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[Q] AT&T Tech support just offered to remote access my device,

Did anyone else know about this option? How do we disable such a thing? Seems pretty invasive.

galaxy s4 nutjob said:
Did anyone else know about this option? How do we disable such a thing? Seems pretty invasive.
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I had it done on my M8. They have to send you a link to the app, and you have to install it, they can't just do it without your permission.
The app will also block any access to keyboard (when they used it, I had to type everything and it specifically states that all access to the screen is currently blocked when typing anything), it basically just lets them use the device a bit, and check some settings to make sure everything is proper.
Just uninstall the app after, and done.

Longcat14 said:
I had it done on my M8. They have to send you a link to the app, and you have to install it, they can't just do it without your permission.
The app will also block any access to keyboard (when they used it, I had to type everything and it specifically states that all access to the screen is currently blocked when typing anything), it basically just lets them use the device a bit, and check some settings to make sure everything is proper.
Just uninstall the app after, and done.
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Cool thanks for the info was pretty shocked to hear That

galaxy s4 nutjob said:
Cool thanks for the info was pretty shocked to hear That
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Yup. That'd be a massive privacy breach that would open them to quite a few lawsuits if they had it setup that they could access your device and personal data at ANYTIME.

She offered to move my pics and files for a warranty. Swap

galaxy s4 nutjob said:
She offered to move my pics and files for a warranty. Swap
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Did she offer to do it to the new device, or to the external SD?
If it was new device, I don't see how they would do that unless they were going to use ATT Locker (which I hate). If to external, then it's just a setting in the phone that'll move everything to the external.
Still, she would have to ask for your permission, which she did. I wouldn't worry about it, they can't get that data anyway.

Longcat14 said:
Did she offer to do it to the new device, or to the external SD?
If it was new device, I don't see how they would do that unless they were going to use ATT Locker (which I hate). If to external, then it's just a setting in the phone that'll move everything to the external.
Still, she would have to ask for your permission, which she did. I wouldn't worry about it, they can't get that data anyway.
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Ok that's that ?

galaxy s4 nutjob said:
Ok that's that ?
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Yup. :]
It is convinent though, when they need to help someone who knows nothing about phones, that's for sure.

Longcat14 said:
Yup. :]
It is convinent though, when they need to help someone who knows nothing about phones, that's for sure.
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Ya I could see my mom using it

galaxy s4 nutjob said:
Did anyone else know about this option? How do we disable such a thing? Seems pretty invasive.
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I called att once when I had my s4. However I had that phone so locked down even they couldn't get a connection established. When they would try to connect they would get a rejection message and my phone would force close the app. They use this to trouble shoot our phones when we call support. They ask you to accept a text link which grants them control of your phone. What you see they see. I do not like this because they can see notifications like text messages in the status bar. You will also be asked to install an apk. I don't like this idea because I have private information on my phone. But someone who is not very literate with phones may need this type of support to fix their phone malfunctions.
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They can also tell if the phone is rooted or not.
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Got it. Now...ROOT

Just as the title implies. So far this seems to be a great phone. Picked up the 128GB White. Pre-ordered. Shipped today, but, without ROOT I'll lose some of my favorite apps, and I'm not sure that I'll be able to transfer everything, like MMS. For some reason Kies doesn't like my phone, or maybe I've hit some soft limit trying to backup 35K SMS/MMS. I have an S4, skipped the S5

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Just as the title implies. So far this seems to be a great phone. Picked up the 128GB White. Pre-ordered. Shipped today, but, without ROOT I'll lose some of my favorite apps, and I'm not sure that I'll be able to transfer everything, like MMS. For some reason Kies doesn't like my phone, or maybe I've hit some soft limit trying to backup 35K SMS/MMS. I have an S4, skipped the S5
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Good luck with root, the note 4 for AT&T hasn't gained root in the 6 months it's been released.
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2swizzle said:
Good luck with root, the note 4 for AT&T hasn't gained root in the 6 months it's been released.
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Yeah, it took a while for the 5 with a bounty. I'm guessing there's a larger community for yr phones

dirtyballoonot said:
Yeah, it took a while for the 5 with a bounty. I'm guessing there's a larger community for yr phones
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whats the serial number on the back of the AT&T phones?

