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Hi everybody
Ive had my first HTC phone for a few weeks. Im running 2.3.3 with hboot 1.16. I have rooted the phone and bootloader unlock with HTCdev, therefore I am still S-ON. Running cyanogenmod 7.1.
I have a few questions regarding my device which hopefully you can help me with:
1.(when final versions are released etc) Because cyanogenmod 9 is be based on ICS, can I actually just install cyanogenmod 9 like I did with 7.1? or would I have to somehow upgrade my stock rom to ICS and then install cyan 9? Do I ever have to update clockworkmod?
2.Theres a lot of talk about gold golds when I look on forums especially when people have certain things wrong with there phone. Is it worth me making one just incase something goes wrong with my phone? Or can this not be done, im not actually 100% sure about these tbh.
3.Are there anyways to speed up the phone like apps etc. im thinking about moving all my apps to the sd card as apparently this helps? I also have SD maid pro installed to help clean it up etc I run that once a week. Any other apps that are useful?
4.Is it worth me getting s-off by downgrading my 1.16 to 1.13?
5.With iphone I ran a program called ultrasnow to carrier unlock my phone so I could but any simcard into my phone and it would work. Can this be done with HTC? Im currently locked on optus.
Sorry for the questions. Ive just came from having an iphone for the past 4 years, so all of the HTC stuff is very new to me. But hopefully one day ill be able to help people when they ask questions like I have done today. I will give thanks etc to answers.
Thank you for your time on helping
vizzy said:
1.(when final versions are released etc) Because cyanogenmod 9 is be based on ICS, can I actually just install cyanogenmod 9 like I did with 7.1? or would I have to somehow upgrade my stock rom to ICS and then install cyan 9? Do I ever have to update clockworkmod?
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You should be able to just flash the cm9 rom same as cm7. I'm sure if there was any special requirements they will be stated in the thread when it arrives to our phone.
vizzy said:
2.Theres a lot of talk about gold golds when I look on forums especially when people have certain things wrong with there phone. Is it worth me making one just incase something goes wrong with my phone? Or can this not be done, im not actually 100% sure about these tbh.
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A goldcard is used for flashing a stock rom from a different carrier. Not much point making one until its necessary
vizzy said:
3.Are there anyways to speed up the phone like apps etc. im thinking about moving all my apps to the sd card as apparently this helps? I also have SD maid pro installed to help clean it up etc I run that once a week. Any other apps that are useful?
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I think moving apps to the sdcard may actually decrease performance as the internal phone memory is faster than sdcard. Unless you have Installed apps to near the phones capacity (which you may have being a new user ) I think its best to leave them where they are.
A good way to increase the phones performance would be to overclock or install a more efficient kernel. When I was running cm7 on my phone I found Enki v0-alpha to be awesome.
vizzy said:
4.Is it worth me getting s-off by downgrading my 1.16 to 1.13?
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If you are happy with how your phone performs in calls and sms I wouldn't bother getting s-off
vizzy said:
5.With iphone I ran a program called ultrasnow to carrier unlock my phone so I could but any simcard into my phone and it would work. Can this be done with HTC? Im currently locked on optus.
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I'm unaware of any unlock method for this phone on gingerbread. Are you prepaid or plan? Prepaid can get free unlock code if you recharge an accumulated $80 (or $90 I cant recall exactly)
Thanks for the reply. ahh im pretty good with my apps tbh ive pretty much just downloaded the ones i used on my iphone on a daily basis except the ones that are only available in england (im travelling atm).
My phones is ok with phonecalls and sms, but its not very often i have full reception. A lot of the time when i am holding my phone it will go down to 0 bars. Its in an otter box communter case as well. Would different radio's be able to fix this issue? If i was to s-off obviously. And thanks for the kernal info, ill have a look into them. Not that i understand them atm but a bit of research should help.
And when i top up on the 9th i will be on $90 so i will go into optus and see about getting it unlocked.
Thanks for your help
About sim unlocking, I went to ebay and found a seller who pays the hefty fee for access to all unlock codes for different phones, by carrier. The unlock code is associated with the "EMEI" number of your specific phone.
It cost me about $20. My phone will accept any sim card fine. (Won't connect with a few carriers that use unique radio frequencies.)
My phone originally came from Bell, I got it used, and the above method let me put my Fido simcard into it.
