[Q] New S5 owner, suggested modifications? - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I just got an S5, because screw not being able to get at the battery in the S6, and I'm looking at getting custom roms and such. Any recommendations from the community? I'm on a Canadian device, so the model is G900W8. Also, anything you would recommend I don't do?
Thanks!

ArobeeTV said:
I just got an S5, because screw not being able to get at the battery in the S6, and I'm looking at getting custom roms and such. Any recommendations from the community? I'm on a Canadian device, so the model is G900W8. Also, anything you would recommend I don't do?
Thanks!
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Welcome to the club ! I'm also a new S5 owner for 2 weeks and the first thing I would mention is that you should read around about KNOX and decide if you can have it tripped or not. If you are alright with KNOX tripped to 0x1 (like me) then your possibilities are endless! You can start with updating to stock lollipop (if not already) and flash a custom kernel like ktoonsez and enjoy better battery life, d2w and a bunch of other features. After that you're free to do pretty much anything you like, if something screws up you can just Odin back to stock 4.4 or 5.0.
If you cannot have KNOX tripped then your customizations are very limited, I think rooting is fine, but other than that not sure....

Master619 said:
Welcome to the club ! I'm also a new S5 owner for 2 weeks and the first thing I would mention is that you should read around about KNOX and decide if you can have it tripped or not. If you are alright with KNOX tripped to 0x1 (like me) then your possibilities are endless! You can start with updating to stock lollipop (if not already) and flash a custom kernel like ktoonsez and enjoy better battery life, d2w and a bunch of other features. After that you're free to do pretty much anything you like, if something screws up you can just Odin back to stock 4.4 or 5.0.
If you cannot have KNOX tripped then your customizations are very limited, I think rooting is fine, but other than that not sure....
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Yep, I have no problem with KNOX being tripped. The way I see it, the phone's waterproof, dust proof, and I have it in an Otterbox case. If I manage to break it somehow, that's all on me lol. I rooted already, and I'm looking at some custom roms right now like Omega. I'll check out that kernel you mentioned as well. Thanks.

The most important thing is to install Greenify in order to improve your battery life. I personally prefer AOSP ROMs like CM12, because Vanilla Android rocks
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[Q] Should I buy an S4

Hi all
I currently own a galaxy note N700 and am a flashaholic, keep switching between CM & Touchwizz roms.
I have the chance to upgrade to an S4 from O2 (uk), now i have read a lot on this forum but still not sure wether to go for it.
My biggest concern is about rooting, that is all i am after, just want to remove bloat and keep the rest stock, as i rather like
touchwizz. On the N700 rooting was easy with philz kernel/recovery, how easy is it on the S4?
I dont know what firmware it will come with (probably not the latest), keep reading about this Knox thing and am a bit confused.
can anyone en-lighten me as to the easiest way to root and is it safe. We had the EMMC drama on the note originally
is there any problems like that here?
cheers
jock11 said:
Hi all
I currently own a galaxy note N700 and am a flashaholic, keep switching between CM & Touchwizz roms.
I have the chance to upgrade to an S4 from O2 (uk), now i have read a lot on this forum but still not sure wether to go for it.
My biggest concern is about rooting, that is all i am after, just want to remove bloat and keep the rest stock, as i rather like
touchwizz. On the N700 rooting was easy with philz kernel/recovery, how easy is it on the S4?
I dont know what firmware it will come with (probably not the latest), keep reading about this Knox thing and am a bit confused.
can anyone en-lighten me as to the easiest way to root and is it safe. We had the EMMC drama on the note originally
is there any problems like that here?
cheers
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It's my suggestion that, if you are a flashaholic who likes CM/AOSP, you get a Qualcomm based GT-I9505 since the 9500 is Exynos based and will cripple support for CM because Samsung doesn't provide proper userspace drivers. If you can flash the Samsug device you have, you'll be right at home going to the S4. The procedures are basically the same.
Just don't update when you first use it root straight away the efuse is triggered by the update. So you will be safe.
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donalgodon said:
It's my suggestion that, if you are a flashaholic who likes CM/AOSP, you get a Qualcomm based GT-I9505 since the 9500 is Exynos based and will cripple support for CM because Samsung doesn't provide proper userspace drivers. If you can flash the Samsug device you have, you'll be right at home going to the S4. The procedures are basically the same.