dirtyballoonot said:
Just as the title implies. So far this seems to be a great phone. Picked up the 128GB White. Pre-ordered. Shipped today, but, without ROOT I'll lose some of my favorite apps, and I'm not sure that I'll be able to transfer everything, like MMS. For some reason Kies doesn't like my phone, or maybe I've hit some soft limit trying to backup 35K SMS/MMS. I have an S4, skipped the S5
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Yeah, Kies doesn't work with S6 series. Smart Switch was faster, anyway, but I do miss my root...

Morvidus said:
Yeah, Kies doesn't work with S6 series. Smart Switch was faster, anyway, but I do miss my root...
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Smart Switch took me about 6 hours, and didn't restore all of my accounts, non of the call logs, and no app data, but, it did transfer MMS/SMS, so, there's that.

dirtyballoonot said:
Smart Switch took me about 6 hours, and didn't restore all of my accounts, non of the call logs, and no app data, but, it did transfer MMS/SMS, so, there's that.
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Kies never worked with app data on my S4, but I used Titanium for apps anyway. With 20GB of music and video on my SD card and around 1200 SMS, it took about an hour and a half. My call logs did transfer, though.

some one should start a thread for a bounty for root. Or find geohot lol. We could use a towel root like root or exploit.

R1CKJ4MES said:
whats the serial number on the back of the AT&T phones?
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SM-G925A

Not aloud to post anything so if you know what I'm thinking please let me know.

R1CKJ4MES said:
Not aloud to post anything so if you know what I'm thinking please let me know.
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Are you saying you have root?
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I just want root to get rid of the all the damn blotware. I disabled most of them but they still take up memory. And there is still about 5 apps the phone wont let me disable.
I also would like to change the screen DPI so that i have 5 apps across in the app drawer

krolla03 said:
I also would like to change the screen DPI so that i have 5 apps across in the app drawer
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you don't have to change the screen DPI to do this. if you mean you want 5 apps across the bottom instead of 4, simply drag a new shortcut into the bar and it will resize itself to hold 5 icons. if you're talking about the grid itself, and changing from 4x4 to 4x5 or 5x5, you can do that by holding your finger on one of the small squares (that tells you which tab you're on). it will bring up a custom menu that allows you to change the screen grid settings.
as for wanting root, i'm looking for a wi-fi tethering option. this was built into the custom ROM i had on my S3, and i'm hoping someone can do the same on the S6!

dapharsyde said:
you don't have to change the screen DPI to do this. if you mean you want 5 apps across the bottom instead of 4, simply drag a new shortcut into the bar and it will resize itself to hold 5 icons. if you're talking about the grid itself, and changing from 4x4 to 4x5 or 5x5, you can do that by holding your finger on one of the small squares (that tells you which tab you're on). it will bring up a custom menu that allows you to change the screen grid settings.
as for wanting root, i'm looking for a wi-fi tethering option. this was built into the custom ROM i had on my S3, and i'm hoping someone can do the same on the S6!
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I know about the launcher
And i already changed my home screens to 4x5. Im talking about the app drawer. Where you go to see all the rest of your apps.

krolla03 said:
I know about the launcher
And i already changed my home screens to 4x5. Im talking about the app drawer. Where you go to see all the rest of your apps.
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I use Nova Launcher prime and it has all sorts of options like that. But as far as the stock launcher goes I think you may be out of luck
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Pure+ said:
I use Nova Launcher prime and it has all sorts of options like that. But as far as the stock launcher goes I think you may be out of luck
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Yeah i used Nova on my Nexus 5. If i had root i could change the DPI to make it have 5 across.
But i may have to switch to Nova on here too.

