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[Q] Is LP9 Safe now?

Now that ICS is official and rolled out today in 4 different countries as LP9 (LP6) How can we know that the Bricking Bug is gone? Seriously Im steering away from LPY and LPF. It's time to set our heads straight, I'm only few days new with the Note and this bug is stressing me and us all out for sure Thanks in Advance. IDK if it's too early to ask...

Ensifolk said:
Now that ICS is official and rolled out today in 4 different countries as LP9 (LP6) How can we know that the Bricking Bug is gone? Seriously Im steering away from LPY and LPF. It's time to set our heads straight, I'm only few days new with the Note and this bug is stressing me and us all out for sure Thanks in Advance. IDK if it's too early to ask...
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Your guess is as good as mine and many others lol I'd wait to get confirmation from a dev like chainfire

brockyneo said:
Your guess is as good as mine and many others lol I'd wait to get confirmation from a dev like chainfire
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I hope so too. Did he get his Note fixed yet?

Ensifolk said:
I hope so too. Did he get his Note fixed yet?
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I THINK so, but not 100% sure he got it fixed.
As for this ROM, I would avoid it right now. Entropy said he would avoid ALL samsung roms until they admit to their bug/mistake and say they have fixed it.

I've gone back to cm9 and don't know why I left it. Unless you use s pen apps I can't see a reason to be on a Samsung ics rom especially with all the hard bricks happening.

damstac said:
I've gone back to cm9 and don't know why I left it. Unless you use s pen apps I can't see a reason to be on a Samsung ics rom especially with all the hard bricks happening.
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Im not worried about the S Pen apps at all, I already posted in General sections what are the best alternatives in my opinion. And my only want is to try the Samsungs i Battery life ROM. Already on CM9 and I love it as much. But curious about how will battery life be on a Sammy's ROM.

Its not fixed till google say they fixed it... Plus the version lp9 are older then lpf
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After reading this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667789
I think the BUG is still there for sure, lol. Thank you Samsung ! BLEH ! - Sticking on my CM9

Came from cm9 .Just flashed LP9
deep sleep is working perfect.
LP9 is better then german release.
so far so good. still testing the batt life

No wiping ..
Just don't wipe Please

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As for this ROM, I would avoid it right now. Entropy said he would avoid ALL samsung roms until they admit to their bug/mistake and say they have fixed it.
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AMEN!!
Aaaaaaaand I wonder... Where in the hell is Samsung right now????
How is all this mess possible in an official release? I think samsung is even worse than nokia making software. They only care for buying expensive and brickeable devices.

Decrypt or wait?

Hey everyone,
So I don't normally post, I usually just read, but wanted to ask this question/poll to current N6 users. I'm about to get my N6 on Wed (YA! ) and wanted to know, should I run decryption as soon as I get my device or give it some time (month or so) to wait for an update?
Battery life and performance are concerns for me and I know the device has the hardware to make it happen.
Thanks for any response.

Might as well decrypt as soon as you get it. No point in waiting, as it will only increase battery life and performance.
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jp555soul said:
Hey everyone,
So I don't normally post, I usually just read, but wanted to ask this question/poll to current N6 users. I'm about to get my N6 on Wed (YA! ) and wanted to know, should I run decryption as soon as I get my device or give it some time (month or so) to wait for an update?
Battery life and performance are concerns for me and I know the device has the hardware to make it happen.
Thanks for any response.
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Unlock boot, decrypt, root, install greenify.
I managed 7hrs 8 minutes sot yesterday. Up from 3.5 my second cycle before doing the above mentioned. Helps immensely.
Noticeable responsiveness improvement and remarkably better battery.
This is my experience.

ncraigtrn said:
Unlock boot, decrypt, root
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Quick question..
Will doing any of that prevent OTA updates from Google?

msal said:
Quick question..
Will doing any of that prevent OTA updates from Google?
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Short answer: probably. But that's the only way to drop the encryption for the time being.

msal said:
Quick question..
Will doing any of that prevent OTA updates from Google?
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Root will. OTAs that overwrite boot.img will re-encrypt. At least that is the theory, as it hasn't happened yet.

