Rooting the S5 - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I recently rooted my S5 successfully and then got rid of touchwiz and installed Cyanogenmod 13. But then I realized that the root was gone from my phone. So I rooted again and now Cyanogenmod won't boot. (Stuck on Cyanogenmod booting animation.)
I have an S5 g900I (Oceania edition).
I'm guessing the mod went away because I wiped the system through recovery before installing CM but why can't I root again? If anyones had the problem previously which is the best version to go with? I might try CM12.1 now just to be sure. But any ideas?
Thank you

Axle0 said:
Hi,
I recently rooted my S5 successfully and then got rid of touchwiz and installed Cyanogenmod 13. But then I realized that the root was gone from my phone. So I rooted again and now Cyanogenmod won't boot. (Stuck on Cyanogenmod booting animation.)
I have an S5 g900I (Oceania edition).
I'm guessing the mod went away because I wiped the system through recovery before installing CM but why can't I root again? If anyones had the problem previously which is the best version to go with? I might try CM12.1 now just to be sure. But any ideas?
Thank you
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Flash the latest update supersu.zip and root your phone. I think now you can use supersu2.46.zip on aosp 6.0.1. I've done it and works for me. If not then use the latest systemless root by chainfire. The one that works for me is 2.62. Try 2.46 first. Thanks @Chainfire for all of your hard work and making it easy to root our phones. Good luck

CM13 has root built into the ROM.
Go to settings -- > about device, tap on "Build number" enough times until the Developer options appear, and enable root from within the developer menu.

jlbuck6212 said:
Flash the latest update supersu.zip and root your phone. I think now you can use supersu2.46.zip on aosp 6.0.1. I've done it and works for me. If not then use the latest systemless root by chainfire. The one that works for me is 2.62. Try 2.46 first. Thanks @Chainfire for all of your hard work and making it easy to root our phones. Good luck
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I didn't try that since after wiping everything again I realized by installing CM13 your phones changes to g900f which is the international version and by installing the root for that version all works good. Thank you for your quick response
tangcla said:
CM13 has root built into the ROM.
Go to settings -- > about device, tap on "Build number" enough times until the Developer options appear, and enable root from within the developer menu.
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That's actual hell cool but as mentioned above fixed it some other way.
The only other problem I'm having with CM13 which is really annoying is that it seems like its not as optimized for my phone. It overheats and drains the battery way too quickly. Any ideas for that? Thanks

Axle0 said:
The only other problem I'm having with CM13 which is really annoying is that it seems like its not as optimized for my phone. It overheats and drains the battery way too quickly. Any ideas for that? Thanks
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Yes, it's NFC that's causing the issue. Use a root browser and delete the folder /system/app/NfcNci - try that.

tangcla said:
Yes, it's NFC that's causing the issue. Use a root browser and delete the folder /system/app/NfcNci - try that.
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Fair enough. I don't use NFC anyways so I'll give that a shot

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AT&T LG G Pad 7.0 LTE Lollipop Released