krolla03 said:
Yeah i used Nova on my Nexus 5. If i had root i could change the DPI to make it have 5 across.
But i may have to switch to Nova on here too.
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And it doesn't hurt that nova gets you closer to that stock feel either.
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2swizzle said:
Good luck with root, the note 4 for AT&T hasn't gained root in the 6 months it's been released.
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You will have to excuse my ignorance i'm not a big android user, just got my new s6 edge att and i have only rooted my tablet in the past to remove bloat. Can you tell me why the att model phones take so long to root?
cheers

Who knows. It only started with the S5. Before then we had zero day roots. It really stinks, because if any phone could use it the edge could. It's highly under utilized, the lack of apps you can add in ultra power saving mode is silly. FB, but no email? The bloat, etc.

I don't have much background on this, but how is it that the Tmobile and Sprint version are already rooted so quickly? I'll have to refresh my memory on the whole root process and roms but why is it that these att phones are also not rooted at quickly?

request: edge notifications

i was wandering if there is any app or anyone who can write an app that turns the edge on whenever a notification is received...
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For anyone interested check ruggedHunter's thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/s6-...edge-feed-autococktail-notifications-t3295050
He's doing a really good job...thx

I actually bought the phone thinking it could do this - only to realize it only works if the phone is upside down.. and its one of the 5 ppl

HundenBuller said:
I actually bought the phone thinking it could do this - only to realize it only works if the phone is upside down.. and its one of the 5 ppl
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A Developer will fix that and hopefully with in the next few mnth's...................

My wife just got an edge+... I knew there was a downside to getting something new as soon as it came out ?
I'm having the same struggle with the Note 5... Very little customization at this point.
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edge screen on when notification ????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzwNyU2hr_A
I hope in a Mod without root my Galaxy
please help ....

I would love that too... I like how the poster left absolutely no information about that mod.

I came from the Note Edge I appreciate the option to upgrade to S6 Edge Plus after Lolipop totally ruined my phone. But I gotta tell you I miss the edge function. Why Samsung couldn't make that happen with this perfect phone I don't know. I'm only hoping with everyone thinking this phone is a gimick will make Samsung prove that it is not!

I don't have this phone...yet... but my first thought would be to try Tasker.
AT&T S4 i337 > SafeRoot > SafeStrap 3.71 > HyperDrive RLS12
Tasker-ized

RuggedHunter said:
I don't have this phone...yet... but my first thought would be to try Tasker.
AT&T S4 i337 > SafeRoot > SafeStrap 3.71 > HyperDrive RLS12
Tasker-ized
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I've been working on a solution with Tasker but I can't get it to work. It seems to do what I'd need I'd have to root and currently I'm not willing to do that(phone is on TMo's Jump thing...) If you are willing to root, trailblazer101 wrote a mod that can do this Cocktail AutoOn
Can someone who's rooted try and extract com.samsung.android.app.cocktailbarservice and send me the apk? If I can get the intents from the manifest file I might be able to make tasker work. Never really tried anything like this before but I think that's what I need.

andromeda1968 said:
edge screen on when notification ????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzwNyU2hr_A
I hope in a Mod without root my Galaxy
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Any news? Video looks awesome
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I use an app called "Edge Color Notification" from the play store that does this (if I'm understanding what you're looking for). Awesome app, and free. It allows you to choose what apps light up the edges, and you can choose the color for each app.
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JJones1210 said:
I use an app called "Edge Color Notification" from the play store that does this (if I'm understanding what you're looking for). Awesome app, and free. It allows you to choose what apps light up the edges, and you can choose the color for each app.
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no....ECN it's a fantastic app but don't show the notification messages in edge feeds.....sorry

I attached it for you.
Archerus said:
I've been working on a solution with Tasker but I can't get it to work. It seems to do what I'd need I'd have to root and currently I'm not willing to do that(phone is on TMo's Jump thing...) If you are willing to root, trailblazer101 wrote a mod that can do this Cocktail AutoOn
Can someone who's rooted try and extract com.samsung.android.app.cocktailbarservice and send me the apk? If I can get the intents from the manifest file I might be able to make tasker work. Never really tried anything like this before but I think that's what I need.
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but without root it's impossible?? edge screen on when notify come in?

