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Introduction and few comments re: ICS / rooting

Firstly, what a great forum. I have dabbled with my phone purely on what I have gleaned from here, so keep up the great work.
I have viewed for quite a time but it is a pleasure to make my first post, so go easy on me.
I am a total newbie when it comes to phones although I have a lot of experience building PCs for many years. I have an unbranded S2 (prev XEU) which I updated with ICS OTA a few days ago. I am now on LPS. I then successfully rooted using Rachmat’s work [GUIDE] ROOT/UNROOT Stock ICS Firmware without flashing unsecure kernel), which was a breeze to do (apart from initially putting it in download mode instead of recovery and wondering why I couldn’t get any further!!).
I have since installed Titanium Backup and frozen a number of apps.
I want to share some of the problems which I have experienced after updating to ICS:
- I get the wifi problem where connectivity is suddenly lost and necessitates a reboot. After a reboot the battery level dramatically drops. I checked the router (VM Superhub) and strangely it had defaulted to factory settings. I have a LAN which runs well with 2 wired PCs, 2 laptops on wifi, 2 iPod Touch and a BB Playbook – I had to set them up again after reconfiguring the router. Needless to say, the wifi problem still exists and I have to reboot the phone every now and again.
- A strange problem with my internal SD storage – before updating I had about 9gb full which included a number of videos, etc. Following the update it still showed 9gb but my videos were gone and the USB storage folder showed 0kb. Adding up what I actually had only amounted to about 4gb and I had to erase the internal SD to get my space back.
- Battery consumption is still very poor – I had not noticed any difference using ICS. I still only get about 10 hours from a full charge if I am lucky, with a moderate amount of use. I have stopped auto-sync for everything, dimmed the display as much as possible and various other tips and I hope there will be an improvement. I have started using Juice Defender again although I am not convinced on that one.
Rooting has made no difference to the wifi issue and I will reset the router and start again when I get time tomorrow.
Thanks again
Tim

Timbop37 said:
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Rooting has made no difference to the wifi issue a
Nope and it never ever will rooting is access to a lower level of the OS no more and no less .
jje
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I too used Rachmat's quick and easy guide on how to root & unroot ICS firmware and found it so simple and great to use. I have flashed a number of different custom ICS roms since rooting XWLP8 and my counter has not gone up at all and there is no yellow triangle. I recommend this method for anyone using ICS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719

Did you wipe everything after updating to ICS?
About battery dropping after reboot, it's normal (at least I didn't find a fix).. I mean, it's normal that the battery indicator shows a wrong information.. if you just let your phone, you will notice the indicator going up without charge.. after reboot sometimes the battery indicator doesn't show the real battery level.
And about your battery lofe, you should be more specific.. like how many time of screen on, calls, if you are using 2G, 3G or wifi, if you are playing games or videos etc.
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I had WIFI problem with the LPQ and LPS update (last saturday OTA) fixed it.

After updating to ICS I erased my internal USB data which solved the problem where my free space was reported inaccurately.
I didn't do a factory reset.
With regard to phone/battery usage, I tend to use it for browsing, email and occasionally music. Don't play many games on it, especially CPU/graphic intensive games. Very occasionally I will watch a video but not many and I fully expect the battery to discahrge quickly.
To give an example, this morning at 09:00 my battery was at 83%. It is now at 41% some 5.5hrs later. Screen is 0% display and has been during this time, all syncing is off, wifi has been on perhaps 10-15 minutes max, no GPS or bluetooth. I have browsed the web, checked emails, etc - used the phone for approximately 30 minutes in 5.5hrs. by the way, JD is showing x2.17.
Thank you
Tim