Edit: oh, but if you get it free, oh well.
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yeah i just wanted to know if i could do it in a matter of seconds like i can with my iphone. Not that i need it atm, but nice to have it done for when i need it. Thanks anyway !
speaking of kernals, if i was to flash a customer kernal. In order to get back to the original kernal would i have to reinstall the ROM or is there a way to delete it as so to speak?
vizzy said:
speaking of kernals, if i was to flash a customer kernal. In order to get back to the original kernal would i have to reinstall the ROM or is there a way to delete it as so to speak?
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Inside your rom's zip file, there's a boot.img. This is the kernel. You can flash it in fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
if i reflash the boot.img like i did when i initially installed cyanogen, wont my rom go back to how it was when i first installed it? Meaning i have to re-install all my apps etc etc. probs a noob question tbh, but ive never had to do anything like this yet.
vizzy said:
if i reflash the boot.img like i did when i initially installed cyanogen, wont my rom go back to how it was when i first installed it? Meaning i have to re-install all my apps etc etc. probs a noob question tbh, but ive never had to do anything like this yet.
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No, the boot partition contains no user data.
Thats great thanks.
now one more question then ill stop annoying you haha.
I want an application of some sort that will allow me to decide which apps can connect to the internet and which cant. As i would like to block some apps from accessing the internet, unless i allow them to? any ideas?
vizzy said:
Thats great thanks.
now one more question then ill stop annoying you haha.
I want an application of some sort that will allow me to decide which apps can connect to the internet and which cant. As i would like to block some apps from accessing the internet, unless i allow them to? any ideas?
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.googlecode.droidwall.free&hl=en
Since we got the new official 4.3 update, that means we got a new bootloader with the update right? If so, does anyone know if anyone has tried to get this unlocked even though we had no success with 4.2.2? I don't know if I can help get it done or not cause I don't have much background with actually unlocking it but I'm willing to help if possible. :fingers-crossed: Might run into problems with KNOX though.. idk.
Samsung GS4 locked bootloader. HELP
xAjCx said:
Since we got the new official 4.3 update, that means we got a new bootloader with the update right? If so, does anyone know if anyone has tried to get this unlocked even though we had no success with 4.2.2? I don't know if I can help get it done or not cause I don't have much background with actually unlocking it but I'm willing to help if possible. :fingers-crossed: Might run into problems with KNOX though.. idk.
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Hello,
I bought an unlocked Samsung S4 Active I537 from ATT, but I use it in Canada.
I have tried to use Goomanager, TWRP manager, safestrap, quickboot; but the phone goes back to the normal bootloader.
When I try to install a ROM from my SD card (by normal bootloader) it does not do anything at all; just stays on the same screen for a minute then reboots normally.
I am guessing the bootloader isnt unlocked.
What tips you got?
Thanks!
drakul123 said:
Hello,
I bought an unlocked Samsung S4 Active I537 from ATT, but I use it in Canada.
I have tried to use Goomanager, TWRP manager, safestrap, quickboot; but the phone goes back to the normal bootloader.
When I try to install a ROM from my SD card (by normal bootloader) it does not do anything at all; just stays on the same screen for a minute then reboots normally.
I am guessing the bootloader isnt unlocked.
What tips you got?
Thanks!
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The bootloader is still locked and currently there's nothing you can do about it. If you want to follow the progress read through this thread.
I learned that the hard way
Devo7v said:
The bootloader is still locked and currently there's nothing you can do about it. If you want to follow the progress read through this thread.
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In advance: sorry to sound bitter; but wasn't fun how useless can be a device with a locked bootloader.
So the google apps stopped working and the whole thing is pretty much gone to hell/
IF samsung hadnt locked it so good (in a non-compliment kind of way) I could just install a new ROM and done, even better than with their weird touch wiz. But they locked it well so the phone is pretty much an average control remote in present time.
All samsung devices are locked like this one?
or that's their only garbage version ?
If that's the way they roll... no more Samsung phones ever for me.
There is a reason I stopped buying apple stuff... I dont like buying a device that is limited not because of its hardware, but because of the useless things a brand adds to make it useless. (like locking the bootloader)
Anyways... I am considering buying another phone for now.:silly:
drakul123 said:
In advance: sorry to sound bitter; but wasn't fun how useless can be a device with a locked bootloader.
