Hi all,
I need to know if installing OS update via smart switch wipes all your phone. Smart Switch doesn't answer this part. Plus, the download is 5,085mb which means it's a complete ROM. That makes me wonder if it will flash the rom completely and wipe my device in the process or not?
Thanking in anticipation
Any one?
As far as I remember, Smart Switch is asking You to do backup first. BUT as long as You don't change your region, data should be intact.
Anyway, backup your stuff first!
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Few questions
1. I have sprint and nexus 6. Ideally I'd like a stock rom, but with the clear recent tasks button in the bottom, and enabled tethering, and also rooted. What minimalist or close to stock rom would you suggest? I am tired of using stock and having a pain every time there is an OTA update whereby it won't flash and having to go through the steps of editing build.prop and the sql database file to enable tethering.
2. What is the easiest way to keep a custom rom up to date. I just want it to almost behave like stock with updates easy to obtain and near automatic. Is there an app or rom that has this feature?
3. what is the difference between factory build LMY48M and LMY47Z? They are both listed as 5.1.1
4. I use titanium backup. However, if i update a rom and just save user data (when i previously had it save system data I had a problem) and after i flash restoring user data, I notice many of the settings such as my bluetooth and smart lock etc. settings aren't saved. Any suggestion to streamline the flashing process further?
Thanks for your help and advice!
deadave said:
Few questions
1. I have sprint and nexus 6. Ideally I'd like a stock rom, but with the clear recent tasks button in the bottom, and enabled tethering, and also rooted. What minimalist or close to stock rom would you suggest? I am tired of using stock and having a pain every time there is an OTA update whereby it won't flash and having to go through the steps of editing build.prop and the sql database file to enable tethering.
2. What is the easiest way to keep a custom rom up to date. I just want it to almost behave like stock with updates easy to obtain and near automatic. Is there an app or rom that has this feature?
3. what is the difference between factory build LMY48M and LMY47Z? They are both listed as 5.1.1
4. I use titanium backup. However, if i update a rom and just save user data (when i previously had it save system data I had a problem) and after i flash restoring user data, I notice many of the settings such as my bluetooth and smart lock etc. settings aren't saved. Any suggestion to streamline the flashing process further?
Thanks for your help and advice!
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you do realize that all you have to do to update a rooted stock rom is flash the system.img via fastboot, then quickly reroot(flash the supersu file)? yes, its that easy.
oh, and i backup my apps and settings through google. every time i wipe, google will restore all my apps, my wallpaper, and my system settings.
/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/ doesn't have to get changed if you just flash system img?
deadave said:
/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/ doesn't have to get changed if you just flash system img?
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no. that is if you don't wipe data. you wont lose any data flashing just the system.img. you will lose SuperSU though. but all you have to do is reflash it.
Is there a TWRP for the Nexus 6? Can I go from stock rooted to CM12 & back without bricking?
RichTJ99 said:
Is there a TWRP for the Nexus 6? Can I go from stock rooted to CM12 & back without bricking?
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Yes, TWRP is available for the Nexus 6.
And yes you can go from stock rooted, to a different ROM (CM12 if you want) and back without any problems.
Seeing as there is no actual ROM available to copy to the memory and flash via TWRP how would someone update their firmware / base on this phone if they've unlocked the bootloader, have TWRP installed and are rooted?
I've always had a fall back ROM on my phone i could flash, i think there is a way to use the eRecovery to get back your device to Stock but i've never used it on this phone, nor have i ever had to in the past, this is a complete first for me.
So surprised that this phone didn't get more attention, with a few tweaks it's rapid.
How is everyone getting by without a custom ROM option?
Hi,
about 2 years ago I rooted my S2 Galaxy Tab (T719) and now I would like to upgrade from Android 6.0.1 to Android version to 7 or 8. I have googled for instructions on how to upgrade a rooted S2 Tab but did not find anything useful (most info is on OTA upgrades which no longer works on rooted devices). Could someone please post step-by-step instructions (please bear in mind that I only ever deal with this kind of thing once every 2-3 years so I do not have much experience). I have TWRP v 3.0.2 installed (do I need to update this as well?) and the tablet is not encrypted (so hopefully I won't have to wipe the system partition and re-install all the app?!?). Thanks.