Archerus said:
I've been working on a solution with Tasker but I can't get it to work. It seems to do what I'd need I'd have to root and currently I'm not willing to do that(phone is on TMo's Jump thing...) If you are willing to root, trailblazer101 wrote a mod that can do this Cocktail AutoOn
Can someone who's rooted try and extract com.samsung.android.app.cocktailbarservice and send me the apk? If I can get the intents from the manifest file I might be able to make tasker work. Never really tried anything like this before but I think that's what I need.
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Any luck with your Tasker solution? What approaches did you try? I'm simply trying to emulate the swipe, but I can't figure out how to do up/down in a single shell command...it's doing two separate swipes. And I can't confirm they would work with the display off. Also, I've been unsuccessful in finding an intent/activity that I can use to launch the cocktail bar.
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I am using Cocktail Auto on
Archerus said:
I've been working on a solution with Tasker but I can't get it to work. It seems to do what I'd need I'd have to root and currently I'm not willing to do that(phone is on TMo's Jump thing...) If you are willing to root, trailblazer101 wrote a mod that can do this Cocktail AutoOn
Can someone who's rooted try and extract com.samsung.android.app.cocktailbarservice and send me the apk? If I can get the intents from the manifest file I might be able to make tasker work. Never really tried anything like this before but I think that's what I need.
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I can help you with the file. Where do i find "com.samsung.android.app.cocktailbarservice".

RuggedHunter said:
Any luck with your Tasker solution? What approaches did you try? I'm simply trying to emulate the swipe, but I can't figure out how to do up/down in a single shell command...it's doing two separate swipes. And I can't confirm they would work with the display off. Also, I've been unsuccessful in finding an intent/activity that I can use to launch the cocktail bar.
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Sorry, no luck. I did get a hold of the file but wasn't able to find anything useful and I've since switched to the note 5 so I haven't played with the edge in a while.
I tried simulated swipes but they won't work with the screen off which is exactly what we need. I was going to have Tasker use an intent to fire up the service/screen but I didn't see anything in the apk that would help. I'm no expert by any means though so there's a 95% chance I just didn't see something right in front of my nose.

it's very difficult !!!!
*** but Cocktail AutoOn work with Lollipop 5.1.1 ??

andromeda1968 said:
it's very difficult !!!!
*** but Cocktail AutoOn work with Lollipop 5.1.1 ??
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Somebody with a g925 did it, supposedly...IIRC he had it working on 5.0 already, then restored data with TB.
It was a long shot, but I tried getting it to work on my g928 unsuccessfully. I found in his manifest what I think is an intent to launch his mod...if I could get his mod to work on this device, I could use that intent...
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It's incredible that SAMSUNG has not yet implemented this mod on our Galaxy S6 edge without root... very sad

US S7/S7 Edge is locked down

Our phones are developmentally dead.

v8dreaming said:
Our phones are developmentally dead.
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sadly yeah, aslong as we could find a way to get root im happy. all i want is adaway.

I don't think it's dead
If they found a way to develop for the S6 edge then I'm sure there's a way for the S7 Edge

Why are they dead? I just got this phone and curious why?

HRodMusic said:
sadly yeah, aslong as we could find a way to get root im happy. all i want is adaway.
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Did you try Adblock Fast that is build into Samsung 4.0? Download from App store and then manually setup using instructions.
I'm using it on my S7 with zero issues and no ads. Of course, limited to Samsung browser.