Timbop37 said:
After updating to ICS I erased my internal USB data which solved the problem where my free space was reported inaccurately.
I didn't do a factory reset.
With regard to phone/battery usage, I tend to use it for browsing, email and occasionally music. Don't play many games on it, especially CPU/graphic intensive games. Very occasionally I will watch a video but not many and I fully expect the battery to discahrge quickly.
To give an example, this morning at 09:00 my battery was at 83%. It is now at 41% some 5.5hrs later. Screen is 0% display and has been during this time, all syncing is off, wifi has been on perhaps 10-15 minutes max, no GPS or bluetooth. I have browsed the web, checked emails, etc - used the phone for approximately 30 minutes in 5.5hrs. by the way, JD is showing x2.17.
Thank you
Tim
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Are you with CWM recovery? If so, do a nandroid backup first and then wioe everything. Wipe data, cache and dalvik cache.. this won't affect your sd card (both internal and external), but will set the system as default, with no apps or data (such as google accounts).
When you change your system (specially in your case, when you moved from a GB to iCS rom) you should wipe everything.
Also, about battery life, only after 3/4 full cycles you will be able to see how it really is.
But since I've never used stock kernel, can't say much about it, but Abyss is being a great kernel for me.
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luizlee86 said:
Are you with CWM recovery?
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Do you refer to the CWM.zip file I put on the external SD card from Rachmat's tutorial?
If so, I still have it there. Do you mean go into recovery, install CWM.zip from external SD, and Nandroid backup will be an option?
thanks
Tim

Timbop37 said:
Do you refer to the CWM.zip file I put on the external SD card from Rachmat's tutorial?
If so, I still have it there. Do you mean go into recovery, install CWM.zip from external SD, and Nandroid backup will be an option?
thanks
Tim
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Hm.. I think so.. can you give me a link to this tutorial so I can confirm?
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luizlee86 said:
Hm.. I think so.. can you give me a link to this tutorial so I can confirm?
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The link is in the 3rd post of this thread.
Thank you for your help.
Tim

Yes, you can use this CWM.zip, you will find an option for backup (there won't be mention to nandroid, so don't look for it).
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Okay, just so that I get this straight...
I go into recovery
Install CWM.zip from sdcard
backup using backup/restore in recover
Wipe data/factory reset from recovery
Wipe cache partition
Where is dalvik cache? Also, will not the factory reset put me back to GB 2.3.4?
Sorry to appear dumb but I just want to get it clear in my head.
Thanks again
Tim

Dalvik is under advanced in cwm.
You will do everything under cwm, ok? Enter normal recovery, apply cwm.zip and do everything in cwm recovery.
No, it won't take you back to gb.
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luizlee86 said:
Dalvik is under advanced in cwm.
You will do everything under cwm, ok? Enter normal recovery, apply cwm.zip and do everything in cwm recovery.
No, it won't take you back to gb.
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Sorry, just one more thing. Once I have reset/wiped using recovery do I just restart my phone and use or do I have to restore the backup?
Tim

Just reboot. The backup is just for the case of something going wrong.. the nandroid backup backs up everything.. I mean EVERYTHING.. so if you wipe everything and restore the backup it will be as if you didn't wipe anything.
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I have completed everything and I am in the process of reorganising my phone, having reimported contacts, etc.
Thank you very much for your help. It is much appreciated.
Tim

daveyannihilation said:
I too used Rachmat's quick and easy guide on how to root & unroot ICS firmware and found it so simple and great to use. I have flashed a number of different custom ICS roms since rooting XWLP8 and my counter has not gone up at all and there is no yellow triangle. I recommend this method for anyone using ICS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
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I cant get this method to work despite numerous attempts. Not sure where I am going wrong.
It all appears to work okay (Superuser is in the Apps menu) but when I run Root Checker it says it is not rooted and this does appear to be true because the latest Total Recall will not work either.
Maybe someone else could try Root Checker and confirm that they are actually rooted.

Timbop37 said:
I have completed everything and I am in the process of reorganising my phone, having reimported contacts, etc.
Thank you very much for your help. It is much appreciated.
Tim
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Glad it worked.
I suggest you to try other kernels... but remember, when you flash other kernel, give it some time untill you make conclusions, since, as I said, 3 or 4 full charges are needed to settle things up.

