Ok, so I have been in search of a program to customize my status bar on my Rooted Note 3, but unfortunately it seems my searches keep coming back to the need to download Xposed Framework. This Xposed Framework screwed up my Note 3, when I went to use it to blur out my notification screen app. I had to un-root, and flash the original firmware, and let me say, it was a two day process to get everything back, and I tried to use my backup, with no success. So, is there a way to customize the status bar without using Xposed Framework?
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Are you sure you didn't modify anything else? Everything xposed can be undone by disabling modules or in the case of a boot loop you can flash the disable xposed zip in recovery. Once disabled it has no residual effects and you should be able to troubleshoot from there. But keep in mind some modules (gravity box) can be used with touch wiz based roms but not everything is supported
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Are you sure you didn't modify anything else? Everything xposed can be undone by disabling modules or in the case of a boot loop you can flash the disable xposed zip in recovery. Once disabled it has no residual effects and you should be able to troubleshoot from there. But keep in mind some modules (gravity box) can be used with touch wiz based roms but not everything is supported
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I didn't modify anything, I just rooted and left it at that. My intent was to get rid of all those programs that came permanently installed on my Note 3, and to rid of them by using Titanium Backup. I am willing try it again, this time I am prepared.
The only thing I can think of is that you removed something and it didn't cause a problem until you rebooted. You should probably only do one thing at a time. Remove bloatware and reboot and make sure it's stable and after you have that settled then start customizing
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I never gave it any thought, that I may have deleted a program that played an integral part to the proper functioning of my Note 3. So, therefore I must take what I am doing one step at a time as you suggested czach5932. This was very good sound advise. I am done with my chores of getting rid of the programs I don't want, and the phone is functioning flawlessly, so now I am off to tackle Xposed Framework. Thank you.
AM
That's half the fun. Just always have a backup so when you do mess up just restore and try again.
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Hey, I've done a full wipe as well as return to stock, then proceed to install jwr66y from scratch, after installing i proceeded installing twrp and superuser, everything seems to run fine with root and all. The only thing which has been bothering me is that some apps are displaying force close error immediatly after starting them. Examples are Adaway, Adfree and Yelp.
Anyone knows what's going on there?
Same thing with me, some apps just crash immediately. I'm glad I made a backup before I installed. I installed the ota through a zip to preserve root/custom recovery and also just installing it normally. Same thing happens with crashes.
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CCDillon said:
Same thing with me, some apps just crash immediately. I'm glad I made a backup before I installed. I installed the ota through a zip to preserve root/custom recovery and also just installing it normally. Same thing happens with crashes.
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Yeah i also installed though a Zip which was supposed to be vanilla with added busybox and root.
I had my nexus 7 running so i was backing up from there which fixed the problem. However i am really wondering why apps which were downloaded straight from google play messed around.
I hope they won't mess around later.
I was completely stock and the same thing happened to me. I had to erase recovery, data and boot loader through fastboot and then reinstall everything new from the factory image on Google's site.
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Oh wow. I had to do that with the initial 4.3 release. Don't think I'll do it for such a minor update unless I have a lot of free time. Though, the software update notification is in the way most of the time.. In surprised this isn't affecting more devices.
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Having root now, is it possible to remove/change/delete the verizon boot logo? Its bright and overall annoying. Plus, any less VZW branding on my phone the better.
Or is that something that will require a custom recovery?
Xposed Framework -> Xblast Tools module -> Build.prop Tweaks section
i wouldnt attempt anything until i could make a nandroid
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i wouldnt attempt anything until i could make a nandroid
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Ya, this is holding me back from removing "custom" in the phone and the unlock screen on startup as well.
I don't really like messing with things that deep without a backup.
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Ya, this is holding me back from removing "custom" in the phone and the unlock screen on startup as well.
I don't really like messing with things that deep without a backup.
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i agree i messed with and somehow got all apps in mw using xposed but that was deep enough for me right now!
I changed my custom to official with no issues ....using wanam
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i agree i messed with and somehow got all apps in mw using xposed but that was deep enough for me right now!