So the google apps stopped working and the whole thing is pretty much gone to hell/
IF samsung hadnt locked it so good (in a non-compliment kind of way) I could just install a new ROM and done, even better than with their weird touch wiz. But they locked it well so the phone is pretty much an average control remote in present time.
All samsung devices are locked like this one?
or that's their only garbage version ?
If that's the way they roll... no more Samsung phones ever for me.
There is a reason I stopped buying apple stuff... I dont like buying a device that is limited not because of its hardware, but because of the useless things a brand adds to make it useless. (like locking the bootloader)
Anyways... I am considering buying another phone for now.:silly:
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The device is far from useless, you can still root and flash custom ROMs, just not CM or AOSP based ROMs. I've posted all the stock ROMs and instructions on how to flash them, so if you do mess up your phone you can always start from scratch.
To answer your question about all Samsung phones, pretty much all Samsung phones from the GS3 an later that were sold by AT&T and Verizon have locked bootloaders. Nearly all the international versions as well as T-Mobile versions are sold with an unlocked bootloader, so you don't necessarily need to boycott Samsung, you just need to be more careful when purchasing a Samsung phone in the future.
Devo7v said:
The device is far from useless, you can still root and flash custom ROMs, just not CM or AOSP based ROMs. I've posted all the stock ROMs and instructions on how to flash them, so if you do mess up your phone you can always start from scratch.
To answer your question about all Samsung phones, pretty much all Samsung phones from the GS3 an later that were sold by AT&T and Verizon have locked bootloaders. Nearly all the international versions as well as T-Mobile versions are sold with an unlocked bootloader, so you don't necessarily need to boycott Samsung, you just need to be more careful when purchasing a Samsung phone in the future.
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Hey there
Where did you post these ways of re installing all?
I saw many posts around here about reinstalling but I couldnt move on after they required the Samsung to do something through the bootloader.
Also there was a post to uninstall using Odin, but the post had missing files so couldnt do it.
Keep me posted!
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Hey there
Where did you post these ways of re installing all?
I saw many posts around here about reinstalling but I couldnt move on after they required the Samsung to do something through the bootloader.
Also there was a post to uninstall using Odin, but the post had missing files so couldnt do it.
Keep me posted!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2835481
[Q&A] [DOG1-N910T/T3] TEKXvirgin N4 URv0 > 8/11 STOCK ODEX ROM/ LOLLIPOP 5.1.1 > TEK
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TEKHD! Thank you!
TEKHD ! Thank you so much! Finally I feel like my Note 4 is as smooth as the iphone UI now. 5.1 completely changed the feeling like an ealier poster mentioned earlier. I can't wait to see how smooth this runs with some tweaks / debloat.
For the Record : This is the FIRST rom to date I've ran on my note 4 on lollipop that actually goes to the task switcher after hitting the button, not 2 seconds later.
Running great so far on my n910t.
1) Backed up
2) flashed COG2 using Odin to update baseband
3) phone apps were crashing on reboot, went back to recovery, wiped per instructions in first post and then restored the second posted file.
4) Reboot to a brand new feeling Note 4
TEK HD Thanks again !
Has anyone on an N910T gone from this 5.1.1 ROM back to COG2? I Odined back but got a flurry of force closes that made it impossible to use the phone. NFC was one of the things constantly force closing... maybe because something to do with the phone thinking it became an N910T3?
Anyway, I did not wipe data after Odining because I usually don't have issues. Anyone know how to go back to COG2? I backed up my data and will try again with data wiped...
BTW, this ROM is very nice, fast and fluid, and indeed recent apps is much quicker. But I just want VoLTE and WiFi calling to work. Thanks in advance!
Edit: i see the note about wiping data when UPDATING to COG2, from COD6 or whatever, but when i did that before, i had no force close issues at all. so i was surprised that i had it when reverting from DOG1. anyway, i guess i may have to wipe if i wanna revert.... will try
does it support vietnamese language?
re: vietnamese language
dangkhoavt said:
does it support vietnamese language?
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Sorry to say but it don't support the vietnamese language
unless you find it somewhere, download it and install it.
Good luck,
Have a great day!
Anyone know if there any other kernels that might fire this rom up?
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Does anyone have a sound mod for the T3?
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Q?
