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[Q] Galaxy S5 VS. Galaxy s5 active

I recently purchased the GS5 active and was wondering will there be a new phone thread created specifically for this model or will the GS5 ATT thread work with the active as well. I know of some minor differences manly the fingerprint scanner and the extra shortcut button on the side. Will that affect me from putting roms on that are meant for the s5. Of course this is all theoretical as of now but if anyone could give me a little insight that would be very much appreciated.

I think they will make a new Phone thread for the Active. I hope we get root when the S5 gets root.
My Active (Camo) will be here tomorrow.

Coolest phone ever!!!
LuckyColdJohnson said:
I think they will make a new Phone thread for the Active. I hope we get root when the S5 gets root.
My Active (Camo) will be here tomorrow.
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Same It looks amazing I just wish they made the back metal. Such a bad move on ATT to lock the boot loader. Its seems futile at this point people are going to root and mod there phones at this point no matter what.

ATT S5 Active Rooted
levytheman91 said:
I recently purchased the GS5 active and was wondering will there be a new phone thread created specifically for this model or will the GS5 ATT thread work with the active as well. I know of some minor differences manly the fingerprint scanner and the extra shortcut button on the side. Will that affect me from putting roms on that are meant for the s5. Of course this is all theoretical as of now but if anyone could give me a little insight that would be very much appreciated.
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Hi. IF you have not rooted your S5 Active yet, I can confirm that Towelroot is able to root the device. My ATT S5 Active in Camo is rooted using Towelroot. However, I cannot confirm if the new custom ROMS that work on the S5 will work on the S5 Active. Still looking for for a custom ROM to bring back the Stock Car Mode and the Voice Controls.

cabb1e said:
Hi. IF you have not rooted your S5 Active yet, I can confirm that Towelroot is able to root the device. My ATT S5 Active in Camo is rooted using Towelroot. However, I cannot confirm if the new custom ROMS that work on the S5 will work on the S5 Active. Still looking for for a custom ROM to bring back the Stock Car Mode and the Voice Controls.
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Ya thank you I wouldn't recommend to try them I recently tried flashing the download booster it soft broke my phone and there is now was to fix it at the moment except to send it back to samsung or waiting for the firmware to come out. Also the Gs5 active usies a dif. firmware "sm-g870a" which I learnt the hard way while trying to use the fix for the att version.

This is an example of why you don't buy the special versions of a phone if you plan on doing anything custom with it because usually the original gets the most attention. No need for all the other versions, anyway. Just buy a case and a good screen protector and you have an active. Pointless versions.
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levytheman91 said:
Ya thank you I wouldn't recommend to try them I recently tried flashing the download booster it soft broke my phone and there is now was to fix it at the moment except to send it back to samsung or waiting for the firmware to come out. Also the Gs5 active usies a dif. firmware "sm-g870a" which I learnt the hard way while trying to use the fix for the att version.
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This is why you read through ALL the threads in the AT&T S5 section before trying to flash **** LOL. If he had read he would know we can't flash things on S5's yet. Way to go! You must be trying to get yourself a nice paperweight man.
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Happy new member of the S5 Active club.
Have owned/used most all of the last two years of flagship phones and I really like how this one sits in my hand. If only HTC would figure out that their camera still sucks I'd likely have the M8.
Will see how it holds up but I do feel it's a better combination than phone and case in terms of feel. I'm sure the corners will get beaten up and it'll show other wear a case would usually protect but going to give it a go with this one. The chrome wore off my S4 even with a case so who knows what this will bring.
BTW, YAY REDish (I'm a guy, we only see like 8 colors)

PS4AndroidHacker said:
This is why you read through ALL the threads in the AT&T S5 section before trying to flash **** LOL. If he had read he would know we can't flash things on S5's yet. Way to go! You must be trying to get yourself a nice paperweight man.
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Hey no need for that we all make mistakes once in a while I was excited and I wasn't thinking. Also I didn't flash a rom I meant to say I used the gs5 toolkit to get rid of bloatware...

