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[App] [Root] [TiBu] [GDrive] KingRoot,Sync User apps, app data & SD to GDrive-SU6/7

[App] [Root] [TiBu] [GDrive] KingRoot,Sync User apps, app data & SD to GDrive-SU6/7
Update
MoFo roots our phone... Hmmm maybe not
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61751761&postcount=676
The newest KingRoot v4.5 (md5 c00) -works at least as well as the older (5c4) attached.
But not until you try it once, softboot fails, reboot, unistall, reboot twice, start over.
No need to mess with King User.
Steps to temporary root our Droid using KingRoot. Write Protection is not touched. This root is enough to use Titanium free alone or add AutoSync ($6) to sync these user apps & their data to Gdrive, as well as all SD.
Getting them off SD & back is nice as our data reset wipes SD too.
Xposed modules that last well (3 days or more) are Gravitybox, native clipboard, statusbar volume, notification count, nosafevolumewarning, disable fullscreenkeyboard and others I am sure.
Update I usually get a KingUser notification when it has lossed root completely (there are various stages). This time about 18 hours in. Then I know not to softboot as it will crash. I just continue driving...
AdAway v3 will not stick long. Edit, doesn't keep up with Xposed!
Gravity Box does keep up.
AutoDim This works well enough
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61390757&postcount=234
This dimmer option fixes the now default in call screen dim BS on su 6-7. But it is a battery hog as I use it with root. I have given it up.
Adguard premium works.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/and...ad-blocker-doesnt-require-root-t2958895/page3 but root I think, is not needed. Just the vpn works to block 4g & wifi!!!
But breaks root & xposed or somthing in Xposed breaks it...
I am going to Solid Explorer only and dropping RE. I think it creates problems but not sure. You could use ES as well.
Update: The previous KingRoot-4.1.0.249-release-nolog-201505211812_105241.apk
Md5: (5c4)5a4ebb7a94305f732fa898be0b57d
Is the latest one that works at all. See attached.
Do not bother with the lastest from the main thread. It does root after a double reboot but only to result in many FCs upon softboot.
But do go there for liability, that is on you, about your phone.
It also has a bug where it corrupts its own data & its data cannot be cleared.
I am on su6-7.2
Here are my disabled bloat apps. It my make this rooting easier.
WORKAROUND FIX:
Use if:
You cannot clear settings / apps / KingRoot / data.
Or KR will not install after a reboot.
Or it stalls out-blank screen.
1) Uninstall KR, install the attached install.when.KR.stops.apk, my rename of kingroot_3.4.1.apk
From http://androidxda.com/download-kingroot-application
If it will not install, reboot.
2) clear its data.
3) install the latest (.5c4.) again.
This KingRoot has crashed my data TWICE now, this time it is not exactly a crash but corrupted to the point where I cannot install KR at all without wiping all data. Get root with CrashXXL's method below.
The GDrive / AutoSync /Backup portions are good. I will clean up eventually.
The following works to provide root for a about 12 min of root writing OR about 1 hr of root reading. These limits are worst case. I have experienced longer (yet Gravity box & other modules last until you reboot) :
Do not allow KU to install automatically!!!
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Install Xposed app ---> Go Xposed module summary on XDA
Go settings / security to uncheck verify apps.
Go app drawer / Google settings (gear). Uncheck both verify boxes.
Install KingRoot liability for all consequences are Yours. Goto 2.
Must reboot before the next step -- Or have Xposed set up & are returning from a hardboot--you may have to do the loop once have root rights not be granted in spite of the green check, then do the loop again and it works. Go Figure!
(Updated steps)
Reboot.
1) Uninstall KR & KU present. (OR just clear data for KR & skip the uninstall/ install)
Reboot & go back, if not uninstalled to (1)
2) Install (or just run ) KR, get root.
Open Ti to ckeck for root access.
Install & open (do not skip this) KU 4.05 quickly,
App info shown is after the next softboot, not done yet.
Run exposed, make mods to modules ( all changes are cumulative, you do nothing if your last root run was as you like it)
(My current strategy is to leave new modules unchecked then check & troubleshoot them, after the ONE TIME (next step) install/update, using softboot only. Rather, check one then softboot.)
3) Framework, Install/update (classical),
Cancel reboot.
Run, get root rights & configure: run your restore app now (backup ability last much longer), or any other root app (now is your only opportunity!)
Cancel any reboots
Soft reboot, from Xposed is fine as it has root rights already.
Note: your softboot ability can last for many hours, including checking or unchecking modules. Once it fails the softboot is cleared by holding power for 5 sec.
Go BackUp options
[ Optional, not needed for backup or Xposed. Of what use for 1 hr? ]
[ I used Root Explorer to:
Extract busybox from busybox.zip. see atached
Put "busybox" in /system/xbin. I changed perms to 755 or rwxr-xr-x.
Using terminal: type "su" to get the # prompt. (Do not include quotes)
Then type: "busybox --install /system/xbin". ]
Other methods or workarounds
The following help trim the previous steps.
@teerout may have a step added to my process to keep root longer.
I always loose root after 1 to 3 hr w/o hard or w/soft rebooting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-ultra/general/xposed-installed-t3127185
Take the other-hard but permanent root path
http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-ultra/general/droid-mini-maxx-ultra-root-pogress-100-t3071609
Notes:
New WIP...
BTW many xposed ui modules stick, once you launch/setup & etc, for the duration of your run. Root (new not previously granted-remembered) granting by KU, and any system writing is gone ~ 1 hr. Softboot can last many hrs if root ( granted via xposed -- yes but) is granted early. But the most of the modules function well after softboot stops-- even if xposed update only has one green icon, no matter, that is unill you hardboot--weeks...?
So once you have to hardboot xposed data is saved just as a user app + data. All can be backed up & restored by Titanium
Coming... List of modules that do function long...
If not checked it means I have not used it yet.
This actually prevented success.
Tip: bog the processor http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61224886&postcount=701
If the timer lingers much beyond 27 to 30% it usually spells failure
Edit, update. Writing permissions & su granting of app root rights stick for about 12 min at times but can last much longer. Afterwhich both kingroot & kinguser are silent for much longer about root read rights being lossed.
Edit up to nearly an hour for TiBU user app restore....
WARNING do not perform a large TiBU restore (or any other root write operation) lasting longer than 10 min would surely fail
And possibly brick you? - unlikely as WP is on, just don't choose any system app backup or restores in TiBU, yet if a data app restore fails then a safeboot may allow you to recover.
The root button in kinguser never worked for me. I tried it many times.
Both apps have exlpoit buttons when root is not present.
Once I get the failure face in kingroot you must reboot to get root again.
KR gives up and offers no root button after several roots, go settings/app & clear its data.
KingRoot link, Turbo
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60662112&postcount=1
Caution to the wind?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60727651&postcount=34
Advise from Turbo, which did not help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60715868&postcount=18
Xda main thread, go here for the latest kingroot app which includes kinguser. My attached is only for backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60709899&postcount=1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61036928&postcount=557
I just want TiBU to work.
Helium should work too. WIP.

Use of this limited root for data app backup and restore / no use for system apps
Update Ti or He :
Both web servers work.
Both cloud features may work if your on 4g or fast wifi. But GD uploading is slow no matter what
Use Drive AutoSync & ignore the following.
Path issues with Ti: Seems copying from emulated to legacy is not allow w/o root.
Not sure what the final solution is but here is what you don't want to do:
Move the bu folder from windows 7 to the phone.
Run Ti. IT finds no folder (cause it is in /storage/emulated/0/ but it will use nothing that is not in /storage/emulated/legacy/)
and creates its own.
You point it to your folder and it says: copy 408 files to "its" folder?
Your folder disappears and its is empty.
Temporary solution: use He.
More
I am sure (edit now) Ti cannot even be used w/ GdriveSync. There were duplication of directories--maybe caused by the path issues.
Use OTG only as a backup destination. TiBU needs the source to be on SD (emulated/legacy only) for our case here.
I just ran TiBU for 45 min, backing up all data apps to my OTG drive. The root rights to read last much longer, once the app gets rights, than the ~12 min write rights. Yet a single restore would fit too. Just verified TiBU restore abilities of data/user apps for 10 min.
I did another backup/restore session after I flashed (RSD) back to fix a corruption. All my apps took 45 minutes to restore. It was a nightmare using AFT, it cannot keep track of changed folder names. So much for the next warning.
I need to edit this now.
WARNING do not perform a large TiBU restore (or any other root write operation) lasting longer than 10 min would surely fail
And possibly brick you? - unlikely as WP is on, just don't choose any system app backup or restores in TiBU, yet if a data app restore fails then a safeboot may allow you to recover
UPdate you are in doo doo with AFT, it just will not recognize folders you make for TB. Time to get that (find) charging OTG adapter!!!!
Time for a VM app to run windows 7 on my Mac.
BTW always choose to backup all user apps ONLY. If you get system data in your folder TB may mess up and you will need to reset the phone.
Do not navigate away from the Ti screen during the backup operations as app root rights cease after about 12 min. Reboot and get fresh root access for a restore, but I think app rights and write rights are the same, about 12 min.
No need to bother with busybox for TiBU or much else but BB does work for the read period too.
For restoring all your data apps choose the batch scenario: all apps w/data and be sure to check exclude system apps.
I am so disappointed that OTG backups go well while restores bomb out. You must get the TB folder to your SD to run a large restore. GOBackup to OTG bombs out too WIP...
The following may be addressed if you let Ti create the folder then rename it as you like also Solid Explorer handles files better than Root Explorer. With AutoSync you do not have to mess with the finicky legacy folder.
Also pointing TB to the needed folder is a pain, the detection never works for me.
When you reset the phone, and you will have to move all the apps to SD with AFT (AFT, the other way to get files to a Mac, is such a POS! Not updated for ~3 years now, come on Google).
BTW
Be carefull of using a 64 gb stick to start backing up with OTG and finishing passed the 32 GB level! It can become unusable (on the phone)
TiBU makes all the difference on our phone! I just let play update my favorite browser and the new Maxthon tablet is crap and the updated play services does not ask for consent to remove Kinguser, all fixed by Ti.

