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Installing Paranoid Android ROM

I purchased my Samsung Galaxy Note around 1.5 months ago and, whilst the device like all of its many competitors has undeniable flaws, I have been relatively impressed so far. Yet, as a replacement for both my phone or tablet (which is what I originally purchased it as), I felt it hasn't quite filled the slot of a tablet entirely for me. The Nexus 7 Google unveiled yesterday is extremely tempting; there are some amazing specifications on offer for the money. Yet, for just 2 inches extra of screen real estate, I find it hard to justify the cost. I'm looking to optimise my device as a tablet, whilst retaining phone functionality in full, and Paranoid Android looks to fill that. But, first I have some questions.
The S-Pen was a big appeal to me when purchasing the Note, as I use S Planner, S Memo and S Note to effectively manage my school homework tasks. It's proved really helpful and I'd hate to lose it. So, will it be possible to get the S-Pen apps mentioned above working in full with the S-Pen on Paranoid Android? Is it possible to also get the screenshot functionality using the secondary button on the pen working on this ROM?
I am running the stock ICS, which is infected with the brick bug. Being only 14, I don't have much technological know-how and ruining my phone would get me in serious trouble with my parents (I can't afford another phone if I were to break it). How difficult is it to safely install this ROM? I assume it isn't affected by a dodgy kernel?
How is the performance and battery life for this ROM? Is it an improvement or decrease in terms of battery from the stock ROM? Does running in tablet mode on this ROM use more battery?
When you install this ROM, do you then have to still root it? If so, how can I root this ROM? Also, can you over-clock and under-clock the processor on this ROM?
Finally, is it possible to still use Kies with this ROM installed (both Air and plugged into computer versions)? I also would like a way to back-up and restore my main contacts too should I successfully install this ROM.

I have always wondered this, but could you find a phone shop who'd do this for you for a price obviously?

Phone shops.... maybe ??
Ebay.. Hell yes !!
OR..... You could just read the guides, take your time and do it yourself Save you some money and you will learn A LOT too !!
Its really not as hard as it looks, Its overwhelming at first, But slowly take your time and it will all make sense

azzledazzle said:
Phone shops.... maybe ??
Ebay.. Hell yes !!
OR..... You could just read the guides, take your time and do it yourself Save you some money and you will learn A LOT too !!
Its really not as hard as it looks, Its overwhelming at first, But slowly take your time and it will all make sense
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So, what guides do I begin with? And, I'm not sending my phone off to somebody on eBay to have it flashed...

Brad387 said:
[*]The S-Pen was a big appeal to me when purchasing the Note, as I use S Planner, S Memo and S Note to effectively manage my school homework tasks. It's proved really helpful and I'd hate to lose it. So, will it be possible to get the S-Pen apps mentioned above working in full with the S-Pen on Paranoid Android? Is it possible to also get the screenshot functionality using the secondary button on the pen working on this ROM?
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You will lose all S pen apps and features, Your S-pen will become a stylus, However there are similar apps to the S note ect. on the market, Just have a look around and check the themes and app sections, Also ask what other users are using
[*]I am running the stock ICS, which is infected with the brick bug. Being only 14, I don't have much technological know-how and ruining my phone would get me in serious trouble with my parents (I can't afford another phone if I were to break it). How difficult is it to safely install this ROM? I assume it isn't affected by a dodgy kernel?
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For me, its easy, Because i know how to do it, If you dont know, READ, READ, READ, DO NOT RUSH !!. If in doubt..........ASK !
If you are on GB already, the process is much simpler
[*]How is the performance and battery life for this ROM? Is it an improvement or decrease in terms of battery from the stock ROM? Does running in tablet mode on this ROM use more battery?
[*]When you install this ROM, do you then have to still root it? If so, how can I root this ROM? Also, can you over-clock and under-clock the processor on this ROM?
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The performance is epic ! AOSP is a absolute beauty, Battery life is good, 99% of battery drain is down to the user and their setup. So get it right and you'll be fine. Tablet mode doesnt use any more battery than phone mode would, The ROM is pre-rooted so thats another thing you dont have to worry about. Also, You *CAN* over clock if the kernel supports it. However, I really doubt you will need any OC on this ROM as its immensely fast.
[*]Finally, is it possible to still use Kies with this ROM installed (both Air and plugged into computer versions)? I also would like a way to back-up and restore my main contacts too should I successfully install this ROM.
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Kies is a samsung app, So it will not work on an AOSP ROM, google backs up your contacts, and if you are rooted, Titanium backup will also back them up, along with all your apps, messages, data and pretty much anything else for that matter.
EDIT: start here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997