DescendDescend said:
I cant get this method to work despite numerous attempts. Not sure where I am going wrong.
It all appears to work okay (Superuser is in the Apps menu) but when I run Root Checker it says it is not rooted and this does appear to be true because the latest Total Recall will not work either.
Maybe someone else could try Root Checker and confirm that they are actually rooted.
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Method of choice to root .
Root + CWM .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
jje

DescendDescend said:
I cant get this method to work despite numerous attempts. Not sure where I am going wrong.
It all appears to work okay (Superuser is in the Apps menu) but when I run Root Checker it says it is not rooted and this does appear to be true because the latest Total Recall will not work either.
Maybe someone else could try Root Checker and confirm that they are actually rooted.
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All you have to do is install cwm.zip onto external SD card and install SU-Installer-Signed.zip onto your internal SD (I tried it on external but CWM didn't recognise the file). Reboot into recovery, then choose install update from SD card and install cwm.zip . Once that's installed click on install zip from SD card and install SU-Installer-Signed.zip and once that's installed just go back and reboot.
If Superuser is in your apps list then I'm fairly certain you're rooted. I did exactly what you did and was able to install custom roms, overclock and every app that needs root (Titanium Backup, Rom Manager CWM) asked for permission and it was granted. Give it another try and see how you go. :thumbup:
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Stock Recovery and Device Status

If I have a stock device (firmware, kernal and recovery) and I enter recovery, will that trip the customer rom or flash counter? I recently did so, and my device status is now saying "custom". Meanwhile I did not root, or flash anything.
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Resolution:
Thanks for both of your help.
Here are the steps if anyone else is interested:
0) Back everything up, your phone might get bricked... so if your scared don't do this!
1) Root Device (CF Auto Root preferred)
2) Download, Install Triangle Away and run triangle away
3) Go to download mode (volume down + home button when restarting) and ensure you do not see custom for binary and system status
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4) Go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and download the latest firmware
5) Go to recovery mode (volume up + home button when restarting), factory reset, clear delvik cache, format partition.
6) Go back to download mode and flash the latest firmware
7) You now have warranty back, and completely stock

pmafia said:
If I have a stock device (firmware, kernal and recovery) and I enter recovery, will that trip the customer rom or flash counter? I recently did so, and my device status is now saying "custom". Meanwhile I did not root, or flash anything.
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enetring stock recovery should not trip custom status or flash counter...weird Do you have a 64gb sd card

polish_pat said:
enetring stock recovery should not trip custom status or flash counter...weird Do you have a 64gb sd card
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I do, a scandisk 64gb. I removed it, and the battery and I still got custom device? Is there something else I could do?

pmafia said:
I do, a scandisk 64gb. I removed it, and the battery and I still got custom device? Is there something else I could do?
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After doing so, allow the phone to boot up fully, and let it sit for about 2 minutes. Then restart and see if the custom status went away.

Aou said:
After doing so, allow the phone to boot up fully, and let it sit for about 2 minutes. Then restart and see if the custom status went away.
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I've installed triangle away, reset the counter, download mode shows everything as official. I've installed a fresh copy of the latest rom via odin, removed SD card, removed battery... still no luck!!!!!

pmafia said:
I've installed triangle away, reset the counter, download mode shows everything as official. I've installed a fresh copy of the latest rom via odin, removed SD card, removed battery... still no luck!!!!!
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That is strange. Normally the following would always fix the custom logo:
- Odin to stock
- Allow device to reboot
- Let device sit for 2 minutes
- Reboot
(The 2 minutes is to allow SysScope to scan the system and subsequently mark the system as "Official" - you can check on its progress in Settings -> about device -> about phone -> Device status. Usually it only scans for the first :38 sec of a normal boot, but I've seen it take up to two minutes before. This timer doesn't include the time it takes your phone to do the "Android is Upgrading" thing.