It would be really good to hear from Google as to whether or not they are working on addressing this issue. I read many of the popular tech sites but haven't even seen one mention that they reached out to Google for comment on this. I'm going to give this a week or two to see if we get a response from Google or not. Even with encryption, battery is getting me through a day and performance is much faster than I'm used to. Still loving the experience, but the tech nerd in me is bothered by the fact that it can be even better without encryption.
I would also be curious to see if any of the tech sites that do a battery rundown test have redone the test with encryption off. It would be good to see some real metrics that measure the effect it has on battery.

If you wait it will require a complete factory reset of your data. That should help you decide.
I don't think reviewers are saying anything because it isn't an issue in every day use. I tried the phone both ways and couldn't tell a difference in how the phone felt. Only benchmarks really showed any difference. I don't think reviewers care much about benchmarks other than to run a few for the nerds among us.

So you didn't notice apps loading any faster? Particularly games or apps with a large footprint? To be honest, I want it for the battery life more than anything. If encryption is really being processed in the CPU, that is very inefficient and all those extra CPU cycles are wasting battery.

I noticed improvement in performance. Not a lot as the device is already lightning fast. I'd imagine the more user data there is to decrypt/encrypt the more noticeable the performance would be. But yes battery life seems to have improved immensely.

Thanks everyone for voting!
Just got my N6 (WHOA...this thing is a change from the N5) and Im going to go with decryption. Unlocking as I type... :highfive:

ncraigtrn said:
Unlock boot, decrypt, root, install greenify.
I managed 7hrs 8 minutes sot yesterday. Up from 3.5 my second cycle before doing the above mentioned. Helps immensely.
Noticeable responsiveness improvement and remarkably better battery.
This is my experience.
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do you have something else except for greenify for battery increase? for greenify don't you have to install xposed which is not compatible(or fully) with lollipop(uses art) ?thanks

ddman_21 said:
do you have something else except for greenify for battery increase? for greenify don't you have to install xposed which is not compatible(or fully) with lollipop(uses art) ?thanks
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Xposed has an alpha that works on Lollipop, and I think there is a beta version of Greenify that has more features and works with the Lollipop version (the old one may work too).
Amplify is another one I have seen a few people mention in efforts to get better battery life.

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Xposed has an alpha that works on Lollipop, and I think there is a beta version of Greenify that has more features and works with the Lollipop version (the old one may work too).
Amplify is another one I have seen a few people mention in efforts to get better battery life.
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The original greenify xposed module doesn't work but amplify and greenify beta both work great

[Q] Are Lollipop ROMs ready for primetime?

Hey all,
Last flashed on FireKat months ago and have been wanting to try out Lollipop but wasn't sure if it was ready yet. When I first used FireNote, mega was remarking that it would be a few months before KK was stable enough for everyday use.
Have you guys had good luck with custom Lollipop ROMs? Which ones are the "best" ones you'd recommend?

Sorta/not really. It's like smooth sailing except when you hit the new barrier reef. But it's pretty!
Latest problem is Viper4android can't possibly work until someone figures out how to enable SELinux Permissive mode. Then like something makes a noise or vibrates in a way you might have tamed with Xposed before. But there's no Xposed either. How do you fix it? You don't. I might just go back. Sucks either way for now.
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Galaxy Note 3 - AT&T (sm-n900a)

How's battery life? Right now on firekat I'm losing 35% per hour during use and 3-5% per hour when the screen is off. Can't be worse than this.
Lack of viper and xposed aren't really deal breakers for me. Inconvenient, yes, but still usable.
Root WiFi hotspot still works I assume?
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djfujiyama said:
How's battery life? Right now on firekat I'm losing 35% per hour during use and 3-5% per hour when the screen is off. Can't be worse than this.
Lack of viper and xposed aren't really deal breakers for me. Inconvenient, yes, but still usable.
Root WiFi hotspot still works I assume?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using XDA Free mobile app
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Running FK with them specs you didn't have something setup right. I'm lucky to use 35% in a days time just saying.