Backup strategies to Google Drive, user apps require root, no root for SD.
Update
I now use mirror for my Ti backups but upload only for the rest of my storage. See second hidden pic.
Works like a dream!
Or rather unbelievably well.
I think some readers are thinking so too.
This is REALLY WORKING for me.
All my data: apps, SD, app data. Everything. Mirrored, upload only to my 15 GB of Google Drive. If anything goes wrong. I reset. Log on. Download Titanium, Autosync & KingRoot. Do some "housekeeping chores" and while my phone is functional, in one overnight I am back where I was. See new pics of sync history.
Gdrive app is slow to show changes-- the original Gdrive eventually revealed all the file structure of my SD but it took more than a day, after Autosync finshed filing, for the app to catch up.Yet my testing worked. Lol. See latest pictures.
I will keep updating the exclusion name pic often.
Summary:
So the choice method is Titanium & Autosync.
I randomly copy & pasted various folders, about 10, and deleted their originals. Edited the "synced folders", "storage/emulated/0" select, select, switch upload mirror to download only. Sync. All folders restored. About 4 min of app/listing/prep & 30 sec of downloading. My storage usage:
Note: uninstall any update to Google Drive! (See attached) It is a POS. You cannot monitor what is going on if you don't.
I erased my GD thinking I just needed to clean it up--it was the update.
Edit: even the older v of drive provides no encouragement as it never lets you view the directory structure which the Autosync history say should exist for SD.
Maybe Google's cloud is not up to the task?
I may try the Dropbox version as 2 gb is enough for my SD. The Ti sync uses only one folder of files so is ok and verified. So I will have dual SD backups in case Google fails to restore.
BackUp candidates :
Helium free works with root. No OTG support. Works only with user apps-safer than TiBU. But PC. PC Works on Win 7. No Mac support.
Does it restore from a PC with this root-yes but not without is own issues. Manual, u-pick interface, select all is the deluxe mode, the limited mode (no apks) is hidden in landscape AND checked by default!
The web uploaded, backup is not usable from SD. Ti issues outweigh these.
This is my current choice to sync w/ Gdrive.
No need for the premium as cloud would take too long & root would not last.
:laugh:
Titanium free & AutoSync.
Preferred method, all user app processed, simi/auto updating of missing/modified apps....
Titanium BackUp with detailed tips for our limited root
AutoSync (app) sync:
Drive AutoSync (purchased app) solves the path conflicts, you can select from storage: 0 or legacy. So Tibu is legacy and your whole sd is the 0. Or so it seems. Works for legacy AND 0 for Ti folders (damn!) See attached pic of different paths. The Gdrive folder is flat the dots are just a mnemonic.
The folder Titanium Backup (TiBU is my rename) exist only as a phantom on /emulated/0. That is if Ti created it. If you created it then it is a phantom for Ti. Copying one to the other is only supported with root, which inconsistent for us.
So seems there is no way to do the entire sd and TiBU, unless--yes.
Fixed the path conflict for root OR not (not, meaning AutoSync will not need root to sync the Ti folder properly). See attached pics of folders to exclude via settings, exclude name patterns, just the TiBU (mine renamed) one, but others too & are updated as I polish them, see the attachments for the latest.
Not recommended for synchronization, maybe only caused by our fickle root, issues getting it off/on the SD.
Cloud features not tested. There is likely no sync.
Tutorial, some steps are similar to GdriveSync (following) but much easier.
Gdrivesync free. Works for Ti, He, and others w/o being included with the entire SD.
If you choose to sync you entire SD, (storage/emulated/0) it can include He or others but not Titanium backup folder due path issues.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yottajoy.gdrive
This is a great app but fallen by the wayside. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2153514
It will sync individual apps within the Backup folder automatically on a schedule! Has various sync options. Choose all or any folder. Scheduling too. You could use this to up the He or Ti app folders.
GDriveSync free (Pro has bugs) for SD (Ti & specified folders OR entire SD but excluding Ti) backup to Google Drive once root terminates , where Helium or Ti can do nothing.
I have all my He backup synced as well as most of my SD.
I took all night to up at 7 to 10 MB/sec wifi. But Gdrive ups may be limited anyway you do it.
Do not use the Pro version at all. It will burn up your data, as it will not stop sync'ing on 4G.
Tutorial
Set up GdriveSync as follows
(You can also set your entire SD to sync as well but you have selectability this way)
Just be sure you keep screen orientation in landscape.
Add.
Choose the local bu folder (/storage/emulated/0/Backup)
Select
The gdrive blank field shows up (gdrive/)
Ignore the any files suggested by the app. NB if you do not the app creates extra folders & syncs them!!!
Newfolder
I use Solid Explorer & long press on the desired folder, touch the "hamburger", copy path.
Paste to newfolder dialogue but delete the leading /.
Ok.
(Here the free V needs one more step-touch on the one you just created)
Select
Both local & remote paths should be identical.
Set sync
Use upload only until you are satisfied it works
Then change to both-- 2 way upload. Not sure what the best is.
Anyone sure? Please post.
:crying:
Google Drive interface--app or web. Version 202.222.15 is best.
BTW in Play, you can, now selectively block auto update on each app in your my apps list. Open the app page then touch on the 3 dots, uncheck.
Use the web interface, Firefox or Maxthon HD
to empty trash. App to check GB usage. Otherwise useless for monitoring
Check Google Drive(app) for duplicate folders. Which are easy to have generated with the awkward interface. The Gdrive app is really limited. But filter by folder sorts by date (lol). The Chrome web version is not good for much but--you can only empty your trash from the web interface.
Others not tested
This is my next candidate to test.
GoBackup might work for SD but my concern is direct OTG functionality. Tested OTG- recognizes the drive but fails.
SD not tested. Good interface & simple
Online Nandroid Backup.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.onnandbup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52907321&postcount=1
Needs busybox & of no use but only if you were headed to unlock your bootloader and had to reset data. Make a nandroid to restore from once you unlock.

This gave me root, probably temporary as mentioned but it is root. Good first step.
Sent from my XT1080M

There are strange path anomalies which show in Root Explorer & Titanium Backup but not Solid Explorer. Also I believe these anomalies are handled properly in the pervious post, yet I do not fully understand the goings_on.
The most obvious question which comes to mind is : should my SD be storage/emulated/legacy? Which it is not. Yet it is stock. No matter how I set the path for SD in Root Explorer pref.
Each copy was going to the other side.
Yet no errors with Solid.
WIP...

Didn't time it previously, right now at about 20 mins. Previous times were probably similar.
Once you loose root, you have to restart for this method to work again.
Sent from my XT1080M

adrialk said:
Didn't time it previously, right now at about 20 mins. Previous times were probably similar.
Once you loose root, you have to restart for this method to work again.
Sent from my XT1080M
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Are you using TiBU?
Have you made backups?

Android File Transfer will not keep track of folders I create for TiBU use!! I am on a Mac. Any one know of a charging QTG adapter?
Looks like you have to make your own Lol.
http://electronics.stackexchange.co...-host-and-be-charged-simultaneously-through-a
Tablets not phones... Hmm
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FGKXY9S/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza#
https://sites.google.com/site/sonicboomworld/my-projects/otg-diagrams
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sit...pub-2900107662879704:4763122713&ie=ISO-8859-1

Stopped working today for me.
Anybody else?
Edit
It corrupted something in data so it would not reinstall until I reset the phone.

Root method still works after latest update
Sent from my XT1080M

adrialk said:
Root method still works after latest update
Sent from my XT1080M
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Great to have confirmation.
What backup are you using and how?