So I managed to fix it... I downloaded and flashed the AMG1 July tom after wiping my partition entirely. Thx for the support.
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pmafia said:
So I managed to fix it... I downloaded and flashed the AMG1 July tom after wiping my partition entirely. Thx for the support.
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Excellent! Glad to hear you got it fixed!

pmafia said:
I do, a scandisk 64gb. I removed it, and the battery and I still got custom device? Is there something else I could do?
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The issues is related to the 64GB SD, don't ask me why, i've been on an intensive month long troubleshooting session to find out why but i never did. If you took out the SD and rebooted twice, official status would come back, although the new firmwares dont have that issue

polish_pat said:
The issues is related to the 64GB SD, don't ask me why, i've been on an intensive month long troubleshooting session to find out why but i never did. If you took out the SD and rebooted twice, official status would come back, although the new firmwares dont have that issue
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Aou said:
Excellent! Glad to hear you got it fixed!
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Thanks for both of your help.
Here are the steps if anyone else is interested:
0) Back everything up, your phone might get bricked... so if your scared don't do this!
1) Root Device (CF Auto Root preferred)
2) Download, Install Triangle Away and run triangle away
3) Go to download mode (volume down + home button when restarting) and ensure you do not see custom for binary and system status
Click Here for Image
4) Go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and download the latest firmware
5) Go to recovery mode (volume up + home button when restarting), factory reset, clear delvik cache, format partition.
6) Go back to download mode and flash the latest firmware
7) You now have warranty back, and completely stock

pmafia said:
Thanks for both of your help.
Here are the steps if anyone else is interested:
0) Back everything up, your phone might get bricked... so if your scared don't do this!
1) Root Device (CF Auto Root preferred)
2) Download, Install Triangle Away and run triangle away
3) Go to download mode (volume down + home button when restarting) and ensure you do not see custom for binary and system status
Click Here for Image
4) Go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and download the latest firmware
5) Go to recovery mode (volume up + home button when restarting), factory reset, clear delvik cache, format partition.
6) Go back to download mode and flash the latest firmware
7) You now have warranty back, and completely stock
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I didn't have to do any of that. I just used ODIN and flashed the package. A reboot later and I was good to go like it never even happened.

blastagator said:
I didn't have to do any of that. I just used ODIN and flashed the package. A reboot later and I was good to go like it never even happened.
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lol, I wish that worked for me...

Can't restore stock rom s5 verizon

I installed the Rom VZW_BOK3_ODEX_DEODEX_V1 after the 3rd or 4th time I rooted it, and now I'm not able to restore to stock rom with odin. or get into safetrap recovery or flash through flashfire and I don't know what else to do, and it's lagging so much, can't install app most of the time, can't open apps after a long time I restarted it. Please help me.

britchel said:
I installed the Rom VZW_BOK3_ODEX_DEODEX_V1 after the 3rd or 4th time I rooted it, and now I'm not able to restore to stock rom with odin. or get into safetrap recovery or flash through flashfire and I don't know what else to do, and it's lagging so much, can't install app most of the time, can't open apps after a long time I restarted it. Please help me.
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There's no reason you shouldn't be able to restore if you can get into Download mode, unless either your USB port is messed up or the restore image is corrupted. Check the md5 of the stock restore image you're trying to use, and try a different cord and/or a different USB port on your computer.
Also make sure you're not trying to downgrade to BOD5 or earlier if your bootloader is BOE1 or above, because you can't downgrade.

I can get into download mode, if I flash something else via odin works also it flash the .img it's the bok3 I've done it before, but now nothing work and it's hellllll! I also flashed PB1 that is post on the tread.

britchel said:
I can get into download mode, if I flash something else via odin works also it flash the .img it's the bok3 I've done it before, but now nothing work and it's hellllll! I also flashed PB1 that is post on the tread.
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What exactly happens after you click the button to flash the stock image file in Odin? Odin should say OK and the phone should reboot. What happens after that?

painiac said:
What exactly happens after you click the button to flash the stock image file in Odin? Odin should say OK and the phone should reboot. What happens after that?
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Indeed, it says ok, then it flash the .img and says successful and it reboot the phone like it should. But, then when it start, it's just like it was before, but without root

Make sure you got installed buisy box and safe strap . Install recovery from ss , go to super su and update and make sure is granting the app . Now install NI2 SS flasher for lollipop and make sure super su grant access . Run NI2 and go in the ss. Full wipe then install whatever rom and whatever match firmware with no bootloader then reboot.

