Hey everyone, first time android user here.
Got the LG G3 3 weeks ago... I had kitkat at first, but immediately and i mean IMMEDIATELY updated to 5.0 Lollipop. Anyway, ive looked at some rom videos and they seem cool and much smoother than the current stock.
My major reasons for wanting to root are:
-Battery life is honestly dismal for me (i was a nokia qwerty phone user for 5 years haha), and ive looked around and i know that 3000mAh is a great capacity but the QHD screen is obviously killing the battery. Sooo i want to get a resolution changer to reduce the resolution when i find myself needing more battery than pixels. Will changing the resoultion frequently (like maybe once or twice a day?) be bad for the phone?
-Adaway obviously... Does adaway work for ALL apps? Including games n fb? I tried adblock plus but i couldnt get the port numbers running on my university wifi (where i spend all my time)
-I got the 3gb ram over the 2gb ram one to eliminate any and i mean ANY lag... And while its reasonably lag free, ive had a few stutters and; this is fairly disappointing; entering homescreen from any app, i will always be greeted by a black screen for a second and loading widgets (especially the default accuweather). I would very much like to solve that problem. Same goes for the app tray
-I still want some of the Lg default apps n features.. Will i lose them if i get a rom? eg gesture selfie, knock code
Sorry for the looong post guys, but any help is much appreciated.
Also, if i do decide to root, can i still use towelroot? I saw it in the "root info" tab for LG G3 but he said it might not work or something. I also have purpledrake downloaded and ready to go, just waiting for feedback from u guys.
LG G3 D855. Software: V20h-TWN-XXX
P.S. After update to lollipop, i dindt get the new buttons (triangle, circle, square). I was using a russian vpn (hideman) to play some online game, and i suddenly got software update notification (to the above mentioned). After that i got the triangle, circle, square. I'm in Malaysia btw.
Thanks in advance
MaxMusaab said:
Hey everyone, first time android user here.
Got the LG G3 3 weeks ago... I had kitkat at first, but immediately and i mean IMMEDIATELY updated to 5.0 Lollipop. Anyway, ive looked at some rom videos and they seem cool and much smoother than the current stock.
My major reasons for wanting to root are:
-Battery life is honestly dismal for me (i was a nokia qwerty phone user for 5 years haha), and ive looked around and i know that 3000mAh is a great capacity but the QHD screen is obviously killing the battery. Sooo i want to get a resolution changer to reduce the resolution when i find myself needing more battery than pixels. Will changing the resoultion frequently (like maybe once or twice a day?) be bad for the phone?
-Adaway obviously... Does adaway work for ALL apps? Including games n fb? I tried adblock plus but i couldnt get the port numbers running on my university wifi (where i spend all my time)
-I got the 3gb ram over the 2gb ram one to eliminate any and i mean ANY lag... And while its reasonably lag free, ive had a few stutters and; this is fairly disappointing; entering homescreen from any app, i will always be greeted by a black screen for a second and loading widgets (especially the default accuweather). I would very much like to solve that problem. Same goes for the app tray
-I still want some of the Lg default apps n features.. Will i lose them if i get a rom? eg gesture selfie, knock code
Sorry for the looong post guys, but any help is much appreciated.
Also, if i do decide to root, can i still use towelroot? I saw it in the "root info" tab for LG G3 but he said it might not work or something. I also have purpledrake downloaded and ready to go, just waiting for feedback from u guys.
LG G3 D855. Software: V20h-TWN-XXX
P.S. After update to lollipop, i dindt get the new buttons (triangle, circle, square). I was using a russian vpn (hideman) to play some online game, and i suddenly got software update notification (to the above mentioned). After that i got the triangle, circle, square. I'm in Malaysia btw.
Thanks in advance
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Changing the resolution won't improve battery life but it might improve your performance.
With my g3 I always get around 4 hrs screen on and I thing it's enough. Just disable location and sync if you want to save battery.
For rooting towelroot didn't work form me so I used purpledrake (after downgrading to kitkat) but ymmv.
androidDany said:
Changing the resolution won't improve battery life but it might improve your performance.
With my g3 I always get around 4 hrs screen on and I thing it's enough. Just disable location and sync if you want to save battery.
For rooting towelroot didn't work form me so I used purpledrake (after downgrading to kitkat) but ymmv.
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are u sure about the resolution not affecting battery? Ive seen a video of a dude who almost doubled his on screen time from that, he did say though that stock LG apps would crash and alternative apps would be needed.
do i need to downgrade *sigh* sounds tiring.. how do i do it?
Read this article in regards to battery life after changing resolution.
MaxMusaab said:
are u sure about the resolution not affecting battery? Ive seen a video of a dude who almost doubled his on screen time from that, he did say though that stock LG apps would crash and alternative apps would be needed.
do i need to downgrade *sigh* sounds tiring.. how do i do it?
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Yes you need to downgrade using a kitkat KDZ, but after rooting you can flash a bumped lollipop ROM and get lollipop with root
Maybe using 1080p you could gain some mins of battery, but don't expect a big change
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Read...in regards to battery life after changing resolution.
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ohhh... huh, it made perfect sense that reducing pixels would increase battery life. Ah well, at least there's a significant performance increase, i still think it would be worth a shot. Does changing the resolution harm the phone, u think?
May i ask why its necessary to downgrade b4 rooting if we're just gonna lollipop it back up?
Also, do these 1 touch root apps such as purple drake also get me a custom recovery tool, nandroid backup etc that ive been reading a lot about?
