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S5 Sport rooting?

Hi!
I did a quick search, didn't see much. I ordered the S5 Sport edition from Sprint and it arrives Monday. However, I've been very interested in the M8 HK edition, mainly for the earbuds. I'm actually thinking about keeping the S5 Sport but because it's so new I can't really find much on it on the scene!
After reading a lot of reviews, both phones appear equal - I'm leaning towards the S5 Sport for the physical buttons but I just want to see if I can install custom ROMs on it (maybe regular S5 ones?) .. either now or in the near future. The other stuff is there just in case someone wants to comment on their personal experience with it. Also, below you can ignore, but I'm listing out the comparisons I made briefly while typing this out in case anyone wants to comment on something with their personal experience.
Is there anything in development for the Sport? Is it even that popular of a phone yet? I love to customize and I'm interested in actually using the bloatware it comes with, but if it turns out it's a battery drain and/or I don't use it, I'd want to put on a clean slate ROM.
I love the water resistant certification. I can use it with wet hands and not feel like I'm potentially murdering it.
I love the physical buttons (which is why I ordered the Sport) because I hate the S3's (phone I currently have) capacitative buttons. The M8 has buttons on screen which I hate even more but I would be able to deal with it.
I do take a lot of random pictures and I'm loving the 16 megapixel camera. I've read that the M8 camera is not awful though and the ability to refocus is great.
I heard the S5 can be laggy. The M8 seems to have a better optimization.

The sport is the same as the s5 active ...its just sprint naming of the phone ...
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bigfdaddy2 said:
The sport is the same as the s5 active ...its just sprint naming of the phone ...
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Does this mean I can use the the same custom ROMs? I figured it'd be different because it's a different carrier (Sprint)

U wouldn't b able to use the roms from att or t-mobile active but the root method would be the same I believe since it's same hardware just different radio bands enabled and disabled
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bigfdaddy2 said:
U wouldn't b able to use the roms from att or t-mobile active but the root method would be the same I believe since it's same hardware just different radio bands enabled and disabled
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Yeah.. That's what I thought. I'm not even sure if it's worth getting if I can't install some custom ROMs onto it =\

Yea at this point It's most likely u won't be able to for some time till it gets in more hands n developers pick it up
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Us with the normal s5 is still stuck with twiz cause can't get camera and few other issues with aosp and cm ...
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bigfdaddy2 said:
Yea at this point It's most likely u won't be able to for some time till it gets in more hands n developers pick it up
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Us with the normal s5 is still stuck with twiz cause can't get camera and few other issues with aosp and cm ...
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Man, all I want to do is root it.. =\
UPDATE:
I don't regret my purchase. The S5 Sport is EXTREMELY BLOATED! I wanted it for the physical buttons .. it was very painful to sure until the root came out. I downloaded an app to remove the majority of the bloat and now my phone is excellent. Slightly quicker and less annoying popups (and my apps are less crowded). Threw on Nova Launcher Prime and it is good to go.

Navani said:
Man, all I want to do is root it.. =\
UPDATE:
I don't regret my purchase. The S5 Sport is EXTREMELY BLOATED! I wanted it for the physical buttons .. it was very painful to sure until the root came out. I downloaded an app to remove the majority of the bloat and now my phone is excellent. Slightly quicker and less annoying popups (and my apps are less crowded). Threw on Nova Launcher Prime and it is good to go.
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What app did you download that would remove the bloat without root?

nolatech said:
What app did you download that would remove the bloat without root?
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I used AppMaster I believe - I did have root though.

[Q] Stylus for Samsung Galaxy s5

Hi,
I wanted to use stylus for SNote application on Samsung Galaxy s5.
I am purchasing http://www.flipkart.com/samsung-stylus-pen-n8000/p/itmdmvmsvyy5kbx8?pid=STSDMVH2MBTNMT2T Samsung Stylus Pen for N8000
I have been told by flipkart that it works on Galaxy S5.
I wanted to know that does it really works on Samsung Galaxy S5 ? Can any body clarify.
Regards

rajputz said:
Hi,
I wanted to use stylus for SNote application on Samsung Galaxy s5.
I am purchasing http://www.flipkart.com/samsung-stylus-pen-n8000/p/itmdmvmsvyy5kbx8?pid=STSDMVH2MBTNMT2T Samsung Stylus Pen for N8000
I have been told by flipkart that it works on Galaxy S5.
I wanted to know that does it really works on Samsung Galaxy S5 ? Can any body clarify.
Regards
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I guess all styluses should work, its not like the on Note 3 where there is special software for both the stylus and the screen.

noo don't buy it it won't work i am %90 percent sure wait i make a research
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yep it won't work search for a stylus that wasn't designed for deviced with magnetic detection
so any device except note and tab series good luck
source for ensuring: http://m.techradar.com/news/phone-a...he-galaxy-note-3-all-you-need-to-know-1194273
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gee2012 said:
I guess all styluses should work, its not like the on Note 3 where there is special software for both the stylus and the screen.
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I tried note 2 stylus. It didnt work...

