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Hello,
Just wondering if root is supported for 2.2 yet? I have not seen anything but also not sure if I have missed it.
thanks
dblake15 said:
Hello,
Just wondering if root is supported for 2.2 yet? I have not seen anything but also not sure if I have missed it.
thanks
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Not yet. I wish I knew more about how to find and expose exploits. I'm such a noob. I tried a bunch of old methods, but couldn't get any to quite work. I'm guessing that the Flash flaw should work, we just need to get a custom hack to exploit it in 2.2. I hope someone starts working on this soon. I did the update on purpose, but I wouldn't mind having root again. I can wait until then, just hope someone figures it out soon, because there will be a lot of people after the update looking to root, and I don't think that downgrading is going to be an option. I'm guessing most devs are waiting for the final release before they start hacking it.
superlinkx said:
Not yet. I wish I knew more about how to find and expose exploits. I'm such a noob. I tried a bunch of old methods, but couldn't get any to quite work. I'm guessing that the Flash flaw should work, we just need to get a custom hack to exploit it in 2.2. I hope someone starts working on this soon. I did the update on purpose, but I wouldn't mind having root again. I can wait until then, just hope someone figures it out soon, because there will be a lot of people after the update looking to root, and I don't think that downgrading is going to be an option. I'm guessing most devs are waiting for the final release before they start hacking it.
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Why on Earth would you do the update on purpose when there are several threads posting rooted 2.2 installs here on XDA?
SteelH said:
Why on Earth would you do the update on purpose when there are several threads posting rooted 2.2 installs here on XDA?
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I had my reasons. I really don't care about root right now. The only thing I want root for now is to fix my PRI to be back to official, but since that isn't even possible yet, I decided to just update to completely stock without root. I don't use root enough to outweigh the possible security risks. I used to use it for tethering, but since I found out that I can turn tethering on and off and just pay for it prorated, its worth it. I just would rather pay and have it legally than have it free. And since I can do so affordably, I decided to just forget about it all together. Anyways, I'm willing to test a root method when someone comes out with one.
superlinkx said:
I had my reasons. I really don't care about root right now. The only thing I want root for now is to fix my PRI to be back to official, but since that isn't even possible yet, I decided to just update to completely stock without root. I don't use root enough to outweigh the possible security risks. I used to use it for tethering, but since I found out that I can turn tethering on and off and just pay for it prorated, its worth it. I just would rather pay and have it legally than have it free. And since I can do so affordably, I decided to just forget about it all together. Anyways, I'm willing to test a root method when someone comes out with one.
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True, each has his own opinion and reasons. The rooted Froyo are still not fully functional at this point anyhow, that is one more thing that stops me from upgrading to it. I bought a phone with an 8mp camera for a reason. (granted it's no DSLR)
SteelH said:
I bought a phone with an 8mp camera for a reason. (granted it's no DSLR)
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To make phone calls?
gx1400 said:
To make phone calls?
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Well if that's all we all did, we'd still be using phones that came with a cord and a briefcase.
Fella's, there is froyo 2.2 rooted fully functioning. camera works, as well as 4G. i have my phone on 2.2 fully rooted and let me tell you, its 1000% better than 2.1. there is actually someone who already started making their own custom roms, but he posted the only 50% of the people reported that wifi tethering was working, but if you do the "STOCK WITH ROOT" it all works.
here is the link, enjoy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Evo_ROMs
vwglli2007 said:
Fella's, there is froyo 2.2 rooted fully functioning. camera works, as well as 4G. i have my phone on 2.2 fully rooted and let me tell you, its 1000% better than 2.1. there is actually someone who already started making their own custom roms, but he posted the only 50% of the people reported that wifi tethering was working, but if you do the "STOCK WITH ROOT" it all works.
here is the link, enjoy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Evo_ROMs
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good man for showing initiative. i think they are looking for a way to root the 2.2 OTA update. Not for a 2.2 that has been rooted already. 2 different fish to fry
I Got this phone in the mail off Ebay today. And within the first hour I updated it to 4.3 and rooted it. And now I'm getting another OTA update notification. I'm not new to rooting and stuff but I am new to Samsung. So I'm a little worried if I should do the update or not. I don't wanna get stuck in a bootloop or anything.