So, if I'm not mistaken, this is what I have to do...
Root the stock ICS.
Flash back to Gingerbread.
Flash on Paranoid Android ROM.
Is there absolutely no way to transfer over the S-Pen apps? Also, are there any apps which allow you to capture screenshots on Android as that is a pretty useful feature for me. If anyone would be willing, perhaps I could add them on Google+ or alternatively message them on here as this is all very intimidating to me, yet the shown results for this ROM look amazing. The idea of using the tablet version of my apps, which are often the better versions, appeals to me.
On a side note...
Also, is there any news of Samsung releasing a fix for the brick bug and, if we are a sufferer of it, wouldn't the update be a danger as it would need to wipe data?

Brad387 said:
So, if I'm not mistaken, this is what I have to do...
Root the stock ICS.
Flash back to Gingerbread.
Flash on Paranoid Android ROM.
Is there absolutely no way to transfer over the S-Pen apps? Also, are there any apps which allow you to capture screenshots on Android as that is a pretty useful feature for me. If anyone would be willing, perhaps I could add them on Google+ or alternatively message them on here as this is all very intimidating to me, yet the shown results for this ROM look amazing. The idea of using the tablet version of my apps, which are often the better versions, appeals to me.
On a side note...
Also, is there any news of Samsung releasing a fix for the brick bug and, if we are a sufferer of it, wouldn't the update be a danger as it would need to wipe data?
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You can pm me.
No need to root ics just flash gingerbead using odin pc. Then root and install cwm then yes flash paraniod.
The s apps require samsung frame work which is only in stock roms sorry but there other apps on the market and yea there aee plent of screen shoot apps to
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zacthespack said:
You can pm me.
No need to root ics just flash gingerbead using odin pc. Then root and install cwm then yes flash paraniod.
The s apps require samsung frame work which is only in stock roms sorry but there other apps on the market and yea there aee plent of screen shoot apps to
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Sent you a PM.

Worst case scenario? Could I permanently ruin my phone if I messed this up?

yes but you wont
you could potentially die crossing a road, but you're careful so you dont lol, same method applies

azzledazzle said:
yes but you wont
you could potentially die crossing a road, but you're careful so you dont lol, same method applies
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I suppose so, but I'm still not sure if it is worth the risk. Anyone here tried Paranoid Android by the way? Does it work well?

Damn! I really want this ROM, but I see my attempts to install most definitely not ending well...
Don't know what to do?

In your situation I would not attempt to do anything flashing, rooting, etc. to your phone until you have read, read, and read enough to the point where you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of what you're doing and you're confident enough to make the attempt to root, flash, etc. You and you alone are responsible for any errors occurred during the rooting, flashing process and that's why it's VERY IMPORTANT TO READ AND UNDERSTAND BEFORE DOING ANYTHING TO YOUR DEVICE!

I did this myself a few days ago. First i thought it is very difficult. After i did it, i thought it is very easy.
Take a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662802
Problem is, the instructions are not really step by step, and they are not very clear either.
The basic steps:
Note that you should probably backup your internal memory like contacts, smses, apps, etc.
Use google account to sync, SMSbak, APPbak, and titanium backup, all from google play store.
Then:
Install GB 2.3.5, links in post above. This is totally safe using odin. You can't brick your phone by this.
Then, get the cf-root kernel that matches your selected GB kernel, from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
Unzip and merge with the install script and then Flash as per instruction.
Now you have a rooted GB kernel with the required 'CWM recovery console'.
Download the PA rom as per http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662802 and save to internal memory [or maybe to sd card].
Reboot into recovery console by pressing power+ vol up+ home button until samsung logo appears. Let go and you are in CWM.
Flash as per PA post above. Then select the several options to clear the various caches, as per PA post.
That's it. Reboot.

Rooting NIGHTMARES!

Hi all,
So my Nexus 4 arrived today and I'm umming and ahhing as to root or not.
I've heard all the good things about doing it but I'm interested in peoples rooting nightmares. What's gone wrong? When have you wanted to throw your phone out the window?
Look forward to reading!

noahdev said:
Hi all,
So my Nexus 4 arrived today and I'm umming and ahhing as to root or not.
I've heard all the good things about doing it but I'm interested in peoples rooting nightmares. What's gone wrong? When have you wanted to throw your phone out the window?
Look forward to reading!
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It really takes a tremendous effort to screw it up, it really does.
Cliff's Notes/summary, not an actual guide:
1. Learn to do it the old fashioned (and easiest way) by installing the drivers and using fastboot.
2. fastboot oem unlock
3. fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
4. flash your SU binaries zip
5. b00m!