Hi all,
For those with the AT&T version of the LG G Pad 7 the Android 5.0.2 update is here. Looks to have been released 2 days ago actually. See http://www.att.com/esupport/softwareUpdateArticle.jsp?sid=KB425003&cv=820
My tablet is not rooted or modified in any way. I checked for updates, says none available so no upgrade for me yet. Will post back once I get it. I've upgraded other devices from KitKat to Lollipop and they are always laggy after the upgrade. I plan to upgrade then factory reset the tablet as that seems to work out much better.
Finally received the update. All went well since I as not rooted or anything like that. Not used it for long but seems a bit more responsive. I did factory reset and set up as new after doing the Lollipop upgrade.
Does anyone know a successful root method. I've tried everything with no luck. There's got to be some way.
Tersanyus said:
Finally received the update. All went well since I as not rooted or anything like that. Not used it for long but seems a bit more responsive. I did factory reset and set up as new after doing the Lollipop upgrade.
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hi, were you connected to att network when recieved the update?
Yes my G Pad 7 has a valid/active AT&T Sim card in it. I have it on my mobile share value plan.
Is there a way to root 5.0.2? Everything I have tried seems to fail.
draexo said:
Is there a way to root 5.0.2? Everything I have tried seems to fail.
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Anyone???
No way to root lollipop. I'm back on KK and working on PAC Rom build.
Sent from my D6503
I have the KK source code for the v410. Is there no way to build a KDZ from it? I am guessing there is not because someone would have though of this by now.
I still don't see this update available. Im using it on wifi only, with no sim card. Can this be the issue?
The mobile(SIM) network is used to access protocols(most common is time/date and OTA) that routers ignore. To update go to AT&T and ask for a new SIM or root; custom recovery; flash update.
Tersanyus said:
Hi all,
For those with the AT&T version of the LG G Pad 7 the Android 5.0.2 update is here. Looks to have been released 2 days ago actually. See http://www.att.com/esupport/softwareUpdateArticle.jsp?sid=KB425003&cv=820
My tablet is not rooted or modified in any way. I checked for updates, says none available so no upgrade for me yet. Will post back once I get it. I've upgraded other devices from KitKat to Lollipop and they are always laggy after the upgrade. I plan to upgrade then factory reset the tablet as that seems to work out much better.
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hay man i am too waiting for the fu***in thing to come up but it doesn't know the way out there. Now i think you guys should find a way to diggout that OTA bur****d and please share it here @talvigi
wrtechnopath said:
The mobile(SIM) network is used to access protocols(most common is time/date and OTA) that routers ignore. To update go to AT&T and ask for a new SIM or root; custom recovery; flash update.
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theres a zip with the update? or you mean things like blisspop or cm?
dreamtheater17 said:
theres a zip with the update? or you mean things like blisspop or cm?
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Hay, dear , you mentioned a zip update here but you didn't provided the link, if you have seen such thing please give me a link of that thanks.
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theres a zip with the update? or you mean things like blisspop or cm?
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Hi, dear, I have been looking for that zip for a long time, can you please give me a link of that as you have said there's a zip with the update, But you didn't share the link of that update kindly do please.
As far as i don't have an AT&T SIM and if i would have one i don't live in the US of America so the OTA on the SIM card is impossible, that way i have asked you guys to share a link you have or someone might have seen it somewhere around the world.
gridironbear said:
Anyone???
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I downloaded KingRoot from app store and that does the trick.
Is there a manual zip file or something for lollipop? Att with no sim. No OTA available
KingRoot APK worked for me..took two tries..then I replaced their flavor of SU with SuperSU....I still have not been able to custom recovery the beast tho.. Lollipop 5.0.2..tried to Flashify with TWRP 3.0.0.0 Bumped..I get boot certification error when I try to go into recovery.. But I can reboot back into Stock ROM..kinda got cold feet..don't want to hose the device!
hifi1969 said:
KingRoot APK worked for me..took two tries..then I replaced their flavor of SU with SuperSU....I still have not been able to custom recovery the beast tho.. Lollipop 5.0.2..tried to Flashify with TWRP 3.0.0.0 Bumped..I get boot certification error when I try to go into recovery.. But I can reboot back into Stock ROM..kinda got cold feet..don't want to hose the device!
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Any body have stock lollipop update of this device either zip or kdz file please share your thoughts with us. Some us really in great need of that.
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Memory woes
I've been running my v410 with lollipop for a while now and was getting pretty discouraged that apps keep crashing. Large apps like games will crash when a calendar notification pops up, etc.
I used KingRoot to gain root and then SuperSUme to replace SU and remove KingRoot bloat. Mostly to kill ads since I'm running stock with no custom recovery (there are only about 6 apps I use that require SU)
So anyway, I recently installed Kernel Adiutor to take a peek at some kernel tweaks. Low and behold, the default low memory killer settings are set super aggressive! The most aggressive preset available in Kernel Adiutor is still only half of the default values. I knocked it down to "moderately aggressive" and my memory problems are gone (mostly). I'm now playing with the Z-RAM settings to try and get my memory usage to be more efficient.
I was afraid I would have to downgrade to KK to get this thing back to usable. Perhaps not...
katsmacker said:
I've been running my v410 with lollipop for a while now and was getting pretty discouraged that apps keep crashing. Large apps like games will crash when a calendar notification pops up, etc.
I used KingRoot to gain root and then SuperSUme to replace SU and remove KingRoot bloat. Mostly to kill ads since I'm running stock with no custom recovery (there are only about 6 apps I use that require SU)
So anyway, I recently installed Kernel Adiutor to take a peek at some kernel tweaks. Low and behold, the default low memory killer settings are set super aggressive! The most aggressive preset available in Kernel Adiutor is still only half of the default values. I knocked it down to "moderately aggressive" and my memory problems are gone (mostly). I'm now playing with the Z-RAM settings to try and get my memory usage to be more efficient.
I was afraid I would have to downgrade to KK to get this thing back to usable. Perhaps not...
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Wait - you have root on 5.0.2?? Can you post a zip?

