Hello everybody
Back to android os after many years using note 8 (exynos)
Have many questions want answers
1-My battery sucks so does flashing a custom kernel will preserve the battery??
2-After flashing a custom firmware can i be back to official rom anytime and continue to recieve official updates anytime as i may need secure folder option which is only found on official roms
3-any recommendation for a rom that is stable or a note 9 port for exynos note 8??
Thanks in advance and sorry for the silly questions
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Custom firmware only after root, which will trip knox and thus the end of secure folder (irreversible)...
Congrats! This dwvice is really good, about your batt, why do you say it is bad? How much SOT it is giving you? Average SOT around here is from 5 to 6 hrs, it depends on how many apps you have, and which ones are those, facebook is famous for beeing a batt hog , there are some threads about this, now about flashing some kernel, I think that would help, but regarding the secure folder, once you root, or flash any custom firmware, you will trip knox, and samsung pay and secure folder will be gone FOREVER, there is no going back, no way to revert the knox 0x1 to original 0x0, so, think about it carefully, if secure folder is really important for you, you can only flash official unmodified firmwares, besides, if you trip knox, SHealth will stop working too, although there is a patch to make it work
winol said:
Congrats! This dwvice is really good, about your batt, why do you say it is bad? How much SOT it is giving you? Average SOT around here is from 5 to 6 hrs, it depends on how many apps you have, and which ones are those, facebook is famous for beeing a batt hog , there are some threads about this, now about flashing some kernel, I think that would help, but regarding the secure folder, once you root, or flash any custom firmware, you will trip knox, and samsung pay and secure folder will be gone FOREVER, there is no going back, no way to revert the knox 0x1 to original 0x0, so, think about it carefully, if secure folder is really important for you, you can only flash official unmodified firmwares, besides, if you trip knox, SHealth will stop working too, although there is a patch to make it work
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I can get back to official and get updates but wont get the secure folder back right??
About SOT average is 4 hours although i followed many threads switching off alot of stuff like edge lighting and onscreen display and location service
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You will get OTA when you flash an official firmware, some buddies report that it must be a firmware intended for the country where you use the device, and in some cases a specific firmware for the carrier that issued the sim card installed, but some others get OTA with only the firmware beeing official, I think it is carrier related, you will get OTA, just choose the firmware for your specific conutry and carrier to be sure, and if you tripped. Knox, no, no secure folder and samsung pay
winol said:
You will get OTA when you flash an official firmware, some buddies report that it must be a firmware intended for the country where you use the device, and in some cases a specific firmware for the carrier that issued the sim card installed, but some others get OTA with only the firmware beeing official, I think it is carrier related, you will get OTA, just choose the firmware for your specific conutry and carrier to be sure, and if you tripped. Knox, no, no secure folder and samsung pay
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Thank you so much for your reply
Any recommendations for specific root/kernel/recovery/rom??
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I really would not know, I bought my note 8 in october 2017, since then I installed bk disabler pro, to avoid updates,, and I did not have intentions to root, so, I am running stock 7.1.1, for me it was more important to control running services and disabling unwanted apps, I heard rummos back then that samsung was blocking bk disabler with the updates, so I blocked OTA, my device runs very fine this way
i bought a new note 9.
i want to remove bloatware, make it more battery friendly, install apps that are needed (ad free). i believe it is called Root, so what shall i do?
i saw this thread, so should this thread is what i should focus on?
N950F/FD Dr.Ketan ROM DeKnoxed - https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...26-08-18-n960-dr-ketan-rom-jio-volte-t3834184
If you root you can't use Samsung Pay ever again! Make sure that is something you don't need. I rooted my phone because I want to use dual SIM simultaneously with the SD card, that's only possible with root/custom ROM, because Samsung blocked this in their latest updates.
Then, if you've installed TWRP (recovery) you can backup your complete phone (NAND backup) and experiment with different ROMs and settings (like Xposed).
And before you root or start flashing anything; make sure you have the correct model nbr.
Dr. Ketan's ROM is as close as possible to the original firmware (which is what I wanted). But you can debloat or add options with his ROM tool.
Before you do any of that, why don't you just set the phone up and use it as is for awhile. You can debloat it with adb commands without rooting it.
Only use opensource apps.
Which ROM are you using for dual sim and SD card?
If you "believe" it's called root just stay away from rooting for now ( I don't want to be rude)
Rooting is not something a newbie should just go ahead and do.
Setup the Phone first and use it for a while, think about what you dislike while this time and come back to search for solutions.
