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[Q] Galaxy S5 Root Questions

I am completely new to android and the world of rooting. I have a galaxy S 5 (SM-G900A). I jailbroke my iphones in the past and found it to be pretty simple. I did the towelroot root last week and didn't know where to go or what to do next. Since the bootloader is locked is it worth it to do the root? Not sure if I am missing something but everything I look up is for the tons of other devices and different models for different carriers. I got a little overwhelmed. So my first question is should I even root this device and what exactly can I do or if you have the same device, what have you done with it?
2) Since the root, my S Health is not working and I noticed the phone to be a little jumpy. I did a factory reset on the device and found that I was still having issues. Then I realized the reset did not wipe the root, so I was able to remove the root with superuser and did another reset. My phone has been working great (non rooted). However, this morning it updated S Health and now I am back to not having that app work. Is there a fix and can it be done by only rooting again?
Thanks for any and everyone's help!

scholls22 said:
1)I am completely new to android and the world of rooting. I have a galaxy S 5 (SM-G900A). I jailbroke my iphones in the past and found it to be pretty simple. I did the towelroot root last week and didn't know where to go or what to do next. Since the bootloader is locked is it worth it to do the root? Not sure if I am missing something but everything I look up is for the tons of other devices and different models for different carriers. I got a little overwhelmed. So my first question is should I even root this device and what exactly can I do or if you have the same device, what have you done with it?
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For any newcomer, the very first thing you MUST DO is to search information before asking anything. By doing so, you will obtain tremedous amount of knownledge
Here are a few links for your first questions:
S5-Why root?
lifehacker-10 reasons to root
trendblog-root benefits
scholls22 said:
2) Since the root, my S Health is not working and I noticed the phone to be a little jumpy. I did a factory reset on the device and found that I was still having issues. Then I realized the reset did not wipe the root, so I was able to remove the root with superuser and did another reset. My phone has been working great (non rooted). However, this morning it updated S Health and now I am back to not having that app work. Is there a fix and can it be done by only rooting again?
Thanks for any and everyone's help!
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There is no need to root for your problem. This is very common issue for S5. To get your S Health worked as normal, go to Application Manager, delete data of S Health Service and Health Service

babygau said:
For any newcomer, the very first thing you MUST DO is to search information before asking anything. By doing so, you will obtain tremedous amount of knownledge
Here are a few links for your first questions:
S5-Why root?
lifehacker-10 reasons to root
trendblog-root benefits
There is no need to root for your problem. This is very common issue for S5. To get your S Health worked as normal, go to Application Manager, delete data of S Health Service and Health Service
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I did a few searches before I submitted my question. Everything I found is for different devices. I am really looking to see if I can do any of the things you kindly provided links to with the bootloader still locked with ATT. So, that is why I submitted my question.
I also searched this topic and there are many posts that say it is related to the root. It was working fine prior to rooting, as I used it everyday since the Galaxy 5 launched.

scholls22 said:
I also searched this topic and there are many posts that say it is related to the root. It was working fine prior to rooting, as I used it everyday since the Galaxy 5 launched.
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It's because they flash either CUSTOM ROM or CUSTOM KERNEL which you have to root to do so.
Just do as I said, S Health bug will be solved.

babygau said:
For any newcomer, the very first thing you MUST DO is to search information before asking anything. By doing so, you will obtain tremedous amount of knownledge
Here are a few links for your first questions:
S5-Why root?
lifehacker-10 reasons to root
trendblog-root benefits
There is no need to root for your problem. This is very common issue for S5. To get your S Health worked as normal, go to Application Manager, delete data of S Health Service and Health Service
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babygau said:
It's because they flash either CUSTOM ROM or CUSTOM KERNEL which you have to root to do so.
Just do as I said, S Health bug will be solved.
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Still not working and it is freezing my device. Thanks for the help though.

scholls22 said:
Still not working and it is freezing my device. Thanks for the help though.
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You're welcome, just to make sure there are two things you need to delete both of their data: S Health and HealthService. Just deleting either of them will also result in FC

babygau said:
You're welcome, just to make sure there are two things you need to delete both of their data: S Health and HealthService. Just deleting either of them will also result in FC
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a lot of roms have fixed that bug a while ago.