CMNein said:
It really takes a tremendous effort to screw it up, it really does.
Cliff's Notes/summary, not an actual guide:
1. Learn to do it the old fashioned (and easiest way) by installing the drivers and using fastboot.
2. fastboot oem unlock
3. fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
4. flash your SU binaries zip
5. b00m!
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In that case I'll lower my requirements. Anyone done it and thought 'You know what, I prefer the stock experience.'?

noahdev said:
In that case I'll lower my requirements. Anyone done it and thought 'You know what, I prefer the stock experience.'?
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Yes actually. I thought rooting it was great and all, even went for custom kernels. The thing is, when you get all the updates that Google provides on a near instant basis, there is no need to root and rom your phone. Also, I feel like it doesn't provide too much extra for the experience. On a side note, when I had an HTC Sensation, I would root and rom just to get the newest and greatest from Google.
Your choice, but I like getting OTA's and don't run any SU apps.

Drebin 894 said:
Yes actually. I thought rooting it was great and all, even went for custom kernels. The thing is, when you get all the updates that Google provides on a near instant basis, there is no need to root and rom your phone. Also, I feel like it doesn't provide too much extra for the experience. On a side note, when I had an HTC Sensation, I would root and rom just to get the newest and greatest from Google.
Your choice, but I like getting OTA's and don't run any SU apps.
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Rooting means you are:
- able to make nandroid and Titanium Backups
- run a good custom kernel for color and sound control, better batterylife and performance and lower cpu temperatures
- install adblockers and other usefull apps.
If these aren`t improvements i don`t know what is and you might as well buy an iPhone for stock xperience, just my 2 cents.
BTW: @OP: rooting nightmares only occur with mis and badly informed users.

gee2012 said:
Rooting means you are:
- able to make nandroid and Titanium Backups
- run a good custom kernel for color and sound control, better batterylife and performance and lower cpu temperatures
- install adblockers and other usefull apps.
If these aren`t improvements i don`t know what is and you might as well buy an iPhone for stock xperience, just my 2 cents.
BTW: @OP: rooting nightmares only occur with mis and badly informed users.
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Yes, but I feel like I don't need them on my phone. I don't need to back up apps as I am not switching roms, I like getting the OTA updates, and I don't care about ads on mobile because I never see them anyway, either through paid apps or little browsing.

Drebin 894 said:
Yes, but I feel like I don't need them on my phone. I don't need to back up apps as I am not switching roms, I like getting the OTA updates, and I don't care about ads on mobile because I never see them anyway, either through paid apps or little browsing.
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Too each his own bro

I fully agree to each his own but if you do not see the advantages and personalization rooti g gives you then most likelyyou are the type tthat is satisfied with what you get. For me T9 calling alone is worth it, adjusting scree colors, raising the sound level,showing actual dBm signal strength, removal of all apps I don't want that were preloaded, darker ui experience. Now if you never try this then you wont miss it but its not lime you can't root it then unroot if you are not happy.
Bottom line updates will come the same day here whether rooted or not and these updates can also come with goodies...
Edit: Also lets be honest in a forum of 100.000's of members and rooter you will find maybe a few hundred or so that may have an issue and most of them I guarantee you was because of them not following directions properly. Thats what makes for rooting nightmares. Remember even non rooters from time to time have to restore their phones for one crazy reason or another. Now you have to restore back to 1 year ago when you first got the phone...SMH

I am having some trouble rooting and puting a custom recovery on my new Nexus 4, I unlocked the bootloader, and flashed the custom recovery through fastboot, but its not sticking, I don't know whats wrong.

UNless youir getting deadlocks letting your phone charge overnight, I would stay on stock.
CM is great, but there are just always broken things and bugs that will eventaully piss you off when you want to do something.

noahdev said:
Hi all,
What's gone wrong?
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Absolutely nothing, except for the very slight inconvenience of having to re-root or re-install TWRP after doing an Android operating system OTA update. Not only that, but I now have several "root only" apps that I needed, I have full access to the Linux command line programs which I use, and I am learning a lot about the Android OS lower level stuff. For me anyway, I really have no desire to install custom ROMS, as stock rooted Android does everything I want it to do.

