Okay, here we go...
Hey!
After about a month of endless cycle of try & scrap designs I think I'm ready present my redesign of the Magisk Manager. At this point I have covered every main screen that you (user) will come in contact with, now it's time to start implementing (or rather rewriting) code from the old app to the new one.
Don't get me wrong, I'm far away from from done; but! I have a sneak-peek of what's to (hopefully) come - considering John will ultimately accept my pull request, lol.
Rationale:
I'm an android (app) developer by occupation and I use Magisk almost every day. I love my work and everything I do, so I decided to help John with a redesign - so the app is less generic and additions (as far as features go) are easier to implement with less of a boilerplate. I have no idea if anybody would even care about the redesign so I would love to hear your thoughts!
At work I'm kinda more appreciated as a developer than a designer so I was never actually allowed to design any production app.
Structure:
The apk is work of about 10 days and roughly 40 commits.
It's mainly written in Kotlin (yey!) with a help from databinding, which makes everything much cleaner.
On top of that I use a "framework" which is actually more of a anti-boilerplate collection of libraries (jetpack wrapper) for all Android stuff - such as activites, fragments, viewmodels and interaction between them. (Can't post links since >that's whatchu get for mainly using reddit< I guess.) Nevertheless bye bye recyclerview and viewpager adapters, bye bye littering code with animations and other UI stuff.
Warning:
Few of my friends reported that the app is marked as malicious by Google Play Protect, maybe because it contains johns original package name + "debug". I know what it looks like, new user, no posts, malicious app warning. Meh. It's not, build it from source, inspect it on GitHub if you don't trust me.
Also it contains Manifest permission for connecting to the internet - this is not implemented yet and does not connect to anything. Everything you see is offline mock data or your own installed apps. Again, inspect source if you don't trust me.
It might crash on APIs<21 due to some unresolved xml setters and usage of vector resources. I'll fix that once everything else is done, don't mind that.
Some visual bugs might occur, refrain from reporting it please.
This is just a preview. DESIGN PROTOTYPE
Screenshots:
https://imgur.com/a/BRd40cg
Download:
NO DOWNLOAD. Already working on a official manager. Stay tuned.
Source:
https://github.com/diareuse/magisk
So what now?
Well, tell me how you like it!
What really bothers you in the new redesign that could be changed for the better?
What do you really like?
And yeah! almost forgot. I was wondering if redoing preferences would be better or worse. Do you prefer standard (support library-based) or entirely custom (with the super fancy dialog ripped from Android Q that you can preview while selecting Dark Mode in settings)?
I really like the redesign of the app. You should definitely get in touch with the Magisk dev to take it up a notch and implement it in the official app.
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CrashOverride1995 said:
I really like the redesign of the app. You should definitely get in touch with the Magisk dev to take it up a notch and implement it in the official app.
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Thanks I appreciate that!
I was trying to but he seems to successfully ignore all of my PMs here or on Reddit. I can only imagine how much spam is he getting so I don't blame him
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Thanks I appreciate that!
I was trying to but he seems to successfully ignore all of my PMs here or on Reddit. I can only imagine how much spam is he getting so I don't blame him
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Try to use Twitter, he seems active there.
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Nice work:good:
How does this work when it comes to hiding MM?
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How does this work when it comes to hiding MM?
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The whole app does not work yet see OP. This is just a design prototype.
Hiding will be probably somewhat tricky, I have no idea how will the new code features reflect in john's hiding mechanism.
Check PM mate, sent the code for your download to be a word link :good:
Honestly I feel in love with the design. I think John should adopt the design. You and John together can make some more modifications and bring this design (or improved) into official versions. Nice work bro, highly appreciate it.
Looks really nice, very in keeping with the new oneui. The newest official is really dated looking with too much advertising. Looks like a dang NASCAR lol I themed 6.0.0 for myself and just used that apk since pure black or pure white
Hi i just install the app on my rooted pixel 1gen running android Q i like the design but i dont know why i cant see the modules and should i uninstall the original magisk app ?
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The whole app does not work yet see OP. This is just a design prototype.
Hiding will be probably somewhat tricky, I have no idea how will the new code features reflect in john's hiding mechanism.