MaxMusaab said:
May i ask why its necessary to downgrade b4 rooting if we're just gonna lollipop it back up?
Also, do these 1 touch root apps such as purple drake also get me a custom recovery tool, nandroid backup etc that ive been reading a lot about?
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You need to downgrade since lollipop can't be rooted with purple deake or other root tools, the custom ROMs are "bumped " because they have a little modification that allows to root.
No' they don't get you a custom recovery (twrp) but after you are rooted you can easily flash a custom recovery with Flashify from playstore.
Reducing the resolution won't give you more battery life because you are not using less pixels (there are always 2560x1440 pixels) you are only telling the gpu to render at a smaller resolution.
androidDany said:
You need to downgrade since lollipop can't be rooted with purple deake or other root tools, the custom ROMs are "bumped " because they have a little modification that allows to root.
No' they don't get you a custom recovery (twrp) but after you are rooted you can easily flash a custom recovery with Flashify from playstore.
Reducing the resolution won't give you more battery life because you are not using less pixels (there are always 2560x1440 pixels) you are only telling the gpu to render at a smaller resolution.
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ok... think i get most of it.
Well then if i dont use a one touch root tool and instead do the thingies with the adb, fastboot (im not really sure what im saying here, i just remember this stuff from the root video provide by xda), do i get a custom recovery etc? And can i then install roms? And how do i do... ALL of this exactly?
Also, is there anyway then to get the phone to put out less pixels then? FullHD seems fine to me
MaxMusaab said:
ok... think i get most of it.
Well then if i dont use a one touch root tool and instead do the thingies with the adb, fastboot (im not really sure what im saying here, i just remember this stuff from the root video provide by xda), do i get a custom recovery etc? And can i then install roms? And how do i do... ALL of this exactly?
Also, is there anyway then to get the phone to put out less pixels then? FullHD seems fine to me
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Pixels are physical so you can't just remove some of them. Downgrading to kitkat is the olnly way to root
MaxMusaab said:
ok... think i get most of it.
Well then if i dont use a one touch root tool and instead do the thingies with the adb, fastboot (im not really sure what im saying here, i just remember this stuff from the root video provide by xda), do i get a custom recovery etc? And can i then install roms? And how do i do... ALL of this exactly?
Also, is there anyway then to get the phone to put out less pixels then? FullHD seems fine to me
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Rooting with purpledrake lite won't give you custom recovery.. It's easy just flash using Flashify from playstore. But i suggest that after downgrading to KK and rooting, download supersu first then everything follows..oh btw there's already twrp that works on our phone. Just download then flash it. Good luck!
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Okay... Sooo first im starting with my pure lollipop stock, then downgrade then root then supersu right? Where does flashify come in exactly? And what's it do lol. And when do i get a custom recovery tool and which do u recommend, and what does that do lol
Sorry i dont actually know anything about rooting
MaxMusaab said:
Okay... Sooo first im starting with my pure lollipop stock, then downgrade then root then supersu right? Where does flashify come in exactly? And what's it do lol. And when do i get a custom recovery tool and which do u recommend, and what does that do lol
Sorry i dont actually know anything about rooting
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First you downgrade to KitKat, then you install flashify (after rooting with purpledrake) from the playstore so that you can flash a custom recovery like TWRP. After installing the recovery you can flash a lollipop bumped rom. Finally after you are in the lollipop rom you can install superSU (if your rom doesn't already have it).
MaxMusaab said:
Okay... Sooo first im starting with my pure lollipop stock, then downgrade then root then supersu right? Where does flashify come in exactly? And what's it do lol. And when do i get a custom recovery tool and which do u recommend, and what does that do lol
Sorry i dont actually know anything about rooting
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Flashify enables you to have a custom recovery wherein you can wipe, or install a different rom. You can get it via playstore. Of course you have to grant flashify SuperSU access then select flash recovery image then select the file that you have downloaded and viola! You now have custom recovery. For recovery, go with TWRP.
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After being an iphoner right from the get-go, (jailbreaker of course), i finally got bored and moved on. plus, i really wanted a big screen. so i got a gn2 about a month ago, and rooted it on my mac two weeks ago using the CWM/mac/heimdall method. i have been running the stock-but-rooted rom, and not put on a custom rom yet. i have no real good reason for this, but for pure educational purposes and a desire for complete control, and/or warranty reason should they arise, i would like to do a full unroot and restore a stock rom. BUT everywhere I look, I can easily find every possible stock rom from every carrier and every country... except at&t (sgh-i317). i know i can use other that are similar. but my question is, WHY is what is potentially the most common/popular rom of them all, NOT widely available?
second question is: ok, so it's hard to find. but does it exist at all? if so, where? i tried to flash this one, (not allowed to post the link), using the CWM console that got put on the phone when I rooted it, but is fails every time I try saying the file or rom is "bad". is it bad, or do I need to do something else? FWIW, the fail flashings of this rom do no brick my phone. it reboots normally to the stock rooted rom i've been using since I rooted it two weeks.
oops, looks like i can't post links but the sgh-i317 rom i found was at a well-known net repository of stock roms
-peter
I found this over in the dev section in the Reference sticky.
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/181184536/fa1bbef/I317UCALJ2_I317ATTALJ2_ATT.zip.html
I haven't downloaded it, so I couldn't tell you what's in there. It might be a CWM flashable rom-only zip, or it might be odin-flashable files in there. You'll have to download and see.