Summary of the use of this temporary root method.
This is is more of a blog than a formal XDA op. I post the newset info first.
WIP...
Just confirmed the He/GdriveSync operations -- all good.
Used * He with apps and data, uncheck smaller backups, sync'ed the carbon folder to Gdrive (upONLY), deleted 5 folders from carbon, sync'ed with the app (2xDOWLOAD), they downloaded, * restored 5 apps with He.
* = reboot, run KR or worst case uninstall KR, reboot, install KR, run KR.

aviwdoowks said:
Great to have confirmation.
What backup are you using and how?
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Didn't try a backup. Just wanted to confirm I was able to get root.
Sent from my XT1080M

Update FIXED KingRoot issues see OP, post 1
The GDrive / AutoSync /Backup portions are good. I will clean up eventually.
Even the Xposed functionality without having it baked in is adequately convenient.
For those keeping on, KUser may be the problem
http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2015/05/How-to-Remove-Replace-KingUser-KingRoot-with-SuperSU.html?m=1

Made many updates to the main posts.
Particularly post 1 various items & Xposed mods I am using...err some work great, others not so. While a few just don't work at all. That is of those I have checked. At least they don't cause a hail of FC's & crash you. Adventure one check at a softboot
BTW
Super cookie opt out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60334998&postcount=1413

Typical steps to get root again
Update
Even using KingRoot 4.5 I get FCs after 48 hours.
Go) When you crash
Reboot by holding power
Uninstall KR & KU
Reboot twice! Yes it confounds the mind!
Install & Run KR & get root, @ 23% goes quick! If it reboots on its own, forget it, hold power & start over.
Install KU 405 & open
Do not linger long to update Xposed.
If I use Ti to backup apps (to AutoSync) then Xposed usually gets the error & I must return to go.
Cancel reboot
Softboot from Xposed

Steps for User apps sync to Gdrive.
My latest Gdrive settings

MoFo is able to root our phone!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61751761&postcount=676

aviwdoowks said:
MoFo is able to root our phone! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61751761&postcount=676
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Not yet, if you read through the thread. A pre-rooted image is being sought. This doesn't seem to be a lot different from the CrashXXL method anyway.

DmdStar said:
Not yet, if you read through the thread. A pre-rooted image is being sought. This doesn't seem to be a lot different from the CrashXXL method anyway.
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Right.
I saw that too.
But less steps & opportunity for errors?
Edit
Do we need a donor with an unlocked boot on su6-7?

De-Bloater MIUI 8 China/Global Dev Roms [Recovery Scripts]

Background:
This is divided in 2 parts, depending on user requirements.
1. Flashing Miui_8_De-Bloat-Mover.zip will move/backup all bloats to Bloats folder in /system.
2. Flashing Miui_8_De-Bloat-Deleter.zip will delete Bloats folder, which can be done manually using any root file explorer or twrp recovery. It is done so that a user can move any required app by him to default location to restore it, as not all users requirements are same.
3. New Miui_8_De-Bloat-Mover_Extreme.zip is added. Some features are also removed by this one. See the list for more details.
List of removed apps in normal version:
/system/data-app
/system/etc/WhetstonePermission
/cust/app/customized
AMAPNetworkLocation
AnalyticsCore
BasicDreams
BookmarkProvider
BugReport
CallLogBackup
CellBroadcastReceiver
CleanMaster
Drive
Email
Galaxy4
GameCenter
GoogleBackupTransport
GoogleOneTimeInitializer
Hangouts
HoloSpiralWallpaper
HTMLViewer
jjcontainer
jjhome
jjknowledge
jjstore
KingSoftCleaner
LatinImeGoogle
LiveWallpapers
mab
Metok
MiDiscover
MiGameCenterSDKService
MiLinkService
MiLivetalk
Mipay
MiPicks
MiPlay
MiuiScanner
MiuiVoip
Music
Music2
NoiseField
Notes
PartnerBookmarksProvider
PhaseBeam
Photos
PhotoTable
SetupWizard
SmsLteRegister
SmsRegister
SogouInput
SystemAdSolution
SystemBaseFunctions
talkback
UserDictionaryProvider
Videos
VirtualSim
VoiceAssist
XiaomiVip
XMPass
YellowPage
List of apps in Extreme Version:
/system/lib64/libjni_latinimegoogle.so
/system/lib64/libjni_keyboarddecoder.so
/system/data-app
/cust/app/customized
/system/etc/WhetstonePermission
System/app
AGPSTestMode
AMAPNetworkLocation
AnalyticsCore
AntiTheftDemo
AppIndexProvider
ApplicationsProvider
BackupReceiver
BasicDreams
BatteryGuruSystemApp
BookmarkProvider
BTTestApp
BugReport
CalendarWidget
CloudService
Drive
Email
Galaxy4
GameCenter
Hangouts
HiddTestApp
HoloSpiralWallpaper
HTMLViewer
jjcontainer
jjhome
jjknowledge
jjstore
KeyChain
KingSoftCleaner
LatinImeGoogle
LiveWallpapers
LiveWallpapersPicker
LunarInfoProvider
mab
Metok
MiDiscover
MiDrive
MiLinkService
MiLivetalk
Mipay
MiPicks
MiPlay
MiuiCompass
MiuiScanner
MiuiVideo
MiWallpaper
Music2
NoiseField
Notes
PartnerBookmarksProvider
PaymentService
PhaseBeam
Photos
PhotoTable
SecurityAdd
SecurityCoreAdd
SmsLteRegister
SmsRegister
SogouInput
SystemAdSolution
SystemBaseFunctions
talkback
UserDictionaryProvider
Videos
VoiceAssist
WAPPushManager
Whetstone
XiaomiVip
XMPass
System/Priv-app:
AutoTest
BackupRestoreConfirmation
CallLogBackup
CellBroadcastReceiver
CleanMaster
CloudBackup
ConfigUpdater
FM_TEST
GoogleBackupTransport
GoogleFeedback
GoogleOneTimeInitializer
GooglePartnerSetup
MiGameCenterSDKService
Mipub
MiuiGallery
MiuiVoip
Music
SetupWizard
SpacesManagerService
SpacesTrustAgent
VirtualSim
WallpaperCropper
YellowPage
Requirements:
1. Redmi note 3 (kenzo) on global/china dev rom.
2. TWRP Recovery
Downloads:
Miui_8_De-Bloat-Mover.zip
Miui_8_De-Bloat-Deleter.zip
Miui_8_De-Bloat-Mover_Extreme.zip
Procedure:
* If Clean Flash, Flash the rom and any required mods then boot to system, set it up, once done, reboot to TWRP and flash the Scripts. (Why?)
The scripts remove default keyboard so you may not be able to enter password when asked to unlock device. To prevent it, either move LatinIME/SogouInput back to its place or first setup the rom then de bloat it.
1. Reboot to TWRP Recovery.
2. Flash Miui_8_De-Bloat-Mover.zip
3. Use Twrp recovery to move any required app to its default location.
4. Flash Miui_8_De-Bloat-Deleter.zip
5. Hit Thanx on the Thread or your phone will brick
6. Reboot the phone.

Any significant changes (in figures if you can provide), you observed after removing these bloats..??

sasukay said:
Any significant changes (in figures if you can provide), you observed after removing these bloats..??
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More space in system so some apps can be moved to system by link2sd.
More free ram for better multitasking.
More battery backup.
These apps are safe to remove, some people (like me) don't use pre-installed apps (music, browser etc).
Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using XDA-Developers mobile app

Sudeep Duhoon said:
More space in system so some apps can be moved to system by link2sd.
More free ram for better multitasking.
More battery backup.
These apps are safe to remove, some people (like me) don't use pre-installed apps (music, browser etc)
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I would've definitely tried it, but that would break my weekly OTA updates. So, sorry I can't try it right now, maybe sometime later. But, still thanks for the good work. BTW, I too don't use browser, video, audio player etc.

sasukay said:
I would've definitely tried it, but that would break my weekly OTA updates. So, sorry I can't try it right now, maybe sometime later. But, still thanks for the good work. BTW, I too don't use browser, video, audio player etc.
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Being on dev rom enables to download ota from miui website and flash manually using twrp. No need of updater app.
Flash the rom and the ota, then any other mod you want, once everything done, debloat.

Sudeep Duhoon said:
Being on dev rom enables to download ota from miui website and flash manually using twrp. No need of updater app.
Flash the rom and the ota, then any other mod you want, once everything done, debloat.
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Well, you are right. I can do that too. But, I'll have to clean flash ROM every time an update arrives. Dirty flashing won't work, right?

sasukay said:
Well, you are right. I can do that too. But, I'll have to clean flash ROM every time an update arrives. Dirty flashing won't work, right?
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Dirty flash will work. I today updated 6.9.9-6.9.15
Also flashing xposed and super su will also prevent ota. You have to flash complete rom on every ota regardless.
Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using XDA-Developers mobile app

oh god..****...mobile bootlooped..bricked

Sudeep Duhoon said:
Dirty flash will work. I today updated 6.9.9-6.9.15
Also flashing xposed and super su will also prevent ota. You have to flash complete rom on every ota regardless.
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I've managed to install systemless supersu and xposed and still successfully updated to 6.9.15 from 6.9.9. Well, I can download the whole update every time, but I would prefer OTAs. So, I will try your scripts for sure now.
And btw, is anyone else facing lags on the dev roms. The first time I flashed it there were none. Then, I moved to CM, RR, Exodus, Hexagon..... and after that when I came back to dev rom; because they were all lagging in gaming, even after trying radon kernel; the lag too cam along with it. So, now MIUI dev is also stuttering while gaming, which was not the case when I first booted it on my device. And, I flashed it through the fastboot rom, so there shouldn't be any problem.