You guys will probably rage on me but...

... Ive had my G4 for some time now on stock MM but was encountering some minor heat issues, i decided to book up the courage to downgrade and root.
Now, im not the most experianced in rooting, i useually count on programs that do it for me, ive never pushed, injected, fake OTA etc. Before. Yes i was scared.
I finally did it all sucessfully yesterday but the only problem is, i feel abit dirty.. Thats the only way i can explain it!
Its strange, i enjoyed stock but i love root access.
Anybody else had this feeling, with any of their phones?
Btw, im now on H815 SEA (Singapore) LP

Yep it's normal, you're gonna learn to love the feeling and you soon could not live without it.
You see, now "TheRoot has you" and there's no escape. Soon you'll be diagnose with ORD (http://www.xda-developers.com/do-you-have-obsessive-rom-updating-disorder-ord/) and you're gonna try and root every device you see.
Welcome to the club

Haha, don't get me wrong I've been rooting for years but I did really enjoy being on stock. Once I get more organised I should feel a bit better.

Arry87 said:
Haha, don't get me wrong I've been rooting for years but I did really enjoy being on stock. Once I get more organised I should feel a bit better.
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Its good when you root , you can make your phone look cool...

I did the same thing yesterday. The phone is so much better now. I never used any feature of M anyway. I even installed xposed framework, only did 2-3 things to improve my usage.

milan187 said:
I did the same thing yesterday. The phone is so much better now. I never used any feature of M anyway. I even installed xposed framework, only did 2-3 things to improve my usage.
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Ah. I really want xposed but I can't unlock my bootloader so it's a risky install for me

Arry87 said:
Ah. I really want xposed but I can't unlock my bootloader so it's a risky install for me
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You don't need an unlocked bootloader to install Xposed.

Isn't it quite risky though? I am a noob at this stuff. I'm quite impressed I'm able to use my phone after pushing a rooted image onto my phone

Arry87 said:
Isn't it quite risky though? I am a noob at this stuff. I'm quite impressed I'm able to use my phone after pushing a rooted image onto my phone
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I did not read anywhere that it was risky. My first time doing it with flash fire 0.24.
I have a locked bootloader.
Only scary part is your screen being off and you device seeming dead for 15min. It's normal though.
If you decide to do it the version of Flash fire must be 0.24 and you need SDK22 arm64 of exposed framework. I installed SDK21 (its for Android 5.0) first time I did which is wrong for the Android version 5.1.1 and nothing bad happened, ran the uninstaller and installed SDK22.
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I don't know where I read it but I remember somebody saying every time they use flash fire they crap their pants. I will install xposed but I might wait until an unofficial unlock comes out. I can live without xposed .... For now

Arry87 said:
I don't know where I read it but I remember somebody saying every time they use flash fire they crap their pants. I will install xposed but I might wait until an unofficial unlock comes out. I can live without xposed .... For now
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I guess the whole part where your phone seems dead for 20min is scary, because you do not know what is happening. I do think we can still recover with LGUP if something goes wrong though I am no expert.
Like you I really hope unofficial bootloader unlock comes, but who knows if it will...

Is it possible to revert every variant?
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smknutson said:
Is it possible to revert every variant?
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Probably. There was no information anywhere on doing it to my variant but worked just fine (H812). Just make sure you get the right version for your phone, then the same version that is rooted. Pretty sure LGUP can not brick a phone but I am pretty new to LG phones.

