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Hi all,
My wife just got a Nook Color for Christmas and I'm itching to root it. Both of our OG evos are rooted and I'm fairly competent with customizing the ever living crap out of them (I'm running MIUI and love it).
I'm looking for suggestions for a cool but most importantly STABLE setup for her nook color. I see there aren't as many options as the Evo, and the rooting process seems a bit more involved, but I'm sure I can figure that part out.
I already ran the 1.41 update and read all of the basic steps for root. She doesn't want to lose the B&N functionality (not sure why), so is my best bet just to root it with a bootable SD without loading CWM recovery? Using manualnooter that would just leave her with the B&N functions but would also install an alternate launcher and allow her to install android market and 3rd party apps, correct?
I've done quite a bit of reading up but I just want to get some opinions...she's afraid I'm going to "mess it up" like I've done to my evo quite a few times, but its never been anything a clean wipe can't fix so I don't see the issue haha.
Thanks everyone!
Your best bet is CM7.1 on a SD card. Just make sure that's an SanDisk Class 4 card, otherwise the performance will be quite miserable. Just grep the CM7.1 zip, the latest gapps-gb zip and greens sd installer and do it. You will be done in 15 min and you will never go back. I got my NC also for x-mas and used CM7.1 on a SD card for 2 days before I installed it on the internal memory (emmc).
ss12108 said:
[...] I already ran the 1.41 update and read all of the basic steps for root. She doesn't want to lose the B&N functionality (not sure why), so is my best bet just to root it with a bootable SD without loading CWM recovery?
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I've rooted 1.4.1 on my Nook Color and blocked further updates. It's provides what I refer to as the "B&N Walled Garden (with a gate)". It's straight B&N in terms of functionality, and all the B&N functions (subscriptions, Conde Nast mags and enhanced books,free read-in-store) work fine. If she intends to use any of the B&N content, it's a nice experience. If she doesn't, then, frankly, you can do a lot more a lot more easily with Cyanogenmod loaded on it.
Using manualnooter that would just leave her with the B&N functions but would also install an alternate launcher and allow her to install android market and 3rd party apps, correct?
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If you root the B&N software, yes.
Alternately, you could load Cyanogenmod either internally on eMMC (replacing B&N), or externally, in a dual-boot SD configuration, which would let you leave the BN setup stock or rooted. The two remain completely separate from each other.
I've done quite a bit of reading up but I just want to get some opinions...she's afraid I'm going to "mess it up" like I've done to my evo quite a few times, but its never been anything a clean wipe can't fix so I don't see the issue haha.
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The NC is pretty bullet-proof. If you decide to root B&N firmware, be sure to block automatic OTA updates, or it will self-destruct when they push an update, and it will be your fault, buster!
I've rooted my wife's new Nook Tablet, and she's quite enamored with it. Adding functionality from the Market has been a big plus, and I've got her music synchronized with our Google TV setup as well.
Thanks both of you. I went the route of booting CM7 from the SD card and it was actually really easy and runs pretty flawlessly. Unfortunately my wife is a pain and doesn't seem to appreciate how much better it is so she just sticks with the stock stuff 99% of the time haha. I might have to get my own now just out of principle!
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You can always add a few Market apps to her mostly-stock setup with the Nook Color App Manager. I used it to add a few apps to my wife's rooted Nook Tablet. If I hadn't told her, she'd have thought those were stock apps.
But yeah, definitely get your own!
bobstro said:
I've rooted 1.4.1 on my Nook Color and blocked further updates.
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How did you block updates? I've seen several mentions about doing this but nothing definitive. Thanks!
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How did you block updates? I've seen several mentions about doing this but nothing definitive. Thanks!
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I edited devicemanager.db using SQLite. Open devicemanager.db and change registry->com.bn.device.fota.mode from "auto" to "manual".
That's all I've done, and no further OTA updates. There are more involved methods, but this seems to work.
I use CM10 booting off of an sdcard 32 gig.
It is terrific and I like using that a lot, but things run a lot slower than stock.
I also rooted the stock system, and that works too, but there are small issues like the white on white ( I am using the fix ) and it still doesn't look good. Another issue is that the settings for Nook HD+ are the worst. This system runs very fast though.
So, I like CM10, but it runs slow. I dislike rooted stock, but it runs very quick.
Is there a way to boot the system off of an sdcard, but the entire system ( CM10 ) runs on the internal memory of the Nook HD+?