Dont worry about that dude, at least you learned, and thats what XDA is all about But as excited as you (we all) get, you have to READ READ READ like theres no tomorrow! because as that guy stated, you dont want to end up with a $650 paper weight, no phone and still pay att for their "service" lol and be patient, enjoy the stock phone for now, because once the gates open up when the firmware is released, you're going to have all kinds of fun!
levytheman91 said:
Hey no need for that we all make mistakes once in a while I was excited and I wasn't thinking. Also I didn't flash a rom I meant to say I used the gs5 toolkit to get rid of bloatware...
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Caliesv said:
Dont worry about that dude, at least you learned, and thats what XDA is all about But as excited as you (we all) get, you have to READ READ READ like theres no tomorrow! because as that guy stated, you dont want to end up with a $650 paper weight, no phone and still pay att for their "service" lol and be patient, enjoy the stock phone for now, because once the gates open up when the firmware is released, you're going to have all kinds of fun!
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I have used the Tool Kit, (worked perfectly) I have rooted, Installed SS, phone is sick now and running great. I also flashed a T-Mobile ROM, an International ROM, both work and is fine. The Active can do all of those things with only losing your extra button function. I am now back to my Stock rooted firmware but its all good. I will be waiting on a Active Forum and DEV work there. So far, everything is okay flashing regular s 5 stuff.

You flashed a T-Mobile rom?
LuckyColdJohnson said:
I have used the Tool Kit, (worked perfectly) I have rooted, Installed SS, phone is sick now and running great. I also flashed a T-Mobile ROM, an International ROM, both work and is fine. The Active can do all of those things with only losing your extra button function. I am now back to my Stock rooted firmware but its all good. I will be waiting on a Active Forum and DEV work there. So far, everything is okay flashing regular s 5 stuff.
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I read and saw that you said that you flashed a T-Mobile rom... Did Wi-Fi calling work? I'm using my s5 active unlocked on T-Mobile now and until there's a way to unlock the aws bands like they did on the S4 active(hopefully they will) I'll be stuck with edge until the network refarm is complete. I'm definitely interested in seeing how you did that.

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I read and saw that you said that you flashed a T-Mobile rom... Did Wi-Fi calling work? I'm using my s5 active unlocked on T-Mobile now and until there's a way to unlock the aws bands like they did on the S4 active(hopefully they will) I'll be stuck with edge until the network refarm is complete. I'm definitely interested in seeing how you did that.
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Sorry, the WiFi Calling did not work. I think only T-Mobile sims for that. We have our own ROM for the active now so I have stopped flashing different ROMs.

LuckyColdJohnson said:
Sorry, the WiFi Calling did not work. I think only T-Mobile sims for that. We have our own ROM for the active now so I have stopped flashing different ROMs.
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hows that Rom working out for you? and issues?

Caliesv said:
hows that Rom working out for you? and issues?
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Awesome. It's the best.

When will we have AOSP Roms?

As the title states, just wondering what the holdup is on us getting AOSP Roms seeing as how we currently have root and custom recovery. Thanks in advance to any who attempt to answer this question!

Ghstudent said:
As the title states, just wondering what the holdup is on us getting AOSP Roms seeing as how we currently have root and custom recovery. Thanks in advance to any who attempt to answer this question!
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Well our bootloader is locked. You need custom Kernals for anything other than TouchWiz ROMS.
I have seen some pretty close to AOSP roms with the right dev but we will NEVER have AOSP roms on this phone.
Only if Samsung had it like HTC's website for the M8. They have the option to unlock their bootloaders. SMH
Samsung, Verizon, and At&t are losing customers / sells due to this BS

LuckyColdJohnson said:
Well our bootloader is locked. You need custom Kernals for anything other than TouchWiz ROMS.
I have seen some pretty close to AOSP roms with the right dev but we will NEVER have AOSP roms on this phone.
Only if Samsung had it like HTC's website for the M8. They have the option to unlock their bootloaders. SMH
Samsung, Verizon, and At&t are losing customers / sells due to this BS
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Don't we always have this problem with carrier branded phones and the developers always find a way around it? I recall having issues like this all the way back to the S2, but I eventually got AOSP ROMs on it.