Yesterday i got bootloop after manually uninstal gapps. Only gapps.
And I think this script will make bootloop too, because almost system apps are removed.

Nice De-bloater script. Yesterday I applied this on my Global Dev 6.9.20 and worked perfectly. No fc issues till now.
@Sudeep Duhoon, by any chance, can you create another script for removing some Google apps like hangouts, photos, drive, gmail? And if I want to restore any app(after flashing part 1 script), then all I have to do is copy from /system and put into /system/data-app?

sasukay said:
I've managed to install systemless supersu and xposed and still successfully updated to 6.9.15 from 6.9.9. Well, I can download the whole update every time, but I would prefer OTAs. So, I will try your scripts for sure now.
And btw, is anyone else facing lags on the dev roms. The first time I flashed it there were none. Then, I moved to CM, RR, Exodus, Hexagon..... and after that when I came back to dev rom; because they were all lagging in gaming, even after trying radon kernel; the lag too cam along with it. So, now MIUI dev is also stuttering while gaming, which was not the case when I first booted it on my device. And, I flashed it through the fastboot rom, so there shouldn't be any problem.
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Whole update is not needed everytime, you can download ota packages from website too.
Flash whole rom (6.9.9) then the ota (6.9.15) then any mod, and de bloat.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Suppose a new update comes 6.9.23, flash 6.9.9(whole rom as you have the zip), download ota 6.9.9-6.9.23 or 6.9.15-6.9.23, and flash accordingly.
It takes 1 more min to do this but gives more control to user (build.prop tweaks etc can also be used now).
exodius48 said:
Yesterday i got bootloop after manually uninstal gapps. Only gapps.
And I think this script will make bootloop too, because almost system apps are removed.
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Some GApps can't be removed like Google App. So you will get bootloop. Non of these are removed in these scripts and tested 4 times by me. Also If you get bootloop, just copy the required app from Bloats folder to original location and everything will be as before.
It is a good habit to make a backup before doing anything.
Kibria said:
Nice De-bloater script. Yesterday I applied this on my Global Dev 6.9.20 and worked perfectly. No fc issues till now.
@Sudeep Duhoon, by any chance, can you create another script for removing some Google apps like hangouts, photos, drive, gmail? And if I want to restore any app(after flashing part 1 script), then all I have to do is copy from /system and put into /system/data-app?
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These will be some force close errors. As clean master, yellow pages etc. are removed, respective settings in security and dialer app will force close but that's obvious.
Sure, I will make a GApps remover too.
Yes, to restore an app, say system/priv-app/name, just copy the folder from system/Bloats/priv-app/name to system/priv-app
Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using XDA-Developers mobile app

can debloater ease out the spyware concern of miui? i m still struggling on flashing cm or keeping miui

berwick said:
can debloater ease out the spyware concern of miui? i m still struggling on flashing cm or keeping miui
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There is no need to worry about AnalyticsCore.apk

bravonova said:
There is no need to worry about AnalyticsCore.apk
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err.... Just one more question.
Actaully can we use miui without all the xiaomi services and use Google apps instead? It seems xiaomi services are bundled everywhere in the stock ROM. Can debloating helping me to get rid of that?
FYI, I am using kenzo with stock miui 8

sudeep bro whats the status of your upcoming gapps remover script??please share fast

How to edit that script ? I tried edit , removed some apps which I want keep,and after all, when I want flash it ,got error: 6..

how can i remove google voice typing (google app) please?

marko94 said:
How to edit that script ? I tried edit , removed some apps which I want keep,and after all, when I want flash it ,got error: 6..
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i have succesfully edited the script...just remove the line of those apps which you want to keep

ruhul5 said:
i have succesfully edited the script...just remove the line of those apps which you want to keep
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Yeah,already done.. but got error 6 when I want flash it

[script] [emui 4.0+] debloater for emui4

WHATS A DEBLOATER??
DEBLOATER is a script to delete unwanted stock apps from emui and make system lighter decreasing the ram consumption
currently debloated nearly about 20 apps (within system), more apps to be debloated soon,
DEBLOAT LIST
CALENDAR
CALCULATOR
LAUNCHER
HANGOUTS
FM RADIO
CLOCK
HW VOICE ASSISTANT
GOOGLE NEWS STAND
G+
YOUTUBE
EMAIL
NOTEPAD
EXCHANGE SERVICES
GALLERY
SYSTEM MANAGER
MEDIA CENTER
INDIAN CALENDAR
CHROME
AND MORE TO COME SOON
DOWNLOAD
DEBLOATER_HONOR_5X_EMUI4_V1.zip
INSTRUCTIONS
FLASH
WIPE CACHE/DALVIC
REBOOT (will take more than half an hour to boot)
suggestions/ requests to delete or add any app is welcome..
PS: FIRST BOOT WILL TAKE MORE THAN HALF AN HOUR.. DEPENDING UPON THE NUMBER OF APPS INSTALLED ON YOUR PHONE.. SO PLESE BE PATIENT
important
hit thanks :good: , lol:laugh:
​

#1

For rooted phone, I'm assuming?

alicarbovader said:
For rooted phone, I'm assuming?
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well its a script. You don't need rooted for that . Just need TWRP to be installed to flash the script.

Just a few comments.
1. Why don't you just post the script? Perhaps people don't want you to delete their clock or FM radio. What you're providing just doesn't make any sense. If you wanna write a debloater, at least let people choose what they can delete.
REBOOT (will take more than half an hour to boot)
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Not sure this is the reason for taking that long. I can install an entire ROM in 5 min. So I guess, it's a partially broken script causing it. E.g. there is no "unmount", it should be "umount".
Code:
run_program("/sbin/busybox","unmount","/data");
run_program("/sbin/busybox","unmount","/system");

[OPINION][GUIDE] My best ROM experience and my thoughts about it

Hello everyone!
I wanted to wright this post because it was kind of a surprise to me the outcome of my decision.
Since I bought my XT1068 back in April 2015, I constantly changed between custom ROM's and kernels, from Lollipop to Nougat, hoping to get the best out of my device, in terms of performance and also in terms of battery (as everyone else).
I faced a lot of great ROM's (CM 12.1, MinimalOS, Blisspop, TurboROM, RR, Radium, etc.) What I began to realise, was that I was still missing the bug free ROM experience I wanted, along with the performance and battery life that everyone wants.
Lately, I have been using @Danilo-Sanchez Unnofficial CM 12.1 (thanks a lot for all awesome the work man) who kept updating it with latest security patches, but I missed some of the MM features.
A couple of days ago, after reading some comments and seeing some reports I thought to my self why not go with stock (stock? omg ), and decided to install it and update it to latest version.
Along with Root, Xposed, Greenify and Amplify, I ended up with a blazing fast smooth ROM, with great performance, incredible battery life, and all the tweaks that xposed has to offer.
I now have a constant 400+Mb free RAM device with 5+hours of SoT with average usage (YouTube, browsing Chrome, Instagram, Messenger, SMS).
For those who want to know how I did it here is the guide:
There are two Stock Moto Marshmallow builds.
This is the first one, you will get everything stock, including recovery, and you will lose all data and root.
After flashing according to the link, you will receive after some minutes the second update. Install the update and then you can finally flash TWRP and then root your device.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/official-stock-firmware-t3018682
Here is the link for the TWRP and root thread. Remember to flash latest TWRP.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2…/…/xt1063-t3018818
I always have 450+ MB off free RAM and 5+hours of SoT. This achieved with xposed, greenify and amplify.
PS: I would like to remember that I dont have Facebook neither Snapchat apps, which take a lot of ram and battery. For Facebook I use Chrome shortcut.
Battery TIP:
Always try to plug in your phone to the charger between 5% and 10% and NEVER let your phone turn off itself because of no battery.
Also, if you can, always charge to 100% and try not to charge overnight, unplug when it reaches 100%.
Hope I was clear and if I helped you, hit thanks! :good:

I have to admit that I didn't use stock MM rom a lot.
I've just used stock LP 5.0.2 (which I hated because of that memory leak bug).
When update to MM came I was already using CM12.1 (later I updated to MM only to update the bootloader, but didn't use the ROM).
Was the stereo channels bug fixed on latest update?

Danilo-Sanchez said:
I have to admit that I didn't use stock MM rom a lot.
I've just used stock LP 5.0.2 (which I hated because of that memory leak bug).
When update to MM came I was already using CM12.1 (later I updated to MM only to update the bootloader, but didn't use the ROM).
Was the stereo channels bug fixed on latest update?
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You should give it a try
Yes here stereo channels working as they should, not inverted.

