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Hi, all.
I am completely new here, and have heard many users talking about how **update** only works on rooted devices. I would like to know what the advantages and disadvantages of rooting my phone would be, considering I have a phone with warranty and insurance from the supplier.
Thanks in advance to all users who can help.
Andy
Tethering, Custom ROMs with optimised performance, Take Screenshots of your phone... are the usual reponses you will get.
Personally, none of these are really important to me. The main reason I rooted is the fact that one day HTC will stop producing official updates for your phone (it seems 2.1 is the last for Hero users). But with root, you can soon flash on Android 2.2 (CyanogenMod 6).
If you dont want to void your warranty just yet... wait til you are desparate for 2.2
Thanks for the reply, but seen as it seems the only disadvantage is voiding the warranty, surely it is a good idea to root as I have insurance, which should cover all things covered in the warranty?
EDIT: Does rooting keep the sense UI?
Hey Andyt95.
As mobydeek has pointed out, there is definately a reason to root your Hero and rooting will only enhance your device. I'm not sure about this (somebody else will have to clarify for me)..But even if you was to root your device, you could, in essence, revalidate your warranty by flashing back to an older ROM (RUU) which in essence resets your entire phone back to how it was.
Anyway, before I confuse you - Rooting more or less means gaining full access to your phone..that's it pretty much, meaning that nothing else changes apart from the fact you can do more with it if you so desire.
Once your phone is 'rooted', you'll be able to 'flash' custom ROM's which will get the most out of your phone..including overclocking! (if you wish to, not compulsary).
Alot of the people from around these parts root their devices the same day they buy them. It's definately a plus thing and something that I definately recommend doing if you wish to see the better side to your Hero.
If at all you do wish to progress, there are plenty of people that will be more than happy to guide you along the way - including myself. Take a look around, see what you think and go from there.
Hello HD2 forum
I am planning on purchasing a HD2 second hand, to ultimately dual boot windows phone 7 and ICS.
I am buying it from a local trade in store for good prices and warranty, ideally i would like to power it on in store before the purchase to check its clean and ready for me to follow the tutorials available.
Other than identifying that the phone is still running windows mobile, is there any other way for me to check that the phone has not previously been messed with? Something in the settings? Maybe i should check for a secondary mode with certain key combination on boot?
Thanks a lot!
You kinda need to define what you mean by "clean"...I assume you mean stock (and never been modded, but these are 2 different things totally unrelated to each other, more to that in a minute).
IMO the best thing you could do would be to read up on the flashing process. This will tell you what to look for, if you're looking for a stock never-been-modded phone.
But back to your question...the first major sign I'd look for would be HSPL. I'm not going to go into detail about how to find out if it's installed. You'll have to do your own homework. Read every 'how to' and 'newb' (or noob) guide on xda. XDA is an awesome site and the dev's here write awesome documentation. Do them the favor of reading it. I mean, I don't know what you're an expert on but it might get on your nerves if I ask you simple questions about that topic cause I'm too lazy to do the research myself. The research is easy, the reference material is all contained here in various forums, depending on what you want to do. I show my appreciation for that by taking advantage of it, and don't forget to thank the dev's if something is especially helpful...they like that.
As far as checking to ensure that it's still running WinMo...that's gonna be about as effective and informative (about the phone being virgin-stock) as whether or not it's raining that day or not. What's that got to do with anything? Exactly. Nothing. My HD2 is running (at the moment) a WinMo 6.5 build. But it's been flashed more than a hundred times. My daily software is an SD Android build. Before I flashed my HD2 for the first time, I probably spent about 30 hours just reading about the process and trying to understand the process of what I was going to be doing (while reading, I usually had video tutorials playing on my 2nd monitor...I'd give up the reading when it got interesting). So that's it, really...read read read. It's not fail safe. I can't tell you how many times I waited on pins and needles to find out if I had ****-canned my new €400 phone. If you have a heart condition, you just shouldn't ride this ride. ;-)
I just got a SGS2, cause I prefer Android to WinMo. WinMo's a full time job, as is flashing. Something was always not performing the way I wanted it to (efficiency or performance etc), which was why I started flashing, but it gets to be like a drug. Nothing's ever good enough, cause you wind up wanting the best. I'd flash a ROM and install all my **** (manually, one cad file at a time) and then flash a different one and have to reinstall everything again. It was even worse if I had set up my homescreens, and folders the way I wanted them...to that end, I'd highly recommend that you also research mass-installer programs. I can't think of the name of it right now, but you pack all of your cad's in one folder and this program installs all of them (which means like 65% typically, cause invariably about 1/3 will fail for one reason or another).