I would think this could work. One issue, that I think we might have is, if you boot without the sdcard, the standard Nook boot sequence will reboot your machine 8 times, and wipe away the os...but...that's what clockworkmod is for, making a backup, from time to time.
Is this possible?
Rob
rplourdejr said:
I use CM10 booting off of an sdcard 32 gig.
It is terrific and I like using that a lot, but things run a lot slower than stock.
I also rooted the stock system, and that works too, but there are small issues like the white on white ( I am using the fix ) and it still doesn't look good. Another issue is that the settings for Nook HD+ are the worst. This system runs very fast though.
So, I like CM10, but it runs slow. I dislike rooted stock, but it runs very quick.
Is there a way to boot the system off of an sdcard, but the entire system ( CM10 ) runs on the internal memory of the Nook HD+?
I would think this could work. One issue, that I think we might have is, if you boot without the sdcard, the standard Nook boot sequence will reboot your machine 8 times, and wipe away the os...but...that's what clockworkmod is for, making a backup, from time to time.
Is this possible?
Rob
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Bokbokan has done this on the HD, but no one has done it on the HD+. So yes it is possible. And the reason it runs slow on your card is you have a bad brand SD. If you run it on a good SD it is pretty snappy. Get a SanDisk class 4.
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leapinlar said:
Bokbokan has done this on the HD, but no one has done it on the HD+. So yes it is possible. And the reason it runs slow on your card is you have a bad brand SD. If you run it on a good SD it is pretty snappy. Get a SanDisk class 4.
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Alternatively, I've benchmarked the Sandisk 64GB ultra at 1.8MB/s random write and 6MB/s random read (4K, QD32). That way, you get the best of both worlds.
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leapinlar said:
Bokbokan has done this on the HD, but no one has done it on the HD+. So yes it is possible. And the reason it runs slow on your card is you have a bad brand SD. If you run it on a good SD it is pretty snappy. Get a SanDisk class 4.
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I am using the red and gray, SanDisk 32GB, just like everyone else is. There is an uppercase U with a 1 inside of the U, on the device.
Rob
rplourdejr said:
I am using the red and gray, SanDisk 32GB, just like everyone else is. There is an uppercase U with a 1 inside of the U, on the device.
Rob
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That's odd. I have the 64GB one with a similar speed rating and it runs like a dream. Do you use Windows? I installed mine using the "CM10 sdcard Installer" and replaced (and renamed) the ROM with "cm-10-20130101-UNOFFICIAL-hummingbird.zip" after flashing the installer image but before inserting the card into the Nook.
Might I suggest you take a backup image of your whole card using whatever disk imaging software you use, format it, run a speed test in CrystalDiskMark, post the results and, if it proves to handle random writes at a reasonable speed, try a clean install? I'm not an expert but it seems like that would be the best way of seeing whether the card is at fault or the installation without losing your current one.
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That's odd. I have the 64GB one with a similar speed rating and it runs like a dream. Do you use Windows? I installed mine using the "CM10 sdcard Installer" and replaced (and renamed) the ROM with "cm-10-20130101-UNOFFICIAL-hummingbird.zip" after flashing the installer image but before inserting the card into the Nook.
Might I suggest you take a backup image of your whole card using whatever disk imaging software you use, format it, run a speed test in CrystalDiskMark, post the results and, if it proves to handle random writes at a reasonable speed, try a clean install? I'm not an expert but it seems like that would be the best way of seeing whether the card is at fault or the installation without losing your current one.
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Hmmm...maybe I should define what I mean by slow?
I take the SanDisk out, and I reboot. Now I am in Stock Nook Rooted mode.
I go to Amazon Market or Google App Store. It is showing several apps that have updates.
When I select an app, click update, and then click install and download, the download is super quick and will take literally a second or two before it's downloaded, updated, and ready.
But...
I put the SanDisk back in, and reboot the system. Now I am in CM10, booted and running off the SanDisk.
I go to Amazon Market or Google App Store. It is showing several apps that have updates.
When I select an app, click update, and then click install and download, the download take, perhaps two or three times as long as it did when I did the same thing in Stock Nook Rooted mode?
I like CM10 so much better, so that is what I mostly use, but it seems odd to me that downloads go so much quicker from within the stock system. Of course, whatever I do in Stock, doesn't carry over in CM10.
Rob
rplourdejr said:
Hmmm...maybe I should define what I mean by slow?
I take the SanDisk out, and I reboot. Now I am in Stock Nook Rooted mode.