I'm using adguard which sets up personal VPN on phone to block ads. Seems to work for all apps but does hit battery life a bit. Worth it for me.

martinezma99 said:
Did you try Adblock Fast that is build into Samsung 4.0? Download from App store and then manually setup using instructions.
I'm using it on my S7 with zero issues and no ads. Of course, limited to Samsung browser.
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I have not, is it pretty legit? im gonna give it a go right now.

HRodMusic said:
I have not, is it pretty legit? im gonna give it a go right now.
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Yes. Legit. It got bad ratings but works perfect on my S7. I think people haven't realized you need Samsung Internet 4.0 or it won't work.

origitat said:
Why are they dead? I just got this phone and curious why?
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Bootloaders are locked. Flash secured and all. All us carriers, not the exynos, but all us snapdragons, including tmobile. We are on twitter and got a response from John Legere who claims to be working on a potential solution to at least getting tmobiles unlocked. Historically we have always been fine, but for some reason we aren't now. Doesn't make sense for the exynos to unlocked and SD to be locked imo
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Why would safestrap not work for this phone? The note 3 was locked and we had root and roms
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jdidtht said:
Bootloaders are locked. Flash secured and all. All us carriers, not the exynos, but all us snapdragons, including tmobile. We are on twitter and got a response from John Legere who claims to be working on a potential solution to at least getting tmobiles unlocked. Historically we have always been fine, but for some reason we aren't now. Doesn't make sense for the exynos to unlocked and SD to be locked imo
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Here's hoping.... I'll buy one the day root drops.

OMG_VTEC said:
Why would safestrap not work for this phone? The note 3 was locked and we had root and roms
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I'm sure something will come up eventually. Us folks on ATT are used to being screwed with the locked bootloaders. Think it might be new for T-Mobile users though. It might take a little longer, but ATT Samsung devices typically get root after some point.

I've had it since launch, my Nexus 6 basically died. I miss the debloating root allows, like how I'm forced to have the Directv app when I don't have any interest in having Directv. I do like it though it's a nice phone. If we can get root to remove the bloatware I'm for that otherwise I'll live with it for a year until something better drops.

martinezma99 said:
Yes. Legit. It got bad ratings but works perfect on my S7. I think people haven't realized you need Samsung Internet 4.0 or it won't work.
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I'm using it now as personal VPN on adguard was eating battery. Just make sure to set it for no ads (default is some safe ads). On some ads I was getting occasional pop-up ads.
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I'm forcing myself to stay secured with all the fbi vs apple stuff going on.

rachelm920 said:
I've had it since launch, my Nexus 6 basically died. I miss the debloating root allows, like how I'm forced to have the Directv app when I don't have any interest in having Directv. I do like it though it's a nice phone. If we can get root to remove the bloatware I'm for that otherwise I'll live with it for a year until something better drops.
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You can use package disabler pro from the play store to remove bloatware

stafly17 said:
You can use package disabler pro from the play store to remove bloatware
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People are reporting worse battery life after debloating system apps with that on the S7

stafly17 said:
You can use package disabler pro from the play store to remove bloatware
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It doesn't remove anything, it just disables apps that are able to be disabled. I can do that myself.

NeoTINS said:
It doesn't remove anything, it just disables apps that are able to be disabled. I can do that myself.
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Yeah I disabled the directv app and some others myself. Glad I have expandable storage so it doesn't hog my memory LOL
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nrfitchett4 said:
I'm using it now as personal VPN on adguard was eating battery. Just make sure to set it for no ads (default is some safe ads). On some ads I was getting occasional pop-up ads.
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VPNs like Adguard don't "eat" battery. What your seeing is that the system attributes all battery used by apps that access the internet to the VPN.

