to the OP if you need help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3192767
andrewnelson23 said:
You literally quoted me saying that it doesn't work and it boots straight to twrp...
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Hey, just wanted to say you guys are on the right track. See this thread and talk to the OP if you need help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3192767
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root access was granted look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...hwiz-5-1-1-t3199349/post62800149#post62800149
toolhas4degrees said:
root access was granted look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...hwiz-5-1-1-t3199349/post62800149#post62800149
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I missed that. Only found the link i posted when i was looking at SU updates (play store has 2.46, beta has 2.49). Saw a samsung user facing similar issues to what you guys on the 12.2 have (i'm on a 8.4). Thought i'd throw some kind of input to help out with things. Glad to see you guys figured it out though.
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Samsung Bites
So I just got the US OTA update to 5.1.1 for my galaxy tab pro 12.2 and it is much smoother & pretty nice.. All I wanted to do was add root and rip out knox.. Here's a transcript from samsung official support.. lol.. most likely the last time i buy from them..
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Visitor: i'm trying to find a download link for the us wifi version of the galaxy tab pro 12.2 firmware update to android 5.1.1 -- model number SM-T900
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Bobby A: Hi, thank you for reaching out to Samsung technical support. Your chat was transferred to me and I will be glad to assist you. Please allow a couple of minutes, while I review the previous chat to assist you better.
Bobby A: I see that you want to update the tab pro.
Visitor: yes please..
Bobby A: The updates for the tablets will be released automatically and it can be updated on the tablet. It is not possible to download the firmware through a link or website.
Visitor: yeah my tablet already updated.. in all actuality i want to cook a custom firmware with root added and kies removed.. please help me get my hands on the zip..
Bobby A: Samsung do not recommends to root the tablet as it might not be stable and might damage the tablet.
Visitor: i'm sure they don't recommend it, but they also don't help me use the bathroom or wash my car.. i'm not asking for much.. i just want root & twrp -- i'm a developer..
Bobby A: We do not have the website or links for rooting the tablet.
Visitor: i don't want the website or links for rooting it.. i just want the ota zip file.. please help me out with providing me the zip file that my tablet downloaded..
Bobby A: As we have told you that the custom firmware is not available for download.
Visitor: i'm not sure where the breakdown in language is.. i don't want custom firmware, i want the OTA zip file.. the "official" one..
Bobby A: The firmware can be available on the tablet when it is released for your tablet. It will be released through the Samsung server. The Zip files for the firmware will not be available for download. Hope you understand.
Visitor: i do not understand. it is available, it is for download, i didn't have wireshark running to sniff the url when it downloaded earlier.. i would like the url please.. it will save me hours of rolling back..
Bobby A: If the download file is available, I would have provided you by now.
Visitor: i'm not asking for support in any way of anything custom, only the ability to download a file you have released to the public..
Visitor: i'm feeling like a 2 minute question has taken 15 already.. can you please help me out with a link?
Bobby A: The firmware files can be downloaded on the tablet through the server when it is available.
Bobby A: There is no link to download the firmware file for the tablet. They can be updated online from the tablet, when the update is available for your tablet's model.
Visitor: it is already available.. it downloaded. I have it.. thank you, it is nice.. there are a few things I would like to do to it to make it nicer and more usable..
Bobby A: Samsung do not release the firmware on the official site to download it manually.
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Who knew a MONDAY would be such an awesome day! New OTA Update MF9 as 1st reported HERE by @jonathanhtc . Any questions can go here guys....
I'll start off with a question I have: Does this mean that all of our mods will have to be re-done to be able to be flashed on the new update? ie: Hotspot mod, 4 in 1 reboot mod, etc. all have to be re-done to be able to work on the new software update?!
Question that's on everyones mind is:
Are the bootloaders locked? That "Secure boot status: Samsung" thing was not there before if I remember correctly.
xonone said:
Question that's on everyones mind is:
Are the bootloaders locked? That "Secure boot status: Samsung" thing was not there before if I remember correctly.
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That's why I'm definitely waiting till the devs take a look at it before I download it. It definitely wasn't there with MDC and MDL.
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Yes same here. BUT some new things that were reported are: Transparent notification bar with any wallpaper, new smart pause toggle, smoother UI (less lag), move apps to SD card, and KNOX is finally deployed along with Briefing and SPDclient.
First things first. Let's see what partitions got an update.
And someone should put a bug in Agat's ear to patch his kernel with the latest updates.
garwynn said:
First things first. Let's see what partitions got an update.
And someone should put a bug in Agat's ear to patch his kernel with the latest updates.
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I already posted in his thread about an hour ago that source is up
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I wonder if this is basically the same update that the international version got. Hopefully it is, and it fixes the "smearing issue" and also we get the HDR video recording!