I am wondering if n910t mod will wor on n910t3? (Flashable Mods designed for the n910t)
Any fix for the GPS and Data slow down problems?
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I just bought a second hand N910T that is still carrier locked. Should I get it unlocked before rooting/ flashing this rom or will rooting/ flashing this rom also unlock?
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itsmillertime said:
I just bought a second hand N910T that is still carrier locked. Should I get it unlocked before rooting/ flashing this rom or will rooting/ flashing this rom also unlock?
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Rooting roms, flashing roms or firmwares have nothing to do with unlocking the phone.
Whether the phone is locked or unlocked either way you can flash roms, firmwares or
anything else and it has no effect on the locked or unlocked status of your phone.
p.s. rooting or flashing roms will not unlock or lock your phone.
Good luck,
Have a great day!
Misterjunky said:
Rooting roms, flashing roms or firmwares have nothing to do with unlocking the phone.
Whether the phone is locked or unlocked either way you can flash roms, firmwares or
anything else and it has no effect on the locked or unlocked status of your phone.
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That's true, but to be fair, there are two kinds of "locked".
Bootloaders can be locked or unlocked, usually depending on the carrier or manufacturer. The locked bootloader on AT&T's SM-910A is why only temporary root is available (and why I'm running a SM-910T on AT&T's network). T-Mobile Note4s have unlocked bootloaders, allowing different kernels, ROMs, and rooting. As far as I know, the only way to change the bootloader locked state is if the carrier or manufacturer allows it. I had an ASUS Transformer 2 that originally had a locked bootloader. After some complaining from XDA members and others, ASUS released a patch that unlocked the bootloader and I think voided the warranty. Anyway, unlocked bootloader doesn't mean you can swap in a foreign or prepaid SIM and have it work. That comes with the other kind of locking.
The carrier/SIM locking is completely separate from bootloaders. You can be stock, unrooted, etc and still have your phone unlocked to accept non-carrier SIMs. I purchased a carrier/SIM unlocked 910T to use on AT&T's network, but I could also take it to Europe and use a prepaid SIM. The carriers will unlock for free as long as the phone is fully paid for. Other online services don't care if the phone is paid for yet, but charge $30 or so I think. Never used them, so I can't comment specifically. I have ALWAYS unlocked by phones before selling them on Swappa because it tends to increase the value a bit.
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mletchworth said:
That's true, but to be fair, there are two kinds of "locked".
Bootloaders can be locked or unlocked, usually depending on the carrier or manufacturer. The locked bootloader on AT&T's SM-910A is why only temporary root is available (and why I'm running a SM-910T on AT&T's network). T-Mobile Note4s have unlocked bootloaders, allowing different kernels, ROMs, and rooting. As far as I know, the only way to change the bootloader locked state is if the carrier or manufacturer allows it. I had an ASUS Transformer 2 that originally had a locked bootloader. After some complaining from XDA members and others, ASUS released a patch that unlocked the bootloader and I think voided the warranty. Anyway, unlocked bootloader doesn't mean you can swap in a foreign or prepaid SIM and have it work. That comes with the other kind of locking.
The carrier/SIM locking is completely separate from bootloaders. You can be stock, unrooted, etc and still have your phone unlocked to accept non-carrier SIMs. I purchased a carrier/SIM unlocked 910T to use on AT&T's network, but I could also take it to Europe and use a prepaid SIM. The carriers will unlock for free as long as the phone is fully paid for. Other online services don't care if the phone is paid for yet, but charge $30 or so I think. Never used them, so I can't comment specifically. I have ALWAYS unlocked by phones before selling them on Swappa because it tends to increase the value a bit.
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There are a lot more than just two type of locks in our phones.
However your original post only mentioned carrier sim unlocking so my
reply had nothing in it about any other kind of locking or unlocking.
What else can I say? I can't read people's minds. LOL
Good luck,
Have a great day!
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There are a lot more than just two type of locks in our phones.
However your original post only mentioned carrier sim unlocking so my
reply had nothing in it about any other kind of locking or unlocking.
What else can I say? I can't read people's minds. LOL
Good luck,
Have a great day!
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Yep, you're right. Sorry to take the thread off-topic. Just trying to help out and explain what I understand the differences to be so u/itsmillertime can get his issues resolved.