After trying many ROMs on here, and ultimately not being satisfied (jumping from ROM to ROM). I found myself always going back to stock. And now seeing as how Cyanogen Inc. no longer supports CyanogenMod...not that I was ever really a fan on CM based ROMs in the first place (but apparently it was important to custom ROM development or something), ROM development for the phone has really gotten slow.
All I ever really wanted was a stable, bug free, as pure as possible AOSP ROM that's maintained and kept up-to-date with the following Apps...
G-Apps:
Google Play Store
Google Play Services
Google Now Launcher
Google Search App
Google Keyboard
And any other apps/libs required for those to work properly. Any other G-Apps that I may have needed could have been downloaded through Google Play.
Moto-Apps:
Stock Motorola Camera (fully working)
That's pretty much the only Motorola app I care about.
But no, I was unable to find such an AOSP ROM so now stock ROM is the only ROM I'll use till I part ways with my Moto G (Titan). Rooted of course, but no Xposed for me...I don't really care about customization and TBH I don't really care much for Nougat and Nougat based ROMs either. I was using stock Marshmallow for the longest while but recently decided to try stock Lollipop again. I had forgotten how responsive stock Lollipop was compared to Marshmallow, I personal never experienced any sort of memory leak on stock 5.0.2 Lollipop. Now I've decided to just stick with stock Lollipop till the end.
I've disabled the following Apps:
Android Live Wallpapers
Android System WebView
Android Work Assistant
Assist
Bubbles
Calendar
Calendar Storage
Clock
Cloud Print
com.android.wallpaper.holospiral
CQATest
Device Management
Drive
Email
Exchange Services
FM Radio
Gmail
Google Hindi Input
Google Korean Input
Google Pinyin Input
Google Play Games
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Google Play Newstand
Google Text-to-speech Engine
Google+
Hangouts
Help
HP Print Service Plugin
iWnn IME
Maps
Motorola Alert
Motorola Boot Services
Motorola Checkin
Motorola Contextual Services
Motorola Migrate
Motorola Notification
Motorola One Time Init
Motorola Services
Motorola System Service
Music Visualization Wallpapers
Phase Beam
Photos
Preset
Print Spooler
Quickoffice
Setup
Street View
TalkBack
Translate
I use an app called Disable Service by WangQi to disable the following apps:
com.motorola.motgeofencesvc
MotoCare
MotoCareInt
Motorola Services Main
MotorolaOTA --a must disable for me, as it will try to check for updates then nag you to death to upgrade which will brick a downgraded phone.
NativeDropBoxAgent
(BlurServiceMother) Service from stock Gallery App --otherwise you'll keep getting errors in the gallery app due to NativeDropBoxAgent service being disabled.
Now I have better battery life than I did under Marshmallow and have up to 605 MBs of free RAM and a smooth responsive experience. Note that I also set animations to .5x under Developer Options and turned off touch sounds.

MobileHD said:
After trying many ROMs on here, and ultimately not being satisfied (jumping from ROM to ROM). I found myself always going back to stock. And now seeing as how Cyanogen Inc. no longer supports CyanogenMod...not that I was ever really a fan on CM based ROMs in the first place (but apparently it was important to custom ROM development or something), ROM development for the phone has really gotten slow.
All I ever really wanted was a stable, bug free, as pure as possible AOSP ROM that's maintained and kept up-to-date with the following Apps...
G-Apps:
Google Play Store
Google Play Services
Google Now Launcher
Google Search App
Google Keyboard
And any other apps/libs required for those to work properly. Any other G-Apps that I may have needed could have been downloaded through Google Play.
Moto-Apps:
Stock Motorola Camera (fully working)
That's pretty much the only Motorola app I care about.
But no, I was unable to find such an AOSP ROM so now stock ROM is the only ROM I'll use till I part ways with my Moto G (Titan). Rooted of course, but no Xposed for me...I don't really care about customization and TBH I don't really care much for Nougat and Nougat based ROMs either. I was using stock Marshmallow for the longest while but recently decided to try stock Lollipop again. I had forgotten how responsive stock Lollipop was compared to Marshmallow, I personal never experienced any sort of memory leak on stock 5.0.2 Lollipop. Now I've decided to just stick with stock Lollipop till the end.
I've disabled the following Apps:
Android Live Wallpapers
Android System WebView
Android Work Assistant
Assist
Bubbles
Calendar
Calendar Storage
Clock
Cloud Print
com.android.wallpaper.holospiral
CQATest
Device Management
Drive
Email
Exchange Services
FM Radio
Gmail
Google Hindi Input
Google Korean Input
Google Pinyin Input
Google Play Games
Google Play Movies & TV
Google Play Music
Google Play Newstand
Google Text-to-speech Engine
Google+
Hangouts
Help
HP Print Service Plugin
iWnn IME
Maps
Motorola Alert
Motorola Boot Services
Motorola Checkin
Motorola Contextual Services
Motorola Migrate
Motorola Notification
Motorola One Time Init
Motorola Services
Motorola System Service
Music Visualization Wallpapers
Phase Beam
Photos
Preset
Print Spooler
Quickoffice
Setup
Street View
TalkBack
Translate
I use an app called Disable Service by WangQi to disable the following apps:
com.motorola.motgeofencesvc
MotoCare
MotoCareInt
Motorola Services Main
MotorolaOTA --a must disable for me, as it will try to check for updates then nag you to death to upgrade which will brick a downgraded phone.
NativeDropBoxAgent
(BlurServiceMother) Service from stock Gallery App --otherwise you'll keep getting errors in the gallery app due to NativeDropBoxAgent service being disabled.
Now I have better battery life than I did under Marshmallow and have up to 605 MBs of free RAM and a smooth responsive experience. Note that I also set animations to .5x under Developer Options and turned off touch sounds.
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Most of the apps you disabled I unninstalled myself, I prefer to free the space (although I dont really use it).
The main reason I use xposed is for amplify, greenify and for some small tweaks with gravity box, I dont like many apps messing with the phone.
Anyway, there were some features I missed from MM, that is why I switch from Lollipop.
Thanks for your comment!

The first link is not working, which is: https://forum.xda-developers.com/…/o...k-firmware-…
Please fix.

whatever7276 said:
The first link is not working, which is: https://forum.xda-developers.com/…/o...k-firmware-…
Please fix.
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Fixed

@maximuns Since I am currently facing the dilemma (hold on for LineageOS 14.1 Snapshot or revert back to stock), I have some questions for you:
1) What apps have you disabled/uninstalled and with which app did you disable/uninstall them? Can you make a list of them as @MobileHD did with his/hers?
2) What custom ROM were you using prior to reverting to stock ROM? I've read posts mentioning some ugly hardbricking when reverting from custom ROM to stock ROM and that I should stick to custom ROM, if I have one installed. I am currently using LineageOS 14.1 200170126.
3) What kind of weekly or monthly maintenance do you perform to keep your phone bug/ram leak free? I myself wipe cache from recovery (TWRP) every 15 days and use sd maid once a month. But I cannot keep the phone from lagging and it really gets on my nerves.
4) How may apps do you have currently installed? I feel that keeping 77 apps is killing my phone's ram.
5) Do we really need to install TWRP? Can't we just use the command "fastboot boot twrp.img" and run the custom recovery just to install the root app?I ask this because we won't be able to install OTA updates after installing a custom recovery.
6) Did you make any changes to the default settings of Greenify or Amplify? What for do you use the Gravity Box app exactly? Care to mention what changes have you done to the default settings please?

Just a question. In stock roms, how you disable the ascending ringtone? I really dont like it.

Jimisballjohn said:
@maximuns Since I am currently facing the dilemma (hold on for LineageOS 14.1 Snapshot or revert back to stock), I have some questions for you:
2) What custom ROM were you using prior to reverting to stock ROM? I've read posts mentioning some ugly hardbricking when reverting from custom ROM to stock ROM and that I should stick to custom ROM, if I have one installed. I am currently using LineageOS 14.1 200170126.
5) Do we really need to install TWRP? Can't we just use the command "fastboot boot twrp.img" and run the custom recovery just to install the root app?I ask this because we won't be able to install OTA updates after installing a custom recovery.
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You will brick your phone when you use default OTA and update it from older Android(or bootloader) version to newer.(I think its because of the bootloader) Just care!

Spieletips said:
You will brick your phone when you use default OTA and update it from older Android(or bootloader) version to newer.(I think its because of the bootloader) Just care!
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You only brick your phone if you downgrade android with a higher bootloader to a lower (for example from 4887 - latest to 4886 - previous).
When in stock, you can update your android when the update arrives, as long as you have stock recovery, stock ROM and no ROOT. (not sure about the last one)

tasvar said:
Just a question. In stock roms, how you disable the ascending ringtone? I really dont like it.
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I think there is no option for that and I think I don't have ascending ringtone, never noticed.