Edit: Did a little more research.. That's an Odin tar file inside the zip.
pcrussell50 said:
After being an iphoner right from the get-go, (jailbreaker of course), i finally got bored and moved on. plus, i really wanted a big screen. so i got a gn2 about a month ago, and rooted it on my mac two weeks ago using the CWM/mac/heimdall method. i have been running the stock-but-rooted rom, and not put on a custom rom yet. i have no real good reason for this, but for pure educational purposes and a desire for complete control, and/or warranty reason should they arise, i would like to do a full unroot and restore a stock rom. BUT everywhere I look, I can easily find every possible stock rom from every carrier and every country... except at&t (sgh-i317). i know i can use other that are similar. but my question is, WHY is what is potentially the most common/popular rom of them all, NOT widely available?
second question is: ok, so it's hard to find. but does it exist at all? if so, where? i tried to flash this one, (not allowed to post the link), using the CWM console that got put on the phone when I rooted it, but is fails every time I try saying the file or rom is "bad". is it bad, or do I need to do something else? FWIW, the fail flashings of this rom do no brick my phone. it reboots normally to the stock rooted rom i've been using since I rooted it two weeks.
oops, looks like i can't post links but the sgh-i317 rom i found was at a well-known net repository of stock roms
-peter
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I had to do a double take and make sure I wasnt writing this post. I am in almost the same boat under similar circumstances. I have been waiting for the stock rom for 2 months . I got my AT&T Note 2 in November and went through the root process and had a problem somewhere along the way and had to use a custom rom to get up and running again. Since then I have waited patiently for a stock rom to show up that would get me back to normal . My phone has been working , but my signal strength is bad and I can show 3 bars on my phone , but when I go to make a call , it drops to zero and I cannot make a call . This happens at work all the time and at home most of the times. My incoming calls are not accepted and are routed to my voice mail , which I cant listen to until I get to an area where I get a better signal . I cannot live like this for 2 years , I need this fixed . Just want to get back to stock , with no root , no custom roms , etc . I never had this problem with my iphone ! Love the Note 2 , but come on man!
Buckeyeken said:
I had to do a double take and make sure I wasnt writing this post. I am in almost the same boat under similar circumstances. I have been waiting for the stock rom for 2 months . I got my AT&T Note 2 in November and went through the root process and had a problem somewhere along the way and had to use a custom rom to get up and running again. Since then I have waited patiently for a stock rom to show up that would get me back to normal . My phone has been working , but my signal strength is bad and I can show 3 bars on my phone , but when I go to make a call , it drops to zero and I cannot make a call . This happens at work all the time and at home most of the times. My incoming calls are not accepted and are routed to my voice mail , which I cant listen to until I get to an area where I get a better signal . I cannot live like this for 2 years , I need this fixed . Just want to get back to stock , with no root , no custom roms , etc . I never had this problem with my iphone ! Love the Note 2 , but come on man!
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Why not flash cleanrom att special edition and the correct modem. I have not had any issues with his rom. Did you do a backup of the stock rom before you flashed a custom rom? If you did go back to your stock backup.
www.stockroms.net
so i see we're all pretty junior here. none of the experienced folks have chimed in here yet.
getting back on topic, you could make a case that the att stock rom could/should be the most widely used rom in the entire gn2 world. yet it does not appear to be widely available, when the most obscure ones are. why is this?
-peter
thank you for posting that link, "member", because i couldn't. that's where i got the one that gives a "bad" or "corrupt" when i try to flash it in the CWM console.
sooo, is it corrupt? or is it user error on my part where i have to do something to the .zip file to make the CWM flash console able to use it? or do i have to flash it with mobile odin, (which i don't know how to use, yet).
-peter
ok member, i just unzipped the sgh-i317 file from stockroms and there is a .tar file in there, but "kies" is in the name of it. does that mean i have to use kies to flash it?
-peter
Hey so the only way to get back stock ATT (well the only way I know) is through ODIN. So follow these steps if you want your old AT&T unroot back, then root it again for a stock root experience.
http://galaxynote2root.com/galaxy-n...ootunbrick-galaxy-note-2-with-stock-firmware/
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And that .tar file is read only by odin I believe. I do not think you can flash it through CWM or TWRP, but I am fairly new to android (last 2 weeks, and before that 6 years of iOS). So I could be wrong.
UrbanLagoon said:
Hey so the only way to get back stock ATT (well the only way I know) is through ODIN. So follow these steps if you want your old AT&T unroot back, then root it again for a stock root experience.
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i'm already living the stock root experience. no custom roms, just the stock root from galaxynote2root web site, except i have a mac, so i used the heimdall front end max said to use.
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UrbanLagoon said:
And that .tar file is read only by odin I believe. I do not think you can flash it through CWM or TWRP, but I am fairly new to android (last 2 weeks, and before that 6 years of iOS). So I could be wrong.
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you sound almost like me. was with ios from the beginning, (and palm/treos before that), and i just went to android a month ago. been rooted on the stock root rom for last two.
-peter
What are you talking about? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2070105
SmiLey497 said:
What are you talking about? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2070105
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He wants completely stock, as shipped. That's how I understand it anyway.