I'm rooted
I'm running 4.3
I have Clockwork flashed
Rom is stock
All I'd like to know is if I am safe to update? I heard you are and then I've heard you're not.
not sure but if you can unroot you can allways re root in 4.4
If no one else has done so yet, ive got a modded ota that should allow you to flash via cwm or twrp, and should preserve root.
Its uploading now.
DocHoliday77 said:
If no one else has done so yet, ive got a modded ota that should allow you to flash via cwm or twrp, and should preserve root.
Its uploading now.
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Alright thanks! let me know when it's up. And are you from Huntsville Alabama too?
Ok, here is the modded OTA!
It should allow you to flash via TWRP or CWM recoveries, and it should also preserve root!
You will still need to be full stock for it to work as it still will go through its checks before flashing. It is not recommended to remove these checks because it could cause problems when patching files. Especially if the files being patched have been modded.
THIS IS UNTESTED! I do not have a working device at the moment, (dont have the I747 anyway), so I am unable to test on my own before releasing. I do not foresee any problems, but there just is no way to be positive until its been tried. If there is an issue, it should still just fail before the flash like it always has been supposed to do.
Please post back ASAP after trying this out so we know if it is working or not.
Modded_OTA_UCUEMJB-UCUFNE4.zip
Hope this proves helpful for some of you!
Doc
DocHoliday77 said:
Ok, here is the modded OTA!
It should allow you to flash via TWRP or CWM recoveries, and it should also preserve root!
You will still need to be full stock for it to work as it still will go through its checks before flashing. It is not recommended to remove these checks because it could cause problems when patching files. Especially if the files being patched have been modded.
THIS IS UNTESTED! I do not have a working device at the moment, (dont have the I747 anyway), so I am unable to test on my own before releasing. I do not foresee any problems, but there just is no way to be positive until its been tried. If there is an issue, it should still just fail before the flash like it always has been supposed to do.
Please post back ASAP after trying this out so we know if it is working or not.
Modded_OTA_UCUEMJB-UCUFNE4.zip
Hope this proves helpful for some of you!
Doc
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I would test it but I just can't. I'm pretty sure it wouldn't break anything. But I haven't had this phone for 24 hours yet, I just bought it and it's the only one I got. I even paid my bill today too. And I'm looking for another job and you have to have a phone for that lol. Post it up on the forum and let someone who knows more than I do test it because I'm just gonna have to wuss out on this one. I appreciate it though!:good::good:
No sweat. I completely understand! I may go ahead and make a thread for it, but was hoping to verify it works first. Ill post it in the other ota thread for now.
And yes, I am close to Huntsville. Good luck on your job hunt!
Questions and Help issues belong in Q&A and Help section..thanks
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Hello guys and gals, we are coming closer to the update which I strongly believe will mess around with our phones to force a return. How can we stop this update on a device already up to date? Do far I have tried package disabler but it doesn't show system update 1 and system update 2... Any suggestions?
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Hello guys and gals, we are coming closer to the update which I strongly believe will mess around with our phones to force a return. How can we stop this update on a device already up to date? Do far I have tried package disabler but it doesn't show system update 1 and system update 2... Any suggestions?
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You could root your phone
LightningJay said:
You could root your phone
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I am rooted and I know usually that would help but do we know that just by being rooted this would stop the update? Would a custom rom also stop this update? How well do we know samsung's tactic here I mea if they REALLY wanted to could they ignore root or custom rom an overwrite or is this not possible?
seriousc said:
I am rooted and I know usually that would help but do we know that just by being rooted this would stop the update? Would a custom rom also stop this update? How well do we know samsung's tactic here I mea if they REALLY wanted to could they ignore root or custom rom an overwrite or is this not possible?
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I'm really not sure...
I installed a custom ROM so I would think that Samsung couldn't push an update to it, but I’m new to Samsung/Android (Note7 is my first Android) so I could be mistaken.
LightningJay said:
I'm really not sure...
I installed a custom ROM so I would think that Samsung couldn't push an update to it, but Iâ??m new to Samsung/Android (Note7 is my first Android) so I could be mistaken.