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Hmmm! thats a bit worrying, cos i can only get the I9500, seems the I9505 is always out of stock on O2.
TBH i'm quite happy sticking with touchwizz, as long as i can root and debloat. I assume its just as easy to root as N7000,
flash CF Root then flash a custom recovery as long as i dont update before?
Can someone confirm before i jump in and buy one? Cos i'm also tempted by GN2 and S3.
cheers
I own a i9500, did a a cf-root and flashed wanam, now it's better battery life and much more smoth with the touchwiz.
Overall, i have a very good experience with my octa.
jock11 said:
Hmmm! thats a bit worrying, cos i can only get the I9500, seems the I9505 is always out of stock on O2.
TBH i'm quite happy sticking with touchwizz, as long as i can root and debloat. I assume its just as easy to root as N7000,
flash CF Root then flash a custom recovery as long as i dont update before?
Can someone confirm before i jump in and buy one? Cos i'm also tempted by GN2 and S3.
cheers
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Yes, it's easy.
S4 rocks man.
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[Q] What am I missing out by not flashing custom recovery / kernel (keepin knox 0x0)?

Please list what I am missing out on so hopefully that will tip me over so I finally flash a proper kernel .. =)
What cool new features do the custom kernels currently available offer? (apart from selinux permissive and getting rid of all the knox and selinux bull****)
No (easy) nandroid backup/restore and no zip flashing through a custom recovery also sucks =/...
Man Samsung why did you have to put us through this decision? One lil word that knox (warranty) can be restored / is still honored with knox 0x1 and this thing is flashed in 10 seconds....
zroice said:
Please list what I am missing out on so hopefully that will tip me over so I finally flash a proper kernel .. =)
What cool new features do the custom kernels currently available offer? (apart from selinux permissive and getting rid of all the knox and selinux bull****)
No (easy) nandroid backup/restore and no zip flashing through a custom recovery also sucks =/...
Man Samsung why did you have to put us through this decision? One lil word that knox (warranty) can be restored / is still honored with knox 0x1 and this thing is flashed in 10 seconds....
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Keeping KNOX 0x0 prevents you from flashing other ROMs, and some of the ones here on XDA beat the crap out of OEM stock ROMs. A custom recovery makes it easy to backup, change the ROM, flash ZIPs, etc. I had TWRP with Multiboot, on my Nexus 7, so I could test and play with other stuff like Ubuntu without messing with my main CM system. As for kernels, I didn't see any available last time I checked, not for this device at least, but I'm sure we'll see them soon enough.
This may not apply to you, but I asked my Sprint Store directly, will rooting affect my Total Equipment Protectjon, and not only did they say it is OK, the guy actively encouraged me to root (though that part was probably the guys personal opinion). As for Samsung, i don't know, but I'm keeping it as long as i can tolerate (end or December I'll probably crack). Hope this helps.
Why I choose custom ROMS and ROOT is because I get free hands on changing the appearance! I really hate the stock appearance of every phone (I think it's because it feels like I'm forced to use it) and I love to change every single thing of it. Of course there are a lot of different things you can do as well, I have for example installed AdAway (no more crappy advertisement all over your phone) and ES File Explorer with ROOT so I can change every file I want wherever I want.
Sorry for the cheeky reply but one would google "advantages of root" or something like it to get some answers.
Without root you are going to miss out on a huge variety of things, but if you don't use those features, will you miss them?
Food for thought.
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Yeah... think knox make me think of this is my last Samsung phone... haha... happy with root device but I don't want to lose warranty too.
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Hmm either I didnt explain myself correctly, or you guys didnt understand me fully:
I got my phone rooted with root de la vega (obviously - if there was no way around it I would just trip the knox flag - but with RDLV I can do most of the root things..)
I know what a custom recovery can do and this one is pretty big for me already since I like to mess around with system alot and would love to have easy nandroid backup.. but so far that was not enough for me to actually trip knox for having that.
So I was asking what other things some of the custom kernels and/or recoveries do offer at this point? I see there is OC/UV already with Faux kernel? And sound improvement? Guess it's time to trip that knox.. but man if tomorrow or next week someone finds a way to circumvent the knox tripping somehow, I would bite myself in the ass lol..
Just a big FU at samsung for forcing this crap on people...

[Q] Is it worth rooting the Galaxy Note 3?