For pcrussell50, you'll use Heimdall to flash that .tar file. I use Windows so I've never used Heimdall, so I definitely cannot help you with it. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020607
success... i think. used mobile odinPRO to flash the rom on stockroms net then rebooted in to download mode and sure enough, there is no longer a binary count, where it used to read "1" and it shows the binaries as stock. a further check under settings>about device>status, all the way at the bottom shows device status: normal. it used to say device status: modified until this flash of the stock rom from stockroms.
now the mystery... am i still rooted? SU, Ti backup, triangle away (which i never used), and mobile odinPRO icons are still on the home screen. i do not know if these things go away automatically after unrooting or if they still hang around. but when i try to boot into the CWM recovery mode, (volume up-center home-power it boots to a similar, but stock looking interface. that makes me think it's unrooted now.
overall pretty satisfied. i'll roll like this for a few days and try to pick up the new ota update and re-root again.
thx, peter
even more success...
i picked up the ota update to 4.1.2 just as if it was totally stock--so i think now i AM totally stock, after waking up this morning rooted, and spending parts of today unrooting back to factory stock. so now i know i can do it. i'll re-root here again when i can get some time. thanks all, and i'll try to help anyone else in my boat as best i can.
-att gn2 sgh-i317, now running 4.1.2
-rooted to stock rom, then unrooted
-using a mac for rooting/syncing
regards,
-peter
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success... i think. used mobile odinPRO to flash the rom on stockroms net then rebooted in to download mode and sure enough, there is no longer a binary count, where it used to read "1" and it shows the binaries as stock. a further check under settings>about device>status, all the way at the bottom shows device status: normal. it used to say device status: modified until this flash of the stock rom from stockroms.
now the mystery... am i still rooted? SU, Ti backup, triangle away (which i never used), and mobile odinPRO icons are still on the home screen. i do not know if these things go away automatically after unrooting or if they still hang around. but when i try to boot into the CWM recovery mode, (volume up-center home-power it boots to a similar, but stock looking interface. that makes me think it's unrooted now.
overall pretty satisfied. i'll roll like this for a few days and try to pick up the new ota update and re-root again.
thx, peter
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If im reading this correctly u used mobile odin.in that app is a feature called ever root if u had that "ticked" it will retain root...there is a app in playstore u can cheak if u have root
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twanskys204 said:
If im reading this correctly u used mobile odin.in that app is a feature called ever root if u had that "ticked" it will retain root...there is a app in playstore u can cheak if u have root
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i must not have had it ticked, because after reading your post above, i went to odin (still on my phone) and tried to open it and it told me i need to have root (super user) to use it. it said no such thing when i was rooted, so at this point i _think_ i'm not rooted. i'll look for the app in the app store for even more confirmation.
normally i'm not such a blabbermouth with posting, but i need to get up to 10 so i can post links. then you might not hear from me as much unless i actually have something of value to contribute.
-peter
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pcrussell50 said:
i'm already living the stock root experience. no custom roms, just the stock root from galaxynote2root web site, except i have a mac, so i used the heimdall front end max said to use.
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you sound almost like me. was with ios from the beginning, (and palm/treos before that), and i just went to android a month ago. been rooted on the stock root rom for last two.
-peter
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So glad I left iOS. Even with a jailbreak it's nothing compared to android. I been rooted since day 1 and now I'm running the type 3 international stock rom by micosa. It's beautiful! Love the inverted apps for battery saving! I also have a swift flow beta keyboard and I lowered the height of the keyboard so there is more screen real estate with the keyboard up. And with s pen board switcher, I can go to handwriting mode as soon as I pull out s pen!
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What's up fellas. Just picked up a 10.5 tab S (should be delivered tomorrow)
Had a few questions..
I am definitely going to root as I need my titanium backup among others.. Is xposed working on this device?
Mainly for YouTube ad block.
I will be using this as a movie watching device Mainly. Are there any stock based roms that are recommended? I don't want to lose features like multi window by flashing CM.
Also.. I would think a holo or aosp rom theme would be clutch on this device bc of the battery saving factors of an amoled screen, is there anything recommended?
Lastly, any battery saving tips? I usually watch my movies & shows with airplane mode on my Nexus 7, 10 and iPad. Seems to really make a huge difference..
Thanks and I look forward to helping out in this community.
Xposed does work on this device. Stock rooted should be fine for ya, you just need to remove some bloat to remove lag. To save battery, turn adaptative display off and set it to cimema because your watching movies and it would waste battery trying to adjust the tone all the time. Also turn off auto brightness and set it to one that is bright for you. And finally greenify is a good app to hibernate apps after you open them and will stay hibernative until you open it. I got a couple more but cant remeber them right now. Anyway hope you enjoy your tab s! You will see me around the q and a fourms and general fourms most times if you need anything. What version of the tab s did you get? Ex wifi, lte, etc
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Xposed does work on this device. Stock rooted should be fine for ya, you just need to remove some bloat to remove lag. To save battery, turn adaptative display off and set it to cimema because your watching movies and it would waste battery trying to adjust the tone all the time. Also turn off auto brightness and set it to one that is bright for you. And finally greenify is a good app to hibernate apps after you open them and will stay hibernative until you open it. I got a couple more but cant remeber them right now. Anyway hope you enjoy your tab s! You will see me around the q and a fourms and general fourms most times if you need anything. What version of the tab s did you get? Ex wifi, lte, etc
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Thanks for the tips. I have a note 3 so I'm Sorta familiar with the touchwiz bs. I saw a thread on which apps are "safe" to freeze with titanium backup.
Usually someone makes a stock based rom with all the bloat removed but I haven't really seen one yet unless I'm missing it.