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I know @topjohnwu doesn't really enjoy the app development part of Magisk, so having someone improve on it is likely gonna be appreciated. But, you absolutely have to make sure that you do not break features like hiding the Manager... That is a key feature that has taken a lot of work to implement and has to work.
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Looks really nice, very in keeping with the new oneui. The newest official is really dated looking with too much advertising. Looks like a dang NASCAR lol I themed 6.0.0 for myself and just used that apk since pure black or pure white
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Wait, what? Advertising? There's no advertising in the Magisk Manager...
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Wait, what? Advertising? There's no advertising in the Magisk Manager...
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Sorry I just meant the links etc on the home page.
I use adaway and haven't seen an advert in years ?? this is my effort on v6.0.0 (pic) no previous experience in android at all, so not too bad ?
ParadoxTheDevil said:
Honestly I feel in love with the design. I think John should adopt the design. You and John together can make some more modifications and bring this design (or improved) into official versions. Nice work bro, highly appreciate it.
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I think "should adopt" sounds like you'd force him to do so. That's not what I'm trying to do though I can only propose and it's completely up to him whether he accepts it or nah.
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I know @topjohnwu doesn't really enjoy the app development part of Magisk, so having someone improve on it is likely gonna be appreciated. But, you absolutely have to make sure that you do not break features like hiding the Manager... That is a key feature that has taken a lot of work to implement and has to work.
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As far as I can tell, the hiding mechanism relies only on renaming package name within the system so the app should be just fine. Reflection that is used within my version will probably not be touched.
But I'd be sad to scrap the whole work if the hiding does not work - nevertheless if it pulls through with the community (and it seems like it) I'll make my absolute best to make the transition as seamless as possible. That's why I created separate module which can be built alongside the current version for (hopefully short) transition period.
My intention is of course not to break sh*t, but to improve on design and functionality of current app. Would be really d*ck move to do otherwise, I think.
I just did this in art app, changed the green header/footer colours to black and white and put radio buttons instead of checkbox. The colour scheme looks a little more like the oneui. You could maybe get a hex colour picker and get the proper colours and do it more professionally. Keep up the awesome work by the way.
Omg this is fancy as f**k
If this would also allow us to use AROMA like on flashfire am i totally in! Great Redesign!
Oh damn, this is beautiful redesign! I love it very much.
Kurtlestat said:
Looks really nice, very in keeping with the new oneui. The newest official is really dated looking with too much advertising. Looks like a dang NASCAR lol I themed 6.0.0 for myself and just used that apk since pure black or pure white
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Advertising? Everything there is needed for functions.
madbat99 said:
Advertising? Everything there is needed for functions.
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I would guess he's probably taking about the social media links at the bottom of the main screen. Which are not actually advertising anything but linking places to access support and updates.
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so i dropped my heroc the other day when getting it off the shelf so that i could create/port something for this phone, sense i was getting bored with my evo, and after i dropped it i picked it up and checked to make sure everything works but only thing that doesn't is installing apps
any suggestions for fixes besides replacing are welcome
also i'd like to know somethings people would like to see done on the hero:
any mod ports to the phone you'd like?
any rom ports you all would like to see?
would you like a new rom?
a new theme?
any app ideas?
anything? lol
just trying to help
you shure your not kifno bsing us again this sounds like something he would post lmao.
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you shure your not kifno bsing us again this sounds like something he would post lmao.
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CH3NO2 said:
also i'd like to know somethings people would like to see done on the hero:
any mod ports to the phone you'd like?
any rom ports you all would like to see?
would you like a new rom?
a new theme?
any app ideas?
anything? lol
just trying to help
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If you really wanted to do something useful, you would get into improving our current driver situation. We have an open-source camera driver (which wraps the OEM camera driver) in the CyanogenMod tree, but it needs work, especially on the camcorder side (camcorder doesn't focus at present).
There's also still a lot of work needed on the GL side. We have the libgles_qcom.so file from previous ROM images, but it isn't 100% compatible with Gingerbread (missing textures in Quadrant, etc).
The YouTube player sometimes plays audio-only when viewing "HQ" videos. I suspect this is due to a missing video codec and/or related to the above GL issues. We need work done on various codecs.