I go to Amazon Market or Google App Store. It is showing several apps that have updates.
When I select an app, click update, and then click install and download, the download is super quick and will take literally a second or two before it's downloaded, updated, and ready.
But...
I put the SanDisk back in, and reboot the system. Now I am in CM10, booted and running off the SanDisk.
I go to Amazon Market or Google App Store. It is showing several apps that have updates.
When I select an app, click update, and then click install and download, the download take, perhaps two or three times as long as it did when I did the same thing in Stock Nook Rooted mode?
I like CM10 so much better, so that is what I mostly use, but it seems odd to me that downloads go so much quicker from within the stock system. Of course, whatever I do in Stock, doesn't carry over in CM10.
Rob
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This is a pure guess but it could be that the stock is much more stripped down than CM10. What happens when you run a connection speed test (like speedtest.net)?
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This is a pure guess but it could be that the stock is much more stripped down than CM10. What happens when you run a connection speed test (like speedtest.net)?
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Interesting results.
I used an app called How The Grinch Stole...you know the title.
Using Stock setup, from Google App Store, this download of 29.16 Meg, took 27.5 seconds to download and install.
Using CM10 booting from SanDisk, same file, same Google App Store, 29.16 Meg actually took 1 minute 32 seconds to download and install.
Yes, I typed that in correct...1 minute 32 seconds for CM10, 27.5 seconds for Stock Nook.
Huh??? This does not make any sense.
I then tried the speedtest.net app on both systems. Pretty much identical, in all the different download and uploads tests I did, all to the same server, using both Stock Nook, and CM10 Nook.
I then thought...hmmm...perhaps I am not using the same Google Store App?
Both systems have google play services at 2.0.12-543433-10
Both systems have google play store 3.10.10
For Google Services Framework, Stock has 4.0.4-299849 and CM10 has 4.0.4-338691.
Still don't understand why downloading and installing from CM10 is so slow, and Stock is so much quicker.
Both systems did not have the Grinch app ever installed before, so it cannot be that.
At this point, I do not think it's setup, but it sure is strange.
Thanks for everyones feedback on this.
Rob
As far as Play Store downloading slower, it uses a folder in /data to temporarily hold the download file before it installs it. /data on stock is on emmc and /data on CM10 is on SD. So your card's speed characteristics could be effecting how quickly it downloads.
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leapinlar said:
As far as Play Store downloading slower, it uses a folder in /data to temporarily hold the download file before it installs it. /data on stock is on emmc and /data on CM10 is on SD. So your card's speed characteristics could be effecting how quickly it downloads.
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I tried using Crystal Disk Mark program, but I could not get it to see the drives on either Stock Nook or CM10. I can easily see the drives in Windows but they do not have drive letters and it seems Crystal Disk Mark only wants drive letters???
I could not get sdtools to work on my stock rooted nook. Kept complaining about failed write buffer.
It did work on CM10. I got 6.4MB/s write speed, and 18.8MB/s read speed.
Does that say anything useful?
Rob
rplourdejr said:
I tried using Crystal Disk Mark program, but I could not get it to see the drives on either Stock Nook or CM10. I can easily see the drives in Windows but they do not have drive letters
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That is because both CM10 and stock uses MTP protocol to display the drives in Windows. It is a media protocol meant for music files, but Android decided to use it by default instead of USB mass storage which uses drive letters. MTP shows the drives as portable devices like an MP3 player would show. CM10 usually has the option available to switch to USB mass storage mode, but it does not work on our devices.
Someone else must answer about the speeds you registered.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on SD
rplourdejr said:
Hmmm...maybe I should define what I mean by slow?
I take the SanDisk out, and I reboot. Now I am in Stock Nook Rooted mode.
I go to Amazon Market or Google App Store. It is showing several apps that have updates.
When I select an app, click update, and then click install and download, the download is super quick and will take literally a second or two before it's downloaded, updated, and ready.
But...
I put the SanDisk back in, and reboot the system. Now I am in CM10, booted and running off the SanDisk.
I go to Amazon Market or Google App Store. It is showing several apps that have updates.
When I select an app, click update, and then click install and download, the download take, perhaps two or three times as long as it did when I did the same thing in Stock Nook Rooted mode?
I like CM10 so much better, so that is what I mostly use, but it seems odd to me that downloads go so much quicker from within the stock system. Of course, whatever I do in Stock, doesn't carry over in CM10.
Rob
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I know that 'later' versions of Android have a check on PLAY downloads that didn't exist in ICS. Could that be the problem?