I heard people were unable to unlock to use internationally. Some said sprint unlocked but software restrictions remained. Do you think this update might fix that? And im not talking for use withing the U.S. mainly outside (Europe)
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Okay, new bootloader, modem, kernel.
2 secondary bootloaders updated as well as rpm and tz.
Interesting that everything backs up to mmcblk0p22 before writing the new one.
Don't recall seeing that in updates for other devices.
New Fingerprint is just swap out MDL with MF9.
As mentioned, Knox is there. Makes me wonder what else was locked down with it.
Updated OCR among many updated binaries.
A lot of the binaries - in particular, vendor blobs - have an update.
I'll need someone to dump the system partition once it's patched for the new vendor files.
Hopefully good news for AOSP builds.
I'm asking to see if the previous sources have any info - but they've already stated not to expect anything.
There are a few questions that need to be figured out:
1) What is in the new bootloader? Are we locked like most of the others?
2) Can we revert bootloaders after flashing - and if so, what does it take to do so?
3) Root on new build?
All of this is going to require a test device, which sadly at the moment I am now without.
All the problems with the N2 left me with a Spare N2 and now without an S4.
xonone said:
Question that's on everyones mind is:
Are the bootloaders locked? That "Secure boot status: Samsung" thing was not there before if I remember correctly.
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bootloader isnt locked, mine is already back to rooted with twrp. that secured by samsung is the new knox stuff, so you can assign your own bootloader chain etc. i dont know all the details nor do i pretend to, but what i do know is its for companies to lock their phones down and not a concern to us
shabbypenguin said:
bootloader isnt locked, mine is already back to rooted with twrp. that secured by samsung is the new knox stuff, so you can assign your own bootloader chain etc. i dont know all the details nor do i pretend to, but what i do know is its for companies to lock their phones down and not a concern to us
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Could you post the steps you used to update & restore root please?
illdini said:
Could you post the steps you used to update & restore root please?
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you apply the ota, flash recovery via odin and then flash supersu. if youd rather skip a step im pretty sure you can use ota root keeper
shabbypenguin said:
you apply the ota, flash recovery via odin and then flash supersu. if youd rather skip a step im pretty sure you can use ota root keeper
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When applying the OTA, were you rooted and flashed with a Custom Recovery (i.e.-CWM or TWRP)? Or were you completely stock?
chenry944 said:
When applying the OTA, were you rooted and flashed with a Custom Recovery (i.e.-CWM or TWRP)? Or were you completely stock?
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Judging by his earlier post I'm guessing custom recovery is probably not the best way to flash.
I have the same question BTW I'm rooted, with TWRP recovery, but stock ROM. Have installed a few mods (hotspot, camera shutter sound disabled. Had XPosed framework installed with a couple of mods, but removed those later).
What would be the safe way for me to install the new update? I actually like some of the features that Samsung added, so not looking to switch away from stock ROM for now.
I'm hoping that knowledgeable developers will provide guidance in the next few days
jj14 said:
Judging by his earlier post I'm guessing custom recovery is probably not the best way to flash
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Yea I read that post I am just trying to get clarification for myself and everyone else in which way he did flash it.
shabbypenguin said:
bootloader isnt locked, mine is already back to rooted with twrp. that secured by samsung is the new knox stuff, so you can assign your own bootloader chain etc. i dont know all the details nor do i pretend to, but what i do know is its for companies to lock their phones down and not a concern to us
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Best news of this thread! Thanks for taking the chance!
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yea i was stock odex from crawj and i hit errors while flashing it twrp, i flashed stock kernel and stock recovery and tried and it still failed so i modded teh zip to forcibly install, i now have no mobile data and my modem isnt updated. so my suggestion, dont follow my lead
im currently flashing MDC stock tar to fully update all the way.
Got the Modem Updated to MF9 using Odin without going back to Stock, uploading the odin package now, and will be updating the thread here -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2338919
Does this include the security update Google announced would be coming to OEMs?
Now if i update to mf9, will it affect custom roms that are built around MDL, or AOSP?
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Two requests
First off I just want to thank you for your hard and excellent work. I have been using MOAR for quite some time and it has been great. I am switching to the BS free ROM - it's almost exactly what I want. I was curious if you could add back the Samsung Email App with Exchange Support and also the S6 Keyboard. I have to run the standard email app for work, and could not find a seperate source to successfully install on BOG5. I was able to get the S6 Keyboard sepererately and installed, but who wants the ugly S5 KB preinstalled anyway?
Thanks!
airwalker1 said:
First off I just want to thank you for your hard and excellent work. I have been using MOAR for quite some time and it has been great. I am switching to the BS free ROM - it's almost exactly what I want. I was curious if you could add back the Samsung Email App with Exchange Support and also the S6 Keyboard. I have to run the standard email app for work, and could not find a seperate source to successfully install on BOG5. I was able to get the S6 Keyboard sepererately and installed, but who wants the ugly S5 KB preinstalled anyway?