YrrchSebor said:
Has anyone on an N910T gone from this 5.1.1 ROM back to COG2? I Odined back but got a flurry of force closes that made it impossible to use the phone. NFC was one of the things constantly force closing... maybe because something to do with the phone thinking it became an N910T3?
Anyway, I did not wipe data after Odining because I usually don't have issues. Anyone know how to go back to COG2? I backed up my data and will try again with data wiped...
BTW, this ROM is very nice, fast and fluid, and indeed recent apps is much quicker. But I just want VoLTE and WiFi calling to work. Thanks in advance!
Edit: i see the note about wiping data when UPDATING to COG2, from COD6 or whatever, but when i did that before, i had no force close issues at all. so i was surprised that i had it when reverting from DOG1. anyway, i guess i may have to wipe if i wanna revert.... will try
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So were you successful? I see no reply to your question or followup from you.
On a similar note: I'm wondering if I have a TWRP backup of a 4.4.4 ROM, and a TWRP backup of this one, if I can just switch back and forth with a restore or whichever one.
Yeah the reason I bought the tmobile version was for the unlocked bootloader. I just didn't know if there was a way to unlock it via Odin or anything. I ended up getting it unlocked by imeifix.com. $15 and 15 minutes later, highly satisfied with their service.
Files corrupted?
i tried downloading both files and both were corrupted when i used Winrar to unzip, also downloaded 7zip and nothing. What could be wrong?
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So were you successful? I see no reply to your question or followup from you.
On a similar note: I'm wondering if I have a TWRP backup of a 4.4.4 ROM, and a TWRP backup of this one, if I can just switch back and forth with a restore or whichever one.
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hi sorry i forgot to update, but the data wipe did work. as for your nandroids, it's possible you may run into the same issue with the data, and also i think those two ROMs need different bootloaders and basebands, so you would have to change those as well when going back and forth.
I'm confused with this new 910T/910T3 nandroid backups. So we run these and it turns the software of our 910T into 910T3? And the DOG1 firmware? What's the advantage of this over running the tekxodus v3.3 with 5.1.1 and COG2? This new 3.3 is just so awesome
Well that time has come again. Moving from my S4 to an S6 which comes in on Thurs. So I am trying to read up now on it. Get this rooted.. and HOPE TO GOD.. this isnt like the ATT S4.. where I couldnt even change the recovery out.. or kernel.. So I am hoping T-Mobile still allows for the fun stuff without any safestrap.
Also.. that being said... T-Mobile appears to have made an odd mistake.. For upgrades (or even new lines). Right now, when I looked.. Galaxy S6 64GB is 0 down, 24$ a month, or 580$ retail.. However.. right next to it.. the 128GB is the same exact cost... Whats more sad is. The 32GB Galaxy 6 Edge.. costs more. Same specs as everyone knows.. So just in case people wanna jump on it.
Anyways I am looking to get some insight on where I will start reading on the guides, or what I can and cannot do out of the box. (In case "x" version I cant do anything with atm) Need to root as well. So a "starting place" is what I need to start my journey and research.
Now for Roms. Thats always the catch.. so many out there and knowing what does what or who is stable and great. Main thing I always look for in a rom is cifs.ko support so I can mount external nas drives to my phone directly and access. Stock kernels dont usually let me. Unless the S6 is different?
Anyways thanks for any starter places and advice for me on where to start looking for when I get it thurs. (The 128GB!!!!)
Edit: Just got my S6 in early, Its 5.0.2
You can change recovery, flash Roms, kernels, root and all that fun stuff. You just can't downgrade firmwares. Also of course it will trip knox and you won't be able to use samsung pay. But it's no mistake the 64gb and 128gb are the same price, don't know why but T-Mobile has been pricing them the same for a while now
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serio22 said:
You can change recovery, flash Roms, kernels, root and all that fun stuff. You just can't downgrade firmwares. Also of course it will trip knox and you won't be able to use samsung pay. But it's no mistake the 64gb and 128gb are the same price, don't know why but T-Mobile has been pricing them the same for a while now
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Wow really? Thats still so odd.. and the fact that the edge still costs more for less storage... Yes it sucks about no microsd.. but My 16GB S4 + 64GB Micro.. sucked worse since everytime an app updated... it would take it off sd data.. and move it right back to internal.
Good to know that I can fully mod this one again! Not being able to use Samsung pay... yea.. that could really suck.. (Read: How many of us actually use it since Google wallet wasnt really major... bleh..)