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I was able to used Xposed Framework to get rid of the Custom Logo just fine. Try it, I dont think you will have any issues (Although it did take me a few tries to get it to work)
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I was able to used Xposed Framework to get rid of the Custom Logo just fine. Try it, I dont think you will have any issues (Although it did take me a few tries to get it to work)
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I don't want to risk anything lol
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blap017 said:
I changed my custom to official with no issues ....using wanam
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I don't see this anywhere in Wanam.
Lightyear25 said:
I was able to used Xposed Framework to get rid of the Custom Logo just fine. Try it, I dont think you will have any issues (Although it did take me a few tries to get it to work)
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Details please.
The officiate status change is under security hacks. .. fake system status.
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Edit. The lock symbol showed at boot up the first reboot. But never after. Done a few today.
Legato Bluesummers said:
The officiate status change is under security hacks. .. fake system status.
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Edit. The lock symbol showed at boot up the first reboot. But never after. Done a few today.
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I was looking for a way to remove the VZW boot animation, thanks though.
Easy guide for getting rid of the CUSTOM logo and symbol at boot.
First, you have to install Xposed Framework, this is just an APK that you download from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401
Once you install the APK, simply head to the Google Play store and download the Wanam Module at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.xposed&hl=en
Once Wanam is installed, go into Xposed, and put a check on the module "Wanam" then go into Wanam and then go Security Hacks - Fake System Status.
Note: It took me rebooting a few times and toggling it on and off to get it to work, but was worth it, that logo was U G L Y.
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Easy guide for getting rid of the CUSTOM logo and symbol at boot.
First, you have to install Xposed Framework, this is just an APK that you download from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401
Once you install the APK, simply head to the Google Play store and download the Wanam Module at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ma.wanam.xposed&hl=en
Once Wanam is installed, go into Xposed, and put a check on the module "Wanam" then go into Wanam and then go Security Hacks - Fake System Status.
Note: It took me rebooting a few times and toggling it on and off to get it to work, but was worth it, that logo was U G L Y.
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Not being able to make a backup still bothers me. But this Verizon logo and the unlock boot screen are starting to annoy me. Has anyone who has modified either of these had any issues or complications yet? That may reassure me a bit.
No issues that I've seen. Did it 6 am this morning. Haven't had a problem all day. Done a few more reboots when I tweaked more stuff. Still running great.
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Guys why don't you just apply the boot animation manually? Here is how:
1. Download your boot animation and extract it if it's 7zipped up, you will have 2 files in .qmg file format
2. Use a root browser on your phone to navigate to /system/media
3. Rename bootsamsung.qmg to .bak and also bootsamsungloop.qmg to .bak(so you can revert rather than just deleting them)
4. Ensure that your custom boot animation is named bootsamsung.qmg and bootsamsungloop.qmg and copy them to /system/media
5. Reboot and it should work!
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Every time I try to enable the soft keys, whether it's through an app through the Play Store, manually editing my build.prop, or enabling it through the ROM I use (Bean's ROM), when I reboot, my System UI just continually crashes and I either have to factory reset, or restore a backup.
Does the Note 3 even have the capability to use Soft Keys?
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Every time I try to enable the soft keys, whether it's through an app through the Play Store, manually editing my build.prop, or enabling it through the ROM I use (Bean's ROM), when I reboot, my System UI just continually crashes and I either have to factory reset, or restore a backup.
Does the Note 3 even have the capability to use Soft Keys?
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What ROM are you on? There's scripts to enable the navbar within Hyperdrive and Jellybeans. On stock and Eclipse that I use that don't have this script, I use an Xposed MOD called GravityBox to enable it. Really straightforward if you know Xposed, give it a go and let us know
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What ROM are you on? There's scripts to enable the navbar within Hyperdrive and Jellybeans. On stock and Eclipse that I use that don't have this script, I use an Xposed MOD called GravityBox to enable it. Really straightforward if you know Xposed, give it a go and let us know
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Gravity Box works on stock?
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Gravity Box works on stock?