OMG_VTEC said:
Why would safestrap not work for this phone? The note 3 was locked and we had root and roms
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Seems like Pre-Lollipop builds were always hacked for root. Also, at least on my S5 G900A, Pre-rooted 5.0 was able to be flashed as long as the BL was kept OA1 (KK 4.4.4). But if you took the OTA to 5.0, no root ever! Also they totally locked it down with 5.1. FU ATT!!!! :laugh::silly:
But they sure did get into that S6 pretty fast, didn't they? Go figure.
I applied to this Samsung Mobile Insights program. Might get a free G935A or G930A if accepted into it. I do not know how I will live without root, but at least it has a sdcard. I do not have a good feeling about a battery that does not come out though...

Root vs Not (better to not?)

Alright guys, I've been out of this for a while. Actually...I'm on my rooted Note 7 right now lol.
So I'm looking for user input on what I can still do if not rooted? Phone comes tomorrow btw.
What I'm most interested in is what can still be done without root.... Disabling/freezing apps? Changing notification layout/symbols? Etc.
I know about the 80% charge thing... Could that ever be bypassed btw?
I know this is kind of a big question but I haven't had to do anything since rooting the 7 and I've been sitting here waiting for the 8. There's just so much to catch up on so I'm hoping you guys can help me either understand more of what's new or just give your .02
Thanks all!
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Saafir said:
Personal preference really. You can do just about as much without root as you can with. You can always try root out and go back if you wish. This root method does not permanently break Samsung Pay, so Odin back to stock if not satisfied. I haven't rooted since the last OTA update. Mainly because it's a wonky method. If it was true root, I would say go for it hands down... but yeaaa
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I agree with Saafir! It all about your preference. I have the Note 8 rooted for testing purposes. It is not a true root and a lot of the rooted apps do not work. Plus you cannot have a custom recovery since the boot loader cannot be unlocked at the moment.

Saafir said:
Personal preference really. You can do just about as much without root as you can with. You can always try root out and go back if you wish. This root method does not permanently break Samsung Pay, so Odin back to stock if not satisfied. I haven't rooted since the last OTA update. Mainly because it's a wonky method. If it was true root, I would say go for it hands down... but yeaaa
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Does going back to stock bring back 100% charging?
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jlechner said:
Does going back to stock bring back 100% charging?
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I believe it does. Haven't seen any reports of it not going back to 100% when going back to stock.
I personally have not rooted. There are ways to do what I need to do without root. Just make sure that if you choose to root and will be using the SamFail v2.5 root method, read all that you can and search. Try not to ask questions over there unless they haven't been asked. You will get flamed big time.
Don't mind helping if you get stuck somewhere.

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I believe it does. Haven't seen any reports of it not going back to 100% when going back to stock.
I personally have not rooted. There are ways to do what I need to do without root. Just make sure that if you choose to root and will be using the SamFail v2.5 root method, read all that you can and search. Try not to ask questions over there unless they haven't been asked. You will get flamed big time.
Don't mind helping if you get stuck somewhere.
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Roger that.
Yeah, thankfully this wouldn't be my first root rodeo by any means.
I mostly use root for bloatware removal and a handful of xposed modules. Xposed isn't working yet anyways so hopefully there'll be a future with that (or at least some form of alternatives.)
Thanks for the info guys!
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Me personally i love rooting my phones to get a personal touch. But for once I really don't need to root this phone right now. Because i can still get the hotspot for f*** and use nova for a different launcher and they have most things for me to customize like screen savers, different ringers get rid of some annoying toasts popups except for the vol up warning which I can live with. Plus the Samsung pay is the deal breaker for me right now for rooting. Because it is convenient especially when I forget my wallet while at work or a quick run to the junk food store. Till there is a work around like on the note 4 for android pay I used to own before I upgraded to the 8 I'll be a lame stockboy.
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There Is no need to root the n8.. but give it a try .. my two cents is the device seem slower and the apps that you install for root you wouldn't really miss. The Pro of rooting is you can change system files around to your liking and add futures that normal you wouldn't get for free. For example, I would have to pay Sprint to use spam identifier caller ID that normally Samsung would give you for free....