Even still, looking for HSPL (which is required to flash anything on the HD2) is not very indicative as to whether or not it's been previously modded. When I got my phone it was virgin/stock, of that I'm sure. I bought it from a person, and the person was not capable of performing such tasks (he wasn't so technically inclined). But in your case, you're going to have no idea. It is not only possible but also very easy to return the phone to stock by removing HSPL leaving virtually no trace of it having ever been modded (I say virtually, cause I don't THINK that it can be traced when HSPL has been removed, but I'm not a dev and not a guru). So even the absence of HSPL doesn't even really tell you that it's never been modded, it only says that if it was- then the modder was smart enough to cover his tracks.
Basically, I don't think there's an answer to your question. There are clues that say YES THIS PHONE HAS BEEN MODDED. But there's no definitive sign to look for that say THIS PHONE HAS NEVER BEEN MODDED, and you dunno if someone's gonna lie to you. But I am inviting you to prove me wrong, read the documentation and get back to me.
Good luck flashing, don't **** it up though. You'll be pissed if you brick your ****, which is easy to do. Hell, it's probably a thousand times safer to buy a phone with HSPL installed, then you can flash all you want with no risk. The main risk, is ****ing something up in the HSPL installation process, but there are ways to minimize the risk...which all amount to: read, read, read.
And if you decide you'd be interested in previously modded HD2 (with HSPL already installed), let me know, make me an offer. Mine's just a wifi media device at the moment and I'll probably be marketing it in the near future regardless. It currently has HSPL, and I haven't decided to remove it before sale or not. I saw one on Amazon last week that was at a premium price, cause the seller had Android running on it. It's a great phone if you like WinMo, but I find Android to be much less 'high maintenance' and I used to be a huge WinMo fan (I'm a 10 year WinMo user, if you can believe that!).
Regardless, this is getting long. Those are my 2pence. Be easy.
[EDIT] Hell, if you were closer I'd let you borrow mine for a few weeks to see if you like the phone. I'm a nice guy like that.
There is no way of knowning to be honest, unless you go into bootloader and you see the firmare on it has been tinkered, ( i.e. Hspl, radio, rom ) and depending if it is a eu or tmous version. good luck tho!
few days ago i've had a discussion with an HTC Global Operations Manager from Taiwan,
and i've asked him about HTC Policy regarding unlocking the bootloader.
when you go to the unlocking page, HTC Clearly states: "It is our responsibility to caution you that not all claims resulting or caused by or from the unlocking of the bootloader may be covered under warranty."
seems good, isn't it? in case of hardware failure, we could use that warranty.. well.. actually.. we cannot.
Terms of use which you must agree to in order to use that service, states otherwise.
"HTC WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES."
you can find it @ http://www.htcdev.com/terms under "Disclaimer".
the meaning of all of this is.. when you unlock your device, you void your warranty for the device, and it doesn't matter if it was just to gain root access or whatever.
from HTC point of view, they're not liable for anything related to the device as long thats concerns them.
and seriously? thats about the time to do something about it.
im an average user, bootloader unlocking for me would be done just to gain root access so i'll be able to backup my stuff.
seems like HTC ticket out of their financial crisis was the HTC One..
as for me, im gonna wait for Samsung to release their Galaxy S4.. if it won't have their amoled screens and their "pentile matrix"
im gonna go for it
p.s.
one of the questions that was asked during that discussion was why not to let the users s-off after unlocking.. anyway.. we gave up our warranty so.. what does it matter?
we couldn't get a straight answer about it.. all we could get was something that has to do with "security risk being protected" & "protecting the code"
I have heard the complete opposite and I myself have sent a phone away twice before with an unlocked bootloader and its fine. Also samsung have protection against people flashing non samsung approved stuff. Their bootloader has the counter. Good luck with the none pentile AMOLED, I imagine it will be pentile the note device usually has the non pentile display.
HTC is refering to not being held accountable as a company. Ie. you cant sue them.
That has nothing to do with warranty.