Rooting aint what it was. Some folks just keep fooling themselves its worth doing. Most that do it, don't need to anymore. Give it another couple of years and root will be gone mostly.

daglesj said:
Rooting aint what it was. Some folks just keep fooling themselves its worth doing. Most that do it, don't need to anymore. Give it another couple of years and root will be gone mostly.
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Well for me its really worth changing the awful stock DPI on the G4, you can kind of do it without root but does not work properly.
Removing ads is a bonus.
Also it's nice to have access to play with some things. (exposed modules, tweakbox, etc).
What could you do a few years ago with root that you can't now? I am pretty new to Android, so honest question.

You can't make a Nandroid without UB can you as you don't have custom recovery do you? That is the bit I would worry about having Xposed on LB,if a module crashed the ROM. I think the Xinstaller forced into bootloop on my last G4

SavageRobot said:
You can't make a Nandroid without UB can you as you don't have custom recovery do you? That is the bit I would worry about having Xposed on LB,if a module crashed the ROM. I think the Xinstaller forced into bootloop on my last G4
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I don't think so, but can't you fix a bootloop with LGUP?
Unless bootloop was caused by HW failure which happened a lot on older G4s from my understanding.

Xinstaller definitely caused bootloop for my G4, not the hardware problem (that came a couple weeks later) as I went to recovery and deleted module and booted fine. It was conflict with MM at the time I think.
Point being I don't think you can make Nandroid without UB. Don't know about LGUP, I guess you could yes, but lose settings media apps etc.

Yea this is why all my stuff is either backed up to the cloud or its on the media card.

I've had a rooted phone for ages through multiple devices and vendors. I recently succumbed to the curiosity and upgraded my SEA G4 to MM, losing root. I haven't had any heat issues, not ones solved by not playing games that require constant tapping on the screen anyway, and generally I've been happy with my phone on MM. The main thing I miss from when I had root is the ability for Tasker to do certain actions - like enabling/disabling location services and NFC etc.
Sure I can live with it - but getting back abilities like that has made me consider a downgrade just like the OP many times. I am resigned to the possible fact that I may never get an unlocked bootloader, and no MM root will be no surprise to me.

Lag after root

Hey guys,
Great site. I have the lag problem with my S7 edge after root. Downloaded fix file from link in other in (Rooting Problem). Not sure what to do now. Do I flash zip with Flashfire? Leave it in the zip state? I realize this is elementary to most, just been a very long time for me. Hated to ask the question again. Wouldn't let me ask it in the thread I mention.

Never mind, figured it out. Thanks for the 37 views without advice.

Well what file did you download and did you use flashfire to install? I don't have root just curious
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Jnewell05 said:
Well what file did you download and did you use flashfire to install? I don't have root just curious
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There's a file on the Verizon forum that helps most if not all the issues with root. Just flash it once and you're good to go. OP just doesn't understand people here aren't obligated to help him, self entitled privilege at it's best.
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buckmaster1967 said:
Never mind, figured it out. Thanks for the 37 views without advice.
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"Figured it out."
Doesn't explain anything. Nice.

falkon114 said:
"Figured it out."
Doesn't explain anything. Nice.
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Sorry guy. You are right. I should of explained. I followed directions from this youtube video ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqb-p2JO5I4 ). Worked , but was lagging and wifi issues. Came here, found and flashed with Flashfire., the wifi fix file , which I can't seem to find here now. Everything worked great. Until next morning it was stucked on AT&T logo. Only could get it into download mod. Had to do a factory rest. Want to youtube to look for a different way to root. Found this ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcFEcycZZnU ) followed directions and seem to work great right now. But time will tell. Sorry for the rushed details, busy day. Thanks.

Update. Yesterday got stucked on AT&T logo AGAIN. I decided the heck with this root, 4th time I had to set phone up from start. I did a factory reset. Set my phone back up. Lost my root according to Root Checker. But I am getting security warning, and when it reboots. It still shows custom and unlocked. Any ideals? As so, I tried to do the AT&T update, but it fails.