YRC123 said:
Running FK with them specs you didn't have something setup right. I'm lucky to use 35% in a days time just saying.
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Yeah i figured that battery life was abnormal. Not sure how to troubleshoot it, though. When I go to look at battery stats (using GSam) to troubleshoot, it just shows that most of the battery is consumed by "Android System," followed closely by "Kernel (Android OS)." Battery life was pretty good when I first installed FK, but has gone down considerably since first install.
Any idea on how to further troubleshoot?

djfujiyama said:
Yeah i figured that battery life was abnormal. Not sure how to troubleshoot it, though. When I go to look at battery stats (using GSam) to troubleshoot, it just shows that most of the battery is consumed by "Android System," followed closely by "Kernel (Android OS)." Battery life was pretty good when I first installed FK, but has gone down considerably since first install.
Any idea on how to further troubleshoot?
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Not knowing how you flashed it. always odin back to nc2 then install ss and tr, Flash the rom. Never use battery saver. When using greenify make sure its uncheck in exposed. Don't forget to make a fresh backup of nc2 before flashing fk. But the new build v19n3 and v19n4 is running awesome. Great battery life. One thing I do is in tb is to change Google play services from system app to user app. Hope this helps. If you try this rom again and have problems jump over to the fk thread since this thread is Q&A on LP.

YRC123 said:
Not knowing how you flashed it. always odin back to nc2 then install ss and tr, Flash the rom. Never use battery saver. When using greenify make sure its uncheck in exposed. Don't forget to make a fresh backup of nc2 before flashing fk. But the new build v19n3 and v19n4 is running awesome. Great battery life. One thing I do is in tb is to change Google play services from system app to user app. Hope this helps. If you try this rom again and have problems jump over to the fk thread since this thread is Q&A on LP.
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Yeah I installed FK according to all the instructions and it was fine at first. Battery life degraded over time, though. To give you an idea how long ago I installed FK, I have version 4 installed.
What I'm wondering is if i should install the newest FK or jump over to lollipop. Anyone have any experience with both? Curious to see all the new lollipop features and battery life can hardly get WORSE compared to what I have now.

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Yeah I installed FK according to all the instructions and it was fine at first. Battery life degraded over time, though. To give you an idea how long ago I installed FK, I have version 4 installed.
What I'm wondering is if i should install the newest FK or jump over to lollipop. Anyone have any experience with both? Curious to see all the new lollipop features and battery life can hardly get WORSE compared to what I have now.
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Well I tried LP on a older Nexus 4 that I just tinker with I didn't like it. I put slimkat back on it. But the new fk builds is great. I'm not switching to LP unless Mega does a LP build for us. Like I said if you try the new builds just jump over on the threads if you have problems.

It looks like allianceROM is one of the more popular Lollipop ROMs. Anyone have any opinions on it vs firekat?

I think lollipop roms are awesome, very smooth. I did have better battery life with 4.3 then anyother

Custom to official oreo

Hello everyone​
Im a newbie with all android stuff but i try my best to geather as much information as i can.
Recently i rooted my note 8 and i deleted all the extra apps and i was having a great performance with more than 3,3 gb of ram most the times and i felt how light the phone was, i changed my fav apps to system to find them there always (for ultra saving mode), but now im facing a problem that i don't know how to change the rom status to official so i appreciate if someone can help me with an easy guide and the second question is it possible to extract the rom from the phone after the modifications to be clean installed through TWRP.

Your device will not go back to official with a mod rom, more over, if you tripped knox, 0x1, there is way to revert it to 0x0, samsung pay is gone forever and knox will no longer work, if your device is snapdragon, then batt will not go beyond 80%, as for your 2nd question, better look for a clean debloated rom, or a script to that effect

winol said:
Your device will not go back to official with a mod rom, more over, if you tripped knox, 0x1, there is way to revert it to 0x0, samsung pay is gone forever and knox will no longer work, if your device is snapdragon, then batt will not go beyond 80%, as for your 2nd question, better look for a clean debloated rom, or a script to that effect
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Thank you for the answer , i did actually try the debloating script , but now the heart rate sensor have stopped working everywhere , i really regret rooting tbh