There are stock based custom roms with CM type customization's... Again unless you have tried a stock customized rom with advancements you should not be judging. Also you don't have to use each cutsomization you can actually leave it stock and only use 1 or 2 custom items. Check out PSX 4.1 bone stock with a handful of customizations

There is really only one thing that annoys me about stock and that is the oversized Nav bottons. I just wished they made them smaller or gave us the otion to change the size. This is available on custom Roms and gives you more screen real-estate which definitley makes a difference.
That is one thing that keeps pulling me to custom Roms. I was running AOKP which seemed to run pretty good. I restored my phone back to stock because I thought I was having an issue with the notification light but then saw it just needed an app to make it work the way I was expecting it to.
So I have my phone rooted on stock 4.3 right now and I just wish I can make those Nav bars smaller! There are definitley cool features on some of the custom Roms though and it most certaintly can enhance your experience.

If ur not using the toolkit, then you should be.. If ur using and still manage to screw things, you should leave ur phone stock... The toolkits are already noob proof..
Connect phone to PC
Unlock boot loader
Root
Install recovery
Install ROM....
Its all 1 click each or some toolkits does it all in 1 click...
Rooted and running Paranoid Android + franco.kernel

my nightmare came from me going to fast... i missed a step and screwed up my phone...
i was able to get a stock image and reflash it, but it was a grueling 2 hours with a soft-bricked phone.
read all the stuff you can, and don't rush it.

Lucke said:
my nightmare came from me going to fast... i missed a step and screwed up my phone...
i was able to get a stock image and reflash it, but it was a grueling 2 hours with a soft-bricked phone.
read all the stuff you can, and don't rush it.
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Please don't take this the wrong way... but you being the only person with a real horror story is quite comforting!

noahdev said:
Please don't take this the wrong way... but you being the only person with a real horror story is quite comforting!
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no offense taken thats what i get for trying to root it while at work dealing with an Exchange upgrade

You can't really screw up a nexus device. It's not like Samsung where you hard flash the wrong version for the wrong phone and end up with a paperweight. If you mess up with nexus you can always return back
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4

My last nightmare with rooting was from htc desire hd, lots of bullcrap to be done, lots of s**t pre requisite..goldcard, emmc etc., ugh gives me headaches for days :/

Just use wugfresh toolkit and its a breeze
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4

Want to flash custom recovery

I'm to the point where I don't care about Samsung warranty no more. I have a custom recovery that's Clock Work Mod tar file. Odin won't flash is there another way I can do this? Like I said I'm ready to move onto overclocking and such. And could care less about warranty. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!​ The recovery I have says for the SM-N900A.

alwayslookingforanswers said:
I'm to the point where I don't care about Samsung warranty no more. I have a custom recovery that's Clock Work Mod tar file. Odin won't flash is there another way I can do this? Like I said I'm ready to move onto overclocking and such. And could care less about warranty. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!​ The recovery I have says for the SM-N900A.
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impossible at the moment unless you want a nice paper weight..... wait it out.....

antiguangenius said:
impossible at the moment unless you want a nice paper weight..... wait it out.....
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I was thinking the same thing with the locked bootloader. Figured it was worth a shot asking since I had found that zip file. I though maybe someone had found a way to do it. Thanks for the response!

So now I am confused. I thought even with the locked bootloader we could flash ROMS at the loss of warranty due to KNOX tripping. I was under the impression the only reason no one was flashing was due to KNOX and the fact it would void your warranty.
So if one does not care about warranty or tripping KNOX, is there still no way to flash other than SS?

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So now I am confused. I thought even with the locked bootloader we could flash ROMS at the loss of warranty due to KNOX tripping. I was under the impression the only reason no one was flashing was due to KNOX and the fact it
So if one does not care about warranty or tripping KNOX, is there still no way to flash other than SS?
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So now I am confused. I thought even with the locked bootloader we could flash ROMS at the loss of warranty due to KNOX tripping. I was under the impression the only reason no one was flashing was due to KNOX and the fact it would void your warranty.
So if one does not care about warranty or tripping KNOX, is there still no way to flash other than SS?
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It does suck. You can flash with SS Rdlv etc. Without tripping Knox. You just can't ever be able to flash custom kernels so add to have all the extra functions. Overclocking etc. I really hate my AT&T note 3 it sucks!