alin919 said:
Make sure you got installed buisy box and safe strap . Install recovery from ss , go to super su and update and make sure is granting the app . Now install NI2 SS flasher for lollipop and make sure super su grant access . Run NI2 and go in the ss. Full wipe then install whatever rom and whatever match firmware with no bootloader then reboot.
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I did that, and would always get stock on the Samsung screem... ima try again... and update the post in a little.

britchel said:
I did that, and would always get stock on the Samsung screem... ima try again... and update the post in a little.
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Some time it take 5 minute . try pull battery . if not working, next time you trying to do same think but don't reboot on last step . need to reboot on download mode and flash with Odin https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347768483 that's it should work .

alin919 said:
Some time it take 5 minute . try pull battery . if not working, next time you trying to do same think but don't reboot on last step . need to reboot on download mode and flash with Odin https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347768483 that's it should work .
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Try booting into stock recovery mode (hold home + vol UP + power), and clear cache from there and then reboot.
If that doesn't work, do the same thing but do "factory reset" from stock recovery.

painiac said:
Try booting into stock recovery mode (hold home + vol UP + power), and clear cache from there and then reboot.
If that doesn't work, do the same thing but do "factory reset" from stock recovery.
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You are correct, thanks for mentioning that.

alin919 said:
Some time it take 5 minute . try pull battery . if not working, next time you trying to do same think but don't reboot on last step . need to reboot on download mode and flash with Odin https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347768483 that's it should work .
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So, instead of installing the bike install the one in the link?

britchel said:
So, instead of installing the bike install the one in the link?
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Bok3 sorry

britchel said:
So, instead of installing the bike install the one in the link?
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In the link is just the bootloader. Do same thing but not reboot . Put in download mode and flash with odin.

britchel said:
Bok3 sorry
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In the safestrap , wipe and just flash the rom then the bok3 firmware ( your choice for rom and firmware , bok3 or pb1 ) . When is done and you see the SS home splash just reboot to download mode ( if not working do it manual ) and odin the og5 bootloader just in case https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347768483. Done , wait 5 minute , if not working reboot recovery manual and wipe data , factory reset and cache. Is this clear enough ?

Yes, was CLear enough, but it didn't work...
as the last resource I try to fix it with the Verizon app and also with kies. Both reboot and reset the phone, but it is still laggy and the apps wont open soon but after long time... also will freeze for a long time. do you think have something to do with core system?

britchel said:
Yes, was CLear enough, but it didn't work...
as the last resource I try to fix it with the Verizon app and also with kies. Both reboot and reset the phone, but it is still laggy and the apps wont open soon but after long time... also will freeze for a long time. do you think have something to do with core system?
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Idk , seems like something is corrupted in your phone . The only think i know to do , try to install one off 5.1.1 rom like pure note 5 ( this is the best for me ), is very good rom slim and fast and see if is make difference .

britchel said:
Yes, was CLear enough, but it didn't work...
as the last resource I try to fix it with the Verizon app and also with kies. Both reboot and reset the phone, but it is still laggy and the apps wont open soon but after long time... also will freeze for a long time. do you think have something to do with core system?
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A reset will resolve just about any issue caused by software. You might be looking at a hardware issue.
Install a system monitor app of some kind to see if any processes are really busy.
It's a long shot, but the only thing that comes to my mind is to remove the microSD card: if that resolves the issue, it means your processor is busy chewing on indexing all the media files on your microSD card and may be getting hung up on a corrupted file. If that does nothing, you might have bad RAM or something.

painiac said:
A reset will resolve just about any issue caused by software. You might be looking at a hardware issue.
Install a system monitor app of some kind to see if any processes are really busy.
It's a long shot, but the only thing that comes to my mind is to remove the microSD card: if that resolves the issue, it means your processor is busy chewing on indexing all the media files on your microSD card and may be getting hung up on a corrupted file. If that does nothing, you might have bad RAM or something.
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Thanks, antutu it's fine?
And maybe the SD card as it won't read it fast.. and when I try to access to the SD it maybe freEze or slow down... I'll check it out

Yes, for being slow I'm pretty sure was the SD car as I removed it and it feels more smooth, do you know if there is a way to keep the SD in the phone?