I Rooted my previous devices, except for the note 7, I did not want to mess anything, and it is working ok to this very day, but regarding your regret, These days the need for rooting has decreased a lot, as many features have been incorporated in stock firmwares, I only miss VIPER audio

winol said:
I Rooted my previous devices, except for the note 7, I did not want to mess anything, and it is working ok to this very day, but regarding your regret, These days the need for rooting has decreased a lot, as many features have been incorporated in stock firmwares, I only miss VIPER audio
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You're right ,but it's all tempting seeing all the roms and the features ,but once rooted and problems start coming from everywhere i figured it out but too late , btw about viper4android , do you know any good configurations for it?

proashfile said:
You're right ,but it's all tempting seeing all the roms and the features ,but once rooted and problems start coming from everywhere i figured it out but too late , btw about viper4android , do you know any good configurations for it?
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What problems were you having? You can always return to stock firmware of course, if needed. It won't un-trip your Knox counter, etc. but you could af least start 'fresh' if you're having many issues.

sefrcoko said:
What problems were you having? You can always return to stock firmware of course, if needed. It won't un-trip your Knox counter, etc. but you could af least start 'fresh' if you're having many issues.
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I started fresh , then i debloat , i start having problems with Netflix, sumsung health and some buggy msgs , i just wanted to have the minimum of apps while the rest remain intact

proashfile said:
I started fresh , then i debloat , i start having problems with Netflix, sumsung health and some buggy msgs , i just wanted to have the minimum of apps while the rest remain intact
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There can be issues with Netflix and S-Health on root, but they're fixable. If the issues only happened after debloating though, then maybe you debloated too much. It might take some trial and error to figure out what you need to keep and what can be removed.

winol said:
I only miss VIPER audio
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thats the only thing I miss too by not rooting my note 8..

wase4711 said:
thats the only thing I miss too by not rooting my note 8..
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after 3 days of continuous search i got everything to work and debloated to the maximum and i feel kinda satisfied but i installed viper4android and i don't know which settings i should do

there are a few threads on XDA dedicated to Viper, so find them , and you will have all the info you want..

wase4711 said:
there are a few threads on XDA dedicated to Viper, so find them , and you will have all the info you want..
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I went through most of them ,i tried v4a , fx , xhifi , but i still have no clue which is best , which settings suits my phone or weather it works with dual speaker mod

Obviously, what ever sounds the best to YOU, is whats best for YOUR phone..
no clue as to whether dual speaker mod works on a note 8. I'm sure some google searches will answer that question

wase4711 said:
Obviously, what ever sounds the best to YOU, is whats best for YOUR phone..
no clue as to whether dual speaker mod works on a note 8. I'm sure some google searches will answer that question
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Dual speaker mod works on Note8, but it's benefits is negligible. Whether V4A makes any difference or improvements to it, I don't know. I doubt it will.

S4 active failing after nearly 5 years of reliability.

Hi all,
My S4 active recently went on a downward slide, I'm still on 5.0.1 unrooted. I'm having issues with "not registered on network", my battery drains really fast, it's not a very old battery and not a Samsung one either. I'm having problems with it not running modern apps very well. This phone is now my secondary phone but I don't want to let it die.
I'm hoping that I can get a "do this" list from someone to revamp it. I have read that not registered on network can be a battery problem, but then I've also read that there is a bunch of solutions I could need to do.
Anybody know what I need to do?
Cheers.

So...
Downgrade to KitKat, flash with Odin? Re upgrade to Lolipop & install superuser?
& then hopefully bugs will be fixed.
Thanks for the help.
Now as I'm feeling the love here, and I know I'm far above facepalm level, any other corrections, info or tips y'll got for me? (best smile please) :good:

It's a right party here eh?
Oksy1 said:
Downgrade to KitKat, flash with Odin? Re upgrade to Lolipop & install superuser?
& then hopefully bugs will be fixed.
Thanks for the help.
Now as I'm feeling the love here, and I know I'm far above facepalm level, any other corrections, info or tips y'll got for me? (best smile please) :good:
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I'll get my coat then.

These phones are bombers. I'm moving up to the S5 Active which is currently supported by LineageOS. So far I am happy w/it.