There's plenty of work to be done in kernel space. The 2.6.35 kernel posted by s0be is significant progress, but there is still plenty of room for improvement. Personally I would like to see more optimizations done on the kernel side because these will benefit all ROM images.
There are also various bugs in CyanogenMod that shouldn't be too difficult to fix, such as notification power widgets disappearing when changing themes. Check their issue tracker on Google Code to find some easy things to fix.
It would be awesome to see a fully-working 2.3.4 ROM image that was 100% AOSP and had completely working drivers. It would certainly make future development much easier and provide a nice base to build other ROM images from.
...oh, wait, that's right. You just want to "port" "tweaks"/themes/nonsense. Try fixing what we have right now before you give us more half-working junk.
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you shure your not kifno bsing us again this sounds like something he would post lmao.
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honestly the questions he had reek of kifno, check join date also, hmmmm....
if he is kifno, at least he stopped with all the stupid smilies at the end of every sentence
xfrobex said:
honestly the questions he had reek of kifno, check join date also, hmmmm....
if he is kifno, at least he stopped with all the stupid smilies at the end of every sentence
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I'm sure it was, as the account was disabled hours after making the post.
this dude needs to discover some vagina to take his mind off his hero. Anyone that ran his tweaks has to be insane.
lmfao how did I miss this thread before xD
You think he'd get the hint after he's been banned X # of times along with getting flamed every time he comes back...smh
On a positive note, I hereby name Bierce22:
.:]Official kifno alter ego finder[:.
I forgot how irritating the stock android is. I was going to try to lollipop for a couple days, but after only a just a few hours I coudl't take it anymore. Glad I made a nandroid before I installed that update. Those headsup notifications, that annoying immerisve mode panic, the loss of my navbar buttons, the new volume controls (randomly changing the various volumes under some inexplicable priority strategy) and various other things. I mean, it was bad. I hated it. I bet this is the best Android ever if you use your phone as a phone and not as a computer that happens to make phone calls — but that's not me. I'm just not the average aggregated user Google is targgeting.
I haven't seen a lot of people posting that they can't move to lollipop because: no Xposed and Gravity Box; but I wanted to put this out there in case someone like me was feeling down for wanting to revert to KitKat. Just do it. Personally I'm wating for 5.1 or for ART Xposed or ... something. I'm sad I'll miss out on the new camera, but the rest of it just isn't worth the headaches.
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I was going to try to lollipop for a couple days...
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There are only ever 2 types of updates: the before closed beta testing and the after open 'beta' testing.
Just wait for custom ROMs, Xposed for Lollipop will not come soon, and I'm not sure if it will come at all.
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I forgot how irritating the stock android is. I was going to try to lollipop for a couple days, but after only a just a few hours I coudl't take it anymore.
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You lasted longer than I did! TWRP nandroid rescued me. Lack of [X]privacy is a show-stopper for me but I've forgotten how ugly non-customised (GravityBox, et. al.) stock is.
What device do u have?
I'm on a leak gpe version on my HTC m8, and it's pretty stable. Yes it sucks there no xposed but most of what I use xposed for is convenience features like custom nav ring that I can live without.
Biggest upside is battery life and performance kick the pants off KitKat.. Also love the new material design not to mention the hundreds of cool new things in SDK 21 like the dynamic floating menu buttons.
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I forgot how irritating the stock android is. I was going to try to lollipop for a couple days, but after only a just a few hours I coudl't take it anymore
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Yeah, I feel you man..
Can't say I find stock android irritating per se (or used to, anyway), but Material Design? Dont' get me started!
Been on lollipop on my Nexus 5 for, well, a couple of days now. Feels like a lifetime. I like "stock", and I'm unfortunately one of those all-for-the-latest-version-hype type personalities. And I thought I would be able to manage without xposed (I used it mainly for cosmetics anyway and Lollipop seemed to be a huge leap forward from kitkat in that respect).
Buuuut...material design is...well, effing ugly. I can live without customising my lock screen (since I didn't use a lock anyway), so now I just skip it alltogether. I did like having my own set of unlockable shortcuts (so to speak), but, hey, b-bye.