Thanks!
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Have you tried installing Android Exchange Services? It integrates Exchange into the gmail app. I use it and am very happy.
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...ge-services-6-5-1791555-android-apk-download/
stock ncg to no bs 0g5 issues
Hey how you guys doing? Thanks for all your hard work jkruse.
I'm having issues. I flashed back to stock NCG, I've rooted, installed busybox, installed safestrap, installed flashfire v0.21, when I go to install the no BS 0G5 deodexed rom using flashfire. I do the following steps I select the firmware first then the rom finally the kernel. Once it flashes and finishes it just freezes at black galaxy s5 boot screen it stays there and doesn't do anything. I've checked all md5 checksums verified them again just to be sure they checked out correctly. I'm no noob I've been flashing roms and rooting since I had my Droid X back in the day. If you could point me in the right direction, your help would be greatly appreciated and thank your time.
Are you flashing the firmware as a zip or firmware package? The firmware flashable file includes the kernel, and it needs to be flashed as a zip, not a firmware package.
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Try flashing the NCG kernel with Odin and see if you can boot into safe strap. If you can get into safe strap, then install the BOG5 kernal.zip.
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I've been flashing the firmware as is, I'm not to sure how to select flash as a zip or package. I'm new to flashfire, I've always used odin.
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I've been flashing the firmware as is, I'm not to sure how to select flash as a zip or package. I'm new to flashfire, I've always used odin.
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Do you tap "Flash firmware package" or "Flash ZIP or OTA" when you select the firmware?
I select firmware for the firmware part
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Do you tap "Flash firmware package" or "Flash ZIP or OTA" when you select the firmware?
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flashing back to stock yet again, this time i did the ota flash zip on each i selected rom first, firmware, kernel, lastly theme. it flashed everything but refuses to get past the black galaxy s5 logo it did something new this time it hangs and boots to recovery.
Your phone keeps bootlooping every time because you keep flashing it incorrectly. DO NOT flash it as a firmware package. DO flash it as a ZIP or OTA.
I will make it much more simple. Boot into safe strap, then tap install. Install BOG5 firmware, then install the BS free ROM. When the install is complete, tap wipe Dalvik/cache, then tap reboot. Then wait 7 minutes for your phone to boot into awesomeness.
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Your phone keeps bootlooping every time because you keep flashing it incorrectly. DO NOT flash it as a firmware package. DO flash it as a ZIP or OTA.
I will make it much more simple. Boot into safe strap, then tap install. Install BOG5 firmware, then install the BS free ROM. When the install is complete, tap wipe Dalvik/cache, then tap reboot. Then wait 7 minutes for your phone to boot into awesomeness.
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Alright I'll do that now, thanks for your time. I really appreciate the help.
I've never had issues flashing the way I have been until earlier today.
Forgive me, I misread your last post. I see that you flashed as OTA last time. I haven't had any issues flashing with FlashFire, but I have heard of some people running into problems. Try using safestrap and following the steps I just posted. Also, you do not need to flash the kernel, because it is included with the firmware.
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Forgive me, I misread your last post. I see that you flashed as OTA last time. I haven't had any issues flashing with FlashFire, but I have heard of some people running into problems. Try using safestrap and following the steps I just posted. Also, you do not need to flash the kernel, because it is included with the firmware.
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Alright I'm doing so now, I'll report back, thanks again!
I may know why you are running into issues now that you hadn't before. On previous builds, JK would use an actual firmware package and separate kernel. The BOE1 firmware contained a bootloader update that prevented downgrading, so it needed to be modified, and was no longer an official firmware package. Since then, he has made the firmwares flashable as a zip. You are probably familiar with the older method of upgrading the firmware, which is why you've never had an issue before.
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I may know why you are running into issues now that you hadn't before. On previous builds, JK would use an actual firmware package and separate kernel. The BOE1 firmware contained a bootloader update that prevented downgrading, so it needed to be modified, and was no longer an official firmware package. Since then, he has made the firmwares flashable as a zip. You are probably familiar with the older method of upgrading the firmware, which is why you've never had an issue before.
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It worked man, thanks again for helping. I'm sure I might have missed something somewhere. I'm gonna try to flash it again just did what you said to ensure it was working now, typing from my phone right now.
Glad to hear it!
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Glad to hear it!
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Just reflashed and started fresh, now it's working and also the themes are aswell. No more issue's.