I purchased the Tab S 10.5 as I was upgrading my Nexus 7. I was not happy with the Nexus 9. It was built like garbage and had bad battery life and screen bleed. Very disappointed in HTC.
I also purchased the official S book cover which should look absolutely gorgeous.
Is the Chainfire CF auto root the way to go?
Again... Thanks.
FormeriPhoney said:
Thanks for the tips. I have a note 3 so I'm Sorta familiar with the touchwiz bs. I saw a thread on which apps are "safe" to freeze with titanium backup.
Usually someone makes a stock based rom with all the bloat removed but I haven't really seen one yet unless I'm missing it.
I purchased the Tab S 10.5 as I was upgrading my Nexus 7. I was not happy with the Nexus 9. It was built like garbage and had bad battery life and screen bleed. Very disappointed in HTC.
I also purchased the official S book cover which should look absolutely gorgeous.
Is the Chainfire CF auto root the way to go?
Again... Thanks.
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Is it the wifi version? Sm-t800? There is a thread on safe apps to delete but someone said it bricked their tablet doing so. Just know what your deleting and it should be fine. There is one debloated rom but the developer has been really busy so he cant fix some bugs. If you have the supported version for cf auto root, then thats the way to root. Before rooting though, please wait till you root as it will viod your warrenty. Wait like a couple weeks incase you have a deffective device. Reports of bad battery happened on this tablet becuase of a loose battery connector. You should get about 8hours screen on time, so if you dont get that much battery life then it might be deffective. Anyway if everything is good root with cfautoroot. I cant wait till we get Andriod L though! And enjoy your tab s.!
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Is it the wifi version? Sm-t800? There is a thread on safe apps to delete but someone said it bricked their tablet doing so. Just know what your deleting and it should be fine. There is one debloated rom but the developer has been really busy so he cant fix some bugs. If you have the supported version for cf auto root, then thats the way to root. Before rooting though, please wait till you root as it will viod your warrenty. Wait like a couple weeks incase you have a deffective device. Reports of bad battery happened on this tablet becuase of a loose battery connector. You should get about 8hours screen on time, so if you dont get that much battery life then it might be deffective. Anyway if everything is good root with cfautoroot. I cant wait till we get Andriod L though! And enjoy your tab s.!
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Yes.. It is the wifi version.
I'm very familiar with root and rom. Been flashing roms since 2011. Everything from Samsung, Nexus, HTC and LG so I'm familiar with adb to Odin as well as wugfresh toolkit
I'll definitely run it through its paces before tripping Knox and voiding the warranty.. Good looks
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Yes.. It is the wifi version.
I'm very familiar with root and rom. Been flashing roms since 2011. Everything from Samsung, Nexus, HTC and LG so I'm familiar with adb to Odin as well as wugfresh toolkit
I'll definitely run it through its paces before tripping Knox and voiding the warranty.. Good looks
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Lol. I was a complete noob when i got my tab s in july. I knew nothing about andriod and only apple stuff. I never knew you could install custom recoveries and roms until i got my tab s. Anyway we do have a recovery, its twrp. Twrp 2.7.7.something or somesort is the most recommended build since the latest update has some bugs.
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Lol. I was a complete noob when i got my tab s in july. I knew nothing about andriod and only apple stuff. I never knew you could install custom recoveries and roms until i got my tab s. Anyway we do have a recovery, its twrp. Twrp 2.7.7.something or somesort is the most recommended build since the latest update has some bugs.
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I haven't had an ios device since the 3gs lol.
Can you link me to the twrp thread. I can't seem to find it..
Also.. Are we flashing that in Odin as well?
FormeriPhoney said:
I haven't had an ios device since the 3gs lol.
Can you link me to the twrp thread. I can't seem to find it..
Also.. Are we flashing that in Odin as well?
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Nope just needs root! Just search twrp in the play store, and it the install, and your device should be chagalwifi if im correct. And done. Now you just have to boot in recovery and it should be there. Heres the thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2817100
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Nope just needs root! Just search twrp in the play store, and it the install, and your device should be chagalwifi if im correct. And done. Now you just have to boot in recovery and it should be there. Heres the thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2817100
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That's crazy. I've never seen that before where you don't have to flash twrp in Odin on a Samsung device. Crazy.
Do you know if quick boot app works to reboot into recovery or download mode
FormeriPhoney said:
That's crazy. I've never seen that before where you don't have to flash twrp in Odin on a Samsung device. Crazy.
Do you know if quick boot app works to reboot into recovery or download mode
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For me I dont use quick boot. But i have a custom reboot menu and it should be the same. Rebooting into recovery works with an app but rebooting into download mode with the app doesnt work. You have to do it with the vol down, home, power buttons at the same time when your turning your tab s on. And yeah custom recoveries are easy to install now. As long you have root, it just replaces a recovery file and done.
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That's crazy. I've never seen that before where you don't have to flash twrp in Odin on a Samsung device. Crazy.
Do you know if quick boot app works to reboot into recovery or download mode
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I used Flashify to flash TWRP and it couldn't be easier.
Reckoning said:
I used Flashify to flash TWRP and it couldn't be easier.
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I am considering all options.. Thanks fellas
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I am considering all options.. Thanks fellas
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Good thing about Flashify is it allows you to make a backup of the stock recovery.
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Good thing about Flashify is it allows you to make a backup of the stock recovery.