Ghstudent said:
Don't we always have this problem with carrier branded phones and the developers always find a way around it? I recall having issues like this all the way back to the S2, but I eventually got AOSP ROMs on it.
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Times have changed. Its sucks I know. Started with the Note 3 for me.

LuckyColdJohnson said:
Times have changed. Its sucks I know. Started with the Note 3 for me.
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So there is absolutely no way that AT&T will unlock the boot loader?

Ghstudent said:
So there is absolutely no way that AT&T will unlock the boot loader?
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I doubt it bro. I was waiting for it to happen with the Note 3 and it never did.
Note 2 > Awesome. Miss it
Note 3 > GPS issues and Locked bootloader.
S 5 > Laggy, Slow, Locked Bootloader.
S 5 Active > Awesome. Locked Bootloader.
I want the M8 to try out now. HTC is actually making money and sells are going up. HTC is on to something
Samsung, SMH. Starting to disappoint me now. From the Note 3 to this phone has been sucky.
This Active is my last Samsung device on At&t.

LuckyColdJohnson said:
I doubt it bro. I was waiting for it to happen with the Note 3 and it never did.
Note 2 > Awesome. Miss it
Note 3 > GPS issues and Locked bootloader.
S 5 > Laggy, Slow, Locked Bootloader.
S 5 Active > Awesome. Locked Bootloader.
I want the M8 to try out now. HTC is actually making money and sells are going up. HTC is on to something
Samsung, SMH. Starting to disappoint me now. From the Note 3 to this phone has been sucky.
This Active is my last Samsung device on At&t.
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If your interested I have started an online petition to get the bootloader unlocked. Maybe, maybe not. But I think it's worth a shot. Petition is linked to att c.e.o. Randall stephenson. Here's a link
https://www.change.org/petitions/att-give-us-the-freedom-to-modify-and-build-unlock-our-bootloaders
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GDofWR420 said:
If your interested I have started an online petition to get the bootloader unlocked. Maybe, maybe not. But I think it's worth a shot. Petition is linked to att c.e.o. Randall stephenson. Here's a link
https://www.change.org/petitions/att-give-us-the-freedom-to-modify-and-build-unlock-our-bootloaders
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Thanks. We did one for the Note 3 too and got it up really high. Thousands of people helped out.

LuckyColdJohnson said:
Thanks. We did one for the Note 3 too and got it up really high. Thousands of people helped out.
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Hopefully persistence will pay off
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point in rooting this phone?

Is there a point to rooting the snapdragon versions? I can only find 1 rom for it and I don't really see any benefit to doing it does anyone have advice on why they do it? Or what can be done with it?

Veid71 said:
Is there a point to rooting the snapdragon versions? I can only find 1 rom for it and I don't really see any benefit to doing it does anyone have advice on why they do it? Or what can be done with it?
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As of a couple years ago the OS got mature enough (ie., not buggy) and the phones so much faster - really no need,!
- R. Kruse Ludington
Galaxy Note 8

Well, the people that root their devices, do it because they need it to especifically get/acquire the possibility to mod or install something they want, if you dont need something that requires root, I dont think you should root

winol said:
Well, the people that root their devices, do it because they need it to especifically get/acquire the possibility to mod or install something they want, if you dont need something that requires root, I dont think you should root
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typically i root for the ability to install xposed and mods but i dont see too many mods here that couldnt be installed w/o root and there arent any roms for snapdragon for some reason i was just wondering if theres anything in specific that i could do with the rooted phone that i couldnt with a non rooted one?

Saafir said:
Boot loader is locked. That is why us with SD devices get boned.
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i know lol it really sucks. if i knew how to make roms i would be helping add to the development but i dont :/ does anyone know why qualcom and snapdragon do their damndest to lock BL and block root?