Ok so I live in Canada, and I plan on buying an unlocked Galaxy Note 3 from Rogers in December. I currently have a Galaxy S3 and it is rooted no triangle on boot or anything like that, so I am happy with my GS3 for now. Is it worth rooting the Note 3 when I get it? Will a giant orange triangle appear everytime I reboot the device? I plan on waiting about a month before I root it, if I do root it. I am not to worried about my warranty as I have never had to use a warranty on a phone before.
You wont see anything other than your model number & samsung logo during booting but you'll see some sort of knox warranty void 0x1 in download mode which means your phone is using custom kernel.
Whether it's worth to root or not i think it depends on you. Myself root my phone on the first day i own it after make sure i dont need the warranty. I dont care about the knox 0x1. Just cant stand with the stock look.
Rosli59564 said:
You wont see anything other than your model number & samsung logo during booting but you'll see some sort of knox warranty void 0x1 in download mode which means your phone is using custom kernel.
Whether it's worth to root or not i think it depends on you. Myself root my phone on the first day i own it after make sure i dont need the warranty. I dont care about the knox 0x1. Just cant stand with the stock look.
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AdFree is a must for me on any phone I own, I was more worried about having a giant orange triangle on the Samsung splash screen like other devices. Or knox doing something to the phone after I rooted it.
rooting has been worthwhile for me
Titanium Backup is awesome in getting rid of the bloatware
Greenify is great in making sure apps do not stay awake
Xposed Framework is awesome in installing modules that add much functionality
-Instagram Photo Download
-Wanam Xposed
-Xposed Additions (Longpress Back to Open Recent Apps, etc)
Cheating in games with game killer can't be done without root.
And since I spent $5 of real money, and you can't transfer the credits over to my new phone, I'm going to cheat.
So if you feel like I do, and feel cheated, cheat yourself the money with game killer and get root.
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Rosli59564 said:
You wont see anything other than your model number & samsung logo during booting but you'll see some sort of knox warranty void 0x1 in download mode which means your phone is using custom kernel.
Whether it's worth to root or not i think it depends on you. Myself root my phone on the first day i own it after make sure i dont need the warranty. I dont care about the knox 0x1. Just cant stand with the stock look.
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This. I rooted and xposed my note to change the colour scheme but even if you like Everyrhing about touchwiz, it is worth it to be able to use any app in multiwindow.
Rooting
Iam just scared about the flash counter
Not rooted as I can get the look and feel using nova or apex. Rooted my SGN2 but missed some of the special samsung stuff.
May change when there is a stable 4.4 if samsung take their time. Just my 2c
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I thought there is a root method without tripping the Knox counter >> "de la Vega" and kingo. right?
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Dont use kingo its a spy app
YES IT IS WORTH
Remove bloat
-> increase free RAM
-> 1.5 times the battery time
Leave a 'Thanks' if i helped you
SM-N9005 MJ7 Knox 0x0
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Killberty said:
Dont use kingo its a spy app...
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Don't believe everything you read. It's amazing how speculation and rumors turn into "fact" in this forum...especially if it's negative.
I recommend that people do their own, in depth research and them make an educated decision.
if u r not worried about warranty
if u r not worried about warranty it is always better to root cos you get so much more options to play around with which you wouldnt have otherwise
Depends what you want to do, Do you need root? - Do you need to remove apps? - Like choosing something, it's all personal preference... If you need root then root your phone, If you can live without it and don't need it. Then don't.
I still haven't rooted mine.
rooted mine from day 1 too. Mostly for my sixaxis app, controller support for my games
OT: plus i think it is worth it; with root you can get another, better and more optimized, rom.
I still believe if you have to ask you don't need it....
ultramag69 said:
I still believe if you have to ask you don't need it....
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Agreed. I have always rooted my devices but take my time to read with each new device since they're all a bit different. I'm curious if I root with the knox free setting if I can revert fully to stock or only fake non custom status. What's the best method to use for Canadian variant of note 3?
adampollack said:
Agreed. I have always rooted my devices but take my time to read with each new device since they're all a bit different. I'm curious if I root with the knox free setting if I can revert fully to stock or only fake non custom status. What's the best method to use for Canadian variant of note 3?