britchel said:
Yes, for being slow I'm pretty sure was the SD car as I removed it and it feels more smooth, do you know if there is a way to keep the SD in the phone?
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First, try opening the SD card on your computer and searching for files of size "0 kb", (that's zero). If you see any media files that are zero kb, delete them. They are corrupted and are causing your phone's media indexing to get stuck in a loop. Symptoms of this issue are slow performance and the phone running hot from trying to process the file continuously. A battery-use examination or performance monitoring app will reveal "android media process" as the offender.
If this does not resolve the issue, you need to take more extensive action. First, copy everything on the SD card to your computer, then format the SD card using the phone, and then copy the data back to the freshly-formatted SD card. Then double-check it for files with a "0 kb" size.
If the problem persists, a last resort would be getting a new microSD card.

(Q) The g360h after root is too slow

Hi
After i did root for my phone (g360h) it becomes too slow with alot of delays
i've tried to remove the root and re-flashed the stock ROM (with wipe everything) many times but that doesnt work with me and it still slowest than worst phone ever
Any Suggest !

Your phone's slow speed has nothing to do with root. It's maybe because of a particular app, such as Facebook, which is a super memeory hog for a phone with 952MB RAM.
Try "L speed" app to optimize the phone. As you already tried wiping and installing stock ROM.

AtomR said:
Your phone's slow speed has nothing to do with root. It's maybe because of a particular app, such as Facebook, which is a super memeory hog for a phone with 952MB RAM.
Try "L speed" app to optimize the phone. As you already tried wiping and installing stock ROM.
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The problem is after the hard reset (wipe everything) and on the first boot it runs super slow without installing any program
and i've tried alot of stock ROMs but that does not work !!

my phone become too slow after installing Xposed and some modules
i tried to installed multiple stock roms and from first boot its too slow(like keyboard, black screeen in apps , etc)
i do this and my phone is now good with root and few apps so you can try! :
1. download Triangle Away paid version from internet and reset the flash counter
2. go to twrp and make (data,system,dalvik and cache wipe) make sure that second option in setting(use rm instead of formating) is not checked and wait about 15-20 minutes untill wipe finished
3. flash latest frimware for your country or any one (G360HDDUAPA3 the latest!)
4. tell me what happened with you because i do all this and my phone now best!

adamh.ayyad said:
my phone become too slow after installing Xposed and some modules
i tried to installed multiple stock roms and from first boot its too slow(like keyboard, black screeen in apps , etc)
i do this and my phone is now good with root and few apps so you can try! :
1. download Triangle Away paid version from internet and reset the flash counter
2. go to twrp and make (data,system,dalvik and cache wipe) make sure that second option in setting(use rm instead of formating) is not checked and wait about 15-20 minutes untill wipe finished
3. flash latest frimware for your country or any one (G360HDDUAPA3 the latest!)
4. tell me what happened with you because i do all this and my phone now best!
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Shukran Habibi
firstly i forgot to mention that i used Xposed so maybe that makes may phone too slow
2- i tried the first and the second steps (wipe data, system, dalvik and cache) and i flashed new rom but the strange thing is that kernel (always) just wipe cache and dalvik cache but did not wipe data and system
so i've tried CWM recovery and i did all the steps above!
rightnow my phone is better than before but it still not as before installing Xposed
and there is some lag
anyway thanks alot (Shukran Jazeelan)
i am waiting for couple of days to see what will happened
and i hope you will get ur freedom

Akram-aat said:
Shukran Habibi
firstly i forgot to mention that i used Xposed so maybe that makes may phone too slow
2- i tried the first and the second steps (wipe data, system, dalvik and cache) and i flashed new rom but the strange thing is that kernel (always) just wipe cache and dalvik cache but did not wipe data and system
so i've tried CWM recovery and i did all the steps above!
rightnow my phone is better than before but it still not as before installing Xposed
and there is some lag
anyway thanks alot (Shukran Jazeelan)
i am waiting for couple of days to see what will happened
and i hope you will get ur freedom
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What Xposed modules are you using in your phone?