Could be mistaken of course, feel free to correct.
ste1164 said:
I have heard the complete opposite and I myself have sent a phone away twice before with an unlocked bootloader and its fine. Also samsung have protection against people flashing non samsung approved stuff. Their bootloader has the counter. Good luck with the none pentile AMOLED, I imagine it will be pentile the note device usually has the non pentile display.
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Their bootloader has the counter, indeed.
but its S-OFF. you don't have to go through a process to perform UNLOCKING OF ANYKIND and, you can reset that counter.
means, you can use your warranty.
with htc, you cant even temp root!
Maedhros said:
HTC is refering to not being held accountable as a company. Ie. you cant sue them.
That has nothing to do with warranty.
Could be mistaken of course, feel free to correct.
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Warranty is a contract, therefor, it has everything to do with it.
p0xer said:
Their bootloader has the counter, indeed.
but its S-OFF. you don't have to go through a process to perform UNLOCKING OF ANYKIND and, you can reset that counter.
means, you can use your warranty.
with htc, you cant even temp root!
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Most if not all Qualcomm HTC devices have had S-off obtained. It was just the Tegra devices that didn't.
obtained, not issued.
thats the HUGE difference.
Companies won't openly support rooting because it gives the user access to mess with SW & HW that could easily render the device useless, but if HW fails, there's a good chance they won't be able to tell if you rooted or not, where SW failure can be addressed by community help. Even upon touchscreen failure it is possible to unroot via physical buttons (at least on some devices) so the chances of catching a non user caused issue under warranty after which you can't unroot but leaving evidence for the HTC repair team to easily spot your wrongdoing is minimal.
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obtained, not issued.
thats the HUGE difference.
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The fact that to get back to stock on samsung you have to obtain a way of getting rid of your flash counter which samsung is trying to make harder in getting rid of. So in terms of warranty they arent really different at all.
p0xer said:
few days ago i've had a discussion with an HTC Global Operations Manager from Taiwan,
and i've asked him about HTC Policy regarding unlocking the bootloader.
when you go to the unlocking page, HTC Clearly states: "It is our responsibility to caution you that not all claims resulting or caused by or from the unlocking of the bootloader may be covered under warranty."
seems good, isn't it? in case of hardware failure, we could use that warranty.. well.. actually.. we cannot.
Terms of use which you must agree to in order to use that service, states otherwise.
"HTC WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES."
you can find it @ http://www.htcdev.com/terms under "Disclaimer".
the meaning of all of this is.. when you unlock your device, you void your warranty for the device, and it doesn't matter if it was just to gain root access or whatever.
from HTC point of view, they're not liable for anything related to the device as long thats concerns them.
and seriously? thats about the time to do something about it.
im an average user, bootloader unlocking for me would be done just to gain root access so i'll be able to backup my stuff.
seems like HTC ticket out of their financial crisis was the HTC One..
as for me, im gonna wait for Samsung to release their Galaxy S4.. if it won't have their amoled screens and their "pentile matrix"
im gonna go for it
p.s.
one of the questions that was asked during that discussion was why not to let the users s-off after unlocking.. anyway.. we gave up our warranty so.. what does it matter?
we couldn't get a straight answer about it.. all we could get was something that has to do with "security risk being protected" & "protecting the code"
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They cant get out of warranty for the phone if it is an inherent fault. They would have to prove that you had caused it by unlocking the bootloader and modifying the software, ie over-clocking and burning the cpu out. Why would they fix anybody's that sent it back unlocked if they didn't have to?
ste1164 said:
The fact that to get back to stock on samsung you have to obtain a way of getting rid of your flash counter which samsung is trying to make harder in getting rid of. So in terms of warranty they arent really different at all.
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I have say htc to be very good even when rooted etc. all my devices have been repaired, within warranty picked up from home address and delivered.
Not sure about Samsung but they are making it more difficult to reset flash counter.
riz157 said:
I have say htc to be very good even when rooted etc. all my devices have been repaired, within warranty picked up from home address and delivered.
Not sure about Samsung but they are making it more difficult to reset flash counter.
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Hi I am getting HTC 1st time so I dont know much about their system, can you tell me how are their repairability in case it bricked or its rooted and you need to give it to service centre? how hard or easy to root, theme or custom rom on HTC devices compared to S3? and I like sense 4 style home screen and animated weather on home screen, it it possible to get exact that look and feel on HTC one? what is the procedure to in-warranty repair and how much time they sake generally?
Thanks
onlinejobwork said:
Hi I am getting HTC 1st time so I dont know much about their system, can you tell me how are their repairability in case it bricked or its rooted and you need to give it to service centre?