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Have reverted back to fully official once stock rom was flashed. Only modified status when rooted as you can't run the fake "official" status as wanam needs root priveleges...
ultramag69 said:
Have reverted back to fully official once stock rom was flashed. Only modified status when rooted as you can't run the fake "official" status as wanam needs root priveleges...
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:good:
Just to confirm, I can use Root de la Vega and enjoy all the benefits of rooting without tripping KNOX, but can still reflash (via odin?) the stock rom and be back to factory/warranty settings with STOCK STATUS? That's all I'm interested in at this point, no custom roms or recoveries.
Thanks again for your help! I am just extra cautious :fingers-crossed:
adampollack said:
:good:
Just to confirm, I can use Root de la Vega and enjoy all the benefits of rooting without tripping KNOX, but can still reflash (via odin?) the stock rom and be back to factory/warranty settings with STOCK STATUS? That's all I'm interested in at this point, no custom roms or recoveries.
Thanks again for your help! I am just extra cautious :fingers-crossed:
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yes you just have to unroot using the supersu itself, then flash your stock rom with odin, factory reset. everything will be stock new. even status will revert from custom to official.

To root or not to root the s5?

Hey guys I'm pondering whether or not to root my s5 and I have yet to find THE reason. I'd appreciate it if you took a second to write down if you rooted or not. The pros and cons pertaining the the s5. So far there's only a handfull of roms available, a far cry from the previous, galaxy s forums.
IMO Xposed framework would be the only valid reason but then again is it worth tripping the knox counter and voiding our warranty?
What do you think?
I'm curious to know this also, unless some way is ever discovered to root without tripping Knox, or somehow reset Knox.
The one thing I'd love to do is enable more apps in multi-window. Does anyone know an easy way to do that without root?
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Hi,
I had my device rooted a couple days ago and I could'n be happier. I flashed a custom light ROM and IO have an amazing battery life now. I could last up to 24 hours with 7 hours screen on.
On more thing, you could experience more Android OS when you have your device rooted.
So what is the reason for not rooting your device?
Void warranty, that's really all.
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I'm still unsure if knox is tripped on rooting or if it's when a kernel/rom is flashed. I'd be happy to run a rooted stock rom for adblock and a few other apps that need root.
Very hesitant to lose the warranty on this even though I've beta tested and flashed hundreds of times in the past with other phones and never really worried about warranty as they were pretty much all used handsets.
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Prof Peach said:
I'm still unsure if knox is tripped on rooting or if it's when a kernel/rom is flashed. I'd be happy to run a rooted stock rom for adblock and a few other apps that need root.
Very hesitant to lose the warranty on this even though I've beta tested and flashed hundreds of times in the past with other phones and never really worried about warranty as they were pretty much all used handsets.
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You know that's a good question because I remember being asked a question when I rooted my first s5 about knox. Maybe someone else could answer that one.
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mrnovanova said:
You know that's a good question because I remember being asked a question when I rooted my first s5 about knox. Maybe someone else could answer that one.
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The best way to root, is to remove knox completely if possible, its a stupid POS spyware app, that eats battery and has no purpose for the end user on the Galaxy S5. There is an app called Triangle away or something of the similar sort that can "trick" the phone into appearing that it has not been tampered with if you need to do a warranty.
I am not sure about your specific model, but if the bootloader is unlocked, why dont you flash AllianceROM, or one of the others which by default has knox removed, and root.
solrazr said:
The best way to root, is to remove knox completely if possible, its a stupid POS spyware app, that eats battery and has no purpose for the end user on the Galaxy S5. There is an app called Triangle away or something of the similar sort that can "trick" the phone into appearing that it has not been tampered with if you need to do a warranty.
I am not sure about your specific model, but if the bootloader is unlocked, why dont you flash AllianceROM, or one of the others which by default has knox removed, and root.
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Yeah, good point. Triangle away doesn't reset the knox counter not yet anyway. The thing is I have nothing against knox I appreciate the extra level of security I like the private mode and I like the fact that I can stop the phone from being rooted or reset should it fall into the wrong hands. That's a plus in my book. Furthermore none of the ROMs out that this moment make me wanna root I find that samsung has come a long way since my s2 customization wise. The phone is awesome out of the box IMHO.
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mrnovanova said:
Hey guys I'm pondering whether or not to root my s5 and I have yet to find THE reason. I'd appreciate it if you took a second to write down if you rooted or not. The pros and cons pertaining the the s5. So far there's only a handfull of roms available, a far cry from the previous, galaxy s forums.