Looks like I've ran into another problem, wifi tether keeps getting force closes when trying to use foxfi tether app. Maybe i have to copy some files from a stock 0g5 ROM? Using the google deodexed version.
airwalker1 said:
First off I just want to thank you for your hard and excellent work. I have been using MOAR for quite some time and it has been great. I am switching to the BS free ROM - it's almost exactly what I want. I was curious if you could add back the Samsung Email App with Exchange Support and also the S6 Keyboard. I have to run the standard email app for work, and could not find a seperate source to successfully install on BOG5. I was able to get the S6 Keyboard sepererately and installed, but who wants the ugly S5 KB preinstalled anyway?
Thanks!
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How and what exactly did you do to get the S6 keyboard installed and working? I've tried and haven't had any luck. Also, it is the one with the emoji to the left of the spacebar right? Thank you in advance
Hey guys, I have been out of the android world for a couple of years, I would appreciate some guidance.
I I'm currently living in US
T-mobil
Model number: SM-G935T
Android version: 6.0.1
Updated right now
So my question is, since I don't have any backup or anything, can someone provide me with the steps to get me started? Like what post to root it on this specific carrier and how everything? please
Thanks
Arturofm2 said:
Hey guys, I have been out of the android world for a couple of years, I would appreciate some guidance.
I I'm currently living in US
T-mobil
Model number: SM-G935T
Android version: 6.0.1
Updated right now
So my question is, since I don't have any backup or anything, can someone provide me with the steps to get me started? Like what post to root it on this specific carrier and how everything? please
Thanks
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Of course we can get your started but see
But first you must answer us these question three.
Why do you want root?
Do you have a computer? (This is a must for root.)
Are you ready to be disappointed?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/how-to-root-s7-edge-t3410470
follow this (use odin to flash rooted kernel) ......you should search before posting things like this.....google is your friend bro.
GOOD LUCK - BTW use flash fire app in play store to make backups and flash roms
Okay okay.
A quick glance at T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Discussion would have led you to the "How to root the S7 EDGE" thread.
I'd take a look in there if I were you.
Binary100100 said:
Of course we can get your started but see
But first you must answer us these question three.
Why do you want root?
Do you have a computer? (This is a must for root.)
Are you ready to be disappointed?
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Well while I was waiting I just rooted it. So what do you think that would be the next step towards installing a rom? To answer your survey questions :laugh: :
1- Because a phone without being rooted is like a bird without wins.
2- I do
3- Oh well... tell me more
Arturofm2 said:
Well while I was waiting I just rooted it. So what do you think that would be the next step towards installing a rom? To answer your survey questions :laugh: :
1- Because a phone without being rooted is like a bird without wins.
2- I do
3- Oh well... tell me more
EDIT: I just checked and the root didn't go through... even though ODIN said it was successful
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Well then.
Rooting the phone (as I'm sure you had already found out) was fairly easy.
BUT... since we do not have an unlocked bootloader then we cannot have any custom recovery. Which means we can only (for now) use adb and Fireflash to flash any custom firmwares. And while we're on the subject of that... there is only one custom rom. Well... technically there are two but only one for you since you updated to the latest firmware.
Echoe ROM which was updated (ummm...) September 9th (not including the Verizon version which might work but with no promises)
Tekxv2 which was updated back in July. Unfortunately, that is flashed by adb (computer required) and only supports G935TUVS3APD8 which is... pretty old.
Things that you may notice with root.
Battery life may be shorter.
Strange icons on your status bar.
Might start to have random reboots for absolutely no reason.
Can't use Samsung Pay and some other apps.
Phone might be laggy.
Phone might feel hot.
Some of those can be resolved by flashing the only custom rom that we have (Echoe ROM... which is a rather nice rom) but it's not "there" yet.
Or you can use the guide in my signature to resolve issues like the lag and the strange icons. Yet even after the "fix" you might still experience both again from time to time.
You might even have the IMS force close issue which I used to get about once a month. It would piss me off because no sooner that you click the button, it'll pop up again and you don't have time to do anything. You're pretty much forced to reflash stock, wipe, re-root, restore a latest backup... which can take hours and is rather inconvenient if it happens to you while you're at work like it always seemed to happen for me.
SO...
All in all... root is okay. It's better than nothing I suppose. But until we get more developer support for this phone then in my opinion it's kinda pointless in my opinion.
Too many drawbacks. I eventually unrooted two weeks ago and I love my phone now. I'm using the heck out of Samsung Pay especially since their promotions are pretty nice right now! Plus a few members are testing the Nouget update which probably won't be getting root at all since rooting requires an engineering kernel which we don't have and might not get. Or an unlocked bootloader which we've pretty much given up on.
A lot of members that are testing the Nouget beta firmware are extremely satisfied with it so if we can't root Nouget then having a rooted S7 will probably fade away as more people update to Android 7+. That's where I see this going anyway.