LWinrecents: got that in lollipop - along with material design stacks of recent apps. Did I mention I think material design is effing ugly? Because it's also a bloody mess. IMHO, of course. VPN Dialogue? Since VPN doesn't seem to be working in L, no need for a module, right? And Xprivacy? Well, for the time being; hello world, have ALL my personal information.... At least greenify seems to run without xposed... Just to mention a few examples.
But...but. BUT, the new statusbar / notifications? Oh. My. God. I don't need Xposed and gravity box, I need goddamn kitkat and gravity box! Jeez.. Give me jellybean and I'll shut up!
As for the current GEL version, I must admit, I didn't even give that a fair chance, I set Nova Launcer as my default launcher from first boot..
I am torn right now, I'm itching to go back to 4.4.4 with xposed and gravity box and all the other "pointless" little cosmetic tweaks. But, I figure I can't be stuck on an old OS forever, and I'm already upgraded so I might as well just get used to what is and will be.
So basically, for me to keep using 5.0 comes down primarily to the convenience of not downgrading (i.e. going through another factory reset with the restoring backups and the whey and the wizz and the hey-hey-hey). With a kicker of "might as well get used to it."
So I have to concur that if anyone is on the fence, and you can't find a reason why you absolutely, positively HAVE to upgrade to lollipop, stick with kit kat and xposed. (insert appropiate number of exclamationmarskoneoneoneexclamationmarks) You're not missing out from as far as I can tell. Also, all the Google apps will come your way with material design anyway, so you WILL get your fix of fugly whether you want it or not.
If I'm not making any sense, then nevermind me. I'm just on a rant. And I miss gravity box. And I think Material Design does not present a very pleasant user experience. Also, I'm on a rant, did I mention that? Check back with me in a couple of weeks, and it's not entirely implausible that I actually have gone through the hassle of a downgrade/factory reset to get back to kit kat.
At least I'm rooted. Thank heaven for small favours, and thank Chainfire for big ones.
What I can't bear it no xprivacy.I live in China.Chinese apps are getting too much permission.I hate them.But I have to use them because my friends and parents are using it.
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App ops works on 5.0
But yeah totally missing xposed on 5.0
akaHardison said:
What I can't bear it no xprivacy.I live in China.Chinese apps are getting too much permission.I hate them.But I have to use them because my friends and parents are using it.
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So because others use it that makes you use it them to? Interesting.
Couldn't agree more.
4.4.4 is the final Android version for me, until either xposed or some sustitute comes for lollipop or others.
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So because others use it that makes you use it them to? Interesting.
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I have to.My friends using WeChat to talk to me and sending images.If they use MMS send the photos,no one can bear the bills.Beside the photos send via MMS will be more compressed.So I bought a Nexus 4 just for these app,which is still running on KitKat.My Nexus 5 is already on lollipop
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There is so many other apps that you and your friends can use for sending photos. Viber, facebook, google plus, twitter.
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Couldn't agree more.
4.4.4 is the final Android version for me, until either xposed or some sustitute comes for lollipop or others.
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How can't quote this?
I'm still on 4.4.4 on my N4 and waiting to Xposed be avalaible to upgrade.
Don't care about Material Design or other stuff in Lollipop.
Not until Xposed (and GravityBox) will be avalaible.
I hope will be not much longer!
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i think it do not work now
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How can't quote this?
I'm still on 4.4.4 on my N4 and waiting to Xposed be avalaible to upgrade.
Don't care about Material Design or other stuff in Lollipop.
Not until Xposed (and GravityBox) will be avalaible.
I hope will be not much longer!
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Me too. I tried it. But went back fast
fazi78 said:
There is so many other apps that you and your friends can use for sending photos. Viber, facebook, google plus, twitter.
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as far as I know, everything you've mentioned are blocked in China. Last time i was in China I couldn't even use Gmail and play store, unbelievable!
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as far as I know, everything you've mentioned are blocked in China. Last time i was in China I couldn't even use Gmail and play store, unbelievable!
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Many things go are banned there do to their monitoring policies. So I understand why they are not an option.
It seems I'm not the only one who can't live without xprivacy.
I won't install lollipop until xprivacy support it.
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It seems I'm not the only one who can't live without xprivacy.
I won't install lollipop until xprivacy support it.