alwayslookingforanswers said:
It does suck. You can flash with SS Rdlv etc. Without tripping Knox. You just can't ever be able to flash custom kernels so add to have all the extra functions. Overclocking etc. I really hate my AT&T note 3 it sucks!
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People are making a huge fuss over this whole locked bootloader ordeal. At first, I was too. But at this point, there isn't anything you can do about it and we just have to suck it up. With SafeStrap and Xposed Framework modules, and debloating apps, there is so much we can still do to TouchWiz.
Wanam Xposed mod used on the Note 3 and a simple free launcher from the Play Store can very easily modify most of what people want on a phone.
People need to start taking advantage of these things and modifying their phone the way they want. We can't get 100% customization like we want but why not take the 90% (or whatever you can get) Most people are unaware you can do some of this. The only huge thing we can't do is flash a kernel that may add battery life and some hardware improvements, but at least it's something. Using BetterBatteryStats to find our Wakelocks and using Root to fix those - that's a great alternative.
Checkout these threads to help:
Xposed Framework
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383484
Other Framework Mods
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327541
BetterBatteryStats
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809​

FourPointedFreak said:
People are making a huge fuss over this whole locked bootloader ordeal. At first, I was too. But at this point, there isn't anything you can do about it and we just have to suck it up. With SafeStrap and Xposed Framework modules, and debloating apps, there is so much we can still do to TouchWiz.
Wanam Xposed mod used on the Note 3 and a simple free launcher from the Play Store can very easily modify most of what people want on a phone.
People need to start taking advantage of these things and modifying their phone the way they want. We can't get 100% customization like we want but why not take the 90% (or whatever you can get) Most people are unaware you can do some of this. The only huge thing we can't do is flash a kernel that may add battery life and some hardware improvements, but at least it's something. Using BetterBatteryStats to find our Wakelocks and using Root to fix those - that's a great alternative.
Checkout these threads to help:
Xposed Framework
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383484
Other Framework Mods
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327541
BetterBatteryStats
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809​
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That's one of the reasons I have like my Android system. The 100% of the functionsib used to have. I made a mistake by just jumping in and buying this device without thinking of what the future may hold. I'd is had been smart I would of waited a little too see what was going to happen. I should of went with the T - mobile platform and then all would have been good. It's like buying a Corvette and being able to just put a performance exhaust on it but can't do nothing else to it. No one's fault but my own. I won't make the same mistake again. Yeah I'm using SS. And can flash 5 different roms one after another. And exposed framework, to me that's about as boring as you can get. If that's enough for you then so be it but to me is not enough.

alwayslookingforanswers said:
That's one of the reasons I have like my Android system. The 100% of the functionsib used to have. I made a mistake by just jumping in and buying this device without thinking of what the future may hold. I'd is had been smart I would of waited a little too see what was going to happen. I should of went with the T - mobile platform and then all would have been good. It's like buying a Corvette and being able to just put a performance exhaust on it but can't do nothing else to it. No one's fault but my own. I won't make the same mistake again. Yeah I'm using SS. And can flash 5 different roms one after another. And exposed framework, to me that's about as boring as you can get. If that's enough for you then so be it but to me is not enough.
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lol it's not that bad. Hopefully you get what you're looking for.

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lol it's not that bad. Hopefully you get what you're looking for.
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Lol no I know not that terrible. Just really letting my frustrations out about AT&T. It's shameful I've been with them for ten years. And they have the best service out there. But I do think I'm going to have to go to T mobile when the Note 4 comes out. I feel like I'm handcuffed with one hand behind my back. I have no right to complain really about anything. I've been very blessed recently in life and there is lots of people in this world that have nothing. So your right no reason to *****. Thanks for making me realize that one.

alwayslookingforanswers said:
Lol no I know not that terrible. Just really letting my frustrations out about AT&T. It's shameful I've been with them for ten years. And they have the best service out there. But I do think I'm going to have to go to T mobile when the Note 4 comes out. I feel like I'm handcuffed with one hand behind my back. I have no right to complain really about anything. I've been very blessed recently in life and there is lots of people in this world that have nothing. So your right no reason to *****. Thanks for making me realize that one.
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Hey, I hear ya. I wish we had the option of custom recovery for our Note 3's and I've been with AT&T a long time but they're making it hard to support them now.

Knox active protection boosting performance?

