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Come back to Android?

Was a long-time Android user with several various phones, then switched to an iPhone 5 for a short while, came back to Android with the Note 3 for a while (which I loved), but then switched to the iPhone 5s. After using that for a while I'm thinking about coming back to Android for good. I'm contemplating getting a Note 3 since I knew it so well - even had rooting & ROM flashing down with it. Though about the Note 4 but can't root it. Then thought about the Galaxy s5 or Galaxy s5 Active, but not sure if I want to go back to something I've had experience with it try something new.
I know, I'm kind of all over the place here. I just like trying new tech toys, but iOS 8 sucks and I think I'm done with it.
Would like to hear some s5 users' thoughts/ suggestions. Thanks.
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dustrho said:
Was a long-time Android user with several various phones, then switched to an iPhone 5 for a short while, came back to Android with the Note 3 for a while (which I loved), but then switched to the iPhone 5s. After using that for a while I'm thinking about coming back to Android for good. I'm contemplating getting a Note 3 since I knew it so well - even had rooting & ROM flashing down with it. Though about the Note 4 but can't root it. Then thought about the Galaxy s5 or Galaxy s5 Active, but not sure if I want to go back to something I've had experience with it try something new.
I know, I'm kind of all over the place here. I just like trying new tech toys, but iOS 8 sucks and I think I'm done with it.
Would like to hear some s5 users' thoughts/ suggestions. Thanks.
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I love my S5 it's a fantastic device with great battery life a fantastic camera and with root I've debloated the apps I don't use. This of course is just my opinion as I'm sure you'll get others that don't like the S5. Yes bootloader is locked so no AOSP Roms but for me I prefer the stability of T/W.
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Wait and buy a Nexus 6 when it is released.
S5 is a good phone but not worth using an upgrade. My opinion.
Got mine free from Samsung so it's a good free phone. [emoji622]

we own all of the above
My wife and I owned every apple and every s phone between us, her with the iphones me with the s phones.
First off lets talk batteries.
Her Iphone 5S lasts about 8hrs off the charger per day in 1 place without WiFi.
MY S5 is hitting 18hrs on powersave mode streaming Iheart radio in a moving semi truck 514 miles deep off istate 14hrs to 16hrs a day without WiFi UNPLUGGED. All I did else is turn off AT&T apps.
Memory.
I just ordered a 64gig 90mbps sd card.
her new Iphone 6 plus is still only 16gigs.
Freedom of files.
Her Iphones universally BLOCK us from transferring ANY file via USB. You MUST upload your personal information to Itunes then download it all back allowing ALL of it to not only use data but be stored someplace.
S5 has a fire wire USB and transferred over 20 gigs in less than 5 mins (without anyone else seeing my nudy pics.)
ROOTING!
We don't even want to try rooting hers cause she sold her sole to the company store.
I am rooted without triping KNOX and have adaway, root explorer, super user, WiFi tether, Titanium Backup, my choice of any recovery I want to add.
buttons.
Iphones don't have a back key. It's extremely frustrating!
Bluetooth.
All of our S phones have superior compatibility and sound quality over Bluetooth.
OTA
Up until last month Apple never gave her a bad update. Now she has to backup all her files to big brother apple again on iTunes and then reset her phone to fix it to 8.1.
If I get a bad OTA I just flash over a different one from XDA that's better.
These are some of the things I noticed. Hope it helps.

Getting Xposed to work with kingroot

I have just rooted my phone with kingroot and I'm wondering if there is any way to get Xposed to work, even if it is just temporary.

cadenmiller60 said:
I have just rooted my phone with kingroot and I'm wondering if there is any way to get Xposed to work, even if it is just temporary.
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No, unfortunately not. Wish there was something to say other than no.

Requires System R/W permissions which the Turbo doesn't have

Back when the turbo was first root wasn't there a way to achieve temporary write protect off? How could I do that? I don't care if it makes my phone unstable.

cadenmiller60 said:
Back when the turbo was first root wasn't there a way to achieve temporary write protect off? How could I do that? I don't care if it makes my phone unstable.
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If you're looking for an answer you won't get it. I wrote a script for it. But all it would do was write to cache. Nothing system side is ever actually touched. The apps just think it did but it was actually just in cache.
You'll have to wait for something else.

time to return this phone to verizon and get a galaxy instead.

zxzxzxzxzxzxzxzxzx said:
time to return this phone to verizon and get a galaxy instead.
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Or get the Turbo's big brother - nexus 6 - no hoops to jump thru for root/updates.