[Q] Xposed Framework not supported on my Coolpad Note 3(CP8676-I02)

I own a Coolpad Note 3 running on Android 5.1 Lollipop and packs MT6753 MediaTek 64-bit octacore processor and 3GB RAM. After rooting this device, when I installed Xposed Framework, though it installed successfully but shows a message that this version isn't supported yet. What is this message and when is this platform going to get supported. This was heartbreaking because the major reason of rooting the device was this Framework.
What version of Xposed did you attempt to install? What method did you use to install? What does it say in the log file? We cannot help you without this information.
Details of installed version of Xposed Framework
Spott07 said:
What version of Xposed did you attempt to install? What method did you use to install?
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First, I tried official version of Xposed Installer for lollipop devices. It was a failure(a message popped out after installing that Xposed is not yet supported on this processor platform). Then I referred to the blog Android Beat(How to install Xposed framework on Android 5.1 Lollipop) and downloaded this file "xposed-v78-sdk22-arm64.zip". I flashed it using custom recovery based on CWM. I was stuck in a boot loop after that. Then I was left with no option but to flash my stock ROM as I had no backup at that time.
TheGuyIsHere said:
First, I tried official version of Xposed Installer for lollipop devices. It was a failure(a message popped out after installing that Xposed is not yet supported on this processor platform). Then I referred to the blog Android Beat(How to install Xposed framework on Android 5.1 Lollipop) and downloaded this file "xposed-v78-sdk22-arm64.zip". I flashed it using custom recovery based on CWM. I was stuck in a boot loop after that. Then I was left with no option but to flash my stock ROM as I had no backup at that time.
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Please refer to the official Xposed for Lollipop thread, especially post #2. There you'll find an FAQ about common issues and a table to identify the correct Xposed version. You need to flash the correct .zip file through recovery (as you have done before) and install the Xposed_Installer_alpha3.apk afterwards. After flashing, wipe cache&dalvik, as Xposed alters a lot of files in your system, so this step is highly recommended. If this does not solve your issue, search the thread, there have been several questions about Mediatek compatibility before.
Your initial error (Xposed not compatible) was due to the fact that you tried to install the old Xposed installer for KitKat, which is not compatible with Lollipop.
Noted.
I am definitely going to refer to that thread and will update here after that. Thanks for your precious time.
Some advancements
A guy using Coolpad note 3 tried a method to install Xposed and it worked(to some extent though). What he did was he installed busybox, flashed the Xposed zip files. After rebooting, he still got caught in a bootloop but after 15-20 boot loops(seems like it depends on no. of apps installed as each time his phone booted, percentage of optimising apps increased), he was finally able to start his phone. Now under Xposed settings, he checked disable resourced hooks and rebooted. He got Xposed Framework active status after rebooting. A no. of apps which modify UI like gravitybox, xblastools, greenify in root mode etc were not working. But a few others worked quiet well. Could anyone throw some light on this issue?
TheGuyIsHere said:
A guy using Coolpad note 3 tried a method to install Xposed and it worked(to some extent though). What he did was he installed busybox, flashed the Xposed zip files. After rebooting, he still got caught in a bootloop but after 15-20 boot loops(seems like it depends on no. of apps installed as each time his phone booted, percentage of optimising apps increased), he was finally able to start his phone. Now under Xposed settings, he checked disable resourced hooks and rebooted. He got Xposed Framework active status after rebooting. A no. of apps which modify UI like gravitybox, xblastools, greenify in root mode etc were not working. But a few others worked quiet well. Could anyone throw some light on this issue?
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Unless you're the one trying it, and you can supply full logcats for the entire multi-reboot process, we probably can't know for sure.
Spott07 said:
Unless you're the one trying it, and you can supply full logcats for the entire multi-reboot process, we probably can't know for sure.
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I will try it myself and hopefully provide logcats for the entire multi-boot process.