If it is showing custom & unlocked, you might have a custom recovery and/or unlocked bootloader. Just got the S7 edge, so I haven't really messed around with the internals yet (or anything dealing with rooting or unrooting), but that's usually what that means in my experience. The fix is usually an odin flash to the stock image, but as I said, I haven't really gotten too involved with it yet. A factory reset will set the system back to stock, but I don't think it does anything with the other partitions. Good luck and if I can find anything out that might help, I'll come back by.
So far as the update, do you have all the prerequisite stock bloatware installed? There are apps that are required for an update to work. If you uninstalled any it will freeze you out of getting updates.
And my signature is so out of date it is funny.

Android Q beta is live. links inside.

Android Q beta has been live for more than 24 hours now. So it's time to enroll ( https://www.google.com/android/beta ) and get your beta on. And hopefully the awesome devs we have still sticking with us on the original pixel XL will help us out with all things "root". I haven't tried it out myself but as soon as I'm done writing this I will and I'll also try rooting with Magisk and try fastbooting TWRP and hopefully if everything goes good I'll be back shortly to let you know if I was able to gain root and/or TWRP.
Just enroll in the developers beta program, if you haven't already, and you'll soon get a notification that there's an update ready to download and install. I'm pretty sure you'll have to have the stock recovery installed. I don't know about being unrooted or not. But I intend on trying the OTA with TWRP installed and rooted first and if no success..... I will fastboot the stock recovery then try again while still rooted. And if no success then I guess fastboot back to stock out the box and try again.
Link below.
https://www.google.com/android/beta

Oh and by the way the update is 975 mb.

Any one tried yet

I'm on it now. I took the OTA while I was on stock rooted android pie with TWRP. I'm now on Android Q no root and have not checked to see if I have TWRP. But I'd be willing to bet I don't. From the looks of it, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot different. The theme options have been moved to the "developer options " tab. As well as there are now different colors in the themes than we had choice of before. It as far as I can tell it's not as big a difference as there was from ice cream sandwich to jelly Bean. Or KitKat to lollipop. The Easter egg seems to be the same as PIE. So if you like drawing and slowly watching it fade away I guess you'll be stoked about that. I was hoping the Easter egg would be feeding the cat again. I know she's got to be starving. I havent fed her in years. LMAO. And from what I read earlier it may be a while till we will have root due to the system being structured completely different. But so far 30 mins in to it.... It seems smooth steady and normal. Not alot of change.

Here's a screenshot. "Request permission" toast looks a little different too...

Been using q since last night and it's very stable for a beta there's some small things to option out but works good

this means that if we will see Android Q, in the XL pixel version final
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Glad Google took this path!!! This is why we have a Pixel!!!

Here's the link to the downgrade OTA to stable PQ2A.190305.002 from beta QPP1.190205.018.B4 in case it's useful to anyone.This is the OTA file that gets sent when you opt-out of the beta program.
This OTA will wipe the device and is 500MB download:
https://ota.googlezip.net/packages/.../a41733236e0c5bc09a5f6a884a44a22a3e738030.zip
Contents of metadata:
Code:
ota-downgrade=yes
ota-property-files=payload_metadata.bin:7383:422447,payload.bin:7383:516125264,payload_properties.txt:516132699:167,care_map.txt:856:141,compatibility.zip:1044:6298,metadata:63:751
ota-required-cache=0
ota-streaming-property-files=payload.bin:7383:516125264,payload_properties.txt:516132699:167,care_map.txt:856:141,compatibility.zip:1044:6298,metadata:63:751
ota-type=AB
ota-wipe=yes
post-build=google/marlin/marlin:9/PQ2A.190305.002/5240760:user/release-keys
post-build-incremental=5240760
post-sdk-level=28
post-security-patch-level=2019-03-05
post-timestamp=1547760226
pre-build=google/marlin/marlin:Q/QPP1.190205.018.B4/5347935:user/release-keys
pre-build-incremental=5347935
pre-device=marlin