Guys, there's something strange happening with my Note 4.
I live in Brazil and here we only received the Lollipop update (BOC3) later last week. For the propose of further questions: I never rooted or modified my phone, It's a SM-N910C.
The thing is, after the update I found some issues with my phone. Same old problems people keep complaining about. My Antutu score droped from 50k to 38k, my Geekbench score was lower too, and performance in general was worse, really worse, perceptibly. I was about to flash the BOC5 ROM from another country 'cause some users claim that this version solves some problems, but them I saw some users with the BOC5 and the same old performance problems. I gave up the flash and while surfing through the settings I found one feature I've never used before, the "Active Knox Protection". It's located between Security options.
After activating that option the system asked me to do a reboot, I did and voila! The performance of my Note 4 was back to what it should always be. My antutu score is again 50k, and the system is faster in general. I thought it might be just a coincidence, but turns out that turning off that option made my phone go back to the "bug" state.
So that's my tip for those who doesn't have root and are facing this GPU bug in lollipop. Would be awesome if you guys could reproduce the procedure and post your results.

RaphaDL said:
Guys, there's something strange happening with my Note 4.
I live in Brazil and here we only received the Lollipop update (BOC3) later last week. For the propose of further questions: I never rooted or modified my phone, It's a SM-N910C.
The thing is, after the update I found some issues with my phone. Same old problems people keep complaining about. My Antutu score droped from 50k to 38k, my Geekbench score was lower too, and performance in general was worse, really worse, perceptibly. I was about to flash the BOC5 ROM from another country 'cause some users claim that this version solves some problems, but them I saw some users with the BOC5 and the same old performance problems. I gave up the flash and while surfing through the settings I found one feature I've never used before, the "Active Knox Protection". It's located between Security options.
After activating that option the system asked me to do a reboot, I did and voila! The performance of my Note 4 was back to what it should always be. My antutu score is again 50k, and the system is faster in general. I thought it might be just a coincidence, but turns out that turning off that option made my phone go back to the "bug" state.
So that's my tip for those who doesn't have root and are facing this GPU bug in lollipop. Would be awesome if you guys could reproduce the procedure and post your results.
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download boc3 firmware , make a full wipe , and flash it again on your device ... my brother had this problem too , after a full wipe and clean install , everything is okay now ! Cheers

ManDone.vRs said:
download boc3 firmware , make a full wipe , and flash it again on your device ... my brother had this problem too , after a full wipe and clean install , everything is okay now ! Cheers
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Actually I tried. Before I do the official OTA update here in Brazil I tried the BOC3 that was released for some other country and I had all the bugs with it. I did a full wipe before and after the flash with no help them I downgraded to Kitkat and waited for the OTA update, which did not much for me as well.
Strange enough the only thing that solved my problem was activating the knox active protection.

RaphaDL said:
Actually I tried. Before I do the official OTA update here in Brazil I tried the BOC3 that was released for some other country and I had all the bugs with it. I did a full wipe before and after the flash with no help them I downgraded to Kitkat and waited for the OTA update, which did not much for me as well.
Strange enough the only thing that solved my problem was activating the knox active protection.
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flash custom kernel ....

ManDone.vRs said:
flash custom kernel ....
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I don't really want root right now.

what about battery when activationg knox protection?

Salim.Keady said:
what about battery when activationg knox protection?
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I activated knox protection along with device encryption, performance is definitely better than before my battery giving much better sot than before encryption & knox protection.

well thanks mate i ll see abou that knox.... but the thing as i remeber is that whn i read it said it might degrade performance

Salim.Keady said:
well thanks mate i ll see abou that knox.... but the thing as i remeber is that whn i read it said it might degrade performance
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Yes I read that & i was little hesitant to activate but i notice i can very well reverse back if it's really affect performance.

I can confirm . When I activated 'knox active protection' my antutu score went from 43k to 53k .I didn't test the battery life yet

I can confirm too, my antutu score went up to 49k after activating it.

Many days before I posted about this but seems no one take a note.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3075440

jdomadia said:
Many days before I posted about this but seems no one take a note.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3075440
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Do you need stock kernel for this?
It's grayed out for me...