BAYmustafa96 said:
noo don't buy it it won't work i am %90 percent sure wait i make a research
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yep it won't work search for a stylus that wasn't designed for deviced with magnetic detection
so any device except note and tab series good luck
source for ensuring: http://m.techradar.com/news/phone-a...he-galaxy-note-3-all-you-need-to-know-1194273
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This source just boasts on the feature of Note 3 Stylus. The one i am mentinioning is of 10.1 galaxy and might be backword compatible...lets c....flipkart ensured that it will work but if it doesnt then we have the guaranteed replace...

rajputz said:
I tried note 2 stylus. It didnt work...
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This exactly what i wrote? Note styluses have special soft en hardware exlusively designed for the Note devices by Wacom, ugh.

rajputz said:
This source just boasts on the feature of Note 3 Stylus. The one i am mentinioning is of 10.1 galaxy and might be backword compatible...lets c....flipkart ensured that it will work but if it doesnt then we have the guaranteed replace...
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well i tried to warn you i am still %100 sure , and they will change it if you pay for cargo to go back so you shalda listen to meeee

tried note 3 yesterday that did not work too

Another new ROM

New rom has been posted in the edge forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/development/rom-kingroms7edgev4-t3372923
that makes 3 in the edge forum we can use. thats great. so there is a selection we can choose from. i use
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/development/17-03-26-renovate-edge-beta-1-sm-g935f-t3339149.
people need to research before complaining there is limited roms for the S7.

mandroid717 said:
New rom has been posted in the edge forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/development/rom-kingroms7edgev4-t3372923
that makes 3 in the edge forum we can use. thats great. so there is a selection we can choose from. i use
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/development/17-03-26-renovate-edge-beta-1-sm-g935f-t3339149.
people need to research before complaining there is limited roms for the S7.
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will the edge ROMS work on S7's without any tweaking?

tensux said:
will the edge ROMS work on S7's without any tweaking?
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They should if our model is mentioned it in the title. I have not tried the newest one. I will this weekend though.
Delivered by my Silver S7.

that's good to know, thanks. the more out there the better

Good to know! Thanks.
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even if it the edge roms are not working it must be verrryyy easy to port them. only need small boot.img edit i am pritty sure
i will look whether to buy s7 and sell my note 4 or not when it gets a cm build

I have been using King and Renovate for the last 2 weeks on my G930F and both are good. At the moment though I am preferring the King Rom and haven't encountered any bugs on it yet.

Ploody_Blone said:
I have been using King and Renovate for the last 2 weeks on my G930F and both are good. At the moment though I am preferring the King Rom and haven't encountered any bugs on it yet.
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Have u tried the superman rom?? And is king rom fast and battery good??

I didn't try the Superman Rom but i'm sure its pretty good.
With Renovate I liked the frequency of updates coupled with being able to use SVN for updates, with King it had a feature that I was looking for direct on the Rom with a traffic meter. With regards to battery life both so far were pretty good, going on feel (no science) it feels like King is zippier with a slightly with less battery life compared to Renovate but both have been good to me on that front. This is just from my personal experience and will of course differ on other phone/setups/background apps etc.
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I forgot to mention today so far after 7 hours since my last charge I have 72% capacity left. during the 7 hours without battery I have:
Spent 20 minutes browsing on Chrome
Used Google Maps for navigation for 30 minutes
Made 10-15 min worth of calls
Sent some whatsapp and text messages

Compatibles ?
All Rom's of G935F are compatibles with the G930F ?
I plan on buying a G930F
Cordially.

alexofhiswalnut said:
All Rom's of G935F are compatibles with the G930F ?
I plan on buying a G930F
Cordially.
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yes
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rootuser11 said:
yes
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but the capacity of the battery and the screen size are not crash the phone ?

alexofhiswalnut said:
but the capacity of the battery and the screen size are not crash the phone ?
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no
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Ploody_Blone said:
I have been using King and Renovate for the last 2 weeks on my G930F and both are good. At the moment though I am preferring the King Rom and haven't encountered any bugs on it yet.
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All rom of S7 edge G935 you have tested works well with your S7 G930 , even if there is not mentioned in S7 G930?

alexofhiswalnut said:
All rom of S7 edge G935 you have tested works well with your S7 G930 , even if there is not mentioned in S7 G930?
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Yes they are working well on the G930F, the edge roms that I have used tend to have an option in aroma for an edge or flat (G930F) install. I am still happily on the king 4.2 rom on my G930F.