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Same. I installed Hydra-Rom (excellent rom btw) and then uninstalled all update packages with Titanium Backup. I think that'll cover it. People are pretty confident in freezing the same packages with Package Disabler if still on unrooted stock. I think rooting and a custom rom is a good idea at this point as it opens up more options if Samsung keep doing crappy things from here on in.
Karnax_ said:
Same. I installed Hydra-Rom (excellent rom btw) and then uninstalled all update packages with Titanium Backup. I think that'll cover it. People are pretty confident in freezing the same packages with Package Disabler if still on unrooted stock. I think rooting and a custom rom is a good idea at this point as it opens up more options if Samsung keep doing crappy things from here on in.
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For me one of the coolest features is the secure folder, and to my knowledge all the custom roms so far break that because they break knox. That's a big minus for me.
Karnax_ said:
Same. I installed Hydra-Rom (excellent rom btw) and then uninstalled all update packages with Titanium Backup. I think that'll cover it. People are pretty confident in freezing the same packages with Package Disabler if still on unrooted stock. I think rooting and a custom rom is a good idea at this point as it opens up more options if Samsung keep doing crappy things from here on in.
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What do you mean by "uninstalled all update packages with Titanium Backup"? Could you explain this point please.
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Chippy_boy said:
For me one of the coolest features is the secure folder, and to my knowledge all the custom roms so far break that because they break knox. That's a big minus for me.
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There is a private mode with HydraRom
LightningJay said:
What do you mean by "uninstalled all update packages with Titanium Backup"? Could you explain this point please.
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There is a private mode with HydraRom
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There's an app on the store which backs up any and everything (requires root). It also allows you to freeze/disable packages (like package disabler does) or flat out remove them from phone, which is probably overkill and can cause issues if you do it to the wrong packages.
Seeings I'll never use the updater again I opted to go with that. Hasn't caused me any issues so far and can still get OTA updates via Hydra-Rom's inbuilt OTA app if it did happen to get updated again.
Karnax_ said:
There's an app on the store which backs up any and everything (requires root). It also allows you to freeze/disable packages (like package disabler does) or flat out remove them from phone, which is probably overkill and can cause issues if you do it to the wrong packages.
Seeings I'll never use the updater again I opted to go with that. Hasn't caused me any issues so far and can still get OTA updates via Hydra-Rom's inbuilt OTA app if it did happen to get updated again.
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Could you give me the name of the packages you disabled?
Chippy_boy said:
For me one of the coolest features is the secure folder, and to my knowledge all the custom roms so far break that because they break knox. That's a big minus for me.
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Yeah pretty sure one of the devs said it'll never work sadly. It doesn't really affect me as I've never really kept much in the way of sensitive data on my phone.
LightningJay said:
There is a private mode with HydraRom
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Thanks - I missed that.
I hope this isn't too OT, but having never flashed a custom rom before, is this something achievable (or sensible to try) for a noob like me? I am computer literate, but I know very little about phone workings and roms etc. I wouldn't want to chance bricking my device.
Karnax_ said:
There's an app on the store which backs up any and everything (requires root). It also allows you to freeze/disable packages (like package disabler does) or flat out remove them from phone, which is probably overkill and can cause issues if you do it to the wrong packages.
Seeings I'll never use the updater again I opted to go with that. Hasn't caused me any issues so far and can still get OTA updates via Hydra-Rom's inbuilt OTA app if it did happen to get updated again.
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I'm tempted to try hydra but the downfall for me is I like everything to be as stock as possible. There's always a feature in custom roms which isn't added and it irritates me. What did you disable? Are you running hydra old kernel for the 100% battery or which kernel did you choose?
Chippy_boy said:
Thanks - I missed that.
I hope this isn't too OT, but having never flashed a custom rom before, is this something achievable (or sensible to try) for a noob like me? I am computer literate, but I know very little about phone workings and roms etc. I wouldn't want to chance bricking my device.
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Its pretty simple, download twrp recovery, put the newest su binary on the Sd card, flash the twrp with odin using the ap button, one in recovery allow modifications, then install Su binary, then reboot to recovery, then install hydra rom it will give you options of what you want added to the rom etc. If ever you mess up just open Samsung smart switch go to the "more" tab then click second tab and insert your model number and seriel and it does the rest for you (this is if you want to revert back to stock)
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Thanks - I missed that.