I've never sent my device in when it's been bricked due to rooting or flashing custom rom so I can't really tell you.
how hard or easy to root, theme or custom rom on HTC devices compared to S3?
Requires bit more work to be honest. You have to unlock boot loader firstly But it is straight forward.
and I like sense 4 style home screen and animated weather on home screen, it it possible to get exact that look and feel on HTC one?
Of course it is just requires widgets.
what is the procedure to in-warranty repair and how much time they sake generally?
Generally in my experience within 7 days, provided all parts are available etc. very good service pickup and drop off wherever you are in the country.
Thanks
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Jj
I can't understand why people are surprised that companies will void warranty upon unlocking the bootloader? A user (even experienced) can cause damage to hardware, even sometimes on purpose, to get a warranty claim.
If you damage a part in your desktop/laptop PC (due to overclocking, etc), you are liable for that part, so how is this any different?
Its irrespective if its HTC or Samsung or Sony or whatever, they must protect themselves otherwise they won't be around for much longer.
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Warranty is a contract, therefor, it has everything to do with it.
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You misunderstand. HTCs "official" stance is:
It is our responsibility to caution you that not all claims resulting or caused by or from the unlocking of the bootloader may be covered under warranty
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader
The disclaimer you highlight is them saying: If your phone blows up and hurts you due to bootloader, we cannot be held accountable. That statement has nothing to do with warranty as per my understanding.
If your phone is damaged due to hardware (not related to bootloader) then they will fix it. However, anything effected by Bootloader unlock (even indirect) will not be covered.
I believe you are simply misinterpreting their language (possible if English isn't your native language).
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You misunderstand. HTCs "official" stance is:
It is our responsibility to caution you that not all claims resulting or caused by or from the unlocking of the bootloader may be covered under warranty
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader
The disclaimer you highlight is them saying: If your phone blows up and hurts you due to bootloader, we cannot be held accountable. That statement has nothing to do with warranty as per my understanding.
If your phone is damaged due to hardware (not related to bootloader) then they will fix it. However, anything effected by Bootloader unlock (even indirect) will not be covered.
I believe you are simply misinterpreting their language (possible if English isn't your native language).
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Thats the thing.. I'm not and wasn't interpreting.
like i said, i have spoken to an HTC Global Operations Manager from Taiwan. HE DID those interpretations.
from what HE said, you unlock your bootloader = you void your warranty and thats it.
i know its hard for people to understand that but that what he said.
i thought the same like you did, if i only rooted it.. didn't change anything in the device and my battery suddenly has gone kaput? NO WARRANTY.
because thats the meaning of their policy.
this has been told by an HTC Senior Official.
I had my Desire's motherboard replaced and I had disassembled the whole device once. The "void" stickers on screws were in pieces and it was S-OFF. It had this faulty PVT1 motherboard which had problems with CPU solderings.
No questions asked.
Well of course an official would say that. What else would you expect? An official is probably the worst person to ask that kind of contentious question. The way I read the warranty is that if you've unlocked your bootloader HTC might repair, at their discretion. It would depend on the problem. You can hardly blame them...
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Thats the thing.. I'm not and wasn't interpreting.
like i said, i have spoken to an HTC Global Operations Manager from Taiwan. HE DID those interpretations.
from what HE said, you unlock your bootloader = you void your warranty and thats it.
i know its hard for people to understand that but that what he said.
i thought the same like you did, if i only rooted it.. didn't change anything in the device and my battery suddenly has gone kaput? NO WARRANTY.
because thats the meaning of their policy.
this has been told by an HTC Senior Official.
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From my experience, HTC Has repaired non software issues previously. Believe what you would like, but I'll say it once again, the reps interpretation isn't the companies interpretation.
If I'm not mistaken, HTC has gone on record to say it would repair non software issues (too lazy to look it up atm). Some countries, in fact, require it by law.
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Think of it this way:
My Car is a new car under warranty. I put an aftermarket exhaust on it.
Lets say a year later (car is still under warranty) the engine breaks. They will repair anything NOT related to the exhaust. So, not the exhaust system, but the engine, body, etc. are covered.
The word "damages" has a very specific meaning in law. That paragraph is a general disclaimer about use of the unlocking service, and has nothing to do with the warranty.