IMO Xposed framework would be the only valid reason but then again is it worth tripping the knox counter and voiding our warranty?
What do you think?
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Hi! Some other opinions can be found in his thread (also my answer): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2724257
Cheers!
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zeldavn said:
Hi,
I had my device rooted a couple days ago and I could'n be happier. I flashed a custom light ROM and IO have an amazing battery life now. I could last up to 24 hours with 7 hours screen on.
On more thing, you could experience more Android OS when you have your device rooted.
So what is the reason for not rooting your device?
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Rooting the device might prevent some native apps from functioning such as allshare, screen cast etc...
Root is so good! believe me.:laugh:
hfs1314 said:
Root is so good! believe me.:laugh:
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Lol. I know. I'm actually convinced now. Screw the warranty LOL...:silly:
As long as you know what you're doing and you're voiding the phone's 1 year waranty with it. Think before you do it because it could never be undone (KNOX 0x1).
I'm leaving my S5 unrooted.
Root! No root, no fun!
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I think as of right now there is no good reason to root the S5....none of the current ROMs are worth breaking the warranty for and we aren't lagging behind the android OS versions that we want urgently catch up to. My advice would be to wait until more advanced rooting methods come around that bypass the knox tripping or until CM, AOKP, AOSP etc ROMS start rolling out or if we get a couple of Android OS versions behind, whichever comes first
mrnovanova said:
Hey guys I'm pondering whether or not to root my s5 and I have yet to find THE reason. I'd appreciate it if you took a second to write down if you rooted or not. The pros and cons pertaining the the s5. So far there's only a handfull of roms available, a far cry from the previous, galaxy s forums.
IMO Xposed framework would be the only valid reason but then again is it worth tripping the knox counter and voiding our warranty?
What do you think?
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today i ended up rooting because i was going criminally insane not having root, but i ran into a problem where the play store got deleted so i had to go a bit further and flash a new rom. ive had root on every android i have had besides the htc my touch. the features you get with root are so wonderful apps like adaway (most useful app in the history of apps), xposed installer, root browser, and many more that i cant think of yet are so useful that i couldnt live without them any longer. plus you can flash different roms if you love the s5 but hate touchwiz there is a rom for that. you have cm11 aokp crdroid paranoid and aosp to give you a stock experience. true at the moment you can not reset knox and if that is an issue for you then dont root. or.... dunk your phone in water without the cover on lol just kidding i do not recommend doing that. the choice is yours though i know others and i love having root and cant live without it. but there are just as many people who love root but dont want to trip knox. for me i ended up rooting because i found out my carrier does not check if the device is modified or not when you trade in so i just said screw it.take all counts into consideration is root something you need or do you not need some of the features you get with root. simple question is are you a hardcore user or basic user?
IMO, if not rooted, ROMed etc, why come to XDA Developers website, you know what I mean?
I do it first day on all devices, have'nt bricked one yet :silly: not!
I love to tweak the hell out of the device, rid it of bloat, block adds, not to mention the advantages of more regular updates and fixes.
Also if using custom ROM you're getting a ROM that has had many man/team hours spent on it rather than a ROM developed for a commercial mass production, theres a comment above that states "no ROM is worthy of flashing on S5 yet" well I'd like to ask you, how the hell do you know if you have'nt flashed anything yet?
I root my S5 first day and I didn't face any problem with Knox Can someone explain to me why Knox is problem ?
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Mohannad-K said:
I root my S5 first day and I didn't face any problem with Knox Can someone explain to me why Knox is problem ?
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Triggering knox will void your warranty without possibility to undo it.
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There are also certain features that may not function after tripping Knox. Additionally most companies won't let you BYOD after Knox trips. Unless they "forget" to check
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Questions about Knox flags, Samsung S Pay, and 5.1+ ROMs...

I'm hoping that someone in-the-know will have the answers I seek...
To start, I'm not a 100% n00b. I haven't posted a lot on here, but I've been flashing and tweaking on a number of phones, over the last 10+ years. I've been messing around with computers for over the last 25+... (Glory days of MS-DOS 3.1! w00t!) I'm just being paranoid-cautious about things, since I'm a cheap-ass and don't want to perma-wreck my phone.