I hope this isn't too OT, but having never flashed a custom rom before, is this something achievable (or sensible to try) for a noob like me? I am computer literate, but I know very little about phone workings and roms etc. I wouldn't want to chance bricking my device.
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I'm like you, this was my first time rooting, and flashing a costom ROM on a phone. I followed these steps and it worked fine for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/development/recovery-official-twrp-galaxy-note-7-t3446047 to root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/development/rom-hydra-rom-v1-0-t3447611 Costum Rom (HydraRom) and Kernel
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seriousc said:
I'm tempted to try hydra but the downfall for me is I like everything to be as stock as possible. There's always a feature in custom roms which isn't added and it irritates me. What did you disable? Are you running hydra old kernel for the 100% battery or which kernel did you choose?
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Hydra is very very similar to stock. I didn't activate any extra features in the setup process. What I liked about it is that all the bloat wear is not installed, and phone is smother than with stock and has better battery life.
I am running the new Hydra on a replacement Note7 (green battery and 100%)
Thanks guys.
seriousc said:
I'm tempted to try hydra but the downfall for me is I like everything to be as stock as possible. There's always a feature in custom roms which isn't added and it irritates me. What did you disable? Are you running hydra old kernel for the 100% battery or which kernel did you choose?
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I'm also othe latest hydra-kernel and replacement Note. The installer is pretty comprehensive so you can retain most of the stock functionality. If you're sticking close to stock the most suitable options are labelled as such so it's reasonably straight forward.
I'm going to make a full guide with all information in including changing country code for WiFi calling etc if you bought a different network device to what you are on.
Chippy_boy said:
Thanks - I missed that.
I hope this isn't too OT, but having never flashed a custom rom before, is this something achievable (or sensible to try) for a noob like me? I am computer literate, but I know very little about phone workings and roms etc. I wouldn't want to chance bricking my device.
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I have made a full guide if your interested
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/how-to/everything-n930f-fd-rooting-flashing-t3488573/page1
seriousc said:
I have made a full guide if your interested
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-7/how-to/everything-n930f-fd-rooting-flashing-t3488573/page1
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Thanks - very useful.
I am still considering this since I am not sure I want to live without knox and the Samsung secure folder. I plan on returning the phone in a month or so anyway, so maybe better to simply put up with Samsung's INCREDIBLY INFURIATING battery restriction. Boy they are really p1ssing me off by doing this!
Chippy_boy said:
Thanks - very useful.
I am still considering this since I am not sure I want to live without knox and the Samsung secure folder. I plan on returning the phone in a month or so anyway, so maybe better to simply put up with Samsung's INCREDIBLY INFURIATING battery restriction. Boy they are really p1ssing me off by doing this!
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If you are returning it then out touch it. As far as secure folder goes you can get hydra rom for example it has secure folder built in. Knox though is more of a burden than useful.
Hey, so I really want to root my A5 as I have a few issues with it unrooted (mostly with wakelocks) and just generally dislike using it unrooted but as far as I can see there's isn't an option yet.
I'm offering a $50 bounty in BTC to whoever creates the tools and a short guide to root it without tripping Knox.
I know it's not much but others might chip in as well.
There is already root available since yesterday.
Unfortunately only with cwm look at this link.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YtvJU9aDnHM&feature=youtu.be
bassbounce said:
There is already root available since yesterday.
Unfortunately only with cwm look at this link.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YtvJU9aDnHM&feature=youtu.be
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I see, nice. And do we know who made it?
I'll wait for a few replies if it's really works without tripping Knox though.
I'm out of the loop why people hate CWM.
bathrobehero said:
I see, nice. And do we know who made it?
I'll wait for a few replies if it's really works without tripping Knox though.
I'm out of the loop why people hate CWM.
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CWM will trip knox for sure. Only way without knox tripped would probably be to get a hold of engineer sboot/boot combination from samsung and be able to root it through ADB.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa.../samsung-sm-a520f-2017-kernel-source-t3557622
I used this method today ive also used in the past the twrp method prefer the cwm one though far less steps found though cwm has a lot more chance of bootlooping but far easier ... so to sum up cwm version easy 2 steps really but very finicky... twrp lot more stable but a little more complicated dmverity etc... will again comment in a couple of days let you know how cwm is going now i have stabilized it....
