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US Cellular Thread?

Was wandering if there is a way we can get a us cellular thread started for us that have a us cellular LG G4 US991..it would be a nice place to place have a thread for us to talk in about r phones an post things in that works for r phone... thank you

We have root now!
Thanks to tabp0le we now have root!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62114994&highlight=us991#post62114994
Now if only had an exploit for Bill Saver to just disay a blank text url for the add at the top of the screen or something. It'd be even better if I could hack it myself so we'd get it ASAP. We'd still view the ad links, just reduce battery drain, data use, and general frustration and still save.

Valgrahf said:
Thanks to tabp0le we now have root!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62114994&highlight=us991#post62114994
Now if only had an exploit for Bill Saver to just disay a blank text url for the add at the top of the screen or something. It'd be even better if I could hack it myself so we'd get it ASAP. We'd still view the ad links, just reduce battery drain, data use, and general frustration and still save.
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Ya true that bill saver is cool cus well it saves us money but damn I hate not using the g4 lock screen or having 2 lock screens...would be nice to do something else with it so we can still get the 5$ off...an ya I know he got root for us..im just us being problems with the send_command part it keeps popping up with a error msvcr100.dll...an have done everything that I have found to fix it an nothing..I am running Windows 10..I am redoing my computer to see if that helps cus I also meet something as well trying to fix it lol..wish me luck

donbudafuko said:
Ya true that bill saver is cool cus well it saves us money but damn I hate not using the g4 lock screen or having 2 lock screens...would be nice to do something else with it so we can still get the 5$ off...an ya I know he got root for us..im just us being problems with the send_command part it keeps popping up with a error msvcr100.dll...an have done everything that I have found to fix it an nothing..I am running Windows 10..I am redoing my computer to see if that helps cus I also meet something as well trying to fix it lol..wish me luck
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For some reason I thought I read somewhere on the forums yesterday that after a fresh Windows 10 install someone was having trouble with MTP or Send_Command. I've got root running on my US991 now! I seriously blew my entire night downloading root apps, tweaking things, etc. once I got it rooted. I also read over soooo much of this forum that I can't remember what I read where, haha. Good luck!

Valgrahf said:
Thanks to tabp0le we now have root!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62114994&highlight=us991#post62114994
Now if only had an exploit for Bill Saver to just disay a blank text url for the add at the top of the screen or something. It'd be even better if I could hack it myself so we'd get it ASAP. We'd still view the ad links, just reduce battery drain, data use, and general frustration and still save.
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Here's the link to the post with the download http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62115811&postcount=1251
donbudafuko said:
Ya true that bill saver is cool cus well it saves us money but damn I hate not using the g4 lock screen or having 2 lock screens...would be nice to do something else with it so we can still get the 5$ off...an ya I know he got root for us..im just us being problems with the send_command part it keeps popping up with a error msvcr100.dll...an have done everything that I have found to fix it an nothing..I am running Windows 10..I am redoing my computer to see if that helps cus I also meet something as well trying to fix it lol..wish me luck
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Windows 10 can be tricky. I've had issues in the past issuing any commands to DL mode with Windows 10. This dates back to using my G2. I got it to work this last time trying, but you might have to use another OS if you can't get it to work.

Valgrahf said:
For some reason I thought I read somewhere on the forums yesterday that after a fresh Windows 10 install someone was having trouble with MTP or Send_Command. I've got root running on my US991 now! I seriously blew my entire night downloading root apps, tweaking things, etc. once I got it rooted. I also read over soooo much of this forum that I can't remember what I read where, haha. Good luck!
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Ya idk I'm having a lot of trouble..at the moment I'm reinstalling windows cus my system for fcked up some how...after that I'll give it a shot again..dealt can't wait to get root..does anyone know of any tweaks out there yet..also would've nice to get theams for us since that is the one thing that I notice is missing..an a tweak for the screen glitch

Has anyone rooted your US Cell version yet?
I have the files download and ready but have yet to see the proper commands to run for our version.
Thanks
Sent while swerving from my LGG4

PakRatJR said:
Has anyone rooted your US Cell version yet?
I have the files download and ready but have yet to see the proper commands to run for our version.
Thanks
Sent while swerving from my LGG4
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The commands are in a spoiler box on the second post of the root thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62028523&postcount=2
I'm rooted on the US Cellular US991 10c. After a few hours of installing apps, killing bloatware, tweaking the ui, and setting my dpi to 540 I'm also enjoying better battery life and, for some reason, I'm not heating up nearly as much as before I root. Loving it.