AtomR said:
What Xposed modules are you using in your phone?
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i dont remember which one but it's required by viper4andriod
and after 2 days i wiped everything because of lag, slow but that didnt solve the problem until i did the steps above

So that your phone now got better☺
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yes Habibi it is better
thank you

Use greenify app to fast the device

Akram-aat said:
Hi
After i did root for my phone (g360h) it becomes too slow with alot of delays
i've tried to remove the root and re-flashed the stock ROM (with wipe everything) many times but that doesnt work with me and it still slowest than worst phone ever
Any Suggest !
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SAME HAPPENED TO ME! My Phone has soo many delays in animation and is too slow! Can you please tell a solution to this? I also got this problem when I rooted but I did hard reset flashed stock rom but it became more slower!

efgpho3nix said:
SAME HAPPENED TO ME! My Phone has soo many delays in animation and is too slow! Can you please tell a solution to this? I also got this problem when I rooted but I did hard reset flashed stock rom but it became more slower!
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try these and tell me what happened with you
1. download Triangle Away paid version from internet and reset the flash counter
2. go to twrp and make (data,system,dalvik and cache wipe) make sure that second option in setting(use rm instead of formating) is not checked and wait about 15-20 minutes untill wipe finished
(or you can do factory reset 3 times in CWM if still slow try twrp)
3. flash latest frimware for your country or any one (G360HDDUAPA3 the latest!)
4. tell me what happened with you because i do all this and my phone now best!

adamh.ayyad said:
try these and tell me what happened with you
1. download Triangle Away paid version from internet and reset the flash counter
2. go to twrp and make (data,system,dalvik and cache wipe) make sure that second option in setting(use rm instead of formating) is not checked and wait about 15-20 minutes untill wipe finished
(or you can do factory reset 3 times in CWM if still slow try twrp)
3. flash latest frimware for your country or any one (G360HDDUAPA3 the latest!)
4. tell me what happened with you because i do all this and my phone now best!
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If I flash other country's Rom will it affect my phone in any way?

efgpho3nix said:
If I flash other country's Rom will it affect my phone in any way?
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No no effect

New N935F 8.0 Update - Best Way to Install w/o Getting Lock

Hi All,
What is the best way to install the new N935F update without having to wait another 7 days?
(Update: N935FXXU2BRF1_N935FOLB2BRF1_THL.zip)
Already on 8.0...this is a new security patch update.
Note: I am rooted and using TWRP

How is Root working for you and how did you do it? What are the drawbacks (what doesn't work)?

ymmp said:
How is Root working for you and how did you do it? What are the drawbacks (what doesn't work)?
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Root is working okay. No problems.
Here are the steps I followed:
1. turn off device
2. home+Vol. Down+Power -- get into download mode
3. start Odin 3.12
4. untick Auto-reboot
5. Install Twrp
6. After install => press Home+Vol/ Down+Power
7. At black screen => Home+Vol. Up+Power
8. In Twrp => Wipe -> Format Data -> Yes
9. Reboot into Recovery
10. Install Magisk
11. Wipe Cache & Dalvik
12. Install RMM pkg
13. Wipe Cache & Dalvik
14. Reboot System
15. After setup, check build.prop => ro.security.vaultkeeper.feature=1" change the value to 0.
16. Reboot device
17. Disable SecurityLogAgent pop-up
18. Download "CSC Features Expert for Samsung" on the Play Store (Free)
Launch the app and give it the root rights
In the search bar, type "DisableAntiMalware" (Without commas)
Click on the item and enter the value "TRUE" (Same)
Click on "Save"
Reboot
19. Fix Samsung Health
Download MiXplorer v6.22.1 HERE (Or any file manager of your choice if you're more familiar with it. I recommend MiXplorer because I use it everyday, it's lightweight, really nice to use, free and it's made by a great guy on XDA )
Access root partition and go into the "/system" folder
Open the file "build.prop" with a text editor.
Simply change the line "ro.config.tima=1" to "ro.config.tima=0"
Save the changes, and close the app.
Reboot.