hotrodwinston said:
Or get the Turbo's big brother - nexus 6 - no hoops to jump thru for root/updates.
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it was a very good suggestion. However after doing some research i quickly found that 1) no external storage and 2) can't get 64gb for verizon. 32gb is NOT acceptable when you can't even add storage!! Also if i got an unlocked 64gb, i read that it will be a PITA is even possible to hook it up on verizon.
So unfortunately it seems I am going back to the s5.

or there is mofo root and system images with xposed baked in...
The battery on the Turbo is so much better than having to look for a charger at 4pm for the S5

Call me crazy, but I just sold my Nexus 6 and got a droid turbo. When you've tried a few ROMS, what your aiming for ultimately is a quick might ROM with added features, and that's what the Turbo does have. Right out of the box. Nexus 6 had wonderful battery life + turbo charger, better than any phone I've ever owned, but the Turbo has the turbo charger and an even BETTER battery! I kinda miss the whole material thing, I can't switch to ART-mode for some reason prolly cuz I rooted it and stuff.. Who knows. I don't care because supposedly the lollipop update will be out and that's good enough for me
Oh and plus the N6 would be unusable whenever I docked it in my car because it uses magnets to hold my phone in place.
Too lazy to figure that one out, too busy playing with my new car.

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Or get the Turbo's big brother - nexus 6 - no hoops to jump thru for root/updates.
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The Nexus 6 has no removable SD card. The Turbo cannot be rooted since the bootloader is locked.
I ended up picking up returning the $600 turbo to verizon, for which I had paid cash (for which they ROBBED ME AT GUNPOINT OF $50 but that's another story, not an actual gun but they stole that from me as a "restocking fee", robbery), and instead picked up a Verizon Galaxy S5 on craigslist, downgraded it to 4.4.2 (an upgrade in my opinion), and rooted it.
I've been using this Galxy S5 for a long time now fully rooted and everything. Happy. I had to jump through a few hoops with the OS downgrade etc to get it rooted though. But now that it's done I am happy. I would love to get a bigger slimmer and better phone with removable SD card and removable battery, that can be rooted, but it seems my S5 is the best I can do. Maybe I will have to wait a few more years. I was looking at the moto x which seems viable, except for the fact there is no removable battery, so I will probably not get it. My S5 still has at least a few more years of life left.
That's fine though, my S5 has been working beautifully for me. What I really want is a new 7.0 tablet with a removable SD card with more memory and more ram and a more vivid screen that is 7.0 inches and not 8.0 or 8.0 inches because that is too big, but I am stuck with the tab 4 that only has 8gb of memory, since no tab exists that's better that is 7.0 inches.

zxzxzxzxzxzxzxzxzx said:
The Nexus 6 has no removable SD card. The Turbo cannot be rooted since the bootloader is locked.
I ended up picking up returning the $600 turbo to verizon, for which I had paid cash (for which they ROBBED ME AT GUNPOINT OF $50 but that's another story, not an actual gun but they stole that from me as a "restocking fee", robbery), and instead picked up a Verizon Galaxy S5 on craigslist, downgraded it to 4.4.2 (an upgrade in my opinion), and rooted it.
I've been using this Galxy S5 for a long time now fully rooted and everything. Happy. I had to jump through a few hoops with the OS downgrade etc to get it rooted though. But now that it's done I am happy. I would love to get a bigger slimmer and better phone with removable SD card and removable battery, that can be rooted, but it seems my S5 is the best I can do. Maybe I will have to wait a few more years. I was looking at the moto x which seems viable, except for the fact there is no removable battery, so I will probably not get it. My S5 still has at least a few more years of life left.
That's fine though, my S5 has been working beautifully for me. What I really want is a new 7.0 tablet with a removable SD card with more memory and more ram and a more vivid screen that is 7.0 inches and not 8.0 or 8.0 inches because that is too big, but I am stuck with the tab 4 that only has 8gb of memory, since no tab exists that's better that is 7.0 inches.
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Could have saved yourself 50$ restocking fee with a simple search. Costs $20 with sunshine to unlock turbo bootloader.

I know, old topic, but, i somehow managed to install xposed framework with kingo root. But I don't know precizely how did this happen.
Initially, i couldn't install xposed, then I installed CWM with it's recovery from Store via APK, then I was flashing something through this recovery, and in the end, it always ask to prevent from unroot, then I was tapping yes.
When making one or all of these operations, xposed framework installed fine.