I know there are TWO Knox flags (warranty and the other which shows up in Download Mode). I don't give a crap about the warranty one, as I haven't found anything which I think actually hinders Knox functionality for the phone itself.
I know that a lot of folks have no problem tripping Knox, however, since POS (point-of-sale) terminals are becoming more NFC friendly, in my area, I'm rather cheezed by the fact that (as an original ISIS/SoftPay user) VZW/Sammy pulled our ability to use those spiffy NFC pay services. I don't care to go into why, but I don't care too much for Google and have no real interest in the Google Wallet app.
I was momentarily excited when I found leaked versions of the S Pay app, however, their minimum API were slated as requiring a minimum of LP 5.1 and, at the time, the SM-N900V was stuck on 5.0...
Seeing as how we all now have unlocked bootloaders and Dev phones (myself included), is it possible to flash custom ROMs WITHOUT tripping the Knox fuse? I would like to flash an LP 5.1 OR MM 6.0 ROM and see if I can load a ported/leaked version of S Pay to fiddle with...
If flashing anything other than a stock ROM/kernel trips Knox, is there a way to retain Knox, but spoof it against the (non-warranty) blown fuse? I would think/hope there's something like the RootCloak Xposed module that could possibly do this...?
Ideas anyone...? Does anyone out there actually *USE* S Pay nowadays? Is it even worth it? If not, are there any Android alternatives, apart from Google Wallet? Has anyone tried any of the LP 5.1 or MM 6.0 ROMs and report whether or not it tripped their Knox status?
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NeoHiPPy1980 said:
I'm hoping that someone in-the-know will have the answers I seek...
To start, I'm not a 100% n00b. I haven't posted a lot on here, but I've been flashing and tweaking on a number of phones, over the last 10+ years. I've been messing around with computers for over the last 25+... (Glory days of MS-DOS 3.1! w00t!) I'm just being paranoid-cautious about things, since I'm a cheap-ass and don't want to perma-wreck my phone.
I know there are TWO Knox flags (warranty and the other which shows up in Download Mode). I don't give a crap about the warranty one, as I haven't found anything which I think actually hinders Knox functionality for the phone itself.
I know that a lot of folks have no problem tripping Knox, however, since POS (point-of-sale) terminals are becoming more NFC friendly, in my area, I'm rather cheezed by the fact that (as an original ISIS/SoftPay user) VZW/Sammy pulled our ability to use those spiffy NFC pay services. I don't care to go into why, but I don't care too much for Google and have no real interest in the Google Wallet app.
I was momentarily excited when I found leaked versions of the S Pay app, however, their minimum API were slated as requiring a minimum of LP 5.1 and, at the time, the SM-N900V was stuck on 5.0...
Seeing as how we all now have unlocked bootloaders and Dev phones (myself included), is it possible to flash custom ROMs WITHOUT tripping the Knox fuse? I would like to flash an LP 5.1 OR MM 6.0 ROM and see if I can load a ported/leaked version of S Pay to fiddle with...
If flashing anything other than a stock ROM/kernel trips Knox, is there a way to retain Knox, but spoof it against the (non-warranty) blown fuse? I would think/hope there's something like the RootCloak Xposed module that could possibly do this...?
Ideas anyone...? Does anyone out there actually *USE* S Pay nowadays? Is it even worth it? If not, are there any Android alternatives, apart from Google Wallet? Has anyone tried any of the LP 5.1 or MM 6.0 ROMs and report whether or not it tripped their Knox status?
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I am using Jasmine 6.1 with lean kernel and my knox flag is still 0x0.
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donc113 said:
I am using Jasmine 6.1 with lean kernel and my knox flag is still 0x0.
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As am I, although I'm not running the lean kernel. (Since it never tripped your Knox fuse, I may look into that kernel!) As for Jasmine 6.1, unless it's updated over the past week, it runs OFF the LP 5.0 official ROM, only with a slew of tweaks. (The Jasmine versioning scheme isn't the same as the Android versioning scheme.) Thanks for your input, nonetheless!
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Google wallet will be no more soon.
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Google wallet will be no more soon.
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For what it's worth, I wasn't interested in Google Wallet anyway! [emoji23] However, I do know that a bunch of local (to me) stores are accepting NFC payments and I've always wanted to give Samsung S Pay a go... I just need to know if there are 5.1 or 6.0 ROMs that won't trip Knox, in order to test the leaked APKs I have.
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