xdatastic said:
Here's the link to the downgrade OTA to stable PQ2A.190305.002 from beta QPP1.190205.018.B4 in case it's useful to anyone.This is the OTA file that gets sent when you opt-out of the beta program.
This OTA will wipe the device and is 500MB download:
https://ota.googlezip.net/packages/.../a41733236e0c5bc09a5f6a884a44a22a3e738030.zip
Contents of metadata:
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Couldn't we do like the old days and edit the OTA with wordpad on a PC to take out the "ota-wipe=yes" to keep it from wiping our device? I've never edited an OTA but we used to do that to the full Google flash files that would take you back to stock. And do we really need to flash the downgrade OTA to go back or can we just flash another rom or backup? Seems like on the Nexus 6p we didn't have to flash a specific Google built OTA to revert back? Seems like we used to be able to just restore a backup. I think I've even done that on this phone as well.

Been running this for about 20 hours. I have dark mode enabled and bars hidden. I have had to side load ticwatch apps. But everything seems stable. Really like the new looks and I feel like I am closer to not needing root. Adaway is my only miss so far. I checked out the desktop mode thing. Bluetooth seems to work well with my headphones. /super happy XL is still valid.

mattwheat said:
Couldn't we do like the old days and edit the OTA with wordpad on a PC to take out the "ota-wipe=yes" to keep it from wiping our device? I've never edited an OTA but we used to do that to the full Google flash files that would take you back to stock. And do we really need to flash the downgrade OTA to go back or can we just flash another rom or backup? Seems like on the Nexus 6p we didn't have to flash a specific Google built OTA to revert back? Seems like we used to be able to just restore a backup. I think I've even done that on this phone as well.
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Modifying OTA packages invalides them due to size and signature checks.
You don't need to use this OTA at all. It has very little use. You can unlock your bootloader and flash the images instead. This OTA just allows anyone to downgrade without having to unlock the bootloader.

Hey y'all! And thanks for the insight, tweaked. Usually I'd be right there with you but I'm still hesitant because root doesn't work. In my case, it's AdAway too, as well as YouTube Vanced and Viper via Magisk Modules that I'd be missing mostly. I might be okay without the latter ones but I honestly don't want to use any device without proper adblocking.
So my question to everyone here is, and I'm sorry if anyone thinks this is off topic... Is there any good alternative for real adblocking without root nowadays?

paco8 said:
Hey y'all! And thanks for the insight, tweaked. Usually I'd be right there with you but I'm still hesitant because root doesn't work. In my case, it's AdAway too, as well as YouTube Vanced and Viper via Magisk Modules that I'd be missing mostly. I might be okay without the latter ones but I honestly don't want to use any device without proper adblocking.
So my question to everyone here is, and I'm sorry if anyone thinks this is off topic... Is there any good alternative for real adblocking without root nowadays?
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I been reading and there seem to be a few that create this VPN thing on your phone. /blah... I read that root works or the Pixel and XL and 2. Just not on the 3 due to the partition change. I however can say that magisk 16 - 18.1 does not work. :/

paco8 said:
Hey y'all! And thanks for the insight, tweaked. Usually I'd be right there with you but I'm still hesitant because root doesn't work. In my case, it's AdAway too, as well as YouTube Vanced and Viper via Magisk Modules that I'd be missing mostly. I might be okay without the latter ones but I honestly don't want to use any device without proper adblocking.
So my question to everyone here is, and I'm sorry if anyone thinks this is off topic... Is there any good alternative for real adblocking without root nowadays?
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Yes, Android Pie made it super easy because it added Private DNS! Just input Adguard DNS server to Private DNS setting:
dns.adguard.com
https://adguard.com/en/blog/adguard-dns-announcement/