Can you please share which version of xposed you used because I did the same and it was stuck on bootloop then I realized that the % of starting up apps was increasing gradually but after 3-4 attemps it went down and started from zero and so I flashed it again.
I think the issue is that i used xposed arm64-v78 sdk22 but my device is arm64-v8a, and I guess xposed is not yet released for arm64-v8a sdk22 devices.
So finally with this thread I got a hope to try it again and please share as much info as you can coz its gonna help others a lot
I came back here to give the good news that I did it.
But glad to know that we already got the tutorial.
One problem: donkey guard module is not working, showing unfortunately donkey guard has stopped working.
Any solution???
Btw thank you so much coz know a lot of people have been searching for it from aaa long time.
mukeshkhan2008 said:
I came back here to give the good news that I did it.
But glad to know that we already got the tutorial.
One problem: donkey guard module is not working, showing unfortunately donkey guard has stopped working.
Any solution???
Btw thank you so much coz know a lot of people have been searching for it from aaa long time.
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DonkeyGuard module won't work on lollipop. Any app that changes system behaviour seems to have not worked on this platform yet. Refer to this post for more info:
https://m.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/2vt70q/xposed_for_lollipop_is_out_lets_get_a_list_of/
mukeshkhan2008 said:
I came back here to give the good news that I did it.
But glad to know that we already got the tutorial.
One problem: donkey guard module is not working, showing unfortunately donkey guard has stopped working.
Any solution???
Btw thank you so much coz know a lot of people have been searching for it from aaa long time.
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can u please tell me how to install xposed in cp3?
Using which phone?
mukeshkhan2008 said:
I came back here to give the good news that I did it.
But glad to know that we already got the tutorial.
One problem: donkey guard module is not working, showing unfortunately donkey guard has stopped working.
Any solution???
Btw thank you so much coz know a lot of people have been searching for it from aaa long time.
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U used it on Coolpad Note 3???
TheGuyIsHere said:
I own a Coolpad Note 3 running on Android 5.1 Lollipop and packs MT6753 MediaTek 64-bit octacore processor and 3GB RAM. After rooting this device, when I installed Xposed Framework, though it installed successfully but shows a message that this version isn't supported yet. What is this message and when is this platform going to get supported. This was heartbreaking because the major reason of rooting the device was this Framework.
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Hello I have the same phone too but how did you root it
Rooting method
arjithpraison said:
Hello I have the same phone too but how did you root it
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Here is the step-by-step guide to root Coolpad Note 3:
http://www.anythingultimate.in/2015/10/how-to-root-coolpad-note-3.html?m=1
Follow the guide and you will be successfully able to root your phone. Best of luck!
Do hit thanks if this post helped you.
wanting xposed un istaller for coolpad note 3
Hey i m installing xposed version 78 running good but u want to fully un root & un install xposed frame work for getting new android version update marsh mallow 6.0 for this mobile in next week so i want to update thats why i want fully un root also ( im using super su ) so plz help.me suggeat which vesion of unistaller i want to use for rempving xposed frame work
santosh reddy 143 said:
Hey i m installing xposed version 78 running good but u want to fully un root & un install xposed frame work for getting new android version update marsh mallow 6.0 for this mobile in next week so i want to update thats why i want fully un root also ( im using super su ) so plz help.me suggeat which vesion of unistaller i want to use for rempving xposed frame work
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You can find the uninstaller in the same thread where you have found the correct Xposed framework version for your device. Use the same specs (SDK version, ARM version) as for the Xposed framework for the uninstaller and flash it. Don't forget to wipe cache&dalvik afterwards.
I installed xposed but when I click reboot it says
de.robv.android.xposed.installer/cache/busybox-xposed: not found
sxda7 said:
I installed xposed but when I click reboot it says
de.robv.android.xposed.installer/cache/busybox-xposed: not found
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did you install busybox?
Nergal di Cuthah said:
did you install busybox?
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yes but i don't know why it keeps saying that everytime i try to reboot xposed