Nexus to S6

Hello,
I've order the 64Gb S6 deal from T-Mobile. I've been a lifetime Nexus user from the Nexus One. I've always stuck to pure Android and the phone I currently have is the Nexus 5. I've purchase every generation of Nexus phone except for the Nexus 6 because I didn't like the size. The S6 seems like a winner and I'm already use to a non-removable battery and no SD card. I'm not sure how I'll deal with TW(heard it's been toned down) vs stock Android. That really is my biggest worry and I've been researching a way to uninstall all the bloatware(T-Mobile) without rooting(Though I might do that with PingPong and deal with manual updates). I really wish they would have released a Google Play Edition. I am pretty excited about the class leading hardware, especially the camera. Others who have switched from stock Android to the S6, how do you feel? Loving it? Ready to switch back to a Nexus device? Let me know! Thanks!
Also I'm a avid Google Now, Ok Google user.

My last couple phones were stock android (one plus one, nexus, moto x) and I'll tell you, I don't miss them. The s6 is that good. Battery could be better, but I'm hoping rooting helps (I'm on day one of a custom ROM so we'll see). I also use the "OK google" phrase a lot, so you'll be disappointed to know it doesn't work on the s6 for some reason unless you're using google now or google launcher.

I was in the same boat as you. I went from a 32gb Nexus 5 on AT&T to 64gb Galaxy S6 T-Mo. I'm not a big save my entire music collection on my phone guy, I prefer streaming services. 32gb Nexus was fine for me and battery life sucked. I love the GS6, super fast, I find the battery life more than acceptable, I'm rooted via Ping Pong and actually don't mind Touchwiz this time around. Hated it on my GS2 Skyrocket and GS4. I just rooted and plan to update with Flashfire to keep Knox intact

I was worried about keeping KNOX intact too. I used to install custom ROMs back in the day but as Android has gotten better I haven't done it on recent phones. I just wanted to be able to uninstall bloatware so that's why I'm thinking about rooting. I love the fact that the T-Mobile version has no carrier branding and now I can't wait till this thing gets here. Other than software do you know how different the T-Mo version is from the international version?

N6 64GB to S6 64GB. No remorse whatsoever. Especially with a Tab S also, having things like SideSync is great.

wicked11 said:
I was worried about keeping KNOX intact too. I used to install custom ROMs back in the day but as Android has gotten better I haven't done it on recent phones. I just wanted to be able to uninstall bloatware so that's why I'm thinking about rooting. I love the fact that the T-Mobile version has no carrier branding and now I can't wait till this thing gets here. Other than software do you know how different the T-Mo version is from the international version?
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Not any major differences. If anything T-Mo variant has a few extra features like voLTE and WiFi Calling enabled by default. I went with the JUMP option when I switched to T-Mo so I only have to pay off half the device to upgrade. I see no reason to get international version over T-Mo variant. If it were AT&T or International I'd go international all day. My girlfriend has the AT&T variant as she is still on a family plan with big corporate discount. With Flashfire the locked AT&T bootloader isn't crippling but more of an inconvenience

I went from the Nexus 5 to OnePlus One (CM12) and now to the S6. I love the S6. I use the Google Now launcher instead of TW and it doesn't feel all the much different to me. I like the added gestures TW brings (such as palm swipe for a screenshot).
For the bloatware, I simply disable it in the applications menu. When you disable them, the app also disappears from the app drawer.

I was Team Nexus for a while and had a GNex, Nexus 4, 5, and 6. I switched to the S6 because the N6 was too big for my taste and the S6 hardware was just so damn nice (body, camera).
Do I miss stock Android? Hell yes. There's very little (if anything) that TW does better. However, after a few hours of research and tweaking, I've got my S6 looking and feeling as close to a Nexus as possible. I recommend Nova Launcher, Moonshine icon pack, and Hifont to help with that. Also I rooted (before PingPong was available, unfortunately) and used TiBu to freeze all the bloatware I don't need. I'm pretty happy, but I'd be even happier if someone could get this Material Design theme ported to the T-Mobile variant!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s6/themes-apps/wip-material-design-theme-s6e-t3108155
For what it's worth, my S6 (with no mods other than frozen bloatware) is as snappy as my Nexus 6 running stock 5.1 with Faux kernel.

ping pong root. You basically root the stock rom, knox is NOT tripped. So its good as long as yuou only want to make small changes to your rom (like getting rid of bloat completely and not just disabling it).
Thats what i did and it worked AMAZINGLY well.

frettfreak said:
ping pong root. You basically root the stock rom, knox is NOT tripped. So its good as long as yuou only want to make small changes to your rom (like getting rid of bloat completely and not just disabling it).
Thats what i did and it worked AMAZINGLY well.
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Yeah, I think that's my plan. From all the review of current TW I don't think I'll mind so much. I just want to be rid of all the bloat I won't use. The phone feels amazing and I'm waiting for a glass screen protect now before I start using it. How do you guys feel about the recent new of possibly 2 new nexus phones coming out?