Guys, I've made the update after enroll the beta using the full it's, but after update some apps didn't work at all, like Waze, Gmail, etc. Did anyone had a similar problem?!? I had to flash pie again and restore the data partition from a nand backup. For the time, I'm out.
waingro808 said:
Yes, Android Pie made it super easy because it added Private DNS! Just input Adguard DNS server to Private DNS setting:
176.103.130.130
176.103.130.131
https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html
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But u can't put ip numbers in the private DNS, only the translated address
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ttocs99 said:
Been using q since last night and it's very stable for a beta there's some small things to option out but works good
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Is it stable enough to use for a daily driver? Kinda wanna use it just cause lol

onesolo said:
But u can't put ip numbers in the private DNS, only the translated address
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Oops, you are right. I forgot how I did it lol. You need to put:
dns.adguard.com

Anonturtle said:
Is it stable enough to use for a daily driver? Kinda wanna use it just cause lol
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Yes very stable in actually supprised how good it is for a beta.

waingro808 said:
Oops, you are right. I forgot how I did it lol. You need to put:
dns.adguard.com
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But that DNS from adguard, makes soft resets (not the ones that power cycle the phone)
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Root and Upgrade from 6.0.1 to ?

I have an SM-N910P (SM-N910PVPU5DQI5)
hardware: N910P.05
OS: 6.01
Build: MMB29M.N9100V0U5DQI5
Wi-Fi only since the connection to Sprint is no more (use my Note 8 for that)
TL;DR - where can I find the ROM for this phone for 8.1 Oreo? Where can I find instructions on how to do it?
I'd like to root it (have oneclickroot) to get rid of the crap finally; then upgrade the OS. Version 8.1 would be fine, 9 is buggy on my Note 8 so not sure I want to go that far yet.
What I can't find is what I need for the phone I have to do what I want. Yes, I've done searches. Yes, I've even used my Google Fu. But most of what I find is from 2016-17 or earlier. After so much researching and reading, I am in acronym hell.
ROM = something you flash to upgrade OS (yes?)
ODIN = some special something that can do all but I can't find (makes my head thor....sorry, couldn't resist)
TWRP2 = twerp something that helps with booting but not sure what else
I have found threads that discuss it but there's a lot of broken linkages both here and elsewhere due to age of articles.
I am a root-virgin. I was going to root my Note 10.1/2013 tablet but replacing the battery did not revive it. Funeral was beautiful, though.

There is a Lineage OS Unofficial 15.1 trlte based on 8.0 Oreo. However, being an unofficial version it will have some bugs. My suggestion is to search XDA Note 4. Then scroll down to Android general development Snapdragon and go to LineageOS 16.1 unofficial version, scroll down and it will have a link to the unofficial 15.1. Then look for the download version trlte. And just for the record, I totally understand what you mean by acronym hell. I went through that also. Had to stop reading to search 5 or 6 times within 1 paragraph of reading. It takes time to understand but if you persist youll get the jang if it. As for the oneclickroot I can offer you no info as I have no experience with it. I will say, Odin is the preferred method here on XDA. There may be members that look down an app to root. I am not one of them as I began my root with the S3 years back. I was unfamiliar with Odin, drives, and PC. Rooting with an app helped to get started. As. for your search, you mentioned most from 2016 & ,17. Yep , I know. The developers for the most part have moved on to newer phones.
Oh, if you have TWRP custom recovery, I strongly recommend backing up of all your parttisions before you begin, meaning check all the boxs before you back up. Also, there is an app called Tipatch which patches TWRP adding the ability to back not only data but alll internal memory. Make sure you TWRP is set to backing up to your external SD. If your looking for something close but not Oreo. Try GRX home zip on stock deodexed rom. Good luck

Twrp (team win recovery project) is a custom recovery which replaces your stock recovery. It is very important to download the correct one for your phone. I use twrp 3.2.3-0-trlte.img.tar and flash it with Oden. Make sure to turn off auto reboot. YouTube search for more details. A custom recovery lets you flash custom roms, kernel, and various zip files. The most important thing it does is backup all the parttisions. If you make a mistake later on soft brick your phone , you backup may be the only thing that gets it working again. I recommend backing up all parttisions (check all boxes ) before you root or mod anything. That way you have a clean backup of your original firmware. Backup everything to external sd and if possible make a duplicate and save to pc, flash drive...... And yes, its a bit overwhelming at first so do some research and ask questions if needed.