Hi All, at the risk of being flamed with a crazy n00b question, I'm trying to figure out the best way to use the microSD card. Got 3 of these Kindle Fire's for Christmas for my 10, 8, and 5 yr old boys. The parental controls look fabulous for my needs for them, the obvious problem is the internal storage. I'm reading up as much as I can, realizing root is my saving grace (Thank you Tomsgt!!!!) for getting apps to move to the microSD card, I'm trying to figure out the best/easiest program to make this actually happen.
What are you all using? Any pre-requisites to make this happen (besides root)? Do I have to setup symbolic links, or is there a way to make this all automagic? Is there a way to make content automatically download to the SD card or do I just need to plan on managing this a little an app at a time to move after install?
I tried Link2SD, followed some guides I found, but the immediate problem I found was I wasn't able to copy anything onto the FAT32 partition when it's in the Fire and the Fire is in my computer. Maybe I need to just take the card out and copy content (movies and stuff) directly onto the card that way, but it just doesn't seem quite right.
Ultimately my goal is to get all apps (not system apps obviously) and content to the microSD card.
Thanks so much for your help to this n00b (typically an iPhone user, having a fun time trying to drink from a firehouse trying to live in both worlds)!!
I've been using Link2sd for a number of years. And I find it very helpful for the fire. 1st off you need to repartition the SD card. Set both partitions as primary. 2nd partition I set as a ext2. I have it setup to automatically move new apps to 2nd partition via settings.
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Thanks for responding back! I'm working to try to get link2sd working, but am running into an issue.
I've rooted, installed link2sd, rebooted, and when I launch the app I can choose whichever of the 2 I've created (44GB FAT32 and 20GB EXT2), in either case, after I choose that I'll see a screen that says: "Root Access Warning", "Link2SD could not obtain root access."
In an effort to try to 'start over', I've downloaded the latest firmware, re-installed, went through the basics, did root ONLY (no OTA blocks, nor ad bocks), and just tried re-installing Link2SD, but I'm getting the exact same behavior and unable to move apps.
Got any ideas or thoughts?
Thanks a ton!
Short Version:
I formatted ext2, but had to choose ext4 upon startup of link2sd.
Long Version:
I got it worked out. Stupid. When I formatted the SD card on my computer, I KNOW I told it to go ext2 because every guide I read said use 2 since it'd be better for stock ROMs. When launching link2sd every time I said use ext2 it would tell me it couldn't obtain root. I went and got the link2sd app from google play (I had previously only been using the one from the Amazon App store) and it's pretty obvious the one in the Amazon App store is out dated, or stripped down or something. When I launched the latest link2sd, I would get mount script errors. I then proceeded to just start trying other partitions, and when I chose ext4, BAM, looks like that's the ticket.
Hopefully this might help other poor unsuspecting souls.
Is LINK2SD the only way to do this ?
I'm running the resurrection-remix rom and wondered if there's something built in that I'm missing.
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Connorsdad said:
Is LINK2SD the only way to do this ?
I'm running the resurrection-remix rom and wondered if there's something built in that I'm missing.
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I certainly can't say for sure, but, it definitely appears that this is truly the only app I can find that will actually allow you to move ALL aspects of an app to the SD Card. I've tried several others and all they end up allowing you to do is move the program itself, not the content. Which, for something like Knights Of The Old Republic, sucks 'cause the app's like 40 MB, and the content is 2GB. The kicker is that Link2SD is "free", but it's basically not functional until you purchase the license. I suppose they do this so you can first see if you can get it all to the point JUST BEFORE you can move content, because as I've found, there are several steps. Once you're ready to move, you're good to go, just need the license and you can proceed forward. I'm still in the middle of playing with it, but it appears that there are settings which will auto place EVERYTHING onto the SD card if installing from an online app store. Truly worth the 2 bucks and change to actually open up your SD card.
(on a side note, I totally understand one reason why this *could* be a bad thing to do, and that's only if your microSD card is slow. The internal memory on devices is likely as fast as you can get, but the budget microSD cards are definitely going to be slower. I seriously doubt it'll prevent an app from opening, all it means is that you just need to go into it with your eyes wide open that it might launch apps a little slower... which... for me I could care less 'cause these fires are for my 10, 8, and 5 year olds )
Just found foldermount on the playstore, sounds ideal, I'll report back here.
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Just found foldermount on the playstore, sounds ideal, I'll report back here.