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Then I hate to say you may be stuck on KK as xposed is having huge issues with the new security setup in 5.0. I would get used to living with out xposed. This way if there ever is a work around then cool but if not then you wont be stuck in limbo.
Well if I'm stuck I'll deal with it.
Xprivacy definitively better that L.
I really dislike the fact that the Note for has a very cool (I mean, it makes my slightly cool iPad look warm..) screen calibration. Is there anyone who'd even know how to add this to a Kernel for CM12? (not stock touchwiz) would be cool to warm it up a touch and get that eye hurting blue under control (I know it's not that bad for most, but I'm really sensitive to minute details like that.) Figured I'd at least ask. Also, I'm working on my first "custom" ROM. Essentially I want to bring back some of the helpful features that touchwiz offers within CM12. QUICK SOMEOME SCREAM! Haha I know the point of CM12 is to get rid of that, but the point of AOSP is to enjoy open source freedoms. So far I've gotten a few stock apps running as well as some other customisations
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I really dislike the fact that the Note for has a very cool (I mean, it makes my slightly cool iPad look warm..) screen calibration. Is there anyone who'd even know how to add this to a Kernel for CM12? (not stock touchwiz) would be cool to warm it up a touch and get that eye hurting blue under control (I know it's not that bad for most, but I'm really sensitive to minute details like that.) Figured I'd at least ask. Also, I'm working on my first "custom" ROM. Essentially I want to bring back some of the helpful features that touchwiz offers within CM12. QUICK SOMEOME SCREAM! Haha I know the point of CM12 is to get rid of that, but the point of AOSP is to enjoy open source freedoms. So far I've gotten a few stock apps running as well as some other customisations
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Check out CF Lumen on the play store.
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I know of many apps for that. The issues with apps is that they run on top of the system. A kernel tweak would give you optimized adjustments. Essentially setting the display natively vs actively updating it. I hope this makes sense. I had an app that did that, but the constant running meant that it inherently caused the system to be stressed more. (Now this app could do much better, and please let me know if it does, but the app I had used an unnecessarily high amount of RAM for what little it was doing.) In my mind it would be simpler to just warm the display up natively from the kernel. Also (Full credit to whoever did it) I would be able to post the ROM file already modified like that without needing to make that app a system app.
look in the cm remix thread
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look in the cm remix thread
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Thank you for the suggestion, but in this case a link would help. Searching for it leads to MANY results, haha
ok, here is the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/development/rom-cmremix-rom-v2-5-12-23-14-t2981479
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ok, here is the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/development/rom-cmremix-rom-v2-5-12-23-14-t2981479
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Thank you sir!! I made a quick little post in there to ask them what's up, shall see if that already does it, or if it can be added.
It's been a fun run guys-- with bootloader v5 it looks like flashing these files back and forth is potentially going to cause issues and soft bricks.
I no longer have the phone so for now it's coming down.
Love and kisses, I supported and hosted these files for you guys from. Nov 17, 2016 to Feb 21, 2018 and with the boot loader change and me no longer owning the phone it's time to sail into the sunlight.
I think the Odin is wrong. With 935u I have been using Princes Odin in the root thread. Result in no failing.
Thanks for creating a new process thread! I'm going to give this a shot at home when I get off work!
is this Nugat?...
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No 6.0.1, there is another 935U thread that was seeing no updates from the OP since June or so.
To clarify, am I able to use this method on my phone? I think it should work, I have G935AUCU4APJ4 for Baseband Version. Thanks for the help. =]
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To clarify, am I able to use this method on my phone? I think it should work, I have G935AUCU4APJ4 for Baseband Version. Thanks for the help. =]
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Yes, you're on Bootloader v4 (So is this) so should be no issues
I think this is assumed, but once the U version is flashed the upgrade path for device software should follow Samsung's releases and not the carrier specific releases, correct? No more waiting for the carrier to delay release adding their own software and removing features down the line?
Nuget update zip for this one is what we need.
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Nuget update zip for this one is what we need.
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Agreed, the VZ one just isnt quite right
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Nuget update zip for this one is what we need.
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Haha, tell that to Samsung.
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I think the Odin is wrong. With 935u I have been using Princes Odin in the root thread. Result in no failing.