More importantly, consumer protection law often states that the retailer is responsible, not the manufacturer, and it is impossible to sign away your statutory rights.
So I have spent the last 4 devices with Motorola and have never owned a Samsung device. Needless to say I find the stock rom a mess. I have few questions before I dive in. I am on VZW btw and it is an off contract phone that I never plan on using a warranty claim or anything.
Is Knox just the usual flashcount and root detection? Or does it have the ability to brick your device if you start tinkering.
Are there CM based roms that utilize all of the hardware features, or is the pen and ir blaster useless on custom roms?
Are there any software updates to avoid? Right now I am on N900VVRUBMJE.
Is the bootloader locked? (Probably don't have to ask since its Verizon.
I know these are probably easy to look up. To tell you the truth I am just very tired right now. Had to drive 3 hours to get the deal I got on this device.
This is the wrong forum for you. Your looking for the Verizon Note 3 forums. From what I read, your bootloader is locked.
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You might want to check on your forums and see if you got the developer's version of the Note 3 for VZN. That bootloader is unlocked. Knox is a security feature, once you void Knox, you can't go back. It won't brick your phone or anything, you just won't be able to use Knox anymore. I might be wrong on the using Knox part.
While I wait for the arrival of my MXP I have some questions for the community so that I can hit the ground running. First thing, I'd like to unlock my boot loader but I was just curious if there is a way to re-lock it afterwards just in case I need to send in for repairs or something along those lines? Also wondering about VOLTE support. I see some roms that state they have it working but is this a stock feature or do I need to use a custom ROM to get VOLTE to function? Also is there any known method of rooting without unlocking the boot loader just in case re-locking it is not possible? Thanks for the help everyone.
I am coming from a g920a. That phone is torture for someone like me who likes stock Android and rooted devices. Probably the worst phone I have ever had. Can't wait to get my hands on my MXP and leaves this piece of junk behind!
I'm on Verizon and I can confirm it supports advanced calling, which is VoLTE as far as I know but it might require turning it on at the provider level.
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I haven't messed with VoLTE yet so I can't answer those questions, but as for your others: The bootloader can be relocked, but the unlock method involves submitting an unlock request code to motorola, and they immediately email you an unlock key, along with a warning about voiding your warranty, so even relocking it does not unvoid your warranty. HOWEVER, it only voids your warranty for software issues. If it's a hardware problem unrelated to the bootloader being unlocked, they'll still handle it, and accidental drops and things are still covered if you buy an accidental damage warrenty. Also, as far as I know there is still no way to root without unlocking the bootloader.
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squallz506 said:
Volte is only available on stock roms.
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I thought this had been fixed on AICP based ROMS?
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I thought this had been fixed on AICP based ROMS?
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Whoops, yeah I guess they fixed it down the line. Sorry, I've been enjoying stock+xposed too much to follow custom development.
Edit: also root without bootloader unlock will likely never happen. We have a root method already, so there's no incentive to find another method.
The answer you seek was right in the first page of this forum....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/general/moto-x-style-how-to-unlock-bootloader-t3192140
That being said, I would consider waiting until after Marshmallow drops before you unlock your bootloader so as not to interfere with any OTA's. Conventional wisdom is that it is coming within the next few weeks as the "test drive" has already started and a "soak test" should follow shortly.
yeah i know it can be unlocked I already read that post. I would not have gotten this phone if the boot loader was not un-lockable. That's the whole reason I am moving away from my AT&T Galaxy s6. I was just trying to clarify if re-locking made any difference as far as the warranty is concerned. I appreciate the answers guys. Just trying to determine if I should keep it stock or use a custom ROM out of the box. Sounds like I will go stock for the time being. Now as far as unlocked boot loaders interfering with OTA's? Is this really a thing? And wouldn't somebody just post the OTA image on the forums when its ready anyway?
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yeah i know it can be unlocked I already read that post. I would not have gotten this phone if the boot loader was not un-lockable. That's the whole reason I am moving away from my AT&T Galaxy s6. I was just trying to clarify if re-locking made any difference as far as the warranty is concerned. I appreciate the answers guys. Just trying to determine if I should keep it stock or use a custom ROM out of the box. Sounds like I will go stock for the time being. Now as far as unlocked boot loaders interfering with OTA's? Is this really a thing? And wouldn't somebody just post the OTA image on the forums when its ready anyway?