Secure Folder from note 7

I had to return my replacement Note 7 due to the overheating bs, so I ended up getting the S7 edge. Was wondering if it was anyway to get the secure folder apk from the Note 7 to install on my S7 edge

reggiemed said:
I had to return my replacement Note 7 due to the overheating bs, so I ended up getting the S7 edge. Was wondering if it was anyway to get the secure folder apk from the Note 7 to install on my S7 edge
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Hope you enjoy your s7 edge
I would also like this if possible

Same here bro. I think it'll be part of the upgrade to 7.0 that will include Grace UX.
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Maybe you can try Samsung My Knox? Not sure it will be the same (unable to test it myself at the moment)

reggiemed said:
I had to return my replacement Note 7 due to the overheating bs, so I ended up getting the S7 edge. Was wondering if it was anyway to get the secure folder apk from the Note 7 to install on my S7 edge
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Be patient, Nougat 7.0 will arrive in a few weeks for the S7 edge, with all the Grace UX goodies

Yeah I've been using myknox but not exactly what I'm looking for, I hated returning my N7, I guess I'll wait and see what happens. Thanks for the info

jabberwock said:
Maybe you can try Samsung My Knox? Not sure it will be the same (unable to test it myself at the moment)
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Tried myknox and secure folder on the Note 7. My opinion is secure folder is far more better, can't wait for it to come to s7

questions from a Note 7 refugee

I just exchanged my incendiary AT&T Note 7 for an S7 Edge, which is also a decent phone. I'm wondering if there's a way (without rooting) to reproduce any of the following software features that I got used to on the Note 7:
Secure Folder (instead of Private Mode)
New organization/presentation of the phone's Settings
Optimization page in Settings
Custom image for always-on display
Any advice appreciated.

As of right now none of those options are available. From what I've read all those options will be available on the Nougat update. Welcome to the edge bud.
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you can change the aod pic but root and xposed is required. the other options no unless there is an xposed module for them and i can not say if there is or not as im no longer rooted. welcome to the edge family btw and hope the phone treats you well, battery is awesome for me stock and all. (custom roms one day)

please when they will have the new software s7 galaxy sm-g935A

From what I have noticed they typically are releases between the 23rd and 28th of the month.
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I also came from Note 7.
There is a new AOD version released today for S7 Edge and one of the changes includes the ability to set custom image.

Wish there was a way to do the sPen gif creation on the S7 Edge. Its one of the main feature I miss from the Note 7. Anyone know if there is a way to do this on the S7 Edge.

ShrekOpher said:
Wish there was a way to do the sPen gif creation on the S7 Edge. Its one of the main feature I miss from the Note 7. Anyone know if there is a way to do this on the S7 Edge.
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I've only had the S7 Edge for 2 days (although owned one when they first came out - it was the S7 Edge that pulled me away from the iPhone) and I am SO MISSING my Note 7. That was the best phone ever. That S-Pen GIF feature was great. I want so many of those S-Pen features which is why I went for another Note. Now we probably have to wait another year for a Note 8. I think Samsung might lose a lot of money by not getting new customers but I think the old Samsung customers (like us) will continue to purchase their products.

Suntzupa said:
There is a new AOD version released today for S7 Edge and one of the changes includes the ability to set custom image.
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That's good to see. Thanks for the heads-up!

ShrekOpher said:
Wish there was a way to do the sPen gif creation on the S7 Edge. Its one of the main feature I miss from the Note 7. Anyone know if there is a way to do this on the S7 Edge.
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You can download that at the Galaxy app store for your Edge

supac said:
You can download that at the Galaxy app store for your Edge
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Not even close to the same. On the note there was a screen capture feature that recorded a 15 second gif inside of a selected area. One of the best features on the phone.

Gary02468 said:
That's good to see. Thanks for the heads-up!
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where to download it from?

c-prodigo said:
where to download it from?
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AOD is a Galaxy App.

but I search on galaxy apps and it doesn't find it inatalled or avaible

c-prodigo said:
but I search on galaxy apps and it doesn't find it inatalled or avaible
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Select Galaxy apps app if you are prompted with "Run with":
http://www.samsungapps.com/appquery...d.app.aodservice&cntyTxt=310&equipID=SM-G935A

ShrekOpher said:
Not even close to the same. On the note there was a screen capture feature that recorded a 15 second gif inside of a selected area. One of the best features on the phone.
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I am missing this feature a lot so today I ordered a Samsung Galaxy Tab A with S Pen. Has the same S Pen software on it as the N7. On sale right now too. $100.00 off so it's $249.99 US. + free shipping.
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/ta...ith-s-pen-16gb--wi-fi---black-sm-p580nzkaxar/
Hope this holds me over until the Note 8 comes out. Missing the N7 so much. Nothing compares for me.
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