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa.../samsung-sm-a520f-2017-kernel-source-t3557622 is thread for twrp method
Hi guys,
Just came from a rooted OnePlus X and looking for some advice.
One of the first things I noticed using the A5 are the ads. Being used to no ads this is becoming annoying.
So I'm considering the pros and cons of rooting.
Pros are obvious but I might miss some cons.
Knox will be tripped when installing Trwp. Besides being tripped, are there any downsides? Will it have effect when reverting to stock?
I owned a Tab10 which would show a big yellow triangle when booting. Is this still the case?
Triangle away is no longer an option
Any other cons I'm missing except for the warranty?
You can use DNS66 from F-Droid to block ads without rooting (it uses a local on-device VPN connection to accomplish this).
lejohn said:
Hi guys,
Just came from a rooted OnePlus X and looking for some advice.
One of the first things I noticed using the A5 are the ads. Being used to no ads this is becoming annoying.
So I'm considering the pros and cons of rooting.
Pros are obvious but I might miss some cons.
Knox will be tripped when installing Trwp. Besides being tripped, are there any downsides? Will it have effect when reverting to stock?
I owned a Tab10 which would show a big yellow triangle when booting. Is this still the case?
Triangle away is no longer an option
Any other cons I'm missing except for the warranty?
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Once Knox tripped there is no return... warranty will be lost.
What I did is to have root and just install AdHell2 (https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/themes/adhell-2-rootless-ad-blocking-t3663559)...
jolas said:
Once Knox tripped there is no return... warranty will be lost.
What I did is to have root and just install AdHell2 (https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/themes/adhell-2-rootless-ad-blocking-t3663559)...
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Thanks, I'll give it a try.
What ads are we talking about? I haven't seen any so far.
Sn0w0nS said:
What ads are we talking about? I haven't seen any so far.
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Any ads, in any application. He wants to use a low level domain filter to stop apps and webpages from reaching their ad service providers.
I'm new on Samsung. Got A520W on Nougat a few days ago and considering root too. I read people using Magdsk but not sure if it will work on Nougat. Reason I wanna root is to install Xposed, custom kernel and recovery.
kenship said:
I'm new on Samsung. Got A520W on Nougat a few days ago and considering root too. I read people using Magdsk but not sure if it will work on Nougat. Reason I wanna root is to install Xposed, custom kernel and recovery.
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It will work. U just need to flash twrp through odin a install magisk. Before that,check if u have oem unlock.
BlasterSK said:
It will work. U just need to flash twrp through odin a install magisk. Before that,check if u have oem unlock.
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I come from LG so I'm new to Samsung. I used app to root and install superuser then used flashify to install TWRP.
OEM Unlock is already set to On.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
I use magisk to root, then install TWRP using odin.
Dont worry, im coming from lg device aswell.
Before the root, consider if u want really to root your device, because u will loose your warranty.
U need to download zip file of magisk 13.3,put it to the storage/sd card and then flash twrp through odin. Once u did that, u will flash magisk .zip file in twrp.
Complete tutorial here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...ficial-nougat-release-download-guide-t3654413
BlasterSK said:
Dont worry, im coming from lg device aswell.
Before the root, consider if u want really to root your device, because u will loose your warranty.
U need to download zip file of magisk 13.3,put it to the storage/sd card and then flash twrp through odin. Once u did that, u will flash magisk .zip file in twrp.
Complete tutorial here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...ficial-nougat-release-download-guide-t3654413
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Thanks! I did some research today and finally come to know what odin, magisk is about.
I'll certainly consider the pros and cons before making the move. For now I don't see kernel for nougat yet so maybe root is not most important. Xposed is another one but only to allow youtube background play, other than that, maybe some actions provided by secure setting and ad block. Thanks for the guide!
kenship said:
Thanks! I did some research today and finally come to know what odin, magisk is about.