Qualcom does not release their source codes, that is why

winol said:
Well, the people that root their devices, do it because they need it to especifically get/acquire the possibility to mod or install something they want, if you dont need something that requires root, I dont think you should root
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Agreed
- R. Kruse Ludington
Galaxy Note 8<-5<-3<-S3<-Nexus; Droid X; HTC HD2<-Touch Pro 2<-Tilt<-8525; O2 XDA II<-XDA

winol said:
Qualcom does not release their source codes, that is why
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is that to lessen competition/protect company secrets or is it strictly to stop people from rooting?

winol said:
Qualcom does not release their source codes, that is why
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is that to lessen competition/protect company secrets or is it strictly to stop people from rooting?

Saafir said:
It's nothing to do with Qualcomn or Samsung. It's all carrier sided. Pay off your phone and they will unlock bootloader. Until then, gg
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I bought the unlocked version and paid it all off, if I call Sprint they will unlock the bootloader???

Saafir said:
It's nothing to do with Qualcomn or Samsung. It's all carrier sided. Pay off your phone and they will unlock bootloader. Until then, gg
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No, they won't. They will carrier unlock it, but we can already do that.

If you think you need to root so desperately, then either buy an Exnos version, buy a Pixel, or a One plus, but whining on XDA about BL lock snapdragon Samsung phones is like peeing into the wind..nothing will come of it, except your face will get wet..

wase4711 said:
If you think you need to root so desperately, then either buy an Exnos version, buy a Pixel, or a One plus, but whining on XDA about BL lock snapdragon Samsung phones is like peeing into the wind..nothing will come of it, except your face will get wet..
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Exactly

wase4711 said:
If you think you need to root so desperately, then either buy an Exnos version, buy a Pixel, or a One plus, but whining on XDA about BL lock snapdragon Samsung phones is like peeing into the wind..nothing will come of it, except your face will get wet..
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I'm not whining about it xD I'm asking what's possible to do with it, and I did buy an exynos version but exynos doesn't work on sprints network because they're only designed for gsm bands and not cdma, one plus screen is kinda terrible and that's a big thing for me and I have a pixel but with the pixel 3 coming out so soon it's kind of pointless to get a 2

so, you've basically answered your own question; the note 8, on your carrier, can't be effectively rooted to do what you want it to
Sell it on swappa

Saafir said:
It's nothing to do with Qualcomn or Samsung. It's all carrier sided. Pay off your phone and they will unlock bootloader. Until then, gg
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LOL...UMM, No Sir, carriers cannot unlock your bootloader of the Note 8. You are thinking of Carrier Unlocking.

How do I unlock the OEM on the SM-N960U T-MOBILE Samsung Galaxy note 9?

I've had it 10 days (assuming relevant), and after entering the developer options, I am not able to find the OEM unlock options.

quantum88 said:
I've had it 10 days (assuming relevant), and after entering the developer options, I am not able to find the OEM unlock options.
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Return it, and buy an unlockable device.

If it's like the AT&T version, you need the unlock code from T-Mobile. The option to disable a carrier lock is not in developer mode.

j101399j said:
If it's like the AT&T version, you need the unlock code from T-Mobile. The option to disable a carrier lock is not in developer mode.
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I got it from T-Mobile

quantum88 said:
I've had it 10 days (assuming relevant), and after entering the developer options, I am not able to find the OEM unlock options.
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You can't OEM unlock a snapdragon model

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j101399j said:
If it's like the AT&T version, you need the unlock code from T-Mobile. The option to disable a carrier lock is not in developer mode.
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He's talking about OEM unlock for the bootloader not carrier lock

TechOut said:
He's talking about OEM unlock for the bootloader not carrier lock
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My mistake, thank you for clarifying.