So out of the box, any issues I should know about when trying to least get the recovery rom up there? I figure before I play with stock and root.. I should LEAST install the recovery part of it making my life easier for the future.
In developer options, turn on OEM Unlocking, you should have no issues after that. For root you need a custom kernel, recovery you just flash with Odin
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serio22 said:
In developer options, turn on OEM Unlocking, you should have no issues after that. For root you need a custom kernel, recovery you just flash with Odin
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Wow so basically you are saying Samsung made it simple for us to do stuff without many hoops to go through? And root.. has to be a new kernel eh...? Which really makes me wonder.. which one to go with heh. You know any good ones that have cifs mounting support off hand?
Mysticales said:
Wow so basically you are saying Samsung made it simple for us to do stuff without many hoops to go through? And root.. has to be a new kernel eh...? Which really makes me wonder.. which one to go with heh. You know any good ones that have cifs mounting support off hand?
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Well somewhat. Before you didn't have to do anything, but at least the option is there. Doesn't have to be the newest, but has to be based off of at least 5.1. Don't know which ones support cifs. Sorry
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Hrm ok. So still more studying to do. So I have to get a 5.1 kernel you said? I thought Android had a higher version out already?
Also anyone here have a rom they have been enjoying for gaming, networking, and still of course have wifi calling? Oh yes... the other thing I forgot I really would like... Wifi tethering where I once again can change the mac id.. so I can trick my 3ds into thinking I am the Nintendo zone stuff...
Edit: ACK! My phone came today! 1 day early.. didnt expect it till tm.. since I ordered it last night.. Damnit. now I gotta read up more today and apply.
Ok, So with my device being 5.0.2. I am reading up on pingpong, but doesnt list my 5.0.2 S6 build on it?
Then looking at various things about rooting it while keeping knox? Or others saying that messes up other things.. Then I still dont know if that knox protection is just for root + stock... but that it would still trip moment you flash to another rom?
Which case makes me wonder.. should I just odin flash to 5.1.1 with the firmware files found that have root already in it? Or stay on 5.0.2? Kinda confused atm my starting point.
Alright so you have a couple of choices. First off, do you care if your knox gets tripped or not?
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serio22 said:
Alright so you have a couple of choices. First off, do you care if your knox gets tripped or not?
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Hi Serio. 1st off last night did some studying. I would "Prefer" least for my 1st year.. not to trip Knox.
I was given a 920F Engineering BL to flash with ODIN, However it keeps failing, so I dont know if I need a 920T Eng BL? (If I do.. someone please PM me with it...?)
Been posting on this rom which looked great.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...dition-1-0-t3094423/post63669740#post63669740
However then I noticed.. its not on the T-Mobile forum.. sigh.. So I dont know if it has Wifi calling on it. Or if I can 100% use this. I assume I can tho.
In the end result.. if I cant get eng bl.. Ill say hell with it. Flash to 5.1.1 bl/modem, trip knox, get my rom going and still have fingerprint. Atm.. I wasnt minding the lack of fingerprint reader if it meant holding warrenty some.
Yeah you need 920T engineering bootloader. The rom you posted does not have WiFi calling, you need to find one in the T-Mobile section for that.
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Mysticales said:
Hi Serio. 1st off last night did some studying. I would "Prefer" least for my 1st year.. not to trip Knox.
I was given a 920F Engineering BL to flash with ODIN, However it keeps failing, so I dont know if I need a 920T Eng BL? (If I do.. someone please PM me with it...?)
Been posting on this rom which looked great.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...dition-1-0-t3094423/post63669740#post63669740
However then I noticed.. its not on the T-Mobile forum.. sigh.. So I dont know if it has Wifi calling on it. Or if I can 100% use this. I assume I can tho.
In the end result.. if I cant get eng bl.. Ill say hell with it. Flash to 5.1.1 bl/modem, trip knox, get my rom going and still have fingerprint. Atm.. I wasnt minding the lack of fingerprint reader if it meant holding warrenty some.
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If you don't want to trip Knox and still keep all other functions intact, you could technically stay on 5.0.2. Then, you can root with PingPongRoot and flash a ROM using FlashFire.
EncryptedCurse said:
If you don't want to trip Knox and still keep all other functions intact, you could technically stay on 5.0.2. Then, you can root with PingPongRoot and flash a ROM using FlashFire.