gcrutchr said:
Root is working okay. No problems.
Here are the steps I followed:
1. turn off device
2. home+Vol. Down+Power -- get into download mode
3. start Odin 3.12
4. untick Auto-reboot
5. Install Twrp
6. After install => press Home+Vol/ Down+Power
7. At black screen => Home+Vol. Up+Power
8. In Twrp => Wipe -> Format Data -> Yes
9. Reboot into Recovery
10. Install Magisk
11. Wipe Cache & Dalvik
12. Install RMM pkg
13. Wipe Cache & Dalvik
14. Reboot System
15. After setup, check build.prop => ro.security.vaultkeeper.feature=1" change the value to 0.
16. Reboot device
17. Disable SecurityLogAgent pop-up
18. Download "CSC Features Expert for Samsung" on the Play Store (Free)
Launch the app and give it the root rights
In the search bar, type "DisableAntiMalware" (Without commas)
Click on the item and enter the value "TRUE" (Same)
Click on "Save"
Reboot
19. Fix Samsung Health
Download MiXplorer v6.22.1 HERE (Or any file manager of your choice if you're more familiar with it. I recommend MiXplorer because I use it everyday, it's lightweight, really nice to use, free and it's made by a great guy on XDA )
Access root partition and go into the "/system" folder
Open the file "build.prop" with a text editor.
Simply change the line "ro.config.tima=1" to "ro.config.tima=0"
Save the changes, and close the app.
Reboot.
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Thanks for taking the time for that!
So everything works fine except for the security stuff?
As for the new update, I installed it through OTA and I can't figure out what it changed. I'm guessing you can't do OTA anymore once you root? If so, are you concerned it could be an issue in the future?

Did you get the update installed successfully? What changed? Is it stable? My current firmware with the April 1 security patch is giving me great battery life and is quite stable so I'm hesitant to upgrade right now...

jkcz said:
Did you get the update installed successfully? What changed? Is it stable? My current firmware with the April 1 security patch is giving me great battery life and is quite stable so I'm hesitant to upgrade right now...
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I have not upgraded yet. I do not want the RMM lock back (7-day wait). I suppose I can create a TWRP install with the lock app removed and the build.prop edited. I will look into it today.

jkcz said:
Did you get the update installed successfully? What changed? Is it stable? My current firmware with the April 1 security patch is giving me great battery life and is quite stable so I'm hesitant to upgrade right now...
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Are you also rooted?
I installed the update OTA, and I really don't know what changed even though it was over 200mb.
It is still Oreo 8.0, Samsung Exp. 9.0 and And. Sec. April 1. It does seem that the kernel and Samsung Security were updated.
Probably no connection, but right after the update an update to Good Lock became available.

ymmp said:
Are you also rooted?
I installed the update OTA, and I really don't know what changed even though it was over 200mb.
It is still Oreo 8.0, Samsung Exp. 9.0 and And. Sec. April 1. It does seem that the kernel and Samsung Security were updated.
Probably no connection, but right after the update an update to Good Lock became available.
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No, I didn't root. Device was great how it was and I didnt have a need to yet so I left it. When did you do the update? Can you comment on device stability and battery life after the update?

jkcz said:
No, I didn't root. Device was great how it was and I didnt have a need to yet so I left it. When did you do the update? Can you comment on device stability and battery life after the update?
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Updated day and a half ago. I really don't see any difference in performance or features. I only have the phone for less than 3 weeks so maybe I haven't gotten to know it well enough to be able to tell.
Which Carrier are you using it on?

ymmp said:
Updated day and a half ago. I really don't see any difference in performance or features. I only have the phone for less than 3 weeks so maybe I haven't gotten to know it well enough to be able to tell.
Which Carrier are you using it on?
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Currently using it abroad.

I know this isn't the original topic, but there doesn't seem much feedback on this phone - and there's some activity on this thread ?
The one thing bothering me about the phone (otherwise I absolutely love it) is data drops to "H" during phone call, so I just tested (on T mobile) over 100mb/s download speed goes to .3 during phone call - any fix?

Best way to flash new firmware and not get stuck waiting 7 days is to make sure odin doesn't auto reboot after the flash. Once it done flashing disconnect the phone and go back into download mode (do not reboot) and flash the twrp and root that you are using. Boot into recovery and wipe cache then reboot.
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