Jimisballjohn said:
@maximuns Since I am currently facing the dilemma (hold on for LineageOS 14.1 Snapshot or revert back to stock), I have some questions for you:
1) What apps have you disabled/uninstalled and with which app did you disable/uninstall them? Can you make a list of them as @MobileHD did with his/hers?
2) What custom ROM were you using prior to reverting to stock ROM? I've read posts mentioning some ugly hardbricking when reverting from custom ROM to stock ROM and that I should stick to custom ROM, if I have one installed. I am currently using LineageOS 14.1 200170126.
3) What kind of weekly or monthly maintenance do you perform to keep your phone bug/ram leak free? I myself wipe cache from recovery (TWRP) every 15 days and use sd maid once a month. But I cannot keep the phone from lagging and it really gets on my nerves.
4) How may apps do you have currently installed? I feel that keeping 77 apps is killing my phone's ram.
5) Do we really need to install TWRP? Can't we just use the command "fastboot boot twrp.img" and run the custom recovery just to install the root app?I ask this because we won't be able to install OTA updates after installing a custom recovery.
6) Did you make any changes to the default settings of Greenify or Amplify? What for do you use the Gravity Box app exactly? Care to mention what changes have you done to the default settings please?
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Hey man, I will try to be as specific as I can:
1) What apps have you disabled/uninstalled and with which app did you disable/uninstall them?
These are all my installed apps, I don't remember the ones I uninstalled, so I will leave here all apps and you can see the ones you have that are not here (which will be the ones I uninstalled). The frozen apps are identified.
System Apps:
Android System;
Audio Effects;
Automatic SIM selection;
Basic Daydreams;
Bluetooth MIDI Service;
Bluetooth Share;
Bookmark Provider;
BrowserMessage;
Calculator;
Calendar storage;
Call Log Backup/Restore;
CaptivePortalLogin;
Certificate installer;
com.android.backupconfirm;
com.android.carrierconfig;
com.android.managedprovisioning;
com.android.providers.partnerbookmarks;
com.android.sharedstoragebackup;
com.android.wallpaper.holospiral;
com.android.wallpapercropper;
com.motorola.bug2go;
com.motorola.emaraphoneextns;
com.motorola.motgeofencesvc;
com.qualcomm.atfwd;
com.qualcomm.qcrilmsgtunnel;
com.qualcomm.timeservice;
ConfigUpdater;
Contacts;
Contacts storage;
CoreSettingsExtns;
CQATest;
Device Management (FROZEN);
DiagMdlog Settings;
DMService;
Documents;
Download Manager;
Downloads;
Emergency alerts (FROZEN);
Exchange Services;
External storage;
FMRadioService;
Fused Location;
Google Account Manager;
Google Backup Transport;
Google Contacts Sync;
Google Launcher Config;
Google One Time Init;
Google Partner Set Up;
Google Services Framework;
Help (FROZEN);
HTML Viewer;
Input devices;
Intent Filter Verification Service;
JavaTcmdHelper;
Key Chain;
LocationServices;
LocationServices;
Market Feedback Agent;
Media storage;
MmsService;
Modem Debug Settings;
MotoCare (FROZEN);
MotoCareInt (FROZEN);
Motorola AppDirectedSmsProxy Service;
Motorola bgapp1 (FROZEN);
Motorola Boot Services;
Motorola Checkin (FROZEN);
Motorola Contextual Services
Motorola Modem Service
Motorola notification (FROZEN);
Motorola One Time Init (FROZEN);
Motorola Services Main (FROZEN);
Motorola Update Services (FROZEN);
MotoSignatureApp (FROZEN);
NativeDropBoxAgent;
OMA client provisioning;
Package Access Helper;
Package installer;
PacProcessor;
Phone;
Phone and Messaging Storage;
Phone Call Management;
Phone Services;
Photos;
Preset;
Print Spooler;
ProxyHandler;
Rescue Add-On: Motorola;
SEPolicyUpdate;
Settings;
Settings storage;
Settings storage;
Setup;
Setup Wizard;
Shell;
SIM Toolkit;
Storage Optimiser;
System UI;
Trusted Face;
User Dictionary;
VpnDialogs.
Installed Apps:
Amplify (XPOSED);
Android System WebView;
Google Calendar;
Camera;
Google Chrome;
Clock;
Google Drive;
File Manager (from Moto G4);
FM Radio;
Gboard;
Google App;
Google Now Launcher;
Google PDF Viewer;
Google Play services;
Google Play Store;
GravityBox [MM] (XPOSED);
Instagram;
Google Keep;
Google Maps;
Facebook Messenger;
Google Messenger;
Naptime;
No Lock Home (XPOSED);
Microsoft Outlook;
Phonograph;
Google Photos;
SeriesGuide;
Google Translate;
Xposed Installer;
YouTube.
2) What custom ROM were you using prior to reverting to stock ROM? I've read posts mentioning some ugly hardbricking when reverting from custom ROM to stock ROM and that I should stick to custom ROM, if I have one installed.
I was on AOKP N (January 19th build). I don't know of such issues.
3) What kind of weekly or monthly maintenance do you perform to keep your phone bug/ram leak free?
I usually clean cache when it reaches around 500/600Mb and once a month I fstrim my device (there are many apps that do that). My device usually stays smooth.
4) How may apps do you have currently installed?
Currently 30 apps that I installed myself, I normally try to have only the essentials so my device keeps running smoothly.
5) Do we really need to install TWRP? Can't we just use the command "fastboot boot twrp.img" and run the custom recovery just to install the root app?I ask this because we won't be able to install OTA updates after installing a custom recovery.
I know that with the stock Lollipop build you could apply that command, but with marshammow I sincerely don't know if that can be done, sorry. Even so, I don't think that there will be more official OTA's for our device, so for me that is no problem at all.
6) Did you make any changes to the default settings of Greenify or Amplify? What for do you use the Gravity Box app exactly?
Greenify:
I now use Naptime from Francisco Franco instead of Greenify, it is more what I want. When I lock my device, it immediately enters Doze mode, so almost no battery is drained as soon as I turn the screen off. Also phone sensors are turned off.
I only don't apply it to Google Messenger app and phonograph because I wouldn't receive SMS/MMS neither would I be able to listen to music with screen off.
Amplify:
I leave everything as it is, all default.
Gravity Box:
I use Gravity Box app for some visual tweaks and funcionality.
Device unlocks automatically once I put the correct PIN code;
Long pressing power button when screen off turns on the flashlight;
Quick Settings tweaks (personal taste);
Turn on cursor control keys on navbar;
Advanced reboot menu;
Ram usage on recents menu;
Clear all button on recents menu.
I hope I was clear with everything, any questions feel free to ask!
Hit thanks if I helped you :good:

I think if you don't try to downgrade or mess around with the bootloader then you should be fine. For reference that's the motoboot.img file from stock ROMs. As a precaution I always rename that file to something like _motoboot.img and remove any reference to it from the EasyInstaller script I use to flash my ROM. I also do the same for gpt.bin, it seems to cause problems when you try to go back to an older partition table when downgrading. (it can cause issues with WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, Data connections etc...)
I also use an app called Trimmer (fstrim) by AdminseHow which seems to keep my phone snappy.
These are the apps I have installed (bare in mind that I'm a very minimalist user):
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
And this is my memory usage:

MobileHD said:
I think if you don't try to downgrade or mess around with the bootloader then you should be fine. For reference that's the motoboot.img file from stock ROMs. As a precaution I always rename that file to something like _motoboot.img and remove any reference to it from the EasyInstaller script I use to flash my ROM. I also do the same for gpt.bin, it seems to cause problems when you try to go back to an older partition table when downgrading. (it can cause issues with WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, Data connections etc...)
I also use an app called Trimmer (fstrim) by AdminseHow which seems to keep my phone snappy.
These are the apps I have installed (bare in mind that I'm a very minimalist user):
And this is my memory usage:
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What rom are you using and which services have you disabled?
Edit: Nevermind, you already posted

maximuns said:
You only brick your phone if you downgrade android with a higher bootloader to a lower (for example from 4887 - latest to 4886 - previous).
When in stock, you can update your android when the update arrives, as long as you have stock recovery, stock ROM and no ROOT. (not sure about the last one)
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Right now I am on LineageOS 14.1 20160702. My bootloader version is 48.86. So I guess it is safe to flash stock Marshmallow, since 48.86 is compatible with stock MM and I won't have to worry about possible hardbrick, right?
Furthermore, how do you keep system apps frozen? I guess that it's not the Servicely app that does the trick.

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Jimisballjohn said:
Right now I am on LineageOS 14.1 20160702. My bootloader version is 48.86. So I guess it is safe to flash stock Marshmallow, since 48.86 is compatible with stock MM and I won't have to worry about possible hardbrick, right?
Furthermore, how do you keep system apps frozen? I guess that it's not the Servicely app that does the trick.
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Yes you're right
I used Link2SD app

What are your thoughts on Radium Redefined? It's a stock rom which with some tweaks. I saw in your main post that you've used it but I would be interested to know your opinion on it.

am i the only dude happy with lineageos? i´m on 20160208 build and i have to say it´s pretty good...with about 50 apps and a 32gb sd it´s holding up. i bought a p9 a couple weeks ago but i still find myself comfortable with the g2 even with a crackled screen...my gf just moved on from the 1st gen moto g with cracked screen as well to a p9 lite...and guess what, i´m not jumping on the huawei boat cause LOS isn´t on the way yet...i´ve been a CM dude long time and can´t stand the bloatware on huawei phones..