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Yes, but if you try this you need to make sure you only flash 5.0.2 roms and remove boot.img from the zips before flashing or you will trip knox. The advantage with the Eng BL and 5.0.2 roms is that you can have custom kernels as well and retain fingerprint functionality and keep knox intact. You can flash 5.1.1 roms with eng bl but you will lose fingerprint function
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Well I got the 920T Eng BL, which flashed ok. I flashed TWRP.. However having issues getting into recovery mode now to GO to the next step. I plan to use xtrestolite from the 920F forum. Which seems more updated then the 920T version of it. Should be ok I hope. Also That 5.1.1 rom supports 5.0.2 Eng BL. Of course, no fingerprint.
But yea, just trying to get into the recovery now.
Mysticales said:
Well I got the 920T Eng BL, which flashed ok. I flashed TWRP.. However having issues getting into recovery mode now to GO to the next step. I plan to use xtrestolite from the 920F forum. Which seems more updated then the 920T version of it. Should be ok I hope. Also That 5.1.1 rom supports 5.0.2 Eng BL. Of course, no fingerprint.
But yea, just trying to get into the recovery now.
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Doesn't f lashing twrp trip knox?
No, I believe flashing a kernel does that.
Also In the end, I screwed the rules. Blew knox to hell. Went with 5.1.1 Xenolite from the 920F forums which is more up to date. I dont have wifi calling tho sadly cause of this choice. But least phone is working fine.
So is there a way to root 5.1.1 without messing up Knox?
tyrone1 said:
So is there a way to root 5.1.1 without messing up Knox?
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Yea Ping Pong Root I think does that.
Mysticales said:
Yea Ping Pong Root I think does that.
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ping pong root only works on 5.02 i believe.....
I got it to work following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/howto-flash-g92xf-t-tripping-knox-t3158606
thanks pmichaelro
Just bought my soon to be 6 year old daughter a 64gb turbo xt1254 on .44
I intend on unlocking it but keeping it stock. Now I have questions that have never pertained to me since I went cm immediately after boot loader unlock.
1: can you update a stock phone but unlocked boot loader via the normal ota process.
1.5: can I just use stock recovery and a stock zip ota file
2: if you can't can I use motos software to do it and not lose her data (games)
3: will it work without a Sim on WiFi?
I am still considering going cm13 with it.
I don't like bloatware but I want easy updates perhaps I should just go that way. I'm sure (hoping) @skrillax_cz will bring us android n and I have my doubts moto will.
I really really really wish someone would create a nexus experience rom and maintain it. A vanilla android with a few minor tweaks would be amazing.
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mrkhigh said:
Just bought my soon to be 6 year old daughter a 64gb turbo xt1254 on .44
I intend on unlocking it but keeping it stock. Now I have questions that have never pertained to me since I went cm immediately after boot loader unlock.
1: can you update a stock phone but unlocked boot loader via the normal ota process.
1.5: can I just use stock recovery and a stock zip ota file
2: if you can't can I use motos software to do it and not lose her data (games)
3: will it work without a Sim on WiFi?
I am still considering going cm13 with it.
I don't like bloatware but I want easy updates perhaps I should just go that way. I'm sure (hoping) @skrillax_cz will bring us android n and I have my doubts moto will.
I really really really wish someone would create a nexus experience rom and maintain it. A vanilla android with a few minor tweaks would be amazing.
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1. Yes
1.5 Yes. The update will fail if your phone is not 100% stock. Recovery included.
2. You will probably lose data if you update via the motorola tool
3. Yes
TheSt33v said:
1. Yes
1.5 Yes. The update will fail if your phone is not 100% stock. Recovery included.
2. You will probably lose data if you update via the motorola tool
3. Yes
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Thanks, I'm just trying to not "play" with her toys too much.
I can always hide apps with a launcher and I can't think of a reason to root hers.
The twrp files you create can I dirty flash them and not lose her data?
I'm having a hard time with this whole no twrp recovery thing....
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Go ahead and install TWRP.
You can always flash any updates manually, like the links in this forum for .44 and .49. You KNOW there won't be that many updates coming down the pike, right?
But going to Marshmallow custom ROM will probably be the best bet. Any security updates are implemented much sooner than waiting for Verizon.