Got a chance to get it done. Easy peasy. WOOHOO. Thanks again to all.
Sent while swerving from my LGG4
Edit to add:
I really liked doing it this way more than the others I have done. So nice not having to re setup the entire phone after.

Sorry to raise a dead thread but any root for the newest update?

TheROMGuy said:
Sorry to raise a dead thread but any root for the newest update?
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Was there root before that? I have the us991, no letters after the 1
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carnivalrejectq said:
Was there root before that? I have the us991, no letters after the 1
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As far as I know there was. And you should have a letter. Like mine is C

TheROMGuy said:
Sorry to raise a dead thread but any root for the newest update?
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If you're referring to MM Update 20C, then not yet. And I am subscribed here for a reason. I have the same reason, and damned if I will settle with "Sorry no root for you". I have been exploring other options with someone else.
carnivalrejectq said:
Was there root before that? I have the us991, no letters after the 1
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He's referring to the Software version in Settings > about > Software.

TheROMGuy said:
As far as I know there was. And you should have a letter. Like mine is C
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Ahh yeah its us99111a
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Perseus said:
If you're referring to MM Update 20C, then not yet. And I am subscribed here for a reason. I have the same reason, and damned if I will settle with "Sorry no root for you". I have been exploring other options with someone else.
He's referring to the Software version in Settings > about > Software.
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Ahh yeah its us99111a
Sent from my LGUS991 using XDA-Developers mobile app

What is the last version that still can get root?
I'm on MM 20a.

I believe it's 10D that can still get root.

World First Note 5 Root

Finally proper root for the Note 5 (mine is T-mobile)
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Kudos @Manh_IT

well lucky you, us AT&T and Verizon users will just stand on the sides and watch... like last year...

Does it trip KNOX?
I'm looking forward to Samsung Pay, which requires KNOX to operate.

Share the luv buddy ?

Man I'm jealous patiently waiting and praying ? for my note on Verizon ?. Don't want to let go of my unlimited data plan

Anyone want an AT&T Note 5? Trade for a TMobile one. Lol.
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Sunderwear said:
Finally proper root for the Note 5 (mine is T-mobile)
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Kudos @Manh_IT
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Are you going to share?

maximus96 said:
well lucky you, us AT&T and Verizon users will just stand on the sides and watch... like last year...
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Yup. And you knew that before you bought it... ☺

i will assume that it wont work on the verizon model

Sunderwear said:
Finally proper root for the Note 5 (mine is T-mobile)
Link
Kudos @Manh_IT
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This guy posts a terse statement about rooting his Note 5 (I have a T-Mobile Note 5) then goes dark. Is he really legit?

Ozzief16a said:
This guy posts a terse statement about rooting his Note 5 (I have a T-Mobile Note 5) then goes dark. Is he really legit?
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Yes, it's legit. The directions are all in the dev section.
BTW, this is only for unlocked bootloaders. ATT and VZW just move along....nothing to see here.
You need to flash twrp and a custom kernel and then download supersu from the play store. Enjoy.

You can oem unlock(boatloader unlock) the T-Mobile version in dev settings and when turning it on it gives notice that protection features will not work when turned on. So guessing that yes it does disable Knox. Also guessing the OP rooted using a common root method and unlocking the boatloader

adolfo778 said:
You can oem unlock(boatloader unlock) the T-Mobile version in dev settings and when turning it on it gives notice that protection features will not work when turned on. So guessing that yes it does disable Knox. Also guessing the OP rooted using a common root method and unlocking the boatloader
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just noticed i could do this on the sprint version as well. :good:

graffix31 said:
just noticed i could do this on the sprint version as well. :good:
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If you can do that guessing you can flash twrp :good: and thus root

Now that we have root are a lot of you going to root it? If so, why? I usually root my phones to tweak them to get the best battery life and performance with custom kernels and roms and apps like greenify. But the phone performs great and the battery life is great after debloating. I guess we'll have to see what the developers come up with but I'm loving life so far without root for the first time in a long time.
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Wifi Tether, and freeze unused/unnecessary apps.

barfingmonkey said:
Wifi Tether, and freeze unused/unnecessary apps.
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Dont need root to freeze unused app. Maybe for tether..
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i need wifi tether (though i didn't need to root my S6e to get it to work). but some apps i want to use require root (fonts apps, emoji switcher, titanium, etc.). also, i want to uninstall some factory apps i don't use which just bugs me. hopefully a root will come soon for the Note 5 Duos that won't trip KNOX.
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VZW tethering and Android Pay

So I just purchased the 6P and I have a few weeks to wait for it's arrival.
Was curious if there is a way to alter the build.prop so that I can use my 6P as a WiFi hotspot without keeping the phone rooted. Verizon doesn't allow me to use my phone as a "hotspot" with my Unlimited Data Plan, so I've always had to use an xposed module or something to deactivate the subscription check. My hope is that I can deactivate this check then unroot my phone.
I don't want to be fully rooted on a daily basis because I am hoping to use Android Pay.