I'll certainly consider the pros and cons before making the move. For now I don't see kernel for nougat yet so maybe root is not most important. Xposed is another one but only to allow youtube background play, other than that, maybe some actions provided by secure setting and ad block. Thanks for the guide!
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No problem mate. Glad to help u.
I dont think its worth to lose warranty because of the root. But its everybody decision. On the other hand,root is a good thing and it will let u do whatever u want with the device. If u need AdBlock,i can reccomend u Adhell2,which is rootless ad blocker and it is working fine. Atleast for me. And if u meant custom nougat kernel,then there is a one.
Link for the kernel: https://forum.xda-developers.com/samsung-a-series-2017/development/kernel-alphabet-kernel-t3697372
Wow thanks! Will take a look. On warranty, I thought Odin can take me back to stock firmware and therefore allowing OTA and for warranty, am I wrong?
Sent from my SM-A520W using XDA-Developers Legacy app
kenship said:
Wow thanks! Will take a look. On warranty, I thought Odin can take me back to stock firmware and therefore allowing OTA and for warranty, am I wrong?
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You could put it back to stock and get OTAs, yes.
But when you unlock the bootloader it trips a physical circuit inside the device which makes it impossible to trick Samsung into giving you warranty. There's a tiny fuse that burns out when you unlock the bootloader that prevents you from ever changing the unlock status back to official.
lejohn said:
Hi guys,
Just came from a rooted OnePlus X and looking for some advice..........
Triangle away is no longer an option
Any other cons I'm missing except for the warranty?
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My advice don't root. Not yet. Give it at least a year.
I was a flashoholic/rootaholic. Not anymore. Recently bought a5 2017 (dual sim). My primary reasons for rooting(previous devices) were themes+viper4android+firewall. Nowadays we have almost at par (90%) solutions without root. Another reason was to save some battery life. But our a5 2017 is pretty good at it by default. Also dont forget secure folder+samsung pay+ any future updates or similar. This r my opinions. BUT you may have different priorities. Thanks for reading.
Looks we have similar requirements for root. But I do not want root to brick functionalities like you mentioned.
Theming was not available in LineageOS but I have an S7 from work which has a nice theming engine which made me choose for the A5 12107 as personal phone.
Only thing I was missing was the ad blocking. AdHell seems to do a nice job on this so for now no need to root. If it could also block the youtube adds it would be perfect.
Did you tackle this?
matesurano said:
My advice don't root. Not yet. Give it at least a year.
I was a flashoholic/rootaholic. Not anymore. Recently bought a5 2017 (dual sim). My primary reasons for rooting(previous devices) were themes+viper4android+firewall. Nowadays we have almost at par (90%) solutions without root. Another reason was to save some battery life. But our a5 2017 is pretty good at it by default. Also dont forget secure folder+samsung pay+ any future updates or similar. This r my opinions. BUT you may have different priorities. Thanks for reading.
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Absolutely agree with every word! I was also flashoholic/rootaholic before. But A5 2017's firmware is bug-free (for me), that's why I don't need to do those root-thingz. For blocking some Ads on webpages I use Samsung Browser with extenisons:
Adblock Fast
AdBlock for Samsung Browser
Adblock Plus for Samsung browser
AdClear for Samsung Internet
Crystal
All these blockers are working at the same time, so if one doesn't filter Ad, another in order does. But of course, if someone wants to block in-app Ads, root is necesarry
lejohn said:
Looks we have similar requirements for root.Only thing I was missing was the ad blocking. AdHell seems to do a nice job on this so for now no need to root. If it could also block the youtube adds it would be perfect.
Did you tackle this?
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Well m not that much into YouTube. But the channels i browse are mostly ad free. But i think you might wanna check out adhell 2( never tried the adblocking part). It needs Samsung knox sdk license( easy to get...just follow google search). Apart from system wide adblocker it has a package disabler too. Also i heard about an app called youtube auto ad skip or something like that.....don't recall the name. Tell us how it goes.
I too will probably wait until warranty is gone. I'm able to freeze most of the apps that I don't use. Will be nice if able to ad block without using VPN. The Xposed Youtube background play is good but I guess I can live w/o it.
the root is not necessary for block the add in ALL app's.
you just install blokada ,the best adblocker NON ROOT!
for the app,search in xda or in google