Back up what's that? LOL.. When I backed up mine, then started the wipe process I accidentally wiped away my back up. LOL lucky for me I have a complete stock firmware on reserve if it is ever needed. I'm itching to try something new, but might just stick to what i have now..

doubledragon5 said:
Back up what's that? LOL.. When I backed up mine, then started the wipe process I accidentally wiped away my back up. LOL lucky for me I have a complete stock firmware on reserve if it is ever needed. I'm itching to try something new, but might just stick to what i have now..
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How are you my friend? Always good to hear from you Mr doubledragon5. At one point, I thought I was alone in this forum.
LOL , Im glad you liked that"back up whats that?" LoL Perhaps I should have been a bit more tactful in my responses but I couldnt help myself . Just couldn't seem to convince that member the importance of making a backup before flashing and modifying everything. As for the systemimg fail in Odin, the PIT file from another firmware has partitioning that is incompatible with 5dq15.
It could be a combination of DM-verity, DRK, emmc/mmc fail and all the rest.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAEegQICxAW&usg=AOvVaw3qqCkM0wx7rWQljLY1R8JK

Mr. JAVI said:
How are you my friend? Always good to hear from you Mr doubledragon5. At one point, I thought I was alone in this forum.
LOL , Im glad you liked that"back up whats that?" LoL Perhaps I should have been a bit more tactful in my responses but I couldnt help myself . Just couldn't seem to convince that member the importance of making a backup before flashing and modifying. As for the systemimg fail, I think he got the .pit from another firmware and that has created incompatible repartitioned
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Ya I forgot to make my back up go to the external SD card, or at least transfer it to my computer desktop.. I love having complete control of my phone.. It actually works better than my Pixel 3a Xl... Only issue I have found so far is after upgrading my youtube vanced, I lost screen rotation, and can't figure out why.. I'm going to uninstall it just to see if some how that caused the issue.. If not then time for a complete reinstall... LOL I always visit this forum at least 3-4 times a day to see what is up.. Hopefully more people will come to realize, that the newer phones are just not worth the price, as they have become to restrictive and to expensive, plus not to mention to intrusive.

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Ya I forgot to make my back up go to the external SD card, or at least transfer it to my computer desktop.. I love having complete control of my phone.. It actually works better than my Pixel 3a Xl... Only issue I have found so far is after upgrading my youtube vanced, I lost screen rotation, and can't figure out why.. I'm going to uninstall it just to see if some how that caused the issue.. If not then time for a complete reinstall... LOL I always visit this forum at least 3-4 times a day to see what is up.. Hopefully more people will come to realize, that the newer phones are just not worth the price, as they have become to restrictive and to expensive, plus not to mention to intrusive.
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The 512gb Note 10 plus at about $1,200 is an experience device. The hardware is impressive, however, restrictive US versions have locked bootloaders.
Your YouTube Vanced app may conflict with YouTube when updating. I believe you have to uninstall YouTube updateds and disable automatic updates in Google PS. Then install YouTube Vanced . Advice to confirm this as Im not certain of the exact procedure. Just be careful not to unistall Youtube Good luck.

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The 512gb Note 10 plus at about $1,200 is an experience device. The hardware is impressive, however, restrictive US versions have locked bootloaders.
Your YouTube Vanced app may conflict with YouTube when updating. I believe you have to uninstall YouTube updateds and disable automatic updates in Google PS. Then install YouTube Vanced . Advice to confirm this as Im not certain of the exact procedure. Just be careful not to unistall Youtube Good luck.
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Youtube was originally installed, but taken out with TT back up and root, before Youtube Vanced was intalled.. So I went ahead and reinstalled the rom. Will see what happens over the next few days.. I know a fix was posted in the Rom thread, but the link is broken, as it is no longer being supported naturally.. But hope someone has a copy, for future use, rather than keep on re-installing.