TechOut said:
You can't OEM unlock a snapdragon model
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Is that just for now or a certainty?

quantum88 said:
Is that just for now or a certainty.
Well it didnt happen on the s9 that i know of so.....
And even if you could whats the point? its not like you can flash twrp or anything else lol.
sent from my S9 Plus (Exynos) Pixel 2XL or Note FE
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force70 said:
quantum88 said:
And even if you could whats the point? its not like you can flash twrp or anything else lol.
sent from my S9 Plus (Exynos) Pixel 2XL or Note FE
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What do you mean?
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What do you mean?
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Your BL is locked, there is nothing for you to gain be enabling OEM unlock. The people with unlockable devices have to enable OEM to flash twrp...you cannot therefore it is pointless.
Well at least in my point of view, why do you want to enable it?
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t mobile sm-n960u unlock ???
Ok I have been on this site for a long time.
Sorry I am not or I do not have to brain power most of you have here on this site doing what you do best
making are phones better a lot of you have the nack for this stuff
at&t note 2 rooted with the help and info from this site htc m7 rooted here t mobile note 4 and note 5
now I jumped and for the fist time I got a current model phone a t junk mobile note 9
I was going to buy an unlocked note 9 from best buy but they said they did not think there phone had the 600mhz B71 band that t junk mobile is suppose
to come out with
but I am thinking about returning this phone to t junk mobile I just get the unlocked one from best buy
this phone would not be that bad if I can get rid of t junk mobile ad on boot up logo and jingle sound but I found an app silent boot to fix that but
that is adding anther app on my phone that I really do not want
So Question? did Samsung finally beat this forum In lets say hacking there phone's???
if so and you can not root a phone you just paid $1000. for would it not be best just to get a phone that can be rooted to get rid of all the dam junk apps
and all of the dam AD'S that you get these days on the phones!! there I said it I do not like crap ass adsssssss that keep popping up!
SAMSUNG you spend $1000 to have to keep seeing ad's you did not ask to see
I am kind of thinking of returning this phone to t junk mobile and looking into a HTC phone
Question 2
is anyone working on rooting this sm-n960u phone and twrp??
I see venom has a rom that suppose to work on a ms-n960u so what do you need to do to install that if no root is available

The simple answer is that you can't unlock the bootloader on the US market phone. You haven't been able to do so since the Galaxy S7. I think it likely has a lot to do with KNOX integration for security reasons. The complicated answer is that there were ways to root the S7 by flashing a developer bootloader (engboot or something like that). The catch is that while you could root it, the phone would run like crap, overheat, bad battery life, etc. Some claimed to have decent success with it though. Likely something similar will happen with the Note 9 as well as. An unlocked phone is carrier unlocked, meaning you can activate it on any supported carrier. It has nothing to do with the bootloader.
Long story short, no, you can't unlock the bootloader, no, you can't flash twrp, and you'll find actual development for the US market phone to be essentially non-existent. If that is important to you, return this phone. Coming from rooting and flashing all of my phones prior to the S7, I honestly don't miss it. IMO, there's nothing to be gained, and it's a huge time suck. Life is too short and I'm too busy to spend an evening setting things up for the 5th time, troubleshooting battery life issues, etc. Not to mention that my job related security apps aren't going to work on a rooted phone.
Now, as far as "junk apps" not sure what you mean. These phones are now pretty clean actually, and most things can be uninstalled or disabled from within stock android. And as I found out many times in the past, if something is unable to be disabled, it's probably for good reason.
As far as ads, also not sure what you mean. Web browser ads can be blocked through extensions that Samsung browser supports. In app ads can be eliminated by paying for the app. Really, if you can't afford $3 for an app that you frequently use, I'd question how you can afford a $1000 phone.