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I forgot to make a backup of stock recovery. Lol I only use twrp. But it is recommended to backup stock recovery.
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Good thing about Flashify is it allows you to make a backup of the stock recovery.
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Never used that app before but I'm gonna check it out as soon as i get the device
Sorry to jump in but I just want to make sure.....
You are getting the Exynos chipset version?
At the moment ONLY the Exynos chipset can be rooted......
Congrats on your new purchase. If your as happy as i am with my tab s you are in for a treat. The screen is awesome!
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Sorry to jump in but I just want to make sure.....
You are getting the Exynos chipset version?
At the moment ONLY the Exynos chipset can be rooted......
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Yes I believe only the carrier versions are snapdragon. All the wifi models are Exynos
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Congrats on your new purchase. If your as happy as i am with my tab s you are in for a treat. The screen is awesome!
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Thank you sir. Looking forward to it. Does this tablet suffer from the non reading sdcard bc of Kitkat? I read that there is an app fix for it? I'm currently looking for a good SanDisk card deal. I bought the 32gb version so a 32gb card should suffice
if your gonna but a tab s 10.5 soon see this. While its a semi loop hole and ymmv, I was the buyer and they had no problem reducing the price on a brand new tab
http://slickdeals.net/f/7367948-sam...zzling-white-379-better-than-black-friday?v=1
it appears audio is moving faster than the video of someones lips moving ever since root. could someone explain if they are getting the same thing and if so... how is it remedied?
wrong sub-forum bro, also AFAIK root should have nothing to do with it.
let us know your ROM and other software details.
sorry for the wrong subthread. if it needs to be moved im ok with it.
stock rom, just root.
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it appears audio is moving faster than the video of someones lips moving ever since root. could someone explain if they are getting the same thing and if so... how is it remedied?
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I seriously doubt root would cause that.
thats what i thought. yeah it overheats at times and audio goes before video. could it be the recovery. i have TWRP
Are you s-off? Have you flashed the Harmon/kardon mod ?
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im not s-off, i have the H/K edition.
i changed the recovery to Philz, ill see how it goes tomorrow. it appears to run cooler
Root can not be the problem..also it can't be the recovery..both have nothing to do with this..If you think there is a difference than its a placebo...
Look for programs that run in background..close apps like Facebook and compare that..if also not make a complete wipe including also data and start fresh again...make a backup before..
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Root can not be the problem..also it can't be the recovery..both have nothing to do with this.
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I second this notion (or actually 4th it!). Folks have strange conceptions about what root does. Its just a permissions change.
ive been rooting since the OG Evo. so i am familiar with the process just that i only had the M8 for 2 weeks already.
The problem that i had was when i rooted, i did the instructions and turns out TWRP wasnt working right with my phone. not sure if it was a bad download or not but i installed Philz recovery and it works alot cooler and smoother
Yup, your choice of recovery will in no way shape or form affect the performance of the OS.
You have an issue maybe, but you're barking up the wrong tree here. ?
Before i make the upgrade to lollipop i want to know the positives and the negatives, I dont want to flash my UK T800 and am considering doing the OTA upgrade to lollipop when it is released in the UK.
Can you add to the for and against list please., and i will update the list.
Only owners who have the official rom for their country please contribute.
For : third-party apps can write to the microSD.
Against : Battery does not last as long, lagginess, flash led problem, too much white in the settings, Touch Key duration bug
Thanks
John.
Subjective - the battery life is better/no different for a large number of people, especially if you factory reset.
The finger reader works much better. Otherwise, I don't see a lot of difference personally.
LED FLASH
well since i upgraded my device the LED flash became a problem. I need to reboot the device in order for it to work, after a day or two it'll stop working and i need to reboot the device again for it to work. its not the camera app as i tried it with many flashlight apps and the problem still persist. Other than that, Lollipop is ok on the t700. no problem whatsover just the LED flash.
So is it really the lollipop upgrade that is causing the problem, or is it just a coincidence and it`s a hardware fault really, we need some other people who have upgrade to lollipop to confirm the problem if there is one.
John.
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well since i upgraded my device the LED flash became a problem. I need to reboot the device in order for it to work, after a day or two it'll stop working and i need to reboot the device again for it to work. its not the camera app as i tried it with many flashlight apps and the problem still persist. Other than that, Lollipop is ok on the t700. no problem whatsover just the LED flash.
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So is it really the lollipop upgrade that is causing the problem, or is it just a coincidence and it`s a hardware fault really, we need some other people who have upgrade to lollipop to confirm the problem if there is one.
John.
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ok, i just read an old blog about this same problem on the samsung galaxy s4, unfortunately there are no replies on that blog. Anyways, im willing to consider that its a hardware problem but im 100% sure that when im on 4.4.2 kitkat everything works fine. when i updated my device on 5.0.2, thats when my LED flash became messed up but still works and will stop and then needs a reboot. Hopefully its just a software bug or something.
I have the same problem with flash led.Also there are lot of new problems which werent there in kit kat.
Random reboots
No service at network,ie networks disconnects as soon as I lift a call
Random green lines
Call audio drops incall
My phone is tab S SMT-705
Anymore reasons to upgrade to lollipop? it`s 1 for an 4 against at the moment.
John.
Tinderbox (UK) said:
Anymore reasons to upgrade to lollipop? it`s 1 for an 4 against at the moment.
John.