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I haven't tried since previous releases but I don't see why it wouldn't, you just need to be rooted. Give it a go, worst that can happen is it won't work....and in really bad situation if stock ROM doesn't boot, just flash xposed disabler from root of your internal SD card from within safestrap/TWRP recovery
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Every time I try to enable the soft keys, whether it's through an app through the Play Store, manually editing my build.prop, or enabling it through the ROM I use (Bean's ROM), when I reboot, my System UI just continually crashes and I either have to factory reset, or restore a backup.
Does the Note 3 even have the capability to use Soft Keys?
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I suspect the navbar has to be coded for somewhere in the ROM because using the exact same methods to enable it works on some ROMsbut crashes others.
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Hi all. Tried searching for this for a long time now with no luck. Can you imagine how many posts there are with those words in them? Ugh!!
First of all, random reboots. My s4 will reboot as stated...randomly. No rhyme or reason to it. It can just be laying there idle and out of nowhere...REBOOT. I'm on 4.3 mk2 if that helps.
Now the soft reboot. Or hot boot as I've also seen it called. Specifically related to xposed and associated modules. Or in my case, ALL modules. If I do a soft reboot everything runs perfectly. No problem at all. But a full reboot? Nothing xposed related runs. Not framework or modules. Of course the framework has to run for the modules to work. Is this normal? Does xposed only run after a soft reboot? From my searches on the net I'm inclined to say no. But I don't know for sure.
So there you go. Thanks for any help you can give me.
Soft reboot is no longer an issue. But the randoms are. Any ideas or help would be appreciated.
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Soft reboot is no longer an issue. But the randoms are. Any ideas or help would be appreciated.
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Xposed is always running. Are you just rooted or on a custom SafeStrap rom. Has it done this before Xposed, or when did it start? Before/After rooting.
I would:
1. Uninstall/Delete Xposed and all Modules and see what happens. Do reboot clearing all caches if your recovery supports that.
2. Reinstall Xposed fresh thru the apk, and add one Module at a time. Wait and see for a day or two on that one Module.
3. On mk2 you can't change kernels anyway. AFAIK, since new things keep coming out with SafeStrap etc. And I don't keep up.
4. Could always be Hardware--
5. Could Odin back to stock and start over. BackUp Cards first. Or even try reformatting cards.
Just throwing out options--:good:
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Thanks for the info rugmankc!! A good bunch of suggestions for me to try. To answer your questions, My phone is rooted stock with safestrap. No custom rom. I rooted my phone within days of having it so no way for me to remember if it randomly rebooted before root. Same with xposed. Can't remember when I put it on there to know if it did it before. But my issues with xposed modules and soft booting have been solved. It's just the random reboots giving me a headache. But I'll give your ideas a go and see what happens.
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Thanks for the info rugmankc!! A good bunch of suggestions for me to try. To answer your questions, My phone is rooted stock with safestrap. No custom rom. I rooted my phone within days of having it so no way for me to remember if it randomly rebooted before root. Same with xposed. Can't remember when I put it on there to know if it did it before. But my issues with xposed modules and soft booting have been solved. It's just the random reboots giving me a headache. But I'll give your ideas a go and see what happens.
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Good Luck--
I have a Verizon Galaxy S5. I've always been afraid to root, but I hate TouchWiz and bloatware so much that I had to try. I'm regretting it.
I just used towelroot and tried to install SuperSU, Titanium Backup, and Wanam Xposed. I tried to research as much as I could, but it's still all new to me.
I first tried to install SuperSU. I wasn't totally sure what to do when it said "Try to disable KNOX? - Cancel or OK".
Someone suggested that I tap OK and disable KNOX. The screen has said "Disabling KNOX..." with a spinning circle thing for at least 5 minutes now. After 10+ minutes of waiting, I closed SuperSU. I downloaded Superuser to try it instead (per someone's suggestion). I tapped it and it immediately opened. It didn't ask about installing or anything. I thought it would need to replace the su binary. It feels like I have a messed up mix of half-installed root software.
Now I just want to undo all this and go back to an unrooted phone. Can anyone help me do that?
Odin back to stock
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I have a Verizon Galaxy S5. I've always been afraid to root, but I hate TouchWiz and bloatware so much that I had to try. I'm regretting it.