MerlinTT said:
now I jumped and for the fist time I got a current model phone a t junk mobile note 9
I was going to buy an unlocked note 9 from best buy but they said they did not think there phone had the 600mhz B71 band that t junk mobile is suppose
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That's incorrect. The unlocked version is fully compatible with T-Mobile.
MerlinTT said:
So Question? did Samsung finally beat this forum In lets say hacking there phone's???
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Samsung has been locking bootloaders since the S7? It's been a few years. Even when someone found a way to beat it, it was severely limiting to your device. You said you're not new here. This is pretty common knowledge with Samsung devices.
MerlinTT said:
if so and you can not root a phone you just paid $1000. for would it not be best just to get a phone that can be rooted to get rid of all the dam junk apps
and all of the dam AD'S that you get these days on the phones!! there I said it I do not like crap ass adsssssss that keep popping up!
SAMSUNG you spend $1000 to have to keep seeing ad's you did not ask to see
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Uh, what ads? That's not a samsung thing, I think you just installed some ****ty apps.
MerlinTT said:
I am kind of thinking of returning this phone to t junk mobile and looking into a HTC phone
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Hoooo boy. You might want to look into HTC phones before you buy one.
MerlinTT said:
Question 2
is anyone working on rooting this sm-n960u phone and twrp??
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Yes. And they've been working on the S9 too, which still can't be beaten. And a proper way to unlock the S8, without limiting your battery to 80%.
And why exactly is T-Mobile "junk"? Maybe you need a different carrier.

I hate pink and that dam t mobile jingle i got rid of the jingle with an app silent boot but sorry that pink ***** boot screen????they added
that has to go
Grumpy

MerlinTT said:
I hate pink and that dam t mobile jingle i got rid of the jingle with an app silent boot but sorry that pink ***** boot screen????they added
that has to go
Grumpy
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If a color is challenging your sexuality, you have deeper problems than an unrootable phone.

MerlinTT said:
I hate pink and that dam t mobile jingle i got rid of the jingle with an app silent boot but sorry that pink ***** boot screen????they added
that has to go
Grumpy
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I think your problems go well beyond the color of your boot screen. Seek help. The kind of help you need we're not qualified to provide here. How often do you see the boot logo screen anyway?

MerlinTT said:
Ok I have been on this site for a long time.
Sorry I am not or I do not have to brain power most of you have here on this site doing what you do best
making are phones better a lot of you have the nack for this stuff
at&t note 2 rooted with the help and info from this site htc m7 rooted here t mobile note 4 and note 5
now I jumped and for the fist time I got a current model phone a t junk mobile note 9
I was going to buy an unlocked note 9 from best buy but they said they did not think there phone had the 600mhz B71 band that t junk mobile is suppose
to come out with
but I am thinking about returning this phone to t junk mobile I just get the unlocked one from best buy
this phone would not be that bad if I can get rid of t junk mobile ad on boot up logo and jingle sound but I found an app silent boot to fix that but
that is adding anther app on my phone that I really do not want
So Question? did Samsung finally beat this forum In lets say hacking there phone's???
if so and you can not root a phone you just paid $1000. for would it not be best just to get a phone that can be rooted to get rid of all the dam junk apps
and all of the dam AD'S that you get these days on the phones!! there I said it I do not like crap ass adsssssss that keep popping up!
SAMSUNG you spend $1000 to have to keep seeing ad's you did not ask to see
I am kind of thinking of returning this phone to t junk mobile and looking into a HTC phone
Question 2
is anyone working on rooting this sm-n960u phone and twrp??
I see venom has a rom that suppose to work on a ms-n960u so what do you need to do to install that if no root is available
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There are two types of "unlocked": carrier and bootloader. BestBuy meant carrier unlocked, or the N960U1. The hardware is equivalent to the carrier version (N960U; there's only one model now for all the carriers), and the only software difference is that it doesn't come with the carrier bloat. Same hardware and firmware means it supports B71. However, it cannot be bootloader unlocked.
You have two options if you want a bootloader unlock: the N9600 or the N960F. Neither supports B71, but both do support B66. Remember, B71 isn't all that important yet. It's only been rolled out in a few places and TMO is concentrating more on 5G right now.
The N960F has a mod you can flash to enable TMO WiFi Calling and VoLTE and the other carrier features. I'm running it now and it works fine. It did sort of convert my phone to a Chinese variant, which meant I was stuck with the super aggressive Smart Manager instead of Device Manager, but I modified it to let me use Device Manager again. I might be posting the modified version if I can get permission.
The fact is that, yes, Samsung kind of beat the rooters. However, anyone who really wants to root usually just gets the F or 0 variant, and those who can live without make do with the plethora of non-root tweaks. There are actually quite a few adblockers and package disablers designed for TouchWiz that work without root, such as DNS66 or notSABS.
I don't know anything about flashing modified TouchWiz ROMs on the U variant, but it might be possible. It won't have root though.
Really, if you want a rootable Samsung, go with the N960F. You can get it on Amazon new with Prime for under $900 (without Prime it's $800). It has TWRP and Magisk works fine. If you want WFC PM me so I can share my modified mod (heh). I'll also be working on a set of other miscellaneous modifications to TouchWiz.