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For me I was having terrible lad problems especially in web browsing to the point that I thought of getting rid of it (SM-T800) but after I updated to the Canadian version of lollipop it got much better. I also did a clean install by the way but I was still having the odd lag but I then did a compleat wipe again and installed the German version of lollipop and it is even better. Still way behind my ipad air 2 though.
On a down side the battery has taken a bit of a hit but maybe after a few charges it might get better. My first charge after the install got me 8 hours of screen on time at 9%
As a matter of interest how is the best way to go from lollipop to kitkat? I tried to between the two lollipop installs but it was stuck on the Samsung for ages so I just flashed the German one.
Well if i can root my T800 without tripping knox i will stay on kitkat until lollipop is sorted out, as i have had no problems with it at all in 7 months, I just need root so i can write to my microsd, I tried that kingroot both the apk and the pc version neither worked.
John.
WRETCHED, WRETCHED, WRETCHED! If you have the ability to stay on KitKat, do it. I don't know if it's Lollipop itself or the new rev of TouchWiz but since I was forced to update I can't stand this device. It's just a huge turd. Notifications on the lock screen: all or nothing. you can either have Google Now style notification cards or nothing. You can't just allow the notification panel to be visible on the lock screen (it is, but it doesn't show notification icons). SD card? Forget you ever had one. I don't know what everyone's talking about with "3rd-party apps can use the SD card now" but I can't even get a file browser to create a folder on the card. Forget about using it as a default storage location (no problem before the update). The new blinding-white color scheme is both hideous and obnoxious. I don't care how much battery it conserves on the new AMOLED display; its fugly and its harsh. Like turning your 4g radio on and off? Get ready to click through THREE LAYERS of menu to get to it, and forget about using Tasker (or any other app) to automate that. In fact, you should pretty much give up on Tasker (or similar) automation entirely unless you manage to root your device.
If i have auto update not checked in the settings in kitkat, will i still get an lollipop notification when it is eventually release for my uk t800 if it still has all the problems, I dont want any update messages that i cannot remove on my taskbar.
John.
Tinderbox (UK) said:
Well if i can root my T800 without tripping knox i will stay on kitkat until lollipop is sorted out, as i have had no problems with it at all in 7 months, I just need root so i can write to my microsd, I tried that kingroot both the apk and the pc version neither worked.
John.
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John, looking in the general section for a guide to rooting without tripping knox. I used it successfully on my SM-T800. Pay particular attention to the version of KitKat you require to get kingroot working in the OP. I suspect you are on a later version. Make sure to read the full guide and thread. Even though the guide gets you to Lollipop you can skip the last steps and remain on kitkat then disable updates in the settings.
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thorvindr said:
WRETCHED, WRETCHED, WRETCHED! If you have the ability to stay on KitKat, do it. I don't know if it's Lollipop itself or the new rev of TouchWiz but since I was forced to update I can't stand this device. It's just a huge turd. Notifications on the lock screen: all or nothing. you can either have Google Now style notification cards or nothing. You can't just allow the notification panel to be visible on the lock screen (it is, but it doesn't show notification icons). SD card? Forget you ever had one. I don't know what everyone's talking about with "3rd-party apps can use the SD card now" but I can't even get a file browser to create a folder on the card. Forget about using it as a default storage location (no problem before the update). The new blinding-white color scheme is both hideous and obnoxious. I don't care how much battery it conserves on the new AMOLED display; its fugly and its harsh. Like turning your 4g radio on and off? Get ready to click through THREE LAYERS of menu to get to it, and forget about using Tasker (or any other app) to automate that. In fact, you should pretty much give up on Tasker (or similar) automation entirely unless you manage to root your device.
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Why don't your just refresh KitKat with Odin? The downgrade will not trip Knox assuming it is not already tripped for some other reason. Once flashed you immediately need to boot into recovery and wipe user data or you will go into a boot loop. The default in Odin is to boot the device once a flash is completed and that must be disabled.
I made that mistake and got stuck in a boot loop. It was tricky to use the key combination to reboot the immediately switch to the recovery key combo so I could wipe user data. For a few minutes I though I had bricked but all was well. I downgraded so I could root it hour tripping Knox following the guide in the general section. The first few steps in that guide and other posts in that thread may be of benefit if you choose to downgrade.
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I dont really want to flash, just to get root while i still have warranty on my T800, I will wait for an root that does not require a flash.
Thanks.
John.
3DSammy said:
Why don't your just refresh KitKat with Odin? The downgrade will not trip Knox assuming it is not already tripped for some other reason. Once flashed you immediately need to boot into recovery and wipe user data or you will go into a boot loop. The default in Odin is to boot the device once a flash is completed and that must be disabled.
I made that mistake and got stuck in a boot loop. It was tricky to use the key combination to reboot the immediately switch to the recovery key combo so I could wipe user data. For a few minutes I though I had bricked but all was well. I downgraded so I could root it hour tripping Knox following the guide in the general section. The first few steps in that guide and other posts in that thread may be of benefit if you choose to downgrade.
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How? What guide did you use? It seems I need firmware specific to the t807a. Do yo know where I can find that?
Is the Samsung stock video player any different in lollipop, As in kitkat it does not support ac3 or dts when previous Samsung tablets did, saved some money on the licenses. :crying:
John.
Anyone who does not want to update to lollipop have a look at the link below, you can even remove the OTA notice.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856632
John.
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How? What guide did you use? It seems I need firmware specific to the t807a. Do yo know where I can find that?