AndroidState said:
Do you need stock kernel for this?
It's grayed out for me...
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What I know is i m on complete stock rom.

ok so guys tell me about battery ... am not activating it now just got the note 4 2 days ago wanna see battery life first without knox

Salim.Keady said:
ok so guys tell me about battery ... am not activating it now just got the note 4 2 days ago wanna see battery life first without knox
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My battery life without knox was around 6 hours on screen time , I'll report in the end of the day how it's going with knox protection activated

Rooting disables Knox completely, right?

elevul said:
Rooting disables Knox completely, right?
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Yes

Activated it. So far so good. An improvement in Antutu from 43k to 46k. Battery no worse than without it. A keeper.... for now

5.0.1. Knox services disabled. Root. No other modifications

suprised with the lack of custom ROMs

Hey guys, today i ordered myself an S5 and it's arriving tommorow morning. I can't wait to get it. I immediately fell in love with hardware, and the phone looks beautiful. Only thing i don't like is TouchWiz. So since the moment i knew i was gonna have it, i came here, and i must say i'm suprisedi expected the development to be beyond point of view good thing we have offical cyanogenmod(that was expected tbh) but i also expected something of CAF and aosp base since s5's predecessors had great AOSP ROMs support, like Slim and Omni and PA. Well who knows. Maybe i finnaly start learning something new and hell, maybe try to cook something but knowing myself, i wont have the guts.
Also i always wanted to try the famous Boeffla kernel and now i'll finaly have the chance!

You'll be hard-pressed to find a ROM that runs as fast/smooth/efficiently as the stock rom (once it's debloated, of course). There are plenty of ROMs available, it's just that not all of them are available on XDA. Try one of Ground-Zero's ROMs. Tesla and TipsyOS are very good.
(P.S. TipsyOS uses boeffla by default)

Sean89us said:
You'll be hard-pressed to find a ROM that runs as fast/smooth/efficiently as the stock rom (once it's debloated, of course). There are plenty of ROMs available, it's just that not all of them are available on XDA. Try one of Ground-Zero's ROMs. Tesla and TipsyOS are very good.
(P.S. TipsyOS uses boeffla by default)
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I ran tesla on my moto g, pretty good. But i don't know, i used to hack older samsungs, the newest was s4, so i'm a bit scared, i dont know whats KNOX or what's the procedure to root/flash recovery on this phone and how dangerous it is because i worked with phones that are hard to really screw up, so i'll probably stay on tw and root it.. I don't know yet. Hard to decide since i'm a flashaholic..

KNOX is the new warranty killer, flash anything custom and it trips KNOX from 0x0 to 0x1, which is irreversible, when you need to send your S5 in for repair, they check the KNOX status and refuse warranty in many regions if it is 0x1
Other than that, it's just a useless annoyance
Read some threads, you'll find all the info you need about rooting/hacking the S5
Pretty simple procedure if you don't care about warranty, or live somewhere that doesn't use KNOX status (EU apparently)

*Detection* said:
KNOX is the new warranty killer, flash anything custom and it trips KNOX from 0x0 to 0x1, which is irreversible, when you need to send your S5 in for repair, they check the KNOX status and refuse warranty in many regions if it is 0x1
Other than that, it's just a useless annoyance
Read some threads, you'll find all the info you need about rooting/hacking the S5
Pretty simple procedure if you don't care about warranty, or live somewhere that doesn't use KNOX status (EU apparently)
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Well i live in europe and i bought an european version (obviously) and i don't even know what for i'd send it for warrianty, hardware failures don't cover it do they? And KNOX is not reversible in any way? And there is no way to flash over it? I think i saw a thread today regarding that..

The issue with the S5 is that there are no base roms made available to beginner developers. Everything is based on Cyanogenmod which has issues like Bluetooth and such. I ported Omni rom a while back so it can be available to others to try. Everything is working perfectly besides the camera which I haven't quite figured out yet. No Bluetooth issues, great battery, & nice performance. I plan on porting that new paradox ROM to our beloved device soon so hopefully we can get some development going.
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DeHuMaNiZeD said:
Well i live in europe and i bought an european version (obviously) and i don't even know what for i'd send it for warrianty, hardware failures don't cover it do they? And KNOX is not reversible in any way? And there is no way to flash over it? I think i saw a thread today regarding that..
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Of course warranty covers hardware failure, that's what warranty is for
And no, there is no way to reset KNOX

gigoo25 said:
The issue with the S5 is that there are no base roms made available to beginner developers. Everything is based on Cyanogenmod which has issues like Bluetooth and such. I ported Omni rom a while back so it can be available to others to try. Everything is working perfectly besides the camera which I haven't quite figured out yet. No Bluetooth issues, great battery, & nice performance. I plan on porting that new paradox ROM to our beloved device soon so hopefully we can get some development going.
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Wow that sounds awesome, and where we could find that omni of yours? And Aosparadox was originally created for moto g, and i was one of the first who tried it. Good rom, and i think that AOSP based roms would be great on this phone, is it only me?