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Well as to it being a thing, I certainly can't say for sure. But what reason is there to unlock the bootloader if you're not going to root? And once you do that, you almost certainly will not get OTA's. What am I missing? Is there another reason you are looking to unlock?
The one thing I don't know is if there a some type of a "tamper flag" that would require something like triangle away.
You don't think you could just do a fastboot oem lock?
Sorry to give you the wrong impression but I fully intend to root and also install Xposed and all that good stuff. There are a lot of things I need that require these things such as BubbleUPNP's audio cast feature, and of course the all powerful AdAway and YouTube AdAway in addition to Titanium Backup and Viper4Android etc. I normally use that stuff every day and so dealing with my last phone was like living in Android Hell. All the great hardware but software that was hopelessly mangled un-rootable and just sad for such a powerful device as the s6. Being able to have these things back is my number one reason for buying this phone so you best believe that's the very first thing I will do once it comes in lol. The only reason I am so concerned about the warranty is because I have needed it in the past for several other devices and so don't want do something that is un-doable. But from the sounds of it this will only affect me if the software causes the defect and I am fairly confident I can fix anything software related all by myself. Mostly only concerned about hardware defects and if they will still be covered that is just perfect.
And already I am feeling the difference here in this part of xda. The forums for the g920-a are like calling out into the dessert, and in no time at all you guys have address my major concerns. Thanks again
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Sorry to give you the wrong impression but I fully intend to root and also install Xposed and all that good stuff. There are a lot of things I need that require these things such as BubbleUPNP's audio cast feature, and of course the all powerful AdAway and YouTube AdAway in addition to Titanium Backup and Viper4Android etc. I normally use that stuff every day and so dealing with my last phone was like living in Android Hell. All the great hardware but software that was hopelessly mangled un-rootable and just sad for such a powerful device as the s6. Being able to have these things back is my number one reason for buying this phone so you best believe that's the very first thing I will do once it comes in lol. The only reason I am so concerned about the warranty is because I have needed it in the past for several other devices and so don't want do something that is un-doable. But from the sounds of it this will only affect me if the software causes the defect and I am fairly confident I can fix anything software related all by myself. Mostly only concerned about hardware defects and if they will still be covered that is just perfect.
And already I am feeling the difference here in this part of xda. The forums for the g920-a are like calling out into the dessert, and in no time at all you guys have address my major concerns. Thanks again
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I'd still recommend waiting at least a couple of weeks to see if Marshmallow shows up!
I'm coming to the MXPE from a OnePlus One which I have to say was one of the funnest phones I've ever owned. I wasiunlocked, rooted and flashing CM12.1 nightlies about twice a week.
I thought I would miss it, but so far so good on the MXPE without rooting. We'll have to see what happens after MM drops. I'd like to get it rooted, but I haven't done nearly the amount of modding you've done.
Good luck with your phone. I can honestly tell you it's a really nice device!
While its tempting to wait for marshmallow to show I cannot live without root any longer. I have already been without it for months because of this damn s6. I'm sure someone will upload the OTA as soon as it's available so I'll just flash it when the time comes.
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Sorry to give you the wrong impression but I fully intend to root and also install Xposed and all that good stuff. There are a lot of things I need that require these things such as BubbleUPNP's audio cast feature, and of course the all powerful AdAway and YouTube AdAway in addition to Titanium Backup and Viper4Android etc. I normally use that stuff every day and so dealing with my last phone was like living in Android Hell. All the great hardware but software that was hopelessly mangled un-rootable and just sad for such a powerful device as the s6. Being able to have these things back is my number one reason for buying this phone so you best believe that's the very first thing I will do once it comes in lol. The only reason I am so concerned about the warranty is because I have needed it in the past for several other devices and so don't want do something that is un-doable. But from the sounds of it this will only affect me if the software causes the defect and I am fairly confident I can fix anything software related all by myself. Mostly only concerned about hardware defects and if they will still be covered that is just perfect.
And already I am feeling the difference here in this part of xda. The forums for the g920-a are like calling out into the dessert, and in no time at all you guys have address my major concerns. Thanks again
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Well if you're an xposed user you should root immediately with no concern about the 6.0 OTA, since xposed doesn't work on 6.0. I'm not moving to 6.0, myself, until xposed is released for it. I use xposed modules everyday and am not giving it up, not even for doze mode.
That's kinda how I am feeling as well. I can achieve similar results to doze with the xposed app amplify with enough tweaking so its not a big deal.