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This version is non-branded and works with this rom, I didn't include the Prince version as there is no reason in this workflow for a modded/tagged non-official version of anything. If anybody has any issues in a specific use case I will add a secondary option. They should not though as the rom is sha signed appropriately. I don't want to get too far off topic but if Odin fails it's usually because the sha isn't passing what Odin is looking for. I'm not seeking to provide anything other than a vanilla supported flow to make it clean and clear. I posted this thread elsewhere and it's already had adopters testing without issue.
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Haha, tell that to Samsung.
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Exactly. And the ones thinking they NEED IT NOW aren't reading all the things. Samsung Nougat still has all sorts of animation and interface glitches. It's a beta with plenty of things left unshined and I'm not about to post that here and have a million 'X isn't as wide as X and when i hit X it doesn't Y'
The good news is in the Goodlock comment section Samsung is saying they won't support Goodlock Nougat until the Galaxy S8 which leaves me with a smile. The point of Goodlock is to be more stock like and since they will officially support Nougat with the S8 then we'll likely see all the stock Nougat layout that Goodlock tries to mimic. Now that Nougat is basically setup like Goodlock with a quick toggle row i see no reason for them to mutate it. So Goodlock should be the bees knees. (hopes and dreams, with a reasonable basis) ; p
I said Goodlock and Nougat a lot. :cyclops:
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As was already said, no. I will not update this thread with any Beta builds. They can be found elsewhere.
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This version is non-branded and works with this rom, I didn't include the Prince version as there is no reason in this workflow for a modded/tagged non-official version of anything. If anybody has any issues in a specific use case I will add a secondary option. They should not though as the rom is sha signed appropriately. I don't want to get too far off topic but if Odin fails it's usually because the sha isn't passing what Odin is looking for. I'm not seeking to provide anything other than a vanilla supported flow to make it clean and clear. I posted this thread elsewhere and it's already had adopters testing without issue.
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Oddly the normal Odin fails for me. I have to use the Prince version(FYI)
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Oddly the normal Odin fails for me. I have to use the Prince version(FYI)
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Fair enough, I'll find the latest Prince and put it up. It never surprises me how the same hardware has variance in results.
Everything installed, but I also had to use the Prince Odin.
I haven't had the chance to do much with it yet other than basic setup and app downloads but everything looks to be working really well.
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Exactly. And the ones thinking they NEED IT NOW aren't reading all the things. Samsung Nougat still has all sorts of animation and interface glitches. It's a beta with plenty of things left unshined and I'm not about to post that here and have a million 'X isn't as wide as X and when i hit X it doesn't Y'
The good news is in the Goodlock comment section Samsung is saying they won't support Goodlock Nougat until the Galaxy S8 which leaves me with a smile. The point of Goodlock is to be more stock like and since they will officially support Nougat with the S8 then we'll likely see all the stock Nougat layout that Goodlock tries to mimic. Now that Nougat is basically setup like Goodlock with a quick toggle row i see no reason for them to mutate it. So Goodlock should be the bees knees. (hopes and dreams, with a reasonable basis) ; p
I said Goodlock and Nougat a lot. :cyclops:
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VZ Nugat works almost perfect for me sir... I don't have any animation and interface glitches.
Even with VZ bloat, which I disabled it feels faster that U for me. Faster, less heat and prettier.
All good
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VZ Nugat works almost perfect for me sir... I don't have any animation and interface glitches.
Even with VZ bloat, which I disabled it feels faster that U for me. Faster, less heat and prettier.
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All good, i don't want this thread to be filled with these types of things. Stay on topic please.
That said- there are things i know as fact are unfinished in the beta and the end of life on that beta is not going to work for all parties. When they stop updating it there will be yet another factory reset in line for those users. This thread is obviously not a nougat thread, i posted this for people that want something stable that will be updated with non-beta code when it comes available. There is always something out there for people that want to run beta non final software on their phones. That is not what this thread is about.
1. Notifications are not full screen width, it may not bother you but there are bug reports already submitted for this. (I follow the beta)
2. The close all button on the quick switch is white which is just odd and unfinished.
3. For a good amount of people there are animation glitches. I mod a reddit thread filled with 200+ comments about all the pros/cons.