SM-N960U
So in old slow world of us phone dummies that try to keep up with all the brain power that this site has been good for in unlocking phones over the years, oh ya and when you all talk that doctors language and write it
to where us dummies have to read and reread over and over again and again to unlock are phones after you all figured it out!!
So what you are saying in the current Samsung world rooting is a thing of the past! Samsung won the hacking war!!! and us pe-ons are mostly stuck with carrier banded phones or unlocked that loses carrier bands and options!
Unless we pay some merc to kidnap you and have some doctor transfer your brain power into are brains so we have the brain power to hack and mod are locked phones then if we are kind have that brain power transferred back to your brains!!!!
I should have stayed with my note 4
oh ya my man hood is just fine they hang lower then yours but that happens with old age how low??
it is great with the younger ladies big is a big deal today
like older ladies with big you know what age affects them to and the younger guys can not stop looking
just do not like pink
Grumpy

Suggest a Worthy Replacement for my Note 9

I should have foreseen this, but I'm tired of being stuck on a locked bootloader. I want to change devices once again.
Verizon is my carrier. I've got the unlocked 128GB Snapdragon Note 9 (960U1). I can probably sell it for ~$500.
Is there anything with comparable specs that I could pick up for around $500? I would prefer something with a bootloader that can be unlocked. Thanks!

Why do you want to root it?

I just ordered a OnePlus 7 Pro with 12gb ram to replace my note 9

GeeAyeZee said:
I just ordered a OnePlus 7 Pro with 12gb ram to replace my note 9
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That would more than replace it but don't know about battery life

PiArc said:
I should have foreseen this, but I'm tired of being stuck on a locked bootloader. I want to change devices once again.
Verizon is my carrier. I've got the unlocked 128GB Snapdragon Note 9 (960U1). I can probably sell it for ~$500.
Is there anything with comparable specs that I could pick up for around $500? I would prefer something with a bootloader that can be unlocked. Thanks!
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buy a second hand n960f
https://www.ebay.com/itm/OPEN-BOX-S...1eeccf7337:m:mcEH7AAnZQx_9FBix8OEYXA&LH_BIN=1
problem solved.

bober10113 said:
buy a second hand n960f
https://www.ebay.com/itm/OPEN-BOX-S...1eeccf7337:m:mcEH7AAnZQx_9FBix8OEYXA&LH_BIN=1
problem solved.
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I dont think the exynos supports CDMA, or did verizon finally come out of the stone ages and go GSM lol?

force70 said:
I dont think the exynos supports CDMA, or did verizon finally come out of the stone ages and go GSM lol?
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ure completely right.
"looks for another ebay link, this time for an N9600"
lol
but maybe OP should come to reason and switch to a GSM provider regardless...

bober10113 said:
ure completely right.
"looks for another ebay link, this time for an N9600"
lol
but maybe OP should come to reason and switch to a GSM provider regardless...
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I get one right here and there lol.
He really doesnt have a ton of options on cdma though your absolutely right.