Hotspot works out of the box without any build.prop edits.

Mustang02 said:
Hotspot works out of the box without any build.prop edits.
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Can confirm. Not sure why, however, I'm not complaining.

joderme said:
Can confirm. Not sure why, however, I'm not complaining.
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Wait... So you guys have been using VZW tethering out of the box with no subscription pop-ups??
If this is true.. :good::good::good:

collinjm01 said:
Wait... So you guys have been using VZW tethering out of the box with no subscription pop-ups??
If this is true.. :good::good::good:
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There was another thread were Verizon users on unlimited data confirmed. I'll have mine Thursday so I'll check as well.

personally i've seen mixed reports. i'm beginning to wonder if there were a "later" batch of SIMs issued that forced some VZW bloatware to be installed. i'm not sure if these rumors were true or not, as this will be my first non-vzw device.
as for the OP - if you end up needing to edit the build.prop, you can unroot after making the changes.

I have had mine since Friday and I can confirm that you can use the built in hotspot function with my unlimited data package with no pop up at all. It just works. I don't know why but I am not complaining like said above.

Great news, thanks guys!!
Now if we could just get November 18-20 here faster...
I'll have to avoid XDA all together as the draw of custom ROMs could cause me to abandon Android Pay, but tethering and no root is great! Only other thing I use root for on my MotoX is Greenify which should be nullified by Doze.

PSA: First thing you do with your phone, unlock your bootloader! Regardless of rooting or not, you want the flexibility to not have to wipe your phone if you choose to root.
I spent the better part of yesterday reinstalling everything because I chose to finally root. Android Pay works with root, you just have to disable Superuser to add payment methods.
Tethering also works with Verizon out of the box. I have unlimited data and not paying for hotspot.

Got mine today. UDP on VZW. Tethering works right out of the box. It's GLORIOUS. Used to Android pay to pick up six pack at the liquor store tonight. This may be the first phone I DON'T root LOL. I've rooted EVERY phone I've had. Who knew it would take a Nexus NOT to root HAHAHAHA
Seriously Tethering is the first reason for rooting. There are many others....but Tethering was my main reason. With it working out of the box....I'm going to let the Devs. work their magic before I go near messing with it. I left my wallet at home, but saw the wireless pay at the register....cha ching!

318sugarhill said:
Got mine today. UDP on VZW. Tethering works right out of the box. It's GLORIOUS. Used to Android pay to pick up six pack at the liquor store tonight. This may be the first phone I DON'T root LOL. I've rooted EVERY phone I've had. Who knew it would take a Nexus NOT to root HAHAHAHA
Seriously Tethering is the first reason for rooting. There are many others....but Tethering was my main reason. With it working out of the box....I'm going to let the Devs. work their magic before I go near messing with it. I left my wallet at home, but saw the wireless pay at the register....cha ching!
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not only that but some adblocks work without root as well. i've become used to nine as my exchange email client, so replacing the exchange.apk isn't even necessary any longer.
i might start looking in to theming again, however, since M natively supports it.

640k said:
personally i've seen mixed reports. i'm beginning to wonder if there were a "later" batch of SIMs issued that forced some VZW bloatware to be installed. i'm not sure if these rumors were true or not, as this will be my first non-vzw device.
as for the OP - if you end up needing to edit the build.prop, you can unroot after making the changes.
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Well my nexus 6 is non-vzw (it even says it on their website under myverizon) and it has never allowed me to tether.
I had to root and rom to get it to work.

Cares said:
PSA: First thing you do with your phone, unlock your bootloader! Regardless of rooting or not, you want the flexibility to not have to wipe your phone if you choose to root.
I spent the better part of yesterday reinstalling everything because I chose to finally root. Android Pay works with root, you just have to disable Superuser to add payment methods.
Tethering also works with Verizon out of the box. I have unlimited data and not paying for hotspot.
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Even with an unlocked bootloader we need to wipe to root. I guess this may change in the future.