Recover Root after CM 12.1 install

Hello hello,
So I reverted to my old i337 (ATT) because my S6 is defect and Samsung are hanging me out to dry (whole other story there). That being said, this i337 was on CM 11 4.4.4 but had the home-brew version, a slew of issues and so on. It did have root though.
I managed to install TWRP 2.8, CM 12.1 official build and it works flawlessly up until now. Except, I lost root. I'm puzzled too because running Motochopper tells me it's already rooted, and if I install Superuser form Play it seems to recognize the root, but then tells me I need to update, which fails. If I try to install any root app, nothing works.
Interestingly, I had to temporarily downgrade to CM 11 throughout this to troubleshoot a bug with GApps, and even after "losing" root to CM 12, in 11 I still had root! Back to CM 12 and out the root again. I've looked through threads and the only thing I found remotely close was to go back to 4.2.2 stock, then flash, then upgrade again... I'm trying to find another way since everthing else works fine...
Seems like it's a question of root method having changed in Lollipop, but that's really the extent of my knowledge.
As always, any help would be appreciated!
Denis
Edit: BB is I337UCUAMDL
Did you enable developer options, then go down to root access and enable it from there?
njf789 said:
Did you enable developer options, then go down to root access and enable it from there?
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That is such a noob comment!! Did I enable... pfff! Of course... I... uh... oh. Yeah I guess that's a new option then, is it? *nervously whistling away*
PS: thanks! had no idea that was a thing I've updated my sig to celebrate.
DenisEhm said:
Hello hello,
So I reverted to my old i337 (ATT) because my S6 is defect and Samsung are hanging me out to dry (whole other story there). That being said, this i337 was on CM 11 4.4.4 but had the home-brew version, a slew of issues and so on. It did have root though.
I managed to install TWRP 2.8, CM 12.1 official build and it works flawlessly up until now. Except, I lost root. I'm puzzled too because running Motochopper tells me it's already rooted, and if I install Superuser form Play it seems to recognize the root, but then tells me I need to update, which fails. If I try to install any root app, nothing works.
Interestingly, I had to temporarily downgrade to CM 11 throughout this to troubleshoot a bug with GApps, and even after "losing" root to CM 12, in 11 I still had root! Back to CM 12 and out the root again. I've looked through threads and the only thing I found remotely close was to go back to 4.2.2 stock, then flash, then upgrade again... I'm trying to find another way since everthing else works fine...
Seems like it's a question of root method having changed in Lollipop, but that's really the extent of my knowledge.
As always, any help would be appreciated!
Denis
Edit: BB is I337UCUAMDL
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Wait! So you have CM12 on your ATT S4?
I spent 6 hours yesterday and managed to instal golden eye 53. But I'd like to try installing cm12.
Can you point me the link of the relevant thread?
Thanks
Sarfarash said:
Wait! So you have CM12 on your ATT S4?
I spent 6 hours yesterday and managed to instal golden eye 53. But I'd like to try installing cm12.
Can you point me the link of the relevant thread?
Thanks
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Yes and I can say that aside from very minor bugs (such as I can't get weather to work) it's by far the best ROM I've had on this phone! The nice thing too is it's officially supported.
First you can download the ROM here; I used the last stable release for 12.1, right at the top.
For instructions I would suggest to go on the official wiki for the jflteatt, but make sure you are using TWRP version 2.8.7.0. I was on a CWM custom recovery which worked fine for 4.4.4, but when I flashed 5.1 it was plagued with crashes and GApps were completely useless - even if it did technically work. Trust me, this will save you a lot of time and it's not really mentioned anywhere.
Also stay away form TWRP version 3.0; when I tried to install it it re-locked my boot loader (somehow) and I had to fiddle-fsck around a lot with it to bypass it again.
But outside this, it was a flawless install for me! Hope this helps.
DenisEhm said:
That is such a noob comment!! Did I enable... pfff! Of course... I... uh... oh. Yeah I guess that's a new option then, is it? *nervously whistling away*
PS: thanks! had no idea that was a thing I've updated my sig to celebrate.
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No problem man. There is also a setting in Super User to override the CM root setting iirc. Just FYI
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No problem man. There is also a setting in Super User to override the CM root setting iirc. Just FYI
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Yeah I had tried that but it wouldn't do anything. I've followed your advice and now it works perfectly. Thanks again!
DenisEhm said:
Yes ......
For instructions I would suggest to go on the official wiki for the jflteatt,
..... I was on a CWM custom recovery which worked fine for 4.4.4
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Thank you very much,
I got excited for few minutes, then I followed the instructions link, and saw that big red banner of warning saying only MDL and MDB can use it.
And I am on OC3 (5.0.1) so I guess I'm out of luck!
Sarfarash said:
Thank you very much,
I got excited for few minutes, then I followed the instructions link, and saw that big red banner of warning saying only MDL and MDB can use it.
And I am on OC3 (5.0.1) so I guess I'm out of luck!
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Ah yes that's true, I'm on MDL... bummer...