I just used towelroot and tried to install SuperSU, Titanium Backup, and Wanam Xposed. I tried to research as much as I could, but it's still all new to me.
I first tried to install SuperSU. I wasn't totally sure what to do when it said "Try to disable KNOX? - Cancel or OK".
Someone suggested that I tap OK and disable KNOX. The screen has said "Disabling KNOX..." with a spinning circle thing for at least 5 minutes now. After 10+ minutes of waiting, I closed SuperSU. I downloaded Superuser to try it instead (per someone's suggestion). I tapped it and it immediately opened. It didn't ask about installing or anything. I thought it would need to replace the su binary. It feels like I have a messed up mix of half-installed root software.
Now I just want to undo all this and go back to an unrooted phone. Can anyone help me do that?
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You can Odin back to stock as mentioned, instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784880 - That is something I ran into also, if you just reboot and reopen the SuperSU app it will ask again to disable KNOX and it takes seconds to complete. I'd try that first, unistall the other SU app you tried. You can also unroot using SuperSU once its installed right.
Before Wanam you did install the Xposed framework I'm sure right?
You just need to reboot. It did the same thing to me. Like Floyd says it takes like a second to complete after that.
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That is something I ran into also, if you just reboot and reopen the SuperSU app it will ask again to disable KNOX and it takes seconds to complete. I'd try that first, unistall the other SU app you tried.
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I eventually opened SuperSU again and it recognized the other superuser. It asked if I wanted to uninstall the other superuser, so I did. At least I'm down to only SuperSU now, and it seems to be doing what it's supposed to.
I'm still trying to figure out whether I can even use a custom recovery on my Verizon S5 at all. I don't want to do that until it is known to be pretty stable. So, would I even want to disable KNOX?
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Before Wanam you did install the Xposed framework I'm sure right?
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I haven't opened Wanam Xposed. I'm not sure what the Xposed framework is. Is there a set of step-by-step instructions anywhere? It's really disappointing how difficult it has been for me to find solid info. I'm not trying to do anything crazy, I just want to disable as much TouchWiz and bloat as possible.
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I eventually opened SuperSU again and it recognized the other superuser. It asked if I wanted to uninstall the other superuser, so I did. At least I'm down to only SuperSU now, and it seems to be doing what it's supposed to.
I'm still trying to figure out whether I can even use a custom recovery on my Verizon S5 at all. I don't want to do that until it is known to be pretty stable. So, would I even want to disable KNOX?
I haven't opened Wanam Xposed. I'm not sure what the Xposed framework is. Is there a set of step-by-step instructions anywhere? It's really disappointing how difficult it has been for me to find solid info. I'm not trying to do anything crazy, I just want to disable as much TouchWiz and bloat as possible.
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My best advice for you is to watch videos on YouTube on how to use xsposed installer and also how to use the Titanium backup app to freeze apps you don't want. It would take a long time for someone to post a step by step. All info can be watched on YouTube then if you have questions go ahead and ask.
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All info can be watched on YouTube then if you have questions go ahead and ask.
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I watched a few YouTube videos. At this link, the first step is to create a nandroid backup. When I looked up nandroid, it says it needs a custom ROM in order to restore the backup. I thought the point of Xposed was to not need a custom ROM?
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I watched a few YouTube videos. At this link, the first step is to create a nandroid backup. When I looked up nandroid, it says it needs a custom ROM in order to restore the backup. I thought the point of Xposed was to not need a custom ROM?
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Have you watched the following video? It explains how to use SS and also how to make a nandroid backup of your rooted stock rom. Watch "Verizon Galaxy S5 Safe Strap Recovery Install and Overview" on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d-cPtK-CR8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Have you watched the following video? It explains how to use SS and also how to make a nandroid backup of your rooted stock rom. Watch "Verizon Galaxy S5 Safe Strap Recovery Install and Overview" on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d-cPtK-CR8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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That was a good video. I didn't hear him mention "nandroid". I am guessing that by using a new slot and not touching the stock rom slot anymore, that the stock rom slot is considered a nandroid backup, or at least the equivalent.