wicked11 said:
Yeah, I think that's my plan. From all the review of current TW I don't think I'll mind so much. I just want to be rid of all the bloat I won't use. The phone feels amazing and I'm waiting for a glass screen protect now before I start using it. How do you guys feel about the recent new of possibly 2 new nexus phones coming out?
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Really TW isnt that bad on the s6 now. I can deal with it. and honestly until this phone i have been a "gotta get a glass screen protector before i buy the phone" kinda guy. i have had this one without one and i havent scratch the screen once (have had it in my pocket with screws and nail on accident too a few times). I may end up ordering one, but i HATE the fact that the screen is curved on the sides and the protector doesnt go to the edge. IMO, just looks janky.
the 2 nexus phones is super interesting. I am REALLY hoping that the smaller LG made nexus is real cause i MIGHT be all over that. I had the g3 before this and really liked it. I did what they did with the g4, and as long as the new nexus takes the camera from the g4, that might be my next jump upgrade when it comes out. lol Not interested in a phone bigger than 5.5" anymore. After having the g3 for 6 months, and now going back to the smaller s6, i think this screen size is my sweet spot for sure.

id10terrordfw said:
N6 64GB to S6 64GB. No remorse whatsoever. Especially with a Tab S also, having things like SideSync is great.
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Same experience for moving from a Nexus 6 to a S6.
Your making the right move op. I am not missing the stock experience at all as we already have Root / twrp / (tw for now, 920 T/F) ROM's / kernels / themes here. I've been busy flashing and finding largely positive results; devs are cool / smart peeps here. Much more stable options here imo.
Even just rooting and casually dialing back touchwiz to your liking is easy with titanium.
Moreover, the S6 hardware is largely unmatched to date. Backing up a 4.3gb .zip in twrp took 192/secs; octa 64bit rocks even on little stuff like that. Its not perfect, but its arguably THE superior android flagship right now.

Should I root my note 4

I have a t-mobile note 4. I am thinking about rooting my phone but wanted to know the pros and cons. I know a while back it was worth it workout a question. However, now that we are in 2016 is it really worth it? I know about Knox but I never use it so it won't be an issue losing it.

I've had my Note4 for 2 years unrooted. I only disabled the T-Mobile bloat.
If I had it to do all over again, I'd get an international Note4. With the latest 6.0.1, I have no reason to root my phone.

JrWiggs said:
I have a t-mobile note 4. I am thinking about rooting my phone but wanted to know the pros and cons. I know a while back it was worth it workout a question. However, now that we are in 2016 is it really worth it? I know about Knox but I never use it so it won't be an issue losing it.
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If you don't use Knox now you will likely never use it.
I say use it as long as you can stock and when you get bored or the phone starts to slow down, either root and flash a new rom or perform a complete wipe/ factory reset and start back at day 1. The great thing is you can always look forward to having the option.

I bought used about 6 months after it came out. I rooted it before booting the first time as I've rooted every device since my droid x (roughly 10 devices). AdAway, titanium backup are necessary for me, especially AdAway. Xposed is nice for customizing as well. The 910T was made for rooting and playing around with. Easy to use and hard to screw up.

Yes. Be the administrator of the device you own. Free your device totally from the control of of companies who have no right to your information or battery usage.
XDA lives matter!

New to Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and the Android ecosystem. What to do next?

Hello,
I just got my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 a week ago or two weeks ago. It was really a big decision considering the fact that I was supposed to get an iPhone X. It is the best decision I've made so far!
Now, I don't know if it is possible to reinstall my phone like a fresh installation? The usual thing that I do on an iPhone. Backup via iTunes. Manual installation of the firmware then restore via iTunes. I don't know if that is possible with an Android phone, most specifically a Samsung phone. It was shocking though that I transferred stuffs from my iPhone to the Samsung phone using an actual cable and without the help of computers. Even transferring of stuff can be made directly onto the phone itself without the use of a desktop suite. Going back, I'll be getting the memory cards that I ordered, I heard the firmware for Android must be placed there?
I believe that my phone is locked to my carrier, and I have no idea where to get the actual firmware from my manufacturer. Does Samsung has a database of modified firmwares? My Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is a dual-sim edition.
My previous post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3744101
Thanks.

Tis worth to start from 0.
Welkome to freedom

Samsung smart switch allows to restore your pho e from a iCloud backup. It will copy contacts photos etc and scan through app you had on the iPhone and find the Android equivalent. Worked great for me when I switched recently
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