I also noticed that there is now a huge variety of ROMs out there. How can one know which ones are trustworthy? The main reason I rooted the tablet was to be able to increase privacy (control app permissions with XPrivacy). So I do not want to install some custom ROM that maybe contains spyware or other compromising features. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. Given my motivation (privacy) for rooting, would it maybe be better to go back to Stock ROMs (i.e. non rooted) and simply control web access via netguard (by preventing net access for some apps, they may still spy on my contacts, location, or email but cannot phone home to transmit the information)? At least I would still get OTA updates because being excluded from the OTA channel also poses a security risk in itself I suppose. Ok so any advice would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
There is no official Android 8 for our device. If you want 8 or 9 you have to install a custom ROM like LuK1337's LineageOS port. It is as safe as LineageOS is by itself on any device. Only problem you might have then is that calling is not possible anymore for now, but LTE works. If you want to use LOS, you HAVE to format data because it's not compatible at all. If you wanna stay on official Android you might keep it. Installing is done by flashing the official firmware with the correct country code over Odin. This will remove TWRP at first so you have to reflash it by Odin afterwards. For firmware download I always use: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647 and Odin is found by google. If you wanna got the way to LOS you have to do all the steps I mentioned before too anyways to have a recent Modem firmware and bootloader. In that case you just have to flash LOS and OpenGAPPS by TWRP and delete /data aka Factory reset.
Regardless what you do, after ODIN is done, you HAVE TO boot into TWRP immediately to keep it from being removed by official firmware. While you are in there anyways you can install magisk to keep it from encrypting /data
Many thanks emuandco. So I guess I will stick with the Android 7 as I do not want to reformat the tablet and reinstall all the apps. I have started to download the Android 7 stock ROM, but it is taking quite long so in the meantime just to confirm, the steps to follow are:
1- use odin to flash the stock ROM (no steps required prior to this? I simply overwrite the existing ROM? I suppose that I will loose root then and need to re-root the device using the standard procedure as explained here: http://www.samsungsfour.com/tutoria...nougat-7-0-using-cf-auto-root-all-models.html ?)
2- use odin to flash TWRP (I will need the newest version I guess and cannot use the same as for Android 6?)
3- boot into recovery mode to ensure that TWRP does not get overwritten
4- done
Is this correct? Do I then need to reinstall Xposed, SuperSU and Xprivacy or will they be preserved?
Thanks again!
P.S.: BTW, I also found these instructions: https://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/development/twrp-3-0-2-1-galaxy-tab-s22016-sm-t713-t3390627 which are slightly different from http://www.samsungsfour.com/tutoria...nougat-7-0-using-cf-auto-root-all-models.html and require a wipe of the data partition. Does this mean that for an update to Android 7 I definitely do need to wipe the data partition? If this is the case then this would be a major disadvantage of rooting in the first place and maybe I simply flash the stock ROM and do not root at all but go the "netguard" route as mentioned in my original message?
I never used the official Firmware that much. Fist thing I did was going on LuK1337's nerves to get a port of LOS for it up and running So no clue if Samsung manages to keep /data but I guess so. Yeah, looks fine what you list there. You COMPLETELY overwrite ANY modification in kernel or /system, so reflash your mods and root (Magisk). I always recommend to uase the MOST recent TWRP. (https://dl.twrp.me/gts28velte/ should be it in your case).
Ah and looking at your manuals... Check OEM unlock just to be rather safe than sorry if things go mad.
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I never used the official Firmware that much. Fist thing I did was going on LuK1337's nerves to get a port of LOS for it up and running So no clue if Samsung manages to keep /data but I guess so. Yeah, looks fine what you list there. You COMPLETELY overwrite ANY modification in kernel or /system, so reflash your mods and root (Magisk). I always recommend to uase the MOST recent TWRP. (https://dl.twrp.me/gts28velte/ should be it in your case).
Ah and looking at your manuals... Check OEM unlock just to be rather safe than sorry if things go mad.
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I have a Galaxy note 9 running 8.1 and would like to stay there. My phone is the T-Mobile branded one. Unfortunately it seems that my phone has downloaded the OTA update to pie and is asking me to install it. I clicked "Later" but I'm afraid that won't last forever. How can I delete the downloaded data and also disable the update from happening in the future?
I am a complete novice when it comes to software stuff so things like "flashing" memory etc may be beyond my scope unless it's very simple. I do follow instruction well though
I understand that I am forgoing security updates and I'm ok with that. After finishing up with a Galaxy S7 that was painfully slow on its last update and having it eat battery, I'd like to stick with the original software. There are other things like the camera app, layout, etc. that I'd just rather stick to.
Aside from rooting the phone, is there any way to just kill the update program? How can I delete the downloaded update to free up memory? I read someplace that rebooting the phone would install the update - so do I need to factory data reset and start over? (I just got the phone so I'm ok doing that)
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I have a Galaxy note 9 running 8.1 and would like to stay there. My phone is the T-Mobile branded one. Unfortunately it seems that my phone has downloaded the OTA update to pie and is asking me to install it. I clicked "Later" but I'm afraid that won't last forever. How can I delete the downloaded data and also disable the update from happening in the future?