Binary100100 said:
What you wrote above
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So for what I understood the dev support for this phone is very limited... I know the issues I may encounter, I had them with the galaxy note. but any way... If something I'll unroot it but I want to try it out Thank for you time. I've rooted it.
EDIT: Damn... I really don't like the visual style of Echoe... is that one the only one I can flash??
Binary100100 said:
Well then.
Rooting the phone (as I'm sure you had already found out) was fairly easy.
BUT... since we do not have an unlocked bootloader then we cannot have any custom recovery. Which means we can only (for now) use adb and Fireflash to flash any custom firmwares. And while we're on the subject of that... there is only one custom rom. Well... technically there are two but only one for you since you updated to the latest firmware.
Echoe ROM which was updated (ummm...) September 9th (not including the Verizon version which might work but with no promises)
Tekxv2 which was updated back in July. Unfortunately, that is flashed by adb (computer required) and only supports G935TUVS3APD8 which is... pretty old.
Things that you may notice with root.
Battery life may be shorter.
Strange icons on your status bar.
Might start to have random reboots for absolutely no reason.
Can't use Samsung Pay and some other apps.
Phone might be laggy.
Phone might feel hot.
Some of those can be resolved by flashing the only custom rom that we have (Echoe ROM... which is a rather nice rom) but it's not "there" yet.
Or you can use the guide in my signature to resolve issues like the lag and the strange icons. Yet even after the "fix" you might still experience both again from time to time.
You might even have the IMS force close issue which I used to get about once a month. It would piss me off because no sooner that you click the button, it'll pop up again and you don't have time to do anything. You're pretty much forced to reflash stock, wipe, re-root, restore a latest backup... which can take hours and is rather inconvenient if it happens to you while you're at work like it always seemed to happen for me.
SO...
All in all... root is okay. It's better than nothing I suppose. But until we get more developer support for this phone then in my opinion it's kinda pointless in my opinion.
Too many drawbacks. I eventually unrooted two weeks ago and I love my phone now. I'm using the heck out of Samsung Pay especially since their promotions are pretty nice right now! Plus a few members are testing the Nouget update which probably won't be getting root at all since rooting requires an engineering kernel which we don't have and might not get. Or an unlocked bootloader which we've pretty much given up on.
A lot of members that are testing the Nouget beta firmware are extremely satisfied with it so if we can't root Nouget then having a rooted S7 will probably fade away as more people update to Android 7+. That's where I see this going anyway.
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How are you doing with the ads? Like youtube, pandora, spotify? I just installed xposed and the phone feels very hot, and If I unroot it (which I'm thinking to do) I won't be able to get things without ads (I know about vpns and browsers). Also how can I install teaks for apps? Installing apks from pages that promise you this and you have to log in is very untruthful. Any suggestions to all this?
Arturofm2 said:
How are you doing with the ads? Like youtube, pandora, spotify? I just installed xposed and the phone feels very hot, and If I unroot it (which I'm thinking to do) I won't be able to get things without ads (I know about vpns and browsers). Also how can I install teaks for apps? Installing apks from pages that promise you this and you have to log in is very untruthful. Any suggestions to all this?
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I just put up with them.
In all reality, I don't use my phone for the purposes that require my viewing of ads to begin with.
Sure when I was rooted I had adblocker. But honestly, I had completely forgotten all about that benefit of being rooted until now.
I suppose if you absolutely need to be rid of ads then by all means, retain root. However ads don't effect my daily use one bit.
Binary100100 said:
I just put up with them.
In all reality, I don't use my phone for the purposes that require my viewing of ads to begin with.
Sure when I was rooted I had adblocker. But honestly, I had completely forgotten all about that benefit of being rooted until now.
I suppose if you absolutely need to be rid of ads then by all means, retain root. However ads don't effect my daily use one bit.
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Could you help me unroot it? I was following a guide here to unroot it and downloaded the firmware but when I click flash, it didn't work, I'm having travel reverting it, can you help me? The model is: SM-G935T
Arturofm2 said:
Could you help me unroot it? I was following a guide here to unroot it and downloaded the firmware but when I click flash, it didn't work, I'm having travel reverting it, can you help me? The model is: SM-G935T
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I just flash the appropriate firmware that you had prior to rooting with ODIN.
Never had any issues. Which "guide" are you referring to?
Binary100100 said:
I just flash the appropriate firmware that you had prior to rooting with ODIN.
Never had any issues. Which "guide" are you referring to?
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bro now I'm friking out, I followed this guide and when I click in flash it says Fail. I followed it step by step, I don't don't what's going on and when I reset the phone it says custom and doesn't even load, so tmobil would know that I rooted it...
fff.... can you give me the link, guide, whatever you used to revert it?