After using the S7 Edge for 1 week with / and Xposed. Stock TW has to go

Got my S7 Edge SM-935W8 Installed TWRP, CF Auto root and xposed. Before i did that i used the stock phone for a day. FASTEST PHONE IVE EVER USED. NOTHING COMES CLOSE TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS PHONE OUT OF THE BOX. THIS IS NOT A POsT TO BASH THE S7 EDGE
Off the go xposed did not work well. Bootlooped every other restart and added a lot of time to startup.
Modules I installed:
Boot Manager
BubnleUpNp
Clean Lockscreen
Custom Share
Dynamic AlarmIcon 2
Flatstyke bar indicator
Flatstylekeyboard
Gravitybox
Greenify
Luckypatcher
RootCloak
Smooth system progress bar
XGPM
Xinstaller
Xprivacy
Xprivacy in app info
Xtouchwhiz
Was it easy to root?what method did you follow please?only rooted once and was nexus 6p never rooted another?cheers
So does that mean you are going to flash back the stock ROM. I'm undecided on whether to root or not. I've been jailbreaking since the first iPhone, and the S7 edge is my first ever android device. I must say I can do almost everything I used to on jailbreak but with a lot less effort.
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I have the same config, except I obtained root with TWRP + SuperSU.
Runs better than Stock, and No Reboots.
Are you sure you got the correct Xposed version ? (Arm64, SDK 23)
Out of the box, First thing I did was Power up in bootloader, Flashed TWRP. Root is a must for me.
A little confused as to the OP? What exactly are you stating or trying to convey?
chippyuk said:
A little confused as to the OP? What exactly are you stating or trying to convey?
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Me too, can't work out if he is saying it was better before or after root and exposed??
After i install Xposed framework, as jazonX states (Arm64, SDK 23) , my phone won't boot anymore and i am forced to
reinstall stock image. what am i doing wrong ?
Thanks!
dsbarry said:
After i install Xposed framework, as jazonX states (Arm64, SDK 23) , my phone won't boot anymore and i am forced to
reinstall stock image. what am i doing wrong ?
Thanks!
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Use Xposed from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3180960
This is specifically made for TW devices, because Samsung makes modifications to ART and other things that break the normal Xposed. I installed it on my S7e and it works like a charm
ssrij said:
Use Xposed from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3180960
This is specifically made for TW devices, because Samsung makes modifications to ART and other things that break the normal Xposed. I installed it on my S7e and it works like a charm
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you sir, are a lifesaver!
thank you so much!
Sorry half the post was removed....
Anyways I wrote this because if you go far enough to trip Knox you aren't going to want to run stock TW. With the features this phone has I can't see myself running cm or a AOSP distro if I lose out on the hardware's capabilities. For a thousand dollar phone the price tag doesn't meet the performancs running stock with root and xposed.
I used wanams custom Xposed v80 x64. The TWRP exynos version and Cf-root. This version of Touchwhiz is 8gb. There is ALOT of RAM usage on the device stock. With Xposed framework on top the device is lagging behind what it should be.
I'm dying to get a custom TW running because this device is a beast but there is to much on top of the essentials that are holding back the s7.
If you are thinking of going the mod route you should not use stock. When the time comes flash a custom TW.
JazonX said:
I have the same config, except I obtained root with TWRP + SuperSU.
Runs better than Stock, and No Reboots.
Are you sure you got the correct Xposed version ? (Arm64, SDK 23)
Out of the box, First thing I did was Power up in bootloader, Flashed TWRP. Root is a must for me.
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did your 0x0 became 0x1 after rooting?