NotFatMan said:
What are your thoughts on Radium Redefined? It's a stock rom which with some tweaks. I saw in your main post that you've used it but I would be interested to know your opinion on it.
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It is a stock based rom, with a low memory consumption and really light, but the development has seized, so I prefer to stick with stock, the security patch is more recent and with root you can unninstall all the apps you don't want and tweak the rom as I did.
Anyway, it is an awesome choice also.
Keep in mind that it is stock based, so many of the kernels and mods are not compatible (just like stock)
Hope I helped

[New Release] Le 1s EUI 5.9-28S stable version update 2017-12-20

[New Release] Le 1s EUI 5.9-28S stable version update 2017-12-20
Info https://bbs.le.com/thread-2465889-1.html
Download link http://g3.letv.cn/261/9/97/scloud-ota/0/upload/tmp/1512962732_FULL_X500_X500-CN-OP-DBXCNOP5902812084S-5.9.0.zip?b=123456&platid=5&splatid=500 Thanks to wnl2527s

From where did u get this Le 1s EUI 5.9-28S update ???
And from where did u downloaded this update

thebestgames said:
[New Release] Le 1s EUI 5.9-28S stable version update 2017-12-20
Info https://bbs.le.com/thread-2465889-1.html
Download link http://g3.letv.cn/261/9/97/scloud-o...2084S-5.9.0.zip?b=123456&platid=5&splatid=500 Thanks to wnl2527s
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Chinese or english ?

Chinese ROM with English option. I received it via OTA 28th of December. I f*king hated it, and reverted back to 26s (previously I had 20s and it was a fine ROM).
My description of it is pasted below from another topic, but bottom line, it has a crappy folder interface, no entering/exiting animations, it's harder to return back from a folder, and it will screw google services.
If you go to the original topic and scroll down a little you'll see some screenshots I posted.
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Ok, my phone just updated by OTA yesterday from 20S to 28S (yeah, it jumped 7 updates, I know).
Well, the new update is a pile of crap:
1- After the 1,2GB update the playstore became corrupted. I tried to clean cache and data of Google services and playstore as I saw in a video, it didn't work. Then I uninstalled those 2 and google framework, and tried to install them with Google Installer (that app that installs the Playstore in chinese phones that don't have gapps). It installed them but it didn't work. I downloaded the most recent Google Installer apk and repeated the process, again it didn't work. F*cking seriously??
2- Some system apps now have splash screen ads which make you wait. Very professional, LeEco
3- The smooth zoom in / zoom out animations every time we entered/exited a folder are gone, now you enter one and can scroll sideways to get to another folder while their titles are in the top sliding horizontally, metro style. Worst even it's harder to exit the folder: before this update we clicked a free spot and it exited it, but now we have to tap a free spot in the right side to the "+" sign, or it won't exit, I have to put my finger all the way down to tap the back button.
And the turd in the top of the cake, when a folder is entered, the OS displays f*cking ads!! chinese ads, in my folders! Thankfully this can be disabled, but what the hell, Leeco?
4- The Phone Manager app is much more intrusive always complaining about cleaning, data plans and telling me to "accelerate apps"
5- A butload of more chinese apps installed
6- In the browser (that also has a splash screen), if I choose "other countries" as a location I loose the Bing and google options as search engines with only the chinese search engines available, so I have to set my location as USA (I'm in europe). If I wanted only chinese search engines I would have choose as my location, oh I don't know... China, maybe? What stupidity is this?
7- The folder icon now only shows 4 apps maximum, before it supported 9, which was much more useful
So, anyone else with these kind of problems, was your playstore app ruined too?
I'm planning to downgrade to a version without this stupid folder navigation system, and of course with a funcioning playstore. Which version is that? 26S? 27S?
I like the previous version and don't want to install "pure android" or buggy cooked roms.
I hope anyone can answer my questions, thank you and sorry for the rant
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5.9.28S is cr*p...
My daughter received the 5.9.28S update for her X500 little over a week ago, i got it 2 days ago on my X620....
IMHO do NOT upgrade to that version because for the last few days i've been trying to get GApps to work on the
X500 and X620 (both unrooted) but Google Play Services will NOT work on 5.9.28S. My daughter is the
most unhappy girl in the world at the moment because every friggin app that needs Google Play Services doesn't work...
I've tried everything i could think of and i've tried a lot of solutions from the most well known places for these kinda
problems on the interwebs. Not ONE solution worked, both the X500 and X620 have been factory reset several times
and its the same story "Google Play Services stopped working" over and over and over again... Worst update EVER!
It's driving me NUTS!!! I need to revert both phones back to 5.9.23S or 5.9.26S.
@pipoawas
You can turn of the ads... Long press free spot on screen, go to "Desktop settings" and disable "Media recommend".
But i think you found that out already
*Edit:
Tried to revert to 5.9.23S on my wiped X620 with the file from LeTV.... It FAILS to install during recovery. What the ... I give up....

@Excorio
Yes, I know about disabling the ads, but we're still stuck with the splash screens and the hedious launcher: when exiting a folder, if the '+' sign is at the right with no space left at it's right side, you can't exit that folder without going down to the back button.
I discovered for myself how to make google services to work, and it wasn't from any solution on the web. Here, it's the 1st post. You will also have to do another extra step to synchronize your google contacts with the phone contacts (aka, getting your phone contacts populated with your google contacts, e.g. gmail contacts), if that's your case, or else the phone contacts will be empty. To find it just scrool a little down from that 1st post (it's the big "EDIT" in red).
Yes you can export the contacts manually in a csv file from google contacts to the phone contacts, but they will never sync: any change you do to one won't update in the other
One thing that's pissing me off is that I'm having trouble with the 26S:
In the google keyboard (gboard), even though I added my home language, it underlines in red any word from my language; even stranger, despite underlining them, it keeps suggesting them (so it knows them after all). Even worse every time I tap on a word the drop down menu pops up suggesting english words, despite the fact that I have set the keyboard to write in my language.
That and any keyboard I try (4 of them) completly freeze every time I try to update a comment in facebook. *Any keyboard*
So I tried to revert to 23S like you, and like you, it gives me an error. I tried 20S, another error (it's meant to be flashed in twrp only or something, I thought). Then I went to their official rom site (https://bbs.le.com/zt/eui/le_1s.html), with the kind of official roms that work with the original recovery (that I have), I downloaded the 13S, renamed to 'update.zip', tried to downgrade to it, and guess what, another error! With an official rom, with original recovery, in a phone that was never rooted!
F*CK YOU, Leeco!
EDIT: I just found out why 23s, 20s and 13s seem to be off limits, it's not that they're meant to be flashed with twrp, it's because of this (translated from chinese):
After the Android 5.0 (EUI and EUI versions under 13s and 13s) is upgraded to Android 6.0 (15s and above) , the underlying code logic of the system changes. It is not supported to roll back from Android 6.0 to the previous Android 5.0 version .
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The 3 roms I mentioned before are Android 5.0. I guess the update to 6.0 (26s, 28s) changed something in the phone, I'm guessing it's the recovery, that now rejects roms from Android 5
source: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://bbs.le.com/thread-2387187-1.html

To be honest, if i could get Google services running on 5.9.028S_12161 (Stable release) on my X620 i wouldn't mind the so called "improvements" of that update....
I have read your post about how you got it working... It was one of the first i read while searching on XDA I actually used the same installation package you mention in your post, that apk also gave me the same "corrupt apk error". I did what you did and still it wouldn't work on 5.9.028S, i read the post several times (lol) and tried to get it working serveral times but it failed. I then searched for another installer (more recent one called "Google Installer v2 for Xiaomi / MIUI Devices") and tried that one on 5.9.028S but that one also didnt work. After that i lost my patience, cuz i was trying for a couple of days already, and i went on the forum again to write the rant on this page https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...om-rom-to-official-stock-rom-5-t3725302/page3
While i was writing that post i was downloading 5.9.026S_06141 (Stable release) from this forum page https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-2/development/mtk-chipset-custom-rom-to-official-t3715691 I had NO hopes for it to work because of all the previous FAILS (grrrrrrr....) but i could try anyway right. So after downloading i copied it to my phone's root storage and renamed it to update.zip and started the update from withing the file manager AND i crossed my fingers also
OMG it worked! I now have 5.9.026S on my phone again. Then i used that same "Google Installer v2 for Xiaomi / MIUI Devices". It installed all needed apps to get stuff working. So after some installations and a reboot the Google Play Services was working again, no errors. I was able to access the Play Store and every other Google app EXCEPT for Gmail. I couldnt get Gmail running cuz Gmail popped an error saying gmail has a problem with google play services. So just to be sure i checked the Play Services version and it was 438 but i need 440 for my X620. So i updated Play Services to 11.9.51 (440-177350961) and i was able to get into Gmail again without any error. It was just a wrong Services version. Pfff....
Now my X620 is purring like a kitten on 26S again like before. The ONLY thing that's p*ssing me off is that i get a notification from an app thats installed on the phone called "Performance Monitor". If i run the Play Store for example the notification says "Google Play Store skip 48 frames!" (see image below). I have never EVER seen that before. This goes for any app im starting up or have running. The notification pops up now and again telling me some app "skipped xx frames."
What the heck is that thing and why is this happening? More importantly how do i make it go away?
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Good to know you got it working, I guess my solution worked only for me (that, and your phone is X620 while mine is the X500)
To my surprise 23S seems to be Android 6.0, according to the "about phone". Then why the hell did it refuse to install??
Bear in mind that I'm almost certain that my "contact Sync solution" seems to be the culprit for my issue of only one language being recognized by the google keyboard; that or is an incompatibility with Android 6 and that particular Google Sync apk, because later I tried 13S rom, then Google Installer 1.3 which installed all the necessary apks with no errors (aka, no need to install a external apk for Google Sync), and the Gboard recognizes both languages.
You really like the "upgrades" of 28S? yacchh The default browser takes some 5 seconds before it even opens a website, because of 1, sometimes 2 (!) splashscreens. And really, what new upgrades does 28S has? being Marshmellow? big deal, I don't notice it in my daily life, so a previous version is fine by me.
About the "Performance Monitor", there's got to be a way to disable some notifications in the app, otherwise I recommend you disable all of the Performance Monitor notifications in the settings->notifications->permissions
That 48 frames thingy is new to me... are you sure you didn't activate something about performance either in the "Performance Monitor" or in the developer options?
Anyway, that's a chinese app, I suggest you disable their notifications like I described above with the "Performance Monitor", or even disable some of those apps altoghether (you can't do that with *every* chinese app though)
By the way, how did you update the Play Services to 11.9.51? you hunted for the apk online, or is there another method that I'm not aware about?