Arturofm2 said:
bro now I'm friking out, I followed this guide and when I click in flash it says Fail. I followed it step by step, I don't don't what's going on and when I reset the phone it says custom and doesn't even load, so tmobil would know that I rooted it...
fff.... can you give me the link, guide, whatever you used to revert it?
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You're probably trying to flash a firmware with a V3 bootloader over G935TTMB4APK1.
If you were seriously following that (outdated) guide step by step then you tried flashing TMB_G935TUVU3APG1.zip over a PK1 firmware. Yeah... that doesn't work.
Download the latest firmware from sammmobile.
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G935T/
Try it again.
IF that doesn't work... try using Smart Switch.
I haven't done it before but I think it's the Emergency Software Recovery and Initialization.
forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/odin-apk1-tmobile-tmbg935ttmb4apk1-t3494724
Odin this to return to stock firmware.
Binary100100 said:
You're probably trying to flash a firmware with a V3 bootloader over G935TTMB4APK1.
If you were seriously following that (outdated) guide step by step then you tried flashing TMB_G935TUVU3APG1.zip over a PK1 firmware. Yeah... that doesn't work.
Download the latest firmware from sammobile.
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G935T/
Try it again.
IF that doesn't work... try using Smart Switch.
I haven't done it before but I think it's the Emergency Software Recovery and Initialization.
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You have no idea the help you gave me. I went to sammobil before but since it said that the download speed was too slow, I didn't do it through that page. Now I did it and it's working fine thanks bro.
But when I start it, it says: custom in the log in, how can I totally put it original?
tduquefjc said:
forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/odin-apk1-tmobile-tmbg935ttmb4apk1-t3494724
Odin this to return to stock firmware.
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If I want to remove everything and just leave it plain how it comes from factory when you buy it, do I just flash the AP file?
Arturofm2 said:
You have no idea the help you gave me. I went to sammobil before but since it said that the download speed was too slow, I kept it. Now I did it and it's working fine thanks bro.
But when I start it, it says: custom in the log in, how can I totally put it original?
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Arturofm2 said:
If I want to remove everything and just leave it plain how it comes from factory when you buy it, do I just flash the AP file?
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You should flash everything.
BL= Bootloader (which should be V4 since you updated to the latest firmware already. Anything less than V4 will fail.)
AP= Is for System, Cache, kernel, etc.
CP= Is for modems
CSC is for your HOME_CSC_TMB_G935TTMB4APK1_CL9507190_QB11413830_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 file.
Important! If you use the CSC_TMB_G935TTMB4APK1_CL9507190_QB11413830_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 (doesn't have the word "HOME" in the name) then it'll wipe your phone!
If your phone still says "CUSTOM" on it then make sure that reboot and check again. If it still says custom then make sure that you don't still have the engineering kernel. Re-flash the AP files again if so. It shouldn't though if it's 100% stock. Also note if you saw the unlocked padlock on the S7 Edge splash screen (before the bootanimation).
Good luck and happy New Year.
Binary100100 said:
You should flash everything.
BL= Bootloader (which should be V4 since you updated to the latest firmware already. Anything less than V4 will fail.)
AP= Is for System, Cache, kernel, etc.
CP= Is for modems
CSC is for your HOME_CSC_TMB_G935TTMB4APK1_CL9507190_QB11413830_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 file.
Important! If you use the CSC_TMB_G935TTMB4APK1_CL9507190_QB11413830_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 (doesn't have the word "HOME" in the name) then it'll wipe your phone!
If your phone still says "CUSTOM" on it then make sure that reboot and check again. If it still says custom then make sure that you don't still have the engineering kernel. Re-flash the AP files again if so. It shouldn't though if it's 100% stock. Also note if you saw the unlocked padlock on the S7 Edge splash screen (before the bootanimation).
Good luck and happy New Year.
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Perfect! All I did was reboot it, and the unlocked padlock went away, thank you very much for all your help! Happy new year!
More details in the Verizon Note 4 forum here.
XDA:DevDB Information
EFIDroid, Kernel for the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 4
Contributors
abraha2d, m11kkaa
Source Code: https://github.com/efidroid
Kernel Special Features: UEFI, MultiBoot
Version Information
Status: Beta
Current Beta Version: 0.1
Beta Release Date: 2017-03-18
Created 2017-03-20
Last Updated 2017-03-31
THIS IS INCREDIBLE!! Greatest thing since sliced bread where is the donation link this an amazing piece of development 2nd lvl bootloader f yaaaa!!
vegoja said:
THIS IS INCREDIBLE!! Greatest thing since sliced bread where is the donation link this an amazing piece of development 2nd lvl bootloader f yaaaa!!
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Believe me, I didn't do much work. You can donate to @m11kkaa, though. He's the developer of EFIDroid (if you didn't already know that...). I believe he has a donation link in his profile...