mindstorms54 said:
did your 0x0 became 0x1 after rooting?
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Ofcourse its gonna trip knox
mindstorms54 said:
did your 0x0 became 0x1 after rooting?
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Yeah, 0x1 now.
Wasn't a big deal for me, as this is probably the sixth phone I had with Fort Knox.
I wanna start playing with this thing but Sam mobile doesn't have our firmware up yet.
Any other firmware I can use to reflash stock if I run into trouble playing with this thing?
I'm also on the w8 variant and like to have everything on my laptop before I make the leap
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jlomoro said:
I wanna start playing with this thing but Sam mobile doesn't have our firmware up yet.
Any other firmware I can use to reflash stock if I run into trouble playing with this thing?
I'm also on the w8 variant and like to have everything on my laptop before I make the leap
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You shouldn't need another. With Odin you can flash the recovery again if it fails but after you have a recovery you can just factory reset it and it well go back to default. Go to the TWRP EXYNOS thread and follow his steps. Its a smooth process
Thanks for the reply Benny, that won't work if I want to experiment with the custom rom available tho will it.
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jlomoro said:
Thanks for the reply Benny, that won't work if I want to experiment with the custom rom available tho will it.
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Download Nandroid manager and online Android backup. Your gonna have to get TWRP and root
Make a backup and save it to your SD card. Copy it somewhere safe, and make sure you can flash it if anything goes wrong.
Or you can hold off and wait for Sam's mobile. In due time it will have a stock image for your provider
Hi Benny, it's awesome you got it all working. I have same model of the S7 Edge. I am rooted, however I didn't install TWRP yet, because I was confused about the instructions in the "exynos twrp" thread.
Did you glad the "dm-verity- disabler "? I'm not sure what that does, but it was part of the instructions. Also did you do a factory reset when flashing twrp? Because my phone is all setup up now, I don't want to do a factory reset to get twrp.
Please advise
before i root i need to make sure sammy can resolve all 6.0.1 issues, mainly crappy 3d gaming performance. happens on ALL 6.0.1 devices, on Note 5 running angry birds 2 for 5 minutes results in awful lag and stuttering same with s7e, however 5.1.1 Note 5 runs it perfect!!!
i mainly play ppsspp emulator and angry birds 2, and this stupid bug must be resolved!
MUTAN3F said:
Hi Benny, it's awesome you got it all working. I have same model of the S7 Edge. I am rooted, however I didn't install TWRP yet, because I was confused about the instructions in the "exynos twrp" thread.
Did you glad the "dm-verity- disabler "? I'm not sure what that does, but it was part of the instructions. Also did you do a factory reset when flashing twrp? Because my phone is all setup up now, I don't want to do a factory reset to get twrp.
Please advise
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That file removes the encryption on internal storage. It's required if you wish to have TWRP have read write access to the internal storage. Wichita is required if you plan on using custom rom in the future.
I'm thinking what you could do (which is what I'm gonna do) is flash the auto root method. Then do a full backup with titanium to sd card. Then install TWRP and do full wipe and no diversity script and TWRP root method.
Then reload my titanium backup.
Think this will best of both worlds as I'll have read write access and won't lose all my data.
Can anybody confirm or correct me on my thinking here?
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Questions regarding Nougat.