I don't like the "improvements" they made in the new version but it's not that i run into stuff i need to change. Also i use Chrome for browsing. The default browser is not that good imho and i have been using Swiftkey as a keyboard for ages and works great for me...
I can not set permissions for the "Performance Monitor". This app was already on the phone after i installed 26S so it must come with 26S? I also did not enable anything to make it come up with those messages. I'm also not able to set permissions for that app or disable notifications, the most ANNOYING thing about that notification is that the phone vibrates with it also... (See image below) and i can not uninstall it. If anyone has an answer to this Performance Monitior thing plz do tell cuz i cant find anything about it.
I did indeed hunt for the Google Installer online. Here's the page i got it from: http://www.teamandroid.com/2017/06/21/download-google-installer-v2/. The only problem with this one was that it installed 438 and not 440. I was not able to upgrade to 440 manually or thru the Play Store (I cant find it in my Play Store, dunno why) so i installed an app called "Play Services Info" from the Play Store. I've used that one before and always worked for me. The app shows what version you have installed and you can also upgrade from the current version to the latest version by tapping "PLAY STORE". (See image below). It then opens a Play Store page where you can download/install the latest version, you also have the option to download it from APK Mirror.
Another fun fact about the System Update app in 26S is that even if you disable Auto-update in Settings it will STILL download 5.9.028S and it WILL try to get the new version installed. I noticed this morning that it had downloaded it and it wanted me to update to 28S! No way thats gonna happen lol. Crappy thing about that update message is on the screen that you cant get it to close by using the back button for example.
So i just shut down my phone by holding the power button, i then connected the phone to my PC and powered the phone up. On my PC i went into the file system of the phone, deleted the update zip file from data\com.letv.android.ota. I went into settings and denied the storage permission for the updater app. Just to be sure i rebooted the phone and there's no more message about the update. I then opened the updater app and it said i had the latest version lol... It now thinks 26S is the latest version even if you tap the update button. It still recognizes 26S as the latest version so im confident 28S will never come by again in the updater...

gboard has a better prediction in my opinion, and that facebook issue also happens with swiftkey.
chrome is bloated and google is the new Big Brother now. I would recommend opera or vivaldi.
For the Performance Monitor notifications go to settings, notification management, see if you can find "Performance Monitor" and choose it. Also the Phone Manager app (the icon is a tuxedo ) has some permission settings that might be useful, including the disabling of apps.
If that doesn't work, then your options are either rooting your phone so you have permission to mess with that app at will, or get another ROM (26S, 23S)
You can also see the google play services version number in app management/google play services.
To delete new updates from the update app you just have to go to app management, choose 'system update' and wipe it's data (or cache); you will see that one of them has some ~1.3 GB of data.
I'm afraid the system update notification may appear again, I too denied storage and notification permissions, and that damn thing appeared to me again later. No promises , but try to wipe the data and cache from that app and never run it again, so it doesnt have any permissions (you still havent agreeded with its licence, you know, that popup "do you give this app permission to access blablabla")

pipoawas said:
Chinese ROM with English option. I received it via OTA 28th of December. I f*king hated it, and reverted back to 26s (previously I had 20s and it was a fine ROM).
My description of it is pasted below from another topic, but bottom line, it has a crappy folder interface, no entering/exiting animations, it's harder to return back from a folder, and it will screw google services.
If you go to the original topic and scroll down a little you'll see some screenshots I posted.
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Ok, my phone just updated by OTA yesterday from 20S to 28S (yeah, it jumped 7 updates, I know).
Well, the new update is a pile of crap:
1- After the 1,2GB update the playstore became corrupted. I tried to clean cache and data of Google services and playstore as I saw in a video, it didn't work. Then I uninstalled those 2 and google framework, and tried to install them with Google Installer (that app that installs the Playstore in chinese phones that don't have gapps). It installed them but it didn't work. I downloaded the most recent Google Installer apk and repeated the process, again it didn't work. F*cking seriously??
2- Some system apps now have splash screen ads which make you wait. Very professional, LeEco
3- The smooth zoom in / zoom out animations every time we entered/exited a folder are gone, now you enter one and can scroll sideways to get to another folder while their titles are in the top sliding horizontally, metro style. Worst even it's harder to exit the folder: before this update we clicked a free spot and it exited it, but now we have to tap a free spot in the right side to the "+" sign, or it won't exit, I have to put my finger all the way down to tap the back button.
And the turd in the top of the cake, when a folder is entered, the OS displays f*cking ads!! chinese ads, in my folders! Thankfully this can be disabled, but what the hell, Leeco?
4- The Phone Manager app is much more intrusive always complaining about cleaning, data plans and telling me to "accelerate apps"
5- A butload of more chinese apps installed
6- In the browser (that also has a splash screen), if I choose "other countries" as a location I loose the Bing and google options as search engines with only the chinese search engines available, so I have to set my location as USA (I'm in europe). If I wanted only chinese search engines I would have choose as my location, oh I don't know... China, maybe? What stupidity is this?
7- The folder icon now only shows 4 apps maximum, before it supported 9, which was much more useful
So, anyone else with these kind of problems, was your playstore app ruined too?
I'm planning to downgrade to a version without this stupid folder navigation system, and of course with a funcioning playstore. Which version is that? 26S? 27S?
I like the previous version and don't want to install "pure android" or buggy cooked roms.
I hope anyone can answer my questions, thank you and sorry for the rant
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So I upgraded to 26s, and I hated so I tried downgrading using flashing but for some reason my bootloader won't unlock so I upgraded to 28s. It's better than the 26s in my opinion, less bloatware than the 26s, new awesome camera, app drawer, improved battery life. My Gapps are working successfully, I downloaded them from here https://youtu.be/8VU270w99bA there are links in the description so no need to wait for it like he does. My calendar keeps crashing tho, and the splash screens are hideous, but I don't have a problem with folders because I was used to the app drawer before this, and now I have it again I don't use folder on the main screen anymore. Chinese ads are disabled (but seriously though what the freak??) And I think it's functional enough, at least until I figure out how to downgrade to my stock rom lol

Why did you hate 26S? is basically the same as 20S, but it lets you update the gallery, calendar and browser to the new 28S versions (it asks you for each app, sooner or later).
But I didn't update these apps since I like the old gallery with it's recycle bin, and the 26S browser already supports more than 16 tabs and doesn't freak out with the search engines and location
You prefer the app drawer? To each it's own I guess But it's hard to find the app you want in the middle of so many apps including system apps. Folders are a must, they're organized according to *your* tastes and your software designations.
The new camera still doesn't seem as good as the google's Open Camera app. At least it doesn't made that loud sound when taking a picture and it's faster than open camera specially in burst mode.
As for the locked bootloader, have you tried fastboot oem unlock in fastboot? From there you just have to copy the stock rom as update.zip (no caps lock) in the root of the virtual sd card, flash the original letv recovery, reboot, and the phone will flash the original stock ROM. Maybe you can do this through TWRP too, but I'm not sure.

For some reason I can't update to the 28S OTA (I have 20S), when updating it says "failed to update! Cause: corrupted"
I have the original recovery, the phone is unrooted (it was rooted before but I erased the system folder)
Why is this happening??
Also FYI, I want to update to this rom which I don't like, because my phone is having strange behaviours even after wipes and flashing the original roms:
Whatsapp and now Telegram often don't deliver the messages when the phone is idle (I have to constantly open the apps to see if there are new messages), and now another issue, those blue filter apps like twilight suddenly stop working and close (no banner in status bar, no "badge" icon, nothing"). I had this app working for a full year before, and now this happens, WTF?? the same happens wit hanother similar filter app.
It's like messaging and these filter apps get kicked from memory, (though still being shown in multitasking screen)
I have gave all permissions to all of them and configured them to autostart after boot
It's like something is roten inside the phone, and decaying further.... no amount of wipes and fresh installed roms will correct this. How in the hell is this possible?