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 using XDA Labs
This is great but is there a way to uninstall it (if necessary) and get back to the primary ROM (stock or Lineage OS) without losing data?
tried to do a bit of light research and couldn't find what's different between this and other preexisting multiboot solutions. I've been using Dual Boot Patcher for sometime without issues. Is this somehow better? and if so, how?
Mtotallywired said:
tried to do a bit of light research and couldn't find what's different between this and other preexisting multiboot solutions. I've been using Dual Boot Patcher for sometime without issues. Is this somehow better? and if so, how?
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EFIDroid is what you would call a "second-stage bootloader". The main advantage over Dual Boot Patcher (at least for me) is that you no longer have to patch zip files before installing. Also, EFIDroid is more than just a multi-boot solution. Quoting @m11kkaa:
efidroid tries to focus on simplicity, and doesn't require any kernel modifications etc.
in general: well having such a powerful bootloader in your boot stage gives you lots of possibilities, like multiboot, replacements/additions for kernels/ramdisk/cmdline.
This project has a lot more potential than what's currently implemented. i.e. you can give samsung devices fastboot and sony devices a standalone recovery. Also you can natively boot GNU GRUB if you're into booting linux kernel's the desktop way.
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The two solutions are similar enough that you can migrate your setup from Dual Boot Patcher to EFIDroid without losing any data. I'll try to post a guide later this week.
I was I under the impression dual boot required multiple ROMs running the same kernel... If that is the case a huge advantage efi has is each ROM having their own boot img. I'm currently running 3 ROMs a lollipop a marshmallow and of course a nougat. I really just wanted to see all 3 latest android os running flawlessly on 1 device. And I did just that hats off to the developer for this.
baharvey7817 said:
This is great but is there a way to uninstall it (if necessary) and get back to the primary ROM (stock or Lineage OS) without losing data?
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There's an uninstall button in the app. Or, you could just flash the original boot.img via TWRP (basically what the uninstall button does).
I'm a noob...What is this? Where do I need to go to learn about why I would want this...Please explain lol
mlock420 said:
I'm a noob...What is this? Where do I need to go to learn about why I would want this...Please explain lol
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you can look at their website, and then decide if you want this level of control over your phone.
http://efidroid.org/
Thanks for bringing us this tool. One thing I can't figure out...how do we Odin a different bootloader? I have DOK2 loaded now, and want to put Dr. Ketan's on the phone. The sub instructions say to Odin the BL and CP, as the ROM is generally generic. There us also a datafix and an essential fix that needs to be applied. Doing all of that is easy, but how do I keep two separate bootloaders (LP and MM) totally separate? If I flash a LP over a MM, my camera breaks, and if I flash a MM over LP, WiFi breaks. And I'm not talking about dirty flashes, a full system, data, and cache wipe 3x. Only Odin back to the base ROM keeps my phone happy.
1freedude said:
Thanks for bringing us this tool. One thing I can't figure out...how do we Odin a different bootloader? I have DOK2 loaded now, and want to put Dr. Ketan's on the phone. The sub instructions say to Odin the BL and CP, as the ROM is generally generic. There us also a datafix and an essential fix that needs to be applied. Doing all of that is easy, but how do I keep two separate bootloaders (LP and MM) totally separate? If I flash a LP over a MM, my camera breaks, and if I flash a MM over LP, WiFi breaks. And I'm not talking about dirty flashes, a full system, data, and cache wipe 3x. Only Odin back to the base ROM keeps my phone happy.
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There's no way to have two different bootloaders. EFIDroid comes between the bootloader and the boot.img, so it has no control over the bootloader.
EDIT: EFIDroid may be able to emulate the behavior of another bootloader... you would have to ask @m11kkaa for details...
Where can I download this for T-mobile ??
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CousinMikeyP said:
Where can I download this for T-mobile ??
Sent from my SM-N9300 using Tapatalk
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Here is the LINK. You can see more info HERE
I downloaded and started up the EFIdroid unofficial apk but got the following message:
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Error
Can't load device info. Please check your connection.
/data/user/0/org.efidroid.efidroidmanager.debug/files/devices.json (No such file or directory)
override ota server try again
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Could you please explain what's going on? Seems that this version is different from the one i downloaded in March. Could it be that it's not getting root access? What can I do to get around this error?
baharvey7817 said:
I downloaded and started up the EFIdroid unofficial apk but got the following message:
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Error
Can't load device info. Please check your connection.
/data/user/0/org.efidroid.efidroidmanager.debug/files/devices.json (No such file or directory)
override ota server try again
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Could you please explain what's going on? Seems that this version is different from the one i downloaded in March. Could it be that it's not getting root access? What can I do to get around this error?
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I will have to look into it... The EFIDroid app error messages are not exactly the most helpful kind. (Good thing the app is being phased out soon). That particular error message could mean many things, but most likely it's a connection issue. We will continue this in Slack.