Cares said:
PSA: First thing you do with your phone, unlock your bootloader! Regardless of rooting or not, you want the flexibility to not have to wipe your phone if you choose to root.
I spent the better part of yesterday reinstalling everything because I chose to finally root. Android Pay works with root, you just have to disable Superuser to add payment methods.
Tethering also works with Verizon out of the box. I have unlimited data and not paying for hotspot.
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are you sure you put android pay in after you rooted? I haven't seen it worked for anyone who actually rooted the phone. some who put it in before they rooted got it to work??

johnp357 said:
are you sure you put android pay in after you rooted? I haven't seen it worked for anyone who actually rooted the phone. some who put it in before they rooted got it to work??
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Use the temporary unroot in SuperSu.
I installed and configured after my phone was rooted.
I can use Android Pay just fine.
All I do is temp unroot.

tech_head said:
Use the temporary unroot in SuperSu.
I installed and configured after my phone was rooted.
I can use Android Pay just fine.
All I do is temp unroot.
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thanks... strange that it works for some and not others... just like anything else I guess...
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tech_head said:
Use the temporary unroot in SuperSu.
I installed and configured after my phone was rooted.
I can use Android Pay just fine.
All I do is temp unroot.
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out of curiosity, did you use a systemless root ? like with chainfire?

New Update on my Sprint S7 3/29

So I got a notification that there is an update as of today 3/29 and I wanted to know if anyone here has received it as well and went ahead and updated. If so does your hotspot still work? I have done the MSL/DUN trick to get hotspot and want to make sure that installing this update won't break my ability to use the DUN trick. I do realize I will probably have to re-add dun to get the hotspot working again after the update.

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So I got a notification that there is an update as of today 3/29 and I wanted to know if anyone here has received it as well and went ahead and updated. If so does your hotspot still work? I have done the MSL/DUN trick to get hotspot and want to make sure that installing this update won't break my ability to use the DUN trick. I do realize I will probably have to re-add dun to get the hotspot working again after the update.
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I always look back to my iOS days, don't take updates unless they shove it down your throat. Yeah, I think this is what breaks the dun trick. I see I have an update available as well. I won't take it unless they force it. My hotspot is working fine using the dun trick.

My gig bucket plan includes free Hotspot, so updating now

Yeah I got the update also. Will wait until others install before I pull the trigger.

For me, the update broke the free hotspot trick that involved modifying the APN settings. They're completely locked down now.

Now my hope is LG G5... If same, I stay on S5 for a while.

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For me, the update broke the free hotspot trick that involved modifying the APN settings. They're completely locked down now.
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So Mike you tried using your MSL to go back in to the APN settings to re-add dun to the string and it's not letting you?

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So Mike you tried using your MSL to go back in to the APN settings to re-add dun to the string and it's not letting you?
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That's correct.

I don't know if its just me but the battery is much better and there's less ram usage. Don't know about the hot spot because I have it on my plan and the APN settings are grayed out

eloko said:
Now my hope is LG G5... If same, I stay on S5 for a while.
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Your hope? Meaning?

I'm gonna wait to see if G5 is rootable

eloko said:
I'm gonna wait to see if G5 is rootable
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Is that a sprint phone? Available?

Can't APN info be edited thru a program like CDMAtool? Even if it is disabled in the ##data# with MSL? I haven't needed tethering yet since I've had the S7, but it is nice to have for those times when my ISP decides to break.
Nonetheless, I am withholding performing the OTA even though most of the new stuff sounds good. I tried to capture the OTA's URL thru a logcat but it seems that Samsung/Sprint are too smart for stuff like that, or I'm too dumb or lazy lol. I wanted to get the zip from the server since you can't read /cache without root permissions. If someone can get a .zip of the OTA pulled, that would be great. An unlocked bootloader would be better. I don't really regret keeping the S7 (yet), but probably will get the HTC 10 if it doesn't have crap like the S7.

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Is that a sprint phone? Available?
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It comes out tomorrow

eloko said:
It comes out tomorrow
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On sprint?

Yep

eloko said:
Yep
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How long does it take to know if phones are rootable?

Couple days. If bootloader is locked, then we are out of luck more likely.
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S7 took a day

It's already been confirmed that the T-Mobile G5 will have bootloader locked, I'm guessing this will apply to all us carrier versions

I can also confirm Hotspot broken. APN Settings greyed out. I hardly used it. But it was nice in an emergency. So if you need your free hotspot, do not update. I'm experiencing better battery life. But others have complained about bad life. I've remove and disabled all the apps I do not use as well as use power saving mode on most apps.

Root will come!!