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Youtube was originally installed, but taken out with TT back up and root, before Youtube Vanced was intalled.. So I went ahead and reinstalled the rom. Will see what happens over the next few days.. I know a fix was posted in the Rom thread, but the link is broken, as it is no longer being supported naturally.. But hope someone has a copy, for future use, rather than keep on re-installing.
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Did reinstalling the rom fix the rotation issues? Can't help but notice how much you like YouTube Vanced so it must be better that YouTube. Now Im interested in YT Vanced.

What do you think of the Team BlackOut app in Dtux rom control mod center?

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Did reinstalling the rom fix the rotation issues? Can't help but notice how much you like YouTube Vanced so it must be better that YouTube. Now Im interested in YT Vanced.
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Yes. YouTube vanced is much better than the regular youtube.. But I can't seem to get the rooted version to work at all. I use the non route version with micro G. But you have to use a slightly older version as a newest version keeps on Forest closing.
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What do you think of the Team BlackOut app in Dtux rom control mod center?
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I haven't checked it out yet but I will today

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What do you think of the Team BlackOut app in Dtux rom control mod center?
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I haven't checked it out yet but I will today

I haven't the experience with YouTube Vanced so I can not advise. As far as the broken links in the developer threads it seem to be a common issue. Im guessing , the more time that passes the less the links will provide a download. As I notice your post on Dr. ketan rom and it links to a n910g xda thread. If you do go back to rooted stock deodexed rom before installing a custom rom then consider copying your system csc file/folder to external sd. Also, you may wish to check out the GRX home v8 touchwiz mod .zip. Its modern and customizable but can not easily be ported to the Dtux rom as some setting overlap but once familiar with the setting in GRX then you can avoid conflicting issues with the rom control app of the custom rom. GRX works really smooth and I liked it so much than when I installed Dtux the touchwiz launcher felt out dated. Anyway the last pic is an app for themeing the Play Store.

Tipatch app by

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Did reinstalling the rom fix the rotation issues? Can't help but notice how much you like YouTube Vanced so it must be better that YouTube. Now Im interested in YT Vanced.
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Ya it did, When I uninstall stuff from TT back up and root, obviously a app that I uninstall causes this. I have not figured out yet which one.. Since I had to do it 2 more times,. LOL But apps that I do remove have nothing to do with screen rotation..

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Ya it did, When I uninstall stuff from TT back up and root, obviously a app that I uninstall causes this. I have not figured out yet which one.. Since I had to do it 2 more times,. LOL But apps that I do remove have nothing to do with screen rotation..
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My firstb download got corrupted so I am re-download Dr ketan rom.

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Ya it did, When I uninstall stuff from TT back up and root, obviously a app that I uninstall causes this. I have not figured out yet which one.. Since I had to do it 2 more times,. LOL But apps that I do remove have nothing to do with screen rotation..
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Stuck on the 5DQ15, I noticed something in looking threw a .zip custom rom with knox system app removed./deleted. The files/app inside the folders were deleted. The folder was not delete but the property permissions were changed. I found this to be consistent rom to rom developer to developer. Ill post a few pics in the next post. So now I do the same thing with a root file manager. I just copy and past the folder to external sd before I delete files/app from the system. Then back out and change the folder permissions and reboot. Its recommend to wipe dalvik/chache making changes to the system but I get lazy and just reboot.
If you still have the Dr. ketans M12 rom or another rom with system apps that have been removed then you can look threw the rom .zip and copy the touchwiz home app to the external sd . I use an older app (ZArchiver pro) to be able to copy an app from a .zip without the need to extract the entire .zip to do so. Perhaps the newer free version will do the same.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/stereo-speakers-surround-sound-note-4-t3746999