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Of course warranty covers hardware failure, that's what warranty is for
And no, there is no way to reset KNOX
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What do you think, is it worth it? Idk man, this phone doesn't feel squishy, and i plan on buying a case right away..

DeHuMaNiZeD said:
What do you think, is it worth it? Idk man, this phone doesn't feel squishy, and i plan on buying a case right away..
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I love mine, if I went back to the day I ordered it, I'd do the same again, no regrets
G900F - others are limited/locked

In my opinion, this is a great phone. I had an S2 and now i have a G900F. I love the feeling with this, resistent, lightweight and not so big but with a beautiful screen...i hate samsung policy but not all samsung is bad. Flagships are still remaining the main phones to buy if someone wants a good experience. I like flashing roms but with latest firmwares i prefer remaining near o stock. I tried some custom roms based on CM, ok they are very fast but i missed a lot of stock features that i use, and i like to have always them with me instead of trying to find an alternative way. We listen all the time people complain about phone's problems but personally i think less people say "wow, great phone, etc" only because it hasn't the need to say this, only complain...

DeHuMaNiZeD said:
Wow that sounds awesome, and where we could find that omni of yours? And Aosparadox was originally created for moto g, and i was one of the first who tried it. Good rom, and i think that AOSP based roms would be great on this phone, is it only me?
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You can find it HERE. AOSPParadox should be pretty easy to port over. Maybe I can get it done this weekend.

_BeastSmart_ said:
In my opinion, this is a great phone. I had an S2 and now i have a G900F. I love the feeling with this, resistent, lightweight and not so big but with a beautiful screen...i hate samsung policy but not all samsung is bad. Flagships are still remaining the main phones to buy if someone wants a good experience. I like flashing roms but with latest firmwares i prefer remaining near o stock. I tried some custom roms based on CM, ok they are very fast but i missed a lot of stock features that i use, and i like to have always them with me instead of trying to find an alternative way. We listen all the time people complain about phone's problems but personally i think less people say "wow, great phone, etc" ony because it hasn't the need to say this, only complain...
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Thanks for your opinion man, yes i think good about this phone also, i of course knowing myself will eventually flash something, but who knows, maybe stock will be good enough
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You can find it HERE. AOSPParadox should be pretty easy to port over. Maybe I can get it done this weekend.
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Does this mean we could have other offical roms supported? And have you thought about maintaining omni officaly?

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I love mine, if I went back to the day I ordered it, I'd do the same again, no regrets
G900F - others are limited/locked
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Awesome man, and i have one more question.
Is triggering KNOX worth it or not in your opinion? Others? I want more opinions on this

Other official roms such as? Everything right now is based off Cyanogenmod so that means there is no variety. Other phones usually have roms built off of cm,omni,aosp,PA,aokp ect ect If we are able to port these roms such as Omni people can add to them and make custom and stable roms out of them
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gigoo25 said:
Other official roms such as? Everything right now is based off Cyanogenmod so that means there is no variety. Other phones usually have roms built off of cm,omni,aosp,PA,aokp ect ect If we are able to port these roms such as Omni people can add to them and make custom and stable roms out of them
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Other AOSP based roms like Omni, slim,Pa and such? Since they require aosp base..

DeHuMaNiZeD said:
Other AOSP based roms like Omni, slim,Pa and such? Since they require aosp base..
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Exactly we need someone to port AOSP or something close enough to it so we can then port roms such as PA and slim without basing it off cm and having tons of issues...

Well if you try to port Aospparadox you could rebase omni to it's source and then build PA and slim and other roms

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Of course warranty covers hardware failure, that's what warranty is for
And no, there is no way to reset KNOX
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Well it doesn't cover hardware failure when you trip knox. Perhaps if the phone don't start at all and they cannot check for knox status.

DeHuMaNiZeD said:
Awesome man, and i have one more question.
Is triggering KNOX worth it or not in your opinion? Others? I want more opinions on this
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Worth it if you never need the warranty, or live in the EU and they don't care about KNOX
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Well it doesn't cover hardware failure when you trip knox. Perhaps if the phone don't start at all and they cannot check for knox status.
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Obviously if you live somewhere that KNOX needs to be 0x0 for warranty, but otherwise the warranty is completely valid for hardware failure, tripped or not