Can't wait for Root. Pretty sure I am not the only one willing to chip in a little to help get it going on ATT.

Yes, we NEED root, but we also have to get some money together for a dev. Take this post to the top! I have $50, anyone willing to match or add to?

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Can't wait for Root. Pretty sure I am not the only one willing to chip in a little to help get it going on ATT.
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You are very positive but how long is At&t note 5 out and no root. Note's are use by government and doughy there will be root.

norbarb said:
You are very positive but how long is At&t note 5 out and no root. Note's are use by government and doughy there will be root.
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I did not know that damn that sucks. Why just not ATT? Other Note 5s had root. But every phone I have had in the last 5 or 6 years has gotten root. My galaxy S2 on boost mobile I had root. My LG G pro on Att with locked bootloader got root. Same with my LG V20. They said oh no the bootloader is locked it will not get root.. It got root. When a phone first comes out everyone starts freaking out about root and someway somehow it gets root. Now you did throw a wrench in the machine about the Note 5 on Att. Hope I am right and we do get it.

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I did not know that damn that sucks. Why just not ATT? Other Note 5s had root. But every phone I have had in the last 5 or 6 years has gotten root. My galaxy S2 on boost mobile I had root. My LG G pro on Att with locked bootloader got root. Same with my LG V20. They said oh no the bootloader is locked it will not get root.. It got root. When a phone first comes out everyone starts freaking out about root and someway somehow it gets root. Now you did throw a wrench in the machine about the Note 5 on Att. Hope I am right and we do get it.
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I hope I'm wrong and we get root on Note 8 like on S8 and S7 versions.

The real problem is that root is not full root. It's always based off the engineering kernel/firmware now (for both the S7 and the S8) and it severely limits the performance of the device.
The S8 can only charge to %80 once it's rooted, it also breaks Netflix, and most of the Samsung apps. Also the bootloader is still locked down tight so there is no way to flash AOSP.
It's really not worth it. There are ways to get almost everything without root now.

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The real problem is that root is not full root. It's always based off the engineering kernel/firmware now (for both the S7 and the S8) and it severely limits the performance of the device.
The S8 can only charge to %80 once it's rooted, it also breaks Netflix, and most of the Samsung apps. Also the bootloader is still locked down tight so there is no way to flash AOSP.
It's really not worth it. There are ways to get almost everything without root now.
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yup, I can deal with no AOSP but not the 80% limitation of battery and breaking of apps.

ShrekOpher said:
It's really not worth it. There are ways to get almost everything without root now.
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Agreed. Practically everything I used to root my phones for can be done now without root. Theming, ad blocking, disabling bloatware, etc... It's great.

The only thing I will miss is Titanium Backup

jason504 said:
The only thing I will miss is Titanium Backup
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Smart switch let's you backup you device to you external SD card. Works almost as good as TB did.

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Smart switch let's you backup you device to you external SD card. Works almost as good as TB did.
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I had to reset my phone the other day and I backed up my phone with Samsung and it did not save any of my settings all it did was put my apps back on my phone with no data for them. Can you do that with switch? Will it save my apps with the data and all?

jason504 said:
I had to reset my phone the other day and I backed up my phone with Samsung and it did not save any of my settings all it did was put my apps back on my phone with no data for them. Can you do that with switch? Will it save my apps with the data and all?
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It saves how your phone is setup, but, no, not data. I think it works fairly well though. I am enjoying the note 8 without root.

suzook said:
It saves how your phone is setup, but, no, not data. I think it works fairly well though. I am enjoying the note 8 without root.
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But to be honest with you how often are you going to need to restore apps when you're not flashing roms..

jason504 said:
The only thing I will miss is Titanium Backup
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Samsung cloud is working almost perfect
Send from edge of Galaxy S8+.

norbarb said:
Samsung cloud is working almost perfect
Send from edge of Galaxy S8+.
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Can you restore app data and launcher settings?

borijess said:
Can you restore app data and launcher settings?
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No

borijess said:
Can you restore app data and launcher settings?
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Well at least it did not work for me

borijess said:
Can you restore app data and launcher settings?
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I just restored my s8+. Most of the app was restore, but not all. I don't know why. Launcher settings are all back include wallpaper. I like how cloud works.
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norbarb said:
I just restored my s8+. Most of the app was restore, but not all. I don't know why. Launcher settings are all back include wallpaper. I like how cloud works.
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You have a link to the app?

borijess said:
Can you restore app data and launcher settings?
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Its best not to. Better to just log back in to everything. No old crusty data to cause errors on your new phone flash
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