I have a Galaxy Tab A (SM-T580) WI-FI only tablet that was recently upgraded to Android 8.1.0 by Samsung. I know that many people root their devices to gain complete control over the device and that rooting will allow you to remove the Samsung Bloatware on the device. That being said i wonder if there's a way to remove this bloatware short of rooting the device? If not, I'm concerned that the rooting methods might not be compatible after my tablet was recently updated. I'm also concerned about the complexity of the rooting process as I'm not technically savvy and the last thing I want to do is turn my tablet into a brick.
My main concern is that there is so much bloatware on this device that I never use that now I'm unable to install new apps that I do want without removing other apps I do use and want to keep. Note that I have already moved the apps I can to my SD card and I'm still short on application storage.
Can I please get some advance on what direction I can take? Thanks.
Play store has some stuff . . .
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=bloatware&c=apps&hl=en
One of them might work . . .
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Might.
Moondoggy51 said:
I have a Galaxy Tab A (SM-T580) WI-FI only tablet that was recently upgraded to Android 8.1.0 by Samsung. I know that many people root their devices to gain complete control over the device and that rooting will allow you to remove the Samsung Bloatware on the device. That being said i wonder if there's a way to remove this bloatware short of rooting the device? If not, I'm concerned that the rooting methods might not be compatible after my tablet was recently updated. I'm also concerned about the complexity of the rooting process as I'm not technically savvy and the last thing I want to do is turn my tablet into a brick.
My main concern is that there is so much bloatware on this device that I never use that now I'm unable to install new apps that I do want without removing other apps I do use and want to keep. Note that I have already moved the apps I can to my SD card and I'm still short on application storage.
Can I please get some advance on what direction I can take? Thanks.
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OK several points. Firstly there is no point in removing system apps, you will gain absolutely nothing.
It's better to simply disable them and you don't need root to do this.
Second you cannot install apps to the system partition unless you have root so in no way is this affecting you installing other apps.
Lastly it is highly unlikely that you will turn your device into a brick by rooting . It's not really possible as it's simply a software hack that is easily removed.
Your best tool is research before you root.
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could help answer my question about tweaking a stock rom, hopefully that should remain flashable with Odin.
I have a Canadian variant, I know they're essentially N9650U devices with the beloved lockeddown bootloader..
Since discovering Adhell, I've accepted Knox and Sammy firmware without root.
I wish to upgrade to OneUI firmware. but, would rather remove the packages from the Odin ZIP, rather than disable or uninstall via adb.
My question is this:
Is this still possible?
I've seen minor tweaks to a stock rom on the S8, certain packages removed from the rom, a few others added, nothing requiring root of course. But this was fantastic in maintaining more control over my device.
its tedious and time consuming to have to disable or uninstall the selected packages more than once or twice.
i was planning on doing a clean install with a few less packs, like Samsung pay, or the bloat..
I'm certain this has been asked before, but I couldn't find anything. please forgive me if it has.
Thanks for the help.
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Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could help answer my question about tweaking a stock rom, hopefully that should remain flashable with Odin.
I have a Canadian variant, I know they're essentially N9650U devices with the beloved lockeddown bootloader..
Since discovering Adhell, I've accepted Knox and Sammy firmware without root.
I wish to upgrade to OneUI firmware. but, would rather remove the packages from the Odin ZIP, rather than disable or uninstall via adb.
My question is this:
Is this still possible?
I've seen minor tweaks to a stock rom on the S8, certain packages removed from the rom, a few others added, nothing requiring root of course. But this was fantastic in maintaining more control over my device.
its tedious and time consuming to have to disable or uninstall the selected packages more than once or twice.
i was planning on doing a clean install with a few less packs, like Samsung pay, or the bloat..
I'm certain this has been asked before, but I couldn't find anything. please forgive me if it has.
Thanks for the help.
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Good question. I am not sure if removing those packages would "modify" system. I'm assuming it would as the size would be smaller, but I'm not sure.
All those apps can be hidden without any "tweaks"
I'm on Oreo 8.1.0 UX 9.5 960u arl1
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I reside in Africa. I got a Samsung Galaxy A33. I need help/advise. I want to uninstall some inbuilt apps, am unsure if that's the right name for apps that came with the device on setup and I also want to use some apps that requires root.
I know little about rooting and 0% about flashing with magisk but am first at learning, I also know little about flashing with odin.
If there is a way to uninstall system apps and inbuilt apps without having to root or to just root the device temporary, please share that info with me about that kindly.
The device is perfect condition with no software errors, I already know that my warranty will be void if I root or unlock my Samsung a33 bootloader.
Take a look here: https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/