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Here's the link to the guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...nox-kitkat-t3129484/post61214326#post61214326
The first part of the post include a link to a site with many Samsung firmware releases for multiple models. I don't know if a t807a is covered. Good luck.
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Here's the link to the guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...nox-kitkat-t3129484/post61214326#post61214326
The first part of the post include a link to a site with many Samsung firmware releases for multiple models. I don't know if a t807a is covered. Good luck.
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That's the guide I'm trying to use. Unfortunately, that website seems to have firmware for every variant of the T805 except the T807a. I'm hesitant to try it with firmware from a similar variant because I know there are subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) differences in the actual hardware.
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That's the guide I'm trying to use. Unfortunately, that website seems to have firmware for every variant of the T805 except the T807a. I'm hesitant to try it with firmware from a similar variant because I know there are subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) differences in the actual hardware.
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I feel your caution is wise and I would not personally flash any ROM that was not specific to your devices model stock or custom. I feel your pain, hopefully someone will post a link to the firmware. Why Samsung does not do that itself like Google does for Nexus devices I have no idea.
Hey what's up everyone, it's been day two that I have had root and wanted to see what extremes you guys have gone to achieve the very best battery life? I have the H811 tmobile g4, right now I just have greenify for hibernation and has helped quite a bit to extend battery life. Don't have twrp yet, for I don't think there is for h811, sorry if I am wrong perhaps. Thanks for your tips and advice!
Greenify, remove/disable all bloat garbage (all LG and carrier junk), cinch up permissions, and install AdAway. I also use Tasker to turn off wifi and location when not needed. Those steps have improved my battery tremendously.
Try LSpeed Mod,
it helps me a lot to get over the day
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/tweak-l-speed-v1-0-02-02-2015-t3020138/post62184530#post62184530
[email protected] said:
Try LSpeed Mod,
it helps me a lot to get over the day
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...02-02-2015-t3020138/post62184530#post62184530
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I have been very curious and trigger hungry to click and install this mod. How is it btw? I am very anxious to hear! What's your review on it with G4 and what steps of any different from op did you take yo get it working? (I hAve busy box installed)
I´m in the lucky position to have twrp installed on my unlocked 815.. so installation was easy But i think there was some adwise in the threat of installing this mod without twrp. Just have a lock. I tried this before on my S5 and there was it great and now on the G4 it is great too. And I think it will be much better with custom kernels, because all CPU´s are online in every moment, and I think there will be a great potential, to disable them when unused. But I´m not a developer, just a stupid user . Back to LSpeed mod, i nearly activated all options in this mod, but if you have questions, paget96 will be the better man to talk to
have a try, i like it!
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I´m in the lucky position to have twrp installed on my unlocked 815.. so installation was easy But i think there was some adwise in the threat of installing this mod without twrp. Just have a lock. I tried this before on my S5 and there was it great and now on the G4 it is great too. And I think it will be much better with custom kernels, because all CPU´s are online in every moment, and I think there will be a great potential, to disable them when unused. But I´m not a developer, just a stupid user . Back to LSpeed mod, i nearly activated all options in this mod, but if you have questions, paget96 will be the better man to talk to
have a try, i like it!
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Sweet! Sounds good! I have flashed the mod already with twrp on my h811 and wow the phone is running like never before! Thanks for the recommendation
[email protected] said:
Try LSpeed Mod,
it helps me a lot to get over the day
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...02-02-2015-t3020138/post62184530#post62184530
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Do you mind posting a screen shot of your settings in this mod?
Anyone install the L Speed mod without TWRP yet?
And @op what I did was disable/uninstall bloatware.
For the system apps that I wanted to keep (Youtube, facebook, some google stuff). I uninstalled them. Then reinstalled them as a regular user app, which then gave me the ability to greenify them as well.
spartan268 said:
Anyone install the L Speed mod without TWRP yet?
And @op what I did was disable/uninstall bloatware.
For the system apps that I wanted to keep (Youtube, facebook, some google stuff). I uninstalled them. Then reinstalled them as a regular user app, which then gave me the ability to greenify them as well.
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I did. I been using these L Speed MoD for few months. Great Mod and great developer. Its been working great on my G3. But for G4 mine is H815 US with locked bootloader. Its not working as it is on G3. I think its cannot write the new line on Build.pro even its Rooted. So Build.pro tweaks is not working. Tried it and reports if it write on your build.pro with locked bootloader. And reminder, have that 4GB img on your Internal SD incase you need you have boot loop.
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[email protected] said:
Try LSpeed Mod,
it helps me a lot to get over the day
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...02-02-2015-t3020138/post62184530#post62184530
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Did you DL the arm version? Does it matter that we have a 64 bit soc?
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rogconnect said:
And reminder, have that 4GB img on your Internal SD incase you need you have boot loop.
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You said internal SD. Do you mean the internal 32GB of storage, or the external SD? I'm guessing internal 32GB, but just wanted to check.
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You said internal SD. Do you mean the internal 32GB of storage, or the external SD? I'm guessing internal 32GB, but just wanted to check.
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That internal SD or they called the Rooted folder on low effort root thread
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I tried messing around with it a bit and set my System folder to full rwx (777 I believe?) and doing a copy and paste. Had a permissions issue. Then I was like screw it.
Using FLashify forces you to have a recovery available so that's useless. WHen I did try I thought I broke my phone because it rebooted and had the dead android guy logo. Did a battery pull and luckily all was well after.
Holding off on it til we get recovery. Too much risk is involved.