I am a complete novice when it comes to software stuff so things like "flashing" memory etc may be beyond my scope unless it's very simple. I do follow instruction well though
I understand that I am forgoing security updates and I'm ok with that. After finishing up with a Galaxy S7 that was painfully slow on its last update and having it eat battery, I'd like to stick with the original software. There are other things like the camera app, layout, etc. that I'd just rather stick to.
Aside from rooting the phone, is there any way to just kill the update program? How can I delete the downloaded update to free up memory? I read someplace that rebooting the phone would install the update - so do I need to factory data reset and start over? (I just got the phone so I'm ok doing that)
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you may have a couple of options.
I have heard that if you reboot in to the bootloader mode and clear cache then it will get rid of the downloaded firmware update.
I'm not sure.
you can download package disabler pro and disable the update services. I went back to oreo after pie update was horrible.
in package disabler pro follow the directions to enable it
search in the app for "update"
I disabled
"Software update" (com.sec.android.soagent)
"Software update" (com.wssyncmldm)
"System updates" (com.samsung.sdm)
No more updates or notifications
Good luck
jd14771 said:
You can flash the unlocked 8.1 oreo ROM and it will remove the ability to receive updates all together. it will also remove all the bloatware from tmobile. You will have to flash this with odin. After downloading the .zip ROM, Unzip it and flash all 4 files.
You want the XAA download.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ck-960u-firmware-att-vzw-tmo-spr-usc-t3837086
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You still need package disabler pro or some kind if service blocker.
I down graded to Oreo on two devices using XAA and I still got firmware update messages for pie. Once I set up the phone.
Blocking the services keeps the phone from checking and downloading the update.
ucladave said:
I have a Galaxy note 9 running 8.1 and would like to stay there. My phone is the T-Mobile branded one. Unfortunately it seems that my phone has downloaded the OTA update to pie and is asking me to install it. I clicked "Later" but I'm afraid that won't last forever. How can I delete the downloaded data and also disable the update from happening in the future?
I am a complete novice when it comes to software stuff so things like "flashing" memory etc may be beyond my scope unless it's very simple. I do follow instruction well though
I understand that I am forgoing security updates and I'm ok with that. After finishing up with a Galaxy S7 that was painfully slow on its last update and having it eat battery, I'd like to stick with the original software. There are other things like the camera app, layout, etc. that I'd just rather stick to.
Aside from rooting the phone, is there any way to just kill the update program? How can I delete the downloaded update to free up memory? I read someplace that rebooting the phone would install the update - so do I need to factory data reset and start over? (I just got the phone so I'm ok doing that)
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Easiest thing to do is to flash a different version modem for your device. Just flash the previous version modem file with Odin and you'll be set. If you want ota again, just flash the modem for your device matching the software update your device has installed.
I was on Oreo running the Pie modem and never got the Pie ota alert.
Jammol said:
Easiest thing to do is to flash a different version modem for your device. Just flash the previous version modem file with Odin and you'll be set. If you want ota again, just flash the modem for your device matching the software update your device has installed.
I was on Oreo running the Pie modem and never got the Pie ota alert.
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My phone has already downloaded the update and is prompting me to install it. If I flash or run a package disabler at this point will it be effective? How can I erase the update data so it isnt eating space? Do I need to factory reset the phone first to wipe all that out before I flash or run disabler?
ucladave said:
My phone has already downloaded the update and is prompting me to install it. If I flash or run a package disabler at this point will it be effective? How can I erase the update data so it isnt eating space? Do I need to factory reset the phone first to wipe all that out before I flash or run disabler?
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You could try clearing cache like an earlier poster suggested.
I have a Samsung Note 8 released and I want to install Lineage OS 17.1, I know I lose a lot of functionalities but, I love Pure Android. I already have the ROM downloaded, I have installed ROMs several times in other devices but I always made the mistake of not making a backup to the original firmware. This time, I want to. Before installing TWRP Recovery and all the necessary I would like to make a complete backup of the Samsung Firmware and so in case of anything always have it back from the factory.
What is the problem? I do not know with what tools I would have to make the backup, I do it before installing TWRP recovery, I can do it through software using a PC. The truth is, I'm a bit disoriented.
The other part is that after making the copy, where do I start. What Recovery should I install and where can I find the instructions for its installation?
In advance thanks a lot for your response.