Will this work on tw 7.0 if i was porting a rom. Also why wont aosp kernel work on tw.. i always thought tw was aosp with skin..
Go to back to the link posted above where you got the unofficial apk and go to post #83. The OP posted an apk there that works fine on our phone.
baharvey7817 said:
I downloaded and started up the EFIdroid unofficial apk but got the following message:
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Can't load device info. Please check your connection.
/data/user/0/org.efidroid.efidroidmanager.debug/files/devices.json (No such file or directory)
override ota server try again
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Could you please explain what's going on? Seems that this version is different from the one i downloaded in March. Could it be that it's not getting root access? What can I do to get around this error?
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RaySCLA said:
Go to back to the link posted above where you got the unofficial apk and go to post #83. The OP posted an apk there that works fine on our phone.
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Tried what you suggested but it didn't work either. So, I chose the 'nuclear option': I wiped the phone completely then reinstalled the stock Marshmallow ROM. using Odin. After that i installed TWRP v3.0.2 (trltetmo) and Supersu v2.79 as well as Busybox v1.26. Only then was I able to install EFIDroid successfully. Now, I'm able to boot the stock rom as well as Resurrection Remix.
It seems that if your going to install EFIDroid you must have the phone rooted using SuperSU. Using Magisk to root your phone instead of SuperSu won't work (at least it didn't work in my case).
lowkeyst4tus said:
Will this work on tw 7.0 if i was porting a rom. Also why wont aosp kernel work on tw.. i always thought tw was aosp with skin..
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This should work anywhere, regardless of ROM... But btw, it's a stretch to say TW is just a skin on top of AOSP. In fact, TW is probably the farthest you can get from AOSP... There's a lot of significant differences that make AOSP kernels incompatible with TW ROMs...
Like I have mentioned to the others in the J3 Emerge community, I had this done just didn't have the opportunity to upload it until today. This is a Deknoxed and Deodexed base for custom ROMs for users who are currently on the QI2 stock firmware. And since I did nothing but remove the odexes(including the one on the boot img iirc which is why it comes up with the typical custom kernel message on bootup) and removed Knox, I'm not posting this as a DevDB thread as Samsung did all the heavy lifting so to speak.
[url]https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=745849072291691412[/URL]
And yes, this can be flashed as is but as always, you do so at your own risk. I will not replace your device and neither will Boost Mobile nor Samsung in the event of data loss, corruption, theft, fire, pod people, etc.
Please do not mirror this zip without express permission from me.
I believe this COULD be used on VMUS and SPRINT as well, but because I do not have the Emerge from those carriers. Also, from what I see it can only be rooted using SuperSU in Systemless mode or Magisk.
How can i get wifi working after flashing this?
evilgold said:
How can i get wifi working after flashing this?
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If you're not on QI2 when you flash this, it won't work. No idea how to fix it unless you use the QI2 ODIN package to "upgrade" which is found on AFH under the user the_yankee, iirc. Not at pc so can't verify this. Have stuff to do rn so can't get on one.
SammaelAkuma said:
If you're not on QI2 when you flash this, it won't work. No idea how to fix it unless you use the QI2 ODIN package to "upgrade" which is found on AFH under the user the_yankee, iirc. Not at pc so can't verify this. Have stuff to do rn so can't get on one.
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Thanks! that's exactly what i was missing, I guess i was using a different version before, flashing the QI2 first did the trick.
I think I will put together a set of zips that can be used to get any of the three we are all on,working on the various versions. All a user will need to do is pick their carrier and flash it in TWRP after first boot that way the system writes the csc directory. I will post you all a link when I get them built. They are sorely needed and long over due.
SammaelAkuma said:
I believe this COULD be used on VMUS and SPRINT as well, but because I do not have the Emerge from those carriers. Also, from what I see it can only be rooted using SuperSU in Systemless mode or Magisk.
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help how to flash this zip??
help me understand please
please help me. i used the A|1 sprint Rom and soft bricked my phone and stuck in complete boot loop. it goes as far as recovery screen in TWRP and reboots. i have tried to download official Rom from your links through google drive but for whatever reason they wont download.
please help me i just need an official J327P ROM. Odin keeps getting stuck on "setup Connection"
worked for my sm-j320p boost thank you
bro, what part of the Q 12 stock did you flash in odin? im guessing the bootloader but it keeps failing on me and i'm just a bit confused on the stock Q12 i downloaded i got 5 slots last 2
look like sprint packages to me so hopefully someone can clue me in on which slots are needed to so my wifi will work please! thanks in advance
evilgold said:
Thanks! that's exactly what i was missing, I guess i was using a different version before, flashing the QI2 first did the trick.
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is it possible to uninstall this rom?