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Go ahead and install TWRP.
You can always flash any updates manually, like the links in this forum for .44 and .49. You KNOW there won't be that many updates coming down the pike, right?
In fact, going to Marshmallow custom ROM will probably be the best bet. Any security updates are implemented much sooner than waiting for Verizon.
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Yeah I'm really leaning towards cm13 now... I'd personally like to keep it on stock but I think to keep her device relevant and easily fixed my best bet may be installing cm on it.
My older daughter who is 9 has a HTC m8 (great phone and easily unlocked) HTC is really good about updates and I've kept her stock.
But my 9 year old also would understand if there were a logical reason to wipe her phone and install a custom ROM. I don't believe that'd be the case with the youngest.
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Yeah I'm really leaning towards cm13 now... I'd personally like to keep it on stock but I think to keep her device relevant and easily fixed my best bet may be installing cm on it.
My older daughter who is 9 has a HTC m8 (great phone and easily unlocked) HTC is really good about updates and I've kept her stock.
But my 9 year old also would understand if there were a logical reason to wipe her phone and install a custom ROM. I don't believe that'd be the case with the youngest.
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None of the packages that I've posted wipe data.
mrkhigh said:
Yeah I'm really leaning towards cm13 now... I'd personally like to keep it on stock but I think to keep her device relevant and easily fixed my best bet may be installing cm on it.
My older daughter who is 9 has a HTC m8 (great phone and easily unlocked) HTC is really good about updates and I've kept her stock.
But my 9 year old also would understand if there were a logical reason to wipe her phone and install a custom ROM. I don't believe that'd be the case with the youngest.
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None of the packages that I've posted wipe data.
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I think he meant if he kept her on stock for now -- but then later went to custom ROM?
Which is the argument for going to custom ROM sooner, rather than later. Do it now before she gets a lot of stuff. Or save it off, then reinstall the games and data?
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I think he meant if he kept her on stock for now -- but then later went to custom ROM?
Which is the argument for going to custom ROM sooner, rather than later. Do it now before she gets a lot of stuff. Or save it off, then reinstall the games and data?
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I think he wanted to know that if he decided to unlock the bootloader, could he update to SU4TL-49 using my zip instead of taking the OTA, without wiping data.
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I think he wanted to know that if he decided to unlock the bootloader, could he update to SU4TL-49 using my zip instead of taking the OTA, without wiping data.
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Pretty much.
I was kinda pondering staying stock
But cm will eventually go 'n' where moto maybe never ...
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mrkhigh said:
Pretty much.
I was kinda pondering staying stock
But cm will eventually go 'n' where moto maybe never ...
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I used RR for a long time, but I finally went back to stock. I noticed a distinct decrease in signal everywhere I went. Basically RR signal = Stock rom minus 1-2 bars in any given area. Places where I just barely had signal with stock, I had no signal with RR. And I never had full signal with RR unless I was basically standing next to a tower. Everything else about it is perfect, I just couldn't justify taking a downgrade in signal, especially when I'm about to go running around Europe for 2 weeks.
If we ever get CM 14 I'll definitely give it a shot though.
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I think he wanted to know that if he decided to unlock the bootloader, could he update to SU4TL-49 using my zip instead of taking the OTA, without wiping data.
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I hope he's unlocked the bootloader already. You stick a SIM card in and boom -- updated to "49" with bootloader locked permanently?
Your "49" update can be flashed via TWRP. So, no reason to not unlock the bootloader and install TWRP. Even if staying on "stock".
Pretty sure any Marshmallow factory ROM will also be available to flash via TWRP. Right now the XT1225 Soak Test #4 (same as the final code) has a TWRP file to flash, so the XT1254 users will probably do the same.
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I hope he's unlocked the bootloader already. You stick a SIM card in and boom -- updated to "49" with bootloader locked permanently?
Your "49" update can be flashed via TWRP. So, no reason to not unlock the bootloader and install TWRP. Even if staying on "stock".
Pretty sure any Marshmallow factory ROM will also be available to flash via TWRP. Right now the XT1225 Soak Test #4 (same as the final code) has a TWRP file to flash, so the XT1254 users will probably do the same.
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It's not "boom" updated.
But no. It will not get a Sim card.
And yes it will get unlocked in a little while. Right now it is turned off and in a box for a few weeks.
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