I haven't personally used any of the Beta builds of Android 'N' and had a few questions regarding Nougat, Root, TWRP and Xposed.
I always flash the stock factory images using fastboot, so when the Nougat image is available, I plan on wiping and starting fresh. After I get it all flashed, I was wondering how I'd go about getting TWRP? Do I simply flash TWRP using fastboot as I have always done in the past? Or is there a special version of TWRP to be used?
Next, I read SuperSU 2.74 flashed with TWRP will get me rooted, but just wanted to confirm that just to be safe.
Last but certainly least, I realize Nougat is in its infancy stage, custom ROM wise, but will ROMs be rebased from 'M' to 'N' fairly quickly, or is it quite the difficult process? Can I also safely assume Xposed won't be working with Nougat for a while as well?
Sorry for the plethora of questions, I'm new to the Nougat scene.
I'm also interested in finding this stuff out, as I will be coming from rooted paranoid android MM.
Dankchild said:
I'm also interested in finding this stuff out, as I will be coming from rooted paranoid android MM.
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If nobody replies i'll see what I can dig up information wise and I'll let you know. [emoji106]
adzcache said:
If nobody replies i'll see what I can dig up information wise and I'll let you know. [emoji106]
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I would like to know as well!
NBAPwns said:
I would like to know as well!
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So far all the info I know is Xposed isn't supported yet, and SuperSU 2.74 can be used to get Root access, but I still haven't heard anything related to N and TWRP.
There's a new version of TWRP today for Nougat. The previous version wasn't staying installed. TWRP 3.0.2-1: https://dl.twrp.me/angler/twrp-3.0.2-1-angler.img.html
If you want Nougat now, you can use ADB Sideload to install this full update: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...gs-full-android-7-0-nougat-nexus-ota-roundup/
Just boot into TWRP, choose "Advanced" and "ADB Sideload".
Then, from the command line, type adb sideload /path/to/rom.zip
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There's a new version of TWRP today for Nougat. The previous version wasn't staying installed. TWRP 3.0.2-1: https://dl.twrp.me/angler/twrp-3.0.2-1-angler.img.html
If you want Nougat now, you can use ADB Sideload to install this full update: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...gs-full-android-7-0-nougat-nexus-ota-roundup/
Just boot into TWRP, choose "Advanced" and "ADB Sideload".
Then, from the command line, type adb sideload /path/to/rom.zip
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Nice find with TWRP. I see they've updated their Github too
Thank you kindly @anuraj1
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Thank you kindly @anuraj1
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My pleasure! I'm running 7.0 with TWRP and root with no data loss from MM. The phone is much snappier, but I might still clean install when the factory images are released.
I am not finding much info about Xposed on 7.0, but I am going to hold off on experimenting with it.
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My pleasure! I'm running 7.0 with TWRP and root with no data loss from MM. The phone is much snappier, but I might still clean install when the factory images are released.
I am not finding much info about Xposed on 7.0, but I am going to hold off on experimenting with it.
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Awesome!
One question, are you using 2.74 or 2.76 for root?
this link may also be of interest to you all: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guide-android-nougat-developer-preview-t3410906
for the developer previews, TWRP didn't play nicely, in short, it wasn't able to decrypt your data for some reason, and i managed to find this workaround. @anuraj1, do you know if the new twrp you linked works with N as it did on M, or are there not enough use cases for it yet?
anuraj1 said:
My pleasure! I'm running 7.0 with TWRP and root with no data loss from MM. The phone is much snappier, but I might still clean install when the factory images are released.
I am not finding much info about Xposed on 7.0, but I am going to hold off on experimenting with it.
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im on Pure Nexus Rom, can i just sideload it to 7.0? Assuming im keeping all my apps and data. Noting that non of my xposed apps will not work yet
Dankchild said:
Awesome!
One question, are you using 2.74 or 2.76 for root?
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I am using 2.76
My question is this:
I took the ota to Nougat, updated to the new twrp, got my phone rooted just fine, now, are there any custom kernels out yet that will work for Nougat?
With the new OTA out, will the factory images be released fairly soon? I'd like to try Nougat and this new TWRP.
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My question is this:
I took the ota to Nougat, updated to the new twrp, got my phone rooted just fine, now, are there any custom kernels out yet that will work for Nougat?
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Yeah dude, @flar2 ElementalX has an N Kernel I do believe.
Keep getting force close on some apps. Can't use ex kernel manager.
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asj0422 said:
this link may also be of interest to you all: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guide-android-nougat-developer-preview-t3410906
for the developer previews, TWRP didn't play nicely, in short, it wasn't able to decrypt your data for some reason, and i managed to find this workaround. @anuraj1, do you know if the new twrp you linked works with N as it did on M, or are there not enough use cases for it yet?
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The new version works on N exactly as twrp worked on MM!
Can someone tell me which SuperSU to use? I wiped and started from scratch on a fresh MM and took the Nougat OTA, so I'm full stock right now with an unlocked bootloader. I have the new TWRP ready. Just need SuperSU. Thanks in advance.
I've included full instructions on how to safely update in my guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
(section 14)

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