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This app works a treat
I highly recommend paying the small price for the pro version to remove the limitations.
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link2sd isn't the only app that's severely out of date on the Amazon appstore. I find that to be very common.
Foldermount works well, but nothing beats the simplicity of link2sd. Most notably, sometimes on bootup Foldermount can take some time to do its thing, whereas link2sd links are usually immediately functional. I don't know what difficulty you had with the free version; I used it successfully for years (and supplemented it with Foldermount for two offline navigation apps whose data storage was particularly bad) before finally paying the $2.35 for the Plus version which basically just adds the ability to move an app's data as well as the app itself.
When you have a ton of apps on a slow SD card (regardless of link2sd vs. Foldermount etc) the whole system can get very slow and even unresponsive, far beyond a tolerable mere need to wait for an app to open. However, if that happens then you know what you need to do...uninstall some apps. I try to keep apps that run all the time on internal. That helps. And yeah, if you're using link2sd/Foldermount/etc then definitely don't cheap out on a slow card.
Using a Samsung Memory 64 GB Evo MicroSDXC UHS-I Grade 1 Class 10 Memory Card at the minute, hopefully good enough. Poor decision not to be able to store apps on an external card as standard tbh.
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I bought a 2015 Amazon Fire Kids' Edition and a 32GB SD card for my son for Christmas. I followed the directions here to upgrade to 5.1.1 and maintain root and the 5.0.1 bootloaders, set up Google, etc. We decided to use the one year of Free Time that came with the tablet to make things simpler to set up and maintain, at least initially. However, my son keeps having to download apps, even ones he frequently uses, all over again. There is plenty of space on the SD card, and there appears to be plenty of space on the internal memory too.
I haven't been able to find a lot of discussion of this issue online, and I'm not sure if that's because it is normal and everyone thinks it is ok, or if it is because (especially on XDA) everyone is using some other setup.
Are other folks having this issue? Is there any way to force it to store the apps on the SD card and not constantly download apps that were already installed?
Since this isn't my device I don't want to spend a lot of time messing with it. I just want it to work without complaints. Even my wife is ticked that Free Time works this way!
if you have FireOS, have you tried contacting Amazon? Just wondering... Otherwise mention which ROM you are running.
I have the exact same issue on both my kids tablets. Apps have to be downloaded again very often, they still show as installed in settings. It even does it on apps downloaded from the normal appstore when they are added to the kids area, but the same apps run with no issues when not on a kids profile so I know they don't need to download extra data or update to run. Have you come across anything that is causing this? I'm going to try speaking with Amazon tomorrow. Both mine are unrooted stock.
I have two tablets and having issues with one of them at the moment. Originally I left one stock (kids subscription) and set the other up with slim rom, but ordered a third (another with the kids sub) and gave away the one with slim rom. The one with fire OS has only the lock screen ad remover and OTA blocker mods. It has an 8GB SD card but constantly running out of space, I can't even uninstall apps to make space now, so frustrating.
I thought the 1yr subscription to all the kids content would be great but its no good if you cant actually play or use them. The best thing I done was change the one to slim rom, didn't have one issue, had access to everything on play store and you could still set up parental controls.
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Do you still get access to the kids content that comes with the subscription?
I got a Fire tablet forma the kids thought the Free time thing was great, but every time an app is launched it seems to be downloaded again. This is frustrating. I also searched but didn't find much on the topic. Any news on what causes this? I have moved all apps to the SD, maybe that's part of the cause?
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I got a Fire tablet forma the kids thought the Free time thing was great, but every time an app is launched it seems to be downloaded again. This is frustrating. I also searched but didn't find much on the topic. Any news on what causes this? I have moved all apps to the SD, maybe that's part of the cause?
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Possibly. If the migration method did not utilize symbolic links good chance relocation is the culprit. Move one or two back to internal storage and see what happens.
Hey all. Long time Blackberry user here. I have a couple questions about my note 5 I just picked up.
- Can I root the device (I'm on verizon)? I've done a bunch of googling and so far it seems like verizon has done a good job at making it impossible?
- The main reason I want to root is to just to rid my phone of all the JUNK apps I don't want. If rooting my phone isn't possible, what's the best way to prevent the apps from taking up space and using up data? With no sdcard slot, space will be a premium, and I'd like to free up as much as possible.
-RYknow
-RYknow said:
Hey all. Long time Blackberry user here. I have a couple questions about my note 5 I just picked up.
- Can I root the device (I'm on verizon)? I've done a bunch of googling and so far it seems like verizon has done a good job at making it impossible?