Lastly, I do NOT want this thread to have this kind of back and forth. It serves a purpose, i'm not hosting this on GDrive or Dropbox i'm incurring some cost to put this up for people and in return all i ask is stay on topic and if something else is working for you then good. Keep on keeping on.
kangi26 said:
Oddly the normal Odin fails for me. I have to use the Prince version(FYI)
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Presuming no Xposed framework will ever be available for Android N or later, what hardware would you buy today? I will not run an Android version without Xposed (due to the need for XPrivacy). Therefore, I seek opinions on the best available, future-proofed hardware to run Xposed. For example, it seems I should still be able to buy a new OnePlus 3T, nuke the Nougat it presumably ships with, and "upgrade" down to Android 6 w/ Xposed. I doubt that path will be an option with later hardware releases.
What's the best, cutting edge Xposed-compatible hardware—presuming I might still be running it 5 years from now?
None.
Also hardware isnt the issue. Software is.
A one plus will stipl run great after 5 years.
But probably new security issues will arise and there won't be bug fixes to those things from anyone.
Maybe there will be other alternatives to exposed, but personally speaking, my current nexus 6 wipl be my last smartphone.
I will either not use one in the future or simply continue using this phone until it dies.
Appart from being utterly disgusted by the regression of technology (removable batteries gone, headphone jacks gone, lack of support),
I also cant stand the privacy issues.
shadowcore said:
hardware isnt the issue. Software is.
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I disagree, unless you were making a reference to Wirth's law. My Nexus 5 crawls today in comparison to how it ran years ago, and I'm constantly short on RAM when I wasn't in the past. Most of this is the bloat caused by apps. It will help, of course, that the OS wouldn't be upgraded.
A one plus will stipl run great after 5 years.
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I also perform the hardware repair on my N5 myself, so that's a factor. Things like battery replacement come into play after years of use.
But probably new security issues will arise and there won't be bug fixes to those things from anyone.
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That's effectively where I'm at now. The OTAs won't apply, and I don't care enough to go through the gyrations to update the OS with the patches.
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I disagree, unless you were making a reference to Wirth's law. My Nexus 5 crawls today in comparison to how it ran years ago, and I'm constantly short on RAM when I wasn't in the past. Most of this is the bloat caused by apps. It will help, of course, that the OS wouldn't be upgraded.
I also perform the hardware repair on my N5 myself, so that's a factor. Things like battery replacement come into play after years of use.
That's effectively where I'm at now. The OTAs won't apply, and I don't care enough to go through the gyrations to update the OS with the patches.
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Agreed I have Nexus 5, Redmi Note 3, Redmi Note 4, Moto G5 Plus, Mi5 at home
Nexus 5 feels ancient now though I love the form factor and the occasional times when it runs smooth off late
Im guessing EMMC might be degrading
Then I should buy more Android Phones, at least one for shopping, one for apps at sixes and sevens. I am in China and most of the apps don't want to obey the rules...
Plus: less pleasure for personalizing
Guys !
Please keep on topic and refrain from xposed lifespan assumptions , the OP is asking for a different opinion
thread cleaned and be nice one with the other
thanks for understanding
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you pretty much already have my suggestion.... a OnePlus 3T. since you seem to need xposed (imho, just move on) all new phones will obviously be shipping with android 7.xx+, the 3T is the best phone to get. i doubt there will be an update to xposed so eventually you will need to update and its obvious that later android version will have superior memory management to make use of the 3T's memory.
if by chance, xposed does somehow live you will still be left with a great phone that is only further made better by whatever android version is available. a few weeks ago i helped several classmates switch ROM's. they all bought 3T's due to my recommendation. all are very happy. i suggest you get one while they are still available. i hope this helps! cheers!
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you pretty much already have my suggestion.... a OnePlus 3T.
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Thanks.
since you seem to need xposed (imho, just move on)
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Well, I *need* XPrivacy and not only is that dependent on Xposed but I subsequently found out that development likely won't support anything later than Marshmallow. So, that's where I'll be indefinitely until someone replicates that.
they all bought 3T's due to my recommendation. all are very happy. i suggest you get one while they are still available. i hope this helps! cheers!