- The main reason I want to root is to just to rid my phone of all the JUNK apps I don't want. If rooting my phone isn't possible, what's the best way to prevent the apps from taking up space and using up data? With no sdcard slot, space will be a premium, and I'd like to free up as much as possible.
-RYknow
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Right now without root access on our Verizon Galaxy Note 5s there's no way to get rid of the apps to free up space. However there is a way to disable the apps by using Package Disabler but you have to make sure that you don't disable anything if you don't know what it does because you can end up causing the phone not to work or not boot in which case you'll have to do a restore and lose everything. I actually made the mistake and disabled some things that I shouldn't have and it caused the phone to get stuck at the Verizon logo so just be careful what you do with it! Also if you disable certain things that the system needs it can actually become detrimental to the battery life and make it run out faster. Personally I'd say to just leave it alone unless it's actually doing something because on mine I noticed that if I don't use them or tap into them they won't run anyway.
-RYknow said:
Hey all. Long time Blackberry user here. I have a couple questions about my note 5 I just picked up.
- Can I root the device (I'm on verizon)? I've done a bunch of googling and so far it seems like verizon has done a good job at making it impossible?
- The main reason I want to root is to just to rid my phone of all the JUNK apps I don't want. If rooting my phone isn't possible, what's the best way to prevent the apps from taking up space and using up data? With no sdcard slot, space will be a premium, and I'd like to free up as much as possible.
-RYknow
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hi,
Here's a few pointers, what i do (managing free space)
Firstly, i am also on a branded version. No root, stock Rom.
I found that i could uninstall most of my carriers bloatware,
( see... Device /Settings /App Manager)
Other system bloat apps, i just disabled in App Manager.
Check system apps like...
Eg S Voice.. Briefing.. S HEALTH ?, (if you can disable.)
Secondly your stock Smart Manager, /App Powersaving, the apps i hardly use, i set to always... optimizing.
I used to store movies on my ext Sd card, (but as
we have no Ext Sd card) , i keep my movies on
a mini OTG SanDisk. If i want to watch,i plug /attach, OTG and watch.( Saves a lot of space)
Eventually, you just "adapt" to the limited space.
Good luck
Post note,
Root, is not always the answer.!
Sometimes you just create, more problems /issues
for yourself.
All my other devices Note 2/3/4 is rooted.
My Note5 is not rooted and i am overall very happy with device.
I only have 2 x small system bugs, nothing to stress about /root (Found a roundabout way to fix these.)
Otherwise.......
(Battery life is good , Device runs very smooth, optimized good)
willcor said:
hi,
Here's a few pointers, what i do (managing free space)
Firstly, i am also on a branded version. No root, stock Rom.
I found that i could uninstall most of my carriers bloatware,
( see... Device /Settings /App Manager)
Other system bloat apps, i just disabled in App Manager.
Check system apps like...
Eg S Voice.. Briefing.. S HEALTH ?, (if you can disable.)
Secondly your stock Smart Manager, /App Powersaving, the apps i hardly use, i set to always... optimizing.
I used to store movies on my ext Sd card, (but as
we have no Ext Sd card) , i keep my movies on
a mini OTG SanDisk. If i want to watch,i plug /attach, OTG and watch.( Saves a lot of space)
Eventually, you just "adapt" to the limited space.
Good luck
Post note,
Root, is not always the answer.!
Sometimes you just create, more problems /issues
for yourself.
All my other devices Note 2/3/4 is rooted.
My Note5 is not rooted and i am overall very happy with device.
I only have 2 x small system bugs, nothing to stress about /root (Found a roundabout way to fix these.)
Otherwise.......
(Battery life is good , Device runs very smooth, optimized good)
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Thanks for the response. I've gone through and just disabled all the verizon apps that I could, as well as a few of the samsung apps I feel pretty confident I won't be using. Seems like rooting is more of a headache then I really want to get into right now with a new device, and a brand new platform (I've literally been using an android for 2 days now).
Thanks again!
-RYknow
-RYknow said:
Thanks for the response. I've gone through and just disabled all the verizon apps that I could, as well as a few of the samsung apps I feel pretty confident I won't be using. Seems like rooting is more of a headache then I really want to get into right now with a new device, and a brand new platform (I've literally been using an android for 2 days now).
Thanks again!
-RYknow
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yeah , dont root it. It voids your warranty, and also few features will not work. Like private mode, Samsung Pay etc