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It does. Thanks. The largest concern is battery replacement, as it seems there are no genuine replacement batteries. Maybe that will change in a few years, though.
Well, I *need* XPrivacy.......
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well, if privacy is your concern their are many apps that can help. your familiari with AFWall+ so there's that. you could also use Island by Oasisfeng. i mostly use it to hide my friends titpics and my snapchat, kik accounts but the app will eventually be able to do so much more.
i dont know what type of privacy concerns you have but a firewall should be enough unless your either a spy or just paranoid.
The largest concern is battery replacement....
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you can find parts for this phone with an easy google search. i purchased a replacement screen for a friend that accidentally dropped her 3T from a balcony at school.
i truly suggest you move on to N. soon there O will be released and with it so many worthwhile features. if your lucky enough to get the chance to use it i suggest you do and not pass due to the lack of xposed. while i agree that xposed is great, its not worth passing over on updating to a better android release.
btw, now that there has been more info on the 1+5, i suggest you wait. give island a try and then i hope you go for the 1+5. cheers!
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well, if privacy is your concern their are many apps that can help. your familiari with AFWall+ so there's that.
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In addition to XPrivacy, I'm already using AFWall+, AppOps Xposed, and an always-on VPN.
you could also use Island by Oasisfeng. i mostly use it to hide my friends titpics and my snapchat, kik accounts but the app will eventually be able to do so much more.
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Cool, I'll check it out for consideration to be added it into the mix. Thanks.
i dont know what type of privacy concerns you have but a firewall should be enough unless your either a spy or just paranoid.
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A firewall is necessary but insufficient due to in-band privacy leaks. I require XPrivacy to intercept calls and feed apps fake data. There is really no substitute for Xposed for this type of approach; you may remember PDroid and how clunky that was.
you can find parts for this phone with an easy google search.
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Hm. I was unable to find a genuine OnePlus 3T battery. I found a few obviously counterfeit batteries from dodgy ebay vendors, but I would certainly appreciate it if you could point me to a source for a genuine new replacement battery for a 3T.
i truly suggest you move on to N. soon there O will be released and with it so many worthwhile features.
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Thanks for sharing your perspective, but I'd rather not have a smartphone than to go without XPrivacy or its equivalent. I certainly need XPrivacy a lot more than I need some new UX. I already disable all the "cool" creepy google **** like google now cards and I deny the google app access to my mic & location (well, location services is disabled altogether, but you get the point). My smartphone on MM does what I want it to do, and I really don't need it to do anything more—especially if it comes at the cost of losing the fine-grained control over apps one has via XPrivacy.
Hijacking the thread, since you posted some nice alternatives. What about us that can't live without Amplify and Greenify?
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Hijacking the thread, since you posted some nice alternatives. What about us that can't live without Amplify and Greenify?
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Greenify doesn't require Xposed to work, just for the "boost" features. It works just fine on my 6P running 7.1.2, which means I have no Xposed.
another thread hijack since someone mention xposed module alternatives
can someone create a thread specifically list down all the alternatives for xposed modules? I am switching to S8 which is nougat only so I need to find alternatives for my xposed modules
- app settings: no alt
- appopsxposed: no alt
- boot manager: no alt
- nekosms: samsung default messaging app block feature (although not as complete)
- rootcloak: magisk
- xtouchwiz: manually deal with csc xml
Garock said:
another thread hijack since someone mention xposed module alternatives
can someone create a thread specifically list down all the alternatives for xposed modules? I am switching to S8 which is nougat only so I need to find alternatives for my xposed modules
- app settings: no alt
- appopsxposed: no alt
- boot manager: no alt
- nekosms: samsung default messaging app block feature (although not as complete)
- rootcloak: magisk
- xtouchwiz: manually deal with csc xml
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Does Magisk directly replace Rootcloak? Doesn't Magiskhide only hide Magisk, not root?
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Does Magisk directly replace Rootcloak? Doesn't Magiskhide only hide Magisk, not root?
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Magisk hides its root.
josephcsible said:
Magisk hides its root.
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Right, not SuperSU though.
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Right, not SuperSU though.
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not sure but I thought magisk hide will also hide root from other apps
but you're correct, magisk hide needs magisksu and cannot work with supersu